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I have MythTV installed in a Jail on FreeNAS 9.3 and working as an over-the-air (OTA) television recorder. 

 

I'd like to use Plex Media Server as the front-end to MythTV.  I've heard about a Plex plugin for MythTV; does it exist?

 

Can anyone tell me how to use Plex to view my MythTV recordings?

 

Thank you.

 

- nello

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Hi Nello,

Yes - it exists, but I believe it expects the mythbackend and plex server to be the same machine.  Check it out:  

https://github.com/tschaumburg/MythRecordings.bundle/releases

Good luck!

Dr C.

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Yes - it exists, but I believe it expects the mythbackend and plex server to be the same machine.  Check it out:  

https://github.com/tschaumburg/MythRecordings.bundle/releases

Yes, I installed it and it allows me to make MythTV a "channel" on Plex.

Please let me know if there are other Plex/MythTV integration software that you recommend.

Thank you.

- nello

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I'm working through using Roku 3's as frontends.  It does work with the Plex 'channel' for Roku (MythTV shows up there, too), but for some reason it undergoes an extra transcode that impacts quality.  I'm capturing MPEG4s from an HDHomeRun Plus/Extend, so it should be a simple remux, but it's getting a full transcode.  Not sure if this is a 'plugin' issue or a Plex issue, but I'm digging.  

Cheers

Dr.C.

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Actually, I did a reinstall - from mythbuntu   14.02.2, and everything seems to be working.  Use the 'max' settings on the Roku if the underlying format is compatible :-)

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I'm capturing MPEG4s from an HDHomeRun Plus/Extend 

My MythTV is also using a HD HomeRun Extend (Firmware ver 20141124) for over-the-air (OTA) recording but I get only MPEG2.  How do you get MPEG4?  (Please excuse me for asking a MythTV configuration question in a Plex forum.)

- nello

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It's a good question - not obvious.  You simply launch the HDHomeRun Config GUI from Windows (Sorry, I'm on a windows laptop, other than my NASes and Linux box), hit the topmost 'device' box (it has the HDHomeRun's ID as the label - and has the two tuners underneath) and change the Default Transcode Profile to your selection - I picked 'mobile,' which is 720p.  

Good luck!

Dr. C.

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You simply launch the HDHomeRun Config GUI from Windows (Sorry, I'm on a windows laptop, other than my NASes and Linux box), hit the topmost 'device' box (it has the HDHomeRun's ID as the label - and has the two tuners underneath) and change the Default Transcode Profile to your selection - I picked 'mobile,' which is 720p.  

I run Macs (other than my FreeNAS server).  Unfortunately, HDHomeRun Config for Mac is very barebones and doesn't have the options you mention.   

However, my HDHomeRun Extend has a web interface so just addressing a web browser at its IP address brings up all the configuration options.  This is discussed in the MythTV Wiki:

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Plus#Setting_the_Default_Transcode_Profile

The options are:

  • none
  • heavy
  • mobile
  • internet540
  • internet480
  • internet360
  • internet240

I don't see anything that indicate MPEG2 vs. MPEG4.

Apparently all of them (other than 'none' ?) are h.264; the difference among them is the bitrate:

http://chrishubbs.com/2014/08/05/using-hdhomerun-plus-to-record-h-264-video-with-windows-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-80699

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Those are the same options as in the GUI - mobile is h.264 720p (I forget the Mbps rate, but that varies as a VBR point) - everything but 'none' is h.264!

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(You'll have to google around for how I figured that out... like I said, it isn't obvious!)