[mythtv-users] Myth client for Windows?

steve sfreilly at roadrunner.com
Tue Oct 14 03:33:47 UTC 2008


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Darrin wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Richard Woelk <richardwoelk at yahoo.ca
> <mailto:richardwoelk at yahoo.ca>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     Darrin wrote:
>>
>>
>>     On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:nick.rout at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>         On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Darrin <mtv at aperature.org
>>         <mailto:mtv at aperature.org>> wrote:
>>         >
>>         > Does anyone know of a current project for a windows front
>>         end?  I checked
>>         > the archives, but everything that was referenced seems to be
>>         dead for over 6
>>         > months.  I did read about a port of mythfrontend to Windows,
>>         but it does
>>         > seem strange to me that no one has posted about it since
>>         last spring and the
>>         > only option is to build it from scratch.  In the windows
>>         world, there aren't
>>         > a lot of end users that are willing to undertake that kind
>>         of effort to get
>>         > it working on their systems.
>>         >
>>
>>         I assume you have seen this thread?
>>
>>         http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/329417
>>
>>         (although as you say, its 6 months old).
>>         _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>     Yeah.  I searched gossamer-threads and saw several promising posts
>>     without any apparent new developments for quite a while.  I guess
>>     I'll stick with Mythtv Player for now.  
>>
>>       
>     Hey,
>         Here's a link to the mythtv windows port. I've had success
>     compiling trunk on a 32 bit windows machine. It took a long time
>     since the only 32 bit windows computer I have is my 1.6GHz centrino
>     laptop
> 
>     http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Windows_Port
> 
> 
>     - Richard
> 
> 
> Thanks.  I saw that, but I'm already knee deep in compiling packages for
> SuSE and I don't really want to go down the road of compiling the
> Windows front end at the same time.  If there was an active,
> pre-compiled package to work with, that would be great but at the
> moment, I need to finish the build on SuSE before I could spend time on
> a Windows build, even if it is scripted.  I guess it's just personal
> preference.
> 


WOW,  took a look at the windows myth port instructions, I vaguely
remember it being that difficult years ago with linux......... certainly
come a LONG way.  Your a better man than me if you even attempt that set
of windows instructions lol





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