[mythtv-users] MythTV Player 1.1.5 available to all on Google Play Store

dennis deg at outlook.com
Wed Apr 15 02:12:59 UTC 2015


I have been playing around with this app, and it seems to require alot 
of backend resources and creates many .ts files in the streaming 
directory on the backend, when it does work.   I assumed that these 
would be deleted after a day or so, similar to live tv files, but that 
doesn't seem to be the case.

So when using mythtranscode to steam files,  do the ts files will remain 
in the 'streaming' directory forever? Even if the original file is 
deleted?  Do I need to set up a cron script to delete the files and 
clean up the database?

I normally use the mythweb interface and stream as an asx file ( which 
launches VLC) on my phone or tablet.  This seems to work very well 
without the need for an additional app on my phone.  If the file is 
still a mpg2 file, ( I convert everything newly recorded to mp4 nightly 
)  I just use the flowplayer in mythweb to stream within the browser.   
In either case I don't have tons of files created on my backend, and 
barely notice the extra load on the backend.

It seems the app has several drawbacks ( all related to mythtrancode ) 
and no advantages over what I can already do via mythtweb.   Am I 
missing something here?


On 04/14/2015 12:32 PM, George Nassas wrote:
>> On Apr 14, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   I dislike using it is that it automatically places the files
>> in the directory structure of the user that runs the backend. Most
>> likely:
>>
>>      ~mythtv/.mythtv/tmp/hls/
>>
>> That's fine if you've got lots of space,
> There's always the option of making that last /hls/ into a soft link to a directory on one of your storage drives. That would work but creating a real storage group is the right way.
>
>> but we've heard of folks that
>> created a lot of live streams and filled up their filesystem, which could
>> even have been on their / filesystem. There is no auto expire system
>> built in to trim this down.
> I think Chris Pinkham intended that as a second round enhancement but seems to have drifted off. Maybe mentioning his name will summon the presence.
>
> - George
>
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