[mythtv-users] OT: Tivo Users Can, So Can MythTV users?

Charles Lavin myth at charleylavin.com
Thu Aug 5 15:05:53 EDT 2004


Agreed
On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 12:41, Matt Beland wrote:
> Why is this even an issue? If you have the bandwidth to share large MPEG
> files with friends anyway, you can do it more easily than from within
> Myth. Email, P2P, BitTorrent, an FTP server, a CD via FedEx, an open Samba
> share, an iPod and a USB port... plus thousands of variations on the
> theme.
> 
> Since when is tacking on a feature that is already better provided
> elsewhere "innovation" outside of marketing departments?

It is already possible using Azureus's built in tracker, Auto Seeder
Plugin, and MythWeb. No need for the MythTV project to stick it's neck
out. If you wanted to contribute to file sharing then you should write a
plugin for azureus that will generate a rss feed that is compatible with
torrentocracy. 


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