Sky+ box to lan

Shadez · 14 Nov 2007 at 13:37

Quick question,

Im looking at broadcasting the output of my sky+ box around the house to other tv's and even pc's.

Next to the tv is a wifi router with a spare lan port, so what i want to do is convert a output from the sky box into some form of iptv signal that can be sent over my existing network.

Anyone have any suggestions on what products are available to do this?

randal · 14 Nov 2007 at 13:39

Slingbox?

Shadez · 14 Nov 2007 at 14:57

randal24 said:
Slingbox?

Had a good look at that and it doesnt seem to work the way i want, but it has lead me to annother product the HAVA Platinum HD that looks 100% better and is cheaper.

Fr0dders · 14 Nov 2007 at 20:29

not possible

you cant send video over IP. only way is to encode it into video and stream it, much like the slingbox does.

Shadez · 15 Nov 2007 at 10:04

MrLOL said:
not possible

you cant send video over IP. only way is to encode it into video and stream it, much like the slingbox does.

Nothing stoping you sending video over ip to any place in the world provided you have the right hardware

Fr0dders · 15 Nov 2007 at 10:25

granted

but the only hardware ive seen has been suitable for CCTV type stuff. Ive not seen anything that could encode something like TV at real time and not loose quality aimed at the home market.

for slow fps CCTV etc.. its fine. But for TV etc.. i should imagine devices capable of this are mega money. not the sort of thing you do as a little project at home. Just use a sky sender over RF

much easier.

Shadez · 19 Nov 2007 at 14:43

MrLOL said:
granted

but the only hardware ive seen has been suitable for CCTV type stuff. Ive not seen anything that could encode something like TV at real time and not loose quality aimed at the home market.

for slow fps CCTV etc.. its fine. But for TV etc.. i should imagine devices capable of this are mega money. not the sort of thing you do as a little project at home. Just use a sky sender over RF

much easier.

have a look at Pinnacle Systems PCTV TO GO @ £108 its affordable and does realtime mp2 and mp4 encodeing, ive just ordered 1 ill let you know what its like.