[mythtv-users] Boxee Box for $169 has got me thinking

[Matt Emmott]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Kris B. <krisbee at krisbee.com> wrote:

>    This is the type of reply I was looking for. So, it would be great at
> browsing thing already recorded, but not so much LiveTV with pause function.
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>   And if it matters, someone wrote a good hack for the Roku to tie into
> mythweb to show things on there.  I bought my box for $60 - it does require
> transcoding your files, but what I do is just transcode stuff I don't care
> if I wait a day for, and it will compress down nicely to h264 and be
> available on the Roku.  A little image, show name, description, time
> recorded, shows up, you can watch, and delete from the Roku.
>
>  It just requires you transcoding your files with the scripts provided,
> having mythweb setup, and installing a folder in your mythweb directory.
> There is a private channel code you setup...
>
>
>

Neat, I found the project page at https://github.com/ear9mrn/MythRokuPlayer
and detailed instructions in the middle of
http://www.fta-heaven.com/forums/showthread.php?312-Roku-Player-Private-Channel-Codes

I didn't know that you could force mythweb to push mp4 files, although it
does stink that you'd have to transcode everything to mp4 after recording.
Personally I'd use mythexport to export copies of shows to a podcast server
and subscribe to the rss feeds instead.
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