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movie_night [2015/11/19 23:02] – [Set up the stream server] ishivversmovie_night [2015/11/30 21:29] – [How to stream a DVD to the 9-panel display] ishivvers
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 ===== How to stream a DVD to the 9-panel display ===== ===== How to stream a DVD to the 9-panel display =====
  
-When has the difficulty of a task ever dissuaded UCB grad students?  (Ok, actually a lot.  But ignore that for now.)  Let's watch a goddamn DVD on that 9-panel display!+\\**CAUTION:** the system described below is fragile, at best. \\ 
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 +When has the difficulty of a task ever dissuaded UCB grad students?  (Ok, actually a lot.  But ignore that for now.)  Let's watch a goddamn DVD on that 9-panel display! \\
 **PLAN:** we will use a desktop computer to play the DVD and stream it over the network to the Mac 9-panel computer. **PLAN:** we will use a desktop computer to play the DVD and stream it over the network to the Mac 9-panel computer.
  
-==== Set up the stream server ====+**Set up the stream server**
  
   - Locate a Linux computer in Campbell with a DVD drive (preferably plugged into Ethernet rather than on WiFi). It needs to be running an SSH server that you can log in to.   - Locate a Linux computer in Campbell with a DVD drive (preferably plugged into Ethernet rather than on WiFi). It needs to be running an SSH server that you can log in to.