<div>I'd highly recommend getting a tuner with hardware compression (such as a PVRx50). I originally tried using an old BT type card on my P3-700 box (using it as both a frontend and backend) to no avail. I switched to a PVR350 and now I have clock cycles to spare, even when recording and viewing simultaneously.
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<div>Network speed is important if you have a remote frontend at all (as it sounds like you want to do). It's probably the most important thing to get watchable video after the tuner card. <br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/9/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mudit Wahal</b> <<a href="mailto:mwahal@gmail.com">mwahal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Amazon has also good prices for ethernet switches from netgear. Search<br>for "ethernet switch".
<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B9H8/sr=1-1/qid=1134145698/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1643016-1566425?%5Fencoding=UTF8">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B9H8/sr=1-1/qid=1134145698/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1643016-1566425?%5Fencoding=UTF8
</a><br><br><br>On 12/9/05, Mudit Wahal <<a href="mailto:mwahal@gmail.com">mwahal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> 5 Port 10/100 switches are under $10 after rebate. No reason not get one.<br>> SMC 5 port switch under $10 after rebate.
<br>> <a href="http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0210478">http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0210478</a><br>><br>> My local electronics store (fry's) sells 5 port for
4.99 (airlink).<br>> I've 4 of these in house (one in each room and one in garage).<br>><br>> On 12/9/05, Steve Adeff <<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com">adeffs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > On Friday 09 December 2005 02:43, Kichigai Mentat wrote:
<br>> > > On Dec 8, 2005, at 23.38, Michael Weinbergs - Network Administrator<br>> > > wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > > Don't even bother with 802.11b - it really doesn't work (I've tried<br>> > > > it).. Upgrade to
802.11G and you will be fine.. The problem is that<br>> > > > 11Mb is not reall 11Mb - it is MUCH less... Not enough bandwidth.<br>> ><br>> > wireless protocol is shared as well. so 11Mb is bits AND shared amongst all
<br>> > the connections (unless you have one of those fancy WAPs that can do multiple<br>> > connections. same with G's 54Mb, its shared.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > Well, here's the thing: I'm working on a tight budget, and I'm not
<br>> > > sure I can afford to upgrade to 802.11g right now. However, using my<br>> > > iBook G4 as a reference, I can say I've never seen a noticeable<br>> > > change between wired and wireless speeds. Trying to transfer the same
<br>> > > file from one machine to another, sending from the iBook, I got<br>> > > pretty much the same transfer times, whether the machine was wireless<br>> > > or on the wired network. Remember: my hub is only capable of 10 Mbits.
<br>> ><br>> > transfer speeds are more dependant on harddrive speeds. 802.11b is faster than<br>> > your average harddrive (raid withstanding).<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > Also, I've managed to stream files at about 800 Kbits/sec from my
<br>> > > iBook to my Xbox over the wireless network without any significant<br>> > > problems. Of course, something tells me I won't be looking at any 800<br>> > > Kb/s streams.<br>> > >
<br>> > > I was looking into PowerLine as an alternative to wireless<br>> > > networking, but at $80 per PowerLine dongle, this is way out of my<br>> > > budget (I'll spend more on networking than I will on PC hardware!).
<br>> > > Wired doesn't seem to be a practical option (I live in a house made<br>> > > in 1901, and the network hub and the TV room are on different floors,<br>> > > and different ends of the house, in both dimensions, not to mention
<br>> > > that the back end will, preferably, be at the other end of the house,<br>> > > but on the same floor as the hub). The rest of the family just might<br>> > > revolt against me if I run cables that far!
<br>> > ><br>> > > If you can come up with any other ideas, I'll keep an open mind.<br>> ><br>> > get a good 802.11G WAP or buy a 100bT switch. I got my 8port netgear unmanaged<br>> > switch for $20 after rebate. works great.
<br>> > 802.11G should also be fast enough to stream the video files.<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Steve<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > mythtv-users mailing list
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