[mythtv] Script contribution

Craig Boline craig at craiganddenise.org
Fri Mar 30 17:59:18 UTC 2007


Chris,

You mentioned that MythWeb is moving away from the file system for Video / Music.  One of the spare time ideas I have been playing with is using mythtv's protocol to request files.  Has this already been done?  

Thanks,
Craig.

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:25:15 -0700, Chris Petersen <lists at forevermore.net> wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> Do you mean you created a replacement for the MythWeb videos section?  
>> If so, Chris Petersen (xris on #mythtv-users and #mythtv) will likely be
> 
>> very interested.  The reason MythWeb's video interface leaves so much to
> 
>> be desired is because Chris wants a complete rewrite rather than spend 
>> time fixing what's there.  (Just make sure your work is based on SVN 
>> trunk and follow his coding standards and design philosophy.)
> 
> Actually, that would be Kormoc (aka Rob Smith) working on that now.  I
> don't think he's on this list, but you can almost always find him on
> IRC.  He's made some really nice improvements to the mythweb video stuff
> recently.  On the other hand, it's distinctly missing a
> filesystem-layout browse mode, and he might appreciate some help if it's
> already been written.
> 
> Royce, please be aware that the future of MythWeb's video (and music)
> plugins is moving away from the filesystem itself, to remove the need
> for people to mount their video directories/etc on their webserver, so
> any filesystem-browse mode would have to be based on the db layout
> rather than on the actual filesystem.
> 
> -Chris



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