Nasa Tv web stream

[Hyrules]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it would be possible to add Nasa Tv web stream in
the list of custom online source. Since I live in Canada and the channel
doesnt exist here, I would like to watch it with Sage when the are space missions.

the link :
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

from the page source code :
http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

in the asx :

<ASX Version="3.0">
                <Title>NASA TV</Title>
                <BASE HREF="http://www.nasa.gov/" />
            <entry>
                       <ref href="http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369080&segment=149773"/>
                        <!-- HQ Link -->
                        <Title>NASA TV</Title>
                <Copyright>None</Copyright>
                        <ABSTRACT>Click here to view the NASA TV Schedule.</ABSTRACT>
                        <MoreInfo href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html"/>
                        <DURATION VALUE="120:00.0"/>
                        <!-- Play for two hours max -->
            </entry>
</ASX>

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

[greggerm]

Allow me to bump this up - I too am curious about getting a feed like this into Sage, however it is not an RSS syndicated feed persay, but rather a raw channel that can be watched along the lines of internet radio.

Any thoughts?

[coryking]

First, the file format is describe here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb249663(VS.85).aspx

Looks like the interesting bit is the <ref> element, which seems to point to the streaming content. When you suck down http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplayli...segment=149773 , you get:

<ASX version = "3.0">
 <Title>NASA TV - NASA site</Title>
 <Entry>
      <Title>NASA TV</Title>
      <Abstract>Click here to go to our Web site</Abstract>
      <Author>Yahoo! Broadcast</Author>
      <Copyright>2008</Copyright>
        <Ref href = "mms://68.142.251.42/bcpenc252181?StreamID=77870522&pl_auth=4fb7c37cc959bb7b503da0c89a895b12&ht=120&b=9uatvdt4i6tjp498494e9&CG_ID=1369080&Segment=149773" />
    </Entry>
 <Entry>
      <Title>NASA TV</Title>
      <Abstract>Click here to go to our Web site</Abstract>
      <Author>Yahoo! Broadcast</Author>
      <Copyright>© 2006, all rights reserved.</Copyright>
        <Ref href = "mms://209.73.191.67/bcpenc252181?StreamID=77866408&pl_auth=1e79d963ccf00dcd73dfaed5c327aaa2&ht=120&b=9uatvdt4i6tjp498494e9&CG_ID=1369080&Segment=149773" />
    </Entry>
</ASX>

Wonder if you could do an XSL transform to turn it into a legit rss feed that can go into SageTV?

[Hyrules]

wow ... never though anybody would answer... Thanks for your reply. I'll try to take a look and see if i can find anything with what you found.

Edit : well after looking on the web there seem to be no way to convert asx to any kind of format like xml or rss. Sage would have to be able to play mms feeds natively.
Maybe there is a way to use the dynamic menu STV Import to lunch Windows media player to play the stream.

[jsschrstrcks]

Could that be done to launch web radio streams?

[ace007]

Anybody ever try to get this to work. This would be fantastic. There is also a high quality stream from Yahoo at http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163

[latino]

yes you can do it with webfeed encoder.
http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...do=file&id=314

[Hyrules]

thanks for that link. I'll take a look into it and see if i can add nasa tv to my sage tv. There is a launch scheduled tonight at 6.03pm EDT. thank for the high quality stream as well.

[greggerm]

If anyone has any additional guidance, I'd love to hear it.

Webfeedencoder isn't for the faint of heart, but I think it may be workable.

I won't have time to get it done for tonight's launch, but hopefully soon enough!

-Greg

[michaeldjcox]

Originally Posted by greggerm

If anyone has any additional guidance, I'd love to hear it.

Webfeedencoder isn't for the faint of heart, but I think it may be workable.

I won't have time to get it done for tonight's launch, but hopefully soon enough!

-Greg

Hi,

The latest version 0.9.4 uploaded on Friday is much easier to setup.

I have taken onboard feedback.

It is quite hard to keep things simple while at the same time trying to do so much.

This version has as an installer that does more than any install wizard you have ever seen and a config tool that eliminates the need to edit anything. Furthermore no XMLTV importer is now needed.

One of the sample channels is NasaTV and I have been watching is via extenders on my home setup. Its a very reliable stream.

Michael

[Hyrules]

Nice ! Thank i will try that i give you feedback.