[mythtv-users] MythTV + GoogleTV

[Scott Stancil]

Thanks, that's good to know. I'm also curious about using a Google TV box
in conjunction with my existing Myth box, not as a standalone frontend.
 Since Google TVs all have an HDMI pass-through, you can just overlay their
interface on top of your own.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Scott Stancil <hoverduck at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Has anyone recently used a GoogleTV box in combination with MythTV?  I've
>> searched the archives, but everything I found was at least a year old, so I
>> was curious if the newer versions of GTV have made it at all useful.  Is it
>> worth it for anything other than access to Netflix and the like?  I see at
>> least the LG TVs with Google built in come with an IR blaster, so I assume
>> it could be set up for at least some functionality with Myth, but I don't
>> know what assumptions it makes about how standard cable boxes work (i.e.
>> always playing LiveTV by default).
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>> The bottom line for me is I'm really tempted by it because it seems like
>> there could be a huge potential with Android apps...but from what little I
>> know it seems like having a functional PC as my cable box is already
>> satisfying almost everything.
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> This is available in the GoogleTV Store:
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> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tikinou.googletvmyth&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50aWtpbm91Lmdvb2dsZXR2bXl0aCJd
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> It uses our Myth Services API.
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> It is currently closed because Google has not opened their API for
> GoogleTV as of yet, but it is coming.  Once the API is opened up, the code
> will be available.
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