Re: Basic questions about "video streaming"

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Paul

Could you point me towards that custom UI for popcorn hour.  I'mlooking for
something a bit nicer than the standard UI - one that perhaps can display
cover art.  But it seems a bit difficult to teack down good UIs from the
popcorn forum.

Thanks

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Bendall" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> I would recommend Slysoft AnyDVD as well (it can also rip Blu-ray), I
use it to create the raw Video_TS structure. I then use Handbrake to
transcode the raw data into streamable h.264 format.
>
> My media centre software is GBPVR which can also stream live TV and
act as a PVR solution for recording TV prgrammes with the use of capture
cards.
>
> I then stream to a Popcorn Hour A-110 which has a custom UI written by
one of the contributors to GBPVR. I can browse the DVD collection, recorde
TV programmes or watch Live TV.
>
> In addition I have PS3 Media Server which allows me to stream the h264
files out to a Playstation 3 (PS3 doesn't support h264 so the media server
takes care of on the fly transcoding to a format the PS3 does support)
>
> Couple of observations, for timely transcoding of DVDs and then
re-transcoding on the fly requires a fairly modern and powerful PC. Mine is
a Intel Core2 Quad 2.5GHz based machine, you could probably get away with a
Dual Core Core2. If you are going to stream video I wouldn't bother with
wireless go wired.
>
> HTH
>
> Paul
>




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