On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Jim Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows Media player 11 will stream to the Windows PCs (under "Library" > choose "Media Sharing") - this is a DLNA ("Digital Living Network Alliance") > compliant server so it'll stream to quite a few doohickeys and programs (PC, > Mac, Linux, PS3, XBox 360, Networked DVD players, Roku, etc). Unfortunately > it won't stream to the Wii since the Wii isn't compliant.
But, I want them to play the same videos at the same time. So I want to control the entertainment from the desktop for both rooms. PC anywhere might even work. I was looking into VLC but then read I need to flash my router for IPv6. > However the Wii does have a web browser (at least if you downloaded the > Opera channel). Orb is a traditional DLNA server but also includes a web > client: hit the client with the Wii's browser and you can stream to the > browser. This takes more PC oomph than the other options because the PC is > actually converting your video, on the fly, to Flash Video but it does > (mostly) work. The video quality is far from perfect, but for > news/talking/reality shows heads it's fine. > > Music is just fine with pretty much any option. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283331 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
