[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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