[mythtv-users] MythTV vs XBMC

John Marshall mythtv at marshallparty.org
Thu May 8 16:54:29 UTC 2014


> While I love the XBMC interface there are some serious LiveTV issues with it IMHO.
>
> 1. No way to type a channel on the EPG screen to go right to that entry
> 2. No way to hit up and down arrow and browse an on screen EPG and then Hit “OK” or Enter to change to that channel (There is a setting that lets you set a time delay before switching to the channel, but no way to not HAVE to go to a channel once you start browsing them.
>
> These 2 alone Killed the WAF for me and she likes the MythFE much better because of these.

I agree with this, though XBMC does one thing that I wish MythFE did. 
It is possible to start in the guide with nothing playing, then start 
watching a channel by selecting it.  As far as I can tell there's no way 
to do this in Myth's guide short of recording it - one must start Live 
TV first.



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