stopdropnrol All American 3908 Posts user info edit post |
i have a lot of video/music/files on my desktop that i'd like to access from a far with my laptop. i've been trying remote desktop e the video and even music is really choppy . just playing around w. it in my apt and neither cpu is over 40% so that makes me think bandwidth is the issue is there a better way to access my files?
[Edited on March 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM. Reason : .] 3/19/2008 12:36:05 AM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
Google "Orb". It's the best streaming software i've found. It even allows you to watch all your channels and use dvr using the tv tuner on your computer. I can watch tv shows and use my dvr on my cell phone! It also does a good job of streaming HD content to my phone/laptop.
Obviously this is all limited by your upload bandwidth from your isp, which happens to be TWC in Raleigh and they suck balls. I'm lucky if i get 60kB/s on a good day. 3/19/2008 12:39:34 AM |
stopdropnrol All American 3908 Posts user info edit post |
wow orb is pretty nice esp for it being free. thanks for the help 3/19/2008 12:26:57 PM |
Master_Yoda All American 3626 Posts user info edit post |
bump
Is this still a decent program? Is there better ones? Mainly looking for music streaming 12/21/2013 2:43:50 PM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
Wow old thread. I use Plex for video. It's great. I'm not quite sure about music though. I'd use something like Spotify or Google Music. 12/21/2013 3:07:06 PM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18968 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.subsonic.org 12/21/2013 6:47:37 PM |
synapse play so hard 60940 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ I'd also use Plex for video, and Google Music for video 12/23/2013 10:08:11 AM |
JBaz All American 16764 Posts user info edit post |
I too use Plex, it really simplifies everything and works like netflix on roku boxes that even my mom can understand. Even with TWC, it works on my phone pretty good for streaming over the net. 12/25/2013 3:52:09 AM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
MPOD/MPD for music 12/25/2013 7:26:17 AM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
Plex is great although I still get some disruptions even streaming at as low as 3mbps. I've got a 11-12mbps upload on the server side and even on fast internet it doesn't always stream flawlessly but it work 90% of the time. 12/25/2013 10:30:36 AM |
colangus All American 749 Posts user info edit post |
I've tried Plex, but can't get it to connect to the server. I've searched online and it seems a lot of people have issues using a Mac. 12/25/2013 12:47:39 PM |
JBaz All American 16764 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, I donno anyone who uses the MAC Plex server. That seems foolish. Just use any old windows/linux PC and throw a 4TB hard drive in there and you'll be straight. 12/25/2013 2:03:44 PM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
^"Streaming from my parents" 12/25/2013 3:01:35 PM |