[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend on Smart TVs

[Joseph Fry]

You mean something like mobilemyth: http://www.mobilemyth.net/

I believe their aim is an HTML based frontend, similar to what your talking
about.


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Karl Dietz
<dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org>wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> On 22.03.2013 10:09, Dave Pearson wrote:
>
>>
>> I want to do this because I want to use Plex Media Server to serve
>> mythtv recordings to my Samsung TV as it has a native Plex client.
>>
>
> A buddy of mine got a Samsung TV, too. He asked me how he could use it
> as MythTV frontend. As the models from 2011 on support HTML 5 and HLS
> streaming I'm wondering if it wouldn't be easier to create a dedicated
> MythTV frontend instead of fiddling about with multiple tools.
> http://www.samsungdforum.com/**Devtools/Spec<http://www.samsungdforum.com/Devtools/Spec>
>
> e.g. change MythWeb to use the JWPlayer and HLS streaming, then
> add/reactivate a template for devices with limited screen estate
> (IIRC there was once an iPad template)
>
> Pro: You get to manage recordings, too
>
> Con: It appears to be slightly more work.
>
> Have you (or someone else on this list) considered that approach?
>
> Regards,
> Karl
>
> PS: Creating a HbbTV compatible web frontend sounds good, too. But I'm
> not sure that MythTV's streaming code and HbbTV support a common
> streaming protocol.
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