<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#007777">> > In any event, I am not after the control protocol, but the distribution <br>
> > technique. In what format does Myth send out its data? If I am watching a <br>> > movie, or a live feed, is it different? Is it based on the source, or is it <br>> > always the same? <br></font><font color="#660066">> <br>
> I think that will depend on what recording profiles you have set up. <br></font> <br> <br>After further digging I think what I am looking for is information on <br>the "transport" protocol. <br> <br> <br>Carl
</font></font></blockquote><div><br><br>Try <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Using_the_Myth_protocol#Starting_the_File_Transfer">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Using_the_Myth_protocol#Starting_the_File_Transfer</a> <br>
It has some information on streaming the file, it sounds like the client opens a second (TCP?) socket to which the backend writes.<br></div>