ekohn00 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I've been trying to find a solution other then getting a streaming account...... We have DirecTV. I was hoping to find a way to stream from one of the Directv Box's HDMI port over the network and play the stream on my Mac, or a windows PC (via parallels). I haven't found anything these days that does that...... Any suggestions? Heck I don't even mind using C4 just to change channels..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Buy a rtsp encoder, then use VLC to playback in Mac/pc. Dueport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 sling player if you can get ahold of one the component one its most reliable from what i have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I may have an old sling with component for sale if interested. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, Matt Lowe said: sling player if you can get ahold of one the component one its most reliable from what i have seen. I had an old one.... they stopped updating the SW.... I don't think they work on Mac anymore. that was always my go to... Im surprised no on else made one . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topspin14m Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 On 1/18/2021 at 3:33 PM, ekohn00 said: I had an old one.... they stopped updating the SW.... I don't think they work on Mac anymore. that was always my go to... Im surprised no on else made one . Note that Sling recently announced they will be shutting down their servers in two years and Slingplayer will no longer function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjh Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Grab you one of these - https://videoguys.com/products/newtek-spark-plustm-4k - they work well. Just install the free NDI studio monitor on pc or Mac and watch. You can get an Apple TV app to watch it, too, but believe the app is $99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I love how the encoder suggestion has been ignored when that is the only and best way to do what the OP wants. When solutions are right in front of our noses... lippavisual 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Here's a demo of my T4 playing beautiful 1080p at 30fps from the AppleTV with sound coming from the ceiling speakers. Done using an encoder. https://www.dropbox.com/s/piti9gr8sxewgrp/IMG_0405.MOV?dl=0 PorterTX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnicholson Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 19 hours ago, Chico said: T4 playing beautiful 1080p at 30fps from the AppleTV That's coo! How's the total latency of that? Low enough that you can use the Apple TV navigation without too much pain? Could you provide more details of the audio and video signal paths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, cnicholson said: That's coo! How's the total latency of that? Low enough that you can use the Apple TV navigation without too much pain? Could you provide more details of the audio and video signal paths? Latency is not an issue at all. You have to stand inches away from the T4 to notice it. The T4 is an awesome panel. Hi Res, great contrast and color saturation. It fixes two huge flaws form the T3: Cameras feed show up instantly and the audio using the intercom is clear. Miles away from the T3. cnicholson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dueport Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Chico said: Latency is not an issue at all. You have to stand inches away from the T4 to notice it. The T4 is an awesome panel. Hi Res, great contrast and color saturation. It fixes two huge flaws form the T3: Cameras feed show up instantly and the audio using the intercom is clear. Miles away from the T3. This is really cool - do you pull the video up on the touch panel as a camera feed? Project down the road here is to use an encoder to create an “all cameras” feed from an hdmi feed off a computer - so I’ve looked into encoders generally but hadn’t thought of pushing a video source like an Apple TV through one - cool idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dueport said: This is really cool - do you pull the video up on the touch panel as a camera feed? Project down the road here is to use an encoder to create an “all cameras” feed from an hdmi feed off a computer - so I’ve looked into encoders generally but hadn’t thought of pushing a video source like an Apple TV through one - cool idea That’s right. That’s how it’s done. Dueport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Dueport said: Project down the road here is to use an encoder to create an “all cameras” feed from an hdmi feed off a computer - so I’ve looked into encoders generally but hadn’t thought of pushing a video source like an Apple TV through one - cool idea I think you might even be able to do something similar from Blue Iris - create an all cameras RTSP feed. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/5-3-1-july-16-2020-your-blue-iris-web-server-now-is-also-an-rtsp-server.49571/ cnicholson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dueport Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 13 hours ago, zaphod said: I think you might even be able to do something similar from Blue Iris - create an all cameras RTSP feed. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/5-3-1-july-16-2020-your-blue-iris-web-server-now-is-also-an-rtsp-server.49571/ oh interesting thank you - that would create one less piece of hardware. Exploring an NVR switch from UnFi Protect to Synology or BI later this year - this is helpful thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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