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Orb for Windows

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Key Details of Orb

  • Access the digital media on your home PC through a Web interface.
  • Last updated on 2/20/2016
  • There have been 3 updates
  • Virus scan status:

    Clean (it's extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors' Review

Download.com staff

This is not a flashback to the chart-defying tricks of ambient house music progenitors The Orb, although if you have their music you can use this Orb to play it anywhere. No, this Orb melds module-based personal portals with your hard drive's media content and lets you stream it to almost any Internet-connected handheld device.

The setup will probably be challenging to users who aren't familiar with how to open ports, but, fortunately, there's plenty of help in Orb's user forums. Once you're good to go, the program launches in your browser and you can choose whether you want your video module to be front and center, how wide your music module should be, and if you really need yet another weather widget.

Uploading your media files is a time-consuming and tedious process that could be greatly improved upon. After that, you can "MyCast" them. MyCasting is what Orb's publisher calls Webcasting when done with its program. If your home PC has coaxial access, you can stream television, as well as photos, video files, and music.

By circumventing the need to reload media files on a second machine and having the handheld connection, Orb seems pretty nifty. The system requirements, though, are stringent, and the upload process is slow-going, making this a useful product with room for improvement.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
January 27, 2009
Latest update
February 20, 2016
Version
2.01.0026
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
Windows 10, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
49,579
Downloads Last Week
1
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Developer's Description

By Orb Networks
Access the digital media on your home PC through a Web interface.
Orb provides the ability to MyCast. MyCasting gives the user instant access to photos, music, videos, live television, and other digital content on their home PC at anytime and from any internet-connected device, such as a mobile phone, PDA or laptop. Orb is first of its kind to allow consumers mobile access to all of their digital media. It is completely secure while having no restrictions in its use. Using any web browser, Orb allows user to connect to their home computer and the ability to stream digital content located on their PC.Version 2.01.0026 is a bug fixing release.