N900 and SlingBox
 

I searched around and found a lot of discussions about HAVA but nothing much on SlingBox. Might be a dead end but I was wondering if anyone who has a SlingBox and a N900 has tried to view it in the slingplayer browser version. I realize there's no application made for it (really hope there will be) but I wasn't sure if the browser side worked.

Looks like HAVA will have a better chance of working but no verified details on that yet either unless someone knows something I don't...

Re: N900 and SlingBox
 

I tried running sling.com on my n900 yesterday to no avail. I know it requires flash but it just sits there when trying to connect to my sling solo.

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ya its a shame there is no maemo version yet. i played it no problem on my symbian device, but no love for maemo :(

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I think its not possible , since you need WebSlingPlayer plugin installed for your browser. There are plugin versions for Firefox and IE for PC , but unless someone ports the plugin to fennec on N900 it won't be possible.

Browsing with my S605th N97 browser results in an error message "Your browser is not supported".

Still no dedicated Player for symbian 5th edition. 3rd Edition works like a charm.

Hopefully we will get support for it, but it doesn't look good in the near future. I am planning to get a hava setup, because it looks like it's not that far away from N8x0 implementation. Quality on a screen like the N900 will be nearly the same.

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Pretty sure HAVA is already implemented for the N8x0 tablets. I'm going to e-mail them later and see if they have anything planned for the N900. If that's the case I'll definitely be grabbing a HAVA unit. They look pretty good compared to Sling anyway.

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I have both a Sling Solo and a Hava titanium so whichever one I can get working will make me a happy camper.:D

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How do you like the Hava compared to the Solo? I have a Solo too and was looking at the Hava Titanium. Especially if I can get it to my N900.

Which would you prefer if you had to choose?

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I like them equally well. I did have some trouble with sling when they update their firmware/player. Customer service is very difficult.

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I have a Mac and HAVA isn't as compatible with it. If you are a Mac fan, go with SlingBox. I emailed them about Maemo 5 today and am "patiently" waiting for a response. I will let you guys know when I get an answer. :)

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Interesting. At this point I'm only mac and linux so that could be a problem...I'm surprised it's not as mac friendly when the support linux based tablets.

I sent them an e-mail too, hopefully it's positive.

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I also have an IMAC and just use sling on it. I did see they have a beta now for hava but have not tried it.

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I also have a Hava box and have used a Slingbox in the past. I like that the Hava can act like a rudimentary DVR recording standard MPEG2 streams on an attached hard disk, or you can stream to the Windows client. It can also act like a source for a Win MCE computer, but I could never get it to set up in Vista due to an unrelated IR receiver problem. The Slingbox has a slightly better picture on low bandwidth connections and because of the remote mode will react much faster than the Hava. But the Hava has an S60 and N8xx client. I had my slingbox on my N95 until I had to factory reset and found the free player was no longer there. I also had it running in Wine, but not well. The Hava only works in Windows as far as PCs go.

I really hope they port the player over to the N900.

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So I'm not going to lie, it's pretty strange that your username is Eric G. My name is Eric G. Your last name isn't Grimes is it? That would be really weird...

This is what I got from HAVA:

Hi Eric,



Thank you for contacting HAVA Support.


Support for N9xx Series is in Plan and will be supported in near future.


Thank you for choosing HAVA.

HAVA Support
1-866-YES-HAVA
09:00 PST to 21:00 PST
Monday to Saturday
support@myhava.com
http://www.myhava.com/support.html

Re: N900 and SlingBox
 

Small world. No, my last name isn't Grimes. I hope you weren't the inspiration for Frank, the man who had to struggle for everything he got in life. Of course, you had to wait on the N900, so maybe...

At any rate, that's great news. I hadn't heard anything from Hava and the message boards have been dead for months, so I was wondering if they were still around. I heard they got sued for GPL violations, so it may have been possible.

Re: N900 and SlingBox
 

any update on this?

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you can stream your sling via their flash version website (http://www.sling.com/live_tv), which would be fine for the n900 since it supports flash, but doesn't look like its supported on any *nix platform yet. wish they'll do that then we don't really need an "app" though would be nice to have one nontheless, but seems less likely.

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Sling doesn't work with the N900 yet because they install a plugin into the browser, which none of our browsers support.

Things might change with flash 10.1 though.

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Do not believe anything Hava says. They had a beta version of Symbian v5 client over a year ago and it worked like crap. They keep saying that they are soon releasing it. The customer support always says they are developing something but they have not released a new mobile player in ages.

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Anyone have an update or know of a Slingbox viewing solution on the N900?

2d

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I got a slingbox solo sitting on top of my cable box collecting dust since I got the n900 and dropped winmo. Really wish they make an app for the n900

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Same here. I bought it because N95 came with slingplayer and it worked great.

Now, no linux support = can't watch it on my PC, no N900 support means I can't watch it on my phone. End result = my slingbox is useless to me.

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tried it and browser type not supported, dosent work for sirius satellite radio fancast.com or hulu