[TriLUG] MythTV and exchanging data

[Brian McCullough]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:57:39PM -0400, Ken Mink wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
>   Sorry for the late response. I have mythfrontend installed on my
> laptop. I use it as a client at home all the time and it works just
> fine via wireless. I have tried to use it via the internet when not at
> home. It doesn't work. It's basically a bandwidth issue. I am using
> Hauppage PVR-500/250 capture cards in the myth server. The captures
> come out to be about 2.2GB an hour. I can not upload that fast through
> my RR connection. If you were doing HD, the captures would be much
> much larger.

That was exactly my impression, comparing it to DVD capacity.


>  If the two houses you were wanting to share between were within line
> of sight of each other, you could set up a wireless link between them.


Since the two houses are hypothetical, they might be, but likely not.
That might explain why sites like ABC.com have taken so long to present
this material to the public at large.


Thanks,
Brian