Share a capture card?

Plain and simple: Is it possible to share an ati capture card via a network?
(like a printer)
I would greatly appreciate any help as I would love to be aale to watch my cable tv anywhere in the house wirelesly

(also, couldnt figure out the model number of this device as it is not listed in the hardware manager)

Plain and simple: Not the way you think.

You can feed off an AIW in a server-client sort of way, but this "feature" proved difficult to implement and is no longer featured.

PS: Just saw "wirelessly" No way nadda. ... well, you could if you tossed enough system manager talent.

well idk. if i can stream a dvd wirelessly smoothly with power dvd(well a shrunk dvd using dvd shrink) i dont see why not tv in mpeg-2 format.

(the dvd stream did break up a bit at ~5mbps)

ps whats an AIW?

ATI All in Wonder Card

ok i got that. how do i set this up on my network?

EDIT: oops wait a minute, by server-client, do you mean that the host computer would have to act as a slave by using "remote desktop"? or what?

also whats "system manager talent"?

Simplest way, set up a pull network with

Windows Media Encoder 9 Series
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx
(see Baldrick's guide https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=244268 but use "broadcast a live event" mode)

or
http://www.videolan.org/
(also see Baldrick's guide https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=259354)

Feed the tuner card to the pull server. Watch in a browser window or player on the distant computer. Channel changing will require a RF remote control.

http://www.x10.com/products/transmitters.htm

there must be a software version of this "rf remote controll".
if not then it must be possible to create 1.

Originally Posted by Crazyj32

there must be a software version of this "rf remote controll".
if not then it must be possible to create 1.

If you are a good coder and ATI provides you with the API.

This is much easier to use. RF receiver plugs into a USB port on the PC with the tuner card.



Correction: I said "push" when I meant "Client Pull" for choice of network strategy. I corrected above. Push means uploading to a separate distribution server. Pull means the browser or player initiates the connection.

hmmm... A software remote controller would be much better as i dont feel like lugging around a 5.5 lb tablet pc and a remote controller.
If only i knew a good coder...
Alright well thanks guys, I appreciate all the help and will post back with results of transmission attempts.

fuckin wicked.. got it to work but for some reason wmp keeps having to stop to buffer. could b for 2 reasons...
will have fun tweaking this out many thanks!

Originally Posted by Crazyj32

fuckin wicked.. got it to work but for some reason wmp keeps having to stop to buffer. could b for 2 reasons...
will have fun tweaking this out many thanks!

Hint: Reduce bitrate until it works, then add bitrate until it buffers, then back off a bit.

nah it wasnt bitrate. i tried it with media encoder just now at higher bitrate and worked flawlessly. now if only someone would hack wmenc to allow remote computers to change channels in mid-stream...
ah well at anyrate it still is pretty bad ass. The technology will probably improve over a couple of years. For now im gonna try to get in contact with someone with wmenc and ati to try to persuade improvements.
Thanks again!

Another Question: Is there a capture card that is designed to be shared via home network (pref. wireless and preferably without software re-encoding)?

If not, is there one better suited than an ati all in wonder?
(preferably 1 that can have its channels changed by a remote computer)