Streaming Video Across A Network

[Dav0s]

Firstly this is the 2000th thread on :anisx: so i think that deserves a w00t!!!!! :bornleet: :worship::worship::worship::worship::worship:

Anyway I am considering a kind of HTPC idea, but wanna keep things simple and relatively cost free atm. I am thinking of hooking a freeview box and tv card to the downstairs comp, but am interested in the idea of being able to stream it to my computer over the netowrk. could anybody offer any more advice or info on this?

 

[ionicle_old]

make sure you have a file transfer thingy set up on your network before u start u wil need that, then u get a program, i hav forgotten what it is called, but it is put on both computers, and it alows programs to be accessed by both computers, then u jsut access the program to watch the telly from your computer, and bingo it works!

 

[JN]

AFAIK mate, there is no easy solution to doing this.

What you could do is run an s-video cable from your freeview box to a tv tuner card or video capture card in the back of your rig.

From there, you could then get the video capture software to save the file to MPEG, and use Windows Media Server to stream the mpeg to the rest of the computers on your network.

 

[FarFarAway]

make sure you have a file transfer thingy set up on your network before u start u wil need that, then u get a program, i hav forgotten what it is called, but it is put on both computers, and it alows programs to be accessed by both computers, then u jsut access the program to watch the telly from your computer, and bingo it works!

That is about as usefull as a chocolate teapot

 

[ionicle_old]

:O a chocolate teapot! i want one! it sounds really usefull!!!!!! eat melted chocolate as you drink your iced tea

 

[Dav0s]

cheers jim, it was kind of what i was looking for but i was thinking stream to my pc as it is being watched on htpc. this way it wd prob be just as easy to transfer the file to my comp and watch it and bin it rather than setting up windows medi server, thanks for your help tho

 

[FragTek]

Wirelessly posted (Nextel - Motorola i860: MOT-A-1C/00.06 UP.Browser/7.0.0.2.257 (GUI) MMP/2.0 UP.Link/5.1.2.12)

make sure you have a file transfer thingy set up on your network before u start u wil need that, then u get a program, i hav forgotten what it is called, but it is put on both computers, and it alows programs to be accessed by both computers, then u jsut access the program to watch the telly from your computer, and bingo it works!

That is about as usefull as a chocolate teapot

Nice havent heard that one b4, lol. Wish i could lend u some advice but i dont have ne to offer right now

 

[PV5150]

That is about as usefull as a chocolate teapot

:rollingla :rollingla ROFLMAO...kempez, you really do take the piss well :worship:

 

[FarFarAway]

:rollingla :rollingla ROFLMAO...kempez, you really do take the piss well :worship:

Why thank-you mate...I'm happy I made you rollonthefloorlaughingyourassoff :wavey:

 

[Joe]

Windows Media Encoder 9 allows easy streaming/capute of live video feeds and files over a network

it will encode and broadcast and u type the url (teh lan 1) into open URL box in media player

i have done this a fewtimes to strem musik ova da 'net

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx

 

[balilu]

wow streaming is so easy with media encoder 9. ive tried it myself