OK - a big attraction of the Dreambox for me was its fairly easy Web Interface. This allowed me to stream TV of my choice to a client PC on my wireless LAN - which when I consider the main TV gets used mostly for the kids choice of nonsense is a dealbreaker.
Would I be able to stream TV from my HTPC on the LAN?
Luckily there is a Web Interface available from the members section of the DVBViewer site. What DVBViewer don't tell you is what works on the server.
The server interface consists of a small dialog box - use the web address 0.0.0.0 to allow any device on your LAN to connect to DVBViewer. Define a port - 80 is possible but I used 8080.
Client PCs will need the latest Windows Media Player or VLC version 0.8.6i. SImply enter the IP address of your server PC in the browser address bar and you're off.
Generally I found running VLC the best option in terms of picture quality. Client PCs will kick off DVBViewer (with sound) on your server PC so it might be worth muting the volume! |