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

this is from the todo list (http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.source....php?t=652) for mediaportal:

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general
- video network broadcasting...so we can send live video streams(from a capture device) to other networked computers..

the todo list is about a mile long, but at least this feature is on the radar. now the question is how does mediaportal intend to implement this so we can start working on a client?

what about the python scripts already written for tivo functionality, and dreambox?


i'm going to get going on this, and figure out a way to do it.
it may take some time, while i learn how to xdk, but i'm committed!
i have a hauppauge nexus-s.
i think that the xbox being the cheapest, most powerful frontend you can buy right now will keep it going for years to come, not to mention the fact that i have 540 gigs full of games that my kids will never play in 10 years. the graphics quality of the xbox under hdtv is the best in the market, and games will continue to be released for at least the immediate future. the capabilities of the xbox as a frontend just makes sense.
buy a $800 pc, wiht 2, or 3 dvb-s cards, and a hdtv terrestrial card for locals, thus between $1000, and $1500 invested.
then, $140 per xbox (plus remote kit) for every other tv in your house.(plus a http://www.x2vga.com/ for your hdtv, or monitor/lcd projector)
the result could be a tivo killer for next to nothing in relation to other commercial ventures.

can a tivo do any of the graphics that an xbox can,
no, it plain ass sucks!
tivo menus are the slowest thing i've ever seen.

the myth project is catching up,
but there is a reason that both the xbmc, and mediaportal project is so popular....
there is nothing like it on either platform, that is well, opensource....

smokeman,
i agree with you... the xbmc still has life as long as the devs support/extend/improve it.

i'd love to use mp as the pvr and xbmc as my game machine and front end.

when you get a beta, start a new thread and i'm sure you'll get some testers!

well, i dont know how much help i can be, but i finally got the xdk and compiled the xbmc source code.

i am looking into implementing a upnp client. hopefully, i can at least get something started that others can work on.

i had an epiphany on the way home from work,
the whole problem right now is that xbmc can't talk to mediaportal at all, right?

what about simply incorporating xbmc stream server into mediaportal, then simply expand on it's functionality?
xbmc stream code is readily available, and understood by many.
there are a lot of pc app coders that understand it already,
so how hard can it be to merge some of that code into mediaportal?

that would be step one, which would allow xbmc to watch shows that are recording. then the next step would be to port the python scripts for controling tivo recording database, or dreambox to control mediaportal's recording schedule.

that may be an oversimplification,
or, it may be a start :-)

awesome! glad to see there are people actively working on this. personally, from everything i have read, it appears the best way to go about this is to implement upnp since it will allow the most efficient interface between the two programs. upnp will allow us to improve the interface and include mostly all of the mp functionality eventually. i don't know, i am certainly no dev, but i can help out. i personally think we should start up a donation fund for the development and do the same thing that xbmc is doing with their dvd thing.
los93sol

i have been looking into upnp and it definately seems the way to go. in a few years everything is going to be upnp compliant. it also seems that it shouldnt be too hard to develop with using some c++ libraries that already exist (cyberlink c++).

anyway, i am taking this slow, going to try to get a basic communication going between my laptop and my desktop. if that works, i will see about getting it to work on the xbox.

just for your information:
mircosoft just relead windows media connect
http://www.microsoft.com/windows....lt.aspx

this turns windows xp in a fullblown upnp server
you can tell it which media folders you wanna share to which dmr
this means that mediaportal doesnt have to do anything
just install wmc, configure it and voila its ready to stream any media to any upnp digital media receiver.

so if xbmc is going to support upnp then i think we can close this thread since then you can stream all media from mediaportal->xbmc


frodo

oh and besides this upnp
mediaportal now has a webcontrol interface so ppl
can control mp using a normal webbrowser
this way they can see the tvguide, channels, recordings
add new recordings, play any file etc etc

for this some web-services where developed
i guess xbmc could use these webservices also to get the tvguide and to control mp

more info:
http://nolanparty.com/mediapo....heduler

frodo

wow, that's great news. i am a little unsure though, so through the webservices and the windows integrated upnp, we could control everything about mediaportal through xbmc if it was built in of course.