2008-07-03, 03:33
ptipton Wrote:XBMC now has integrated support for mythtv allowing the watching of live tv and recordings. This is a great feature but at the moment it doesnt work as well with xTV as with PM111.
As can be seen from the screenshots below xTV misses the program information from the Live Channels screen. Would it be possible to modify xTV to be compatible with Live Channels and show the program information? If this is fairly straightforward and someone can point me in the right direction I will have a crack at it but if complex skinning then may well be beyond me.
I think the screenshots show how great this feature could look in xTV. Perhaps the program for the selected channel could be shown below the channel icon or alternatively the channel icon made smaller to allow the programs to be shown next to each channel as in PM111? Thanks
By tippo88
Have done some work to make xTV work better with the integrated mythtv support. Have added a view to videos called mythtv which allows you to see both channels and shows as well as displaying the program information for the selected program at the bottom of the screen. (program information doesn't show in the attached screenshot but scrolls at bottom of screen as per the RSS feed on home page)
The view is not quite perfect, when scrolling downwards, as the icons rotate, they temporarily cover a small area on the channel text. I've messed around for ages with my trail and error skinning skills and haven't managed to fix this but non of the family complain and it at least makes mythtv much more functional than with the standard views.
I also modified the "TV Shows" button on the home page to be "TV" and to point at the mythtv video share.
If anyone is interested I will find somewhere to post the modified files. Was wondering, since this is a fairly simple addition to the skin rather than a modification, if the mythtv view might be added to the svn (after perfecting the icon rotation of course). If the mythtv view was added and there was a skin option to add a "TV" button as above to the home menu in the same way as the current "TV Shows" option then xTV would be a great skin for mythtv use.
I wont have time to mess with this anymore for a few months so thought I would share what had done to date.