[mythtv] Idea

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 14 August 2003 02:06 pm, Jason Schloer wrote:
> So, I'm thinking of doing some work on Myth but wanted to check and see
> if it's something that others would want at all(especially Isaac),
> before I go devoting too much time to it. That said, I was thinking of
> extending the plugin architecture to support an interface for TV
> overlay. My main reason for doing this is Home automation, but I imagine
> there would be other uses as well. I'd like to be able to open a plugin
> menu which lists all plugins which implement mythplugin_overlay, or
> something like that. Existing plugins could support it, for example,
> mythmusic could allow CD ripping while watching TV, or myth weather
> could be turned on to show the weather somewhere on screen. A Stock
> plugin could be added to display a stock ticker if a user wanted. For me
> I'd like to be able to turn off the lights without dropping out of
> watching my current show to the main menu, or heaven forbid get off my
> lazy arse and turn them off manually.
>
> Anyway, forgive me if this has been discussed before and rejected or
> seems like a crummy idea. I mostly wanted to see if work in this
> direction would potentially be accepted into the project, or if it would
> violate some original premise of its design. Look forward to hearing
> everyone's input. Later,

Yeah, that'd be cool.  I made the current version of the OSD code with that in 
mind, actually.

Isaac