Streaming media from WHS?

[jdraughn]

Just got Windows Home Server going and am trying to figure out how to stream my media through the internet (not network). I saw a couple of addons, sagetv and Webguide 4, but had trouble getting either one to stream media. Mainly due to total lack of instructions or documentation on both addons.

I have a https://myname.homeserver.com domain, and I can download files, but my laptop OS, Vista Premium just starts downloading it to a temp folder rather then streaming it via VLC or Windows Media Player.

I would like to stream MKV and Xvid files. Streaming my MP3s would be nice too, but I could stick a few gigs worth on my notebook at a time, so thats not a big deal.

 

[nukleuz]

I stream my MKV and Xvid files from my windows home server with Pytivo to my Tivo HD and it works flawlessly
Check out Pytivo or Tivo Publisher for WHS

 

[jdraughn]

One of the requirements listed on Pytivo is a Tivo box. I don't have a tivo box, I have Windows Media Center or VLC or Windows Media Player. Do you know if that would still work?

 

[Eibach]

I have tried to use Webguide 4, successfully installed it and was streaming media. the only set back i had was that it was quite slow, and you had to pay for it after about 15 days or so. Anyways, I went on to trying to figure out why it was going so slow and i found out that many people are having that problem. I only get about 200kb...max download speeds from across the internet to my whs box. Even though comcast says im getting about 5mb up... and when i go onto speedtest.net i only get about 2mb up witch still does not explain why i am only getting 200kb... anyway I just wanted to let you know if you end up getting it to work and you get decent speeds let me know =)