Video Distribution With Apple TV or Roku?

[genepensiero]

So, pretty sure the answer is 'not really', but this group is an innovative bunch, so I thought I'd throw it out there.

Anyone successfully using AppleTV or Roku to distribute live video/audio through a campus?

I keep hoping there's a way to do this. I'd MUCH rather spend $99 per termination point then the $4,000-$5,000 it would take to bring our video distro up to date.

We have plenty of internet bandwidth (70mbps download / 40 mbps upload).

I've seen that you could jailbreak an AppleTV, install a web browser, then get a feed from wirecast, but that seems a little sloppy to me.

Anyway, wondering if anyone has experimented at all with using one of these players for 'Closed Circuit' tv.

blessings

[VoltNHalf]

Don't know about the Roku or AppleTV, but a slightly more expensive approach might be to use a nettop device such as the ASUS Black EeeBox EB1012P-B022E ($358 at Walmart, maybe better pricing elsewhere). These are full-blown Windows 7 machines with HDMI interfaces & storage. You could link to a live video source using Windows Media Center.

[TylerJ]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']I’ve been looking for something similar, your best bet may be a computer running windows media server with a simple capture card, and you can set to cap at a certain amount of connections however it will be a WMV stream. I needed something for the worship folks to watch in-between services for review, I am thinking about a Tivo unit running all morning and installing the Tvio app on an Ipad so they can watch/rewind ect. There are some HDMI over CAT5 solutions out there as well, an HDMI distribution block and an few CAT5 extenders may do the trick and not break the bank.[/font]