[mythtv-users] HLS Without Transcoding?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/16/2012 05:54 AM, Jack wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any way of using the HLS functionality of the API without
> transcoding the media? I have a 'smart' TV and Blu-ray player in
> separate rooms and these devices are capable of playing any of the
> videos or recordings natively via UPnP. There are only two drawbacks to
> this :-
>
> 1. I don't get all the artwork and metadata that I do with a real Myth
> client
> 2. Watching recordings 'in progress' doesn't work.
>
> The thought occurred that I could use the new APIs to create a web-based
> front-end for these devices, however it looks as though the HLS API
> wants to transcode all video files to a specified or default resolution
> and bit-rate. As the network and receivers are already capable of
> handling the data natively, this seems to be a waste of CPU time and a
> needless downgrading of the source material.
>
> I have not done much in the way of experimentation as yet, but am I
> right in that belief and is there a way around it?
>

Don't you just want to use UPnP to stream the videos to the TV?

Mike