MythTV FrontEnd for the iPhone

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MythTV FrontEnd for the iPhone

by Brad Linder Apr 23rd 2008

Want to watch TV on your iPhone? Yesterday we would have said the best way to do this is to purchase TV shows from the iTunes store or transfer recordings (or downloads) from your computer to your iPhone the old fashioned way. But now Chris Carey has released a MythTV FrontEnd for the iPhone.

The application lets you browse recorded shows, check out program information, and stream videos from your Linux PC with MythTV BackEnd installed.

While Sling Media is considering developing a version of its SlingPlayer software for the iPhone that will let Slingbox owners stream content from their home TV or PVR to a handset, Carey's MythTV FrontEnd application is the first tool I'm aware of that actually lets you stream recorded TV to an iPhone.

You can check out a video of MythTV for the iPhone after the jump.

[via Automated Home]

Update: Dave Zatz reminds us that Elgato's EyeTV software also supports streaming recorded programs from a Mac to the iPhone.

Tags: iphone, mythtv, sling-media, slingplayer, tv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

AlexL said 12:49PM on 4-23-2008

I'm surprised there's no Orb port to jailbroken iPhones yet.

James said 12:50PM on 4-23-2008

Wow, that's just... wow. I guess he implemented the streaming player himself? The navigation/command part would be pretty easy -- for that matter, you could already view MythWeb from Safari (I'd assume, not owning one of those beasts myself). But the streaming would *not* be easy...

rothgar said 1:34PM on 4-23-2008

This is just sad that the iphone has this before windows mobile.
at least in my opinion it is.

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