[mythtv-users] The future of MythTV

[James Linder]

> On 5 Jun 2021, at 3:24 pm, stinga <stinga+mythtv at wolf-rock.com> wrote:
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> On 04/06/2021 21:17, Paul Harrison wrote:
>> We can see from the number of Scheduled Direct users and the Smolt data that MythTV is losing users at an ever increasing rate.  We think one reason for this is it's getting harder and harder to record stuff because more services are becoming encrypted requiring proprietary boxes to view and record content and some services are moving to an on-demand type of service that are hard or impossible to record. 
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>> So the question is what improvements would you like to see in MythTV in the future that would persuade you to continue to use it? Would you like to see better support for YouTube for example or a better video media library. Better music player? Support for IPTV services? What plugins do you use?  What plugins would you like to see? Are you happy with the user interface or would you like to see a more modern one? 
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>> Give us your thoughts on what direction you would like to see MythTV take now it's original purpose is slowing being killed of. 
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> I use bog standard install with no other frontends, it just works.
> Debian buster install and flicr with any old remote that works.
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> Used it the UK and no in Oz.
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> Metadata is dreadful in Oz (WA), it has all been bastardised and 1/2 of it chopped off
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> Mythtv for us still does what it has always done and does it well.

My bitch about metadata may be related. I too am in WA. Who is screwing up the data? Methought the meta data was global, but I’m certainly struggling

James