[mythtv-users] MythTV vs XBMC

Mark Perkins perkins1724 at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 9 13:12:22 UTC 2014



> On 9 Jun 2014, at 10:00 pm, "david brooke" <david2012brooke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Phil Wild <phil at holobyte.com.au> wrote:
>> I'm late into this thread.
>> 
>> I don't use xbmc but use Plex instead. I like plex for the central
>> database (I know xbmc can sort of do this) and the ability of sync
>> content for off-line use.
>> We have 1 TV in our house and lots of tablets that also play lots of content.
>> I have integrated Plex into the mythtv menu and hardly ever use the
>> "videos" function of mythtv anymore.
>> 
>> I still think mythtv is the best interface for the DVR aspects
>> (scheduling, recording, liveTV, navigating). It is fast, responsive
>> and intuitive.
>> 
>> Plex provides a much better "videos" interface and is consistent
>> across all devices. Recordinging from mythtv are dumped into a
>> directory that Plex manages for recorded content using a script where
>> the name escapes me (creates correct file names).
>> 
>> It all works very well.
>> 
>> Phil
> Could you please provide the script and process that "dumps Mythtv recordings into a directory"?
> _______________________________________________

I assume he was referring to mythlink.pl.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl
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