[ExtractStream] Re: My dangerous idea.

[Makhratchev, Konstantin]

DivX ;-) DivX ;-) DivX ;-) DivX ;-) DivX ;-) DivX ;-) DivX ;-)

Yep, convert all to 1Mbit DivX. It's not possible to do that
real-time yet, but hopefully dual-Athlon systems will be
powerfull enough.

BTW, there's a new "life" for used notebooks as DivX ;-) players-
mine "big blue" 390x (Celery 400) seems to be fast enough for
DivX ;-) playback.

-----Original Message-----
From: markb@y... [mailto:markb@y...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:51 PM
To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ExtractStream] Re: My dangerous idea.


Unfortunately, video streams are huge and take a very long time to 
transfer, even at cable modem rates. And, at least with my cable 
modem, upstream bandwidth is severely limited. (And I know at least 
one person who was booted from the cable modem service for running a 
server and sucking up all of the upstream bandwidth.)

--- In ExtractStream@y..., "The Nonesuch" <nonesuch773@y...> wrote:
> My current dangerous idea is to buy an old-model TiVo, add TiVoNet, 
> then ship the box off to a distant friend who A) gets a a lot of
> cable channels I cannot receive and B) has cablemodem access. Set it 
> up to record shows and dump them (with simple compression) back over 
> the 'net to me.
> 
> With such a setup, I can get shows that are on BBCA (not offered
> here) and rare shows found on his local PBS affiliate, etc.
> 
> And just think of the fun I can have when TiVo becomes available in 
> the UK, Japan, etc- instead of pen pals, we'll trade the ability to 
> schedule television programs remotely. I'll give you access to
> capture on my network if you give me access to one on yours :-)