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Streaming info

TheBazman · 2007-03-25 21:21:11

Hi, First of all apologies for all the questions but any info on any of the points would be greatly appreciated My pc and tv are in seperate rooms - around 25-30 feet apart and I have a collection of films/files in .avi and .mpeg format. 1/ What do I need to get set up to stream them to my tv? 2/ Are there any special…

25-03-2007 9:21pm

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TheBazman

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Hi,

First of all apologies for all the questions but any info on any of the points would be greatly appreciated

My pc and tv are in seperate rooms - around 25-30 feet apart and I have a collection of films/files in .avi and .mpeg format. 1/ What do I need to get set up to stream them to my tv? 2/ Are there any special requirements on the tv? 3/ Not too up to speed on streaming but do you need to leave the pc on while watching streaming content (actually thats a bit of a stupid question - I would imagine the answer is "yes"? 4/ I have heard something about Apple TV - am I right in assuming this will stream just from Itunes? 5/ I presume you have to first put the file running on the pc through Windows Media Player/VLC- then can functions like Fast Forward/Rewing etc be controlled from where the tv is

As an aside - I am about to get 1GB wireless BB (only option unfortunately). I am also getting a PS3. 6/ What do I need to get online on my PS3 given that again the PS3 and pc will be in different rooms - some form of wi-fi set up I presume?. 7/ Assuming it is a wi-fi set up what security measures need to be taken to prevent neighbours from hijacking my BB?

Thanks again folks

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#2 25-03-2007 10:05pm

el Bastardo

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The are a few ways depending of what sort of money would want to spend on it. Maybe this schematic will help you: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/streaming.html

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#3 25-03-2007 10:53pm

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Get an Xbox, get it soft moded, put XBMC on it, network it up to your PC and stream away.

For info on soft moding go here on boards:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=528

Or search this site:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/

Streaming to XBMC:

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Configuring_PC_Shares

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#4 26-03-2007 6:09am

TheBazman

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Cheers Guys

Just as a follow on specifically igoring the games console streaming (ie) just streaming files to my tv from my pc - I do have Videolan (the player) - I will read the suggested link to get more details, however I presume I need some sort of set top box to receive the signal - what would you suggest for this?

Thanks

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