[mythtv-users] mythmusic alternatives

[Robert Longbottom]

On Wed, July 4, 2007 9:51 am, Steve Smith wrote:
> On 04/07/07, Timo Boettcher <spida at spida.net> wrote:
>>
>> * Matthew McClement <mythtv at macker.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Sounds like mpd(http://www.musicpd.org) would get you 90% of the way
>> > there. It's a music daemon that then has multiple frontends that can
>> > control it.
>>
>> Yes, pretty nice thing.
>> I am running it with the pitchfork frontend, an ajaxy webfrontend from
>> http://pitchfork.remiss.org/
>>
>> and I am writing my own frontend for touchscreen use
>> http://www.spida.net/projects/pympdtouchgui/
>> http://www.spida.net/projects/pympdtouchgui/screenshots.php
>> Support for lirc is planned, so it should be usable on a TV, too.
>>
>> Timo
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>
> Pitching in another Slimserver comment....
>
> It already has support for various Internet radio sources built in...
> including on the  fly conversion to mp3 if required.
>
> I'd certainly like streamed sources like radio built in. But this is also
> something that'd be nice in Myth generally. The ability to
> schedule recordings of streamed internet sources (audio or video).

Hmm.  After looking at Slimserver a bit more this morning, and managing to
get a working musicpd system going last night, I'm not really sure.  It
does seem like they both provide similar functionality, and the idea of
being able to buy an off the shelf SlimPlayer is quite attractive.

For now, I think musicpd kind of does what I want. (And probably
Slimserver does as well).  In the longer term, it would be good to see one
(or both?) of these intergrated with Myth.  I guess the problem is that
there are lots of different solutions out there, and each has it's own
benifits.

Robert.