StepbyStep: stream LIVE TV to N900 using orb
 

Requirement: You have to see TV signal on your desktop PC
My System, you can use anything that is similar:
Win Vista 32 bit
Digital Tuner (ViXS PureTV Digital TV Receiver, 3 years old!)
N900 3.2010.02-8

Installation:

1) Install orb on desktop PC - Orb20SetupUs.exe (v2.55.0079); I used the international (New!). I recommend unstall previous orb version before installing this one. Follow instructions and set up orb account.

2) On winPC: orb>Control Panel>TV>you should see you TV card listed, if not, Refresh, hilite your TV card>Start Wizard>Auto Scan, takes several minutes; if you have more than one TV card, Auto Scan each one.

3) On N900: web>mycast.orb.com>log in using orb account from step 1)

4) On N900: Setting: DEFAULTS DOES NOT WORK ON N900!
Speed: default 160, change to Use fixed speed 600 KB/s (any thing over 400 will do) >Save
Stream: Winamp Format (.pls) >Save (THIS IS THE KEYSTEP!)
Layout: default
More: default

DONE!

Start your orb server on your win Vista, you should now see a green dot on your Right lower corner of your winPC, now go to mycast.orb.com on your N900, TV>program guide>play channel!

enjoy your TV now

Trouble shooting:
1) 1st you got to see TV on your win desktop
2) Try this out with anoth PC before N900
3) Check firewall setting, they should be on with exception to several Orb programs.
4) Thank bun and post your questions here.

I am trying to see if orb can use HAVA signal; and of course, I will try this on my N8x0 as it has a little bigger screen :)

PR 1.2? Nay, make do with what you have!

pros: it is free, from your motherboat Nokia (it works on iphone too, but iphone users would have to pay a fee, i wonder why :rolleyes:)
cons: to change TV channel is a 10 steps process!!!! but hey, it works

No pics, no story :), here are the pics

1) ESPN1
2) ESPN2
3) Orb>TV>program guide (home theatre settings)
4) Orb>TV>program guide (mobile settings)
5) Orb home page

Please ignore the fuzziness, the TV on N900 is crystall clear!

Credit to TMO member ear0wax's suggestions.

Not a card carrying member of N900? Not a problem, step by step instructions for N8x0 is here, http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52156

No TV card? No problem, install WorldTV99, news are almost the same but without advertisement, so evening news of 30 min becomes 19 min, you save 11 min per watch of your live! LiveTV with TV card or WorldTV99 without TV card - N900 got you entertained!!! JustWatch!

bun

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Yes, it works with USB digital tuner card too, there maybe a problem with HD though...work in progress :) , hacking around the N900 is the BEST way to spend my saturday morning while she is still sleeping.......

more pics, panoramic with FoxNews, my 2nd fav news entertainment! Again, fuzziness is from camera, the TV is crystal clear on your N900.

bun

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Now this is my new found toy, when I am not browsing, I am constantly on orb.........liveTV is just one key stroke away, always on background. This is called, uh........multitasking. Glad I did not pick the monotasking lesssmartphone. Thank you Nokia and the orb team!

bun

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You Rock Dude!

Keep 'em comming. It is hard to get bored when you have an N900, isn't it?

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And for those who don't have and won't have any Windows-underpowered computer ever? Those who use GNU/Linux will be just cast aside?

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YoDude, thanks for the kind words. You are right, cant get bore with N900!

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 54! Not bad. However, since it requires a TV card, I guess not too many user can benefit. Oh well...

I saw a USB tuner card with HD out for $19.99 w remote from meritline.com, should I get another one just for fun?

bun

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Dont blame me, talk to your motherNokia, see whether they are going to crank out something GNU/Linux.. (fat chance!). Dont get loyal with whatever systems, use what is available. Hey, I am dual boot on my window box. I think you should try too if you happen to have a TV card laying around. Let us know how it go.

bun

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Try Knots2. At least streaming works great. I have (though with Windows) a working configuration where I'm streaming live tv from a USB DVB-tuner with Knots&vlc to the N900 and it works great. I would assume it works in a similiar way in Linux too.

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This is a bit off topic, but just wanted to know, if I play .mkv files (from the computer not live tv) using winamp settings, it does not play, but with flash it plays (very bad quality dho) is this because n900 does not support .mkv format (i do have the extra codec support thing downloaded) just curios!!!

Thank you!

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What about IPTV? Is it possible on N900?http://www.ipix.lt/images/66610683.png

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Great guide but all we need is flash 10.1 update and you can watch tvcatchup which has all UK freeview channels.
Maybe some day :)

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There are some posts talk about .mkv. I would defer to the experts :)

bun

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I think IPTV is Internet Protocol TV, most people called iTV. I happen to know a good one. WorldTV99, give it a shot and post about your opinion. It is my baby and is about 2 yrs old.

enjoy,

bun

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Probably because the decoder that comes with Orb don't support the video format in the mkv file. I don't remember how you fix that though, so you'll have to do the googling yourself :p

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Did the guru of closed system, Mr. Jobs, tell you NOT to touch the closed proprietary code flash? I guess the situation is a teapot calling a kettle, yike! Anyhow, it is quite true orb defaults is flash, AND THAT IS THE WHOLE REASON WHY IT WONT WORK and I lost 5 hrs of my life to find out!

