[mythtv-users] TV Tuners in MythTV for Windows

Overlord overlord.ssmi at gmail.com
Mon Sep 6 05:30:19 UTC 2010


So there is no plugin that is necessary for communication between XMBC and
MYTHTV?
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 23:12, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>>  On 9/6/2010 00:30, Overlord wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm looking to make an htpc using xbmc and mythbox
>>>
>>
>> Please reconsider this.  The 'mythbox' scripts ignore the database schema
>> versioning, and XBMC bypasses the backend protocol checks.
>
> XBMC's built-in support uses the (well maintained) libcmyth library as
> a base, doing what it can to use version-specific calls to myth's
> ever-changing interface, and conforming to the Myth backend protocol
> as much as possible, even going so far as to maintain a whole slew of
> protocol options to remain compatible with older backend protocols.
> Something, I hasten to add, that Myth itself does not do.
>
> Given the size, the monolithic nature and the general version
> incompatibility of libmythtv, what else do you recommend? And while
> MythTV's frontend is good, it's nowhere near the polish and
> filetype/hardware support level of XBMC.
>
> I will, however, add that XBMC's support on Linux is second-to-none,
> better even than it's Windows support, and Linux is MythTV's home
> turf. So you would be better off building your HTPC using Mythbuntu as
> a base, and installing the XBMC Live packages (Or starting with XBMC
> Live and installing Mythbuntu's packages, either would work), rather
> than having to jump through all the compatibility problems, and lack
> of support, for either platform on Windows.
> --
> Robert "Anaerin" Johnston
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