[mythtv-users] Transcoding in real time

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 05:51:27 pm Wade Maxfield wrote:
> On 18/11/2010, at 1:33 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 05:15:22 pm Raymond Norton wrote:
> >> Ultimately, I am trying to duplicate what Orb does (orb.com) and
> >> watch live TV on my IPod. The UPNP players wont play mpg files, so
> >> I have to use my laptop with mythtv Frontend.
> > 
> > Huh?
> > 
> > What UPnP player won't play an MPEG file?
> 
> Probably any of the ones on his iPod. Most of the cheapie uPNP
> players just hand off the files to the built in video playback
> framework, and it's pretty finicky about what variations of MPEG4 or
> H.264 streams it will play.

You may be right, I assumed he was talking about hardware, not apps on 
the iPod.

The iPod is finicky, Handbrake has a preset for it that usually works.