daniel fäldt

At home I have media server (pc) connected to the tv and to the 5.1 system. This works really good and the Windows Media Center on it also works nice right now (impressed?). No problem listen to Swedish (web) radio by just clicking in the system, the same with all online channels (SVT Play, Tv4 Play etc.).

It is of cause also possible to watch movies, see picture (even bluetooth them directly to the system) and listen to music in it. Though administer playlists, search for new music in Spotify and stuff like that is really hard. In those cases you need a keyboard and a mouse.

The solution at home right know includes an icecast2 server installed on the media center and an edcast client installed on a laptop.

Step by step:

1. Install a IceCast2 server on the server (dooh).
2. Start it (no need of configuration if behind a firewall and at your home network).
3. Install EdCast (incl lame enc for mp3) on your laptop.
4. Start a streaming client in the media center. Use for example VNC and connect to http://localhost:port/stream
5. Start playing whatever you want on your laptop.
6. Really great!