[mythtv-users] Winmyth

raphael rpooser at gmail.com
Thu Jan 18 00:27:51 UTC 2007


>
>     At the risk of someone telling me "gee, why don't you go do it then?",
>     why hasn't anyone made a 10ft UI for mythfrontend on windows yet?
>     These players like winmyth and mythtvplayer seem to be geared towards
>     someone who is sitting directly in front of a monitor using a keyboard
>     and mouse.  In truth, dsmyth plus mapping a network drive seems to
>     work
>     just as well for me.  A 10ft interface would be much better on the
>     other
>     hand.
>     Raphael
>
>
> From what I've heard, part of the problem with porting to windows is 
> that qt3 isn't licensed under the GPL under windows, even 
> non-commercially.  They changed the license in qt4 to allow 
> non-commercial use on windows under the GPL, but MythTV doesn't work 
> with qt4 right now.  Of course I could be completely wrong about this.
>
Oh, yeah, you're totally right.  Seems I forgot that little detail.  
Stupid me, that pretty much sums that up.
Raphael


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