2012-08-25, 21:47
I'm a long time MythTV user, probably 6-7 years or something. But already then when i started with MythTV i thought that the frontend was pretty old looking. And since it haven't happened much that is visible(much have changed behind the scenes) during the time i've used MythTV, the frontend is really outdated.
I've always knew that XBMC was around and was really good looking, but with the lack of TV and recordings it was never a alternative for me. But today, once again, i was tired of the MythTV frontend and started looking around. I was very happy when i found out that there are work in progress to make it possible to use the backend with XBMC.
But i wonder how far you are going to take this? I've seen some movies of other pvr plugins but thought i should make some questions anyway.
How well incorporated will the TV functions be in XBMC, and how well supported will the Myth frontend TV/recordings features be in XBMC? Is it only the basic functions, all functions, or even make XBMC with MythTV addon to be better and exceed the MythTV frontend? Don't know what kind of features that could be, but i have understood that there are some really good developers working with XBMC and also the addons. So i wouldn't be surprised if this could be what the MythTV frontend should have been.
So to me this seems to be a perfect merge of two good things, the Myth backend and XBMC. I really hope the work progress and we'll see some really good and stable release with most of the features of the MythTV frontend.
I've always knew that XBMC was around and was really good looking, but with the lack of TV and recordings it was never a alternative for me. But today, once again, i was tired of the MythTV frontend and started looking around. I was very happy when i found out that there are work in progress to make it possible to use the backend with XBMC.
But i wonder how far you are going to take this? I've seen some movies of other pvr plugins but thought i should make some questions anyway.
How well incorporated will the TV functions be in XBMC, and how well supported will the Myth frontend TV/recordings features be in XBMC? Is it only the basic functions, all functions, or even make XBMC with MythTV addon to be better and exceed the MythTV frontend? Don't know what kind of features that could be, but i have understood that there are some really good developers working with XBMC and also the addons. So i wouldn't be surprised if this could be what the MythTV frontend should have been.
So to me this seems to be a perfect merge of two good things, the Myth backend and XBMC. I really hope the work progress and we'll see some really good and stable release with most of the features of the MythTV frontend.