MythTV Go
Free AppAbout MythTV Go
Play recordings from your MythTV PVR on your Android device.
Important: MythTV 0.25 is required, as it uses the new Services API.
Features:
* Easy to configure, can auto discover mythtv backend.
* Can configure multiple backends (e.g. to access via ssh tunnel).
* Recordings are shown in a list, grouped by name and recording group.
* Recording details and preview are shown when a recording is selected.
* Multiple transcoding profiles (Low, Medium & High quality).
Notes:
1) An external video player is currently required to play the transcoded video streams. I currently recommend vplayer or diceplayer from the Play store. The player that I used to recommend (bsplayer) no longer works.
See my blog for some in-depth testing on video players:
http://hudhob.wordpress.com/mythtv-go-help/
Big thanks to those who've contacted me and helped out with testing and debugging! I'd appreciate it if anyone who has problems contacts me, before giving the app a 1 star rating. It's impossible for me to test every combination of phone/Android version/MythTV setup.
Version History:
1.0.6
* Fixed crash due to running out of memory with large lists of recordings
* Improved support for IPv6
* Improved error messages to give more details on why backend connections have failed
1.0.5
* Fixed a crash when backend doesn't respond as expected
* Added more details in error messages (backend name, ip and port)
* Tidied up backend preferences screen, so you can't enter multi-line name/ip addresses any more
Note: Most of the errors I see reported now are errors connecting to the backend. Hopefully the changes above will help people to diagnose what's wrong.
1.0.4
* A few bug fixes for Android 2.2 and 4
* Backend discovery should now be more reliable
* Added extra wifi permission for backend discovery on Android 4
* No longer compatible with Android 1.5 for a number of reasons
1.0.3
* Added option to keep or delete transcoded stream after viewing (it can be useful to keep the stream if you're going to continue watching the recording later).
* Added automatic backend discovery. Just use the "Find" button in the Backend Preferences screen
* Added input checking to backend preferences. Some people had added spaces etc. to the IP address which stopped it connecting to the backend.
* Other minor bug fixes.
Important: MythTV 0.25 is required, as it uses the new Services API.
Features:
* Easy to configure, can auto discover mythtv backend.
* Can configure multiple backends (e.g. to access via ssh tunnel).
* Recordings are shown in a list, grouped by name and recording group.
* Recording details and preview are shown when a recording is selected.
* Multiple transcoding profiles (Low, Medium & High quality).
Notes:
1) An external video player is currently required to play the transcoded video streams. I currently recommend vplayer or diceplayer from the Play store. The player that I used to recommend (bsplayer) no longer works.
See my blog for some in-depth testing on video players:
http://hudhob.wordpress.com/mythtv-go-help/
Big thanks to those who've contacted me and helped out with testing and debugging! I'd appreciate it if anyone who has problems contacts me, before giving the app a 1 star rating. It's impossible for me to test every combination of phone/Android version/MythTV setup.
Version History:
1.0.6
* Fixed crash due to running out of memory with large lists of recordings
* Improved support for IPv6
* Improved error messages to give more details on why backend connections have failed
1.0.5
* Fixed a crash when backend doesn't respond as expected
* Added more details in error messages (backend name, ip and port)
* Tidied up backend preferences screen, so you can't enter multi-line name/ip addresses any more
Note: Most of the errors I see reported now are errors connecting to the backend. Hopefully the changes above will help people to diagnose what's wrong.
1.0.4
* A few bug fixes for Android 2.2 and 4
* Backend discovery should now be more reliable
* Added extra wifi permission for backend discovery on Android 4
* No longer compatible with Android 1.5 for a number of reasons
1.0.3
* Added option to keep or delete transcoded stream after viewing (it can be useful to keep the stream if you're going to continue watching the recording later).
* Added automatic backend discovery. Just use the "Find" button in the Backend Preferences screen
* Added input checking to backend preferences. Some people had added spaces etc. to the IP address which stopped it connecting to the backend.
