uspino Wrote:Don't tell anyone becuase they are going to be sold out and I still want to buya couple more, but a Shuttle XS35GT with Nvidia ION is passively cooled (meaning totally silent) and runs OpenElec smother than a i7 desktop. 1080i? That's nothing. You can throw 1080p at the highest bitrates: no sync issues, no hiccups. You can find a really cheap barebones and you only need to add 1Gb of RAM and a cheapo USB flash drive.

For remote, OpenElec runs great with any MCE-Certified remote, no set up needed, but you can certainly use an iPhone/iPad with any of the many XBMC remote apps in the App Store.

And RemoteCeton works great with it, either direct streaming or transcoded video. If you take the XBMCBuntu road, you also get a full-featured Chrome browser on your TV, but OpenElec is just so perfect...

ViperJPB Wrote:Going to take the plunge soon with an HTPC and Ceton USB. I am on Comcast Cable in Callifornia. Does XBMC and this wonderful plugin have any issues playing any content back? Will I be able to watch all my channels or will DRM block some? Thanks.

mcheng89 Wrote:@LehighBri: Will give you deinterlacing today (Its a simple change but I've been lazy )

mcheng89 Wrote:Going to look into a xbmc pvr addon instead of pseudotv...
Does anyone use this?

uspino Wrote:I have FIOS, no copy protection, so I can't tell for sure, but I think you won't be able to see copy-protected channels... Can somebody confirm this?

ViperJPB Wrote:Is this the case only with this method of viewing streams in XBMC? Or is that true of the Ceton running in Media Center as well? They say they can view encrypted premium channels on their site but obviously in Media Center. I would not want to ditch my cable DVR if I was not going to be able to record and view the same channels. At the moment I have no premium channels. Just would need to be able to view and record network HD, Foodnetwork, HGTV, Speed, Versus, Spike, Cartoon, Discovery, TNT, and AMC.

mcheng89 Wrote:Media center should be able to record/play.

Comcast marks most of their channels as copy freely, so you should be fine using XBMC.

mcheng89 Wrote:I have the call sign already... I'll give you the api tonight
(It will be passed to you with the same api to get channel list)

EDIT: Ok here is the function to login. Just do this once

Code:

function login(username, password) {
    xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlhttp.open("GET","/login",false,username,password);
    xmlhttp.send();
    if (xmlhttp.status == 200) {
        alert("Login successful!");
                return true;
    }
    alert("Failed to login");
        return false;
}

You can call login() without the username/password to check if you need authentication
EDIT: you dont have to make a login form... I'll make a file with the list of secure files

EDIT: this pseudotv skin feels very wmc-ish...
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=91906

@synpaseattack: let me know if you need help debugging



Fixed iOS login, Fix iOS favorite if epg is disabled, Added EPG description...

Todo:
- Fill in XBMC info bar
- Channel logo api
- Deinterlace

Other Todo:
- Error check hdhomerun stream commands
- Airplay iOS streaming
- iPad Inteface
- Channels filter list

europorsche914 Wrote:Ok I tested this out a little bit and ran into an issue, it appears that even though the user is logged in, the authentication doesnt seem to apply to the vlc plugin.. So with authentication enable on the api, leads to vlc plugin to not start the stream but if the url is entered into the address bar (http://192.168.1.10:8555/play?channel=3&tuner=4&redirect=true) the api then changes to that channel and starts the stream as normal. With authentication disabled everything works as normal in the webgui.. I will look into vlc and authentication tomorrow Im a little tired now but figured Id give ya an update!