[mythtvnz] Popcorn hour and MythTV

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Richards <amphibem at gmail.com> wrote:
> From the 'Hauppauge NOVA-T-500 and Hauppauge NOVA-T-500 HD' thread:
>
> "Apparently the popcornhour playback devices are shortly to get he-aac
> sound support, at which time they should be great for playback from a
> myth box via uPnP.
>
> Nick."
>
> How does this work? Surely the Popcorn Hour can't work like a full Myth frontend (access the guide, set recording, play/delete recordings etc, use the mythcommflag data)? Can it just access the shared files like any other videos?
>
> It would be awesome to have a consumer electronics device working as basically a mythfrontend (would have to have the same interface, just be able to do all the things a computer running mythfrontend could). An X86 CPU is a hugely in-efficient way to playback H.264, and as noted on this thread there are plenty of issues involved. The flexibility and features of a mythbackend combined with the reliability, ease of use (and the fact it works properly!) of a CE device.
>
> It would have me sold anyway.

It would simply access the recordings (and video and music) via its
uPnP interface. It does not amount to a full frontend. No EPG. No live
tv.

There are lots of uPnP devices that work with mythtv, see the mythtv
wiki for details.

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