The existing stuff will continue to work, but it's not going to get updated or have any new equipment/software released. Instead, they're now focusing their resources on SlingTV and on improving the services for DISH. My understanding is that since Sling Media (the folks behind the SlingBox) were purchased by DISH network, they've discontinued manufacture of any new SlingBox equipment. I have a feeling creating a linux version from their existing code bases would be a matter of selecting a different build target from a drop down menu. I just converted my last win7 system to linux. There may not be that many people interested in this. I kind of can't believe no one has reverse engineered the player, it can't possibly be that complicated. They are probably more interested in getting people to sign up for their sling tv subscriptions. They did not, and they also shut down the forum - made it read only, and eliminated many of the sections. I would on about a yearly basis post to the sling support forum asking them to make a linux version of the player. you may possibly end up with $100 worth of weird components that don't do exactly what you want. There are quite a few hdmi capture devices for cheap, I guess you would also have to pair it with an rfid blaster though. ![]() I'd carefully choose a slingbox model that supports the web streaming, or try to build your own. Where I live out cable company includes a streaming service, but it is also flash based, and often doesn't work, especially on linux. I've also tried all the remote desktop and/or vm solutions I could think to try, they all end up being major memory hogs and extremely poor performers - laggy video and audio. There is an android version, but it crashes *often* when run through emulators / vms. I've had no success making it work with wine. I happen to have one that doesn't, i believe the m2. About half of them do not support html streaming (to flash). The above solution only works for *some* slingbox models. Just verified it works on Sylvia 18.3 XFCE. You can now re-check that "dangerous & intrusive" box in your plugins settings. It'll probably ask you whether you want to activate Flash for this page - do so.ĩ. You'll have to temporarily UN-check it in order to connect to your SlingBox.ħ. There is a checkbox that says "Block dangerous and intrusive Flash content". Open your Firefox "plugins" and locate the "Shockwave Flash" entry. Create the Slingplayer.html file as I indicated aboveĥ. Choose Linux as your operating system - either 32 or 64 bit, depending on what you have installedģ. (You can turn it back on as soon as you've logged in, though)Ģ. You'll also need to - at least temporarily - unblock "dangerous" content when you launch the Slingplayer.html file. You will need to get Adobe Flash (if you don't already have it) to make it function. I can verify that the method I mentioned above will work. I will try the suggestions mentioned other wis e i will have to get a win 7 partition just for tv when travelling I have a slingbox in UK which i connect to when oevrseas, the browser plugins for firefox, chrome etc are no longer operated by slingplayer, you have to use their desk top portal software which is a shame And, depending upon the smartphone or other device (computer and its OS) you can mirror or cast whatever is playing to your smart devices. Using a hardware device like a smart TV or Blu-Ray player, TV stick or Box, even some game consoles will work well for this check for this particular application though. Google Chrome and other Chromium based browsers seem to work better for streaming TV. For example, you can be using Linux Mint with Firefox and tell the user agent to inform websites that you are using MS Windows OS and Internet Explorer or Edge browsers, or Android and some browser, etc. These "user agent switcher" browser extension add-ons basically tell a website that you are using a different computer operating system and browser than the one you are actually using. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tip: some websites may require using a browser "user agent switcher" because of their antiquated design (or worse purposely), does not recognize Linux and certain browsers. I am not familiar with this player, is this for Sling TV or something else?Ĭan't you view the programming through a browser? Although the Linux Wine system is very innovative and works very well for some things, it does represent a security risk.
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