[mythtv] BBC iPlayer Plugin release / MythStreams

[Richard Ablewhite]

Evening,

Just a quick note to say ive finished the first version of a plugin
for the BBC iPlayer. It uses the streams provided for the iPhone that
the beeb let loose last Fri. The plugin is based heavily on the Movie
Times plugin but will develop in time.

Content is downloaded and transcoded in mencoder to an mpeg2 and then
that file played in myth. This is wasteful but I had problems getting
the streaming file to play directly in myth (and strangely enough
ffplayer/ffmpeg). Will look into it eventually.

Next few versions will happen fairly soon and will bring in support
for content from other providers, such as CNetTV, Revision3 content
etc.

Install info in the wiki

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythStreams

Vid of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7eVgPMTa0g

Richard Ablewhite