<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Niels Wagenaar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n.wagenaar@xs4all.nl">n.wagenaar@xs4all.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-----Original message-----<br>From: Alex Betis <<a href="mailto:alex.betis@gmail.com">alex.betis@gmail.com</a>><br>
Sent: Tue 02-12-2008 15:54<br>To: VDR Mailing List <<a href="mailto:vdr@linuxtv.org">vdr@linuxtv.org</a>>;<br>Subject: Re: [vdr] vdr + xbmc<br><br>> -- SNIP --<br>> I was intrigued to see what is this XBMC all around and found that thread in XBMC<br>
> forum:<br>> <a href="http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36988" target="_blank">http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36988</a><br>> <br>> Looks like there is a way to stream live TV to XBMC from VDR already. Any<br>
> reason you don't use that option and prefer to have 2 frontends?<br>><br><br>That plugin had some issues last time I tried it. For instance:<br><br>- zapping is very slow on encrypted and non-encrypted channels;<br>
- No bouquets are shown;<br>- 4:3 broadcasts doesn't get automaticly set to 16:9 output;<br>- Plugin needs to configured/started within video environment of XBMC (no own menu);<br><br>Just not really workable atm, at least for me that is. But there's talk about implenting VDR frontend within XBMC. But that's just it, it's just talk.<br>
<br>For a high WAF implementation, the VDR/XBMC switch wins hands down.</blockquote>
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<div>Ok, thanks for the info.</div>
<div>I liked the way XBMC looks like (UI), so I might put my hands on it after I'll finish with my higher priority VDR wish list.</div>
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