[mythtv-users] [svlug] xbmc vs mythtv-frontend

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Marc MERLIN <marc_mtv at merlins.org> wrote:
> TL;DR: how close of a mythfrontend replacement can xbmc be?
>
> I've been using mythtv for many years, but quite frankly, even in 0.24,
> the media center pieces, outside of playing its own recorded videos,
> aren't that great in my experience:
>
> Playing flash video from youtube or others, it bad to say the least,
> when it works at all.
> No support for amazon prime videos or anything else like that, and I'm
> actually now interested in amazon prime video from the remote in a way that
> "just works" (watching youtube in mythfrontend 0.24 is frustrating to say
> the least).
>
> I have found a few threads in the archives, but they date somewhat now, and
> xmbc has just come out with version 11 RC2, which seems to have improved
> mythtv support.
>
> My reading so far seems to say that it's not a full mythfrontend
> replacement. I'm not sure if it does livetv now, but I don't care about that
> as long as I can schedule and watch recordings.
>
> So, I looked at XBMC again, which I'm told is much better at those
> things, especially because it includes amazon video support it seems:
> http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=108124
> This is great.
>
> But...
> http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=MythTV
>
> says that
> 1) mythtv 0.24 backend is not supported by the last released version
> 2) xbmc does not support controlling mythtv-backend for anything other
> than playback. This means that I'd have to switch between mythfrontend
> and xbmc on my media player or use another to schedule shows to record.
> Very non ideal...
>
> It sounds that the page is outdated and it can do more today.
> Of those of you using xbmc, how much of a mythfrontend replacement can it be
> today?
> Do you still need to switch between the two?


If you use XBMC Eden (currently in RC2) and the mythbox plugin, you
will get LiveTV, watchng recordings , EPG and scheduling recordings.