HD streaming over 802.11g

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JB wrote:
> I'm trying to stream HDTV files over 802.11g, they stutter somethign
> terrible. Short of converting them to smaller files, is there anything else
> I can do? I can recording OTA with an ATI HD Wonder card and saving, for
> now, as HD WMV files.

First you probably need to do some math, run the numbers on the bitrate
of your video vs the throughput you're getting. The best I see at home
is about 10-20Mbit/sec on my 802.11g network, going from a router
downstairs to my laptop upstairs. It varies quite a bit depending on
time of day and presumably activity on other 2.4GHz channels. If you
measure your actual throughput and find you're close, maybe using a pair
of high gain antennas may buy you enough extra headroom to keep running
at full speed.

Some of the problem may be in whatever server / protocol is streaming
the data. Hard to say without knowing more about your setup.
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