[ale] Streaming video via MediaTomb

[Sean Kilpatrick]

Chris,
I'm sorry to hear that you had problems with the ROKU.  I have one of the 
newer ones and it has worked well.  It has hiccupped only once since 
Christmas and a momentary power disconnect solved the problem.  I stream 
Amazon, Hulu Plus (currently pissed at the ads inserted in old videos!), 
PBS, among others. The motion sensing remote works fairly well with Angry 
Birds.  I have it hard-wired into the router and use a HDMI cable to the 
TV.

Sean

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On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 04:52:32 pm Chris Fowler wrote:
> Here is another issue I'm trying to solve.
> 
> One of our Dish receivers has died and we are going to cancel that
> service and live without it.
> While browsing Wal-Mart I saw different boxes at a wide range of cost
> for watching Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, etc.
> 
> I have one of the first Rokus and I hate it.  It always had streaming
> problems.    I have soured on that brand.  I have a couple RPis and can
> run XBMC.  That is fine for me, but for the others I need not to be
> bothered with issues.
> 
> I've been streaming to my XBMC using MediaTomb (UPnP) and I would like
> to buy a box that will also stream _FROM_ my desktop running MT.
> Googling has talked more about these boxes streaming to a PC using
> UPnP.
> 
> The Chromecast looks nice, but for these kids I need something that is
> more stand-alone and with a remote.
> 
> Any good recommendations.
> 
> If UPnP is a no-go then the ability to attach a USB stick would be
> fine.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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