[mythtvnz] mythtvnz Digest, Vol 20, Issue 48

[David Teirney]

> Hi all,
>
> I am almost nearing completion of my first media center build, using
> Mythtv. So far, my experience has been really good with just a few
> hiccups along the way like getting Lirc (*shudder*) going. I am also
> completely new to Linux, although an experienced Windows user.
>
> My build is using:
>
> MythTV 0.21
> Ubuntu 8.10
> Hauppauge Nova-S Plus DVB-S tuner card
> Asus GeForce EN8500GT graphics card
>
> All displayed very nicely on a Sony KLV-40V300A 40"  LCD TV over
> DVI->HDMI.
>
> I also use my media center for XBMC - watching movies, tv shows and
> listening to my music library. Myth is used purely for Live TV and
> recorded TV.
>
> Would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has a similar setup,
> particularly dual use with XBMC. Still trying to work out the optimum
> way to switch between these applications from the remote.
>
> Cheers
>
> Aaron

I'm also a long time user of XBMC since the XBox days and much prefer
it to mythfrontend. I have a Linux server setup for recording and
playing DVB-T HD content.

For more information about MythTV support in XBMC have a read of
http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=MythTV

Anyone wanting to use XBMC to playback Freeview|HD content will need
to apply a patch that I created for XBMC using the great LATM AAC work
that Paul Kendall has done. http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/5481

I'm currently using XBMC on the TV in the lounge exclusively. For any
scheduling I just jump on the Ubuntu desktop in the computer room and
use mythfrontend, which talks to the media server in the lounge. For
us, watching recordings is the main thing we do in front of the TV so
I haven't bothered even trying to setup something to jump into
mythfrontend on the TV.

Was going to mention a recent thread about this on the XBMC forums but
just realised it was you who started it.
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49583

I'm almost finished another patch to XBMC so the commercials flagged
in MythTV will be skipped when playing them back in XBMC.


David