[mythtv-users] XM Radio Functionality in Myth

Egeekial egeekial at comcast.net
Mon Jan 9 23:48:57 UTC 2006


Matt wrote:

>Hello,
>
>   I did a little searching, but never found any real discussion on
>integrating XM (or other satellite radio) into MythTV.  Are any of the
>developers interested in this?  I bring it up because over Christmas,
>my family and I subscribed to XM radio.  While I can hook it directly
>to my stereo, I'd love to be able to use it directly in MythTV.
>
>I have to admit, I didn't come up with the idea.  I was walking
>through Best Buy yesterday and I saw the Windows XP Media Center
>display.  However, one of the employees was listening to and changing
>XM channels on it.  So, I went home and found this:
>
>http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/screen/pr_2005_ces_microsoft.html
>
>Basically it appears that there's a plugin in Windows MCE that acts as
>a frontend wrapper around "XM Radio Online" which allows XM
>subscribers to stream music over the net.  What's nice about it is the
>way it presents the information to the user.
>
>I think SageTV also has a sirrius and XM plugin as well.
>
>Either way, I just wanted to see if anyone besides me would be
>interested in such a plugin!
>
>Thanks!
>Matt
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>
I would love to have such a plugin for XM. In fact, I think I even asked 
on this list before, but I didn't get many responses if any.


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