VU+ Player is an Android app designed to allow you to control and stream from any satellite receivers you own, either from the same network as the receiver, or from a remote location. Although designed for the VU+ range of receivers, it should work with any Linux receiver. There are three main purposes for this app:
- As a substitute remote control while viewing your TV. If you do not like equipment on display, your receiver can be paced out of site (and IR remote range) and this app used to control it.
- A means of watching your satellite receiver on a portable device at home. For
example if you want to watch a different channel to the one displayed on the
connected TV, you can stream an alternative channel from any receiver with two
tuners. Watching the streamed channel has no effect on the one being viewed.
VU+Solo2 owners can enable the transcoder function. This will enable streaming on an alternate port (8002 by default) with the ability to watch HD channels with reduced bit rate. This function is experimental and still under development. - A remote viewer. You must have a very good upload speed from home and download speed from your current location. The app can work from anywhere in the world where you can get a WiFi connection. All you need is a dynamic DNS address at home, e.g. DynDNS and forward ports on your router. Possible scenarios are airport lounges, coffee shops, hotels, etc. VU+Solo2 owners can enable the transcoder function and take advantage of this.
The home screen of VU+ Player (horizontal):
Figure 1
In vertical aspect:
Figure 2
