[mythtv-users] uPnP

[John Pilkington]

On 16/01/17 02:46, Mike Holden wrote:
>
> On 16 January 2017 at 11:20, James Linder <jam at tigger.ws
> <mailto:jam at tigger.ws>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>     I have a samsung TV that worked with uPnP on 0.27
>     “Unsupported File Format” is the result on 0.28
>
>     I ‘remuxed’ a video to avi container but keeping copy for both audio
>     and video codecs. Whereupon it works perfectly.
>     I tried using wiresharc to see if the name was being changed, but
>     was quickly overwhelmed by the amount of data.
>
>     This is a pain - I can’t watch recordings without fiddling. Has
>     anybody found a reasonable solution?
>     I believe the LG tvs has exactly the same issue
>
>     Thanks
>     James
>
>
> What type of file is it? What's the filename? A couple of clues might
> help us to help you! :-)
>
> Is it a .ts file by any chance?
=====
Copied from 'digest' reply

The recordings that I cannot watch are the current .ts files.
The videos that I cannot watch are .ts files and (whatever they were) 
0.27 .mpg files

The videos that I can watch are .avi files (but as stated above both 
video and audio codecs are copy ie 0.27 .mpg and 0.28 .ts)
======
You might find Ticket #12388 relevant  - I'm not sure what changes have 
been made since, but I'm not seeing uPnP problems now in 0.28-fixes or 
master.  Panasonic tv.  ISTR Samsung-specific problem reports, though.

Before that ticket I used to be able to watch recordings as videos after 
scanning the output folder of the mythlink script.

'mythbackend --setverbose upnp'  sent to a running backend might give 
useful hints,too.

I have another upnp curiosity with GingkoDlna under Android 4.2.2 using 
VLC as the renderer.   I don't have much Android experience, but find 
that during playback sound works but the screen is black except when the 
tablet is rotated.  Then a good video display appears, rotates through 
90 degrees with appropriate change of scale,...and fades away.

So far I haven't been able to use another renderer.  Might be a wifi 
rate problem but the router is in the same room and wired to the Myth box.

John P