[mythtv] MythBuster: Blockbuster Online clone of MythFlix now possible?

Matt skd5aner at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 18:45:18 UTC 2008


On Jan 13, 2008 7:41 PM, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
> * On Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 06:56:12PM -0500, Matt wrote:
> > I'm not a developer, unfortunately, but I did briefly browse the
> > mythflix source on SVN.  Just wondering how much rework would have to
> > be done to forklift out the netflix specific stuff and dump in the
> > blockbuster specific stuff.  Any developers (and/or users) in the same
> > boat out there who'd like to see the blockbuster equivalent?
>
> Anyone wanting to work on this needs to do something similar to the
> mythweather rewrite.  There needs to be a generic plugin that can
> work with both Netflix and Blockbuster depending on what set of scripts
> you use.  The remote calls to manage the queues and get the RSS feeds
> should be abstracted out, but the plugin should use a common framework
> to display the information.
>
> We don't want to have different plugins for every online DVD rental
> system out there (there are more than the above two big players).
>
> --
> Chris
> _______________________________________________


Well - that idea sounds fair enough to me.  However, I can't say that
mythweather is anything to brag about in it's current state.  It just
simply does not work, it's hard to configure, and when it does work it
only works with some of the themes.

While idealy these should be abstracted out, it might just be easier
to port mythflix to utilize blockbuster and then work on the side to
combine the two.

Either way - I'm not sure I'm the guy for the job... I just wanted to
make some folks aware that this feature is new in blockbuster online
since the question was brought up when mythflix was originally
released.  Back then, and until recently, RSS feeds for blockbuster
online weren't available like they were for netflix.

Also, in my searches for more info, I did come across this blockbuster
plugin for MCE: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/180944.aspx

Thanks!
Matt


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