Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-05-01 15:51, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2023-05-01 11:36, Dave Howorth wrote:
What is a 'DECO'?
TV decoder. I don't know exactly how it is called in English.
In the old days, it was a "set top box". I don't know if people have those anymore - my TV has built-in card readers.
This one is quite different.
With cable TV, all channels are sent simultaneously to every home. The box simply tunes one.
This box works on demand, only one video stream is received at a time. The user selects what to see with the IR remote control, the box sends the appropriate command to the server cloud, then the server cloud sends back the stream direct to the client. Each client a different stream.
Like Bill said, "ummm ...." - doesn't sound right to me either.
If the client wants several TV sets, he has to hire one decoder for each.
Here, there are no "decoders" . It would be bonkers - change "decoder" just because you change provider?? Besides the excellent ervices of my local streaming service "MythTV", my TV offers a menu of 9-10 different - Samsung TV, Rakuten TV, Amazon Prime, Netflux, Sky, 20minutes and more.
Or, you can watch a stream on the computer, gratis, if the computer is in the LAN
I'm curious, how does your VLC client tell the "cloud" what it wants to watch? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (16.8°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes