[mythtv-users] Remote access to mythtv

[Stuart Larson]

> Stuart Larson wrote:
>> 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).
>>
> My boss did this during the World Cup. He used VLC to re-encode and
> stream the live broadcast from home to his work PC, and then broadcast
> internally from there. It worked great, a LOT of people were watching at
> work... :)
>
> I can ask him exactly how he did it if you want.
>
> Tom
>
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I've gotten standard files working, but it'd be cool to get better
settings than what I have.  It seems to choke on a video bitrate higher
than 96 Kb/s, which doesn't seem like a lot... though I'm not sure on how
good my upstream connection is.