[mythtv-users] Integrating with Orb

[Gary Mort]

I'm curious if anyone has some integration with Orb for MythTV working.

Looking over Orb, it seems to have 4 components for video playing:

The central Orb Server allows users to log in from the web and request 
information on what media files are available.

The Orb Server running on your system is connected to from the Main Orb 
site using http protocols to retrieve a list of the media files on your 
system.

The Orb Server running on your system is also running a streaming video 
server which streams the video in the format stored on your system to 
the central Orb Server.

The central Orb Server converts the video from one format to the clients 
specified format and streams it.

It seems to me that for a real hatchet job of integration, the following 
might be possible:

Running a firewall/proxy on Linux for sharing the home network.
Run a SAMBA server on the MythTV box.
Run Orb on a windows box which has the videos directory mapped using 
SAMBA/CIFS.
Run a streaming media server compatible with the orb server on the 
MythTV box.

So the central orb server connects over HTTP to your IP address.  The 
firewall routes that connection over to the Windows Orb box, which has 
the list of programs available.  The media request, however, is directed 
to the MythTV box to stream the recording to the central Orb Server.

Has anyone done this sort of thing?