[mythtv-users] Air Video and Mythfs FUSE Mount

[Richard Shaw]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:59 PM, jmk <jmk at foofus.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm curious if anyone has played with running Air Video on Linux and
> using it to stream content from a mythfs mount. I've had some luck with
> Air Video on the Mac and Myth content, but I'm hoping to consolidate all
> media stuff to my Myth backend.
>
> I've setup Air Video to share both a non-FUSE directory of videos and a
> mythfs mount of recordings. The Air Video iPhone app is able to play the
> videos fine. It lists the recordings OK, but identifies the .mpg files
> as invalid. Attempting to play them within the app results in a "No
> Video Stream found in file" error.
>
> I initially thought the problem was permissions-based. A "file" on any
> recording within the mythfs mount returned a "no read permission"
> result. However, I could still play the recording from that mount with
> mplayer and subsequent "file" queries then returned data as expected.
>
> I'm at a loss for why Air Video doesn't like the mythfs FUSE mount. Has
> anyone successfully done what I'm attempting here?

I'm trying to do something similar with my Android phone, but Air
Video seems to be Apple only. I've found a couple of other solutions
that are more generic but they only run on Windows.

Have you tried copying one of the recordings to a local file to make
sure that Air Video doesn't have a problem with the mpg files? It's
unlikely but a good check.

How did you mount the fuse filesystem? You may need to adjust the permissions.

Try using stat instead of file.

HTH,

Richard