[mythtv-users] Remote access to mythtv

[Stuart Larson]

This is somewhat related... I've got about 256K/b upstream on my DSL
connection.  Using VLC, I used the following settings to be able to stream
to my computer here (at work, hehe): Encapsulation ASF, Video Codec mp4v,
bitrate 96 kb/s, scale .5, audio codec a52, bitrate 64, 1 channel.  Also
adjusted TTL to 20 or so.  I'm not sure how this corresponds to
Mythstreamtv's setup (haven't used it myself) but I would think you could
set it this way?  VLC is able to open V4L devices, so I think you could
use it to transcode live TV.  Note at these settings the video is pretty
crappy.  You can tell what things are but there's not much definition at
all.  It also seems to depend on what you're transcoding - xvid videos
seemed to work better than MPEG2 videos for some reason (it may just be
the resolution of the source file, however).

> That does sound like a reasonable approach. There doesnt seem to be a
> realistic way to buffer MPEG2 (if indeed it takes 10Mb/s to stream) on a
> normal internet upload. Are there lesser quality compression algorithms
> that
> we could use?
>
>
>
> On 7/18/06, Sam Leathers <disasm at gentux.org> wrote:
>>
>> Wait... I thought cool and geeky were synonyms ;-) I guess I've been
>> wrong all these years.
>>
>> Anyways back on topic... I'll look into mythstreamtv, hadn't heard of
>> that before. With mythstream, could you start streaming it say an hour
>> before you want to watch the show, then start watching it in decent
>> quality? That might be a good way to get girls... errr maybe not if cool
>> and geeky aren't the same thing anymore :-P
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> Chad wrote:
>> > 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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