[mythtv-users] PS3 doesn't see Mythtv / upnp

[Greg]

On 08/07/2010 09:18 AM, Joe wrote:
> I finally solved this.
> It was my Linksys wrt54g-tm wireless router firmware.
> I found someone else on the web who did this, so I took the factory 
> firmware off it and installed "DD-WRT".
>
> After that, MythTV showed up on my PS3.
>
> This really should be placed somewhere up on the MythTV web site so it 
> is easy to find.
>
> While the factory firmware was running, I did try disabling it's 
> firewall and opening ports, but nothing allowed the PS3 to see it.
>
> DD-WRT just works for this.
>
> Today, I set up transcoding and I still have to deal with the limited 
> bandwidth, which causes a sometimes choppy experience and makes my 
> laptop drop a connection, but at least I have something to work with now.
>
> Thanks everybody for all your suggestions,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
> On 08/02/2010 09:56 PM, Joe wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/02/2010 11:28 AM, emarkert at aim.com wrote:
>>> >I know my router (Netgear) has a setting to turn on UPNP 
>>> broadcasting...
>>>
>>> Sorry about the last email that didn't have my actual reply.  My 
>>> mouse has been double clicking on its own lately.
>>>
>>> You don't need to turn on upnp on your router - in fact, you should 
>>> leave it turned off.
>> Thanks, I turned it off in the router.
>>>
>>> You need to allow inbound traffic from your ps3's ip address to tcp 
>>> port 6544 and udp port 1900 on your myth box.
>> Thanks, I now can run the iptables firewall again with both ports open.
>> I downloaded a UPnP browser onto my iPod and can see the MythTV 
>> server on the iPod, but still not on the PS3.
>> Both are wireless and get their IP automatically from the Linksys 
>> wrt54gL.
>> I tried turning off the firewall on the Linksys, but it didn't help.
>> I then tried updating the FW on the PS3. It was v3.15. Now it's 
>> something higher. The latest.
>> Still can't find any media servers, but the iPod doesn't have any 
>> problem.
>> Since the PS3 was able to get it's update using the wireless lan, it 
>> has a wifi connection.
>>>
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Gavin Hurlbut is working on a Upnp project and asked for feed back,so 
I'd imagine he would be interested in this..
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