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From: Jim on 20 May 2010 04:13 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!" Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Woody on 20 May 2010 04:37 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! -- Woody
From: Richard Tobin on 20 May 2010 04:53 In article <slrnhv9rp7.1co6.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, 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!" Is there something that does the reverse: a media server that runs on the iPhone so that you can play music and videos stored on your iPhone on, say, a DLNA-equipped TV? Even better would be something that lets your iPhone control and stream to a DLNA media displayer or whatever they're called, but I don't think many TVs support that yet. -- Richard
From: Jim on 20 May 2010 04:59 On 2010-05-20, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> 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! No, I think you've about summed it up. It's one of those apps that I'm very happy exists, I'll almost certainly download it, but then...will I actually use it beyond the 'oooh, cool, it works!' moment? Perhaps not. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Trooper on 20 May 2010 06:57
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! > > > AirVideo does the same thing, but costs money, however they will be supporting the iPad and offering that to current users for free, which is nice :) As to why you would want this, well I have airvideo on my Touch, and as mentioned, thought it was groovy but haven't used it since. I can however see it getting a lot more use when I get the iPad. I have a lot of TV shows on my media server, and usually watch them on the plasma, but every so often fancy toddling off to bed and watching something there. I don't have a TV in the bedroom, so the only option at the moment is to drag in the laptop, which is just a faf. The iPad streaming video would be perfect for that. Not sure about rivet, but AirVideo also lets you stream across the internet, which could be very useful if you are away from home :) T. |