tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2011:/1/tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17033- 2011-08-16T16:20:53Z Comments for At Last! Streaming Media App Orb Launches Mac Version Movable Type 4.35-en tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17033 2009-11-06T14:53:31Z 2009-11-06T18:01:56Z At Last! Streaming Media App Orb Launches Mac Version We had almost forgotten about Orb, the media-sharing software that lets you stream video from your home computer to your iPhone or any other internet-connected device. In fact, the last time we had even looked at the application was November of 2008 when the company announced an update to their iPhone application which allowed you... Sarah Perez We had almost forgotten about Orb, the media-sharing software that lets you stream video from your home computer to your iPhone or any other internet-connected device. In fact, the last time we had even looked at the application was November of 2008 when the company announced an update to their iPhone application which allowed you to stream live TV over the 3G network. At that time though, the desktop software portion of the Orb product was PC-only. As in Windows PC-only. Today, that has changed. Orb for Macintosh has finally been released so Mac OS X users can now stream their media over the net, too.

]]> Orb is a desktop software program that facilitates streaming of personal media over the internet. Once installed and configured, you can access your home computer's content library from any internet-connected device. The software easily achieves what many other technology companies are still figuring out how to do - make your media available anywhere and everywhere on any device you use with minimal effort on your part.

One of Orb's best features is the OrbLive iPhone application which connects with your home computer over the internet to provide access to your media library of audio, video, and photos. Through the mobile application, you can access any of your media files and play stream them over either a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. In the Windows version of the software, PC's with TV tuner cards can also connect you to live, streaming TV in addition to the other shared media saved on the PC's hard drive.

To some extent, Orb competes with Apple's own offerings since it provides access to music and video from either a desktop computer or an iPhone. That's why it was somewhat surprising that Apple ever approved the company's iPhone application to begin with. Even more surprising is that they allowed it to function over 3G when similar products - like Slingbox's SlingPlayer for iPhone, another live TV streaming app - are restricted to Wi-Fi only.

No Live TV for Mac Users Yet

Unfortunately, the Mac version is debuting without the live TV streaming functionality. According to Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks, support for live TV support will be added in subsequent versions. In the meantime, however, Mac users can install the Orb software to stream music, photos, videos, home movies and webcam feeds stored in iTunes to their iPhones or to any other internet-connected device including netbooks, notebooks, media players, game consoles and more. All that's needed is the new Mac OS X desktop software (works on OS X Intel 10.5 or later).

Those interested in trying out the new Mac version can grab the installer from here: orb.com/en/download_orb. For now, the Mac software is available in English only.

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]]> 2010-07-30T09:20:24Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17033-comment:167426 Comment from Palermo on 2009-11-07 Palermo There is not only streaming of live tv.
If you have a (dvb-t) or whatever tuner attached to your pc,
original Orb version for PC is able to stream that signal to iPhone etc.
That part is missing in your article.
But the article was great and breaking news for me because i bought the Orb App but own a Mac now.
There used to be an inofficial Mac client before,
found only in the Orb forum.
That one was not able to deal with tv tuner signals.
That is why im pretty curious if thats a feature about the official release.
Best, J.

]]> 2009-11-07T14:22:17Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17033-comment:167424 Comment from Lawrence @ CRB on 2009-11-07 Lawrence @ CRB http://www.creditrestorationbureau.comtionbureau.com For some reason I'm not able to download. It's causing me all sorts of problems.

]]> 2009-11-07T13:51:09Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17033-comment:167271 Comment from bellatrixr on 2009-11-06 bellatrixr Okay, I'm still having trouble downloading the Mac version. As the download begins it appears like a .dmg file. Leaves an incomplete download of an .exe file on my desktop. Advice?

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