[mythtv-users] UPnP Devices - Myth Menu

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 07:19:47 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>   On 8/25/2010 21:13, Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 07:05:50 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >>    On 8/25/2010 20:52, mike at grounded.net wrote:
> >>>>    It seems I can only play recorded "Livetv", but not true real time
> >>>>    live tv
> >>> 
> >>> I'm assuming you mean simply because it's being recorded as it's
> >>> playing so it's never really live?
> >> 
> >> Correct.  There is a 'Watch TV' mode, but due to latencies in set top
> >> boxes, capture devices, and Myth's own network transparent design, you
> >> will always be several seconds behind the actual broadcast.
> > 
> > "Live TV" with Myth is still playing back a recording. You could also
> > schedule a recording and "chase" it as it records, this is the closest
> > you would be able to get to "live" with UPnP. This applies to MythWeb as
> > well.
> 
> However most players will only play up to the point you had recorded
> when you first started playback.  After which, you will have to exit
> playback and re-enter, to refresh the filesize and access further
> recorded video.  At least when I used to do this years ago on my PS3, it
> would remember the last position, and begin playback immediately where I
> exited the player.


A special case, but if I Samba mount my recordings directory on the XP machine that's running the PlayOn server, and watch 
it with a UPnP viewer using the "My Media" feature of PlayON, I can go past what was recorded when I started. This is 
probably because PlayOn is used to dealing with data that is incoming as it plays.

I don't actually do this, but it worked when I did a "proof of concept" test.