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- | Process under development and maybe updated at anytime. Last update | + | Process under development and maybe updated at anytime. Last update |
This process allows any video playable on your desktop, preferably in fullscreen, to be streamed and displayed on your TV. The only Serviio change is to add the livestream from your PC to the Serviio console ie: http: | This process allows any video playable on your desktop, preferably in fullscreen, to be streamed and displayed on your TV. The only Serviio change is to add the livestream from your PC to the Serviio console ie: http: | ||
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While the ability to stream your desktop to your TV can give you a remote monitor capability, the real value is to be able to display the output of any application on your TV, in particular the fullscreen output from any video playback application including flash videos. | While the ability to stream your desktop to your TV can give you a remote monitor capability, the real value is to be able to display the output of any application on your TV, in particular the fullscreen output from any video playback application including flash videos. | ||
- | This means that you can now browse and display all those videos on news sites, tv network shows, movie sites, social sites or music sites etc, that are not available as rss feeds, or unencripted rtmp live streams. You can now also access and display the text info that usually accompanys many of those videos, or the subtitles that overlay videos such as hulu, or the music title/ | + | This means that you can now browse and display all those videos on news sites, tv network shows, movie sites, social sites or music sites etc, that are not available as rss feeds, or unencripted rtmp live streams. You can now also access and display the text info that usually accompanys many of those videos, or the subtitles that overlay videos such as hulu, or the music title/ |
To stream your desktop you need to install VLC to do the streaming (I'm using 1.1.10). | To stream your desktop you need to install VLC to do the streaming (I'm using 1.1.10). | ||
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Either from the command prompt or by creating a shortcut on your desktop run the following command. | Either from the command prompt or by creating a shortcut on your desktop run the following command. | ||
- | < | + | < |
+ | vlc screen:// : | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
Finally, to setup Serviio to play the stream, add your PC's static address to the Serviio Console/ | Finally, to setup Serviio to play the stream, add your PC's static address to the Serviio Console/ | ||
- | So far I can't figure out how to capture the mouse cursor, maybe someone smarter than me can help with that. |