If I have a tv tuner hooked up to my home computer, is there any way to stream the channels over the

Factual Questions
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…Internet? Is there any free / open source software which will allow me to watch my cable channels from anywhere with an Internet connection?

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you could use logmein or other terminal-transport type software/service to access your home computer from anywhere and view what you need to.

If for some reason you want to ONLY stream - or multicast is needed, then look no further than VideoLan. You may be familiar with VLC player, which is the client component (VLC can stream static video files but not TV Capture streams). There is a server version that can stream from several sources including, I believe, TV tuner output.

other possibilities here:
http://all-streaming-media.com/stream-broadcast/free-audio-video-stream-broadcasting-software.htm

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Isn’t that what a Slingbox is supposed to do? Then again, that’s not free.

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Best free solution that I know of for this: http://www.orb.com

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MythTV with MythStream.

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I’ll second orb. If you have an ipad/iphone you can also try Air Video. run the server app on your machine and use the client on the ipad/iphone.

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Are you able to change the channels remotely with this software? Do I need extra software installed in the client machine or can I use a web browser?

thanks.