| As far as marketing goes I guess this article | | | | |
| may one day bring me some hate for teaching | | | | - Install or Update your DirectX |
| some dumbass to build online infomercials, | | | | (windowsupdate.com) |
| but I assure you my motives are far less | | | | |
| industrious. | | | | - Install VLC |
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| If you live outside North America, like me, | | | | Step 2 FOR NAT(using DHCP for home networks) |
| you might think watching your favorite TV | | | | DSL/CABLE Routers |
| provider back home was impossible. In fact | | | | |
| for years I figured I was just stuck with | | | | - Go to your router and click on Port |
| crap TV and limewire downloads. Trailerpark | | | | Forwarding |
| Boys, Battlestar Gallactica, and Family Guy | | | | |
| had become pleasures I relied on friends to | | | | - Enter your VLC server's IP address and the |
| send me in the mail, years after they aired. | | | | desired port for forwarding. |
| Until now... | | | | |
| | | | - Your router should accept the setting and |
| I have been fiddling with this all day and I | | | | tell you everything is ok |
| will say VLC ( is one of the coolest open | | | | |
| source programs I have come across in some | | | | Step 3 |
| time. Platform support is universal from | | | | |
| Win32, *Nix to even long dead BeOS. These are | | | | - Fire up VLC |
| also the people behind Google Video if that | | | | |
| is any indication. VLC allows you to stream | | | | - Go to File > Open Captue Device > Video |
| video online, multicast, save incoming | | | | Device Name > Refresh.. (wait a moment) click |
| streams, and do all sorts of cool things only | | | | on the default bar and then click on your |
| people with lots of money should be able to | | | | capture device driver (the one that came with |
| do - like open your own TV station. The | | | | your card) |
| quality is really amazing and of course | | | | |
| endlessly tweakable. Oh and ya did I mention | | | | - Now click Stream/Save > Settings |
| it is completely free? Ok I did, onwards... | | | | |
| | | | - Click on Play Locally and MMSH. Insert YOUR |
| I tested VLC by getting a friend to stream | | | | LOCAL IP ADDRESS and DESIRED port (for folks |
| DISH Network to me from the US and it was | | | | using NAT thats 192.X.X.X that you forwarded |
| VERY watchable. Keep in mind this was | | | | on your router earlier) |
| streaming from Seattle, WA to Bangkok, TH. 18 | | | | |
| hops. | | | | - Click on Video Codec and select your Video |
| | | | Codec format (I use WMV since I am using |
| Streaming using a Video Capture Card | | | | WMP), then select a good bit rate like 192 or |
| | | | 128, then select the size of the picture in |
| What you will need: | | | | your player (1 - 2) |
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| - Operating System | | | | - Repeat the instructions above for audio |
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| - 1 Video Capture Card | | | | - One VERY IMPORTANT quality setting is TTL - |
| | | | Type 10 at a minimum. This tells VLC the |
| - Drivers for Video Capture card (go to to | | | | number of routers your stream will probably |
| find software drivers for video capture | | | | go across. |
| cards) | | | | |
| | | | - Click Ok and Click Ok again to start your |
| - DirectX 9.0c | | | | stream |
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| - VLC (please get the nightly CVS version, a | | | | Step 4 |
| lot of good folks work really hard on this | | | | |
| software, and PLEASE donate to them if you | | | | - Open WMP and click on File > Open URL |
| can) | | | | |
| | | | - Type |
| - A network connection | | | | |
| | | | - Your video will take a bit to buffer but |
| - Windows Media Player | | | | then you should see your pictures. |
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| - A WHOLE LOT of patience | | | | I would love to hear results from anyone else |
| | | | working with VLC. My next step is to setup a |
| Step 1 | | | | remote control with an external IRD box, so I |
| | | | can change channels - yes people ARE doing |
| - Install Capture Card (I use all ATI Wonder | | | | this! Check my official VideoLan Tutorial |
| Cards and have no problem) | | | | thread for updates on this project. |