[mythtv-users] UPnP playback good but duration info is missing

[John Pilkington]

On 07/12/2020 15:32, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> On 07/12/2020 11:30, John Pilkington wrote:
>> Hi:  For a long time I have tended to use UPnP playback when I just 
>> want to watch a recording at its original speed from beginning to 
>> end;  I still see a slight wobble in pan shots with the standard 
>> frontend using nVidia decoding, and while the leanfront now gives 
>> excellent playback and more flexible control it can still fail 
>> unexpectedly in mid-flow if the recording was less than perfect.
>>
>> The main problem I have with UPnP on my 5+ year old Panasonic TV is 
>> that duration info isn't being used.  It isn't displayed in the 
>> selection menu and skipping forward or back is difficult to control.
>>
>> UPnP playback from the twonky server in my NAS doesn't have this 
>> problem, and I think it may be a regression (in current master) from 
>> what MythTV used to do.
>>
> 
> I didn't think we had yet done any upnp changes in master vs fixes/31

To clarify:  The duration and progress info is not displayed with 
current master.  I think it probably was displayed in earlier versions 
when the UPnP playback code was under active development, but at present 
I'm not sure about that.
> 
> Having said that, we are currently doing some considerable surgery on
> the backend in the area of the webserver & upnp, so we will have to
> revisit how the upnp side works with various devices
> 
> Regards
> Stuart
> 
> 
>> I know that UPnP playback has always been a difficult topic, because 
>> TV manufacturers have applied their own tweaks, but it would be good 
>> to get this sorted.  Do other people see this problem?
>>
>> John P