Ah, much much better. My previous Slingbox appeared to be deeply flawed: no sound, then no picture. However, after exchanging the unit and re-connecting it, all appears fine. This time, both the video and audio came up immediately and it all looks great!
With a working unit, the connection and setup was quite painless (though I knew what to expect this time through). The SlingPlayer is rather nice: it asks what type of device you hooked up (in my case, an old Series 1 Tivo) and it provides a set of controls appropriate to the device.
Video quality is good (considering I’m streaming via a 802.11b wireless bridge: I might try my G bridge if I can get it working reliably). You get options for optimizing the stream (for Low, Medium or High action, as well as even more precise controls for the tweakers). I’m currently using a Medium Action encoding and it seems to be just fine: I can see some compression artifacts, but nothing I didn’t expect.
So far, I’m pleased. Rough start, but good end.
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