How to watch TV over your own home network - Germany

Ok.. I am a bit of a thickie when I comes to thses internet thingies...

So, What is needed to watch a signal/Picture from a Set top box over either a wired or wireless home network?

Keep it simples!

Many thanks

SP

This is one option (DVB-S) over your Stromnetz.
http://www.devolo.de/consumer/dlan-tv-world.html?l=de

This is also a pretty good one for TV over the internet. If you use a Devolo (or similar Homeplug devices) then you can watch this anywhere via an internet connection over your home Stromnetz. I do use this from time-to-time and it works fine. Although the pic quality isn't HD, it is very watchable.

http://www.myp2pforum.eu/live-tv/41045-british-tv.html

(You need to install VLC player version vlc-0.8.6i-win32 to view. The exe on that website is a frontend for selecting channels).

you could get a Dreambox and stream over the network.

These 2 links are all I need to see movies and programs from home sweet home.

I've never had any problems with "bugs or viruses" and you don't need a box.

For hands down best movie downloads....

http://www.watch-movies-online.tv/

best programs......

http://www.free-tv-video-online.info/

P.S. for the movies to play you should download http://www.divx.com/en/windivx at you should have adobe flash player too

I suspect SpiderPig is not thinking of getting rid of satellite completely just yet, FF

It would also appear that no one actually read my post before tryping away!

I'm not really sure what you're trying to do. What kind of signal/STB and what are you going to watch it on?

Does it matter if its a DVD,VCR, Skybox,Premierebox A video camera??

Its A unit that has a standard video sinal output from an RCA /Chinch/phono outlet..

SIMPLES!

Something like this?

It matters a lot on what the scenario is because there is no general solution. It is relatively easy if you want to watch IPTV on your desktop but if you want to pipe Sky from Sat to view on 5 TVs dotted around your house then you have a very different possible solution. Do you have a particular scenario in mind or are you interested in different possible solutions to getting (UK) channels onto TV and/or PC screens over a LAN or Electricity network?

While the detailed information we have is pretty sketchy, it's pretty clear that SpiderPig wants to connect the A/V output from a domestic set-top box (satellite, cable, DVD, VCR) to view the content on a domestic intranet. The suggested IP video server earlier does just that. No-one mentioned streaming live TV from an external broadcast source. What's not clear from the original request if if the material should be viewed on multiple clients, or should be recoded back to video to watch on a normal TV, not is it clear what level of relayed quality is expected.

There are countless IP Video servers on the market (the one suggested is over 5 years old, so a bit long in the tooth), some with multiple AV inputs (often used for security camera relay over IP). What distinguishes them from one another is their ability to handle multiple sources, bandwidth (which affect picture quality on the client) and the method of client access. Some provide hardware transcoder clients to connect directly to a TV, others have a PC based application to view the stream, other simply use a web browser. Of course, Slingbox is an example of an IP Video server specifically tailored for domestic video streaming over IP and there is no reason at all not to use such a device in an intranet as much as over the internet. This may even be the most cost effective solution in this case, and is certainly targeted at a non-technical audience for ease of set up and use.

A natural extension of the IP video server is a dedicated media server, but this would replace the set-top box in that most have their own DVB-T, -C, or -S receiver(s), usually include hard disk for PVR functions and therefore have the ability to stream live or recorded material over the domestic network.

Are we talking about something link a slingbox? It hooks to you cable or satellite and you can stream TV over your laptop. Anywhere you have a internet connection. Love it. It works great but I can't figure out how to hook it up to show on the TV monitor....I know there is a way. Everyone else does it.

Spiderpig, it's not clear to me exactly what you want to do.

If you want to network your satelite box, cable box, DVD player etc. then a Slingbox would do that. The Slingbox is primarily designed for streaming over the internet but I have also used it locally on a home network...works fine.

Is that what you want to do, or have I missed the point?