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caravanpikey
05-01-2011, 12:14 PM
Just out of idle curiosity and because i'm at work and have sod all to do how does streaming work. Can anyone explain, in laymans terms, how i take a channel from my TV, filter it thru my laptop/pc, and put it on air for all to see.

I'm assuming there's some piece of hardware needed to connect tele to laptop?

If anyone is equally as bored and could explain all i'd be hugely grateful.
deadlywill
06-01-2011, 05:03 AM
I'm not a streamer because in Australia we have the worst upload power ie: when i upload a picture it does so at the alarming rate of 19k - phew slow down there fella lol - so streaming a live channel is out of the question for me - but others with stronger upload ability can do it - it's a bit complicated but here is the Sopcast instructions - http://www.sopcast.org/docs/so.html#4 and for the browser links, say Veetle for instance, you can read here - http://veetle.com/index.php/article/view/broadcast101. Seems a bit much but after a bit you would know how to do it pretty easily. And to explain how p2p works read here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer
caravanpikey
06-01-2011, 10:23 AM
Cheers Deadlywill..You may have slow uploads but you have better weather than the UK!!
deadlywill
06-01-2011, 10:32 AM
Cheers Deadlywill..You may have slow uploads but you have better weather than the UK!!

...not really at the moment - rain rain rain and more rain...
caravanpikey
06-01-2011, 10:39 AM
Rain? You must have emigrated to England without realising!
deadlywill
06-01-2011, 10:47 AM
Trust me i would realise - our water is the same colour as the Thames though at the moment but with large trees in it...
caravanpikey
06-01-2011, 10:57 AM
I've seen the Queensland floods on the news. Looks absolutely horrendous.
deadlywill
06-01-2011, 11:16 AM
like the Thames but add worlds deadliest pissed off snakes and spiders, bull sharks and crocodiles, box jellyfish and irikandji, sheets of iron, barbed wire, dead animals, faeces etc into the equation and you don't want to be hanging oot in the water...
caravanpikey
06-01-2011, 12:10 PM
Makes me appreciate the UK a little bit more..
deadlywill
06-01-2011, 12:29 PM
Makes me appreciate the UK a little bit more..

naaa fook that you'd love it here mate :D
caravanpikey
07-01-2011, 10:17 AM
I've been over. Came to Aus back in 94. Absolutely loved it.