[mythtv-users] XM Radio Functionality in Myth

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 00:16:03 UTC 2006


On Monday 09 January 2006 17:33, 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

have you listened to their online streams? they're pretty poor quality, 
nowhere near their satelite feed in quality. My friend has XM and set up XBMC 
to listen online and we were pretty disapointed with the quality.

-- 
Steve


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