[mythtv-users] Turn on uPNP

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:02 AM, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/29 Michelle Dupuis <support at ocg.ca>:
>> I'm running .21-fixes and can't find the uPNP option.  I want to enable this
>> on my backend to allow my sony TV's DNLA feature to view videos etc.
>>
>> Is uPNP an option in .21 or is this a .22/SVN option only?
>
>
> I believe uPNP is enabled by default in 0.21.
>
> Certainly my backend shows up on my network as a UPNP server, and I
> never enabled it.
>
> Look in the backend log and you should see a reference to the UPNP
> server starting.

There are a couple of gotchas, see
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UPnP#Troubleshooting

Other than that it should start up by default, barring your distro/you
setting it to something other than the default (via a commandline
option to mythbackend)