[mythtv-users] DLNA and a Philips Television

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Mon May 25 20:52:59 UTC 2009


On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Peter Øgaard Meyland <peter at meyland.dk> wrote:
>> Citat af Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Peter Øgaard Meyland <peter at meyland.dk>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Citat af Brian Wood <beww at beww.org>:
>>>>
>>>>> On Monday 25 May 2009 12:47:08 Peter Øgaard Meyland wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have just got me a Philips 42PES0001H Television with built-in DLNA
>>>>>> client. When I start browsing my collection of records on the server
>>>>>> from the TV, the TV tries to show me the recording, then it telles me
>>>>>> that the format are not supported. Hmm, strange. Then I installed XBMC
>>>>>> on my M$ WindowsXP and here i can se my recordings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure about XBMC, but many servers like TVersity, PMS and PLayON
>>>>> will
>>>>> automatically transcode media into a format it knows the control point
>>>>> can
>>>>> handle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could that be what's happening?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't know and I don't know what type of files the television can
>>>> handle.
>>>>
>>>> I was expecting my Myth server to transcode the media to something that
>>>> the
>>>> television could handle, but its seems that I'm wrong :-(
>>>>
>>>
>>> No you will need to install another upnp server like fuppes for that to
>>> happen
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Okay, I will take a look at fuppes
>>
>> Thanks for the answers
>>
>> Peter
>
> The most fundamental thing will be to find out what your TV supports.
> There should be something in the manual.
>

manual says it supports:

* Fuppes (on Linux)
• UShare (on Linix)

But it doesn't say what formats/codecs it supports over DLNA. However
you have to suspect its similar to what it supports over USB mass
storage, but thats not clear either.


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