[mythtv-users] Mythtv Channel + Plex works great with a Chromecast

[David Whyte]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I dusted off my friendly Plex devices to take another stab at TV show
> integration with Myth, and realized that the android clients have
> Chromecast support. Not sure why I haven't tried this till now, but I
> connected to my living room Chromecast, fired up the MythTV Channel, and
> voila, Smooth playback of my recordings! Seems to work pretty well -
> Seeking works but there's about a 15 second delay while waiting for it to
> buffer.
>
> Just thought I'd mention it, might be a quick and dirty alternative to a
> true frontend.
>
>
It works, but I wouldn't say 'great', mainly because of the delay you
mention in the skipping.

The problem I believe is that Plex has to transcode the recording so the
delay is in the plex transcoder.  As I understand it, Plex on Android won't
direct play my recorded mpeg-ts files so transcodes them. I imagine it is
possibly the same for the Chromecast but haven't dug into it to confirm.

I was hoping that a Nexus Player would be able to play mpeg-ts direct but
haven't been able to confirm.
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