Boy, I hate to keep spamming this thread. My whole regular TV is now on N900, I just cannot stop marvelling on orb streamings. It is smooth, crystal clear and simply works. I did mention at the beginning about orb having problems with HD ....not true. Orb streams HD just fine. Regular channels have 2 borders, or 4 borders, whereas HD has no borders :)

I just happened to connect to my company using VNC/citrix. I am looking at the super tiny screen of my N900 which now showing a web page designed for a PC desktop, I still able to read every single bit of info on the screen so that I can finish my job without having physically drive to my company. Other competitors may have comparable audio, or video, or connectivity, but N900 is the only one that have all the above AND a superb resolution of 800X480 to deliver the job.

Disclaimer: The above is a paid advertisement..... I wish :)

bun

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Nay, it does NOT work outside the house :(

Over the weekend, I tested orb within the home network, 192.168.x.x and worked like a charm. Now I am back to my office, away from home, orb does not work. Here is the problem and what I have tried

Orb connected, and media player kicked in, but the program stopped there, nothing got played, no TV, no mp3, no error message. It just sit there.

I tried with VNCviewer, it worked perfectly. From my office, I can see my home computer and read off things from HD. So, I think it is not the connection, nor the firewall. As VNCviewer worked.

So, what can I do to troubleshoot this thing?

TIA,

bun

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Problem solved. It is called censorship!!!!

I took the tablet out to Bojangle restaurant, everything works, TV/video/pcitures/mp3.

I would NOT have thought that, company censorship would probably prohibit uPnP upon attempted connection, but our company, it allows connection (I think), but censor upon trying to actually getting the file. Well, what do I know. I am a happy soul again, remote TV/mp3/pic, I could NOT have been MORE happy!!!! Yike, :p


bun

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Found out you can even record programs, use orb just like Tivo.

On N900, log in orb:

TV>Program guide>click on the channel (Not the program), this will open up a menu for
Rating, to rate your favorite channel and a menu for recording
Record current show - Record next show - More options, allows for fine tune schedule recordings to date-hours, and also allow to set Orb Pass.

Just test it, works fine, recorded and play back. Video is good at 640 kB/s

BTW, orb works on desktop PC too, so anything you want to do may as well test on desktop PC 1st then run on your N900 will be less struggle.

bun

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Not a card carrying member of N900? Not a problem, step by step instructions for N8x0 is here, http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52156

Since I got N8x0 and N900 running, a simple comparison can be made:

With the current situation, N8x0 running orb is many time better than N900!

For N8x0
1) Screen is bigger
2) orb has back arrow, so changing channel is only 1 stroke away. for the N900 changing channel is like pull out a molar (your inner big tooth), a whopping 6 stroke key punches and waiting .... in order to change channel on N900
3) N800 use full screen, while N900 sometimes has 2 borders, sometimes has 4 borders....I think it is a problem with the media player on N900.................PR 1.2 will fix it :eek:
4) orb program guide runs without flaw on N800. on N900 it is totally ******!
5) Oh one more, this is nasty. N900 media player streaming TV would sometimes crashed every 3 - 4 min, nothing can bring it back other than a lovely reboot! N800 does not have this feature! PR 1.2 will fix it :eek:

So, for the next trip, I will have to carry 2 Nokias, one to be use for general purpose, and one for watching my TV :)

bun

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BTW, orb also streams. So, even if you do not have a TV tuner card, you can use put files in the orb/winPC, browse file will allows one to access media files. It access anything named with .avi, includes anything with 720p, x264, AC 3.5.1., .mkv............ In the last 24 hrs, I have yet to see one file that the N900 wont play! I am way too lazy to find out how orb works, maybe they do encode/decode on the fly, who cares........now I can watch ALL my 400+ movies I collected. And I sure will post which file N900 do NOT play, WOW!

Largest file tried so far, 2.1 G .mkv, it plays so smooth I bet you would say I am playing a local file, you would believe it is streaming a 2.1G .mkv file. N8x0 has a couple of files wont play, mainly large files.............., OK, no TV tuner card? use it as a AV streamer!

bun

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Orb + Win 7 64 + Avertv Hybrid Volar max = no go on TV streaming. :( Shame.

Although, media streaming is pretty awesome. Am I correct in assuming I'm not sharing my media outside of my own Orb account?

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has anyone find out if we can run flash 10 on the pc and stream it thu in a way to the N900

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Anybody has any idea what is going on with HAVA player for Maemo5?
I remember a while back Bunanson pasted an email response from HAVA but nothing after that?

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HAVA is done with maemo. No more.

Orb works just fine.

bun

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Great stuff. Just tried it on my N900 and love it. Definitely a nice use in addition to having the TV tuner on my laptop.

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I like it too. Glad you enjoy it.

You know you can watch your TV away from your home. Resolution depends on wifi source. Slightly less sharp then watching in your home, presumably wifi signal is stronger.

bun

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I have Vista and i can't preview channels and therefore no streaming. Any soloution?

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Awsome idea:)any portable tv reciver on the job for n900