[mythtv-users] MythTV + GoogleTV

[Mitchell Gore]

This is a pretty cool idea.  Any one know if comm skip works?  It says you
can only play what GoogleTV can play.  What formats does that mean?  I
assume mpeg2 and h.264 right?

This would be way easier than a ION2 PC and significantly cheaper.


On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Scott Stancil <hoverduck at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Thanks, that's good to know. I'm also curious about using a Google TV box
>> in conjunction with my existing Myth box, not as a standalone frontend.
>>  Since Google TVs all have an HDMI pass-through, you can just overlay their
>> interface on top of your own.
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>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Scott Stancil <hoverduck at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> Has anyone recently used a GoogleTV box in combination with MythTV?
>>>>  I've searched the archives, but everything I found was at least a year
>>>> old, so I was curious if the newer versions of GTV have made it at all
>>>> useful.  Is it worth it for anything other than access to Netflix and the
>>>> like?  I see at least the LG TVs with Google built in come with an IR
>>>> blaster, so I assume it could be set up for at least some functionality
>>>> with Myth, but I don't know what assumptions it makes about how standard
>>>> cable boxes work (i.e. always playing LiveTV by default).
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>>>> The bottom line for me is I'm really tempted by it because it seems
>>>> like there could be a huge potential with Android apps...but from what
>>>> little I know it seems like having a functional PC as my cable box is
>>>> already satisfying almost everything.
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>>> This is available in the GoogleTV Store:
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>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tikinou.googletvmyth&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50aWtpbm91Lmdvb2dsZXR2bXl0aCJd
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>>> It uses our Myth Services API.
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>>> It is currently closed because Google has not opened their API for
>>> GoogleTV as of yet, but it is coming.  Once the API is opened up, the code
>>> will be available.
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> I haven't tried it yet, but was thinking you could do the same. I have a
> couple that I have been meaning to try it out with.
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