[mythtv] Module API
J. Donavan Stanley
jdonavan at jdonavan.net
Sun Mar 13 17:33:20 UTC 2005
Alberto Alonso wrote:
>Is there any documentation describing the API for creating
>modules?
>
>
Other than reading the code of an existing plugin nope.
>It isn't clear what the requirements are for creating a simple
>module.
>
>
Implement the following functions:
int mythplugin_init(const char *libversion);
int mythplugin_run(void);
int mythplugin_config(void);
>I would prefer to create it in C, not C++.
>
While you *can* create plugins in straight C, you're not going to be
able to leverage any of the myth code for GUIs and the like.
>Also please note that reading code != API documentation.
>
That's all there is...
>I've looked at the mythrecipe module for what seemed like a simple example, but
>the minimum API requirements are not clear.
>
>
You're better off working with one of the official plugins, such as
mythnews.
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