[mythtv-users] watching videos over wireless connection.

[Misty P]

ccmail at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> Misty P wrote:
>> You're making a *massive* assumption and leap there!  2.2GB/hour
>> works out to 5Mbps.  Sounds like you're doing standard def.  If
>> you're doing full-on ATSC, that can go as high as *19*Mbps.  So
>> while wireless g works for you, that's great.  It *doesn't* work for
>> me (mainly because I'm running ATSC HD).  You just can't gloss over
>> what bitrate he's recording at when you're talking wireless g!
>
> It works for me.  I record ATSC from local stations at 1080i and 720p
> with an HDHomeRun and stream that to the living room (about 20 feet
> through some walls) using 802.11g with bitrates around 19-20 Mbps.
> It works perfectly -- no stuttering or dropouts at all.

Lucky you.  I never said it was impossible to stream HD over g.  It'd just 
difficult; you have to have a *clean* signal (snr) with little to no 
contention and reduced distance.  If you're simply doing a point to point 
wireless link over a few feet, that qualifies.

My area (fairly well to do suburb with lots of houses with wireless) it just 
isn'y possible unless I put the AP right next to the wireless device.  And 
at that distance, you might as well use a cable!