[mythtv-users] MythBox for XBMC - RC2 is out

[sp]

MythBox is a MythTV frontend for XBMC


http://mythbox.googlecode.com

Features
 - Linux, Mac, and Windows supported
 - Watch recordings with commercial skipping
 - Watch Live TV
 - Schedule recordings
 - Fanart from tvdb.com, themoviedb.org, imdb.com, tvrage.com and Google image 
seach.
 - TV Guide
 - Upcoming Recordings
 - Supports MythTV 0.21, 0.22, and 0.23
 - Move commercial flagging jobs to the front of the queue


  New  
    - Added Sort feature to the Upcoming Recordings screen
    - Issue 93 - Added splash screen
    - FFmpeg output is cached for framerate extraction used by comm flagging
    - Added 'Enable Aggressive Caching' to Settings->MythTV to pre-cache 
framerate and commercial break info
    - Added Season and Episode to the Recording Details screen when available
    - Added TVRage as a provider of TV show metadata (used for season & episode)
    - Commercial breaks are only skipped once during playback (restarting 
playback in 'Play' only mode is no longer necessary if the comm break info is 
incorrect)
    - Issue 97 - Myth TV hostname and port are now queried directly from the 
database. Changed to read-only on the Settings->MythTV screen
    - Issue 106 - More responsive fanart lookup based on the current list 
selection in the Watch TV screen
    - Issue 109 - Enabled navigation from the MythBox Settings screen to the 
XBMC Settings screen 
    - Issue 114 - Added slave backend hostname to the comm flag status on the 
Home screen
    - Issue 118 - MythTV 0.23-1 compatibility (Protocol 57)
    - Issue 121 - German translation updates (thanks to linuxluemmel)
     
  Fixed
    - Issue 96 - Translations updated (ready for non-English contributions)
    - Issue 98 - IP addresses are used throughout the codebase. No more host not 
found errors.
    - Issue 107 - Database connections are now closed when idle and reconnect on 
demand. 
    - Issue 108 - Focus changes to Play+Skip button in Recording Details screen 
after user has already switched focus to another button
    - Issue 117 - Selecting the currently playing program in the TV Guide 
launched the Create Schedule window instead of starting Live TV 
    - Last focused recording was not restored correctly after a Refresh in the 
Recordings screen

Enjoy,
sp