Clay, Why don't you just connect your cable box to a Slingbox, or similar device, and then stream that over your LAN? That way, you are only using your internal bandwith and you don't have to worry about your external bandwith?
Is this just for your local school, or the entire district? On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think either telling them to stay home to watch it, or to read about > it in the paper the next day would be useful. > > It's just another inauguration - they wouldn't do it for a Republican, > Green or Libertarian, would they? > > But, that's just my inner curmudgeon coming out. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Walker, Clay <c...@bridgeportisd.net> > wrote: > > We are getting many inquiries from our teachers about streaming next > > Tuesday's inauguration to classroom. Unfortunately, our internet > > bandwidth will not support the number of those I think will want to > > stream the event (and this is assuming the media outlets' bandwidth will > > support it as well). > > > > I'm thinking I could setup an internal video streaming server (Windows > > Media Server perhaps) and either pull the feed off of a capture card > > connected to the local cable TV system or pulling it from a feed off of > > the internet and re-streaming it to my network. > > > > Unfortunately, we only have a couple of our buildings that have a cable > > feed in every classroom. I need to find a solution for the other > > buildings that have no TV option. > > > > Am I going in the right direction? Any hints or gotcha's to watch out > > for? > > > > I'm way out of my league on this video stuff, so any help would be > > greatly appreciated. > > > > Clay > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
