Trying to use VirtualHere USB for viewing TV

[Antonio92]

Hello,

I have installed the VirtualHere USB Server on my Raspberry Pi B+, so I connect my USB TDT to the Pi and to the antenna source, and then I can use the VirtualHere client on my laptop to virtually "connect" my USB TDT (which is plugged in to the Pi) and be able to view TV.

However, it goes so freaking slow that audio freezes continuously and I can not see image at all on my laptop.

I bought a powered USB hub, then connected my USB TDT to it and the hub to the Pi, but same result.

Why is this happening? Does not the Pi have enough power to transmit the USB signal to work fine?

Thank you

[fruitoftheloom]

Hello,

I have installed the VirtualHere USB Server on my Raspberry Pi B+, so I connect my USB TDT to the Pi and to the antenna source, and then I can use the VirtualHere client on my laptop to virtually "connect" my USB TDT (which is plugged in to the Pi) and be able to view TV.

However, it goes so freaking slow that audio freezes continuously and I can not see image at all on my laptop.

I bought a powered USB hub, then connected my USB TDT to it and the hub to the Pi, but same result.

Why is this happening? Does not the Pi have enough power to transmit the USB signal to work fine?

Thank you

Have you asked the developers as most people here would not know about USB / IP ?

http://www.virtualhere.com/forum/2

[gkreidl]

I assume "USB TDT" is some kind of DVB-T receiver (if it's analog it might be even worse!). They have a rather large throughput and using that across a network (100 MBit theoretically compared to 480 MBit USB) with a lot of simulation overhead means that you introduce a bottleneck into the system.

If the DVB-T device is supported by linux, use mumudvb or tvheadend to access the TV streams and stream them across the network for viewing.