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Originally Posted by dread123

working great here thanks.using xp and firefox.

any easy way to make the server automated from start??

Originally Posted by ukki

Ok, enough is enough. Stop making everything look like Knots' problem. If you have problems, it doesn't mean everyone shares your problems.

First of all, do you know that you are sharing your computer with the rest of the world now? Everyone can login to your computer and view your media. Streaming to internet requires some basic knowledge about networking. The least you can do is enable basic auth, but you should really enable SSL encryption too. This is where the problem starts. Networking library in extras that Knots uses has SSL disabled, so it won't work by default. I can provide a working lib and a newer version of the client to anyone who wants this feature, but that's why I've said in the wiki that this feature is for advanced users.

Secondly, you need to understand the limits of your internet connection. Your upload speed can be so slow that you can't stream decent quality video. This is not, I repeat not my problem. I'm providing a way to do this, but it's not my job to fix people's networks.

Knots allows you tinker with settings as much as you like. If quality is too good, lower it. If you get artifacts or something doesn't transcode properly, change format. If audio and video are out of sync, try fixing it with transcoding settings. I'm giving the tools to do this, but your really have to learn something yourself. Do yourself a favor and about streaming, networking, video formats etc and start tuning Knots to your liking. I'm trying to provide sane defaults, but I can't do everything.

I will try to fix bugs and add features so feedback is welcome, but a proper attitude may help you get them more easily.

Originally Posted by romanianusa

I am not saying my problem is everyone's problem. I wouldn't have asked you if i didn't try my best to figure everything else. Yes, i did start to fine tune the Knots setting to get the best quality and i did get the BEST HIGHEST quality. That's not the problem...the problem is streaming through a server outside of LAN IP. You mention SSL, i am not seeing an option to enable that under my router settings.

Originally Posted by romanianusa

Yes, i did start to fine tune the Knots setting to get the best quality and i did get the BEST HIGHEST quality. That's not the problem...

Originally Posted by redi

You should not give feedback on issues that you do not understand at all, it's of no use and irrevelant. The problem you are having has simply nothing to do with the code itself. I'll try to explain, but this will be the last time I do so read carefully.

1: That is because your LAN speed may be up and over 100 times as fast as using an outside connection. Ofcourse it is smooth. LAN speed depends on your network adapters speeds. How fast can your server upload, and how fast can your client machine download. CPU speed is a factor aswell, because you could have enough network speed but if your PC is too old, it can't transcode the video well enough on the fly.

2: 3G speed is dependant on a lot of things. How good reception do you have, how many other people using the same link tower your phone is connected to, and naturally what your dataplan speed is. Knots wasn't designed to go well with 3G and other outside the house solutions (Direct quote from ukkis opening post here: "Tired of transcoding and copying music and videos to your tablet just to view them at bed?"), although if you know what you are doing, you can create transcoding profiles that give you bareable quality and unlaggy playback, IF you have a well working 3G connection on your device. Things that are important on slow connection speeds are low bitrates and higher buffering. 3G can at best circumstances just be so slow that there is no point trying to use Knots for playback (if your dataplan speed is too slow or reception isn't good).

3: Again, depending how fast your internet connection is (upload stream is the most important factor usually), using the servers outside IP in LAN makes the stream pingpong via your ISP and thus using whatever DSL/Cable etc speed you are paying for, instead of direct local area net speed.

Now really, it is not anyone of our job to tell you these basic things, I don't want to be rude and I just wrote all this to clarify so the thread could stay cleaner. If you still have problems with networking, you should resort to finding info elsewhere.

Originally Posted by ukki

You don't have to change anything from your router if it already works. You just need to enable ssl in knots settings (change to 1), then add an admin user and set its password. Then restart the server. After that your server can be accessed with https://localhost:1978 using the user/password you made.

But then you need to add some custom packages to your phone for Knots to work with the server. If you can come to irc, I can help you set that up.