[mythtv-users] Twitter Box ~ Twitter Search+MythTV=Social Subtitles

Jelle De Loecker skerit at kipdola.com
Sat Apr 11 19:05:16 UTC 2009


Glen T schreef:
> Hi all,
>
> Thought some of you might be interested in a MythTV + Twitter "mashup" 
> I put together.
>
> In a nut shell its a python script which periodically searches twitter 
> for posts mentioning the title of the show your currently watching, 
> displaying the resulting tweets on-screen using mythtvosd.
>
> The results are often quite humorous and sometimes even insightful 
> (arguably rare on twitter ;).
>
> You can find more details and a link to download the script here:
> http://tregtech.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/twitterbox-tv-twitter-search-social-tv/
>
> Cheers,
> Glen
That is rather cool.

Music stations over here often have an "sms chat" on screen, even though 
I think their approach is rather lame, this is quite nice. Of course, it 
all depends on how it's used and misused.

/Met vriendelijke groeten,/

*Jelle De Loecker*
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