[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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