[mythtv-users] Playback issues with myth frontend over a wireless network

[Brion Swanson]

For a while I was running my Myth frontend with a Linksys Wireless G card
and it was ok for SD.  I didn't have any HD content, but the maximum data
transfer rate of wireless G is only about 6.75 MB per second so HD will be
hit and miss most likely (depending on packet loss) and you're likely to
only be able to support a single stream at a time.

One thing to make sure is to turn off encryption.  Encrypted wireless will
severely slow down your transfer rate and I found it was unusable with even
WEP enabled.  That's one of the reasons I gave up on wireless g Myth
streaming because essentially I'd have to leave my network completely
unprotected to get a stable video stream.

It's possible, but I found it to be unfeasible.

Brion

On 12/14/07, Steve Vanspall <steve at vanspall.id.au> wrote:
>
>  ok thanks everyone
>
> I played a bit with my router but got nowhere.
>
> I now have pre recorded stuff working properly which is enough for me. I
> actually didn't change anything to acheive this just turned off al my
> machines. Turned off my router for like 2 or 3 minutes. The I turned the
> router back on and then each connecting machine one by one. Might have to
> keep doing that now and again. Expecting to hav eto do it anyway, the
> networks gonna need rebooting now and again.
>
> Just to add, one thing suggested to me was to pause live tv for about a
> minute then watch. This way it would be playing from a recording.
> Interestingly enough this didn't work. It still paused every 10 seconds or
> so.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
> Charles H. Chapman wrote:
>
> William Munson:
>
>  Simple answer. Your wireless G card does not have the bandwidth or
> latency to stream tv signals.
>
>  Categorically untrue.  I am streaming HD over wireless G (up to 1080i
> material, the highest resolution source I have available) with no
> problems at all -- no pauses, hicups, out-of-sync audio or anything
> else.  It's all a matter of 1) selecting wireless adapters that are well
> supported in Linux (like the Intel chipset in my frontend) and 2)
> configuring things properly.
>
> Chuck
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