[mythtv-users] My Hare Brained Idea

Robert Johnston anaerin at gmail.com
Wed May 16 00:18:47 UTC 2007


Why not just share the Myth folder (SMB is nicely multi-platform) and
use something like Mythlink.pl to create "Pretty" links to the actual
files, which can then be viewed over the network by any client, like
VLC, MPC, MPlayer, Winamp...

On 5/15/07, Andrew Gaunt <fishfryah at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got a Fedora Core 6 box running the myth backend recording my
> favorite shows
> and my kids have discovered how they too can use the its easy to figure out web
> interface to fill empty hard drives Anime content. and so it goes, it
> works great.
> I've also got a front end (knopmyth installed) next to a TV for
> playback and all that. That works too. Hooray!
>
> Now for my dilema. I have another computer in my office running an OS
> that is not linux.
> It's kind of a dumb OS and can't run a myth front-end, but it can run
> VLC (video lan) which
> I really like as a media player. Especially on the dumb OS that has a
> really bad media player otherwise.
>
> So...., here' s my idea -- I don't think it would be too difficult to
> implement, but I thought I'd post here to get so it could shot full of
> holes.
>
> It would be nice If I could click a link on a web page (like myth
> recorded programs) and then have the backend start to stream the mpeg
> (can use VLC in streaming mode) to a unicast or perhaps even a
> multicast address. Then, the client that did the clicking could start
> a local VLC session that would receive the stream as UDP packets. I've
> done this by hand and it works great. I'd like to take it to the next
> level and see it as part of the web interface.
> Am I crazy for thinking this? Anyone?
>
> -Andrew Gaunt
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-- 
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston


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