mythroku

HOWTO: Configuring distcc for use with a Roku PhotoBridge

2006-01-19T21:26:00.000-07:00

A lot of folks have been asking how to configure distcc for quick compilation times when developing on the photobridge. I've written a first draft of a HOWTO, which can be found here.

mythroku-0.77 released

2005-12-13T18:54:00.000-07:00

Very quickly, mythroku-0.77 is released and available at the download link. Lots of useability updates (safe exit from Live TV when a recording is due), program listing arrow indicators, ECP commands, and more. See the CHANGELOG and README for all the details.

Also a big thanks to Ag Primatic for his substantial help in this release.

More to come next week when my third roku arrives...

mythroku-0.75 released

2005-12-03T10:32:00.000-07:00

This is a bug-fix release to address a few more issues from the last release. The fixes made functional the -themedir command, a bug when deleting episodes (the highlighted episode would jump to the bottom of the screen), and not using maximum decoder buffers after navigating inside a recording.

Unseen but performed-- gradually refactoring the source code to simplify and make space for new functionalities. This release is tagged in CVS as "mythroku-0-75".

So head over to the Downloads link and have fun!

mythroku-0.74 released

2005-12-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

A long awaited enhancement release is now ready for download on SourceForge (link at left). Many bugs were cleaned out, mostly relating to how the browser handles recordings that occur during playback of another recording.

Some new features include forward and reverse navigation during live television viewing (something that was disabled previously), a new action menu activated by pressing [SELECT] from the browser, and better navigation of recordings in progress (previously the recording would hit END OF FILE when the playback caught up to the end of file at the start of playback).

Have a download, try it out, let me know what you think!

mythroku-0.73 released

2005-11-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

Thanks to hondu at the roku forums for working with me and isolating a mythroku crash. With this release, hopefully other folks seeing crashes at startup will be more successful. I've release -0.73 to account for a difference in how live tv channels with and without channel icons are treated by the mythbackend.

I've also released a binary snapshot of GDB, the gnu debugger, which can provide more info regarding why mythroku may crash. Both are available on the downloads page.

mythroku-0.72 released

2005-10-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

Finally was able to release 0.72, with two bug fixes. First the forward and back indexing should behave as expected. Second removed a crash when the last episode of a program was deleted. There is still a chance mythroku can crash if the program list changes while you are watching another program. The download can be found at sourceforge.

Source code is available via anonymous CVS. The label for this release is "mythroku-0-72".

SourceForge CVS access created

2005-10-26T22:29:00.000-07:00

For those of you waiting for CVS access to the mythroku source code, I added the latest source code to SourceForge's CVS servers.

Anyone who would like to retrieve the latest tip of the source code, just perform the following steps:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mythroku login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mythroku co -P mythrokuThis will download the latest source to the current directory.

Bug fix release of mythroku-0.71

2005-09-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

I just released 0.71 for anyone keeping up. This fixes the background PNG path issue from the 0.7 release, and it improves the user experience browsing the program guide in the Live TV mode.

Happy viewing! Downloads at sourceforge

At the right is a screenshot of the main menu, showing a thumbnail of the selected program. As you can see its showing the current list of recorded programs as well as details about the highlighted episode.

mythroku-0.7 released!

2005-09-19T22:43:00.000-07:00

It's my pleasure to announce the release of mythroku-0.7! This is the fabled "Live TV" release, along with many UI improvements. Open LiveTV, All Programs, and more in full rich background glory. In Live TV, use the "Info" button to browse other channels or timeslots, and use "Select" to tune to other channels. Press "Exit" when you tire of the Info overlay.

Find the files at SourceForge (link)

I'll get some screenshots soon for those who wish to look before testing.

What is mythroku?

2005-09-10T21:32:00.000-07:00

mythroku is an application that allows the Roku Photobridge HD to view media managed by any MythTV PVR.

Typically for each television in a household a separate PC has to be installed to "drive" the television. The PC has to run Linux, and have an installed MythTV "frontend" to connect to the MythTV backend server. In our personal case, we had three PCs running just to enjoy content in various rooms of the house.

The solution was overkill, and after discovering the potential of the Roku Photobridge, it became obvious that a simple solution existed. Mythroku running on the Photobridge is an alternative MythTV "frontend". As it has no hard drive and no fan, it is truly silent. It also appears to sip electricity in comparison to a full PC. Price-wise, the PhotoBridge HD can be a fraction of the cost of a full PC for a myth frontend, minus the headache of external video signal transcoders, monitors, keyboards and mice.

Mythroku support MPEG2 TS and PS video formats, which means that it easily handles SD and HD television programs supported by MythTV. It does not support MPEG4 due to hardware limitations of the PhotoBridge HD.

Mythroku is a work in progress. It currently supports playback of existing pre-recorded shows, but functionality for watching live television programming is still under construction.

Stay tuned for more news, updates, and information about mythroku!

mythroku-0.62 Released

2005-09-10T16:03:00.000-07:00

Another day, another release. This point release fixes one more memory bug and also introduces a new feature to clean out your settings directory upon startup (configured from the command line).

Make sure to also update your .roku files as the -tempdir= option has been renamed to -settingsdir (since that's what it really points to).

Downloads available here.

mythroku-0.61 Released

2005-09-09T22:42:00.000-07:00

After some serious debugging, mythroku-0.61 has been released. You can find the new files on SourceForge. I found some memory corruptions and wiped 'em out.

Happy viewing!
Brad