[mythtv-users] Pandora and Myth

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Apr 18 19:07:14 UTC 2007


On 04/18/2007 02:47 PM, Geoff Scott wrote:
> On 4/18/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>   
>> Besides, if it is Flash-only, why "integrate" it in Myth?  Why not just
>> have Myth pop up a browser window that goes to the right page using
>> "EXEC firefox http://pandora.com/" or whatever?
>>     
> My only concern would be interaction.  I'm not sure radio stations
> could be created, text entered into the various required fields, fast
> forward, pause and play could all be done with a remote.  A wireless
> mouse?  Yes.  But since I've not tried it...
>   

Well, unless I'm misunderstanding the whole Pandora-is-Flash-only thing, 
to make it usable in Myth, Myth would need a GPL'ed Flash player.  So, 
until Gnash is done, I don't see any hope of this being integrated in Myth.

> At any rate, I'll be adding this for sure.  A few glitches per hour is
> acceptable to me for freely provided music that let's me discover new
> stuff I've never heard of.  This would be great party music... goodbye
> to creating play lists.

I'll stick with my "traditional 'net radio" station--at least until it 
gets closed down because the US Copyright Royalty Board recently decided 
that 'net radio stations have to pay twice as much as OTA/satellite 
radio stations for each song they play.  (This amounts to more than the 
revenue of even the most-successful 'net radio stations.)

See http://savenetradio.org/ to see how you can help out.  This probably 
also affects Pandora, so if you really like it, help keep it "on the 
air."  (And maybe some graphics designer can send savenetradio.org some 
CSS hints so they can make the scroll bars work on Firefox as well as IE. :)

Mike


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