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10.1.2 Streaming Video to your PC
If you prefer to use a PC during troubleshooting, the only thing you need is an application like
VLC Media Player (as covered in Section 5.1). The instructions for configuring your PC to
stream video from the COM1000 using the VLC Media Player application are included below.
First, you will need to tune the COM24 card you are testing to stream to your PC. The
instructions for doing so follow.
1. Under the “Tune” interface on the Tune page (refer to Section 6.8.1), set the
“IP_Address” field to your PC‟s address (refer to Section 5.3.1 for instructions on
detecting your computer‟s IP address.
2. Make note of which value the “Port_Number” field is set to. If you have already
configured the system, you can leave this value on its previous setting. If you have not,
select a default value for troubleshooting that will not conflict with the port number of
any of the other cards.
3. Make sure the “Protocol_Type” field is set to „0 = UDP‟.
4. Set the “Major_Number” field to channel 100. This is the only channel on which
customers have the option of removing Pro:Idiom encryption.
5. Set the “Security_Mode” field to „0 = None‟. Again, this will only work on DIRECTV
channel 100.
Next, open up VLC Media Player. Select “Media” from the main menu, and then select “Open
Network Stream” from the dropdown menu that appears (see Figure 61).
Figure 61 – Configuring VLC Media Player