[mythtv-users] HDTV as UPnP devices... list of TVs that work and ones that don't work??

Eric Smith erictsmith at gmail.com
Sat Jan 3 21:52:16 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 12:07 PM, David Blain <mythtv at theblains.net> wrote:

> >
> > Sorry.  I found this link:
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/354626    which
> > directs to this discussion --
> > http://forums.tversity.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10992&p=51899#p50761 --
> >  I realize now that it is TVersity, but I really wonder if this is
> > what is happening with the TV.
> >
> > They mention that Samsung makes a getcontentFeatures.dnla.org: 1 call.
> >  I have no clue on how to check if that is the same here.
> >
> > What I see on the user front-end is "Not Supported File Format".  I
> > tried to check if I can view JPEG images and other video files... but
> > I cannot find them in the crappy UI supplied by the TV.
> >
> > For the record, I have two PS3's for playing video content and they
> > work great.  If I can find good TVs that plug into the network *and*
> > actually play my recorded video, it's a dream solution!
> >
> > If it matters -- my recordings are current MythDora (MythTV 0.21),
> > recorded from a HDHomeRun.  From what I understand, these are MPEG2
> > streams and are the same as that broadcast, so I'd be surprised if the
> > HDTV could not display them.  The Samsung LN46A850 is Linux based too,
> > so I had hoped for more compatibility.  ;-)
> > -Rob
> >
>
> I just committed a change to add support for the
> getcontentFeatures.dlna.org
> header in Trunk (revision 19550).  Not sure if this will fix your problem,
> but it's worth a try.
>
> David.
>
>
David,
I understand that trunk has had quite a few updates around upnp since
.21-fixes.  Any chance that this will apply cleaning in fixes for those of
us trying to stay away from the qt4/mythui stuff?
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