[mythtv-users] WDTV-live as a MythTV client?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin at gmail.com> wrote:
> D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>>
>> The WDTV-Live would seem to be a very nice form-factor for a MythTV client
>> (or even front-end):
>>  http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=735
>>
>> - it is inexecpensive (I paid C$130)
>>
>> - its firmware is Linux (+ proprietary stuff)
>>
>> - 256M of RAM
>>
>> - it has ethernet, USB host, composite, component, or HDMI out
>>
>> - a remote control
>>
>> - low power
>>
>> Out of the box, it sees my MythTV box as a media server.  I can even
>> select a recording to play.  But it fails with the message:
>>
>>        Unable to play the selected file.  Please refer to
>>        the user manual for a list of supported file
>>        formats
>>
>>        [OK]
>>
>> I also tried using Samba (once) and it didn't seem to work any better.
>>
>> Has anyone else played with this?
>>
>>
>> My recordings are made by myth, using SD Hauppauge MPEG2 encoding
>> cards, without transcoding.
>>
>> The manual, on page 158 lists supported formats.  Here's a bad ASCII
>> rendering.  I would ahve guessed that MPEG2 should have worked.
>
> I just got one.   My files are HD transcode down to what should be similar
> to SD Hauppage mpeg2 output, and don't work either via the Media Server.
>
> Copying them onto a usb harddisk the same files appear to work.
>
> I am still using 0.21, anyone know of 0.22 might be any better?

Try a different/better uPnP server on the back end. I think people
have been having luck with miniDLNA