09-22-2007, 08:11 PM | #1 |
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Streaming films from computer to my TV?
I'd quite like to watch films from my computer on my TV, which is in the other room, so a TV-out cable would be quite a stretch (and i've never managed to get one of those working anyway..), does anyone know what the current technology is like for this sort of stuff?
E.G. TVs with ethernet which can browse my computer over the network? Some sort of ethernet to TV-out gismo? some sort of long video-out cable? Ideally I could watch youtube and stage6 etc too. |
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09-22-2007, 08:38 PM | #2 |
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might be a way of hooking up one of these using video out to the transmitter or something?
my stepdad uses one to send the front room tv signal to the kitchen n it works quite well http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TECHNIKA-AV-TV...QQcmdZViewItem |
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09-22-2007, 08:48 PM | #3 |
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My TV had a VGA cable plugin in the back- had a spare computer laying around the house and connected that to it.
I guess you could use like 20 VGA extenders.. GL? |
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09-23-2007, 01:04 AM | #4 |
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I use a combination of
http://keepvid.com/ http://www.dvdflick.net/ http://www.imgburn.com/ http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=4810681 I've downloaded tons of youtube movies and clips, and watch them on my tv. Really fun, you can even learn things too. Cool videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWR3rZDOnA4 http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=0 |
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09-23-2007, 01:56 AM | #5 |
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I have a compuner with video out hooked up to a TV and I stream from my main computer. However I'm STILL looking for a good FREE windows front end for a media PC...
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09-23-2007, 03:38 AM | #6 |
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lol porn solutions
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09-23-2007, 06:45 AM | #7 | |
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09-23-2007, 12:33 PM | #8 |
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I had an old PC lying around, hid it behind the TV and put it on my LAN. I use VNC to access it and also have a wireless mouse/keyboard attached.
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09-27-2007, 06:09 AM | #10 |
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I FINALLY found something that looks like it might work though i have yet to test it: http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
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11-27-2007, 07:15 PM | #11 |
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I know this is old, but I finally installed MediaPortal and it's amazing and easy to set up. I still want to do some customizations, worth using
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11-27-2007, 10:42 PM | #12 |
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I was going to send you a link to MediaPortal. I've never used it but my old boss used to talk nonstop about how uber he was for using it. I could probably run it like I had been using it for years because of that. Keep in mind this is one of those guys that gets excited when he learns how to do something new every day but never learns to shut up.
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11-28-2007, 10:12 AM | #13 |
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Hm, can someone explain to me how exactly this is supposed to work?
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11-28-2007, 11:35 AM | #14 |
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Does your computer have an SVideo out port? It's a fairly small port, on most laptops, dunno about desktops, most people ignore it. If it does, you can buy a cable to do this.
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11-28-2007, 01:20 PM | #15 | |
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You install it on a computer hooked up to a TV and set it up to read media from where ever it is. Last edited by Mooga; 11-30-2007 at 05:11 AM. |
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11-30-2007, 05:12 AM | #18 |
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I just use a standard "Y" cable for sound. It goes from earphone-jack to your standard A/V sound
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