[mythtv] Controlling/cooperation with mythtv from other applications

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 08 October 2002 04:33 pm, Thor Sigvaldason wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 October 2002 02:10 pm, you wrote:
> > On Tuesday 08 October 2002 01:17 pm, Robert Rozman wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I like mythtv, but I have complex home automation/multimedia system so
> > > I'd like to use mythtv in combination with some other applications
> > > (Misterhouse as automation engine, Freevo as partial gui, mythtv as
> > > TV-pvr ...). Is there any chance to send/receive commands or events
> > > from/to mythtv to be able to integrate in other applications ?
> >
> > Not really, no.
>
> 	Well ... not to differ with Isaac, but there is one subtlety here. I've
> been working on MythWeb (slowly, but it is coming). One of the stated goals
> of that project is to build a set of basic services (proably web services
> on port 80) that will use a simple XML-schema to do things like get
> listings, flag a program for recording, etc. Don't get your hopes up though
> ... a 1.0 of the current mythWeb is still some distance away, and only
> after that will I start seriously thinking about re-engineering the basic
> functionality as a set of core services.

Yeah, but I figured he meant controlling mythtv itself.

Isaac