Streaming TransTV (was: RE: [clug] TransAct ISP)

[Francis James Whittle]

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 09:49 +1100, Dale Shaw wrote:
> Does this mean you can be watching one channel on your telly and another
> channel (in another room) on a PC or does the STB support only 1 stream
> at a time? Bandwidth issues?

AFAICT, it's not what the STB supports that matters here.  I can
actually receive all 17 channels at once (Although I don't know entirely
about how much bandwidth collision there was there - theoretically we're
talking ~7.24 × 17 = 123.08Mbps which is more than the 100Mbps modem can
optimally handle, but probably not the network itself)... There is
certainly no doubt as to whether you can watch 2 channels at once.

> Has anyone tried this on a Motorola STB? I'm struggling to understand
> why/how the i3 would behave differently. 

I recall actually doing this when the STB was unplugged before - so I'm
not sure whether it has any relevance at all.  Keep in mind that the i3
MoodBox is an embedded linux device, so you should theoretically be able
to do anything it can do with your linux box.  Although, IIRC the
Motorola STB actually also acts as the cable modem, so the deal may be
somewhat different, and there's a high probability that it doesn't
transport those connections over your LAN.  Although you *might* be able
to set up the appropriate bridge yourself....

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Francis James Whittle
BSEng Student,
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia