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Is there some open hardware + OSS combination that will let me do what Slingbox did?

• detaro 6y ago
  open hardware probably not, but the HTPC-community has all the components for this.
  • dastx 6y ago
    Raspberry pi not open enough for you? I guess the tv tuner likely wouldn't open but outside that it can all be open.
• edoceo 6y ago
  HDMI into Raspberry Pi, Wireguard, xBMC?
• gh02t 6y ago
  Yeah, stuff like Tvheadend and MythTV have been around since forever (MythTV came about the same year as Slingbox started development). Just need a basic whitebox computer with a TV tuner/capture card to host, though last I looked into it (which was years ago to be fair) it was still a bit complicated to set up. I always wanted to set one up back in the day but never did as I don't watch much broadcast TV. I remember a friend of mine showing me his setup and thinking it was cool as heck to be able to stream all around his house or even remotely while he was on the go. Though this predated high bandwidth cellular data so "remote" meant "on a laptop over wifi."
  • patrickk 6y ago
    https://blog.parsecgaming.com/a-slingbox-on-steroids-streaming-your-entire-home-theater-anywhere-in-real-time-c3de6e600fa5 https://blog.parsecgaming.com/a-slingbox-on-steroids-streami...