[mythtv-users] Using mythbuntu with VLC

[John Pilkington]

On 24/02/17 08:22, Yann Lehmann wrote:
> Am 23.02.2017 um 23:07 schrieb Paul Harrison:
>>
>> VLC will play recordings made with MythTV just fine so long as VLC can
>> access the files, that is they are either on the same computer VLC is
>> running on or made available using NFS or CIFS. What it can't do is play
>> files using the Myth protocol ie URL's that start with myth://.
>>
>> I do have an experimental VLC plugin that does supports playing files
>> using the myth:// protocol in my fork at
>> https://github.com/paul-h/mythtv/tree/master/mythtv/programs/mythfrontend_qml/VLCPlugin
>>
>> which I use for my own use.
>>
>> You can view and playback recording directly in VLC if the plugin is
>> stalled. I don't think it would be too difficult to modify it to work
>> with videos if that is what you want. While it works for my purpose it
>> is unsupported by me so if you need to ask how to compile and install it
>> sorry you are on your own.
>>
>>
>
> And IIRW, you may access MythTV files with VLC over UPNP, if it's
> enabled on the backend.

You may well remember this, but I believe it stopped working some time 
ago.  I see only the folder(s), with no content.  The VLC implementation 
of uPnP is said to be badly broken - ie not spec compliant.

John P


John P