[mythtv-users] MythTV + uPnP + PS3 = no joy

[sonofzev at iinet.net.au]

On Fri May  8 13:34 , Rev Simon Rumble  sent:

>This one time, at band camp, R. Kannan wrote:
>> I finally got the server ,folders and files listed in PS3. But I could 
>> not play any of my recordings. It says the media file cannot be 
>> played. BTW, the files were recorded of Live TV from HDHomerun by 
>> Myth. I read another posting in this forum which talked about problems 
>> with HDHomerun files with PS3
>
>The PS3 is _very_ finnicky about what it will play, so you're likely to 
>have problems.  Some have suggested transcoding all recordings to a 
>known-working combination of container + codecs.
>
>I gave up and built a front-end with enough grunt to play back HD direct 
>to my telly.  This has a few advantages over the PS3 too:
>* Playback while recording (with the PS3, it takes a while before it 
>  shows up in the list, and if you play something still recording, it'll
>  end when you catch up to the point it was at when you started 
>  watching.
>* Ad skipping
>* MythTV UI, which means you can do all the stuff you can do in any 
>  front-end, whereas the PS3 it's just playback.
>
>-- 

(I'm probably gonna get flamed here but....)
What about loading a linux distro onto the PS3 and installing Myth on to the
linux distro.. that way you can still use the Ps3 hardware?