[mythtv-users] mythfrontend as "app" on Sony Bravia TV?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Kris Jensen <kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se> wrote:
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>> 2015-02-08 11:45 GMT+01:00 Stefan G. Weichinger <lists at xunil.at>:
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>>> my Sony Bravia TV brings all these SEN-apps with it ... for example
>>> YouTube and Netflix etc etc
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>>> I wonder if it would be possible to have a mythfrontend app for that?
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>>> Maybe there already is one?
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>> I don't think there are any frontend apps for any smart tv. The best you
>> can do is enabling DLNA in mythtv and browse the recordings. The last thing
>> I heard was that the processors weren't fast enough and getting hardware
>> enabled playback on the TV's wasn't that easy.
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>> Regards,
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>> Andréas
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> There is one! Unfortunately It's only for Samsung TV's/CD players Etc..
> However it works very well.
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> http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmythtv/wiki/Home/
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> Kris.

Some LG TVs running googletv will run xbmc, but not well.

When androidtv hits the market in TVs you may be able to use kodi, and
with it the kodi frontend to mythtv. However this will depend to a
great extent on how locked down the TV manufactuers make their
systems. IE can you sideload programs? Do they have open access
accelerated playback?

I think there is even less reason to get a smart tv with Samsung's
revelations today about their voice activation reporting home
bulldust.