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Revision as of 15:08, 19 October 2011

MythTV can act as a UPnP server, allowing compatibility with many media client devices. This page is intended to provide information on the various UPnP clients available and how they work with MythTV.

Introduction

MythTV 0.20 added support for UPnP AV, an open standard method for sharing multimedia content. This allows for a MythTV backend server to share its videos with UPnP clients.

UPnP clients have some advantages over MythTV frontends, in that they are designed solely for multimedia playback, and are more suited for a home entertainment environment than many general purpose PCs. They are usually smaller, quieter, and use less power than a full MythTV frontend.

However, since they are not full MythTV clients, they do not have the full MythTV feature set. These devices simply support playback of videos stored in the MythTV backend, and potentially accessing music and photos. Video playback support varies from device to device, but none support the full capabilities of a MythTV client, such as automatic commercial skipping, bookmarks, and flexible FF/REW playback controls.

UPnP Device reports attempt to better document the capabilities of the various UPnP client options, and show MythTV users what to expect when using them. If you wish to create a new device report use the UPnP Client Template.

UPnP Device Reports

Brand Model Type Platform Works? Notes Description
Asus O!Play HDR-R1 Media Tank Yes Official site

Software UPnP Clients

  • Andromote, a control point/Media Renderer for the Android Platform.
  • PlugPlayer, a control point/Media Renderer for the iPhone, iPad, Android, and Mac OS.
  • SnapStream BTV/BeyondTV, a commercial Media Control/Renderer/Server and PVR for Windows.
  • Nero MediaHome (part of Nero Premium), a commercial Media Control/Renderer/Server for Windows, (also features nice on-the-fly transcoding funcationlity and media organizing).
  • Cyberlink PowerCinema, a commercial Media Control/Renderer/Server for Windows, (also features nice media organizing funcationlity).
  • djmount, a free open source Linux client, which presents all MediaServers in a filesystem so that files can be played using any media player.
  • GeeXboX, a free embedded Linux LiveCD-based Media Player distribution which can be used on an x86 or PowerPC hardware. GeeXboX can also be installed to a disk drive, USB disk, or CF flash.
  • Media Manager, from Roxio, which is used for transferring media to smart phones, such as the Blackberry Curve.
  • MediaCloud, a player for Mac OS X (AppleTV plugin also available).
  • Platinum UPnP SDK, a cross-platform dual license open source/commercial UPnP Media Control/Renderer/Server SDK for Windows, Linux, Mac. (This is what XBMC uses).
  • Intel UPnP AV open Test and Development Tools, UPnP UDP-Sniffer/Device-Spy/Device-Builder code generator.
  • XBMC (formerly X Box Media Center). Free client for XBox, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. Has built in UPnP from the Platinum UPnP C++ SDK.

Hardware UPnP Clients

UPnP Clients not yet tested with MythTV

  • Slimserver: a non-tested free open source UPnP-client (and server) from Slim Devices for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. (Comment by news: Up to my knowledge they use their proprietary protocol and not uPnP)
  • GMediaRender, a free open source UNIX/Linux media renderer.
  • JRiver Media Center, a commercial Media Control/Renderer/Server for Windows.
  • Musicmatch Jukebox, a commercial MediaServer UPnP MediaServer and music-player for Windows.
  • Nero ShowTime, a commercial Media Control/Renderer/Server for Windows.
  • VLC media player, a free open source cross-platform media player that has a UPnP-client (via the CyberLink UPnP plugin).
  • WinAmp, a free closed source media player for Windows, using the commercial On2Share UPnP plugin.
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP), a free closed source media player for Windows, using the commercial On2Share UPnP plugin.
  • D-Link DSM-320, MediaLounge Wireless Media Player, (stand-alone hardware player).
  • D-Link DSM-320RD, MediaLounge Wireless Media Player with DVD and Card Reader, (stand-alone hardware player).
  • NETGEAR EVA8000, a wireless HD-capable media player supporting a range of formats.

Clients not compatible with MythTV

  • Sonos Zone Player is a UPnP-client which can't play its content on any non-Sonos device (it uses some propritory protocol to stream audio).
  • Elgato eyeHome hardware is not a UPnP client. It seems to use the iRDMI (ShoutCast?) protocol, plus other proprietary stuff (ports 1055-1059)
  • Archos 605 wifi plays music fine. It can browse videos, but many aren't playable. .VOB files seem to work.
  • Canola has the ability to play audio from UPnP servers but the plugin specifically says MythTV is not supported.
  • D-Link DSM-330 DiVx Connected HD Media Player - UPnP not supported
  • XBOX 360 According to GreyFoxx, this does not work 8/21/09 - Works perfect

See Also

External Links

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