Great idea! Want!
Wireless HDMI for Everyone
121–130 of 153 posts
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#122I'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?
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#123I'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)
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Out of interest, what kind of open source solution do you envisage when you say that "DLNA will die an instant and painful death the moment a truly open solution is adopted"? Would it involve hardware, or something installed on the TV, or something else entirely?" Did you click the link? This is an example of a truly open solution, and it involves hardware.
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?
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#125For all the "use chromecast/Apple TV/Miracast", this might be helpfull as to why it isn't the same http://images.indiegogo.com/file_attachments/213408/files/20... Also, the guys chanting DLNA, does that work on other things than windows? I've never heard of it, so, have little knowledge of it. Also, I will take a stab in the dark and guess the muliple monitors part and sharing your screen on others computers isn't qu…
That chart has a small error, Miracast certainly does support extended desktop - I use it frequently on Windows 8.1.
and isn't it open so that anybody can implement it for Linux and other platforms as well?
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm an Apple fanboy, but the Apple TV DRM-crippled walled garden isn't anywhere near good enough for me. I simply want any device to send a signal to my TV. It's trivial with cables, modern wireless technology can cheaply carry high quality signals, and the only thing standing in the way is the copyright mafia.
What? Unless the entirety of your information about the AppleTV comes from Cory Doctorow posts, you know that the only places DRM comes into the picture are when streaming pre-existing content from premium sources (iTunes Store, Netflix, Hulu). There's absolutely nothing stopping you from loading a DRM-free h.264 file on another one of your Apple devices and streaming that over AirPlay. And HTML5 video in Mobile Safa…
The DRM on Netflix is so strange. On my parents' AppleTV and some Toshiba TV, they often get HDCP errors when viewing Netflix. Now, Netflix works on plenty of other devices without HDCP. So the addition of DRM there achieves absolutely nothing other than to delay or cause errors for legitimate users.
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
DLNA is emphatically not a better solution, or even equivalent. The spec defines only a limited number of file types that are allowed to function. Why on earth would I want to let multinational corporations decide which file types I want to use? For instance, MKV files, which would be in the top 2-3 file formats that most of us would want to use wireless streaming for in the first place, are not supported. All Apple…
DLNA is widely despised for the same reasons that all DRM-crippled products are always despised. I question how despised DLNA really is, as I believe you might be letting your personal prejudices get in the way. Non-techies (and plenty of techies, including myself) just don't care as long as a given solution works, and the DLNA solution is pretty hard to beat: Plug in your TV, connect it to the network, and click on…
[deleted]
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#128Sadly 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.
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#129Sadly 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…
DLNA is emphatically not a better solution, or even equivalent. The spec defines only a limited number of file types that are allowed to function. Why on earth would I want to let multinational corporations decide which file types I want to use? For instance, MKV files, which would be in the top 2-3 file formats that most of us would want to use wireless streaming for in the first place, are not supported. All Apple…
I agree on the fact that DLNA is a messed up pseudo-standard, and we should have better.
Having said so, I tell you that my 2012 Panasonic TV supports mkv streamed by minidlna (running on a 20$ ARM system, so we should all agree that it's not being transcoded)
Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone
#130Wow. lot of negativity here. I think this is a great product and I would gladly pick it up when it becomes available. Indiegogo is a no go for me. Here are my thoughts 1. DLNA != this and many have already outlined why so no point repeating. 2. Great features and the need for software is a minor hiccup considering how feature rich the s/w makes the solution. I would consider making the software portable for windows.…
> 3. Not all platforms have hdmi. What about display-port compatibility (adaptor?)
I don't think there is any physical component for the computer, so the lack of HDMI ports on laptops is not a limiting factor. Almost every TV has HDMI inputs today. An HDMI -> DisplayPort dongle should work if you wanted to turn your monitor into a head for this, but you might lose the audio channel.
I might be misunderstanding the product, but to me it seems like Chromecast [1] without any DRM bullshit.