Nomar1245 Wrote:I'd like to know if we could integrate Orb(or a similar service) into XBMC. I have been hoping and hoping to see XBMC on an iPad since I saw the iPad, and I'd like to be able access my media collection via a service like Orb from anywhere.
I think if it could be integrated so that it shares my media collection on my PC and I can get to it through my iPad or iPhone on any network that would be an amazing addition because it would expand the limited media space on the iOS devices
to be honest i think the last thing we need with xbmc is orb...plugins or integrated
orb is/was great (use it every day)but its proprietary service makes me hope for sooooo more.
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notes about orb
1) orb uses ffmpeg with its transcoder im pretty sure. and even with orbs upnp server the orb server application transcodes everything in real time.
2) orb requies you to sign up and sign in.... when there site is down... your down..(some of us have the things nessasary to host a static or dynamic adress for our server)
3) orbs #2 feature for me is transcoding media. the ps3 hates mkvs, in a local lan situation where gigbit equipment can be used, high quality (not original hd... just high)can be attained playing unsupported codecs
4)orb allows you to broadcast files from a directory through upnp... sadly xbmc is limited to only indexed content.
orb cons
1) orb cannot server a upnp file directly... therefore devices that can decode the file nativly are forced to transcode via orb server software(reducation in quality,transcoding mkv avg server load 80% cpu on 3.4 c2d)
2)orb has a backasswards business model and software sceme. v1.0 has a different feature set than 2 or 3 for that matter... depending on what feature you need.. you have to pick a revision
orb "buisness objective pisses me off.. they pulled 3gp streams from there newer products,among other things... forcing users to buy the apps in alot of circumstances. there was no real reason to pull 3gp.... it worked fine..
what if xbmc just dropped support for mkvs... then tried to sell you a mkv player addon for 5 bucks.... ya right..
sadly im looking for a upnp server thats capable of both rendering.. and basic serving. that way files can be played from any device.. weather or not transcoding is nessasary.
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id love to get a chime in on this from a xbmc dev... it seems that xbmc is serving up a media "render" but i cannot invoke it... the normal upnp server sharing method is used like normal... is there a possibility to have xbmc play the media on my main rig. trnascode it on the fly to a stream and output it via upnp?
orbs capture card support is a disaster..some versions support some cards... others support other cards.
if a upnp render could be made to work.. only 1 powerful rig would be needed to stream upnp tv to other clients...
orbs doing nothing special here... and its seems that if xbmc cant do it YET its very capable of it in the future.
im thinking getting it to a mobile would be easy for me from there..
now that i look at it... every device in my "net" has a xbmc upnp renderer showing up.
imagine a "awx" like web interface with maybe 3 stream format options and 3 stream speeds.. very basic..use xbmc to render just like orbs doing...
you would pretty much jack orbs entire userbase in 1 shot...
make a simple dyndns guide for those without statics and your done....
orbs selling a "media box" look at its specs..... lol its pathetic
