[mythtv-users] DLNA server? Anyone?

Mark Lord mythtv at rtr.ca
Fri Jan 6 13:48:04 UTC 2012


On 12-01-06 03:23 AM, James Linder wrote:
> 
> On 06/01/2012, at 2:04 PM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
>>> AllShare is Samsung?s content sharing service that allows you to 
>>> search for and play video, photo, and music files
>>> freely across many devices that support AllShare services, such as PC, 
>>> TV, mobile phone, and digital camera. You
>>> can do this either wirelessly or with a cable.
>>
>> On the TV set this is represented as an app that provides you with a 
>> DLNA browser. They also have a Windows application that shares and plays 
>> contents. No Linux version. However, it is an implementation of DLNA, 
>> allegedly with quirks and incompatibilities (at least in de older TVs)...
>>
>> I have Serviio (http://www.serviio.org/) talking to our D5700, showing 
>> the file names of the /mythtv/recordings (yuch), and with "transpose" 
>> disabled, the mpg files play perfectly on my (European) D5700. If only 
>> Mythtv was recognized directly :-(.
> 
> I hope I'm not the only real clueless mumble here:
> I've got a samsung (D6000) which I want to use with my mythbackend.
> 
> There have been lots of words, but what do I need to do (ie DLNA, Serviio etc)

Ensure your mythbackend has a real IP address (mythtv-setup, General, first page)
rather than a 127.x.x.x address.  Other than that, it should "just work".


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