[mythtv-users] IPTV/Google Video Etc

[Khanh Tran]

On 3/30/06, Ian Jackson <ianjackson at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is anybody working on a plug-in or hack of  google
> video/itunes/cinemanow etc? It seems like us myth users are on the
> low-end of the scale of this whole video-on demand/iptv/download
> service. Overall, the standard mythbox, would make an excellent platform
> for this sort of delivery.. I know it comes down to the thorny issues of
> DRM on linux, etc. Ideally, I'd like to see the community petition
> company's like google and apple to give us some sort of api to work
> from, so we can work within the existing myth framework instead of
> having to get down-and-dirty with screen-scrappers etc.
>
> Ian
>
>
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A hack isn't necessary.  Just download the content to your video
directory for MythVideo.  In the case of video podcasts in iTunes,
I've got my mac's podcast directory network mounted to my Myth box and
fully playable under MythVideo using xine.

-Khanh