[mythtv-users] UPnP and the D-Line DSM-520 Media Player

[Dan]

I just got a DSM-520 today and got it connected to my myth backend and I 
must say, it is awful.  I tried it over wireless and 100mbit wired and 
the video gets very bogged down in the first few seconds, jittery, and 
eventually stops while the audio keeps going.  This is all SD too.  I 
don't understand how this can be, I've got a MediaMVP that works 
flawlessly with my myth box.  Does anyone have an insight as to what 
could be wrong?  Is upnp on myth too new?  Or is the DSM-520 a piece of 
junk?

Dan

Brent Borghese wrote:
> I just upgraded my Mythtv to .20 and tested it with my DSM-520, it works
> a lot better than I thought it would.
>
> The Media Player is in no way a replacement for a Myth Frontend but it
> does have a few things that I can not seem to get working or working
> well on a Computer connected to a TV.
>
> 1.  Computers have FAN's.  The DSM-520 does not.  This means that
>     it is very quiet, no fan, no hard disk noise.
> 2.  A real TV out(HDMI, Component, S-Video, etc..), my video from
>     my TV out on my Frontend looks good, but not great.
>     The DSM-520 looks great.
> 3.  I want to do hi-def but my 500Mhz Frontend will not cut it.
>     A new frontend will cost $300 to $400, and I still have problems
>     1 and 2, and Video cards do not have HDMI ports.
>     The DSM-520 says it does HD over its HDMI and Component ports. 
>     and its $200.
>
> Right now the UPnP support in Myth looks like it does TV and Music,
> with .20 I could only get recorded TV to play, I updated to the current
> SVN and TV stopped working and music started working. :(
>
> I have been looking in to this UPnP, I think in a year or so all audio
> and video devices will support it.   I think Intel has done something
> right.
>
> Brent
>
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