[mythtv-users] Philips TV crashing while browsing mythtv DLNA server

[chrisham]

On 31.12.2011 17:38, chrisham wrote:

> I'm seeing a 100% reproducable crash while trying to stream recordings
> from the MythTV (0.24.1) DLNA server on my PC. My TV is a 42PFL7606K/02
> manufactured by Philips, which claims to be DLNA capable.
> 
> While I'm aware that this is most likely a problem in the Philips TV SW,
> I hope to perhaps get some hints here on the list. Is anybody here using
> a Philips TV for DLNA streaming, and either seeing the same problem, or
> has even found a way around the problem?
> 
> First what's working correctly:
> 
> - I can see the DLNA servier on my TV
> - I can choose and display pictures from the DLNA server
> - I can chose and stream music from the DLNA server
> - I can see the 'Recordings' - section on the server, and choose to
> browse available recordings by e.g. Genre, Date, Recording Group etc.
> 
> BUT:
> 
> As soon as I browse to the level of actual recordings (e.g.: choose for
> example 'By Date' and try to enter the list of recordings), after
> approx. 2s the screen goes dark, after another second Ambilight switches
> off, and the TV reboots.
> 
> This is 100% reproducable, I have not once managed to browse to a
> recording.
> 
> Any light you could shed on the problem, things to point out to Philips
> for tracking down the bug in their SW, experience in support or
> contradicting my observations?

One more piece of information, which might point in the direction that
something *can* in fact be done about the problem on the MythTV side of
things:

I can stream the same content from my MythTV box to the TV using
serviio. I just installed serviio, and shared a directory where I put
links to the original recordings whose names I prettified using mythlink.

The obvious donwside (apart from the uglyness of having to run a second
DLNA server next to MythTV) is that none of the metadata known to MythTV
is displayed through serviio.

Greetings,

	-chrisham