Comments on: Is Video Better Locally Stored or Served From The Cloud? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/is_video_better_locally_stored_or_served_from_the_cloud.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patnet http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/is_video_better_locally_stored_or_served_from_the_cloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-216865 Patnet Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:25:49 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/is_video_better_locally_stored_or_served_from_the_cloud.html#comment-216865 I’ve found you need a multiple device cloud/hard solution based around Slingboxes. I have two bi-hemispheric Slingboxes -- UK and US and use a combination of Applian’s Slingbox recorder At Large Recorder software; Tivo; an SD card; Sprint’s EVDO unlimited data plan; Verizon’s fiber Fios network, BT’s DSL network; a Windows mobile phone with an SD card slot and a laptop. Sounds like a lot but it works. I can watch the LA or London Slingbox live on the phone or laptop; I can view the LA Tivo stream online on the phone or on the laptop and can record and then watch recorded London content offline so I can usually find something to watch -- particularly taking into account the time differences, vast swaths of the country without EVDO, planes, rip-off data roaming fees and areas with expensive, slow or non-existent Internet. The only hassle is moving the recorded files onto the SD card, which Orb would partially solve only I’ve been unable to get Orb to stay up for days at a time – it usually goes down when I'm nowhere near to reboot the serving computer -- some kind of firewall issue which I’m unable to solve -- plus I've found a significant degradation in quality when streaming recorded Sling files in asf via Orb. And also I've found I need some hard files for when Internet's not available, too expensive etc. So anyway for now I think you need a combination of hard and soft, online and offline – for global broadcast TV anyway. <em>Patnet's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/thenextscreen/~3/234005133/radio-feeds-1.html' rel="nofollow">Radio Feeds</a></em> I’ve found you need a multiple device cloud/hard solution based around Slingboxes. I have two bi-hemispheric Slingboxes — UK and US and use a combination of Applian’s Slingbox recorder At Large Recorder software; Tivo; an SD card; Sprint’s EVDO unlimited data plan; Verizon’s fiber Fios network, BT’s DSL network; a Windows mobile phone with an SD card slot and a laptop. Sounds like a lot but it works. I can watch the LA or London Slingbox live on the phone or laptop; I can view the LA Tivo stream online on the phone or on the laptop and can record and then watch recorded London content offline so I can usually find something to watch — particularly taking into account the time differences, vast swaths of the country without EVDO, planes, rip-off data roaming fees and areas with expensive, slow or non-existent Internet. The only hassle is moving the recorded files onto the SD card, which Orb would partially solve only I’ve been unable to get Orb to stay up for days at a time – it usually goes down when I’m nowhere near to reboot the serving computer — some kind of firewall issue which I’m unable to solve — plus I’ve found a significant degradation in quality when streaming recorded Sling files in asf via Orb. And also I’ve found I need some hard files for when Internet’s not available, too expensive etc. So anyway for now I think you need a combination of hard and soft, online and offline – for global broadcast TV anyway.

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]]> By: Ant UK http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/is_video_better_locally_stored_or_served_from_the_cloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-216722 Ant UK Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:52:30 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/is_video_better_locally_stored_or_served_from_the_cloud.html#comment-216722 Never liked Orb. Don't get me wrong, I wanted to but it wasn't quite 'there'. My mobile connection was fine (3G from 3 UK and price plan allowing 80 hrs use p/m!) but my home broadband speeds weren't all that great. That was my weakest link - but having said that, Slingplayer on the same connection is awesome (far better picture and sound quality). I don't like leaving my PC on if I'm not using it and am away for any length of time. So in that aspect the 'cloud' doesn't cut it. But having my Slingbox, 2 set-top-boxes and a router left on - not a problem. Works great, easy(ish) to set up and rarely 'falls over' (my Sky satellite box is the weakest link in this respect, crashing on a regular basis!) <em>Ant UK's last blog post..<a href='http://freshplastic.vox.com/library/post/eee-pc-advert-in-french-cosmo-ive-got-a-girls-laptop.html?_c=feed-atom' rel="nofollow">Eee PC advert in French Cosmo: I've got a girl's laptop!</a></em> Never liked Orb. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to but it wasn’t quite ‘there’. My mobile connection was fine (3G from 3 UK and price plan allowing 80 hrs use p/m!) but my home broadband speeds weren’t all that great. That was my weakest link – but having said that, Slingplayer on the same connection is awesome (far better picture and sound quality).

I don’t like leaving my PC on if I’m not using it and am away for any length of time. So in that aspect the ‘cloud’ doesn’t cut it. But having my Slingbox, 2 set-top-boxes and a router left on – not a problem. Works great, easy(ish) to set up and rarely ‘falls over’ (my Sky satellite box is the weakest link in this respect, crashing on a regular basis!)

Ant UK’s last blog post..Eee PC advert in French Cosmo: I’ve got a girl’s laptop!

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