Portable Video

I like to imagine a day when you can download or stream any TV show, movie, or other video before or at about the same time as it’s available for viewing on TV. Oh right, the pirates have pretty much already made that possible. But I mean legally, where you either pay for a video [...]

XBMC is a cross-platform, open-source media center app that can play almost any file format and makes a perfect companion for your home theater system. On top of its other attractive features — it’s compatible with all sorts of remote controls, and can even be installed on the original XBOX! — the latest version of [...]

When the Qik iPhone app first came out back in August, it was hardly the mobile streaming powerhouse Qik fans had been hoping for. Due to Apple’s restrictions at the time, Qik had to release a live video streaming app minus the “live”. The policy against live streaming has been lifted now, with apps like [...]

AverMedia makes a line of TV tuners that let you watch analog and digital broadcasts on a PC. Now the company is making it (somewhat) easy to watch live and recorded TV even when you’re away from your computer with a TV tuner.
AverMedia’s new placeshifting solution is called SnugTV, and here’s how it’s supposed [...]

Apple seems to be loosening up its rules about streaming video over 3G via iPhone apps, allowing streaming players and broadcasters like Ustream and Qik into the App store.
EyeTV — a streaming TV provider — isn’t even taking the chance of rejection, though. Instead, they’ve launched an updated web app which allows you to watch [...]

As we start to get more of our news and event coverage from eyewitnesses with cellphone cameras, it makes sense to look at ways to get more information out of existing technology. That’s what Microsoft Labs in Egypt has done with Mobicast, a system for stitching together multiple mobile video streams together in real time. [...]

Users of some torrent clients have been able to preview video downloads for quite some time. Millions more are about to get that ability, thanks to the arrival of streaming in the uTorrent 2.1 beta.
If you’re downloading a video file in the new version (say, an episode of your favorite TV series), the play icon [...]

Those of you using a Linux or Mac system who want a no-fuss way to enjoy YouTube videos should check out Minitube – a standalone desktop player which doesn’t even require Adobe Flash Player.
The interface is clean and simple. You’re greeted with a simple search box upon first launching Minitube. Enter your query, and [...]

Once upon a time, DivX was the hot video codec. That wasn’t because any major company was backing the format. It’s because it offered high quality standard and high definition video encoding at relatively small file sizes. In other words, it’s ideal for encoding bootleg videos of movies and TV shows for uploading to the [...]

Amazon is rolling out a new service called Disc+ On Demand that lets you instantly begin watching some video titles after you purchase the movie or TV show on DVD or Blu-Ray. In other words, you get the benefit of having a physical disc that you can watch on a dedicated player and take with [...]