Re: [Hampshire] Streaming video

Samuel Penn wrote:
> On Mon, January 26, 2009 15:48, Brian Chivers wrote:
>> Has anyone tried streaming video across there network ?
>
> Yep, I do it all the time, however...
>
>> What I'd like to be able to do is stream TV
>> shows that I've recorded in avi / xvid format to Windows workstations
>> connected to projectors so
>> staff can view fullscreen what they've requested to be recorded.
>
> ...I use MediaTomb to stream audio and video to my PS3. Streams
> full HD video just fine, but may not do what you want.
>
> On the server side, you just point it at a directory full
> of videos. It has a basic web interface for configuration.
>
> On the client side, you'd need something that supports UPNP
> media servers. The PS3 just picks it up automatically, not
> sure if media players on Windows will do the same, or whether
> you can feed them an URL to it.
>

I also use MediaTomb with a PS3 client and have found it to work very
well. The only thing I've not worked out how to do is manually move
files into different folders (list of media can get very long!). Does
anyone know if this is possible or does it have to be scripted?

James