ON PC THAT WILL BE ACTING AS SERVER
1. Download Orb
here. (works with Vista or XP)
2. Once you've downloaded Orb to your home PC, go to mycast.orb.com and setup up a free account. Now you can install it on your PC.
3. Once installed Orb Automatically uses 4 default Windows folders which looks for content in, you can add/remove these locations in the configuration:
[Video]
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Videos
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Documents\My Videos
[Photo]
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Documents\My Pictures
[Music]
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Documents\My Music
[Documents]
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\My Documents
4. There will be Orb icon in your Systray, right click on it and click on "Configuration" should look
like this.
5. Go to "Advanced" tab and make sure the "Add-ons" section has at least everything checked except for "Contacts" unless you want that. And Windows & Real/3GP Ports are on 80 & 554 respectively Should look
like this.
6. It's important that you make sure your router/firewall is forwarding ports 80 and 554 (TCP) to your server.
ON PALM PRE
1. Open web browser and go to
mycast.orb.com to Login
like this.
2. Go to the bottom where it says "Settings" and click on it, should look
like this.
3. Should take you to Speed Settings which you should change to "Use fixed speed" I set mine to 156 KB/s. Click "Save"
like this.
4. At the top click "Stream" and select "3GP-AAC/RTSP fromat (.3gp)" no other setting will work currently. Click "Save"
like this.
5. At the top click "Layout" and select "Home Theater" and click "Save"
like this.
6. It should now look
like this and isn't that much better?