[mythtv] Myth over slower links

[Nathan Allen Stratton]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Robert LeBlanc wrote:

> Are you talking about on the fly transcoding? That would be cool. I have
> some shows that I like high res and would like to keep them.
>
> Does Myth have a enable over slow link? Basically it tries to download
> the first second (wall time), gets an estimate of how long it will take
> to download the show. If download < play length, buffer a small amount
> and then play. If downlad > play length buffer until download < play
> length + extra buffer. Not sure if the mythprotocol is able to do that.
> The biggest problem is that my 10 Mb service is not always 10 Mb. Until
> the service matures more I think i will get fluctuations from 3 Mb to 10
> Mb.

No, it does not support onthe fly transcoding (yet?) mythstreamtv sorta
does, but there is not much work on it lately.

-Nathan