On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:43:28 -0800 Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> dijo:
>On 1/18/19 9:15 PM, Derek Loree wrote: >> Kodi works with the HDHomrun, I gave up on it because it doesn’t >> rewind for me (on Windblows 10). However, I came home from work one >> day and my wife (not a techie) couldn’t get the HDHomerun app to >> work, but could get the Kodi app to work (again on Winblows 10). >> Anyway, it is supposed to work with Linux and Mac as well, and seems >> like a better interface that should get close to what you are >> looking for. > >I forgot about Kodi. I never used it, but the guys on the MythTV >mailing list talked about it. Some of them prefer parts of Kodi over >MythTV. Anyway, yes, it is available for Linux, and might do what John >needs. I tried Kodi once on my laptop thinking it might be better than VLC. It was not. But from what you guys are saying maybe I didn't look deep enough. So just now I installed it on my desktop - the computer that plays video for me. It's easy enough to install, since it's in the Ubuntu repos. I spent half an hour with it, but failed to get it to find the HDHomeRun on the network (192.168.1.112). I remember now why I uninstalled it from my laptop - the interface is hard to figure out because it completely overrides the window manager and my personal settings for it. There is no title bar, no close X in the corner, no button to go back or forward to find things, no menus - it's just impossible to figure out how to use it. At least for me. Maybe if I was a teenager I would have better luck. But I'm an old man and all I want to do is watch television without having to hire a teenager to come over and turn it on for me. :( OK, that was kind of snarky. I'll poke at it some more tomorrow morning when my mood has improved. :) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug