[mythtv-users] [svlug] xbmc vs mythtv-frontend

[Marc MERLIN]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:00:50AM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> If you use XBMC Eden (currently in RC2) and the mythbox plugin, you
> will get LiveTV, watchng recordings , EPG and scheduling recordings.

Ok, I'll have a look, thanks.

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:30:18AM -0800, Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
> > It sounds that the page is outdated and it can do more today.
> > Of those of you using xbmc, how much of a mythfrontend replacement can it be
> > today?
> > Do you still need to switch between the two?
> 
> Please take this discussion to an XBMC-related mailing list or forum.
> We specifically do not support XBMC here in any way.  This mailing
> list is for MythTV, not XBMC, nor Windows Media Center, nor any other
> "related" competitor.

Ok, so since you work on mythtv, I first need to repeat that I love mythtv,
been using it close to 7 years now, so thank you for the work you and others
have done.

Now, asking how well another product interacts with mythtv-backend, being
off topic here, is a bit over the top IMO. Using another frontend with
mythtv-backend is still using mythtv.

Now, it seems that you took offense on my honest characterization of my
experience with mythfrontend and its plugins. Actually mythfrontend is fine,
and mythtv is very good at playing its own recordings back.
Playing videos from my collection is ok.
Other plugins, especially like playing net video and browser related
functions, are painful on my setup (can't say if it's just for me, or others
too, but ultimately it's what I can run on my htpc that matters to me obviously).

You see XBMC as competition, in some way it is, but it is healthy
competition. Both projects are open source, and open source strives on
competition between projects. There is no reason for you to be defensive
about it.
If XBMC really makes a better frontend than mythfrontend, mythtv still wins
because it remains the backend, and it is a fantastic backend that still no
one can touch today.
If XMBC causes mythfrontend and its plugins to become better, that's great
too. As an example, chrome has caused firefox to get better, and everyone has
won from that 'competition'.

Marc
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