[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi 3 WiFi

[Peter Bennett]

On 09/23/2016 11:23 AM, Chad Lauritsen wrote:
> I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running a frontend (with remote mythbuntu 0.28
> backend) installed on top of Raspbian jessie.
>
> I'm very pleased with it as a frontend. Once I increased the video ram
> to 256M, it has worked flawlessly, when connected via ethernet. I
> cannot seem to get it to work satisfactorily via WiFi however. I would
> add that WiFi access works fine for other frontends, such as a mac
> book pro and a mac mini on the same network.
>
> Over WiFi, everything works except for HD playback. HD content is
> unwatchable: very choppy and appears to be "buffering" every second or
> so. I have tried a few things such as increasing the tcp receive
> buffer size, further increasing video RAM, modifying the power mgmt
> features of the wifi interface--all to no avail.
>
> Has anyone had success using mythfrontend to view HD content on a
> raspberry pi 3 over wifi? If so, what distro did you use and what
> config changes did you make if any?
>
> It's important to me because I plan to expand and add frontends where
> I don't have ethernet.
>
> csl
I found that wifi was too slow for a frontend. Also, I have a long list
of neighbors who use wifi and that will also slow things down as we
share the airwaves. I use a powerline network adapter. It provides
around 40 MB/s (nothing like the 500 MB/s that is advertises), which
works fine for HD. One problem is that it sometimes loses the
connection, and playback stops for about 30 seconds while it sorts
itself out.

Peter