SopCast is quite a popular P2P video streaming client.It is very similar to TVU, PPLive, PPStream and others. One good thing about SopCast is, that a fully supported client for Linux exists, that is somewhat stable and performs well.Since you generally stream TV-Programs with SopCast it is desireable to watch them an an actual TV-Set as opposed to a monitor or a laptop screen. Of course the easiest way to watch the streams on TV would be to hook up your computer or laptop to your TV using HDMI or DVI-Ports but the procedure of connecting and disconnecting your computer to your TV is really uncomfortable. However, many of us either have a DLNA-Client of some kind either integrated into a TV (most newer
Samsung
,
Panasonic
and
Philips
have) or hooked up to the TV in form of a streaming box (
WD TV Live HD
,
AC Ryan Playon
) or a gaming console, like the
Sony PlayStation 3
. So in many cases it is safe to assume that your multimedia equipment and your computers can communicate with each other via LAN or WIFI. Since you can't run a SopCast client directly on your DLNA-Clients you need to run it on a computer and stream the content using
DLNA-Protocol to your DLNA-Clients. Now, there are plenty of ways to accomplish this using a Linux box and free software, here's the way i found to be the most convenient for me:
