[vlc] Re: Problem streaming HD (.ts) file

[Phil Pishioneri]

On 8/18/04 6:23 PM, Philip Edelbrock wrote:

>HD is about twice DVD rate, isn't it?  (~18Mbps)  Even over 100Mb 
>ethernet, you may be in trouble.  (Ethernet, even switched, isn't very 
>efficient.)  You could try doing a test over gigabit and see if it 
>improves.  If it does, it's surely your network bandwidth that's at issue.
>
>I had to move from 10Mb to 54Mb (wireless) to get lower res standard 
>video to stream smoothly, and I was doing something like 5Mb streams.
>  
>

Wireless ethernet != wired ethernet.  Wireless 802.11b (10Mbps) 
typically can only get 6-7Mbps IP throughput (best case), wired 100Mbps 
(if a real switch, and running full duplex) should be able to go close 
to wire speed (with sufficient CPU, reasonable packet size, etc.).

-Phil

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