zup peeps, i was just curious if there's a way that i can stream videos that i download to my pc (WINXP_PRO) so i can watch them in another pc without re-downloading the whole file to that pc. Can I also do this with mp3's???

I thought of setting up an ftp server at home but it wont stream, it actually starts to download!?!??!

thkz for the input

ceez

have you tried setting up a network, and having a network share?

have you tried setting up a network, and having a network share?

This works perfectly. Just setup a network share with READ access only and you should be able to stream video files without a problem. The only disadvantage of doing this is that it may slow down your network by a bit!

You could create an iso of the video and mount that on a virtual drive which you have access to across the network

On the other pc just map the path to that drive or folder.

Good luck

CB

If you have a Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise license, and need to stream Windows Media - check out its Streaming Media capabilities.

thanks for all your input.... but i guessi should of specified just a bit more...i want to stream video or audio over the internet. connect from my friends pc to my pc at my house and be able to stream w/out having to download the files.

i hope that the server version is not the only way!?!?

When someone's viewing streamed media, they are still "downloading" it...

i know, but you can view it while you're downloading the file to a temp folder. but when i try it i actually have to download the full file and then listen OR view it.

Its a known fact that winamp can listen to streamed audio - no add-ons required at the client side, just a plug-in (200 KB) required at the "streamer source" site.

As for video, I don't know what you could do other than what I suggested above.