[mythtv-users] MythTV + uPnP + PS3 = no joy

[Rev Simon Rumble]

This one time, at band camp, R. Kannan wrote:
> I finally got the server ,folders and files listed in PS3. But I could 
> not play any of my recordings. It says the media file cannot be 
> played. BTW, the files were recorded of Live TV from HDHomerun by 
> Myth. I read another posting in this forum which talked about problems 
> with HDHomerun files with PS3

The PS3 is _very_ finnicky about what it will play, so you're likely to 
have problems.  Some have suggested transcoding all recordings to a 
known-working combination of container + codecs.

I gave up and built a front-end with enough grunt to play back HD direct 
to my telly.  This has a few advantages over the PS3 too:
* Playback while recording (with the PS3, it takes a while before it 
  shows up in the list, and if you play something still recording, it'll
  end when you catch up to the point it was at when you started 
  watching.
* Ad skipping
* MythTV UI, which means you can do all the stuff you can do in any 
  front-end, whereas the PS3 it's just playback.

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