Stream live video from internet via linux to TV

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Stream live video from internet via linux to TV

#1 Post by Scooby »

Is there a way to Stream live video from internet via linux to TV

There seems to be apps for android and ios for this?
Some say XBMC can do this also.

But can it be done with just linux

I have dlna server which streams fine from comp to tv
and of course I can stream from internet to comp

Is there a way to connect those in linux?

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Re: Stream live video from internet via linux to TV

#3 Post by Sylvander »

Scooby wrote:Is there a way to Stream live video from internet via linux to TV
1. I just set this up recently by buying a £30 Chromecast wireless dongle.
So...

2. So far I'm now able to use my desktop PC running Tahr-6.0-ce_pae loaded from a 4GB Flash Drive....
To display video [e.g. Netflix] on my Sony Bravia [Smart] TV [the Smart feature is irrelevant in this example; the dongle does that job instead].
Any suitable device [smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop] running any suitable OS [IOS, Android, Windows, Linux] can do the necessary once set up, but Linux cannot be used to do the setup, only one of the others.

3. See:
This post regarding Netflix.
And...
This post regarding the setting up of Chromecast for use with Chromecastpup.
I couldn't get Netflix to work in Chromecastpup, on my desktop PC; it may work with a laptop, but I don't know.

4. I installed the "Videostream" extension to the "Chrome" browser [in both Puppies if I remember], and was able to stream locally stored video files to my TV.
"Google Cast" [the "Chrome" extension that works with the "Chromecast" dongle in the TV HDMI socket] doesn't stream from the local "device", but instead tells the dongle where to stream from out on the web.
It then goes direct from the source out on the web direct to the TV [via the modem and wireless router].

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#4 Post by Scooby »

Yeah I know about chromecast and so on
But don't want to buy any hardware for this

Maybe I will wait for miracast feature to come to linux
my tv does miracast so it should already work with Windows

But I don't want to use windows either

ANyway I have the old HDMI cable also but don't want more cables lying around

gcmartin

#5 Post by gcmartin »

Hi @Scooby

Questions
Is your TV a smartTV? Whose it maker? Does it have an app store as part of its fabric? Does it have any ethernet capability?

The solution that @Sylvander offers is one where the dongle turns your TV into a smartTV if the TV has an HDMI port. In that case, none of the questions above apply. The dongle will do it all for you. Its a good one and works well.

But, I can appreciate if you prefer not to spend, if at all possible.

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#6 Post by Sylvander »

The other method I used previously to do this was:

1. Bought a "Raspberry Pi" [RasPi], plus wireless keyboard and mouse.
Also bought 3 micro memory cards, each with a different OS; 1 was a Puppy, 1 was XBMC, the 3rd was a Linux OS.
My TV was used just as a display, connected from RasPi using HDMI cable.
Used "Powerline Adapters" to connect the RasPi to the router.
All of this involves buying even more hardware, so if you don't already have such stuff I guess you won't want to do this.
The latest RasPi is 6 times as fast as the [too slow] older version RasPi that I bought.

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#7 Post by Burn_IT »

Have you tried VideoLan (VLC) ? After all that is what it was originally designed for!
It does far more than just play media if you read the help. The player (as default) just streams from file to a video output; both are easily changed.
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