[mythtv-users] PS3 & UPnP not working

[eric millham]

Does anyone have something working for HD shows with AC3 and the audio was
in 5.1?
When I run the job suggested below I get this error from ffmpeg:

[mp2 @ 0x2ac66cfe9410]encoding 6 channel(s) is not allowed in mp2


On Nov 11, 2007 7:19 PM, Damyon Wiese <dwiese at epiction.com> wrote:

> The problem with the transcoding profiles is that once you transcode a
> recording - it gets put into a nuppelvideo container instead of a plain
> mpg - then you just get unsupported data from the PS3. Instead I just
> run a user job using ffmpeg to force the audio codec to mp2. This solves
> the problem where some recordings are not playable on the ps3 because
> they have ac3 audio.
>
> My user job is very simple - looks like this:
>
> START USER JOB
> #!/bin/sh
>
> ffmpeg -i /var/lib/mythtv/$1 -vcodec copy -ab 256kb -acodec
> mp2 /var/lib/mythtv/video/$1
> mv /var/lib/mythtv/video/$1 /var/lib/mythtv/$1
> END USER JOB
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 11:31 +1100, Dave wrote:
> > Hrmm yes I did try with a ethernet cable rather than Wifi..
> >
> > I have no idea why it just started working but it did :)
> >
> > oh well!
> >
> > thanks anyways.
> >
> > Has anyone got any PS3 transcoding profiles setup?
> >
> > D.
> >
> > On 11/9/07, Damyon Wiese <dwiese at epiction.com> wrote:
> >         I have been running a recent SVN of mythtv against PS3 (now on
> >         2.00 but
> >         it has worked ever since they added the upnp support to the
> >         PS3) over
> >         wifi for several months and it finds the server no problem. My
> >         network
> >         is very simple - just uses the dhcp server on my dlink
> >         wireless router
> >         to assign addresses.
> >
> >         On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 08:23 -0500, George Nassas wrote:
> >         > On 7-Nov-07, at 7:53 PM, Dave wrote:
> >         >
> >         > > I can't get this damn UPnP to work properly; the PS3 just
> >         "doesn't
> >         > > find a media server".
> >         > > Running very recent SVN of mythtv, 1.93 version of PS3
> >         firmware
> >         > > connected via wifi.
> >         >
> >         > I'm running the same setup except regular cables instead of
> >         wifi and
> >         > my PS3 does find myth. So, there's no software reason from
> >         either
> >         > side that would stop things from working.
> >         >
> >         > - George
> >         >
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