Comments on: Placeshifting with Beyond TV and Orb http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/ An inside look at news, events and technology at Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:02:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: elroy r honore http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-264089 elroy r honore Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:46:27 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-264089 would not open in media center for windows would not open in media center for windows

]]> By: Jim http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-228568 Jim Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:13:45 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-228568 >>"My biggest recomendation to all you BTV users out there is STOP RECORDING TV! There is no reason for it. Other people will do it for you. I have Azureous with RSS-FeedScanner set up to auto-download as TV epps get uploaded to the internet." >>”My biggest recomendation to all you BTV users out there is STOP RECORDING TV! There is no reason for it. Other people will do it for you. I have Azureous with RSS-FeedScanner set up to auto-download as TV epps get uploaded to the internet.”

]]> By: Ryan McCormick http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-197951 Ryan McCormick Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:04:04 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-197951 Wow... knowing the history of SS, this post completely disgusts me. I started years ago with SnapStream Media 2.5 (before it was called BTV). Back then there was only a "web-admin" (no FSUI) and the whole idea of SnapStream was to stream TV to anywhere. With BTV 3.0 came the FSUI and SS got less and less interested in the streaming part. When they came out with BTV Link and started charging for it I became totally fed up with SS. The reason I bought it in the first place was to stream TV to my other rooms and to work, now they stoped supporting live streaming with MPEG2 cards and they want to charge me extra for the Link app??? Orb has succeeded at the origional idea of SS (where SS has failed miserably). I loved Orb when it works, but I no longer run it since it often locks up my PC at 100% CPU. My biggest recomendation to all you BTV users out there is STOP RECORDING TV! There is no reason for it. Other people will do it for you. I have Azureous with RSS-FeedScanner set up to auto-download as TV epps get uploaded to the internet. Commercials are pre-cut out, files sizes are smaller, quality is better, and I often get TV before it even airs on my coast. I even have 2 epps of Dexter and 6 epps of Weeds that won't air for months. http://www.eztvefnet.org/index.php?main=showlist Wow… knowing the history of SS, this post completely disgusts me. I started years ago with SnapStream Media 2.5 (before it was called BTV). Back then there was only a “web-admin” (no FSUI) and the whole idea of SnapStream was to stream TV to anywhere. With BTV 3.0 came the FSUI and SS got less and less interested in the streaming part. When they came out with BTV Link and started charging for it I became totally fed up with SS. The reason I bought it in the first place was to stream TV to my other rooms and to work, now they stoped supporting live streaming with MPEG2 cards and they want to charge me extra for the Link app???

Orb has succeeded at the origional idea of SS (where SS has failed miserably). I loved Orb when it works, but I no longer run it since it often locks up my PC at 100% CPU.

My biggest recomendation to all you BTV users out there is STOP RECORDING TV! There is no reason for it. Other people will do it for you. I have Azureous with RSS-FeedScanner set up to auto-download as TV epps get uploaded to the internet. Commercials are pre-cut out, files sizes are smaller, quality is better, and I often get TV before it even airs on my coast. I even have 2 epps of Dexter and 6 epps of Weeds that won’t air for months. http://www.eztvefnet.org/index.php?main=showlist

]]> By: Howard http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-184582 Howard Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:21:28 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-184582 Orb works for me, except, it shows up most shows at 800x800 resolution, and now way to get the aspect ration correct. Some shows show up properly, but most are wrong. Also, does not appear to support the Fusion HDTV Tuner for live tv feed. Orb works for me, except, it shows up most shows at 800×800 resolution, and now way to get the aspect ration correct. Some shows show up properly, but most are wrong. Also, does not appear to support the Fusion HDTV Tuner for live tv feed.

]]> By: Stu http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-178032 Stu Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:31:46 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-178032 Ken said "Yes, but it also doesn’t cost $100.00, like SageTV Placeshifter. What a rip-off." Hyperbole is unwarranted; Sage's Placeshifter costs no more than a client license for BeyondTV. I used to be a BTV user, and left for only two reasons: the lack of an integrated media center, and the lack of full support for the Media MVP. Sage offers both, albeit in a clunkier package. Both products are good products, and it's exciting to see the two different packages evolve. Ken said “Yes, but it also doesn’t cost $100.00, like SageTV Placeshifter. What a rip-off.”

Hyperbole is unwarranted; Sage’s Placeshifter costs no more than a client license for BeyondTV.

I used to be a BTV user, and left for only two reasons: the lack of an integrated media center, and the lack of full support for the Media MVP. Sage offers both, albeit in a clunkier package. Both products are good products, and it’s exciting to see the two different packages evolve.

