I have a decently powered quad-core HTPC server and it handled things very nicely. This means lesser-powered computers might struggle streaming to the mobile device when it needs to transcode to a slower web connection. My server had issues streaming HD-PVR recordings since the Hauppauge HD-PVR outputs in h.264 so don’t get your hopes up for streaming those unless you have a pretty powerful server.
#SAGETV STREAMING TV#
SageTV Mobile Web Interface – How it WorksSageTV Mobile Web Interface takes your recorded TV and transcodes it on-the-fly. Read on for a Demo Video of Streaming from SageTV to an iPhone & iPad along with lots of screenshotsĭemo Video of TV Streaming with SageTV Mobile Web InterfaceI know you’re wanting to see how this all works with your iOS device so I’ve included a little demo video of it in action:
I wouldn’t watch a ton of TV on my iPhone, but it’s nice to have when you want to – kind of like how I use the Kindle app on my iPhone. But it works and the picture is pretty good on that small screen. I’ve used this on my work Wi-Fi, in the doctors office where other patients and nurses asked me “how’d you do that?” Obviously video on the iPhone is… well it’s a small screen. And being able to catch up on a show on your iPhone isn’t too bad either. Better yet, the picture quality of the video on the iPad is very good in my exerience – especially on my home Wi-Fi network. I’ve used my iPad to watch shows throughout the house and it really makes a fabulous, carry-with-you “extender” of sorts. Watching your shows on the iPad is really nice. Part of the process includes determining your connection speed between the SageTV server and the mobile device so that the file is small enough to keep up with a slower connection – much like SageTV’s Placeshifter does. It takes recordings from your SageTV System and converts (transcodes) those video files to an iPhone/iPad friendly format. SageTV Mobile streaming works much like AirVideo for iPhone does. There are some caveats of course, but all-in-all this is a great solution – especially for free! I’m happy to report that streaming TV over WiFi and even 3G works pretty well. I’ve been testing this new feature for Jason - the developer of SageTV Mobile over the past many weeks. The latest version of SageTV Mobile adds the ability to stream TV recordings to your iOS device. What’s new is very significant to those of us with an Apple mobile device like an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s basically a mobile version of the SageTV Web Interface. Sage Mobile Web Interface has been around for a long time. I’ve had the honor of testing the new version of the 3rd party add-on, SageTV Mobile Web Interface which pushes the web interface to your mobile device and it’s pretty nice. Thanks to the work of third-party SageTV developer, Jason, SageTV users get the beginnings of a mobile placeshifting solution to watch TV on your iOS device. The other thing missing is the lack of mobile placeshifting – until now. One is the lack of CableCard – something many SageTV users currently deal with using a Hauppauge HD-PVR to tune all of those encrypted Cable & Satellite channels. But there are two things that are holding SageTV back from being the perfect HTPC solution. Add to that SageTV is the only HTPC solution with an integrated extender that can do pretty much everything a computer can do.
#SAGETV STREAMING WINDOWS#
It’s multi-OS including all Windows Versions, Windows Home Server, Linux and for version 6 it even does Mac.
#SAGETV STREAMING PC#
SageTV is a pretty powerful Home Theater PC program. Owners of the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch have a new option for watching TV on the go – SageTV Mobile Web Interface now has iOS streaming of recorded TV shows.