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INTRODUCTION

NOTE: This is a revival of the original streambaby project on Google Code which no longer allows uploads to downloads section and did not have any updates for a few years.

Main Features

• Random access streaming of MP4 & MPG video files. Able to seek to anywhere in the video. Also removes need for qt-faststart.
• Ability to FF/RWD to points in the video that have not been buffered yet. When outside of the buffer, a "preview" of the movie (low-quality static images) will appear, and when play is pressed the video stream will be repositioned to start streaming at that point (ala Netflix/TiVo)
• Ability to transcode and stream video that is not inherently TiVo compatible. Supports most video files supported by TiVo and/or ffmpeg. Preview mode and random-positioning work with most transcoded files.
• Remembers your position in the video when you stop watching and automatically starts at that position next time you watch. Works even when exiting playing via the "TiVo" button.

Requirements

• Requires Java 1.6 or above to be installed.
• Uses ffmpeg binary executable for transcoding. MPG/MP4 streaming is built-in
• Uses ffmpeg to generate "preview" views on the fly.

For Windows and Mac ffmpeg and other utilities will automatically be downloaded into the native directory on the fist-run of streambaby. For Linux, ffmpeg must already be installed on the system and available in your path.

Getting Started

• See [getting_started] for instructions on installing and getting started with streambaby.

Special Remote Control Commands while viewing

• See [remote_button_summary] for full remote control functions available to you, some of which you may not know about.

WIKI LINKS

[release_notes]
[getting_started]

• [remote_button_summary]
• [search_screen]
• [password_protection]

[StreamBabyIni]
[QualitySettings]
[PushConfiguration]
[WindowsServiceInstallation]
[debugging_problems]
[eclipse_project]
[video_compatibility]

Project Members:

• Kevin Moye (admin)