A new Linux-based media center frontend called "Entertainer" was
released (in beta) today:
http://www.entertainer-project.com/
I call it a frontend because it's not a recorder like Myth... it's
just a 10 foot interface to media you already have, similar to XBMC.
What I find notable about it, however, is that the developers chose to
do the whole thing in a scripting language (Python), smartly calling
out to libraries like GStreamer and Clutter when necessary to get the
whizzy graphics and media playback.
I've never understood why the frontends for projects like MythTV are
written entirely in C or C++. Any speed benefit in a user-facing UI
is generally unnoticeable, yet the developer time hit is likely quite
significant.
Anyhow, here's to hoping the Entertainer team keeps up with their
promising project.
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