MythBox is a MythTV frontend for XBMC. Developed as an XBMC addon, MythBox aims to make watching TV a simple (wife tested!) and enjoyable experience using only your remote control.
- Watch recordings with commercial skipping
- Watch Live TV
- Create and update recording schedules
- View upcoming recordings
- Enhanced program guide
- Fanart downloaded from tvdb, tmdb, imdb, and google image search
- Season and episode numbers downloaded from tvrage and tvdb
- View tuner and job queue info
- Compatible with MythTV 0.21-0.25+
- Add your own public Twitter feeds
- Move comm flagging jobs to the front of the queue
- Trigger user jobs, comm flagging, or transcoding for a recording
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All Platforms
- XBMC 11.x (Eden)
- A working MythTV 0.24/0.25 backend
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Linux
- 32-bit or 64-bit distro (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Arch, OpenSuse, etc)
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Mac OSX
- Mac OS X 10.6.7 or newer - Intel only
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Windows
- Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7
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iOS (iPad/iPhone/ATV2)
- Jailbroken device
- Verified on iPad 1 only (should work on others too)
- iPad 1 is able to play SD MPEG2 w/o problems. HD MPEG2 is a bust.
MythBox does not work on the XBox.
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To install: System > Add-ons > Get Add-ons > XBMC.org Add-ons > Video Add-ons > MythBox
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To run: Videos > Video Add-ons > MythBox
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You'll be sent straight to the Settings screen (with an error message). Fill in all the settings and click on the 'Test Settings' button until you get a 'Settings OK' message.
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Exit the Settings screen & enjoy!
Context Keyboard MCE Remote Action
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Global \ N/A Toggle fullscreen/windowed mode
Navigation Esc - Go back to the previous screen
Backspace Back/Previous Go back to the previous screen
m Win Button Go back to the main menu
Home |<< Go to the top of the list
End >>| Go to the bottom of the list
PgUp Chan + Page Up
PgDown Chan - Page Down
Playing Video x Stop Stop video
Space Pause Pause video
PrtScrn Record Take screenshot
i Info Show program info
o Guide Show audio/video/fps stats
z OK Toggle zoom modes
Tab Enter Toggle fullscreen/embedded player mode
Home Window Down Down Activate popup menu to delete
Coverflow or re-record the selected
recording
Recording PgUp Chan + Goto previous recording
Details Window PgDown Chan - Goto next recording
TV Guide PgUp Chan + Scroll TV guide up one page
PgDown Chan - Scroll TV guide down one page
r << Scroll TV guide left one page
f >> Scroll TV guide right one page
? |<< Scroll TV guide back 1 day
? >>| Scroll TV guide forward 1 day
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