[mythtv-users] MythTV uPnP and Android
John Pilkington
J.Pilk at tesco.net
Thu Feb 23 18:12:23 UTC 2017
On 23/02/17 14:54, Mark Boyum wrote:
>>> Yes: You don't say how you did it, but using GinkgoDnla with an
>
> >> 'out-of-the-box' Kodi as the video renderer does seem to work and
> give a
> >> measure of playback control for MPEG2; but with h264 in both
> 704x576 and
> >> 1920x1080 I get only the audio. The Ginkgo display doesn't
> distinguish
> >> between these cases, listing them all as video/mpeg. But then it
> >> identifies DVD .iso files as text/plain and offers to open them
> with a
> >> choice of browsers...
> >>
> >> Perhaps I need some kodi plugins.
> >
> >
> > Or perhaps not. It plays h264 encoded Videos that have an .mp4
> suffix.
> > My TV seems happy with that. Ginkgo labels them as video/mp4.
> >
> > As noted above, Ginkgo labels Myth h264 .ts recordings as
> video/mpeg and
> > Kodi doesn't play them - but the TV and Mythfrontend do; so it's not
> > immediately obvious how to satisfy everyone.
> >
> > ... and it's GinkgoDlna (Digital Living...), not as above.
> Funny, I always
> > thought the *tree* was a gingko.
> >
> >
>
> John,
> With Kodi you could skip the upnp/dlna server and use the MythTV PVR
> plugin to play recorded content. I'm not in front of my box at the
> moment but think it is under settings / TV.
> -Mark
Thanks for that info. I haven't been following up my original post,
which was really intended as a 'this seems to work' heads-up rather than
a real solution to a personally-felt need. To tell the truth, I seem to
be recording more but watching less and less these days. But uPnP has
always looked to me like a good idea hampered by lack of reliable
information, and by conflicts between probably non-compliant
implementations. "When she was good she was very very good, but..."
John
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