Comments on: Jon’s HTPC: The “Tivo”

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:43:53 +0000

It’s a part of the “BeyondTV” software and is automatically installed when you install the software. All you need to do is (from a web browser) type http://(your IP):8129 and then you are connected to your media library on your HTPC. Clicking on a show will open WMP on the client machine and then the show will then be streamed. The setup is all automated in the â€œBeyondTVâ€ software setup. How fast of a connection will be required depends on what quality you store your media at. You can specify a login and password on the video server if you want. If you are behind a firewall you would need to forward port 8129 to the local IP of the HTPC. â€“Jon

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:52:35 +0000

Hi Jon
You mentioned in your article the ability to “watch recorded shows streamed from your computer to anywhere in the world.”
I would like to do this, but so far have the only option I have found is to set up a media server (a costly affair).
What option were you referring to in the above article? Is it using the software bundled with the Hauppauge card?
Thanks very much for your help in anticipation.

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By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:34:58 +0000

I misspoke above. Both times I mentioned the PVR 350 card I was actually thinking of the PVR 500 card. The PVR 500 has two tuners and two hardware encoders. The PVR350 is the same as the PVR 250 except is has a hardware DECODER as well. The hardware decoder sounds like a good idea at first, but it only outputs video. That means if you use the hardware output you don’t get any on screen information like the program guide. Essentially you would want to get either the 250, 150, or 500. I just wanted to make that correction. Sorry.