[mythtv] Myth over slower links

Jochen Kühner jochen.kuehner at gmx.de
Sat Nov 19 10:55:04 EST 2005


i'm also working on this, because for mythtvpsp wich is a project i've 
startet i want to transcode the videodata to psp resolution and mpeg4 codec 
or something similar on the fly...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Allen Stratton" <nathan at robotics.net>
To: "Development of mythtv" <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Myth over slower links


> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Robert LeBlanc wrote:
>
>> Are you talking about on the fly transcoding? That would be cool. I have
>> some shows that I like high res and would like to keep them.
>>
>> Does Myth have a enable over slow link? Basically it tries to download
>> the first second (wall time), gets an estimate of how long it will take
>> to download the show. If download < play length, buffer a small amount
>> and then play. If downlad > play length buffer until download < play
>> length + extra buffer. Not sure if the mythprotocol is able to do that.
>> The biggest problem is that my 10 Mb service is not always 10 Mb. Until
>> the service matures more I think i will get fluctuations from 3 Mb to 10
>> Mb.
>
> No, it does not support onthe fly transcoding (yet?) mythstreamtv sorta
> does, but there is not much work on it lately.
>
> -Nathan
>


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