[mythtv-users] Frontend Raspberry Pi setup issues

[Peter Bennett]

On 07/25/2017 06:27 PM, DryHeat122 . wrote:
> So I have two more questions if you guys don't mind.  First, I 
> checked, and it now works with wifi. iperf says the rate to port 6543 
> is 17.5 Mbps.  Is that right on the edge of what's needed or is there 
> room for the rate to go down some?  I don't know what h.264 consumes.  
> I ask because I am testing it in the middle of the day when the 
> neighbors are at work and per @mike's post it might not be as good 
> later on.
>
The highest rate for HD that I have seen is approx 17.7 Mb/s. This is 
based on 8 GB/hour, which some channels use with MPEG-2. With H264 it 
should be much less, by about a factor of 5. However wifi speed can vary 
so that it may work fine for a while then slow down randomly, so I would 
recommend using a wired connection. There are options for ethernet over 
powerline and ethernet over coax which may help in your situation.