I'm sure this is probably an FAQ question, but I know so little about this topic in general that I don't know how to look up the answer in an FAQ. Any general guidance would be greatly appreciated.
I use MVPMC to stream the following content from my Ubuntu 7.10 media server: * "DVD-quality" MPEG copies of DV movies * MythTv SD movies * Xvid AVI's * I configure VLC to transcode using the SVCD option. I'm using powerline networking, and my bandwidth is between 25 and 30 Mb/s. From what I've read, this is plenty fast enough to stream *any* SD content, and it does a very good job of playing MythTV movies. The problem is that the MPEG and Xvid movies are always choppy and out of sync. It's as if I don't have enough bandwidth to properly stream them. So I guess I have the following questions: 1. What property should I tweak to make my media files to make them more easily "streamable"? 2. What format do you guys recommend for movies? If Xvid is ok, then what settings do you use when you encode your AVI's? * If it's at all possible, I would like to stay with the Xvid code for my files because it's widely supported on Linux. Thanks in advance! Tom Purl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
