[mythtv-users] XM Radio Functionality in Myth

Jack Trout witmore1 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 05:36:14 UTC 2006


heck I have been tempted to setup a cheap unit *I have 3 of the roady 2's
already last 2 I bought were free after rebate*
and setup the lirc to send ir signals to the unit to make the unit change
channels to record, I would love to play some of the standup exclusives that
I am never around to listen to when they air



On 1/9/06, Bret Schuhmacher <bschuhmacher at workbrain.com> wrote:
>
> Don't slam the XM feed too badly - I listen to them all day, every day,
> mostly online, since my office doesn't have a Southern window.
> Sometimes they crack up a bit, but very rarely.  I'd be interested in an
> XM Plugin, too.  In fact, I was thinking about this just the other day.
> I was wondering if there was already a plugin and if not, maybe I'd see
> what it took to create one... :-)
>
> XM is to radio as MythTV is to TV - on your schedule, (mostly)
> commercial free.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Bret
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Steve Adeff
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:16 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XM Radio Functionality in Myth
>
> 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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