i have directv with several directv boxes in the house. Still I have a few rooms where I’d like to have directv reception but aren’t used regularly such as spare bedroom and gym. Is there a device that I can connect the hdmi out from a directv box that will then allow me to “sling” the signal over my network to other TVs or is it just too much hassle and I should pay rent for other directv boxes even though they would rarely get used.
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Method to stream HDMI signal
- Thread starter dhodson66
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Probably a Ryzen with as many cores as you can get to do the encoding, one of these to do the capturing: http://www.magewell.com/pro-capture-quad-hdmi/tech-specs , and a cheap device for the transport stream playback on each device you view on. Maybe a raspberry pi is enough? I'm not sure.
Ryzen? Quad HDMI? I pray, why? Why wouldn't https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod..._bdlkminirec4k_decklink_mini_recorder_4k.html be enough?
You're not going to be capture HDCP content (ie what a STB will output) via either of those capture cards. They're only useful when you're capturing straight from a camera or the likes, so neither will work in the proposed way (at least without stripping HDCP, but that's probably a little beyond this forum). You would need dedicated hardware next to all your other TVs to view things and it's not the cheapest. Something like this would work: http://www.gefen.com/products/all/video-over-ip/hdmi
Blue Fox is right about HDCP, you'll need to test whether your various DirecTV boxes use HDCP or not before getting that capture card. I didn't think they would for non-premium content, but maybe they do.
That's only good for one channel. Pretty sure the gist I got from his post was that he wanted to do many at the same time.
Ryzen? Quad HDMI? I pray, why? Why wouldn't https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod..._bdlkminirec4k_decklink_mini_recorder_4k.html be enough?
That's only good for one channel. Pretty sure the gist I got from his post was that he wanted to do many at the same time.