http://www.dslreports.com/forum/tvoverip TV over IP forum current topics en Copyright 2007, dslreports.com Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:52:10 EDT Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:52:10 EDT http://i.dslr.net/bbrdisc1.gif http://www.dslreports.com 19 18 bbr disc http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20825723 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20825723 2008-07-21 14:45:33 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20013292 TV video converter would be cheap enough to buy and use (and if so, go with that "plan B" way of converting the video out of the PC). NOTE: At that point, I should have a setup where I can watch streaming media on a single TV that is physically near the PC viewing the streams. And keep in mind that I should be able to setup the stream, switch to the PC's external video output, and then close the laptop's case (to protect it, and keep from wearing out the backlight of the laptop), allowing the stream to continue (yes, I've already setup the laptop's controls, so that the laptop doesn't "sleep" when you shut the case, but does turn off the laptop's display in this event). 3) The next step would likely be to feed the signal into the coax "cable TV" cables around the house, so that all the TVs (in the house) see the computer's output as a new "cable channel". This will require an RF filter (to prevent the signal from leaving the house via the cable company's coax) and a stereo modulator (to convert the video/audio into a custom "cable channel"). I'm not going to bother buying this equipment until I get the previous (working with one TV) stage working satisfactorily, but I have priced the equipment and I can do this stage for around $100. If I were to do it today, I would probably buy these two items (links below) from "Smart Home", but I'll reevaluate which products look like the best fit for my needs if/when I get this far: http://www.smarthome.com/7780s.html and http://www.smarthome.com/7822b.html NOTE: At this point, the video/audio should (in theory) be watchable via any TV in the house. And since I would likely put the modulator's output on the input side of my cable amplifier (I do already have a video distribution amplifier on my home cable TV), there shouldn't (at least in theory) be problems with sending this signal to multiple TVs at once (assuming people wanted to watch like that). In fact, each TV should just see the computer's output as if it was a new cable TV channel (it's just that the RF filter, above, would limit the new "channel" to my home cable wiring). However, at this point, we would still need to physically be at the PC to control the streams. 4) Which brings us to the last step, which is installing "remote control" software (I'm currently thinking of using the freeware VNC for this), so that the I don't have to be physically near the media/streaming PC to (for example) pause the play while taking a break. Instead, the PC can be "remotely controlled" by any PC on my LAN. In theory I could probably control the streaming from any PC on the internet (such is the power of remote control software), but (for security reasons) I'll probably setup my LAN firewall to limit the remote control to just PCs on the LAN. In any event, that's my current thoughts about this plan. I'm sure there are many other ways to view TVoIP streams on actual TVs in the home. However, FWIW that's my current thoughts about how to accomplish this in my home. And since this is really just a hobby/toy now, I'll probably "take it slow" about getting this all done (and do it in stages, as mentioned above). However, in theory this approach should all work to (when done) make TVoIP available to the whole house. Edits: Fixed a few typo's...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20013292 2008-02-17 17:28:23 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19926883 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19926883 2008-02-03 15:06:54