Re: [Discuss] open protocols for IP-TV

2012-01-15 Thread Tom Metro
Rich Braun wrote: Tom Metro suggested: And the best way to break free of the old-world TV model that the existing studios, networks, and cable companies are clinging to is to reduce barriers for the new upstarts to reach our living rooms. Go to Best Buy and take a look at their TV

Re: [Discuss] open protocols for IP-TV

2011-10-09 Thread Tom Metro
Rich Braun wrote: Jarod Wilson: MythTV is still actively being developed, its just not moving at break-neck pace these days. It needs to be. That said, I'm actually thinking about not using MythTV anymore. For one, most of what the kids watch anymore is Netflix. That's why: the whole

Re: [Discuss] open protocols for IP-TV

2011-10-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 09:52:28PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote: I've been surprised to see the open source communities and projects tied to television sitting on the sidelines in this area. The glaring obvious absence here is an open protocol for IP-TV. One ought to be able to create a single

Re: [Discuss] open protocols for IP-TV

2011-10-09 Thread Rich Braun
Tom Metro suggested: And the best way to break free of the old-world TV model that the existing studios, networks, and cable companies are clinging to is to reduce barriers for the new upstarts to reach our living rooms. Go to Best Buy and take a look at their TV department. Not much ever

Re: [Discuss] open protocols for IP-TV

2011-10-09 Thread Rich Braun
I made two typos, one of which is important to correct: ... brands currently are: Apple, D-Link/Boxee, LG, Logitech, Roku, Sony, TV, ... sed -i -e 's/TV/Tivo/' ... assuming the MythTV developers have completely gone clueless, the back-end of their 0.25 release should remain a step ahead ...

Re: [Discuss] open protocols for IP-TV

2011-10-09 Thread Tom Metro
Dan Ritter wrote: Tom Metro wrote: The glaring obvious absence here is an open protocol for IP-TV. Yeah, we have that. It's called DVB-IPTV. I see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-IPTV Is this the IPTV protocol that MythTV supports? (I know it has had experimental support for an IPTV