[mythtv-users] send UPnP to mythtv

[Stephen Atkins]

On 8/11/2011 9:48 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 8/11/2011 10:02, Stephen Atkins wrote:
>> I've searched around but can't find anything about sending a
>> video/picture/music from a device to a mythtv box.  It works the other
>> way around just great.  Anything recorded or other media I can see on my
>> windows and other linux boxes just fine.  What I would like is to push
>> video from my android phone to the myth frontend with out having to
>> tether the phone and copy the file across to the videos dir.
>
> Right now, MythTV only operates as a UPNP server.  It does not support
> client functionality.  As a hackish work around, you can use djmount and
> access the files in MythVideo.
>
> One of devs picked up interest in this a few months back, and added some
> partial code for a UPNP client in mythfrontend.  Much of it is
> committed, but unfinished, and sitting in inactive code.  It may be
> ready in time for 0.25.

Well if the dev working on it needs someone to test I'd be willing to 
give it a go.  Contact me off list if you want.  It would be a nice 
feature but I understand how much of a challenge it would be to implement.

-- 
Stephen Atkins
VE6CPU/VE6CIC