[vlc] Re: How much is stream bandwidth?

[Srikanth Uppala]

Hi,

Thanks for the information.  I've a laptop running at
1.8Mhz w/ 512MB ram.  I'm surprised that is not enough
:-)

Unfortunately, in my situation, I cannot have more
than 1Mbps in bandwidth for DVD streaming. Are there
any "tricks" I can use to transfer at these rates,
perhaps at a cost to dvd quality etc.,?  I dont
believe there is any fancy graphics card in the laptop
(whatever comes standard with IBM T30).  Would a
better card help?

If not VLC, are you familiar with any other software
(either freeware or commercial) that may be able to
help my situation?

Thanks for your time!

--- Gildas Bazin <gbazin at netcourrier.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 11 October 2003 02:46, Srikanth Uppala
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm streaming a simple DVD from VLC to a VLC
> client
> > using UDP (unicast).  However, I'm unable to tell
> the
> > bandwidth requirements for such a stream. How can
> I
> > find out how much traffic is flowing between the
> two
> > at anytime?
> > 
> 
> When not transcoding, the original video will be
> sent as is so the bandwith 
> used depends uniquely on your original video. For a
> DVD it is usually 
> around 9 Mb/s.
> 
> >
> > Also, when I select the Video Codec and/or Audio
> Codec
> > options, specify bandwidth limits and try to play
> the
> > DVD locally, the video freezes almost immediately.
>  My
> > intent in doing this is to be able to specify the
> max
> > bandwidth.  If it had played locally, I wanted to
> try
> > streaming the same selections. See file attached
> for
> > error msgs I recevied.
> > 
> 
> Because transcoding is very CPU intensive so you
> need a powerfull computer 
> to do that (even worse if you are trying to display
> it at the same time).
> 
> --
> Gildas
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