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[Humax HDR-7500T as a DLNA server]

Humax HDR-7500T as a DLNA server

I actually did some research to find out if the Humax had this capability (to serve DLNA) but I couldn't find anything to suggest it had it.   The Ice spec page here http://www.icetv.com.au/store/PVRs/Humax_HDR7500T_1TB_PVR  doesn't imply this, though it does show a DLNA player capability.   Also there is no mention in the Humax manual, though again there is mention of a DLNA player capability.

So imagine my surprise when I switched the source on my Samsung TV, looking for my TVMobili DLNA server, and found HDR-7500T as well!!!!

When I tested if it worked I was again pleasantly surprised.   The Samsung TV didn't have any problems playing the DLNA stream (which is surprising because normally it is quite fickle - I have a NAS which claims to serve DLNA, but that's another story...).   It also played fine on VLC on both computers in the study...simultaneously, while the wife was also using the Humax to watch TV in the lounge room, oblivious to my background machinations.

The wife and I are planning to get another TV for our bedroom and this would work brilliantly with the Humax serving DLNA and being programmed via Ice from our phones.

Also TPG (my Internet provider) is playing with serving multiple IPTV streams via DLNA see here http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1619072 So DLNA has a big future in our house.

There is only one small fly in the ointment - it takes a minute or two to find the Humax, and this is true for both The Samsung TV and VLC.  Both of which find TVMobili and the NAS straight away.   But otherwise I couldn't be more stoked.   I really think both Humax and Ice need to update their documentation though.   The ability to serve DLNA is an important selling point, which customers need to be made aware of.

Mark

For MythTV and Freevo users, we've updated the "tv_grab_au_ice" guide grabber script to version 4.  This includes an important change that tells the PVR to download all the guide data at once, rather than in multiple hits to our server.

All users of this script are kindly requested to upgrade ASAP, to reduce load on our servers.

http://www.icetv.com.au/cgi-bin/websupport.cgi?op=show_faq&faq_id=71&faq_cat_id=18

Thanks to Patrick Nichols for the help in changing the script.

Russell

Russell, you need to look http://forum.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php?topic=2178.0.  Version 4 no longer works.

Thanks Dippy for the updated version. Worked straight away for me on my Mythbuntu 10.04 Backend. Has any one reported the issue to Ice?

I went to the support page and sent them a message

Hey Guys,

I had this problem to, so I've spent a few hours updating the Ice script to use the new perl XML libraries that allow the configuration to be run from within MythTVSetup. I have confirmed it works for MythBuntu 9.1
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Let me know if you have any problems with the grabber. I'll see if I can get the Ice guys to make it the default one that is downloaded.

David.

Dippy,
thanks a lot.   Your grabber works fine for me.

cheers  :)

Mark