[mythtv-users] MythTV + GoogleTV

[Daniel Frey]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Scott Stancil <hoverduck at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> 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:
>>
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tikinou.googletvmyth&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50aWtpbm91Lmdvb2dsZXR2bXl0aCJd
>>
>> It uses our Myth Services API.
>>
>> 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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I haven't tried it yet, but was thinking you could do the same. I have a
couple that I have been meaning to try it out with.

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