[mythtv-users] how to improve Myth (was "OT: I'm streaming Netflix on my Linux box")

[jedi]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 07:48:11PM -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Magnus wrote:
> 
> > Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> >> They've already cornered themselves in their respective rooms and are
> >> redesigning the entire foundation the UI is built on.
> >
> > This is very good to hear.
> >
> > If I may suggest something for consideration and discussion, though, I
> > think there are some back-end considerations to keep in mind as well.
> >
> > So all of the media known to Myth is available through one  
> > interface, as
> > opposed to a bunch of disjointed plugins each giving their own
> > interface.  Yes, plugins are still extremely valuable for describing  
> > to
> > Myth different media object types, the sort of metadata that needs  
> > to be
> > kept on each media type and how to get it, etc.  The devil is in the
> > details, of course, but the payoff is huge.
> 
> It's been talked about before. You can look through the archives.
> The short answer is: Feature Requests go on the wiki and patches are  
> always welcome. (in other words: It's a lot of work and will take a  
> very long time to get there with such limited resources)
 
> >> redesigning the entire foundation the UI is built on.

     Sounds like they are expending those resources already.