> Well, the first problem i can see is that 640x480 30fps color tv > is going to need more than two and a half times the full bandwidth of a > 100mbps ethernet network. Remember to divide by 8 when dealing in serial > interfaces, that's a 12.5 megabyte/second interface. Its asynchronous and > shared, too. I've never personally seen an ethernet controller approach 12 > megabytes per second, let alone 12.5. Closest I've seen was 11.4. (This is > using netperf, nothing but a crossover cable between identical nics in > identical PIII-550 machines) So essentially you need 3x the generally > available bandwidth of fast ethernet. > > So, you'd probably want to use some sort of compression. And then > it's just run of the mill media streaming, there are a lot of apps for > that. A number of them are listed on freshmeat. > > - Eric It's indeed too much. I have to use compression then :-( -Marcel Janssen
