[mythtv-users] when and how to upgrade to 0.29

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:00:16 +0800, you wrote:

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>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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>>> 1.  Should I upgrade to 0.29; what benefit would I get
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>> Exactly.  Assuming your current system is stable and meeting all of
>> your requirements.
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>Here lies the crux of it all:
>My Samsung TV proclaims ts files are “Unsupported format” on upnp. Although it will play them off local media.
>It *used* to play .mpg files over upnp. I recontainer them to avi leaving the streams as copy and all works, but that is a pain to do on every recording.
>So for me to upgrade 
 does anybody have 29 working with upnp on a samsung?
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>Thanks
>James

The content of the .ts files is just the same as it was when they were
recorded as .mpg files.  So all you need to do is rename them.  It
would be relatively straightforward to write a script that ran at the
end of a recording that did that automatically.  Or you could create a
link to the .ts file that had a .mpg name, and get the TV to play
that.

But surely it would be better to be playing the files using
mythfrontend?  The skipping would likely work much better, due to the
recordedseek table.  My experience with TVs playing via upnp is that
if they play the file, it is still not the best experience and
mythfrontend works much better.