[Pc_Support] Video streaming?

[Brian Ashe]

VLC is the first thing that comes to mind--the server
runs on anything, the player runs on anything, and
handles just about every form of video known to man.
http://www.videolan.org
However, I've never seen the server portion work.
Tried to get it going a couple times but couldn't. 

Darwin Streaming Server, aka QuickTime Streaming
Server, is another possibility.  Not sure what it
would take to get it working with a plain-vanilla
capture card--I've only used it with FireWire input
devices and static files. However, with my TiVo
feeding into a DV bridge, it works fine.
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/streamingserver/
It can create MPEG-4 streams so it should work with
the player and platform of your choice. It is
something that Apple has open-sourced (mmm, love
verbing nouns) and runs on Win, Mac, and Lin.

If closed-source is OK with you, I've played with and
been very happy with SnapStream/BeyondTV.
http://www.snapstream.com/download/
$70 (hmm, used to be $30, IIRC) and the only reason I
didn't buy it was because I have DirecTV, so the tuner
in my capture card was made pretty worthless when I
dropped cable. It's very easy to use, though.

Oh yeah, how could I forget Myth?
http://www.mythtv.org
Designed from the ground up to have a backend box that
captures (and optionally transcodes) and stream to
'frontend' boxes. It's a big, all-encompassing,
do-it-all project, so it might take a while to get
your head around. If I can find some rabbit ears and a
300-to-75-ohm converter, I might try to put one
together at tomorrow's 'fest. See also KnoppoMyth:
http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/


--- Damien McKenna <damien at mc-kenna.com> wrote:

> Anyone have suggestions for a program to stream
> video from one computer 
> to another?  I'd like to be able to stream video
> from our desktop in a 
> back room to a laptop in the living room (via
> 100mbit ethernet).  Any 
> suggestions?  Thanks.
> 



		
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