[mythtvnz] Oooops correction: MythtTV, where should recorded files go for the uPNP feature?

[Nick Rout]

Oooops djmount is for acting as a uPnP client, 
http://ushare.geexbox.org/ is for servers :-)


Nick Rout wrote:
> As an alternative, if you want to make your videos (as opposed to 
> recorded programmes) available via uPnP you can install and run 
> twonkymedia (15 Eur when I bought a license) or djmount (open source). 
> (http://djmount.sf.net).
>
> I did this for a while and connected to them via geexbox's upnp 
> client. However I eventually realised that it was easier to export the 
> videos directory via samba and use geexbox's samba support.
>
> Of course you won't get some of the commercial set top boxes to 
> recognise every codec and format that you happen to have video files 
> in. Geexbox, which uses mplayer, is far more flexible in that way.
>
>
> Douglas Pearless wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, It has been a very long time since I patched code, I'll have to 
>> go and figure out how to do it!!
>>
>> Cheers Douglas.
>>
>> Quoting Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz>:
>>
>> >
>> > On Wed, March 21, 2007 12:07 pm, Douglas Pearless wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    I have been trying to get some of my own family videos onto my
>> >> KnoppMyth video server so I can access them via my DSM-320 (uPNP).
>> >>
>> >>    I am unsure exactly where the videos (AVI and MPG files) should go
>> >> so the uPNP server in MythTV can find/play them.
>> >>
>> >>    I can see the MythTV uPNP server via my DSM-320, but where shoudl
>> >> the files go?
>> >
>> > Normally the uPNP support only exports RecordedTV and Music. It 
>> doesn't
>> > show your Videos. There is a patch to enable videos.
>> >
>> > Take a look at http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/2565
>> >
>> > I'd really like to know hwo well this works for you. I've played 
>> with some
>> > DLink UPnP devices and the level of support was very poor.
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> > Steven Ellis - Technical Director
>> > OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
>> > email   - steven@openmedia.co.nz
>> > sales   - sales@openmedia.co.nz
>> > support - support@openmedia.co.nz
>> > website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
>> >
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