Space shifting also known as place shifting (or placeshifting), allows media, such as music or films, which is stored on one device to be accessed from another place through another device. Space shifting is frequently done through computer networks, for example by viewing a television broadcast from a WiFi equipped set-top box

Set-top box

A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...

 on a WiFi equipped notebook. Other media shifting processes include time shifting

Time shifting

Time shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to at a time more convenient to the consumer. Typically, this refers to TV programming but can also refer to radio shows via podcasts....

, a process whereby a radio or television broadcast is recorded and played back at a different time, and format shifting

Format shifting

Format shifting is the conversion of media files into different formats. This may be required to play the media on different devices, for example when converting or ripping audio files on CDs into digital formats such as MP3...

 where media files are converted into different formats.

See also

• TV2Me
  TV2Me
  TV2Me is a device that allows TV viewers to watch their home’s cable or satellite television programs on their own computers, mobile phones, television sets and even a projector screen anywhere in the world...
  
   - the original placeshifting device, developed by Ken Schaffer
• LocationFree Player
  LocationFree Player
  Sony's LocationFree is the marketing name for a group of products and technologies for timeshifting and placeshifting streaming video. The LocationFree Player is an internet-based multifunctional device used to stream live television broadcasts , DVDs and DVR content over a home network or the...
  
  
• Slingbox
  Slingbox
  The Slingbox is a TV streaming media device made by Sling Media that encodes video into the VC-1 format for transmission over the Internet and provides an infrared blaster. The video encoding and IR blaster can both be operated remotely over the Internet...
  
  
• Subsonic (media server)
  Subsonic (media server)
  Subsonic is a free, open source, web-based media server. Because Subsonic was written in Java, it may be run on any operating system with Java support. Subsonic supports streaming to multiple clients simultaneously, and supports any streamable media...
  
  
• Ampache
  Ampache
  Ampache is a free software Web-based Audio file manager / web Media Server. The name is a play on the two words Apache and Amplifier. It was originally written to take advantage of Apache's Mod_mp3 but has since been adapted to use its own streaming method...
  
  
• Plex (software)
• copyright
  Copyright
  Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
  
  
• private copying
• Monsoon Multimedia