[mythtvnz] mythtvnz Digest, Vol 20, Issue 48

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:12 AM, David Teirney <mythtvnz at teirney.net> wrote:
>> 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
>

Doesn't MythBox have scheduling and channel skip already?

http://code.google.com/p/mythbox/