[mythtv-users] Serving subtitles over UPNP/DLNA

[Brian Wood]

On Monday 09 November 2009 14:49:50 Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Scott <list-mythtv at bluecamel.eml.cc> 
wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:36:47 -0400, "Greg Estabrooks"
> >
> > <greg at phaze.org> said:
> >> > When streaming live TV from Myth 0.22 to a compatible UPNP/DLNA
> >> > device
> >>
> >>  As far as I know myth doesn't support streaming LiveTV via UPNP. You
> >>  mean a recording?
> >
> > Exactly what I meant to say. I'm streaming recorded shows that were
> > captured with the HDHR over the air.
> >
> >> > Does Myth pass the video stream unaltered to the UPNP/DLNA client or
> >> > is there some on the fly transcoding (or other video stream
> >> > manipulation)
> >>
> >>  Yes, it is passed unaltered.   The UPNP client basically makes many
> >>  quests saying "give me file ZZZZ  bytes XXXX to YYYYY" and that is
> >>  exactly what is sent.
> >
> > So, sounds like a PS3 issue then. I'll investigate further to see if I
> > can
> > find a UPNP client that can handle decoding of EIA-608/708 and try to
> > push
> > Sony for adding support to the PS3.
>
> More likely to change something so it doesn't work at all with myth!

Amen to that. I have learned to be extremely careful about Sony's "updates" to 
the PS3 software, usually *something* breaks afterwards. I don't use the PS3 
for games, only as a Linux toy and UpNP/DLNA renderer.
-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org