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> The closest I have to a local mode is a button that will fire<br>
> compatible video directly at the browser. TED talks are already in<br>
> h.264 format so I bypass the transcoding and watch them as<br>
> downloaded.<br>
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</div>MythNetVision already has a TED channel which uses the native<br>
mythfrontend player, so fast forwarding and rewinding the downloaded<br>
video is possible.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What he is creating is a web based frontend for mythtv... so mythnetvision wouldn't apply here.</div><div><br></div><div>I have often thought that it would be interesting to see what it would look like to replace the frontend application with something that ran in a browser in kiosk mode... the myth api has made that a real possibility. And so many people out there know how to write good PHP/HTML/Javascript/CSS... so it might create a variety of themes. Obviously, I'm not sure how it would work with a remote, LCD, or other local hardware... but the idea has been bouncing around my head.</div>
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