]]> By: Deo http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-173724 Deo Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:27:09 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-173724 well, Orb is a "Good" app that gives me the access to the content that stored on my PC, However, It just doesn't work on my Sony Erissons (W900, K800i), streaming could never work after hundreds of times trying. Had to stop using the app since it can't satisify my streaming demand. Coincidently found this new and free app called Mobile Media Center,very new, never heard of it before, it pops up on most blogs and tech forums, Curiously downloaded and tried the app, the app will have to be installed on PC, no complicated configurations. On mobile, it's has a very simple (really really simple) interface, I was a bit disappointed in the interface design and input, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, that's all I have got on I mobile, even had the thought that I was punked by their aggressive marketing presentation/compaigns, but I realized that I was wrong until I streamed. Unbelievely fast, smooth. Unlike Orb, I could even stream the whole DVD on my mobile. Streaming music works also fine. www.mobilemediacenter.nl (is it a Dutch company??) well, who cares!!! well, Orb is a “Good” app that gives me the access to the content that stored on my PC, However, It just doesn’t work on my Sony Erissons (W900, K800i), streaming could never work after hundreds of times trying. Had to stop using the app since it can’t satisify my streaming demand.

Coincidently found this new and free app called Mobile Media Center,very new, never heard of it before, it pops up on most blogs and tech forums,

Curiously downloaded and tried the app, the app will have to be installed on PC, no complicated configurations. On mobile, it’s has a very simple (really really simple) interface, I was a bit disappointed in the interface design and input, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, that’s all I have got on I mobile, even had the thought that I was punked by their aggressive marketing presentation/compaigns, but I realized that I was wrong until I streamed. Unbelievely fast, smooth. Unlike Orb, I could even stream the whole DVD on my mobile. Streaming music works also fine.

http://www.mobilemediacenter.nl (is it a Dutch company??) well, who cares!!!

]]> By: Deo http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-173723 Deo Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:26:58 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-173723 well, Orb is a "Good" app that gives me the access to the content that stored on my PC, However, It just doesn't work on my Sony Erissons (W900, K800i), streaming could never work after hundreds of times trying. Had to stop using the app since it can't satisify my streaming demand. Coincidently found this new and free app called Mobile Media Center,very new, never heard of it before, it pops up on most blogs and tech forums, Curiously downloaded and tried the app, the app will have to be installed on PC, no complicated configurations. On mobile, it's has a very simple (really really simple) interface, I was a bit disappointed in the interface design and input, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, that's all I have got on I mobile, even had the thought that I was punked by their aggressive marketing presentation/compaigns, but I realized that I was wrong until I streamed. Unbelievely fast, smooth. Unlike Orb, I could even stream the whole DVD on my mobile. Streaming music works also fine. www.mobilemediacenter.nl (is it a Dutch company??) well, who cares!!! well, Orb is a “Good” app that gives me the access to the content that stored on my PC, However, It just doesn’t work on my Sony Erissons (W900, K800i), streaming could never work after hundreds of times trying. Had to stop using the app since it can’t satisify my streaming demand.

Coincidently found this new and free app called Mobile Media Center,very new, never heard of it before, it pops up on most blogs and tech forums,

Curiously downloaded and tried the app, the app will have to be installed on PC, no complicated configurations. On mobile, it’s has a very simple (really really simple) interface, I was a bit disappointed in the interface design and input, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, that’s all I have got on I mobile, even had the thought that I was punked by their aggressive marketing presentation/compaigns, but I realized that I was wrong until I streamed. Unbelievely fast, smooth. Unlike Orb, I could even stream the whole DVD on my mobile. Streaming music works also fine.

http://www.mobilemediacenter.nl (is it a Dutch company??) well, who cares!!!

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-163261 Ken Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:01:23 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-163261 JS said, "Too bad it’s not integrated like the SageTV placeshifter application." Yes, but it also doesn't cost $100.00, like SageTV Placeshifter. What a rip-off. JS said, “Too bad it’s not integrated like the SageTV placeshifter application.”

Yes, but it also doesn’t cost $100.00, like SageTV Placeshifter. What a rip-off.

]]> By: BLWOL http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-156089 BLWOL Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:15 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-156089 It's too bad that Orb doesn't allow you to fast forward through the commercials (or use SmartSkip). Orb doesn't allow no more than 500MB size file to download into my computer either, so I stopped using Orb. It’s too bad that Orb doesn’t allow you to fast forward through the commercials (or use SmartSkip). Orb doesn’t allow no more than 500MB size file to download into my computer either, so I stopped using Orb.

]]> By: JS http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/05/29/orb-and-beyond-tv-hooking-up/comment-page-1/#comment-148450 JS Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:09:03 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=170#comment-148450 Too bad it's not integrated like the SageTV placeshifter application. Too bad it’s not integrated like the SageTV placeshifter application.

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