I completely misread, I apologize. Although I will admit my regular TV has a hard time some times due to interference. Hopefully soon I'll find an antenna or something to fix this.
-Todd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Morales Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:26 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV Streaming over Wireless + Caching Don't get me wrong, I can't watch HDTV through wireless... I can only watch non-HD as I indicated, those files are about 1-1.3 gigs an hour, so they work quite well. Art On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:48:44 -0800, Todd Tidwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then you are incredibly lucky with your wireless. I've tried both 802.11g > and 802.11a networks and I still have issues. I'm right on the skirt of > having enough bandwidth to basically move 6.3 - 7.3 gigabyte files from one > wireless machine to another via wireless. > > For me, one machine has a 60% connection and the other an 80% and that can > be +/- 10% each way for either machine. While that's right on the border, > its not quite enough. My hope has been that some of the transcode stuff > will eventually get changed (or explained well enough to me that I can > change it myself) so that I can transcode down from the huge resolutions I > am forced to capture in to 720p resolutions since I can't do more than 720p > on my TV anyway. That will at least get the amount of data down a bit. > > Meanwhile, the first poster is probably right in that it would be nice to > have some sort of buffer beyond what is currently used in the frontend as a > setting that could be used on a frontend by frontend basis to solve problems > like this. > > -Todd > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Morales > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:22 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV Streaming over Wireless + Caching > > Non-HD streams nicely over 802.11g, I get dropouts sometimes, but only > when I'm 2 floors from AP > > Art > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:10:38 -0800, Richard J. Sears > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way to deal with this by caching to the frontend to help > > this problem out...? > > > > So you hit the "play" button and it starts a 3 to 5 minute caching > > process (which should be enough) and then starts playing. > > > > Wireless is the only way for me to get there. > > > > What about "non-HD" cable channels..what is the requirement there..? > > > > Thanks > > > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:06:56 -0700 > > Brandon Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > HD can be up to about 20Mb/s roughly then add tcp headers. The fastest > > > real world throughput you can get with a very good signal on a 54Mb > > > wireless a router is about 27-29Mb/s constant. (I work in this industry > > > so trust me on this). If you start adding walls it drops quickly. > > > Fire up a neighbors cordless phone or your own microwave and you have > > > even less usable bandwidth. Bottom line is you're right on the border > > > with a perfect signal to get enough bandwidth to push HD through all the > > > time. > > > > > > I've spoken with several people who have tried it and they report "it > > > works for the most part" but rarely can they get through a show without > > > it pausing a few times. I haven't heard of anyone using 108Mb/s > > > wireless routers yet to see if that help. > > > > > > My recommendation is don't do wireless. I think the Myth Docs say > > > something like "Don't even think about it." But if it works for you let > > > us know how you got it to work. > > > > > > --Brandon > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 03:46:42PM -0800, Richard J. Sears wrote: > > > > Does anyone know the bandwidth requirement for streaming HDTV signals > > > > from the backend to a frontend..? I have a 54mb wireless connection to > > > > one area I plan on putting in a front end and want to know if I it is > > > > capable of doing that..? > > > > > > > > How about regualr 1080i DVD's and normal cable..? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > ****************************************** > > > > Richard J. 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