-- Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com | www.canonical.com On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 16:34 -0800, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> * Content. I'm seeing a large push toward Internet content (both > streaming and downloaded). That said, recorded content is still king > (for quality). MythTV is going to fall a bit here, as it is first and > foremost a DVR and expects to have recorded content. XBMC has many > plugins available to stream Internet content (plugins are python > based http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Write_plugins_for_XBMC). > What isn't discussed much is gaming. MythTV and XBMC have the option to > launch games and combined with a gamepad make a really interesting offer. > Games isn't something I'd really thought about. That's an interesting angle. In my experience add-ons for Internet based video fall in to two camps: * Those which take the FLV video (for example) and display on that video full screen with out all the extra stuff on the web page * Those which open a browser to the full page where the video lives The first option will most likely annoy the content owners/publishers and lead to blocks being put in place (a la Boxee & Hulu), and the second option looks ugly and clunky. Then of course there's the problem of the user actually discovering the content. How do I find a specific episode of a specific programme which is available /somewhere/ on the Internet? Tricky problems, to which I have no answers. > * TV or set top box, Atom or ARM. I think if there is going to be a > hardware offering, it needs to be in the form of both a TV and also a > set top box (as well as something that could be installed on existing > hardware). The ARM systems that Linaro showed off were pretty nice and > would do great I think (especially since they are so small), but being > that these would always be plugged in wouldn't need especially low > power usage so an Atom processor with an ION GPU would do fine. I saw some pretty amazing things running on ARM at UDS. ION is also a good platform for playing with, I've got two at home as Myth Frontends and they work brilliantly. We should consider the generic VA API which I think is rendering-backend agnostic and so would allow a solution to move seamlessly between hardware (in theory anyway!). > > * Scheduling recordings does require schedule data. In the US and > Canada this is done via http://www.schedulesdirect.org/ for $25/year. > In other areas of the world this is done via EIT. Microsoft provides > this service for free for Windows MCE users. These services usually > provide about 14 days of listings. Ideally I would like to see this > rolled into Ubuntu One for a small fee but $25/year isn't too extreme. > Does ATSC provide any scheduling info at all? (This is based on my understanding that ATSC is the US equivalent of DVB-T) > As it seems with most new Canonical products, there needs to be a tie > in with Ubuntu One. Let me lay out the following scenario of what I > would like to see in an ideal world. > > > I purchase a Ubuntu TV (or possibly a small set top box). At boot up, > it asks for your Ubuntu One credentials. I now have access to my > music, pictures, and videos that I have stored in Ubuntu One. I also > have the option to buy new music and/or TV shows (new service) through > the Ubuntu One media store. I want to have recorded content as well, > so I install a MythTV (Mythbuntu) backend (DVR) in my environment and > sign into it with my Ubuntu One credentials. It now pulls down my > MythTV configuration from Ubuntu One and provides me with listing > data. I now don't need to configure the backend separately (in case I > want to have multiple backends). I want to be able to play some new > games, so I purchase them through the media store as well (these would > need to be tested to work with joystick only). I just finished > watching a show and want to share it with a friend, I click on share > and it shares the show info with them (possibly need some > facebook/google+/diaspora tie in). On my friends machine, it now > attempts to schedule a recording for them (providing they have a > backend and don't have other recordings they have scheduled) or find > it either online or in Ubuntu One media store. > Love it! This would be awesome. Although, I would suggest that our own DVR functionality built in would also be required, we shouldn't expect everyone to have a Myth backend. > > I think that about sums it up. I'm probably leaving something out that > I have forgotten, but I think that would be a pretty great setup. > > Full Disclosure: I am a Mythbuntu developer. I do not contribute to > the MythTV project nor the XBMC project. I would like to ship XBMC as > an alternative frontend to MythTV. > Thanks for taking the time to put your thoughts down and sharing with us, much appreciated. Cheers, Will
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