Adventures in Wireless Media Entertainment
I just upgraded to v0.9.56.2 of TVersity which manages the content for my wireless media player. Around Christmas 2005, I finally obtained a wireless media player, the D-Link DSM-320.
I guess I should have looked at the TVersity site earlier, because there was a bug which would occasionally freeze my DSM-320 when playing certain video content, but I thought it was because of buggy D-Link firmware. (I did have a fun time upgrading to v1.07 of the firmware).
Overall, though, I am very happy with the arrangement. While I wish that the media player supported a few more streaming formats natively, I have to say that the hardware has been good -- except for the one borked upgrade that resulted in an RMA -- and the software has been tremendous. I'm glad I found the TVersity software, becasue it offers far more flexibility than the native D-Link application does.
To capture the streaming video and audio, I use the Replay AV software. Nice app that comes with a flexibile, built-in scheduler, and as opposed to some of the applications that I tried previously, does not have to record via my computer's soundcard. This means that I can download multiple streams simultaneously, and not worry that my downloads will be affected by my own use of the computer.
The primary captures I obtain are from 3ABN, and mostly audio at that. I have been experimenting with technology podcasts as well, with much success.
Overall, I jumped into the wireless media player game quite late, but I'm happy with the choices that have been made. I do wish the hardware supported WPA/WPA2, rather than just WEP, but that's a minor issue right now.
About Logik!
Andrew S. Baker aka ASB aka Logik!
Andrew is an accomplished, hands-on IT Executive with a solid track record of providing timely and cost-effective business solutions using technology. With over 16 years experience in Information Technology, he has proven to be effective both as a Team Leader and as an individual contributor in designing, deploying, securing and maintaining enterprise networks.
His personal interests include Astronomy, Basketball, Bible Study, Chess, Comics, Computers,
Family Life Ministries, Reading and Strategy/Role Playing games...
Some of his contributions include several whitepapers on technology and Information Security, the UltraTech Knowledgebase, various postings to technology mailing lists and forums, active participation on LinkedIn Answers, along with a number of interviews for articles published in industry magazines.
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Andrew's current resume is available here.