Re: MCE - SlingBox in Software?

[lee.taylor@xxxxxxxxxx]

Mark,

Have you looked at Orb yet?

http://www.orb.com/

It re-encodes on the fly based on the connection speed between the host and
client. Even works over GPRS to my C500 smartphone.

Regards

Lee


"Mark McCall" wrote on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:52:53 -0000
>
>I installed that WebGuide3 for MCE last night, very nice additional
>functionality, and now I can program my MCE box from work (via VPN to
save
>opening it up to the Net).  I didn't realise I could play all my MCE
>recordings on other PCs round the house too, excellent.
>
>This got me thinking, surely it should be possible to create a SlingBox
(
>http://www.slingmedia.com/ )
in software?  You have all the elements, live
>and recorded TV, net access etc, all you'd need is some sort of plug-in
to
>encode and stream the video.  I'm sure that's where the SlingBox's
smarts
>lie and maybe it's not a simple task?  But with enough CPU horsepower
you'd
>think it should be a goer?
>
>M. (creator of ideas for open source projects)  ;)
>


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