[mythtvnz] MythTV integration

[Open Media Support]

> Open Media Support wrote:
>>> And I've got these great remote buttons that have been unused:  "TV",
>>> "Music", "Video", Go", "Radio", etc.  If I press "Music" on my remote,
>>> I
>>> want to be taken to yammi, regardless of what program I'm in the middle
>>> of.   If I press TV, I want to be taken to MythTV...  If I press Video,
>>> I want to be taken to xine.  If I press Go, I want firefox to take
>>> over.
>>>
>>
>> You can get all of these to work with a standard Knoppmyth install.
> That is what I expected (and hoped).  Coolness for you knoppmyth folks.
> Why I roll my own I don't know, but it makes me happy.   I suppose it is
> a control issue, feeding into a need-for-knowledge issue.  But enough of
> my psychobabble.

I totally understand. Tried both, but having all of the extra testing that
goes into Knoppmyth makes my life a lot easier.

>>  Our
>> myPVR units have a customer lircrc file and MythTV Keymap that means
>> that
>> they work as expected.
>>
> So these myPVR units are a commercial venture?  Here in NZ?  Could I
> have bought one from you and saved myself the months of effort to learn
> about and construct my media center?  Or alternatively, are you hiring?

Yes it is a commercial venture. I push changes back via the Knoppmyth team
where appropriate. Let me know if you want the lircrc settings etc.

Hiring - soon I hope. We are doing Big Boys Toys in November which should
raise our profile quite a bit.

>> Whilst I agree that the webplugin is dreadful, it is no good using the
>> web
>> on a standard CRT anyway. I'm assuming you have a plasma or LCD TV?
>>
> LCD.   Actually I'm using my office monitor for the time being, but I'm
> hoping to get one of those big LCDs or plasmas one day when I'm rich...
>
> Yeah, my couch is like 4 feet from the thing.

Works well on most modern Plasma/LCD sets. CRT is just hopeless.

>> Music wise the MythMusic plug in is basic but enough for most people.
>>
> I suppose I use yammi because I have extensively sorted my music with it
> already, and now that the effort has paid off, why go backwards?

Always the way.. Why don't you ship X as it is my favorite program for
doing Y. I'm open to suggestions, but where possible try to stick to the
MythTV core as sudden application changes that have different navigation
confuses customers.

My biggest want is menu support in the MythTV internal DVD player rather
than using Xine or MPlayer.

Steve

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