Streaming BBC1 etc to an HDTV
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Hi
I rely on freesat, which can be flakey in wet weather. I know nothing about streaming live internet content to a TV, but I see two possibilities for starters and would be grateful for any guidance you could give me.
1) If I bought a long HDMI cable, could I connect to www.bbc.co.uk on my iMac and stream live BBC1, for instance, from the iMac's 'Mini DisplayPort' output (with an adaptor to HDMI 1.3b) straight into a spare HDMI input of my non-Smart HDTV? Or do the broadcasters block this somehow for their live TV channels? And/or would this setup work for iPlayer, 4OD, ITVPlayer content? If this setup worked, then would an HDMI streamer provide an alternative wireless solution?
or 2) Would a Media Streamer such as WD Live TV stream live TV channels? Or is this content uploaded by broadcasters in a format that such devices won't handle? (I've read that WD Live TV works fine with on-demand content - as do other similar streaming devices.)
Thanks in anticipation
Roger
I rely on freesat, which can be flakey in wet weather. I know nothing about streaming live internet content to a TV, but I see two possibilities for starters and would be grateful for any guidance you could give me.
1) If I bought a long HDMI cable, could I connect to www.bbc.co.uk on my iMac and stream live BBC1, for instance, from the iMac's 'Mini DisplayPort' output (with an adaptor to HDMI 1.3b) straight into a spare HDMI input of my non-Smart HDTV? Or do the broadcasters block this somehow for their live TV channels? And/or would this setup work for iPlayer, 4OD, ITVPlayer content? If this setup worked, then would an HDMI streamer provide an alternative wireless solution?
or 2) Would a Media Streamer such as WD Live TV stream live TV channels? Or is this content uploaded by broadcasters in a format that such devices won't handle? (I've read that WD Live TV works fine with on-demand content - as do other similar streaming devices.)
Thanks in anticipation
Roger
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I agree - it might be a dish alignment issue and perhaps it's time to consider calling out a satellite installer to do a check up. I have only once had rain interference on my Freesat set up and that was during a very heavy torrential downpour and only a channel on the Eutelsat 28A satellite at 28.5°E was affected and not the BBC channels on the Astra 1N satellite at 28.2°E.
Is there a solution via the Internet?
I used to do this but seem to remember I had to have another cable for sound.
You normally have to change a setting on your sound card to output digital audio over the hdmi connection instead of the analogue outputs . On a PC normally right clicking the speaker icon in the system tray and choosing output devices gives you the option.
Have any of you tried using a media streamer like WD TV Live with any live TV channels?