[mythtv-users] OT: XBMC frontend use?

Craig Treleaven ctreleaven at cogeco.ca
Wed May 7 14:57:41 UTC 2014


At 9:42 AM -0400 5/7/14, Greg Thompson wrote:
>  > On May 7, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>
>>  At 12:57 PM +1000 5/7/14, Phill Edwards wrote:
>>>  I for one love mythfrontend and have never found a reason to 
>>>replace it with XBMC.
>>>
>>>  But I accept they do different things and there is definitely 
>>>scope for them to sit side by side on the same machine.
>>
>>  The MythTV developers are providing a sanctioned way to write 
>>alternate frontends for Myth:  the Services API. There are at least 
>>three more frontends out there now:  MythTV-Android-Frontend, 
>>MythExpress and Torc.
>>
>>  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Services_API
>>
>>  https://github.com/MythTV-Clients
>>
>>  https://github.com/Torc/torc
>>
>>  In addition, one of the developers is working on a wholesale 
>>web-based Myth frontend using the Services API.  (Eating his own 
>>dogfood, so to speak.)  The big deal here is that they want to 
>>modify the backend and extend the Services API such that Myth's 
>>setup and configuration can be done this way.
>>
>>  Which would be huge.  Especially if they can move to an embedded 
>>database.  As I see it, the biggest thing holding Myth back is the 
>>complexity of setting it up.  I've run into a number of folks who 
>>got stuck on one of the steps of installing, configuring or 
>>initializing MySQL and/or configuring Myth.  Lots more look at the 
>>work involved and flee in panic.  Myth may never be a 'one-click' 
>>install but it can be a lot easier.  Any steps in this direction 
>>are a big win.
>>
>  > XBMC can easily be another Myth frontend but they ought to 
>convert to the approved methodology and embrace the Services API.
>  >
>The current API has no way to start watching live tv. Additionally I 
>have found The documentation wrong in some cases and not complete in 
>others. It's hard to build a complete frontend on the API in its 
>current state.

No one said it is feature complete yet...which is part of the reason 
I made the dogfood comment!

Why not help move the current state forward?

Craig


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