[mythtv-users] MythTV for Android, including NVidia Shield

[David Engel]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 04:01:26PM -0400, Peter Bennett wrote:
> On 03/26/2018 03:07 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com
> > <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Hi All
> > 
> >     Paul Harrison's April Fool's joke about removing mythfrontend
> >     seems to have been taken seriously by many folks. There are no
> >     plans for that, in fact we plan to expand the frontend to support
> >     Android TV devices like the NVidia Shield.
> > 
> >     Peter
> > 
> >     Please send an announcement when the Shield port is available.
> >     I've been using a mix of Plex and HDHomeRun DVR for twoish years
> >     now, ever since my backend asploded. I'd like to get back into the
> >     game and have a Shield, along with other Android boxes throughout
> >     my house.
> > 
> I expect it will be officially available when MythTV version 30 is released.
> I am not sure of the schedule for that. If you want to use it before then
> you will need to use V30 prerelease code for the backend and frontends.

FWIW, v30-pre frontends are currently compatible with v29 backends at
the protocol and database levels.  I use the v30-pre, Android frontend
quite a bit with my production, v29 backend.  Personally, I'd prefer
to maintain compatibility with v29 until the Android frontend is
complete for that reason.

David
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David Engel
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