You're talking about a tv card. They are usually PCI, though USB versions are out there too. You connect your tv source ( cable, sat ) to the card and then view it through the card software, or through something like Media Center. To view it from other network workstations, you can do different things depending on how you set it up for viewing. Media center will push via IP with a little tweaking, you can view via VNC in a window, you might be able to just point media player ( not sure though) to the source via IP. Video will chew up bandwidth, so beefy networks will play more smoothly. You could just set up a Slingbox too and push it but there's additional cost and potential firewall issues to deal with if you push across domains or from outside the network to the inside. Do a quick search for ' the green button' to visit the leading Media Center site, it will give you a good feel for the nuts and bolts if you use MS's solution. Alternatives include Myth TV ( Linux, it rocks but is a semi-bear to set up initially ) and few others. I think XBOx media Center ( an open source TV and PVR app originally developed for the first Xbox) has a PC version now too. You could set up one of the Myth TV linux distributions as a VM and run it that way too if you were feeling adventurous. I've been poking around with this sort of thing for a long time as a 'gee wiz' sort of hobby, so I'm at your service if you need some help. I've been able to pull off everything above, TV via IP on my PSP, and some other gadgets. Huge fun in a geeky sort of way. :)
David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Araoz Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NF] Net TV I want to buy one of those "things you plug into the motherboard" (sorry don't know the word in english) for watching TV, but I would also like to access the TV from other stations in my local web. Is that possible? How? Cheers. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
