Problems with ExtractStream / SplitStream

[czhang@i...]

I can get about 40KBps from NFS while ExtractStream extract .m2v 
and .m2a pair directly, and about 90KBps from netcat while 
ExtractStream extract raw tystream.

My Linux box is AMD-K6/2 350MHz, 256MB w/ linksys 10/100 network 
adapter, connect with Tivo via a Linksys 10/100 switch. It run 
Mandrake 8.1(just did the upgrade), in stock NFS daemon.

As Tivo webserver, I am using tivoweb-tcl w/ Junniper's patch to get 
the FSIDs.

I didn't use splitstream on the Linux box yet, haven't find time to 
compile it under Linux. So I actually run Splitstream from my 
Windows box.

Once you have raw tystream, splitstream's command is 
like 'splitstream abc.ty abc.m2a abc.m2v +'. My problem is joe's old 
splitstream didn't work for me, which drop too many chunks. I am 
still using convertstream from Dale(?). Unfortunately he didn't 
provide source, so I have no way to hack it yet. But so far it works 
a little better than splitstream. Just saw joe update some newer 
version, will try to see what happen on that one.


-- czhang


--- In ExtractStream@y..., David Ranch <dranch@t...> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm.. NFS has been pretty fast for me but I'll try a comparison
> to see the difference.
> 
> Also.. could someone supply a quick and dirty guide for
> using SplitStream as I don't really know how to use it.
> From what I can gather,
> 
> 1. You use ExtractStream with the -s option
> 2. You then use SplitStream on a Linux machine to
> cut the m2v and m2a files
> 
> True?
> 
> Ps. Are you guys also still using the old httpd service
> to get the FSIDs for various Tivo media or are you
> using something different?
> 
> 
> --David