[mythtv-users] UPnP Playback Device

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Mon Mar 23 22:09:41 UTC 2009


On Monday 23 March 2009 15:41:49 Misty P wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
> > I'd like to add such a device to my network, for use by people who
> > are unable or unwilling to learn to use a full-blown Myth F/E, as
> > well as add the ability to play back Netflix "Watch Instantly"
> > material.
> >
> > I have a D-Link DSM-520, it seems to work, but locks up on occasion
> > without warning, requiring a power cycle to recover.
> >
> > Anyone have any war stories, good or bad, about these units? Any
> > suggestions as to the best one to use? Or if I should be considering
> > one at all?
>
> I've been pretty happy with my Zyxel DMA-1000 (not 1000W).  Rock solid
> unit. The only drawbacks that I encountered were no commercial skipping
> (which applies to all uPnP devices) and in the case of the DMA1000, no
> x264. Everything I recorded with myth OTA (ATSC) plays perfectly with it.
>
> But no x264 is really cramping my style with "the other" stuff I want to
> play, so it's been replaced as a front end by a full front end, and used as
> a tertiary front end.

Yeah, h264 is kind of a requirement, as I am working on getting my HD-PVR set 
up and (hopefully) working.

I know there are ways to set up on-the-fly transcoding, but I'd rather not 
have to deal with that.

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beww
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