With all of the awesome technology and content available on the internet, it only makes sense that one would want to have that content available throughout their entire home. I have been playing with two very nice programs which are used for streaming media. I personally love Ubuntu linux and run it daily on one of my laptops. There is a great program called Media Tomb that works with linux to allow you access to all of your content on your linux machine. You can access your media from a Windows machine via internal or external IP address. By default, Media Tomb uses port 49152 so unless you have UPnP enabled on your router, you will need to open this port.
Now, for Windows, I have found a really nice free program called TVersity and this one works with the iPhone, PSP, PS3, XBOX 360, Blackberry Curve and the Wii. There are some limitations with the free version, but it works great. By default TVersity uses port 41952 so unless you have UPnP enabled on your router, you will need to open this port on your router. Also, when you type the URL and port number to access your media, you will need to add /flashlib after the port number for the nice GUI interface.
Got a question? email me at thecommongeek@gmx.com
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