[mythtv-users] Running XBMC on an Xbox as a MythTV frontend

Robert Johnston anaerin at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 18:08:08 UTC 2010


On 18/01/2010 9:35 AM, Justin Garrison wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Christian <CvB at kruemel.org
> <mailto:CvB at kruemel.org>> wrote:
>> > Is an Xbox a viable frontend for watching Live TV?
>>
>>  I'm using XBMC (on Linux, not an X-Box) also to watch live tv. You need to
>>  figure out for yourself if this is "viable" for you, but at least it's
>>  working.
>>
>>  Regards, Christian
>
> I think there is a way to watch LiveTV with the XBMC MythTV python
> plugin. I know you can at least schedule and watch recordings that way.
> I have never tried with LiveTV though
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/

The XBMCMythTV plugin is not supported (at all) on XBox. But the 
built-in mythtv:// source works just fine, though it's not documented at 
all, but it does support LiveTV.
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