[mythtv-users] Transcoding in real time

Wade Maxfield mythtv at hotblack.co.nz
Thu Nov 18 00:51:27 UTC 2010


On 18/11/2010, at 1:33 PM, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 05:15:22 pm Raymond Norton wrote:
> 
>> Ultimately, I am trying to duplicate what Orb does (orb.com) and
>> watch live TV on my IPod. The UPNP players wont play mpg files, so I
>> have to use my laptop with mythtv Frontend.
> 
> Huh?
> 
> What UPnP player won't play an MPEG file?

Probably any of the ones on his iPod. Most of the cheapie uPNP players just hand off the files to the built in video playback framework, and it's pretty finicky about what variations of MPEG4 or H.264 streams it will play.

 - Wade


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