What do you think of this idea to get cable from my parents to my apartment?
Question by : What do you think of this idea to get cable from my parents to my apartment?
Later this year, I would be moving out of my parents house and into an apartment.
The think is that my roommate and I will not be able to afford both internet and cable services. And then I thought about using the cable from my parent's house.
I was thinking about using my old laptop or old desktop computer and set it up to do a wake on wireless lan, and then do a remote desktop connection from our apartment to the computer. The laptop or desktop would be using a Linux-compatible tv tuner and I would use remote desktop to watch the tv shows.
Of course I will be getting a remote desktop connect that support audio, file transfer, and linux OS. And I will be using linuxtv or mythbutnu as a source for finding compatible tv tuners.
Would this idea be doable, I know this is make a DIY slingbox. Also what problems would you foresee. Besides the one that deals with mythbuntu itself and compatibility.
JimDandy, my parents house and the apartment will be about 30 miles away or more depending on what apartment we get.
bandaid_46, slingbox does the same things and I have my parent's ok.
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Answer by mommy.to.be♥
if it would work then go for it.
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VPN, getting U.S. IP from abroad, streaming content?
Question by fech0008: VPN, getting U.S. IP from abroad, streaming content?
I am currently living in Okinawa, Japan. There are a few sites I like to stream content from that require an IP address from the U.S. I have found a couple free web-based VPN clients that help me get around this problem, but they have a couple drawbacks - 1) they have a bandwidth cap and 2) they are too slow for me to continue streaming my Slingbox and Vonage phone.
What I'm looking for (and I'm willing to pay a reasonable price if there's no such thing as a free service that offers all of it) is a VPN client that:
-- will give me a US IP address
-- has no bandwidth cap (or a very high one)
-- that allows me to split tunnel so I can continue to stream content that does not require a U.S. IP at the normal high speed rate my fiber optic carrier gives me. I'll also need to know how to set up the split tunneling on my iMac G5 
(if this client has no bandwidth cap and a very high speed, then the split tunneling is not necessary)
Thanks in advance for an advice!
KF
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Answer by nathan
I only know half your question.
the mac os DOES NOT support multiple gateway address. So your ideal to split tunneling is impossible.
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Play Xbox360 from remote location through computer?
Question by St Johnny: Play Xbox360 from remote location through computer?
Here's the setup.
My xbox is at home.
I am a few hours away at school.
The question:
is there any way to remotely connect to my xbox, much like a VNC, to be able to play it from school, through my computer with another controller, while it is at home turned on and connected to the interent?
I figured someone would have figured how to hack this by now.
but searching around all i could find is how to connect the xbox to your computer monitor and how to use a controller on your computer...
and emulators. which is not at all what i am talking about.
think of it like slingbox. but instead of controlling your directv or whatever, your controlling your xbox. not just playing movies and music but actually playing the game in the disk drive.
links are preferred.
thanks.
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Answer by opurt
It may be technically possible, but there'd be too much lag for it to be playable.
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How can I record the Superbowl 2010 onto a blank DVD from my computer?
Question by Nicole Brown: How can I record the Superbowl 2010 onto a blank DVD from my computer?
I live in Ukraine, even though I'm American, and two of my friends need the superbowl onto a DVD because they can't get it. I can't record it onto a DVD from my TV because I don't have a DVD player that can record and burn it onto a disc. I was wondering if anyone knew of a site that I could go to that will let me burn it onto a disc.Or I also have SlingPlayer. If anyone knows how to put a recorded show from SlingPlayer (SlingBox?) onto a DVD, that would be helpful too.
Cheers!
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Answer by Colanth
Watch it on TV in the computer with a TV tuner. Record it to your hard drive. Then use something like DVDFlick to convert it and burn the DVD. (You'll probably need a different program, because DVDFlick most likely will convert to a format the TVs there can't play - you probably use PAL. If they want to watch on computers, just burn what you record to the DVD.)
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Q&A: How to Record music from satellite TV to MP3 on my computer?
