[mythtv-users] Myth UPnP server disappearing

[Anthony Giggins]

> I've had a problem with Myth's UPnP server showing up on UPnP clients on
> my
> network - sometimes.
>
> But other times it's not there.
>
> I have discovered that when I run the optimize_mythdb.pl script it will
> always
> make the server show up immediately, and stay there for some hours.
>
> I made a reference in another thread to this error when optimize_mythdb.pl
> runs:
>
> Net::UPnP::ControlPoint is not installed!
>
> Several people pointed out that this is a missing perl module, but Myth
> does
> not have a UPnP control point (client), so I have not worried about the
> error.
>
> Anyone have any ideas why the optimize script would cause the UPnP server
> to
> show up again on my network?
>
> This is an older 0.21 setup (mythdora 5), if it makes a difference.
>
> My workaround is to just run the optimize script if I need to see Myth's
> UPnP
> server, crude, but effective. I suppose I could cron it to run hourly,
> with
> the additional result of keeping my db well optimized, but that seems
> somewhat drastic.

I had issues with the Upnp in Mythdora 5 could see everything but nothing
would play from any client, I ended up upgrading to 10.21 a few weeks ago
(only so the update to 0.22 when it arrives is easier) and the upnp works
great.

Cheers,

Anthony