[mythtv-users] HDMI over IP
Allen Edwards
allen.p.edwards at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 04:33:31 UTC 2009
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/16 Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>:
>
>> It sounds like they are just using Cat5 cable and not an IP protocol.
>
> That can't be...
> They would never be able to carry hdmi 1.3 over cat5 over 300 feet if
> that was the case.
>
> Current hdmi over cat5 solutions require two cat5 cable.
>
> In any case, I wonder what kind of magical compression they can use to
> transfer a 2.25Gbit/s over a 100Mbit/s link
>
Well, I read the data sheet and this is an interesting point:
"Internal JPEG video compression adapts to available network bandwidth
if needed."
So, they compress the signal to make it fit in a standard IP network.
I was mistaken initially.
Allen
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