[mythtv-users] MythTV uPnP and Android

[Mark Boyum]

>> Yes:  You don't say how you did it, but using GinkgoDnla with an

> >> 'out-of-the-box' Kodi as the video renderer does seem to work and give a
> >> measure of playback control for MPEG2; but with h264 in both 704x576 and
> >> 1920x1080 I get only the audio.  The Ginkgo display doesn't distinguish
> >> between these cases, listing them all as video/mpeg.  But then it
> >> identifies DVD .iso files as text/plain and offers to open them with a
> >> choice of browsers...
> >>
> >> Perhaps I need some kodi plugins.
> >
> >
> > Or perhaps not.  It plays h264 encoded Videos that have an .mp4 suffix.
> > My TV seems happy with that.  Ginkgo labels them as video/mp4.
> >
> > As noted above, Ginkgo labels Myth h264 .ts recordings as video/mpeg and
> > Kodi doesn't play them - but the TV and Mythfrontend do;  so it's not
> > immediately obvious how to satisfy everyone.
> >
> > ... and it's GinkgoDlna  (Digital Living...), not as above.  Funny, I
> always
> > thought the *tree* was a gingko.
> >
> >
>
> John,
With Kodi you could skip the upnp/dlna server and use the MythTV PVR plugin
to play recorded content.  I'm not in front of my box at the moment but
think it is under settings / TV.
-Mark
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