[mythtv-users] Windows frontend / upnp

raphael rpooser at gmail.com
Sun Apr 15 16:18:58 UTC 2007


Brian D. Frost wrote:
> so mediaportal works as a frontend (uPNP)? How does it work?
> 

sorry, massive time delay in responding. List moves too fast and threads 
disappear. Mediaportal doesn't do upnp. I was listing that as a free 
media center for windows similar to myth. But it can't interact with 
myth in any way, unfortunately.

Raphael

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "raphael" <rpooser at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:47:14 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Windows frontend / upnp
> 
> ryan patterson wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > On 3/28/07, *Brian D. Frost* <bfrost at brainboy.com
>  > <mailto:bfrost at brainboy.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  >     I have lurked for a while and googled even longer but havent found a
>  >     good windows frontend for windows. I have used winmyth and
>  >     mythtvplayer but they arent quite the frontend that I am looking for
>  >     (for my wife).
>  >
>  >     Any thoughts on using mythdora or knoppmyth in a vmware appliance or
>  >     using an opensource uPNP frontend (Mediaportal type thing)?
>  >
>  >     Until I convert my wife to linux, any one have any personal
>  >     experience with this? I am running .20...
>  >
>  >
>  > Just for fun I installed knoppmyth on a virtual machine.  Playback of
>  > standard definition mpeg-2 recordings was unacceptably choppy.  It maxed
>  > out both CPU's of my 3Ghz Pentium D.  A fast core 2 duo/quad processor
>  > might give you enough power for smooth playback.  But any HDTV playback
>  > would be impossible I think.  The problem is the virtual machine can't
>  > use any hardware GPU acceleration.
>  >
>  > What frontend features are you missing?  mythtvplayer and mythweb pretty
>  > much cover all the bases I think.
>  >
>  > --
>  > _____________
>  > Ryan Patterson
>  >
> 
> If you're looking for a 10ft front end there aren't any for windows
> besides mediaportal and the proprietary ones. Problem is then you don't
> get auto commericial skipping. I think a while back some people tried it
> through cygwin, and there are a bunch of problems with compiling. I
> tried once and didn't get very far. You're probably better off dual
> booting. I just stuck in a dedicated box, which freed the PC up for
> gaming anyway.
> Rapahel
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