[mythtv-users] MythIPTV Beta 2

[Michael Still]

ryan patterson wrote:

> IPTV is a standard that is already defined and in use all over the
> world.  There is no special API that is required.  MythTV SVN already
> has an IPTV tuner implemented.
> 
> Your "Video Blogging" is completely different from IPTV.  IPTV is for
> real time "brodcasting" of TV (live or prerecorded) over an IP network. 
> Your Video Blogging is a script for automatically downloading
> prerecorded video files.  That is not the same thing at all.
> 
> Don't get me wrong I do like your program idea.  Just the name you used
> is already taken.

Ok, so I see on further reading of that page that IPTV "typically"
refers to a multicast stream of video. I was also unaware of the SVN
support for such streams. Do you have a reference for that?

Does anyone have an allergic reaction to "MythNetTV" as a possible name?

Mikal