[mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV

[John Johnson]

Due to it's nice setting, transcode can use that much CPU. It isn't 
supposed to affect other
programs (mythbackend, etc.). It's nice setting of 19 puts it at the 
lowest priority in the
food chain. When everyone else is finished, transcode gets it's CPU 
time.

Regards,
   JJ

On 13-Jan-2005, at 10:36, Bob Cottingham wrote:

> David Whyte said:
>> I have to say, WMV2 seems to be the better codec for me.  I can run it
>> quite happily at 2000Kbit/s but I have chosen 1000/320 (video/audio) 
>> and I
>> am quite happy for my LAN.  Infact the Celeron 1.0Ghz machine that is
>> viewing it is struggling at somem points.  The Myth machine is 
>> running at
>> around 70-75% CPU usage when transcoding, regardless of the bit rates 
>> or
>> codec chosen.
>
> If you are just using it on your local LAN to view content on your 
> windows
> boxes, I would think that the best solution would typically be using 
> the
> dsmyth directshow filters to stream the video using the mythtv backend.
> The only issue I would expect would be on some 802.11b networks, 
> depending
> on how much traffic you have on it, or if you are talking about HDTV.  
> I
> would expect far less CPU usage and better quality.  Mythweb can 
> already
> support dsmyth for a nice interface.
>
> MythStream seem better suited to streaming your myth video over the
> Internet I would think.
>
> Bob C
>
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