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Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by fatbat »

atiti wrote: post #136
fatbat wrote: post #133

So I have been wanting a HDMI dongle or similar solution and this sounds promising. I was hoping Chromecast would have delivered something closer to this but alas it focused too much on entertainment content (and tab casting barely works for me). I know it is a WIP, but this would have been much more attractive/awesome if they managed to power without separate USB and add wifi AC support. That would have made it a se…

Hi fatbat, Infact you can power it from an HDMI 1.4 + MHL port if your tv supports it! It also comes with dual wifi cards.

Awesome! Did not know about MHL. Looks like that is used by the Roku Streaming Stick too. I think you should definitely mention that in the campaign as well. Going to keep an eye on this and the stretch goals. Thank you!

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by fatbat »

slowmover wrote: post #120

I would buy this in an instant if it had Android support. Are mobile devices on the roadmap?

Take from the campaign page comments,

   1.) Android / iOS “receiver” and “controller” is on the ROADMAP, having them as a “streamer” would also be awesome, but requires that people root/jailbreak their devices, which we can not officially support. (Restrictions on hardware access by vendors unfortunately)

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by albeec13 »

mzs wrote: post #128
mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

Can someone suggest a dnla server to use? I have intel macs with movies on them. Ideally it would be a commandline program I could start to serve any ofthe files in a directory or in a simple to create with the output of find playlist file.

MiniDLNA works extremely well on linux, and a quick Google search shows links for how to get it working (albeit hackily) on a Mac. It might be worthwhile to run a VM on your Mac with an easy linux distro like Ubuntu to run MiniDLNA.

I use it daily on an Arch Linux server as well as occasionally threw an Ubuntu VM on Windows 7. Works seamlessly in either case, and better than most other DLNA servers I've tried in terms of file format support and reliability.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by neya »

atiti wrote: post #123
neya wrote: post #67

I'm somewhat curious to know if this could possibly be a Raspberry Pi-ish solution? Because that hardware uses an ARM processor and has 512 MB RAM just like the Raspberry Pi model B. Also, I think the Pi is able to achieve the same thing already - Just connect your Pi to the TV (which can have a HDMI/Video In/DVI) and stream what you want from your PC. It would be interesting to see if the software they provide would…

We have been testing with the Pis so it's definitely working! In fact, we will be providing images for raspberrys (based on the raspbian distro)

Thank's for the clarification! :)

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by neya »

the_cat_kittles wrote: post #122
neya wrote: post #67

I'm somewhat curious to know if this could possibly be a Raspberry Pi-ish solution? Because that hardware uses an ARM processor and has 512 MB RAM just like the Raspberry Pi model B. Also, I think the Pi is able to achieve the same thing already - Just connect your Pi to the TV (which can have a HDMI/Video In/DVI) and stream what you want from your PC. It would be interesting to see if the software they provide would…

i know nothing about pi's except that they are cheap- how do you send raspberry pi the content from your computer?

The raspberry Pi has a Wireless module that you can attach to it, through the Pi's USB port. The wireless chip is only like $4-9 in price. After attaching the wireless module, you can connect the Pi to your TV through HDMI/Video Out (the Pi has two vide output options). Assuming your computer is in a different room, you can connect to it directly and stream Video content to your TV. I also think there's some specialized software that will help you stream videos out of the box.. Cheers!

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by pms »

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

How can you call it a better solution? I totally don't get it.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by 0xndc »

barista wrote: post #124
mootothemax wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you click the link? This is an example of a truly open solution, and it involves hardware. And it wouldn't lead to me replacing my DLNA-based setup, hence my question. I also question your description of "truly open," although that's me being a bit Stallman, granted.

Isn't Miracast the open solution that is open and supported by many?

Miracast isn't "open" - devices require certification, and the Miracast and Wi-Fi Direct specifications cost $200 each. It's also supported by relatively few devices right now (since, you know, certification), and I seem to recall there are some compatibility issues between manufacturer implementations.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by mzs »

albeec13 wrote: post #143
mzs wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone suggest a dnla server to use? I have intel macs with movies on them. Ideally it would be a commandline program I could start to serve any ofthe files in a directory or in a simple to create with the output of find playlist file.

MiniDLNA works extremely well on linux, and a quick Google search shows links for how to get it working (albeit hackily) on a Mac. It might be worthwhile to run a VM on your Mac with an easy linux distro like Ubuntu to run MiniDLNA. I use it daily on an Arch Linux server as well as occasionally threw an Ubuntu VM on Windows 7. Works seamlessly in either case, and better than most other DLNA servers I've tried in term…

Thanks:

http://reliablybroken.com/b/2010/12/running-minidlna-on-mac/

minidlna -d -f ~/minidlna.conf

with media_dir=..., this exactly what I was looking for, thanks again.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by t0mbstone »

I don't want a software based solution that compresses my current display and streams it to a device on the local network.

What I want is two HDMI dongles that literally function like wireless cables. Plug one dongle into one device. Plug the other dongle into the other device. The result should be exactly the same as if I had an actual HDMI cable. No software configuration. No wifi setup. Maybe a light on each device to indicate if the signal is strong enough and if they are connected to each other or not.

It's not complicated. That's all I want. Someone, please make this!

For that matter, there's a huge market for all sorts of dongles of this nature. Wireless audio cables that transmit digitally, for example. Basically, I want to just do away with wires and replace them with bi-directional dongles of some sort on each end.

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