[mythtv-users] live tv over network?

[Curt Parker]

David,
      I regularly watch live TV on my PC client streamed from my PC 
server over a 100Mb connection with no problems.  I only see problems 
when I attempt to do the same using an 11Mb wireless connection, and 
then it is almost good enough.  It skips every 30 seconds, so I belive 
that double that bandwidth would be sufficient (theoretically... the 
next step up is 54Mb). Anyone have experience with a 54Mb wireless 
connection?  If it works, I may get myself an 802.11G wireless bridge.

Curt

David Huseby wrote:

> I've read the documentation extensively but nowhere is it explicit about
> the roles of the front end and back end software.  From what I gather,
> the back-end coordinates recording of shows and streaming of recorded
> shows and the front-end handles displaying streams as well as
> interacting with the services the back-end offers (i.e. MythGames,
> MythMusic, etc...)  One thing I'd like to know...Is it possible to have
> a capture card in the back-end and watch live TV using a front-end
> connected to my TV with some network between the two?  
> 
> I also noticed that I can have many back-end capture cards, all hooked
> up to different sources.  Here's my planned layout and I'd like comments
> and recommendations from the rest of you:
> 
> - I will have a single large capacity (1+TB RAID) disk server running
> the master back-end server.
> - I will have two slave back-end servers, each with two MPEG2 hardware
> capture cards.  One will be connected to two DirecTV receivers with
> channel control via serial.  The other will be connected to a Sony
> HD-100 terrestrial HD receiver (channel control via serial) and CCTV
> from my security system (2 different cameras multiplexed into a single
> picture.)
> - I will have a Hush mini-ITX box for each of my TVs.  One will be
> connected to my Mitsu 55" HDTV running (540p interleave to drive the
> 1080i picture), the other will be connected to a regular TV elsewhere in
> the house.
> - My house is wired with a switched gigabit ethernet network so
> bandwidth isn't the problem.  All computers have gigabit cards in them,
> except the mini-ITX boxes which have built-in 100baseT.
> 
> I was hoping to be able to watch live TV from any of the four sources
> assuming that nothing is being recorded from the one I want to watch
> (unless of course I'm watching what is being recorded.)  If this is
> possible how does myth front-end handle displaying the channel listing
> for the 2 different sources of TV (normal DirecTV and terrestrial HDTV
> broadcasts)?  Has anybody tried a similar setup with multiple sources on
> the back-end and front-end display via network?
> 
> Thanks for any feedback and/or helpful suggestions.
> 
> Dave
> 
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