Off topic: Products Similar to Orb

[AVakil]

I generally use Orb.com to stream content from my home PC when I'm on the road with my TP2 or laptop, but do you guys have any experience with a free alternative to Orb?

I have seen TVersity.com, CyberLinkLive.com, and ifunpix.com mentioned. Does anyone have any experience with these?

Just curious. Thanks!

[dallastx]

Originally Posted by AVakil

I generally use Orb.com to stream content from my home PC when I'm on the road with my TP2 or laptop, but do you guys have any experience with a free alternative to Orb?

I have seen TVersity.com, CyberLinkLive.com, and ifunpix.com mentioned. Does anyone have any experience with these?

Just curious. Thanks!

For live TV from your pc tuner card.... mytinytv.com

[fettes]

Can I ask why you're ditching Orb? I've been using it for years (for free) and have no complaints. It only became really great when Kinoma Play beautifully integrated it into their software.

I've also used TVersity and found that while it does the best on-the-fly transcoding, an easy-to-use interface on my TP2 was far more important. Kinoma Play + Orb = Win.

[AVakil]

I only ask because I feel that Orb is pretty CPU intensive on my desktop (maybe time for an upgrade) and I haven't looked at the market in years, so I thought maybe something better may have come out since then.

[fettes]

On the fly transcoding is always going to be taxing, as far as I know. Some other solutions might include using a NAS with various funplug packages. search around for "dns-321 hacks" and you'll find a world of cool uses. upside: low power usage and wont tax existing PCs. plus the added benefit of having network storage. downside: will cost you. a NAS unit is $100 plus the cost of the drives.

just some ideas. i know they dont exactly fit what you're looking for, but the transcoding media server can be very powerful. good luck in your quest!

of course, you always have the option of scrapping together a mediocre system to just run orb or other media server functions.