[mythtv-users] uPNP Stream to PS3 woes

[Brian Wood]

On Monday 27 April 2009 22:18:11 Greg Mitchell wrote:
> Michael Craven wrote:
> > I guess I want to try moving the AVC and AAC streams contained in the TS
> > files (called MPG by Myth) into an MP4 container, replacing the MPG that
> > MythTV originally created. I'm hoping that will stream successfully to
> > the PS3...
>
> I can't help you out with this - I know the PS3 is very picky about what
> it will play unfortunately.  You might look into running a separate uPNP
> server that will transcode on the fly - I don't know of any linux ones,
> but google may be able to help.

You might look into MediaTomb. I don't think it will transcode on the fly, but 
it will automatically transcode files that show up in the directories it's 
been told to watch. Obviously this requires more storage then OTF 
transcoding, but hard drives are getting cheap.

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