TV over Lan?

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Is there a easy way that is fool (aka me) proof and easy to use to broadcast a input from one PC to say windows media player (or something) on another machine?

My younger brother has a security camera I put up outside coming into his VIVO enable graphics card, and I want to be able to see the image as well on my machine.

I've tried netmeeting but that is so archaic and i cant figure out how to use it on a lan (or even not on lan).

Seems there is a lack in the market for cheap software that does this.
 
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perhaps Videolan? I know it can stream video, not sure if it will work in this case though. Try it, it is free.
 
So this could similarly be used to stream DSTV or MNET to various points in a premises, or perhaps even to neighbouring blocks of houses over wireless LAN or apartments in a complex?
 
MaD said:
So this could similarly be used to stream DSTV or MNET to various points in a premises, or perhaps even to neighbouring blocks of houses over wireless LAN or apartments in a complex?
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Oh...it happens... :D
 
wow VideoLan rocks, I didn't know you can do that :)

streaming from file works 101%, but streaming from VIVO (nvidia GF6600GT) crashes/freezes computer (Windows 2000)

anyone successfully managed to stream with such configuration?
 
I'll let you know tomorrow, my bro was playing Crimson Skies the whole time, so hopefully I get to try it tomorrow, but it will be a Radeon 9250 and WinXP.

By the way, how did you stream the file? (I cant figure it out)
 
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I just used File->Wizard and followed the steps, selecting either UDP multicast or HTTP (both work fine). UDP multicast doesn't seem to be fast enough for wireless connection but HTTP works like a charm on both wired and wireless connection.

I wanted to stream DSTV from the video in, but it freezes the PC :(
 
Try this. It is a Windows product that can actually serve video from a source you specify (file, cam, etc) and feed it via IP to anywhere on the net. Depending on bandwidth. On a LAN it should work fine, but it can suck on your processing a bit. Only if others fail. VideoLan seems pretty damn cool though. Will be toying with it myself soon. :D

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

Cheers
Antowan
 
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antowan said:
Try this. It is a Windows product that can actually serve video from a source you specify (file, cam, etc) and feed it via IP to anywhere on the net. Depending on bandwidth. On a LAN it should work fine, but it can suck on your processing a bit. Only if others fail. VideoLan seems pretty damn cool though. Will be toying with it myself soon. :D

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

Cheers
Antowan
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I tried that, it seems to work (doesn't crash the pc), but there is no sound, I will play a little more tonight, but VideoLan has far more options I think and probably produces better quality and is more efficient, maybe
 
it would have been cool if there was a DSTV decoder card for a PC, so you can make a DSTV server and watch tv on any PC in the house or on the tv via video out, while having all the EPG and channel change options available on your pc
 
swordfish1 said:
it would have been cool if there was a DSTV decoder card for a PC, so you can make a DSTV server and watch tv on any PC in the house or on the tv via video out, while having all the EPG and channel change options available on your pc
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why would you want to do that?
take your dstv decoder, get a splitter so you can have mutiple cables from the dstv output, then take the one cable through the roof and drop it down by your pc, then plug it into your tv card or gfx card with vivo and then you got that, then have a remote booster from your room with your pc to the dstv decoder and there u go!

having it just on your pc would be a shlep, u then have to have your pc on all the time, if other people want to change channel they have to goto your pc, that just would be one hell of a mission!
 
Silent_Bob said:
having it just on your pc would be a shlep, u then have to have your pc on all the time, if other people want to change channel they have to goto your pc, that just would be one hell of a mission!
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I have my server on all the time anyway :)

I didn't mean to be a replacement for the standalone decoder, but an option, I would much like to have complete control over the decoder from the PC. For example I want to be able to set it up to record over the internet, so I can do it while on the other side of the world or from my cell phone.

Even better would be if all devices come with a network or usb and standard protocol to control them from a pc, so you don't have to put special hardware in the pc and you still have full control :-)

BTW I setup streaming with WME and it works reasonable, I can watch DSTV on the laptop over the wireless, very cool, although I don't really need it :D
 
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