[mythtv-users] Easy Cable Box Integration
John Drescher
drescherjm at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 18:45:59 UTC 2008
> Multiple set-top boxes would share one copy of a program, for optimal
> bandwidth savings. Naturally I can't go into implementation details,
> but trust me, it's not very complicated to implement, it's some simple
> per-stream/per-set-top accounting. I wrote an implementation of it
> months ago, and QA hasn't logged any bugs against it for a while. ;)
>
> I refer you to Wikipedia for more information on the concept:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched_video
>
> The big value proposition for the cable operator is that they can save
> tons of bandwidth by only streaming the 30 channels that people are
> watching, instead of all 200 channels that they offer. This bandwidth
> can then be used for more cable modem traffic, VoIP, or real On-Demand.
>
Wouldn't that mean that every cable box on the network would have to
be replaced or could this be a firmware update??
John
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