[mythtv-users] Remote access to mythtv

[Tom Lichti]

Stuart Larson wrote:
> This is somewhat related... I've got about 256K/b upstream on my DSL
> connection.  Using VLC, I used the following settings to be able to stream
> to my computer here (at work, hehe): Encapsulation ASF, Video Codec mp4v,
> bitrate 96 kb/s, scale .5, audio codec a52, bitrate 64, 1 channel.  Also
> adjusted TTL to 20 or so.  I'm not sure how this corresponds to
> Mythstreamtv's setup (haven't used it myself) but I would think you could
> set it this way?  VLC is able to open V4L devices, so I think you could
> use it to transcode live TV.  Note at these settings the video is pretty
> crappy.  You can tell what things are but there's not much definition at
> all.  It also seems to depend on what you're transcoding - xvid videos
> seemed to work better than MPEG2 videos for some reason (it may just be
> the resolution of the source file, however).
>   
My boss did this during the World Cup. He used VLC to re-encode and 
stream the live broadcast from home to his work PC, and then broadcast 
internally from there. It worked great, a LOT of people were watching at 
work... :)

I can ask him exactly how he did it if you want.

Tom