[mythtv-users] Watch recording on iPad

[Michael Watson]

On 7/08/2014 8:10 AM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Michael Watson 
> <michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au <mailto:michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>> 
> wrote:
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>     On 6/08/2014 11:46 PM, jacek burghardt wrote:
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>         You can install xbmc on your tablet
>         http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Install_XBMC_for_iOS
>         Other option is to install mediatomb and have it transcode on
>         fly http://www.gsjs.org/Home/mythtv-mediatomb
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>     IPAD needs to be JailBroken to run xbmc.
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>     I never found a good enough free iOS App that worked properly, and
>     was hesitant to pay for an app when none of the free apps worked
>     properly.  Some could see the Myth UPNP Backend, show you the
>     folders, but no recordings, some would show you the recordings and
>     videos, but couldnt play them properly.  Other than VLC, best
>     solution I could come up with, was OPlayer accessing a Samba share
>     on the server, using MythLink to create human filenames for the
>     recordings.
>
>     On Android its as simple as installing BubbleUPNP and BSPlayer,
>     (or just XBMC) and works on an ultra cheap tablet.
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> I tried the free apps recommended on this list.  Was able to play with 
> VLC but it was very jerky.  Was able to play with ArkMC Lite but can't 
> get audio.  All my recordings are firewire captures, which i Believe 
> are MPEG-2.  So I think that is the issue.  Any way to play those on 
> the iPad without issues?
>
I had best results using the "Default" Player, and accessing the files 
directly by Samba share.  Not the most elegant, to the point, nobody 
uses the iPad to watch recordings, we use an android device.




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