[mythtv-users] Sever bandwidth problems during playback in mythfrontend, not in xbmc

[Mark Kendall]

On 8 October 2010 04:53, B-Fly <bfly75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having bandwidth problems when playing my recordings in mythfrontend.
> Mythfrontend and mythbackend are running on different machines, connected
> via a wireless LAN (54 mbit). During playback my wireless connection is
> completely filled by mythfrontend downloading at 21 mbit/s. Playback is
> obviously not really smooth, but otherwise OK. Recordings are from a DVB-T
> tuner and have a bitrate of about 2.5 mbit/s. In case it is relevant, the
> DVB-T tuner has 3 virtual tuners.
>
> XBMC is able to to play the recordings without any problems using the
> build-in myth:// protocol. Download is about 2.5 mbit/s as expected.
>
> Anybody any idea what is going on?

Ronald - what are you using to measure the bandwidth consumption? and
is there anything in the logs to indicate other activity? e.g.
mythvideo searching for artwork etc

regards

Mark