[ExtractStream] Re: New Extraction Method?!?

[Scott Ellis]

Yeah, I extract over NFS to my NetBSD machine, and basically max out the 10M
NIC on Tivo (assuming I remember to set the Read/Write size on the NFS mount
to 8k!). Playback and Recording are unaffected (no stuttering).

ScottE


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From: "logictrap" <griffon+yahooq@s...>
To: <ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: [ExtractStream] Re: New Extraction Method?!?


> --- In ExtractStream@y..., Roger Merchberger <zmerch7@y...> wrote:
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> > Notice why he said that NFS was better - it didn't corrupt his live
> > video recording -- because NFS (in it's default settings) is 3x
> > slower than netcat & isn't nearly so taxing on the hardware... notice
> > he didn't mention *how long* it took to actually extract a video...
> For the record, I can extract via NFS at around 800kB/sec via
> mfs_extract and still have a usable TiVo although the menus are slow.
> I'd imagine the stuttering problems probably have as much to do
> with the extra processing that ExtractStream and friends require
> while splitting the streams as they do with the (minor) speed
> increase for using netcat.
> ie, something along the lines of "you can have extraction speed,
> split files, or a usable Tivo. Pick two."
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