kontos
xyzzy
join:2001-10-04
West Henrietta, NY
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Re: Kinda pointless to me
said by pandora  :DirecTV HR2x DVR's have been able to play media content from PC's for quite some time. ... streaming content TO these DVR's has been possible for quite some time. »www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/co···vtype=-1 says that they'll only do pictures and music, not video. And that's only if you have an Intel based PC. If you're right, they have a funny way of advertising it. |
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samiran
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| No, he's correct.
It's a standard UPNP DLNA client. You can watch Audio, Video, and Pictures from any DLNA server on any HR20/21/22 DirecTV box.
Video formats are a bit choosy, however. I'd recommend H.264, with a maximum bitrate under 7 Mbps (probably best to stay closer to 5). |
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pandora
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said by kontos :» www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/co···vtype=-1 says that they'll only do pictures and music, not video. And that's only if you have an Intel based PC. If you're right, they have a funny way of advertising it. You can do a lot with a DirecTV HR2x unit - »forums.directv.com/pe/action/for···10446778
I'm new to the forum - I'm pleased with using media share. Have an hr22 hooked to my laptop using Intel core 2 duo processor and windows vista. Installed Tversity (very easy install) and did the network connect on the hr22. It worked first try. My wife is from Germany and I have a number of German TV stations streaming with a pretty good picture and very few problems. I also have streaming radio stations. My music from window media player works fine. Also stream youtube sites and pod casts. The only problem I have is with my pictures. They play fine and look good on by 52" LCD . However, the only way I can get them to play is using the shuffle function. I have thousands of photos in one sub-directory. So I guess I have to go through them all and make many sub-directories. I really like Tversity.
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kontos
xyzzy
join:2001-10-04
West Henrietta, NY
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said by samiran :
No, he's correct.
It's a standard UPNP DLNA client. You can watch Audio, Video, and Pictures from any DLNA server on any HR20/21/22 DirecTV box. I'm still a little cautious. Since they don't advertise that fact, or mention it anywhere that I can find, I wonder if we're just a firmware update away from the capability being taken away. |
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