Talk:GSoC Project - One common GUI front-end that can control multiple PVR/DVR/HTPC back-ends
Back-end TV-Servers
MythTV
I suggest that since elupus is already coding MythTV-client support for XBMC you use that, MythTV as the reference backend TV-server, and do not include that in the scope of your project. That way you only have to concetrate for the GUI interface, the EPG, and the API, which is more than enough. ...sure, later once those tasks are completed then you are more than welcome to code another HTPC-client for XBMC and your API ;) Gamester17 10:01, 11 March 2008 (EDT)
EPG (TV-Guide)
Re-use old XMLTVgui code?
@Alcoheca, for the EPG you might want to look at the old half-finished XMLTV TV-Guide that was once in XBMC, it is possible that could be ported, updated and used a base, rather than coding the GUI of the TV-Guide from scratch. The source code for it can still be found here:
- http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87054&package_id=153914&release_id=331612
- More TV-Guide discussion here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=12948
- Gamester17 09:52, 11 March 2008 (EDT)
Commercial Skipping
XBMC already has EDL (commercial skipping) and SceneMarker support for recoded videos so this does not need to within the scope of the project. Gamester17 10:01, 11 March 2008 (EDT)