[mythtv-users] Myth on a Laptop

[David Brodbeck]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 10/01/2007 02:55 PM, Brett Kosinski wrote:
>>> And increases the download size (time) by about 33% (HTTP is text- 
>>> based,
>>> so the binary must be base64 encoded (or whatever)).  Not bad if  
>>> you're
>>> watching as you download (it's still faster than real-time), but  
>>> kind of
>>> annoying when transferring 10's of GB of recordings for all your TV
>>> viewing during a week-long trip.
>> What on earth gives you that idea?  HTTP content payloads can most
>> certainly be binary.  Just telnet to a web server and issue a GET for
>> a binary to see for yourself.
>
> OK.  Then it's just plain slow compared to other file transfer  
> methods.

It's ironic you'd say that after suggesting SCP, which has the added  
overhead of encryption -- which is totally unnecessary on a home LAN. ;)