[mythtv-users] DLNA server? Anyone?

James Linder jam at tigger.ws
Sun Jan 8 02:11:48 UTC 2012


On 08/01/2012, at 8:13 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

>> 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".
> 
> I got my Mythbackend running as a DLNA server just before Christmas in
> conjunction with a Panasonic DT30. In addition to configuring the backend to
> use a real static IP address as mentioned above, it was also necessary to
> open various ports within the firewall.
> 
> 2869 for tcp and 1900 for udp I believe - or simply disable the firewall
> temporarily to test things out.
> 
> Once I sorted out the firewall and reconfigured the backend everything works
> with limitations. This is with an older 0.21 backend.
> 
> The limitations I experienced are:
> - Whilst new recordings made under 0.21 play back correctly older recordings
> dating back to myth 0.81 (.nuv prefix) are not recognized by the tv. Most
> likely easy to fix.
> - When playing back mkv's managed by mythvideo the DLNA client on the tv
> crashes when you stop watching the mkv. It is necessary to exit the client
> at this point. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the DT30 or a bug in
> the DLNA server of the older 0.21 mythbackend I run. At some point I will
> upgrade to 0.24 to see if this improves things. For now I simply work around
> the issue.

Following the helpful list advice I implimented and was delighted that it just worked. (samsung D6000)

The server does not honour the cut list (transcode fiddling to be done)
Twice in a 3 hour movie the playback froze then exited to tv. Relaunch and play from before the freeze and all went well. I'll trawl trac, but is this one of the 'many fixes' that have been made? (0.24 fixes say 6 months old)

I've transcoded my movie with the cutlist removed. How do I add the new file to the list of UPnP discovered files?

Thanks
James


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