[mythtv-users] HLS Without Transcoding?

[Jack]

On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 10:35 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/16/2012 05:54 AM, Jack wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there any way of using the HLS functionality of the API without
> > transcoding the media? I have a 'smart' TV and Blu-ray player in
> > separate rooms and these devices are capable of playing any of the
> > videos or recordings natively via UPnP. There are only two drawbacks to
> > this :-
> >
> > 1. I don't get all the artwork and metadata that I do with a real Myth
> > client
> > 2. Watching recordings 'in progress' doesn't work.
> >
> > The thought occurred that I could use the new APIs to create a web-based
> > front-end for these devices, however it looks as though the HLS API
> > wants to transcode all video files to a specified or default resolution
> > and bit-rate. As the network and receivers are already capable of
> > handling the data natively, this seems to be a waste of CPU time and a
> > needless downgrading of the source material.
> >
> > I have not done much in the way of experimentation as yet, but am I
> > right in that belief and is there a way around it?
> >
> 
> Don't you just want to use UPnP to stream the videos to the TV?

That's what I already do, but that limits me to browsing through a tree
and file titles. I have a vision of a seamless, information-rich
interface (displaying cover-art and plot synopsys etc.) that is
searchable by title, genre, actors etc.

Jack