[mythtv-users] Feature Idea: ZeroConf Integration?

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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I had an idea about how to try and improve MythTV. I was wondering,  
could it be possible to configure Myth (and some of the Myth modules)  
to utilize ZeroConf (A.K.A. Bonjour/Rendezvous, mDNS)? Backends could  
advertise the MythTV Backend, and MythWeb. They could also advertise  
a Master or Slave flag, so that the network could figure out the  
master/slave configuration as well.

Perhaps rig up a way of advertising all "Video" directories for  
MythVideo? Each system (whether Myth or otherwise) could advertise  
the presence of a video directory (and the location of it, with Read- 
Only access granted to a generic account, like mythtv), and MythVideo  
could pick up on that and automatically add it as a location to  
access (in Browse mode, add it as a directory to browse).

Of course, this would all be opt-in, as some people would rather not  
have that kind of stuff going on inside of their network (I know  
there's always one out there), and it would have to assume that the  
network is a trusted, and secured, one. And perhaps people just like  
putting things together themselves (probably why they chose Myth ;)

Just an idea, wondering what people think about it.
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