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mmurfin87
01-06-2010, 03:37 PM
Hi,

Just wondering if anybody uses Orb to stream media when they're away from home, or even away from the PC. I generally use it most when I'm in the kitchen to stream live TV to my laptop while i cook stuff.

I've had problems getting streaming video to my n900 though, which sucks.

Is anyone working on a native app for Maemo so you don't have to use the slow web interface? If nobody else is, I might try my hand at it. Although I've had the worst experience ever developing for Maemo so nothing will probably come of it. I'm also working on a simple rts in XNA targetting the Xbox, PC, and Zune simultaneously so I don't know how much time I'd actually devote to it.

Luke Valentine
01-06-2010, 07:09 PM
Try Tversity buddy, its excellent. N900 found it straight away, Id even forgot i left it on. Music and vid work great.

asidana
01-06-2010, 07:20 PM
i have posted settings about n900 for orb see my strated posts. since then i moved to knots 2. way better than orb.

i found tversity buggy. if you get knots running you won't use anything else

asidana
01-06-2010, 07:22 PM
knots is not an av server but has client for n900 and web interface for pc

cenwesi
01-07-2010, 07:59 AM
+100 for knot

russell_t
01-07-2010, 08:49 AM
Another thumbs up here for knots 2 - nice app, runs great.

mmurfin87
01-07-2010, 01:03 PM
I'll check knots out, but a search for knots or knots server didn't turn up anything useful. Do you have a link?

EDIT: I feel stupid, there was a post about Knots 2 a couple threads down. Nvm

russell_t
01-07-2010, 02:02 PM
I'll check knots out, but a search for knots or knots server didn't turn up anything useful. Do you have a link?

Check out the wiki page for installation instructions & detailed, useful information:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Knots2

Hope that helps.

Edit: Good, you found the Knots 2 thread. Still, the wiki page is quite useful.

sophocha
01-12-2010, 11:30 AM
Orb works great on my N900.Video and mp3 streaming, even tv!
Version 2.01.0044 UK

asidana
01-12-2010, 11:34 AM
you should really try out knots. quality difference is amazing

sophocha
01-15-2010, 06:58 AM
UPDATE.....with firmware PR1.1, media streaming (divx/xvid) through orb is broken!Codec problems