MediaPortal TVserver client in XBMC (for Live TV, Scheduling, Rec,... etc.)

count me in also!

the only thing missing at xbmc is live tv and recording. i am using my pc to do this now. m$ will use the xbox as a front-end for their xp-mce, it would be great if xbmx and it's pc sister (brother, whatever) would do the same.

françois

(dirkoneill @ sep. 23 2004,20:32 Wrote:i was thinking about putting up a rewards program tied to a paypal account to convince a  xbmc developer to do this because i feel that it is an essential part to the future of mp and xbmc. perhaps a reward would even bring frodo back to the xbox scene if only for a short while. would others contribute to this bounty if it gets the feature added?

team-xbmc was thinking the same thing, but not just yet, we know that frodo won't think about it until after mediaportal 1.0 is released.

so is this confirmation that there are plans to work with mediaportal to use xbmc as a frontend.

if so, does anyone know projected dates for a 1.0 release of media portal.

i am working on a plugin (in media portal) that provides xml-based listings and remote scheduling capabilities via http -- this should enable someone from the xbmc team to develop a ui for scheduling.

once that part is tightened up, i can look into adding a remote streaming that integrates in a clean way.

if there is a representative from the xbmc project that would like to collaborate on this, please pm me here or on the media portal boards.

http://nolanparty.com/mediapo....?t=2299

i'm also waiting to get a frontend for the media portal in xbmc. :sleep:

(lacitpo @ nov. 12 2004,21:19 Wrote:so is this confirmation that there are plans to work with mediaportal to use xbmc as a frontend.

eh, plans and plans, no one on the team has yet specificly said they will do it, but i'm sure it will get done after media portal pass 1.0

(lacitpo @ nov. 12 2004,21:19 Wrote:if so, does anyone know projected dates for a 1.0 release of media portal.

you have to direct that question to frodo and team-mediaportal, suspect they have a to-do list of major features to complete first?

well 1.0 has been released.

so....?

just kidding. i can wait for this as it would be sweet.

actually media portal has reached version 0.1 not 1.0 but thats besides the point, i can imagine how great it would be if xbmc and mp were tied in together, that would defintely kill ms mce (in my opinion is already does for the money, but i still have problems with guests in my house still having trouble using xbmc). i know this would be a long term goal but i just wanna show my support for this and hope it will be strongly considered.


-matt

well, i am going to take a look and see if my programming skills can help at all with this. i am sure i will probably get in the way more than anything, but i would sure love to see this come through.

i know this has been brought up in the forum before, but i cannot find anything as far as any official statements on the issue.  are there plans to add tv functionality to xbmc in the future?  i have read that it is possible once mediaportal matures, but after reading up on the boards here and on the mediaportal site, it is not clear if there are actually any plans to make this happen.  it appears most of the users of both pieces of software are very doubtful about this, i just want to try to get an answer from the source rather than reading all the gibberish.  there are several users that would love to have this feature so that xbmc can become their all-in-one solution to a media center.  xbmc, in my oppinion, brings all retail hardware and software to it's knees.  there is just one major area that it is lacking, and that is tv functionality.  i am aware of scripts to interface with this and/or that, and that is all fine and well for now, but what about the future?  i have also read arguments about wait for xbox 2, except, with that means that xbmc will pretty much have to be remade when that day comes.  i have other concerns with this as well, will m$ learn from their mistakes with xbox (not likely as we have seen in the past) and make it more difficult for the modding community to use the hardware for these uses, will they put out another sorry attempt at a media center of their own, etc?  anyways, enough ramblings from me, are there plans to implement tv support in the future?

edit by mod: splitted this post into two (instead of simply putting into garbage bin), separated the mediaportal-client and telephony questions!