[mythtv-users] HD Choppy or Jerky

[Dick Steffens]

I appreciate all the responses to my questions. The leading contender 
seems to be potential bottlenecks in the house network. I neglected to 
mention a couple of switches in the system, some old enough that they do 
not support 10/100/1000 speed, only 10/100. I have come up with a test 
that I hope will help determine if network speed is the issue.

One of my four port switches supports 10/100/1000 Ethernet. I installed 
it in the living room because I only have two CAT-5 cables going there 
and they were both in use before adding the potential Myth box to the 
room. My plan is to move the HDHomeRun Prime to the living room, using a 
splitter there so it shares the RG-mumble cable feeding my old Comcast 
cable box. Connect the Ethernet side of the HDHomeRun Prime to the 
10/100/1000 switch. Connect the Lenovo M58P to that same switch. Leave 
the connection to the router on that switch, too, since both of the 
other devices need DHCP from the router.

If my assumption is correct, short, un-kinked CAT-5 cables going from 
the switch to the HDHomeRun Prime and my Lenovo should operate at 1000 
when talking to each other. The only time they would operate at 100 
would be while getting their IP assignment, or when the Lenovo needed to 
talk to the outside world.

Does this sound reasonable? Am I missing something?

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Regards,

Dick Steffens