[mythtv-users] Backend Plugins

[cbeerse at gmail.com]

On 1-1-2011 23:43, sgargash at comcast.net wrote:
> I've been happily running Mythtv for a long time, since 0.4 and I've 
> been on .19  with a bunch of Media MVPs as frontends for a few years 
> now. Over the last week, I've been in the process of upgrading to .24 
> (with a new machine) and I've realized that what I want from a 
> convergence platform has changed. I still want a backend that holds 
> all my media and to be able to access it from multiple frontends, but 
> the meaning of "frontend" has evolved. There are devices that speak 
> Myth protocol (classic frontends) and others that don't and never will 
> (DLNA TV, Roku box), some of which support streaming (frontends, 
> laptops), some of which that support storage (MP3 players), and some 
> that support both (tablet, smartphone).  And then there's all the 
> different formats and resolutions that devices do or don't support.
You already mention 'DLNA'. As far as I know and experience, MythTV 
has/does some dlna since some versions. It started as additional stuff 
but is in the core distribution since some versions, I guess .20 or 
such. I'm sure it is in .23 and .24 but it is not perfect: My Philips TV 
(42pfl9603) does list the recordings and other stuff (I only tested the 
recordings) but it does not show the contents, hence it does not do a 
proper transcoding-on-the-fly, at least not for me.

I suspect my problem is somewhere in the middle: the TV is relative 
picky on the mpeg2 files it can handle from usb too: there is an odd 2 
GB limit in there.

>
> Judging from my google searches, my desire is not unique.  I found the 
> upnp server (haven't gotten it to work), mythroku channel, etc.  But 
> these seem kind of ad hoc and with various degrees of support.  Given 
> that it's open source, I'm not surprised, but is there something that 
> I've missed?  How are other people handling sharing their media data 
> with lots of different types of devices?  I'd lke to continue using 
> mythtv, but is there another project that would be more appropriate 
> for my desired use? Alternatively, is there any work on backend 
> plugins (supporting different protocols on top of a common database), 
> on-the-fly transcoding and exporting media data via virtual filesystems?

Your call to 'upnp' is related to 'dlna': the later one is a restriction 
and/or more narrow specification of the first. Check wiki for details

CBee
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