Possible to stream tv to ipad? What hardware needed? (1 Viewer)

[mightymauz]

Hi guys, I am new to MP and I would like to ask for some advice. I would like to ask for if my wishes are possible and to ask for a hardware advice.

I would like to use MP to make myself mobile and have the ability to view and record tv programs on the road. Because I am from Europe, where channels are restricted by borders, I would like to be able to view my tv while I am abroad.
For that purpose I would like to install a HTPC at my home that would be able to stream tv to my ipad and laptop over the internet. And after reading I decided to go for MediaPortal with IPimp.

I do not care so much for the movies and tv series capabilities as I can take them with me anyway. TV streaming and timeshifting is my main concern. And the tv card is analog and I also have DVB-T for a better cleaner quality.


As for the second question, I have currently an old HTPC which needs a serious upgrade, as it would never be able to convert to an ipad compatible format on a decent speed. I can get an Athlon X2 4400 with 2 gig of RAM, which looks good for the job to me. But I was wondering if I can accelerate the video encoding with a videocard. Does mediaportal/ipimp support encoding with CUDA (NVidia) or an ATi alternative?

And I also have a NAS, which I can fully access through the internet. Can I somehow use it in combination with MP? I can imagine something like storing the tv-recordings there.

So
- Is it possible to stream to ipad over the internet?
- Is it possible to set up recordings remotely on an ipad?
- What kind of hardware is needed? Is the stuff I have in mind good enough?
- Does MP/IPimp support CUDA or other hardware acceleration?

 

[RLinSweden]

Hi Mightymauz,

You don't need anything but looking at Main product page for Splashtop Remote Desktop.
That's all !!

Kind regards

RLinSweden

 

[mightymauz]

I already have an app like that, it connects through a vnc connection. It works quite nice, but it isn't good for streaming video.

 

[mickelin]

Check out Hauppauge's WinTV Extend. It streams live TV from a tv card in your Windows PC to an ipad/iphone over WiFi or 3G. You can also record tvand use MP videos to watch the recordings.

 

[RLinSweden]

I don't no what yuo are missing with Splashtop. I just login to an client-PC and start MP. From there I can do and look to everething in my IPAD as I do directly on the Client PC

Kind Regards


RlinSweden

 

[MrCrabs]

Another way is using iPimp, there you can tream any media to your ipad and also change settings from there or you might take a look at MPDisplay2, which can alsi make your ipad an extra display like splashtop as RLinsweden wrote above, but there you can change settings how it is suppposed to show up and you can even skin it as the normal GUI.

 

[mightymauz]

Thank you. I am currently working on ipimp, but my pc is currently too slow for on the fly mp4 encoding. I am waiting for some new hardware and i hope that everything will be all right then

 

[Shadime]

I use iPimp to stream to my iPhone and to my laptop, works a treat

 

[mightymauz]

I got my new hardware (Amd athlon II X2 250) and it works fabulous. No help from the gpu needed. The only thing I am looking for now is the optimal settings for streaming the tv material to my ipad. I am looking for a little bit more quality (I think the original profile was meant for an iphone) and upload bandwidth is not an issue.

I have no experience with ffmpeg command lines and I see that is what ipimp is using in it's config file. I can adjust some settings there and I also see that the cpu load spikes if I change settings, but could someone give me good settings for an ipad?

 

[netant]

There is an app call 'Telly' that streams ATSC TV from Windows PC to iPhone/iPad

Promo code is giving away at macrumors.com on relevant section..

see Telly - Live ATSC HDTV on iPhone/iPad

EDIT: Oooops, sorry I didn't notice that you are on DVB. This is for ATSC only.