[mythtv] MFD

[thor]

On Saturday 11 September 2004 04:57 pm, Jeremy Jongsma wrote:
> Newbie question - couldn't find much detail on the list archives:
>
> What is MFD/MFE?  Sounds interesting from what I've read in the
> archives, but I still can't figure out what exactly it is.

	http://cvs.mythtv.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mfd/README?rev=1.15&view=markup

	Still under development, only available from CVS, may cause terrible things 
to happen to your setup if you download it, build it, or run it.

	Basic idea is to take the notion of the myth transcoding daemon (headless 
daemon that keeps processing whether any client is attached to it or not), 
and extend it to content sharing (on a local network), audio playing, 
streaming, etc. Also, open interfaces and "standardized" protocols for 
exchange content with other applications. And a bit of Rendezvous/zeroconfig 
thrown into the mix.

	Only thing it does of any immediate use to an end user is let you play 
mythmusic content in iTunes, or iTunes content from an mfe. Oh, and control 
audio playing from a web browser (http://host_mfd_is_on:2345/). 

- thor