[mythtv-users] MythTV UPnP problems...

[Robin Smith]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Robin Smith <1canuck2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a problem I am trying to solve with UPnP.
>
> I have a MythTV BE/FE (running the 0.22 Packman release of Myth on OpenSUSE).
>
> I also have three Popcorn Hour devices attached to displays around my
> house (two A-110 and one C-200).
>
> Lastly, I have a QNAP TS-439Pro NAS that is running TwonkyMedia (also
> a UPnP server).
>
> On the Popcorn Hours, I would like to use UPnP to playback MythTV
> recordings, but Myth does not show up in the list of available UPnP
> servers. There's nothing to tweak for this on the PCH end, it just
> detects available UPnP servers on start-up. Plus, the NAS/TwonkyMedia
> box shows up in the PCH, so I am certain the PCH is looking for and
> listing available UPnP servers.
>
> Weirdly, in WMP in Windows 7, MythTV does show up as an available UPnP
> server (along with the NAS) and I can playback recordings, which would
> lead me to believe MythTV is configured correctly.
>
> But MythTV does not show in the PCH.
>
> FWIW, on the PCH I can go to an SMB share on my MythTV BE and playback
> video files I have stored for use with MythVideo, so network-wise they
> are definitely able to talk. All devices are on a single subnet on my
> internal LAN and no firewall is running on Myth or the PCH.
>
> Any ideas how I can get Myth to show as a UPnP server?
> What would the differences be between Win7 and the PCH that one would
> see it and one one not? (I know this is not the best place to ask this
> question, but if someone knows...)
>
> Thanks
>
> Robin

Just to reply to myself, I tried restarting my BE (and updating to the
latest Packman repo version of 0.22: -0.22-1.pm.5.11.i586.rpm) and it
still behaves the same. I have also completely powered off and on the
PCH and still do not see the Myth UPnP server show up.

Anyone?