Orb-gasum...

I've been playing with 'ORB' over the last few days. It's basically a media server that sits on your main PC and then allows you to access your Music, Photos, PVR/TV, and Movies from anywhere in the world on pretty much any web enabled device.


Here's what my Orb homepage looks like. I have my audio, movies, and pictures shared.



This is what the photo browser looks like...


Here's the video browser. Click on the big blue play button and the server on the main PC transcodes (or whatever) the source video into either a Windows Media, Real Media, or 3GP stream - matched to your target device's internet access speed.



Same options are available for MP3s as well. The crazy thing is though, I can do all this on my MDA Pro cell phone.



It works over Wi-Fi, Wired (through the USB), and even the 3G network. It basically means that while at work I can use my phone (or PC - but I like that fact that my phone is acting as a mini tv and not on my main work screen) to view video or listen to my mp3s.

I'm REALLY impressed with Orb. If you're into this kinda thing - check it out.

Nic.

posted by Nic @ 10:38 AM 0 comments