Re: Basic questions about "video streaming"

["rb_ziggy" <rb.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now that's the sort of thing I'm after.

Looks like it needs a bit of setting up but the author has obviously put a
lot of work in and have provided a lot of info.  I don't mind paying a
reasonable fee for a good product so once I have redone all my dvd files as
ISOs I will probably have a crack at that.

Thanks again

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
>
> I'm using "My Lil Movies Jukebox" - I did try YAMJ and that
was fine but
> MLMJB is better - it does need "MovieCollectorz" (which is a
pay for bit of
> software) and although the author of MLMJB doesn't cripple the app or
charge
> for its download he does say that he wants a contribution for it
(which
> seems fair)...
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of rb_ziggy
> > Sent: 13 April 2009 13:37
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Basic questions about "video
streaming"
> >
> > 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
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>




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