[mythtv-users] MythTV and BitTorrent?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Mon Jul 21 15:41:38 UTC 2008


On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 07:44:47AM -0400, Chuck Peters wrote:
> One thing I have wondered about for a long time is why hasn't someone
> offered a service that uses bittorrent to legally subscribe to TV
> content, just like the promised cable service of paying for only the
> channels you want. Did anyone catch the Wimbleton final recently? I
> missed the end of it because delays caused it to run late and our
> recording ended, that could be avoided with a Internet based service.
> Why doesn't someone build a plugin that uses mythtv to access a
> subscription service like that?

Go read those links I posted.

Fox is doing precisely that.

Ok, ok; they're doing it with a series that went off the air 5 years
ago now... but at least they're *starting*.

Cheers,
-- jra
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