Video over 802.11b?

VicodinVicodin Chicago
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
Okay, here's the scenario:

Currently I stream video/audio from a 9200aiw to my home theater by using traditional RCA cable. It works fine but I have cables running across my dining room.

So I'm looking around in my spare parts bin and I realize I have enough things to build another pc.

Here is the question, though.

If I throw together a bare bones pc, pop in a wireless NIC and tuck it into my stereo cabinet could I stream the audio/video from my fileserver box wirelessly?

I don't think I would need too much processing power or ram, essentially I would just toss XP on there - strip out all the extraneous nonsense and load up codecs and power dvd.

proc/ram size/etc spec suggestions welcome.

Is 802.11b have enough bandwidth for what I'm trying to do?

Not sure this is the right forum, I apologize if it isn't.

Thanks.

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Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Try it and find out
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    With a maximum bandwidth of 11mb, it should be sufficient. I have my livingroom box connected at 10mb (wired), and it has no problems :)
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited May 2004
    yes but remember that 802.11b is prone to interference and not exactly a robust trasmission standard. By the time you add tcp/ip and other overhead you're down to 4-5 Mbit/s if you're lucky with a good link. You'd be better to spend a few extra bucks and go for 'g' where you're likely to get 15-20 Mbit/s which is more than ample.

    You don't need a wireless router or anything, you can run the whole thing over an ad-hoc network using 2 wireless nics. Just be warned that wood (along with everything else) tends to but a damper on 2.4 GHz transmissions so if you've a heavy wood cabinet as well as several that might be beyond the limits of a low-end card. Try and find the highest power wireless PCI card you can in your price range.
  • teflemingtefleming
    edited May 2004
    It should work, just make sure you've got a Radeon card in the non AIW machine and you can use the EazyLook software that comes with ATi cards.

    I'd love to test the hypothesis, but only one of my computers is running an ATi card (a 9700p AIW) all the others are NVidia or Intel (the lappies)
  • citrixmetacitrixmeta Montreal, Quebec Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    im definitly gonna try this, thanks Thraxy!!!!! :D
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    It works. I use 802.11b for my video playback machine. I have a merely "good" signal strength (2-4mb/s) and it works just fine.
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited May 2004
    citrixmeta wrote:
    im definitly gonna try this, thanks Thraxy!!!!! :D


    YOU'RE going to try it?

    You are NOT to benefit from MY questions.

    Hrumph.

    (smile)

    I'm going to try it too.

    Much thanks all... I'll let you know how it works.

    Fold on.
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