[mythtv] Some Ideas on MythTV - Convergence

[Stephan Wentz]

> 1.
> The MythMovie is already there as MythVideo. (I has a new cvs commit I'm
> adding this weekend with lots of good
> Changes)
>
> The big issue with this is do we go write a whole full-blown app like
> mplayer, always keep up with
> The latest codecs,..etc..or do we just spawn off to mplayer and let them
> deal with it.
> The latter is what I'm doing now.
>
> If people prefer, I could try and rip out the guts of mplayer and
> directly make a MythVideo/Movie
> Application..if that's what the overall vision is, then I guess it's
> better to start sooner than later.
>
> Personally, I'm using mythvideo with mythtv 100% of the time. It's my
> main "tv". I have yet to have
> Any problems. (well..except for the reemote control, but I'm working on
> that)

hmm i don't know why it should be changed? runs fine the way it is!
maybe the selection-screen could be updated, and fit into the generell 
display-theme... and the keys should be equal to mythtv! (don't now if this 
is the case right now)

> 2. MythRadio. Good idea..i had actually just pulled out my radio tuner
> card out of the attic and was thinking about it myself...

great idea! i have a wintv pci-fm with a radio tuner, would be great to use 
this thing myth mythtv!

> 3. no comment

me too ;-)

> 4. what I really want to do is have mythfronend be able to run
> completely as a "slave" i.e. listen to a network
> Port and be able to send it commands to do..essentially giving it a
> network API.
> It's not quite what you're saying but could kinda jive.

hmm wait a minute... hehe... this is weird... mythbackend as a server listens 
to mythfrontend as a client, and mythfrontend should listen as a server to 
some other client? this _isn't_ what a client is supposed to do! why not 
build this stuff into the server, it's _his_ work to receive data and compute 
things!
reminds me of the mysql-discussion here ;-)


> 5. I think this is also an awesome idea, and my opinion is expecially if
> you are interestred in doing it,
> That it'd be the best thing for you to do.

i don't think i have any need for this, but it _really_ sounds interesting! 

bye, stephan

>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Risto Treksler
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:36 PM
> To: mythtv-dev at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv] Some Ideas on MythTV - Convergence
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Let me first disclaim that this is my first time posting to the list,
> and I have searched the list archives a bit to try not to duplicate too
> many ideas. I have also NOT used the product, so please bear with me
> WHEN I mention things that already exist.
>
> I have 6 main questions or ideas.
> Please reply with thoughts on how much work has gone into these ideas
> already.
>
> 1)MythDVD/MythDivx --MythMovie?
> 2)MythRadio
> 3)MythBurner
> 4)MythWeb "Setup Section"
> 5)MythMeeting
>
>
> 1)MythMovie
>  - Ability to play DVD/Divx/VCD/and burnt MythTV format files.
>  - It should be fairly obvious how to play a movie file on a removable
> device
>    when looking at the main menu."Play a recording" looks kind of right,
>    but not quite
>
> 2)MythRadio
>  - Internet Radio or FM Radio from a radio card.
>  - Some tuner cards also have FM capability
>    so lots of people might already have the hardware for this.
>
> 3)MythBurner
>  - Make CD compilations from ripped tracks or burn the MP3 library
>  - Burn TV Episodes to save HDD space
>    transcoding the file before burning might also come in handy
>
> 4)MythWeb "Setup Section"
>  - any and all necessary config changes from a default install
>    hopefully this would be good enough, so that
>    you can just give someone an rpm and have them install the rpm,
>    or install MythOS form an iso (if such a thing came to be)
>    start mythtv, go to this admin page
>    and do ALL configuration from here,
>    but even some configurability from a web interface would also be
> nice.
>  - eg changing the locale for the weather channel
>  - eg changing the default video recording quality
>  - eg changing videoconferencing settings for MythMeeting
>
> 5)MythMeeting
>  - A video conferencing utility similar to the Polycom setup.
>  - This I am most interested in, and am willing to spend the most time
> on.
>  - Ability to record meetings, use an address book, select connection
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