<p>So there is no plugin that is necessary for communication between XMBC and MYTHTV?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 23:12, Raymond Wagner <<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> On 9/6/2010 00:30, Overlord wrote:<br>>>><br>
>>> I'm looking to make an htpc using xbmc and mythbox<br>>>><br>>><br>>> Please reconsider this. The 'mythbox' scripts ignore the database schema<br>>> versioning, and XBMC bypasses the backend protocol checks.<br>
> <br>> XBMC's built-in support uses the (well maintained) libcmyth library as<br>> a base, doing what it can to use version-specific calls to myth's<br>> ever-changing interface, and conforming to the Myth backend protocol<br>
> as much as possible, even going so far as to maintain a whole slew of<br>> protocol options to remain compatible with older backend protocols.<br>> Something, I hasten to add, that Myth itself does not do.<br>> <br>
> Given the size, the monolithic nature and the general version<br>> incompatibility of libmythtv, what else do you recommend? And while<br>> MythTV's frontend is good, it's nowhere near the polish and<br>
> filetype/hardware support level of XBMC.<br>> <br>> I will, however, add that XBMC's support on Linux is second-to-none,<br>> better even than it's Windows support, and Linux is MythTV's home<br>
> turf. So you would be better off building your HTPC using Mythbuntu as<br>> a base, and installing the XBMC Live packages (Or starting with XBMC<br>> Live and installing Mythbuntu's packages, either would work), rather<br>
> than having to jump through all the compatibility problems, and lack<br>> of support, for either platform on Windows.<br>> -- <br>> Robert "Anaerin" Johnston<br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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