Playing a MySky Recording on a Second MySky Box

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#103554 10-Jun-2012 19:56

I have multiroom with two MySky HD boxes and was wondeirng if anyone had asked whether is is possible to play the recording from the first box on the second one. If it was truely multi room then I should be able to do this but given the limitationd of the ethernet ports I am gathering it is not yet a feature.

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#638601 10-Jun-2012 20:01

It's not possible.

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#638627 10-Jun-2012 21:01

I think the Pace box is capable of this (I think Cyril was talking about a demo Pace had done) but Sky have not enabled any of this feature.... I would love to see some streaming from the mysky (perhaps for those customers who have multiroom) but don't think we will see it with this generation of box.

Sky have no incentive to do this..... No competition...

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#638629 10-Jun-2012 21:07

Technically streaming content from one box to another could be considered format shifting, which isn't legal for video content in NZ.

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#638645 10-Jun-2012 21:38

If you have an Ultraplus and the right Sky card. Then you should be able to using the DLNA function.

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#638663 10-Jun-2012 22:17

sbiddle: Technically streaming content from one box to another could be considered format shifting, which isn't legal for video content in NZ.

Although tivos allow it. Although you do have to agree to their terms each time you do it.

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#638665 10-Jun-2012 22:21

sbiddle: Technically streaming content from one box to another could be considered format shifting, which isn't legal for video content in NZ.

How so, given that you wouldn't actually be shifting formats? It would be just like having a long cable from the MySky box to the second TV - you aren't actually re-recording the feed or shifting it to another storage format/medium at all. If it was illegal, surely Tivo would get pinged for having the feature?

It more likely comes down to simple commercial reasons. If they enabled this capability it would diminish the attractiveness of multiroom somewhat, which would cut into their revenue stream from recycling old used decoders for $25/mo.