[mythtv-users] Remote access to mythtv

Chad masterclc at gmail.com
Tue Jul 18 23:44:04 UTC 2006


On 7/18/06, Tony H <ahuebel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is WAN use really possible? Can you actually send video over the Internet to
> another location with mythboxes on each end?

Is it physically possible, sure.  Do you have to degrade the quality
of your recordings *a lot*?  Yep.  But, if you've got a small screen
on the receiving end, the degradation is really not too bad.  Such is
the case with some of the people using the following setup:

At home:
A MythTV system (ideally setup with something that does mpeg4
recording in realtime, such as the Plextor thingies) and a decent
'always on' connection of some sort.

In the car:
A cell phone with bluetooth enabled as well as internet.  Something
like Verizon's EVDO (? can't remember off hand for sure) is supposedly
fast enough...  Setup myth in the car to display on the LCD's you've
got stashed all over.  Receive the video info (and the small database
info) via the wireless internet phone, bluetooth-connected to your
myth system that in turn displays the video.  The other part that is
necessary is probably something like mythstreamtv where you have VLC
do some on the fly conversions to qualities you are able to actually
stream.

Ideal?  No.  Cool?  Definitely not.  Geeky?  Absolutely!

:D

I can't find the website right now to give the guy credit who does
this, but rest assured, it's out there.

-Chad


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