[GRLUG] Slingbox

west mi west.mi420 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 12:33:48 EST 2011


I haven't done exactly what you want.......but I did get my ipod to sync
with windowsxp in a virtual box on linux
D

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com>wrote:

> Anybody know of either a Slingbox-type device that actually works under
> Linux or a way to persuade a Slingbox to work under Linux? Best Buy was
> selling Slingbox Solo's for $100 last week, and silly me thought I could
> get it to work on Linux. It seems to be DRM'd and locked down all over the
> place, and will support everything BUT Linux. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, on
> Mac or Windows no problem, but no Linux. I found a couple of forum posts
> hinting at partial success with XBMC, but I haven't gotten that to work.
> I've also tried faking the user-agent string on my web browsers, which gets
> me through the "your operating system is not supported" message but still
> doesn't actually work.
>
> For those unfamiliar with it, the Slingbox is a little gadget that takes
> an audio/visual signal and streams it to a web browser, either across your
> LAN or across the Internet. Anybody actually do this with Linux?
>
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