[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12616: Wish: HbbTV on MythTV

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#12616: Wish: HbbTV on MythTV
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     Reporter:  pjw1965@…             |      Owner:
         Type:  Bug Report - General  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor                 |  Milestone:  unknown
    Component:  MythTV - General      |    Version:  Unspecified
     Severity:  medium                |   Keywords:
Ticket locked:  0                     |
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 Because I could nothing find on / and Tickets I copy a unanswered question
 from 2011 here...

 For those of you who don't know what HbbTV is:

 Providers can provide HTML content tailored for TV by transmitting the
 according URL inside the AIT of the DVB stream.

 The TV (several models of Sony, etc) or DVB receiver (eg Vantage VT1) then
 displays the URL on screen upon pressing the red button on the remote
 control.
 It is possible to include video content in such pages or display the live
 TV picture (either in the background or resized in a window).

 So the providers may provide stuff like EPG, enhanced Videotext, VoD
 offers, etc.

 >From a technical point of view the following steps would be necessary to
 have this functionality in MythTV:

 * read the AIT from the DVB stream and check for URLs
 * upon red-button key-event, display the URL (with Live TV picture either
 in background or resized in the HTML-page. Maybe no live pic at all, only
 audio. Resized display should be comparable to PIP or Live-View in
 EPG???).
 * Key-Events should then be handled by the displayed HTML-page instead of
 Fullscreen-TV (eg cursor keys, OK, numbers, ...)


 Is anybody already working on this?

 How complicated do you estimate the development to be? Is MythTV's
 modularity sophisticated enough to make it possible right now or will
 changes to the architecture be necessary?

 Thanks for your answers in advance!

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