[mythtv] BBC iPlayer Plugin release / MythStreams

[Paul Harrison]

Richard Ablewhite wrote:
> Evening,
>
> Just a quick note to say ive finished the first version of a plugin
> for the BBC iPlayer. It uses the streams provided for the iPhone that
> the beeb let loose last Fri. The plugin is based heavily on the Movie
> Times plugin but will develop in time.
>
> Content is downloaded and transcoded in mencoder to an mpeg2 and then
> that file played in myth. This is wasteful but I had problems getting
> the streaming file to play directly in myth (and strangely enough
> ffplayer/ffmpeg). Will look into it eventually.
>
> Next few versions will happen fairly soon and will bring in support
> for content from other providers, such as CNetTV, Revision3 content
> etc.
>
> Install info in the wiki
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythStreams
>
> Vid of it:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7eVgPMTa0g
>
> Richard Ablewhite
>   
I've just given this a try and it worked fine after a few teething 
troubles. Great work :-)

I know it's a first beta but here's a couple of things I noticed while 
testing this.

* I think the name MythStreams is a little confusing because there is 
already a third party plugin called MythStream.  It may in fact be 
possible to write a stream parser or whatever they are called for 
MythStream to do this but I do like the simplicity of this plugin and it 
works unlike most of the parsers for MythStream when I tried it.

* You should make it clear you have to put the mythstream source 
directory in the mythplugins directory so the correct PREFIX etc can be 
found otherwise it will compile fine but will be installed into the 
wrong directory.

* You don't install the playiplayer.sh script and it seems to want it 
installed to /usr/local/bin/ it should look for the script in $PREFIX/bin

Paul H.