08-11-2010, 10:44 AM | #1 |
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Netflix?
Has anyone tried streaming movies on a Netflix account while overseas? Dunno whether it's possible or practical.
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08-11-2010, 11:05 AM | #2 |
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08-11-2010, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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VPN can sometimes be pretty sluggish in performance depending on how many people share the same "gateway". I tried hulu with VPN some time ago on my laptop and got it to work (more or less). If you want to give it a try, check out hotspotshield which is free. If this doesn't work for you (performance wise), you may want to give the paid services a try. I don't know about their performance, though.
Another one you can try is using a proxy (allthough I don't know how to set that up on the ipad). But hulu did recognize that I was using one (which is why I tried hotspotshield). But this may still work for Netflix. And, last but not least, hulu states on it's webpage that you can submit an e-mail where you can tell them that you're an US citizen overseas (or so). May also work with Netflix. Hope this gets you further :-) |
08-11-2010, 11:58 AM | #4 |
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Thanks, mgmueller and Mike. I'll try, since my husband already has an account and I'll be overseas for months.
Do you know how to access your personal movie collection while traveling? I have movies on DVD and wonder how hard it would be to set up access from overseas. I guess I'd start by applying Handbrake to all of them, but dunno what comes next. |
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Best bet would be to use handbrake, compress them down to about 1 GB and store them on a laptop under movies in itunes. Then occasionally trade them out on your ipad. |
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So, whatever you can play on your PC/Mac, you can stream to your iPad/iPhone. WIth the right (fast enough) architecture, that's even with live conversion on the fly. |
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08-14-2010, 06:05 AM | #7 |
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I use a 500GB USB-powered external hard disk with an ultra-portable laptop for video while I'm "on the road". That can store many hundreds of hours of video at reasonable resolution. I generally rip my videos at 640x480 using the H.264 CODEC, which is a good compromise between quality and size.
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