What are you Watching ?

[Truman42]

I've used both an AppleTV and a raspberry Pi and have installed XBMC onto both. The Appletv is much faster and more responsive than the pi but you have to jailbreak it first.
Basically XBMC is a front end GUI for all the content stored on your computer. You can go into XBMC and select movies tv shows music pictures etcetera to view your content from your PC on your tv.
XBMC also has other great features like being able to resume from where you last played etc. It can also scrape your content and add synopsis, episode titles, screen art etc and has other programs like YouTube Facebook weAther etc. It basically turns your tv into an Internet device. A bit of setting up but it works flawlessly. You can connect the atv to your network via wireless or Ethernet but the raspberry pi will only connect via Ethernet unless you use a wireless dongle.

Then you search for torrents on sites like eztv or kick arse torrents and use. Torrent handling program like Utorrent to download the file.

Lots of information out there on setting it up it just depends on which way you want to go.

 

[punkin]

Thanks CM2 i've gone through that thread on the torrents and picked soe=me of the sites there to research the methods and the process. I'm having a little trouble picking up the basics of what i can do and what i need to do it, but it's given me a start.

Truman it would take me a year to decipher what you wrote. I thank you for the detailed response on a subject you know well, but it's way beyond me, no ctitisism i do thank you.
I think i'll go out to the good guys or Harvey Norman and talk to one of the guys there and see what i need and what i can do, i've usually found that a good way to get a basic enough understanding of what you need to concentrate on learning.

 

[punkin]

I'm also thinking my 1.28 MBPS download rate is going to be a problem. Assuming i don't care about my current isp package and thompson wireless modem thingo, what steps can i take to resolve the speed and what sort of plan will i need to do 10-20 hours of tv d/l a week?

 

[brettprevans]

Thanks CM2 i've gone through that thread on the torrents and picked soe=me of the sites there to research the methods and the process. I'm having a little trouble picking up the basics of what i can do and what i need to do it, but it's given me a start.

Truman it would take me a year to decipher what you wrote. I thank you for the detailed response on a subject you know well, but it's way beyond me, no ctitisism i do thank you.
I think i'll go out to the good guys or Harvey Norman and talk to one of the guys there and see what i need and what i can do, i've usually found that a good way to get a basic enough understanding of what you need to concentrate on learning.

you may come away from HN or JBhifi with more than u need. I asked them a qurstion about my setup and they reccomneder that I basicly replaced my entire system and dpend another $300 instead of what airgead confirmed that I could spend $100 and get what I was after.

In relation to speed. Well the faster the speed the quicker to potentially download. Im suprised ur download speed is so slow. Most plans would be arounfd 10mb/s I thought.

The other issue is download limit. I recon a 50gb plan would be more than suffcient for what ur after. Put it this way. A bluray rip of a movie is likely to be about 2gb. Highdef tele for 1hr can be anywhere from 500mb to 1gb. Likely to be at the lesser end. Most of the tele I download is around 300-500mb.

 

[punkin]

Thanks mate. Did a test i downloaded qbittorrent and lifted a couple of TV shows. Took about 40 mins or so to download a hd epeisode of Anthony Bourdain off tv extra and then dumped it on a stick and plugged that into my blue ray player. Works fine if a very slow way to do it.

I'm interested in your idea of a basic laptop that could sit in the lounge room plugged into hdmi or something and d/l'ing and playing direct without the ******* around in the middle.

Is there a thing on whirlpool or some other forum style 101 that anyone knows of that they can link to so i can start researching this stuff?

 

[Truman42]

Go to HN etc and talk to them about the media players they have. Western Digital do a couple of different types that work well and you don't have to jailbreak them like you do the Apple TV.

Speak to a sales guy and tell them you want to download tv shows etc and stream them to your tv. They can advise what will work and what won't. The WD liveTV is a good device they will no doubt sell. I think this option is better than a dedicated laptop especially if you have a home network.
Search whirlpool for best media device and similar search terms and you wil come up with a lot of information.

Your speed isn't ideal but you can setup utorrent to download during certain hours like overnight whilst you sleep. Which is good if you have off peak and peak data limits.

 

[brettprevans]

A laptop or pc with a hdmi port into your tv will work fine if the pc/laptop is up to the job. My laptop is a bit old and it struggled with playing hd. It was a bit jerky.

The only software u need is a media player like divx or similar and your away.

 

[punkin]

Waited around for hal;f an hour for a technical dude at Harvey Norman yesterday and left without seeing one. Might try JB hifi, they'd be the only others in town with any knowledge. Specials table had one of these on it reduced down from $299..

http://www.mctiviausa.com/

at $15 i picked it up on the offchance i'd use it. I do have a hdmi port in my tv.

I'll get the model number of the blue ray player out today and do some searching, as it has a menu for internet tv, better find out what thats about.

Best would be if i could just use my plasma as a remote, wireless display for the PC i'm thinking?

 

[punkin]

Empty your mail box CM2

 

[brettprevans]

Empty your mail box CM2

whoops. Done

 

[real_beer]

Ruby League World Cup

Hakka Wokka Jibba Jabba

It's On! Go Australia!

4.3 metre In Goal Area's :blink:

 

[real_beer]

Terrific game but disgraceful non-existent health & safety at ground. I can't believe there was no padding in the gutters, it could of ruined two careers.

 

[punkin]

Been downloading Drunk Histories. Good honest stories told in real words. A bit funny and better than most of the crap that's been on tv.

 

[Bribie G]

Kingdom of Heaven.

Car headlights in background, really obvious in the film.

 

[philmud]

PSA - Wake in Fright is on ABC at 09:30 tonight - 1971 (I think) film based on the novel by Kenneth Cook. All copies of this film were feared lost, but a print was discovered a few years ago and it was remastered and re-released. The only Aussie film to premiere twice at Cannes.
Anyway, a stark portrayal of the Aussie outback. Four stars.

 

[razz]

I'm keen on House Of Cards with Kevin Spacey. Great first series so far, just about to get into series 2.

 

[Bribie G]

Watched a few movies on the phone on the way to Grafton and back on the train. I saw something amazing that I never ever thought possible.

World War Z

Brad Pitt doing a whole movie without constantly chewing on some snack or other. Getting old, must be on a diet.

 

[GuyQLD]

razz, on 19 Apr 2014 - 08:50 AM, said:

I'm keen on House Of Cards with Kevin Spacey. Great first series so far, just about to get into series 2.

I watch very little TV, most of it being awful but that series is fantastic. Less tits in the second season, at first I was sad... but soon it no longer mattered. Great series.

 

[Bribie G]

I fell asleep during Masterchef last night and didn't wake up till 11 then went to bed.

Feel great this morning.

 

[Truman42]

I've just finished watching four seasons of Shameless. Awesome tv show. It's about a family of five who has a drunken father, a mother who left them so the early 20,s daughter is raising the younger siblings.
Great show, very funny. There is a US version and a UK version but I've only watched the US version.

And you get to see this chick naked a lot.



Also started watching Rush which has 2 episodes on Eztv. Not the old cop show rush this is a new series about a doctor. Looks good so far.

And another US series called Satisfaction which just started but 2 episodes out now. That ones about a guy who quits his job and ends up working as a male escort