[mythtv-users] DLNA and a Philips Television

[Brian Wood]

On Monday 25 May 2009 14:52:59 Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Peter Øgaard Meyland <peter at meyland.dk> 
wrote:
> >> Citat af Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>:
> >>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Peter Øgaard Meyland
> >>> <peter at meyland.dk>
> >>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Citat af Brian Wood <beww at beww.org>:
> >>>>> On Monday 25 May 2009 12:47:08 Peter Øgaard Meyland wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have just got me a Philips 42PES0001H Television with built-in
> >>>>>> DLNA client. When I start browsing my collection of records on the
> >>>>>> server from the TV, the TV tries to show me the recording, then it
> >>>>>> telles me that the format are not supported. Hmm, strange. Then I
> >>>>>> installed XBMC on my M$ WindowsXP and here i can se my recordings.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm not sure about XBMC, but many servers like TVersity, PMS and
> >>>>> PLayON will
> >>>>> automatically transcode media into a format it knows the control
> >>>>> point can
> >>>>> handle.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Could that be what's happening?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know and I don't know what type of files the television can
> >>>> handle.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was expecting my Myth server to transcode the media to something
> >>>> that the
> >>>> television could handle, but its seems that I'm wrong :-(
> >>>
> >>> No you will need to install another upnp server like fuppes for that to
> >>> happen
> >>
> >> Okay, I will take a look at fuppes
> >>
> >> Thanks for the answers
> >>
> >> Peter
> >
> > The most fundamental thing will be to find out what your TV supports.
> > There should be something in the manual.
>
> manual says it supports:
>
> * Fuppes (on Linux)
> • UShare (on Linix)
>
> But it doesn't say what formats/codecs it supports over DLNA. However
> you have to suspect its similar to what it supports over USB mass
> storage, but thats not clear either.

Almost certainly it will support MPEG2, but with what limits and what sort of 
audio I don't know.


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