G'day Paul,<br><br>I have had some fun using a LeadTek USB <a href="http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/tv_tuner/overview.asp?lineid=6&pronameid=231">DTV-dongle</a> to capture / record / timeshift / view Digital TV broadcasts onto a hard drive. The unit cost about $90 and is quite easy to use. Add a 200 Gb USB external micrdrive and you have a collection of bits that fits into one hand.
<br><br>Kids are being entertained in South Australia with some ABC broadcasts and family movies. Although there is a backup and archive advantage copying digital media to a 4 or 7 Gb DVD, with the HDD price falling I have been keeping and reusing these digital files. Now the home TV is the bottleneck although I know of some friends that built a Linux box to make up their own home entertainment system.
<br><br>I had forgotten about VideoLan .. now there is a good idea :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br>On 22/06/06, Dr Paul Chandler <<a href="mailto:paul.chandler@yvg.vic.edu.au">paul.chandler@yvg.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:
<br>> Listers,<br>> <br>> Has anyone played with video streaming, using something like VLC (<a href="http://www.videolan.org/">http://www.videolan.org/</a>)?<br>> <br>> I've been playing around with video capture (progressively copying a whole lot of home movies from VHSC tape to DVD). Bought a medion USB grabber on special from Aldi - works very well.
<br>> <br>> My mind started to then think about streaming (basically seeing if I could connect the USB device to any other application which may vaguely be useful) ... it could ... I discovered VLC in the process ...
<br>> <br>> Now I'm wondering if I can actually do something useful/interesting/education with it!<br>> <br>> Ideas?!<br>> <br>> <br>> DISCLAIMER:<br>> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed.
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