[mythtv-users] family acceptance test.

[Rob Verduijn]

2015-08-12 14:09 GMT+02:00 Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been using mythtv for so long I can't remember when I started with it.
> I always liked it and my family has happily adopted it.
>
> The 'misses acceptance' test has been passed many times over without
> any problems, Even with the adoption of 3rd party features like
> netflix.
>
> However in the past years a new requirement has been added.
>
> This can be called the '7 year old acceptence' test.
>
> most parts of mythtv pass this test easily.
> Including the 3rd party netflix additions.
> (which has received an extremely high score in the '7 year old' test
> if I may say so)
>
> Live tv watching however barely passed , but this was not to blame on
> mythtv, but on the fact that live tv does not allow binge viewing of
> 'my little pony', 'bob the builder' and similar shows.
>
> netvision was also discovered, how to use it was deduced rather
> quickly, and soon supervision on the selection from youtube was
> required.
>
> The part that did fail miserably however on the '7 year old
> acceptance' test was music.
>
> There is no way I could explain, or that the 7 year old (capable of
> reading by now) could figure out was how to put on the music the 7
> year old wanted to hear.
>
> I must say that even I find it troublesome to put on music through mythmusic.
>
> So my question:
> Anybody who has managed to integrate an easy to use interface for
> his/her music collection in mythtv ?
> One that can pass both family acceptance tests ?
>
> Cheers
> Rob

Hello all again,

Thank you for your colorfull responses.

People please at least try to be polite, the myth devs do a lot of good work.

Please try to be polite and thank them for all the hard work they have
put in for FREE for you to use.

Mythtv is very open and can be adjusted if you take the time it does
everything you want it to.

I've used it for many years and would really like to give a big THANK
YOU to all the myth devs and all the people who have contributed to
the mythtv project.
I've enjoyed the use of mythtv and the tweaking of it to get it to do
what I want it to do.

Currently I'm trying to tweak mythtv into doing something else than
the default music.

So far I've got several responses worth considering.

* squeezebox, nice got one in the kitchen, however integrating it into
the living room frontend is a bit of a time concuming challenge.
* mpd, sounds nice but it requires another device for controlling it
in the living room.
( which I personally seriously object to, I already have enough
remotes, my kids won't get any smartphones soon )
* Something with apple....NO!!! (veto from me, not open for discussion)
* totem....hmmm never liked it, but I'll give it a try, any
documentation on how to integrated it in a mythtv frontend ?
* kodi, also a very serious option, however also time consuming to
tweak and tune. ( I've got a very limited amount of spare time )

Things I wish I had time for :
* learn how to program c/python/ruby/java and rewrite the music backend myself
* create a design for an interface that does work (according to me)

Cheers
Rob