[ILUG] Streaming video

[Andres Jimenez]

2005/9/21, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie>:

> I did actually think about that, and you're possibly right - but from
> my POV as a watcher of said video, I'm having problems streaming them
> from the server, even though reading may be a more correct term. But
> what is streaming but reading anyway? And what's in a name?
My point is that technically both ideas are quite different, and a
subject like that could lead us to a mistaken idea about what the
problem is about. We shouldn't waste more time or bandwith discussing
about that, anyway.


> As I said, I have problems also with a wired connection (though
> contrary to what I said in the OP, they are fewer with wired). The
> server isn't dedicated to fileserving - it's also my IBB gateway - but
> it's really not very busy.
>
Your gateaway can be not very busy, but you need a CONSTANT stream of
data to the clients. Have you tried configured your client for using
bigger cache?

>  As a matter of interest, what USB
> wireless device are you using on OS-X? I have access to an old iMac
> which might become useful if I could get a WiFi connection to it.
>
I use a D-Link DWL-122, but i don't recommend it. The device is not
too bad, but the driver (or driver + OS) is still quite bad. A sample:
if USB is removed (Wireless device or the USB hub where it is plugged)
the whole USB (hotplug?) goes down. And you cannot plug your keyboard 
or mouse back and keep working. You have to reboot (shut it down /
power on). I dunno if you can solve the issue restarting daemons using
ssh, that computer is almost isolated and nothing really important is
stored there,so reboot is good enough for me.


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Andres Jimenez