[mythtv-users] Which "smart" TVs work with the mythtv UPNP server?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:46 PM, stuart <stuart at xnet.com> wrote:
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>> Which "smart" TVs (or DVD/Bluray Players) work with the mythtv UPNP
>> server?
>>
>> I googled for this and found some old threads and thought it time to ask
>> again.
>>
>> I realize it is not so much a matter of "work" as what formats will the
>> "smart" TV (or Bluray Player) play back and what, if any, UPNP
>> incompatibilities there might be between the mythtv upnp server and the
>> "smart" TV (or Bluray Player).
>>
>> I was looking at the Samsung lineup.  So any information regarding
>> Samsung equipment would be most interesting.  But I'm sure others would
>> like to hear any success anyone has had with UPNP.
>>
>>
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> I have a LG 55LW6500 which is a 55inch LED panel, Cinema 3d, from last
> year's (ie 2011's) crop. DLNA against Mythtv 0.25 which records SD (576i)
> & HD (1080i) h.264/aac/ac3 from NZ terrestrial freeview via two HD
> Homeruns.
>
> For the purposes of this thread I gave it a brief test this afternoon. The
> DLNA works to a certain extent, but the gotchas I experienced are:
>
> 1. When you drill down through Recordings|Titles|A Series you get a
> selection of buttons representing each recording. The title is on the
> button, but there is only room for the title, not the subtitle, and there
> is no mention of the recording date. Therefore it is hard to find|play an
> episode you want. When you select a button, the title:subtitle scrolls, but
> it takes ages and you could die of boredom. If anyone wants more info I'll
> take a pic and post it somewhere. There doesn't seem to be any way to
> change the "theme" or get any more information.
>
> 2. When you play a recording, the ffwd|skip is very limited. ffwd will go
> to 2x and not further. skip does not work at all. I think this is probably
> to do with the codecs, because in DLNA|Videos I could skip and properly
> ffwd a xvd/mp3/avi file just fine.
>
> 3. Playback quality is good. Clearly in a country that traditionally uses
> PAL and also has 6.264 in it's main public|free broadcaster, this has the
> "Euro" features that enable h.264 playback (it has DVB-T built in), whether
> that codec is included in, eg, a US model I do not know.
>
> Overall the poor ui and the inability to skip make it a poor substitute
> for any proper frontend and the revo will be plugged into it for the
> foreseeable future.
>
> Having noted that there is an Open Source samsung frontend mentioned
> elsewhere in this thread I have registered as an LG developer and
> downloaded the SDK, but as I cannot code my way out of a wet paper bag
> don't expect anything this side of Xmas :) Plus the overall gui speed ot LG
> apps is pretty bad, so I think I'll probably end up keeping my revo after
> all.
>
> There is mention of LG Tvs and HLS about on the web, so that might be an
> avenue to explore.
>
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>
The Samsung app certainly seems to use the Mythtv Services API
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