[plug] MythTV project
Lucas van Staden
lvs at dedmeet.com
Fri Feb 11 17:13:31 WST 2011
On 11/02/11 17:03, Shanon Loughton wrote:
> thanks lucas for input.
>
> So, how much you want for it? :D
>
LOL
Mythtv will be unhappy if I remove it ;)
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Lucas van Staden <lvs at dedmeet.com
> <mailto:lvs at dedmeet.com>> wrote:
>
> On 11/02/11 16:27, Shanon Loughton wrote:
>> maybe ill just get the PS playtv add on... :p
>>
> Hi,
>
> It is one way, but be prepared to be disappointed. :( I was very
> much.
>
> This is just my own experience (I have very high expectations from
> such devices), others may like it, I did not.
> (Personally I think the PS3 interface is not geared towards such
> things - high volume data/files lists)
> The only good thing I can say about the PlayTv device is that it
> works on Linux. Period. Nothing Else. Oh wait, it was a b/day gift
> from the wife, that's another ;)
>
> Tried using it for months as my main recording PVR, and just
> finally gave up.
>
> It hardly ever recorded the right schedule times. (seems it does
> not update the set schedules to what the actual schedules become -
> programs seem to change scheduled times often enough to make that
> an issue - I wonder if the TV channels do that on purpose to
> prevent recordings?), and in most cases the PS3 either have to
> stay on to enable the recording (they say it should not, but they
> (sony) lie))
> Try and play a game whilst it is recording and the game stutters
> badly.
>
> Also in Australia the capability to save your recordings to
> external media is disabled.
> The whole thing seemed a bit haphazard/not well done. Very
> disappointed in sony for that.
>
> I was very happy a few years back when I got my first PS3, had
> high hopes to use it as my main PVR/frontend to media,
> and after many months of just frustrating dissatisfaction, I
> reverted back to XBMC/MythTv setup.
>
> I now use it for what it is best : play games and watch BD's,
> nothing else. Nice hardware, Pitty it is so locked down. Even
> running linux on it was a great disappointment.
>
> Note:
>
> Did you see my PS3/mediatomb movie poster setup? Makes the display
> in the PS3 with mediatomb a bit nicer, as you get the movie
> posters as the icons :)
>
> http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/mediatomb-movie-posters.html
>
> -Lucas
>
>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Lucas van Staden
>> <lvs at dedmeet.com <mailto:lvs at dedmeet.com>> wrote:
>>
>> That plugin is still active and works pretty well. called
>> MythBox - http://code.google.com/p/mythbox/
>>
>> I use it in conjunction with the 'built-in' mythtv//
>> protocol, which you set as a source to video content, in XBMC.
>> The built in mythtv// protocol is just to do playback, and
>> makes it easier to get to the recordings from mythtv.
>>
>> -Lucas
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/02/11 16:03, Alvin Teh wrote:
>>>
>>> A long long long time ago, i saw a plugin for XBMC where you
>>> can control a MythTv backend to do schedule recording. It
>>> might still be available.
>>>
>>> XBMC is only a frontend player, so it does not have any
>>> recording capabilities itself, however I believe the guys at
>>> XBMC is working on it. (Don’t wait for it as it may be a
>>> while before it’s implemented)
>>>
>>> *From:*plug-bounces at plug.org.au
>>> <mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au>
>>> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] *On Behalf Of *Lucas van
>>> Staden
>>> *Sent:* Friday, 11 February 2011 3:57 PM
>>> *To:* plug at plug.org.au <mailto:plug at plug.org.au>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [plug] MythTV project
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 11/02/11 15:47, Shanon Loughton wrote:
>>>
>>> My ubuntu media server is not connected to my tv - i use
>>> mediatomb to serve and ps3 to play it all. If I replace
>>> mediatomb with xmbc on the ubuntu server can you control the
>>> record settings through the ps3 client?
>>>
>>>
>>> Mediatomb and XBMC are two very different things.
>>>
>>> XBMC can serve its files to your network, but I am not sure
>>> if that is compatible with the PS3 (have never tried that)
>>> XBMC is only a playback frontend, cannot do any recording,
>>> for tat you need MythTV (as one example), which can also
>>> serve the files to your network (I forget the term right now).
>>> again not sure if the PS3 can be used for picking up that
>>> served content from MythTv.
>>>
>>> The PS3 client is just a playback service, so no, you cannot
>>> set any schedules with it to mythtv. (that I am aware of)
>>>
>>> I stopped using my PS3 as a frontend client a long time ago
>>> as the interface is very cumbersome/lacking.
>>>
>>> -Lucas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Shanon
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Lucas van Staden
>>> <lvs at dedmeet.com <mailto:lvs at dedmeet.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/02/11 13:43, Tim Bowden wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the advice. WAF is a big factor here, so I'd
>>> like to
>>> get it right before I roll it out.
