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David
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Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:08 am Post subject:
streaming paytv from the usa etc |
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hi alt sat tv , im located in nsw im wondering if a person was prepared to
stream patv like direct tv or similar or the dish network usa how would some
one go about finding out if thats possible im running broadband here i need
an alternative besides foxtel and austar etc , thanks in advance david nsw |
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KB
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Sun Dec 11, 2005 3:27 pm Post subject:
Re: streaming paytv from the usa etc |
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It's certainly possible to set up a realtime encoder in the states next
to a pay tv decoder and stream via the internet. BUT unless your ISP has
a nice fat pipe to the states to sustain a multimegabit stream of
anywhere from 1-5Mbps and you can afford the data costs it's not going
to be feasible.
If you want to watch US TV all the time then just go over and live in
the states, and that way you can be amongst all the other yanks that
constantly bitch that they have 500 channels but nothing worth watching. |
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Jan Panteltje
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Sun Dec 11, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:
Re: streaming paytv from the usa etc |
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Some experimenting I did is at
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/dvd/index.html
if you can accept lower quality (say 352x288, and that often is plenty),
you could drop to 300kbps for movies no problem.
Lower wit hthe latest codecs, wmv .. perhaps.
Normally, in TCP mode, confirmation of packets is send, and if an error occurs
it takes quite a while for that handshake and re-transmit to happen, and you
should perhaps use UDP.
Nothing some programming will not solve, and ISP (DSL)speeds will increase all
the time.
Was surprized to notice my modem now says:
Bandwidth Up/Down (Kbit/sec) 512 / 3072
There are many test DSL speed sites (use google) and it does not measure
that fast to the states...
Linux, transcode, mplayer, netcat,... maybe videolan ... if you can get it
working :-)
I like the pipes in Linux and netcat, it can do UDP too.
But why watch from US when much of that stuff is available, CNN brainwash,
CNBC, Al Jazeera can all be received here. |
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michael prescott
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Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: streaming paytv from the usa etc |
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ok then how dise foxtel get fox news channel and sky news from london and
abc from america
cnn usally transmit on the asia frequencies |
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KB
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Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:
Re: streaming paytv from the usa etc |
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Foxtel gets the Fox News feed from tranponder 9 of the PAS2 satellite.
Sky News feed is received in Western Australia via transponder 88 of
Intelsat 902 and sent via fibre to the eastern states (assuming they
aren't just getting a direct fibre link from the UK. It's also repeated
via Asiasat 3S. |
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