Streaming Video

[arsenalgunners]

Let me start off by saying that I have not yet purchased Beyond Tv. I wanted to make sure that the program could do what I wanted it to and so far it can't.

Basically the only reason I am interested in Beyond Tv is because I want to be able to stream video to any other pc on my home network. I forwarded port 1755 to the pc that is running Beyond Tv but anytime I try to connect to it from another pc the webpage never loads. I should mention that I don't get an error message either. I've tried several things to fix it I've used a different port, I've messed with the force option and no luck.

So if someone knows what I am doing wrong I would appreciate any help as this is preventing me from buying the software.

[RobertH]

port 1755 is only used by the streaming server, only windows media player connects to it, you connect to port 8129 for the webserver

[arsenalgunners]

So if I want to be able to watch what I recorded on my PC from another PC I have to connect through windows media player.

[RobertH]

no,

from another computer you open up internet explorer and in the address bar type:
http://<ipaddress>:8129

replacing <ipaddress> with the ip address or the name of the computer running BTV it will then bring up the web interface, you can then click watch and then view any file in your library. Note: MPEG files cant be streamed using the web interface and IE cannot download files over 1GB so the best way to view mpeg recordings is just using windows file sharing.

[arsenalgunners]

AHHH I see. If I use windows file sharing I will be downloading the content to the PC correct? I was looking for software that would allow me to stream any time of video file no matter the size to PCs in my home network. I was hoping the Beyond TV was the answer.

[RobertH]

windows file sharing will allow you to map a network drive, then directly access the file right off the other computer's harddrive, no needing to use the web interface or to download it would be like it was on your own harddrive.

[arsenalgunners]

Thanks for the help. That is the answer I have been looking for.

[termite2914]

Utilizing the mapped drive, when I stream snapstream over my wireless 802.11b network in media player, the sound and video are very choppy...unwatchable. Is there a way to speed up the stream to obtain viewable quality? Would 802.11G Help? Thanks.

[RobertH]

with 802.11b it will only give usable bandwidth between 2.4 and 4Mbs if you are recording video with a capture quality higher than 2.4Mbs you are going to get studdering and buffering issues. it will have even less bandwidth if encryption is turned on and the card doesnt have hardware encryption or if the signal strength isnt at almost full, the lower the signal strength the lower the bandwidth because of error correction.

802.11b is good for browsing the internet and doing things that arent realtime important, however using it to stream anything over modem quality settings is going to have studdering problems, 802.11a or g will be much better for doing live streaming at decent qualities.

you might want to give this a read for info on 802.11b:
http://www.homenethelp.com/802.11b/index.asp