[mythtv-users] Ubuntu TV

[Matt Emmott]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> wrote:
> >> On 1/9/2012 16:43, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >> >> Myth TV and XBMC are popular open-source TV projects, particularly in
> >> >> the Ubuntu community. We’re very pleased to collaborate with members
> >> >> of both communities, enhancing the quality of back-end code that is
> >> >> shared between projects.
> >> > The only code really shared between both MythTV and XBMC are the
> FFMPEG
> >> > decoding libraries both are based around.
> >>
> >> That actually makes even less sense, since they are using GStreamer
> >> instead.
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> > Looks like Will Cooke from Canonical has been in contact with some
> Mythbuntu
> > devs; maybe they're working exclusively with the Mythbuntu folks.
> >
> > https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tv/msg00003.html
>
> some more news from phoronix,
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0MDc
>
>
> --
>
Nice to see that they're making it touchscreen-compatible. I built an HTPC
a couple years ago with a Dell all-in-one touchscreen system and it worked
fairly well, but not having a "back" on-screen button in Myth or XBMC made
it a little cumbersome.

I found this very interesting:
Besides using Unity 2D, Ubuntu TV also relies heavily on Canonical's other
innovation they like, Ubuntu One. With Ubuntu One integrated into Ubuntu TV
it's easy to share movies, music, etc between devices.

Ubuntu One is their cloud service, right? So, all my media is uploaded to
the cloud? First, I have 30GB of music, 2TB of recordings, and 1TB of movie
rips. I can't imagine all that data synching all the time. Second, how in
the heck do they plan on appeasing copyright holders? The last thing we
need are the *AA's cracking down on Ubuntu like they did on ReplayTV a few
years ago.
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