Media streamers

[Gouldy]

Hello,

I'm looking at possibly buying a media streamer but I don't know too much about them. I'm looking for one that has Netflix, BBCiplayer, ITV player, 4OD and demand 5 on. I can't seem to find one that has all of these on.

I'd like an Apple TV but from what I can gather, they don't have the catch up TV apps?

any suggestions?

 

[Jay_G]

Have you looked at the Roku range?

 

[Gouldy]

Nope.

Do they have them all on?

 

[Jay_G]

I'm sure 99% sure it has

It has a channel store (same as AppStore on iOS) so can download a variety

 

[Gouldy]

Thank you. I'll have a look.

With an Apple TV, can I stream from BBC iplayer on my iphone to the Apple TV.

 

[Jay_G]

Thank you. I'll have a look.

With an Apple TV, can I stream from BBC iplayer on my iphone to the Apple TV.

Not 100% sure. I know you can do screen mirroring with the iPad.

 

[Gouldy]

Iphone 4 isn't compatible with air play

 

[Jay_G]

The cheapest Roku is circa 60 quid anyway, most expensive is like 100ish (full HD with Ethernet networking)

 

[Rob]

Roku don't play AVI's

 

[The Fatty]

xbox 360. job done.

 

[Gouldy]

xbox 360. job done.

That's in the spair room with the little LED telly. I'm not fetching it into my living room everytime I want to watch some telly.

 

[sbridgey]

Anyone mentioned an XBMC hacked Apple TV2 as the 3 hasn't been hacked yet?

 

[Gouldy]

How do I go about doing that then?

 

[aucky]

Are you due for a new TV?

My Samsung plays everything on my PC's shared network via wifi.

 

[The Fatty]

That's in the spair room with the little LED telly. I'm not fetching it into my living room everytime I want to watch some telly.

get a second one... I got my second one off ebay for £40!

 

[Gouldy]

Are you due for a new TV?

My Samsung plays everything on my PC's shared network via wifi.

Smart TV?

 

[aucky]

Yaha.

Xbox will also do it (although its a noisy thing) and it might be limited to less codecs, or at least it was when I used to use it.

 

[jam.]

With an Apple TV, can I stream from BBC iplayer on my iphone to the Apple TV.

Yes.

Iphone 4 isn't compatible with air play

Yes it is.

 

[Gouldy]

Not according to apple.

I can use it as a remote, but not for mirroring. Which is what I want it for.

 

[jam.]

It doesn't mirror your exact iPhone screen on your TV, no, but you shouldn't need it to. It just plays any media within) reason you throw at it.

Play content on iPhone > Double tap home > Swipe left twice > press AirPlay button, select your Apple TV > Boom.

iPlayer/YouTube/etc etc work fine this way.

 

[Gouldy]

Not on an iphone 4 it doesn't.

 

[The Fatty]

Yaha.

Xbox will also do it (although its a noisy thing) and it might be limited to less codecs, or at least it was when I used to use it.

only major file type it doesn't support is the mkv container. stupid really as it has the correct video and audio codecs, it just doesn't know how to handle the container.

 

[jam.]

Not on an iphone 4 it doesn't.

How do I do it practically every day on my iPhone 4 then?

 

[Gouldy]

Why has everyone else including apple said I can't do mirroring on an iphone 4 then?

 

[jam.]

No that's right, it doesn't support mirroring. You don't want to mirror, you just want to stream video from your iPhone to Apple TV. Which is what it does perfectly.
Mirroring is just essentially having a blown up iPhone screen on your TV; think its only available on iPad iirc.

 

[The Fatty]

I thought AirPlay was just for files stored on the device, not for streaming media like iplayer/youtube?

 

[Tom]

I thought AirPlay was just for files stored on the device, not for streaming media like iplayer/youtube?

You thought wrong.

 

[Gouldy]

Thanks for your input chaps.

 

[cava83]

http://www.dabs.com/products/wester...aming-media-player-7R19.html?q=WD live&src=16

job done.

 

[The Fatty]

You thought wrong.

Are you sure about that Tom? I thought there was a host of problems with 3rd party applications not built into iOS?

i.e. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1440737
and
http://www.quora.com/AirPlay-media-...YouTube-app-for-iOS-support-AirPlay-streaming#

 

[jam.]

Tom's right. The linked sites just relate to Google blocking Airplay on the new YouTube (assumedly something to do with ads? No idea..) - however you can still AirPlay YouTube content easily from the website in the browser or by using one of the alternative YouTube apps.

If you can play any media file on your iPhone, whether it be stored locally or streamed (a la iPlayer/YouTube etc) you should be able to AirPlay it to your Apple TV.

 

[Gouldy]

If I can view iplayer etc from my iphone 4 to my TV via an Apple TV it will do for me.

 

[DannyR]

Do you have Sky HD?

 

[Gouldy]

Nope.

Pauper freeview in my house.

 

[DannyR]

Then I'd suggest a Sony Blu-Ray player.

 

[Gouldy]

I've seen one actually that played media. I've tried repairing my PS3 for the mean time. I installed a SSD earlier in it and so far, it seems to have fixed the issue I was having with it crashing every I was watching iplayer.

 

[DannyR]

They all do plus BluRays and for same price as Apple TV.

Also does Netflix and Lovefilm plus loads of others

 

[Tom]

Are you sure about that Tom? I thought there was a host of problems with 3rd party applications not built into iOS?

i.e. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1440737
and
http://www.quora.com/AirPlay-media-...YouTube-app-for-iOS-support-AirPlay-streaming#

By host you mean one?

And it's not a problem, google just decided to be a dick and not write proper airplay support into the dreadful YouTube app. Jasmin solves this.

 

[JonnyK]

i'm getting a d-link boxee soon, seems to be the ideal solution.

 

[Gouldy]

Link to said d link box ?