[mythtv] RE: Fwd: Increased Network Traffic
Geoffrey Kruse
gkruse at gmail.com
Fri Feb 18 16:35:30 UTC 2005
No, actually, I even tried decreasing the bit rate and the network
traffic is still the same at 2.2 mb/s for a file recorded at low
quality. The same file in vlc is < 400 kb/s so I am sure it is not the
bitrate, but something going on between the backend and the frontend.
Geoff Kruse
> Have you increased the recording bit rate or are you watching a
> recording at a higher "quality". I've noticed that I can watch my low
> quality recordings over 802.11g, but high quality is very jumpy.
>
> Brad
>> I am using the latest cvs of mythtv with a backend on debian and a
>> frontend on mac os x. The backend has 2 pvr 250s. Sometime in the
>> last couple of weeks, mythtv has become unusable over my 802.11g
>> connection. Typically, to watch tv, i used to see network traffic of
>> around 600kb/s. RIght now, when I watch tv, my network traffic is
>> around 2.2 Mb/s which is about the best 802.11g can do. And, the
>> video
>> is now jumpy with this increased net traffic. Watching the same file
>> in vlc over an http connection results in < 400 kb/s in network
>> traffic
>> so something is amiss with mythtv. Any ideas on what is causing this
>> huge amount of network traffic?
>>
>> Geoff Kruse
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