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Infinityloop's suggestion underscores a question that I have been meaning to ask for a while now. Does TV Server support multicasting? And if not, have you guys considered adding support for it?

The reason I ask is because within the home environment it might be desirable to watch the same channel over on multiple clients without time-shifting and multicasting is ideal for this situation, where the server does not require extra processing and/or bandwidth to feed multiple clients.

The sort of scenario I'm thinking about is the watching the football in the living room, and popping in to the kitchen to prepare some snacks/beers whilst still watching the live action in the kitchen's thin client

What do you think?

AL

<blockquote data-quote="drfonz" data-source="post: 87795" data-attributes="member: 26014">Infinityloop's suggestion underscores a question that I have been meaning to ask for a while now. Does TV Server support multicasting? And if not, have you guys considered adding support for it?The reason I ask is because within the home environment it might be desirable to watch the same channel over on multiple clients without time-shifting and multicasting is ideal for this situation, where the server does not require extra processing and/or bandwidth to feed multiple clients.The sort of scenario I'm thinking about is the watching the football in the living room, and popping in to the kitchen to prepare some snacks/beers whilst still watching the live action in the kitchen's thin client <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />What do you think?AL</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drfonz, post: 87795, member: 26014"] Infinityloop's suggestion underscores a question that I have been meaning to ask for a while now. Does TV Server support multicasting? And if not, have you guys considered adding support for it? The reason I ask is because within the home environment it might be desirable to watch the same channel over on multiple clients without time-shifting and multicasting is ideal for this situation, where the server does not require extra processing and/or bandwidth to feed multiple clients. The sort of scenario I'm thinking about is the watching the football in the living room, and popping in to the kitchen to prepare some snacks/beers whilst still watching the live action in the kitchen's thin client :) What do you think? AL [/QUOTE]