[mythtv] UPnP server and transcoding

[Robert McNamara]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Jeremy Palenchar <jeremy at palenchar.net> wrote:
> Some recent DLNA and PS3 posts have gotten me to thinking about the MythTV
> UPnP server and transcoding.
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> It seems like the biggest problem is that different PnP clients have
> different format support for content. Is there a notion of an “accepts”
> function in the PnP protocol that allows the client to tell the server what
> media formats it will support?
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> If so, would it make sense for Myth to try and transcode content on the fly
> when serving UPnP clients?
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> -Jeremy
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http://www.upnp.org/standardizeddcps/documents/UPnPAvArchtiecture0.83.pdf

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So is this you volunteering to work on it?  :)

Robert