Slinger VS Slingbox.Capture

Just in case, block the complete ip range from Slingmedia if your want to use the Slingserver from Gerry to connect with VLC or Mplayer over an internet connection. https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger

Hi thanks for the directions. It make much more sense now. I have a question if you don't mind. I found Slingplayer 1.5.338 through this Github discussion. I got to the Audio/Video setup screen, and I don't see anywhere I can upload a bin file? All I see is this where it makes me select from a list of codes. Is there another ver 1.5x that lets you upload a bin. Thanks so much again.

Then, you will need to setup a server as explained here: https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger

Anyway, I find out the answer here: https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger/blob/main/sb-pwd.md.

For all your questions there might be an answer on "https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger/discussions" ;-). But as far as I understand ... If you have a new, never configured, unused M1 you can use it as described above. If the M1 has already been configured (at least) once, then there are two possibilities: 1. factory reset (then it is like a new one). 2. you have to find out the essential configuration data (PW, IP, port and if necessary remote control settings). Hopefully the previous owner has documented this data. But if not ... The difficulty is that the PW was stored on Slingmedia's servers. Normally the user never saw or experienced the PW assigned by Slingmedia during configuration. But it was possible to read it from the Slingmedia servers. Probably very few people did that before Slingmedia/Dish shut down the servers. Just go to "https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger/discussions" or "https://discord.com/channels/1032667324945281054/1032667325431816224". There you can ask questions and/or search for answers.

oh https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger/discussions didnt know it existed.. no (1) notification red thing.. i thouoght it would be empty.. hmm wil take a look soon thx

I see the custom remotes in Gerry's repo here (https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger/tree/main/CustomRemotes) and am trying to understand how to make a new one. Will the remote simply work if it was already configured prior? My cable box is a Motorolla/SA with composite out, which I intend to keep for the time being, but what if I need to switch this later?

As for the Python bit, I found a couple other repositories, which I used as reference: * one in C#, this one required a bit of fiddling to run properly on Linux for me. * one in VB, but like, why? * one in JS, from Sling themselves, it appears to be compiled typescript with comments, so this was really useful.

This project was posted in this thread a while back and seemed like a promising starting point for a would-be server: https://github.com/bmiller-net/Slingbox.Capture