 LBDSLLightning BoltVIP
join:2002-01-07
Auburn Hills, MI | What about a web based work around I don't have a slingbox, nor know how it technically works, but would it be possible to develop a web based "player" Where a user goes to a website, and then able to enter in whatever info slingbox needs to connect to your home box, and then view via a browser. Which in at&t's own words would be allowed. Just a thought.
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 Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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1 edit | said by LBDSL:I don't have a slingbox, nor know how it technically works, but would it be possible to develop a web based "player" Where a user goes to a website, and then able to enter in whatever info slingbox needs to connect to your home box, and then view via a browser. Which in at&t's own words would be allowed. Just a thought. Sling already has a web based player. It utilizes Flash, but I don't know if it works on the iPhone.
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Yes, I believe such options already exist. Although not officially supported by Slingbox, my understanding is you can use Windows Media Encoder, or other 3rd party apps, to do what you are suggesting--- ie sling content to a website when you can then access and view. One at a time.
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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said by LBDSL:I don't have a slingbox, nor know how it technically works, but would it be possible to develop a web based "player" Where a user goes to a website, and then able to enter in whatever info slingbox needs to connect to your home box, and then view via a browser. Which in at&t's own words would be allowed. Just a thought. You would have to transcode the video in real-time, which requires a fairly powerful CPU and typically results in awful quality. The iPhone doesn't support any popular streaming formats. Just a bunch of Apple proprietary crap and h.264 MP4, which is god-awfully taxing to transcode. |
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LBDSLLightning BoltVIP
join:2002-01-07
Auburn Hills, MI | reply to Morac
That would be the problem then, iPhone doesn't support flash.
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Morac
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1 edit | said by LBDSL:That would be the problem then, iPhone doesn't support flash. Not yet. |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
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said by Matt:said by LBDSL:I don't have a slingbox, nor know how it technically works, but would it be possible to develop a web based "player" Where a user goes to a website, and then able to enter in whatever info slingbox needs to connect to your home box, and then view via a browser. Which in at&t's own words would be allowed. Just a thought. You would have to transcode the video in real-time, which requires a fairly powerful CPU and typically results in awful quality. The iPhone doesn't support any popular streaming formats. Just a bunch of Apple proprietary crap and h.264 MP4, which is god-awfully taxing to transcode. I tried using WME (windows media encoder) a number of years ago prior to Sling being released. At the time I had a 3G Windows mobile device, and it actually worked fairly well. I have no idea how it would work on an iphone, but I suspect people will be (or have been) trying to find a workaround to ATT's limitation here.
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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kudos:12 | said by wifi4milez:said by Matt:said by LBDSL:I don't have a slingbox, nor know how it technically works, but would it be possible to develop a web based "player" Where a user goes to a website, and then able to enter in whatever info slingbox needs to connect to your home box, and then view via a browser. Which in at&t's own words would be allowed. Just a thought. You would have to transcode the video in real-time, which requires a fairly powerful CPU and typically results in awful quality. The iPhone doesn't support any popular streaming formats. Just a bunch of Apple proprietary crap and h.264 MP4, which is god-awfully taxing to transcode. I tried using WME (windows media encoder) a number of years ago prior to Sling being released. At the time I had a 3G Windows mobile device, and it actually worked fairly well. I have no idea how it would work on an iphone, but I suspect people will be (or have been) trying to find a workaround to ATT's limitation here. The iPhone doesn't play Windows Media formats. |
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 gdmPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
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That was beginning of the year. Even before that was posted adobe said they were working on it. As to how long it actually takes is anyones guess. Which could be this year or next. Not the highest priority for adobe. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | The iPhone DOES support QuickTime streaming however, so you *could* create a website that would allow you to *play* content, the exit out of the content to switch channels, etc. A kludge, yes, but it might just work. |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to Matt
said by Matt:The iPhone doesn't play Windows Media formats. That makes sense.
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said by LBDSL:That would be the problem then, iPhone doesn't support flash. And never will... fully functional flash support will allow too many other apps to be made without the approval of Apple. I can't imagine Apple allowing what could be an open source free-for-all. |
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already mentioned upthread |
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