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PeteCress
Nov 04, 2013Apprentice
Connect Ultra-6 to Router via USB?
My Ultra-6 has two USB ports. My LinkSys E3000 router has a USB port. LinkSys goes on about E3000's "Media Server" and I vaguely recall something about a media server for the Ultra-6. Seems l...
PeteCress
Nov 06, 2013Apprentice
StephenB wrote: I don't think something like teamviewer makes any sense, since you are recompressing the video in teamviewer (which likely isn't designed to show good quality video).
100% agreement on that.
I think I have a workaround within the confines of 801.11n.
It involves a SlingBox and my Tivo-on-Steroids app (SageTV).
I've got a media extender that hooks in to the SageTV server and the media extender's audio and video outputs are connected to a SlingBox.
On my tablet, I've got SlingPlayer and on my cell phone I've got a little app that mimics the media extender's remote control.
Now I'm going round-and-round with screen sizes/aspect ratio... but I think I have proof of concept. As a matter of fact, right now if I don't mind people with really wide heads, I can watch HD TV recordings on my Android tablet with no problem - and the added convenience of SageTV's UI.
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