TVersity has the option to transcode. Would that work? If not, could you point me at an appropriate RPi page? I have the same problem where I keep finding servers and not clients.
My Google-Fu is weak. :-( On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:20:10 PM UTC-4, Chris Morgan wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 8:13 PM, RetiQlum FakeName <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have been trying to find a cheap method of serving media to my >> televisions. >> >> Here is my current setup: I have a PC running TVErsity (under Windows) >> and another running MediaTomb (under KUbuntu) which stream media quite >> delightfully to my PlayStation 3 and my dumb television. >> >> I have three other rooms which could use a TV in them and I'd like to use >> a projects board to create a client which can do the same thing. A PS3 >> uses a lot of power - way more than Beagle Board or RPi. >> >> All I can seem to find are ways to turn a Beagle Board into a DNLA >> +server_ - I want a client. I am familiar with Ubuntu but I can use >> Debian if need be. I am an expert with PLCs and .Net but have no >> experience whatsoever with Beagle Boards. >> >> I need a starting point. I'd like to start with a full system and then >> experiment at will. Oh, and I really know very little about DLNA itself so >> I'd like to start with a working solution and then break it enough to >> understand what I'm doing. >> >> Yeah, I'd also need to include Wi-Fi at some point (don't ask for much, >> do I?) >> >> How hard would it be to add in a programmable remote? >> >> Full web access later might be nice, but streaming from my server is the >> most important bit. >> >> And in a totally unrelated bit: does anyone know of spaceship models >> (Star Wars prefferred) that will fit a Beagle Board well? This is only the >> first of several projects I want to try. >> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > The BBB lacks support for hardware video decoding so it is likely that > you'll have trouble getting a sufficient framerate at a normal TV > resolution, say 720p. > > I've heard of people using RPi's for their media center clients as it does > have hardware video decode support. Other options that should work are > Intel's NUC and the minnow board (although I haven't tested either of these > with video decoding and can't recall reading about it). > > Chris > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
