<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Robert McNamara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert.mcnamara@gmail.com">robert.mcnamara@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi All,<br>
<br>
I am rejoining the list for the near future to keep you apprised of<br>
the status of Torc for iOS, a mobile frontend compatible with MythTV<br>
0.25 and Torc. Something I've been keeping under my hat until just<br>
now is that Torc for iOS will also support iPhone and iPod Touch<br>
devices. Please see the following video for a demo of the iPod/iPhone<br>
experience:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGoU90bdUC8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGoU90bdUC8</a><br>
<br>
In other news, I whittled my TODO list for the application down to<br>
nothing today, so I have submitted it for app store review. I also<br>
did fairly extensive testing of the app with a cellular/mobile<br>
connection over the past few days, and with adequate upstream and<br>
backend CPU grunt, the experience is absolutely fantastic. The<br>
average review time for Apple is currently right around 5-7 business<br>
days. I hope that around this time a week from now, I will be able to<br>
announce that the application is available for purchase. Because the<br>
MythTV/Torc streaming implementation has never been tested against the<br>
app store review process, a lot remains up in the air. Apple has very<br>
specific requirements when it comes to streaming behaviors, and<br>
hopefully I am not too far off the mark.<br>
<br>
In the end, I settled on what Apple calls "Tier 4" pricing, which is<br>
essentially $3.99 USD. I am a strong believer in open source, but I<br>
am an equally strong believer in keeping a roof over my head. :) For<br>
further details on why I decided to charge a nominal price for the<br>
app, and to read quite a lot about what you can do to make sure your<br>
backends and frontends are ready for use with the application, please<br>
see the following:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.fecitfacta.com/blog1/torc/" target="_blank">http://www.fecitfacta.com/blog1/torc/</a><br>
<br>
Note that this application has no official relationship with the Torc<br>
open source project, which is continuing quite nicely. Since this is<br>
a MythTV list, I won't discuss that here.<br>
<br>
I am happy to field any questions, comments, or concerns you might<br>
have about this application, and I hope that those of you with iOS<br>
devices of all shapes and sizes will consider trying it out when it<br>
becomes available.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Robert,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your work and contribution to the community. I know that as soon as this hits the store, I'll be buying it. It will be a welcome addition to our household.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kevin</div></div>