[mythtv-users] Idea: Myth Google Voice plugin

[George Nassas]

On 21-Aug-09, at 11:29 PM, Marc Barrett wrote:

> My idea is for a plugin that would do the same for Google Voice
> subscribers.  If a call is received to a Google Voice number, then
> the caller ID information would be displayed at the bottom of the
> screen while watching Live TV or a recorded program.


The myth part has been around for years and no plugin required. Take a  
look here:

http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/contrib/mythnotify

In a modem setup the cidbcast daemon reads that caller ID data off the  
serial line and broadcasts it where the mythudprelay daemon can see  
it. That program then reformats the info and passes it along on a  
known port where frontends are listening for messages to write to  
screen.

For google voice you'd clone cidbcast, replace the modem serial port  
stuff with whatever api google supplies and you're good to go.

- George