[mythtv-users] UPnP stream Live TV

[Robert Houghton]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 3/24/2011 3:28 AM, Robert Houghton<robbadler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I haven't found any recent discussion or activity on the possibility of
> > streaming live TV to UPnP clients. Does anyone know the current state of
> > this request, or has anyone made changes that are not in trac or github?
> >
> > My setup is such that my AV receiver does not have coax-in, and so I
> cannot
> > take advantage of multichannel audio in my HD OTA streams when watching
> > Live. Streaming MythTV recordings to my HTPC will use the 5.1 sound,
> because
> > it is through the HTPC HDMI cable. I am aware that this would use up one
> of
> > the free tuners, and there would need to be some prioritization of
> scheduled
> > recordings vs UPnP streaming of live broadcasts, but it should be
> possible
> > to accomplish. So, just fishing for information I guess.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Robert
>
> I am running 0.21-fixes with HD Homerun tuners.  I recently installed
> XBMC on another computer to try it out as a frontend.  I was able to
> watch live TV on it from the MythTV backend.  It worked just fine.  I
> don't remember if it was via UPnP or the XBMC built-in myth protocol.
> So if this worked in 0.21-fixes, it should work in the current version.
>
> You could just install mythtv frontend on your HTPC.  If you can stream
> (watch) recordings you should be able to do the same with "live TV",
> since I believe that there is no difference in mythtv with respect to
> watching live TV or recordings.  Live TV is nothing more than a chasing
> playback of an in-progress recording.
>
> Jay
>
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The stable version of XBMC doesn't support 0.24 protocol yet.
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