MythTV Fans......

[mikejaner]

Anybody willing to see if they can impliment a theme like the current MythTV theme? Being open source, I would imagine there is no legal issues with using the images etc..... http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures


While I'm at it. How about Freevo or XBMC themes. Those are also open source and probably free of legal issues.

[edmc]

My wife has explicitly asked for a very different alternative: ReplayTV.

Folks need to remember that functionality and useability often compete. I'd sooner request folks devote at least some effort towards the useability direction...

[kny3twalker]

well I like the features of Myth almost more than the UI
sweet DVD ripper and editor built in
damn

[Deadbolt]

auto comercial skip too...nice

[JasonJoel]

Eh, gimmick in my opinion. None of them work 100%, so I don't use them. If I have to hit FFWD ever then I would just rather use my FFWD2 + FFWD1 combo. But that's me. :)

Jason

nally posted by Deadbolt [/i]
auto comercial skip too...nice [/QUOTE]

[mlbdude]

Originally posted by JasonJoel
Eh, gimmick in my opinion. None of them work 100%, so I don't use them. If I have to hit FFWD ever then I would just rather use my FFWD2 + FFWD1 combo. But that's me. :)

Jason

nally posted by Deadbolt [/i]
auto comercial skip too...nice

Ditto again. If it did work though it would be nice. Had to stop using it in ReplayTV and BTV because of the guesswork.

[mikejaner]

Yeah, I tried auto commercial skip on BTV3. Not bad. It seems to be as about as accurate as doing FF2. Either way, I ususally end up doing a FF or two just like the FF2+FF combo.
Oh that note. I wonder if somebody wrote a chapter skip utility to scan the files SageTV has recorded, if Sage will utilize chapter markings. Has anybody tried? I kno BTV uses an XML format for their chapter markings, but what about embedding them?

[krutaw]

Originally posted by mikejaner
Yeah, I tried auto commercial skip on BTV3. Not bad. It seems to be as about as accurate as doing FF2. Either way, I ususally end up doing a FF or two just like the FF2+FF combo.
Oh that note. I wonder if somebody wrote a chapter skip utility to scan the files SageTV has recorded, if Sage will utilize chapter markings. Has anybody tried? I kno BTV uses an XML format for their chapter markings, but what about embedding them?

With all of the Enzyte, Viagra, etc etc commercials on and children in the house, I can't telll you how much that would be worth to me.. :D

[mikesm]

The Replay's and Myth do a pretty good job of commercial skip. You may think it's a gimmick, but there is a reason that even Tivo employee's buy ReplayTV DVR's for their kids' TV's.

Lack of commercial skip in Sage is a big deal, if it had that I might leave Myth and go back to Sage.



Thanks,
Mike

[xlr8shun]

maybe chapter skip is something that could be added with studio

assuming you get a good java programmer that knows how to use studio?

[mlbdude]

Problem is you need a new way to do it. Scene detection (like Replay and BTV - not sure how Myth does it) does not work well any more because the networks are onto it. Too bad they don't put markers in the video :).

[falchulk]

Originally posted by mikesm
The Replay's and Myth do a pretty good job of commercial skip. You may think it's a gimmick, but there is a reason that even Tivo employee's buy ReplayTV DVR's for their kids' TV's.

Lack of commercial skip in Sage is a big deal, if it had that I might leave Myth and go back to Sage.



Thanks,
Mike

They dont do that good of a job. They will mark the end of a break as the begining and the next as the end. That means you skip whole chunks of a show. Thats the same issue with BTV. The black screen and volume change are no more reliable then the 3:00 minute commercial break or the start time of a show anymore. They are trying to make it harder to skip the breaks so they dont lose the advertising dollars that keeps them running.