[mythtvnz] General questions

[Steve V]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Ross and Jemima Knudsen <ross.jemima at gmail.com>
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 3:16:44 PM
> Subject: [mythtvnz] General questions
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just was wondering a couple of things.
> 
> Is Mythtv suitable for commercial use (ie sold as part of a media 
> centre) or are there copyright or other legal infringements?
> 
> Has anyone been able to use the UPNP backend in Myth?  It shows up on my 
> Windows machine but I can't play anything back using WMP it just locks 
> up.  Also I seem to get several entries showing up for the same 
> recording.  Myth doesn't make use of UPNP does it?  Just wondering 
> because when you haven't set up the backend connection correctly you get 
> the error message that no UPNP backends were found.
> 
> Cheers
> Ross
> 
Hi Ross,

the myth UPNP server works for me, somewhat.

I have a couple of clients - a Denon AV receiver and a Samsung TV. The Denon works fine (audio only), the Samsung although it can show the list of files always say file is in the wrong format to play.

In the end I don't use the myth UPNP with my Denon (even though it works) as I don't like the way it lists my music. I ended up using Fuppes and after quite a bit of setup I'm very happy with it.


Cheers

Steve