[mythtv-users] Playback issues with myth frontend over a wireless network

Charles H. Chapman ccmail at bellsouth.net
Sat Dec 15 13:15:52 UTC 2007


Brion Swanson wrote:
> For a while I was running my Myth frontend with a Linksys Wireless G card
> and it was ok for SD.  I didn't have any HD content, but the maximum data
> transfer rate of wireless G is only about 6.75 MB per second so HD will be
> hit and miss most likely (depending on packet loss) and you're likely to
> only be able to support a single stream at a time.

Argh!  Where do you people get these numbers?!?!?!  You must be in 
wireless B mode without realizing it.  I easily get data rates of 20 MB 
or more (as MEASURED by tools like Wireshark) which is more than enough 
to do HD content.

Chuck


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