[mythtv-users] Myth Ideas

[Robert Currey]

My thoughts as well ...

> MythEmail
>  - email reader, imap or pop ... use libimap ?
>  - popup OSD option for TV module
>  - can use it within the TV module like the recording menu, i.e. be able
> to read/compose email while watching tv in top right hand corner of the
> interface
>
> MythAnsweringMachine
>  - I've seen some discussion about this but no work yet has been done
>  - frontend for vgetty/mgetty?
>  - option to email you when someone leaves a message
>

Personally, would never use either ... I'd only do e-mail at my PC, and
already have an answering machine. Just me tho.

Along these could also be MythIM (for "instant messaging").

Typing just isn't going to happen on my sofa ...

> MythBrowser
>  - very simple web browser integrated with the TV module, i.e. surf and
> watch TV at same time
>  - probably pretty easy to do since QT has a lot of this functionality
> already.
>

I haven't used the existing MythBrowser ... something your thinking it
doesn't do?

> MythDVDDatabase
>  - this would be a nice option to add to the MythDVD module
>  - be able to add movies in your collection to the database and retrieve
> the IMDB info as well
>  - option to export or put on the web, publish web page for your database
>  - can input UPC code, look it up on the web like the cuecat software has
>  - integrate a barcode reader if you have one or use your webcam as a
> barcode reader... this would be a very simple vision algorithm to
> implement
>

This I like ... I've given lots of thought into an opensource/non-windows
alternative to DVDProfiler ... a Myth UI would fit the bill.
www.dvdempire.com has UPC values on their web pages, so, scrape that and you
have the beginings of a UPC to dvd info catalog. A sophisticated perl writer
could get UPC to imdb refernce fairly quickly ...

This should also include DVD changer support. I have a Kenwood DVD changer,
and developed a library to implement it's serial protocol
(www.sf.net/projects/juken), SlinkE's could also be used for Sony changers.

> MythP2P
>  - a peer-to-peer client for other mythtv users so we can share files and
> add them to our database properly
>  - i.e. sharing tv shows, music, movies, pictures etc...
>

Perhaps ... MythShare. Essentially a module that makes it easy to push
photos, video clips, etc. Think an interface my mom could use to push a
photo or video to my MythShare (and vice versa). I prefer the push mode over
p2p since I control who gets the dirty photos/videos of ... well, you get
the idea.

> MythKaraoke
>  - a karaoke module could be added to mythmusic, this would be cool
>

Uh ... no!

Rob