[mythtv-users] What's the deal with Kodi?

[Christopher X. Candreva]

On Thu, 28 May 2015, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Thomas Boehm
> <mythtv-users at lists.boehmi.net> wrote:
> > On 20/05/15 16:26, Gerald Brandt wrote:
> >> The *ONLY* reason I switched to Kodi was to get away from MythMusic.
> >> The WAF dropped, and Kodi has some issues with a couple of recordings
> >> (doesn't know recording length, so can't fast forward.  Mythfrontend
> >> does fine).
> >>
> >> If Mythmusic was a usable interface, I would never have switched.
> >
> > Have a look at mpd. It runs as a daemon in the background and can be
> > controlled by any mpd-client. I use GMPD on my desktop and MPDroid on my
> > phone and tablet. I don't need to switch on the TV to listen to music
> > and add songs to the queue.
> 
> I recently got mpd running on the OpenWRT router at my girlfriend's
> place along with a USB audio device, and I will say, for playing music
> it's great, and mpd manages it's queue, so you can shutdown the
> computer or close the app on your tablet/phone, and mpd will continue
> playing. plus no need to turn on the tv.
> 
> I'd still like an improved MythMusic interface, and better large
> library handling, but with a small enough library the interface isn't
> horrendous, it just takes some getting used to.


For music I run Subsonic  www.subsonic.org . It's a standalone java server 
with Android/IOS apps. I high recommend it.



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