[mythtv-users] Q: Using MythTV as a router

[Dean Collins]

Interesting feature. I heard that SBC were going to offer something
similar from their IPTV set tops.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Mudit Wahal
> Sent: Friday, 15 July 2005 4:37 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Q: Using MythTV as a router
> 
> When you say streaming to *internet*, does it mean that you want to
> stream it outside your house ?
> 
> You can run frontend remotely *outside* your home network. But you
> need to open the ports on your home network router and redirect
> traffic coming on these ports to your mythbox. I think myth uses port
> 6543 on the backend.
> 
> But mind you that depending upon your upload speed, live TV will
> probably be impossible to watch. You can use mythstreamtv to transcode
> your recordings down to a lower bitrate and stream on the fly. Take a
> look at http://mythstreamtv.sourceforge.net/ . Thats how I watch my
> shows sometimes when I'm outside my home and still want to catch up
> with some shows.
> 
> Thanks
> Mudit
> 
> 
> On 7/15/05, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Arno Puder wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I would like to use MythTV in the following way:
> > >
> > >- run MythTV on a PC without a monitor
> > >- capture the video signal and stream it into the
> > >  Internet.
> > >- use another machine as a client to watch the stream.
> > >- possibly change channels remotely.
> > >
> > >Can this be done with MythTV?
> > >
> > >
> > Do you want something more than a backend and a separate frontend?
> > That's what your requirements sounds like.
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