Eric Sharkey wrote: > A new plugin being > worked on now is called mythNetVision and is supposed to embrace > internet video in a big way. > > See this thread. > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/413436
Neat. Though typical for MythTV, this doesn't really embrace the client-server architecture, or even integrate with MythTV proper in any significant way. It's more like a separate app. that happens to share the same UI library as MythTV front-end. I realize with the current state of Internet video sources having proprietary and browser-dependent interfaces, that there are practical constraints, but having this implemented as a MythTV front-end plug-in means the work needs to be replicated by every alternative MythTV client. I haven't investigated far enough yet, but I wonder if the feeds and downloaded content are even shared among multiple MythTV front-ends that connect to a common back-end. I'd rather see a virtual tuner that can be pointed at an RSS feed, for example, and has all of its configuration on the back-end, with the resulting content going into the usual show library along with recorded programs. Why create new isolated silos for each content source? A well designed back-end could even handle on-demand streaming of some content (the back-end would fetch it from the Internet and relay it to the client when requested), optionally transcoding the video on the fly. If HTML 5, with its (more) open video formats, is embraced, something like this could be far more practical. "...free Web video from its plugin prison..." http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/decoding-the-html-5-video-codec-debate.ars Experimental YouTube HTML5 Video Player http://www.youtube.com/html5 -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list Mvpmc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
