[mythtv-users] Patriot Media Player as UPNP frontend, and on-sale
Dan Rose
dan at linuxtrader.com
Fri Aug 20 17:42:41 UTC 2010
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Tony <cfr131 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks very interesting. I am looking for another frontend. How does this
> display recorded shows? What I want to know is does it just give the
> filename or the recorded show name?
>
The Patriot uses two means, at least, to pull content from a mythbackend.
1) Builtin upnp client queries the recording and video list from myth
backend upnp server. The mythtv builtin upnp server shows the nice-name.
Show: Episode, as in "Flashpoint: Severed Ties"
2) And the patriot will also auto-login to samba shares for streaming,
or copying to Patriot attached or internal storage. To get nice nice
names here, you must a) have samba enabled/configured on your mythtv
backend, (see my excerpt from /etc/samba/smb.conf), and b) from
/usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/ you get the script "mythlink.pl"
(make sure you have a current version) which creates the nice-names symbolic
links in show_names. mythlink.pl makes fresh links for all shows, and can
be ran by hand, by cron, or user-job in mythtv. I run it as a final step
in a larger user-job, by default it writes to the show_names directory.
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
<deleted text followed by,>
<2 entries to make show_names work right.>
unix extensions = no
wide links = yes
[recordings]
comment = TV Recordings
path = /storage1/show_names
public = yes
writable = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
force user = mythtv
force group = mythtv
[videos]
comment = Videos
path = /var/lib/mythtv/videos
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770
force user = mythtv
force group = mythtv
[music]
comment = Music
path = /var/lib/mythtv/music
public = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770
force user = mythtv
force group = mythtv
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Dan Rose <dan at linuxtrader.com> wrote:
>
>> Keywords: upnp
>> Keywords: affordable front-end
>>
>> I have one of these as a poor-man's mythtv frontend and I am truly
>> impressed. They are on-sale new for $55 after rebate, as discussed on
>> Dealnews and points to newegg.com. ( I paid $65 for mine)
>>
>> I run my Patriot wireless with an 802.11/n usb adapter ($8 that I also
>> picked up from dealnews), but required the right router settings. I also
>> move my patriot occasionally, and ethernet always works with no special
>> setup.
>>
>> My myth backend is ATSC over-the-air only, but the patriot player has
>> capabilities well beyond that.
>>
>> More...
>>
>> UPNP streams to Patriot Box Office HD Media Player, better and cheaper
>> than PS3
>>
>> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1136/1/
>>
>> --
>> Dan Rose
>>
>
Dan Rose
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