Linewrapping (was Re: [PLUG] Best distro for MythTV?)

Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) Rob.Anderson2 at nike.com
Wed Feb 4 14:28:01 UTC 2004


Actually, My Myth box will be it's own backend server for video. So the network connectivity is only for downloading the program guide, weather info, etc. Also for uploading pictures, mp3s, and small video files via samba share.

-Rob A

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> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of AthlonRob
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:56 PM
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> Subject: RE: Linewrapping (was Re: [PLUG] Best distro for MythTV?)
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> 
> On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 13:42, Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) wrote:
> 
> > Everything is working great. Now I just need to either run 
> a cat 5 cable from my office (upstairs) to my living room 
> (downstairs), or install and configure a wireless network card. 
> 
> Wifi isn't fast enough... well, G might be, but B definitely is not.
> 
> I suppose it is fast enough if you're just watching a recorded video. 
> But skipping through commercials (fast-forwarding in chunks 
> of 10 or 30
> seconds) on a video encoded at 800K saturates the connection in my
> experience.
> 
> Note, I'm not using MythTV, I'm using mencoder and mplayer.  I would
> definitely suggest going the CAT5 route if you plan on doing anything
> other than plain old controlless streaming.
> 
> Rob
> 
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