[Nightdeamon]

Hello Programmers

Has anyone had any experience/ be able to give me a rough idea how difficult this idea would be in java - I got the idea when I was reading the following information http://www.interactivetvweb.org/tuto...v/javatv_intro

I have a PCTV Tuner which functions correctly with the bundled software in terms of receiving channels etc. But I want to design an application which displays the incoming TV channel/channels but also acts a server which "client" applications on other machines can also display the current channel being viewed over a LAN.

thanks for taking the time to read and any advice is appreciated

[Maxatoria]

Will really depend on the drivers for the tuner card and how much API they give out so it could be an easy job or you could have to write your own drivers

[archiver]

Video LAN aka VLC supports some TV cards and could certainly do what you want, if yours is on the list:

http://wiki.videolan.org/Hardware_Compatibility_list

VLC has some amazing capabilities. It takes a bit of understanding to get the results you want, but probably less than writing your own.

[whoever,hey]

Depending on the scale of work you were thinking it was going to take, this is probably a massive programming task from scratch.

However, there are tools available already that seem to do the job according to archiver's post.

[Dan 8t1]

I remember years and years ago when I had a TV tuner card, it was possible to select the output of the tuner card in applications like Microsoft NetMeeting instead of my webcam, thereby streaming the audio and video to the person on the other end of the 'call'. I imagine the same can still be done today with Skype and the like.

[Dan 8t1]

Bump.

[SnowStorm86]

Client side wouldn't be so hard as you could use DirectX api or even a WMP activeX control to receive and deploy the data stream. The tricky bit would be server side, intercepting the TV card's output stream, before being able to broadcast it over LAN. You will have to find out if your TV card has an API which allows such interception.

[c4rv]

VLC, GB-PVR, Media Portal, Myth, Sage TV and BeyondTV all allow remote viewing of TV channels over network. I'm sure there are others as well.

[Nightdeamon]

Thanks for the advice guys, I should of guessed this would have been be too fanciful for a final year project for my computer systems and networks degree.

The tuner was a PCTV DVBT2 Nanostick but couldn't find any info relating to the API's on the net. I wouldn't know how to write my own drivers.