[mythtv-users] 0.25 problems with UPnP

[John Pilkington]

I think it's time for a brief summary of my findings with UPnP, my new 
Panasonic Series E5 TV, and MythTV 0.24-fixes and 0.25-fixes.

First: when it works it works well.  I'm using wired ethernet behind a 
router.  Playback is excellent and I haven't seen anything on recorded 
broadcast material (SD DVB-T and HD DVB-T2) that looks as if there might 
be any attempt to limit video performance. In comparison with 
Mythfrontend, navigation through large libraries of content is fairly 
basic.  During playback ff/fb is available from the remote; I don't 
suppose that variable speed is,though.

Now the problems, 0.25 first.

Recordings are in MPEG-TS format, and play.  If you transcode somehow to 
MPEG-PS format (eg lossless Mythtranscode), as I usually do, the 
recording doesn't play.

Videos: both MPEG-TS and MPEG-PS play.  A short .mp4 clip from 2DF that 
Stefan Brackertz uploaded here a few weeks ago also plays. A MythVideo 
scan of a previously empty Video Group lists everything twice, with 
minor differences, and further scans add more copies.

0.24-fixes:

Recordings play, both MPEG-TS and MPEG-PS.  For Videos I see only a 
VideoRoot folder with one unplayable 'Mythburn' item;  I tried dropping 
another video file into the only folder I could find that already had a 
video of that name, and it didn't show.  Google suggests this is an old 
problem and 0.25 uses a different scanning mechanism. I think my Video 
folders and VideoGroups are properly set up.

Since I expect to move over to 0.25 sooner or later the biggest problem 
for me is the failure to play transcoded recordings presented as 
recordings.  The fact that this can be done in 0.24 suggests that the 
problem isn't in the TV.

I'm delighted with what I've seen so far - but it would be nice to get 
that difficulty sorted out.  And oh, yes:  I have a large collection of 
MythArchive DVDs that play fine from a standalone player; any prospect 
of playing them (variable speed) through the internal player and UPnP?  :-)

Cheers,

John P