[streaming] Re: quickie question

[Pawel Wiatr]

Hello !

I have streamed a DVD (Snatch) over wireless link, it worked, however I needed 
to be near to the basestation and nobody else could use the 802.11b at that 
time.

Pawel 

On Wednesday 29 January 2003 13:20, you wrote:
> Hi!
>
> * Ian White <ian at ian-white.net> [20030129 12:58]:
> >    Hi Guys, would your software allow me to watch a DVD over 802.11b 
> > home network with VLS running under Windows 2000?
>
> uh, DVDs are specified with up to 14MBit/s, while 802.11b is specified
> for 11MBit/s (raw, below Layer 1, thus not including Layer 1-3 overhead
> plus (strong recommended!) WEP encryption/management overheader, plus
> (even stronger recommended, as WEP security is terribly weak) IPsec
> overhead in your home network), not accounting collisions and half
> duplex issues.
>
> Basically, you got no chance without transcoding it, and might not be
> able to get something different than a stampsize or quarter-pal picture
> across your network without artifacts with a reasonable framerate ..
>
>    Count

-- 
Pawel Wiatr
http://www.it.kth.se/~pawel
Cut the network cables, be wireless ! 


PhD student at
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Tel: +46 73 614 48 02

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