[mythtv-users] OT: Phone Concentrator(?)

[Jesse Guardiani]

Andrew Close wrote:
> On 9/30/05, Greg Estabrooks <greg at phaze.org> wrote:
>   
>>> How are you making this happen?
>>> Via MythNotify and a modem in your Myth backend?
>>> Via Asterisk? (of so, can you be more specific?)
>>>       
>
> there was a pretty big discussion about getting caller id info in OSD
> a while ago:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtv&do=search_results&search_forum=forum_1&search_string=vonage+caller+id&search_type=AND
>
> i think Vonage was the main service ppl were discussing.  somebody had
> a perl script i believe that grabbed the broadcast and sent it to the
> OSD.  i haven't taken the time to try it yet but others said it was
> working.
>   

It would be nice if messages from mythosd would show up when you're
looking at the menus/mythmusic/mythweather/etc too. I'm not ALWAYS
watching TV, but I usually have myth ON in some form or fashion.

-- 
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net