[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend on Smart TVs

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Sat Mar 23 14:09:56 UTC 2013


On 23 March 2013 07:14, Dave Pearson <lists at the-pearsons.co.uk> wrote:

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> -----Original message-----
> *From:* Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com>
> *Sent:* Fri 22-03-2013 19:55
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend on Smart TVs
> *To:* Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>;
> You mean something like mobilemyth: http://www.mobilemyth.net/<http://mandrillapp.com/track/click.php?u=15101611&id=f645b6c975fb477ba03080cfd92e4b35&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilemyth.net%2F&url_id=6591b7128f9744f681fe9ac2a44785ff5d75fb0b&tags=_all,_sendlists@the-pearsons.co.uk>
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> 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://mandrillapp.com/track/click.php?u=15101611&id=f645b6c975fb477ba03080cfd92e4b35&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsungdforum.com%2FDevtools%2FSpec&url_id=3cf7d1c3cd5f64b4fa95a7127bfb0aa16372c169&tags=_all,_sendlists@the-pearsons.co.uk>
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> 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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>  I did take a look at mobilemyth (but not on the TV), it seems quite
> promising, but the last update I downloaded didn't work and I kind of put
> it to one side. If I can get it working again, I'll try it on the Samsung
> TV.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
works fine on a tablet also haven't tried it on the smart tv, i suppose it
should work, will depend how clunky the interface is to navigate with a
remote, the other option on samsung is plex as they have a native app,
however you would need to use mythlink or something to get some real file
names or last time I tested plain upnp works however without commskip :(

Cheers,

Anthony
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