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From: Jim on 20 May 2010 07:04
On 2010-05-20, Trooper <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
> Not sure about rivet, but AirVideo also lets you stream across the
> internet, which could be very useful if you are away from home :)

Rivet doesn't (currently) do Internet streaming. Its main purpose in life is
to stream to XBox360 and PS3 consoles, which is does very well. However, if
you had only a PS3 then I'd go for the other one (MediaServer?) which seems
to help with an issue the PS3 has with playing MP4 files.

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From: Ben Shimmin on 20 May 2010 08:30
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>:
> On 2010-05-20, Trooper <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>> Not sure about rivet, but AirVideo also lets you stream across the
>> internet, which could be very useful if you are away from home :)
>
> Rivet doesn't (currently) do Internet streaming. Its main purpose in life
> is to stream to XBox360 and PS3 consoles, which is does very well. However,
> if you had only a PS3 then I'd go for the other one (MediaServer?) which
> seems to help with an issue the PS3 has with playing MP4 files.

Nullriver MediaLink is t'other one.

b.

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From: Jim on 20 May 2010 08:56
On 2010-05-20, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:
> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>:
>> On 2010-05-20, Trooper <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>> Not sure about rivet, but AirVideo also lets you stream across the
>>> internet, which could be very useful if you are away from home :)
>>
>> Rivet doesn't (currently) do Internet streaming. Its main purpose in life
>> is to stream to XBox360 and PS3 consoles, which is does very well. However,
>> if you had only a PS3 then I'd go for the other one (MediaServer?) which
>> seems to help with an issue the PS3 has with playing MP4 files.
>
> Nullriver MediaLink is t'other one.

That's the one. It seems to do something different to get around the PS3's
"issue" with mp4 files. They seem to need vastly more bandwidth than they
should (compared to, say, an XBox360). MediaLink might be transcoding into
another format, or lowering the bitrate.

Still wish Sony would fix it though.

Jim
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From: Sara on 24 May 2010 11:59
In article <1jisaiw.fygvnuz96e80N%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>,
usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote:

> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > Just a heads-up: The Little App Factory have submitted a free app for
> > approval that will allow streaming over your LAN from your Rivet server to
> > your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad:
> >
> > "The iPhone app is a free app for Rivet users to watch their movies or
> > listen to their music over WIFI. It transcodes files on the fly for playback
> > on the iPhone. Hopefully it will be approved soon!"
>
> What is rivit. Hang on.. googles...
>
> Oh a streaming server, makes sense. Now my original thought was that
> that was pretty handy thing to have, but on thinking about it, is it so
> useful?
>
> I mean streaming is good, except it is only going to work in your house
> really, and if I am in my house and I want to watch a streaming video,
> well, I have a 40" sony TV, or a 24" iMac, or.. the 3" iPhone? hmm..
>
> I mean I have watched the TV a couple of times on my phone, and it was
> fine, when I was somewhere without a telly, but it wouldn't be my first
> choice
>
>
> Or am I missing something. No doubt someone is going to be happy about
> this, and it is certainly clever enough to make it worth doing!

Bath time. I like to watch tele in the bath sometimes, mainly things
that make Rog leave the house screaming.

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From: Jim on 24 May 2010 12:03
On 2010-05-24, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Or am I missing something. No doubt someone is going to be happy about
>> this, and it is certainly clever enough to make it worth doing!
>
> Bath time. I like to watch tele in the bath sometimes, mainly things
> that make Rog leave the house screaming.

Please, *please* tell me you don't watch "Britain's Completely Talentless"!

Jim
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