>>>
>>> It looks like I'll go with a Micro ATX motherboard for the
>>> PCI slots.
>>> I'd like to run a separate back end system, but at the
>>> moment that's
>>> not practical. I've got nowhere out of the way to run a
>>> 24/7 noisy
>>> backend system as I had to give up my study a while back for
>>> a kids
>>> bedroom, and won't get one back till we move. I have an old
>>> AMD-64
>>> dual core system lying around with a dead motherboard that
>>> would make
>>> an excellent back end if I could find a new motherboard for
>>> it. If I
>>> could find a Micro ATX motherboard that would still take it, I'd
>>> consider it as as a front end, but I suspect it would be a
>>> bit noisy
>>> with the cooling it would need.
>>>
>>> Interesting with the xbmc option Lucas. What are the
>>> advantages of
>>> that over using the MythTV front end with MythVideo/Music
>>> plugins?
>>>
>>> Mostly mine is WAF related. (look and feel/ease of use)
>>>
>>> Last time I used mythtv frontend was a bout 4 years ago, and
>>> wife did not like the interface at all.
>>> Tried skin after skin after skin....
>>>
>>> xbmc just LOOKS way better than any of the mythtv
>>> skins/screen layouts that I have seen and tried.
>>> I started using it a long time ago when I did not have
>>> mythtv running, as I had no need to record stuff (had a pvr
>>> box that did that job back in the UK)
>>> and just wanted a frontend to view d/loaded content. and
>>> stuck with it.
>>>
>>> I am very happy with it, and I myself think it is way better
>>> looking than mythtv's frontend, and simpler to use.
>>>
>>> Now that xbmc is gearing towards integrating their frontend
>>> with as many PVR backends as they can (mythtv seeming to be
>>> a main one), it keeps the frontend the same no matter what
>>> backend I am using, which again comes back to WAF.
>>>
>>> Other than that, not much else, off the top of my head.
>>>
>>> The xbmc plugins are great (and there are MANY), easy to
>>> install using just the menus, no technical requirements, so
>>> wife can install her own plugins as she sees fit.
>>>
>>> Can't comment on the music side, as I do not use that at
>>> all. (xbmc or mythtv - I find those interfaces really
>>> cumbersome, but not as bad as the PS3 interface to music -
>>> try and browse a couple of thousand songs there! using just
>>> a remote)
>>>
>>> Our music is run on the same mini-itx box (as it is next to
>>> the amp), but the interface we use is MiniRok, which I run
>>> over the network via xorg's network transparency stuff (and
>>> dxpc), and it allows the wife to play music using her own
>>> actual pc, which sits in the dining room area. (easy
>>> navigation/searching etc using actual kb and mouse - but the
>>> music blasts out over the amp)
>>>
>>> see
>>> http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/remote-music-player.html
>>> (little bit dated. Changed teh way i used dxpc to allow
>>> swapping teh display about and I had wired the whole house
>>> with cat6e since then. Also, we have moved on to MiniRok,
>>> which my wife likes the most of all music players tried.- it
>>> is simple, fast, and uses file navigation, not mp3 tags.)
>>>
>>> Minirok is run using dxpc, which is a compression layer and
>>> speeds things up, not much use on the homes gigabit network
>>> now, but it has one huge advantage:
>>> Minirok is always running on the mini-itx box, inside a dxpc
>>> session, so I can just connect to that session via a call
>>> from any pc in the home (all linux of course)
>>>
>>> So, I can 'seamlessly' swap the display from one pc to
>>> another, and the music is not interrupted.
>>> Great for parties!
>>>
>>> -Lucas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>> Lucas van Staden
>>>
>>> http://www.proxiblue.com.au/ (Consumer Electronics Retail Shop)
>>> http://www.vanstaden.com.au/ (Linux)
>>>
>>> --
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>>> happy - When the box is empty I'm unhappy!
>>> --
>>>
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>>> --
>>> Regards
>>> Lucas van Staden
>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> I'm happy spasmodically - If I eat a chocolate turtle I'm happy - When the box is empty I'm unhappy!
>>> --
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Lucas van Staden
>>
>> http://www.proxiblue.com.au/ (Consumer Electronics Retail Shop)
>> http://www.vanstaden.com.au/ (Linux)
>>
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>> I'm happy spasmodically - If I eat a chocolate turtle I'm happy - When the box is empty I'm unhappy!
>> --
>>
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>
>
> --
> Regards
> Lucas van Staden
>
> http://www.proxiblue.com.au/ (Consumer Electronics Retail Shop)
> http://www.vanstaden.com.au/ (Linux)
>
> --
> I'm happy spasmodically - If I eat a chocolate turtle I'm happy - When the box is empty I'm unhappy!
> --
>
>
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Regards
Lucas van Staden
http://www.proxiblue.com.au/ (Consumer Electronics Retail Shop)
http://www.vanstaden.com.au/ (Linux)
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