MP TV server - linux client (1 Viewer)

[infinite.loop]

Re: AW: MP TV server - linux client

but nobody seemed to pick up on that.

Yeah, I never understood why XBMC devs ignore the TV part completelly.
Their "recent" approach to connect to linux based tv-engines is far from useable.

My bet is on that the majority of XBMC users gain access to the latest TV series in a different form than real TV Just a guess, no hard facts around.

Sure, who else does not.

But how about everything else? (well, except movies which you can get through other ways as well )

Anyway. We offer that. Just not for Linux.

 

[tourettes]

Re: AW: MP TV server - linux client

Yeah, I never understood why XBMC devs ignore the TV part completelly.
Their "recent" approach to connect to linux based tv-engines is far from useable.

My bet is on that the majority of XBMC users gain access to the latest TV series in a different form than real TV Just a guess, no hard facts around.

Sure, who else does not.

But how about everything else? (well, except movies which you can get through other ways as well )

I bet MP users are old farts who like to watch local and world news and the XBMC user base is a bit younger who want just entertainment. Would be nice to see some demographics about the user bases of these two applications.

 

[infinite.loop]

Re: AW: MP TV server - linux client

I bet MP users are old farts who like to watch local and world news and the XBMC user base is a bit younger who want just entertainment.

I doubt that they are younger than 4 and 6 years. Which is the age of my kids.
They would "kill" me if they don't get their daily dose of KidTV.

I think that 80% of all recordings I do is for them. Shows which you won't find on any download portal (at least not in german language).
Maybe majority of XBMC users speak english?

 

[Baboonanza]

There are plenty of programmes, particularly those on regularly like The Daily Show, that would be a pain to download but a piece of cake to record. And then there's sport and news etc.

It's not a Media Center if it doesn't do TV IMO, the whole point is complete integration from 1 remote.

 

[zicoz]

I agree completely a Media Center without TV-function is nothing more then an advanced popcorn hour.

That said, the only thing I use the TV-part for is sport and live-shows, anything else I get from "alternative sources" ;-)

 

[Baboonanza]

I also wonder whether a lot of XBMC users are in America where everything is cable and it's more difficult to get TV working without a cable box?

MediaPortal certainly seems very European.

 

[Mike Lowrey]

MediaPortal certainly seems very European.

May be cause most MP Devs (or all) live in europe

 

[infinite.loop]

I also wonder whether a lot of XBMC users are in America where everything is cable and it's more difficult to get TV working without a cable box?

MediaPortal certainly seems very European.

This could indeed be the main reason.

 

[margro]

Re: AW: MP TV server - linux client

Just search for "MediaPortal" in the xbmc forums.
But don't expect too much, that "plugin" does not work well at all.
Current release (1 month old) has broken LiveTV.

Yeah I know. The rtsp support in used ffmpeg library in XBMC is far from perfect. I'm currently working on a port of the TSReader code to my XBMC PVR addon, but I'm quite busy, so that will take a while

It also requires some exe to be run serverside.

I have no clue why none "just" writes a plugin to directly "talk" to the TvServer. All the current approaches are totally flawed in design.

Well, that exe is just a standalone debug version of a real TVServer plugin. The only reason for that exe is that the current code does not use the TVServer log features, which make it very hard to find causes of problems when XBMC cannot connect to the TVServer. It is still based on the original XBMC work found in the mp-plugins repository and indeed it needs a redesign.

Grt,
Margro

 

[infinite.loop]

Re: AW: MP TV server - linux client

Just search for "MediaPortal" in the xbmc forums.
But don't expect too much, that "plugin" does not work well at all.
Current release (1 month old) has broken LiveTV.

Yeah I know. The rtsp support in used ffmpeg library in XBMC is far from perfect. I'm currently working on a port of the TSReader code to my XBMC PVR addon, but I'm quite busy, so that will take a while

It also requires some exe to be run serverside.

I have no clue why none "just" writes a plugin to directly "talk" to the TvServer. All the current approaches are totally flawed in design.

Well, that exe is just a standalone debug version of a real TVServer plugin. The only reason for that exe is that the current code does not use the TVServer log features, which make it very hard to find causes of problems when XBMC cannot connect to the TVServer. It is still based on the original XBMC work found in the mp-plugins repository and indeed it needs a redesign.

Grt,
Margro

Hi margro!

I guess you are the creator if the plugin talked about here?
If so, keep up the work! Looking forward to new versions.