On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 11:09 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: > > Note that my comments were on using DLNA. Miracast is different (and > > pretty much as you describe it) since it's focussed on screen > mirroring > > which is not the same concept. My TV supports Miracast and I can > mirror > > my phone or tablet to the big screen, something I haven't attempted > to > > do in Linux. If that's what you really want to do then ignore what I > > said earlier, but you should consider if it is in fact what you want > to > > do. If you just want to watch videos it may not be. > Miracast is not what I really wanted to use but under windows that > was > the only process that seemed to work, as when I configure mediaplayer > for streaming it doesn't get to the player, plus everybody I talk to > here are telling me that if I am using windows I should be using > Miracast. I figured Linux was similar, but I using wireless for > streaming and didn't want dlna streaming to be picked up by dlna > receivers by next door neighbors if that was at all possible. Well, they're wrong. Use Miracast if you want to throw your Windows screen onto a TV, say for a presentation. If you want to use your computer to serve videos (or audio for that matter) to one or more clients then you need to run a server package. I'm absolutely 100% certain you can do this in Windows as well, in fact some of the most popular solutions are cross-platform. There's a list of them on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_streaming_media_systems A popular one is Plex, which runs on Win, Mac and Linux and has a whole bunch of other features. I didn't need anything so full-featured, so I opted for minidlna which is simple to set up. Keeping the neighbours out is just standard network practice: use a decent WPA password on the router, and keep a tight control on incoming connections via the server firewall. IIRC the server config can also restrict clients to certain IPs though I haven't bothered with that. > >> Some of my issues may be my modem/router not being good enough for > >> streaming as well. When I try to get the device to play a video > >> directly > >> of my NAS device over wireless the playback stops every thirty > >> seconds > >> and buffers, but if I put the flash disk that the video came from > >> into > >> the device and play the video from there it plays fine without any > >> buffering. > > I have my NAS device and TV connected via Gigabit Ethernet to > Gigabit > > ports on my router. I would only use Wifi for video streaming if I > had > > no other option. > From my perspective I don't necessarily have any other option. I > have > my NAS connected to my modem/router/voip phone device, but not by > gigabit even though the NAS ethernet is gigabit, because the router > doesn't have a gigabit port (I can upgrade the router from my isp > which > now have a device that has gigabit ports). As the device is also my > home > phone, the device is situated next to the phone socket which is in a > remote room, hence I have to use wireless unless I run cables along > the > ceiling or floor between rooms. I potentially could put a range > extender > next to the Smartmedia Player and connect the player to the extender > by > ethernet, but is that really any different to having the player > accessing the NAS over wireless? Giga Ethernet is nice but not really necessary, however real Wifi end-to-end bandwidth is so vulnerable to factors such as other users, signal reflections, attentuation etc. that it's always going to be the least desirable option. And Wifi range extenders are a waste of money unless you're very lucky (I haven't had good results from them), not to mention halving your bandwidth. For fixed stations a much better alternative is Powerline Ethernet (the standard spec is called HomePlug). They can be had for around $100-$150 for a pair, and use the house wiring to distribute the signal from your router. They work quite well (YMMV of course). The better ones include a Wifi access point on the remote side so they effectively act as a local hotspot. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
