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

[David Whyte]

I never could get the DirectShow filters to work.  I have to download
the whole file to my viewing machine, which is pointless.  Is there a
howto for the DSMyth stuff?

Dave


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:36:38 -0600 (CST), Bob Cottingham
<bob at bobnvic.com> 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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