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<blockquote data-quote="marshall" data-source="post: 64115" data-attributes="member: 18404">Just some thoughtsI don't know how far MediaPortal wants to delve into distributed computing, but if it was written into the program, I wouldn't mind letting people placeshift off my signal or send their signals to my computer (when it is idle) to rip streams to DivX. One of the problems (though by design) with the slingbox (which is a placeshifting device available in some regions) is that only one remote use is allowed, and it has to be logged in to. If MP could allow multiple people to placeshift off one signal, that would be awesome. If this is not possible, it would at least be cool to have the option to broadcast that your signal could be used, and what channels are available, and leave it open so the first person to connect could use it, no password required.What sort of authentication is being written in to allow access from remote lands? The ability to have a list of MAC addresses allowed to connect would be a nice option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="marshall, post: 64115, member: 18404"] [b]Just some thoughts[/b] I don't know how far MediaPortal wants to delve into distributed computing, but if it was written into the program, I wouldn't mind letting people placeshift off my signal or send their signals to my computer (when it is idle) to rip streams to DivX. One of the problems (though by design) with the slingbox (which is a placeshifting device available in some regions) is that only one remote use is allowed, and it has to be logged in to. If MP could allow multiple people to placeshift off one signal, that would be awesome. If this is not possible, it would at least be cool to have the option to broadcast that your signal could be used, and what channels are available, and leave it open so the first person to connect could use it, no password required. What sort of authentication is being written in to allow access from remote lands? The ability to have a list of MAC addresses allowed to connect would be a nice option. [/QUOTE]

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