Question by luckyone_27105: How to Record music from satellite TV to MP3 on my computer?
I usually do not have problems with basic electronic stuff but this one has got my head spinning. I want to use some of the music programs on TV to record mp3's on my computer. Inexpensive would be a big plus.
RCA to USB cable? TV tuner? TV converter? Slingbox or a slingbox competitor? What do I do? And yes, all these are available, they just don't explain how to use them in layman's terms
OOPS!
I want to record in stereo and not sure why a mic in would do that.
Current configuration is Satellite TV provider, minimum broadband, and a decent entry level PC.
Windows XP OS
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Answer by Calvin's Network Hosting
Hello,
In order to record TV audio from your Satellite, I have written the following steps to help you:
You will need:
1) Make sure your tv is on, and connect a jack lead from your Headphone socket on your TV, into your PC's Mic Socket.
2)You need to use sound recording software such as "Sound Recorder" on XP or you can use different software and press record
3) That's it, It will save it as an MP3 or WAV and there you have it!
Cheers,
Calvin's Network
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How to Record music from satellite TV to MP3 on my computer?
Question by luckyone_27105: How to Record music from satellite TV to MP3 on my computer?
I usually do not have problems with basic electronic stuff but this one has got my head spinning. I want to use some of the music programs on TV to record mp3's on my computer. Inexpensive would be a big plus.
RCA to USB cable? TV tuner? TV converter? Slingbox or a slingbox competitor? What do I do? And yes, all these are available, they just don't explain how to use them in layman's terms
I want to record in stereo and not sure how a mic in would manage that.
Current configuration is Satellite TV provider, minimum broadband, and a decent entry level PC with Windows XP.
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Answer by blamay22000
Audigy
There should be extra audio outs on the sat box, get a patch cord from radio shack and connect it to the line in on your pc sound input
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Q&A: streaming my tv from wireless b connection?
Question by : streaming my tv from wireless b connection?
hello, I have a slingbox-type device called a hava/monsoon platinum hd-same function as slingbox lets u stream ur own tv from remote locations. I would like to watch my tv in between classes at school, but the schools network is configured using wireless b only, not g. Would the video still be watchable? I am not looking for HD video and I don't expect that either, just video thats watchable doesn't jitter/skip etc.. at home, I have a b/g network.
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Answer by nnjay
Wireless B !!!!
I doubt it ... even wireless G might struggle.
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Q&A: How to watch TV from a cable box/DVR on another TV?
Question by Manbearpig: How to watch TV from a cable box/DVR on another TV?
I'd like to get a device to be able to use the cable box and DVR on one TV in my house on another TV in my house that can't connect to cable without a box.
My cable company wants to charge me a month for a box to get basic channels on that TV, but I'd rather pay 0 to own a box to be able to use all the channels and DVR recordings I pay for already.
I've seen the Slingcatcher, but that runs 0 and you need a Slingbox which is another 0, but I'm not interested in using a Slingbox at all as I have no need to watch my TV and DVR on my computer or cell phone.
Does anyone know of any alternative products or methods for doing this?
Doctor and Greaser, that's not what I'm looking for at all.
I know how to split a coaxial cable and if I was interested in running visible cables lines up and down my house I would just do that.
I also don't want to run a coaxial cable out from my cable box / DVR because that requires using more wires and you can't change the channel on the secondary TV.
The question is geared toward Slingbox/Slingcatcher alternatives so I can wirelessly use the existing cable box / DVR on the secondary TV.
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Answer by hotzelj
X10 provides a device as well as TREK's LeapFrog.
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I NEED To Watch ABC.com TV from outside the US?
Question by Ralph J: I NEED To Watch ABC.com TV from outside the US?
But it won't let me! I have to watch the Alabama game that comes on in 4 hours. My slingbox is broken (as always, what a waste of money) and my brother's webcam isn't working either. I need to fake my ip address so ABC.com thinks I'm in the US. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Answer by stunna
try sopcast
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