* Other minor bug fixes.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
1.0.7
* New preferences options to control how much of the stream is created on the backend, and how long to wait before the player is launched. This should help with lower powered backends that are taking longer to create the stream
* Added progress bars with status information when communicating with backend to help track down any further issues
* Preferences menu now available on every screen, to make it easier to test different settings
* Can now play recordings with spaces in the filename
1.0.7
* New preferences options to control how much of the stream is created on the backend, and how long to wait before the player is launched. This should help with lower powered backends that are taking longer to create the stream
* Added progress bars with status information when communicating with backend to help track down any further issues
* Preferences menu now available on every screen, to make it easier to test different settings
* Can now play recordings with spaces in the filename
More downloads MythTV Go reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads MythTV Go reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads MythTV Go reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update MythTV Go was updated to version 1.0.7
What are users saying about MythTV Go
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Doesn't work
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Works well. With ads. :/
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Great, it works! Supports IPv6 and supports the native video player. Can watch a recording live before it has finished recording.
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This is the best player for Myth, good job.
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Gets better every update.
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The only app I found that I could use to stream myth recorded content to my tablet. The UI needs work. Very difficult to fast forward and rewind. No commercial skip. Confusing UI. No apparent way to see live streams.
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Works, but needs a little extra setup on the backend host.
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It works and I like it
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This app works great for me, but only after I read the developers web site where he describes how to debug problems with mythtv-backend. In my case my mythTV backend was not compiled with x264 support. After fixing that the app worked without problems. Those people giving a low rating should investigate their mythTV setup first. When I used VPlayer to play the content it would stop after about 30 secs, but MXPlayer worked OK.
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I put this on my phone so the kids would be able to watch some TV when needed. While I have gotten this to work successfully on occasion, I cannot depend on it. What I do like is the ability to select resolution type - much more bandwidth friendly thant myth web, which is not intuitive and is clunky IMO. This, however, is spotty and crashes sometimes for no reason. Currently am running fe 13.10 with most recent major release of mythtv. System connects but is not able to stream due to some java I/o error.
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I've been using it for several versions now on Gingerbread and it has always worked perfectly for me. I use BSPlayer for streaming. The auto discovery is an excellent addition. I can't wait to see what gets added in the future. Well done!
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Not sure what the problem is, bs player free opens but says nothing added to queue. Flashes the menu prompting whether to keep or delete the steam before bs player opens. Maybe an issue with the htc linkify or multitasking quirks. Gonna try on cmx next. Great interface so far!
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Using on a HP Touchpad which shouldn't even have androind running on it. Currently running Cyanogenmod 9 ice cream sandwich and with BS player and this app all is working well. Even works over SSH if you forward the correct ports. As for adding scheduling recording etc, mythweb already does that perfectly well for me.
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Impossible to get back to configuration menu (without reinstall), no option to select player. Just doesn't work, sloppy app.
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Video never plays. ics/gnex
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Works well.
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Would like to see recording scheduling, managing recordings, program guide, etc. But playback is awesome and works very well.
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Works great. Thank you Dev. More features would be great e.g. view epg, set recordings.
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Works fine up until BSPlayer starts but BSPlayer says nothing added to queue
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I've tried using all kinds of upnp apps as well as setting up a Darwin Streaming Server. All those solutions worked. This app though made absoulty everything effortless. DOWNLOAD it and BSplayer and you should be good to go...no more headaches.
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Even works remotely. Thanks for a job well done.
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Works great. Better interface than the other android MythTV frontend - MythFrontend. I've personally released Android Apps to work with free / open source projects, but I've never added adverts or suggested I might charge for them - because the developers of the original projects don't. MythTV doesn't include adverts. You don't have to pay for MythTV. I think it's a shame this has adverts and that the developer suggests he may charge for a version.
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Lists the shows fine, but then just fails to start the stream
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5 stars because it works instantly and very easily. The only issue is can't skip forward in playback. Fix that and I'd be very happy to pay for this app as it stands. 'Videos' playback would be very nice to see.
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Crashes every time you start. Might be because I have a few thousand recordings.
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The only thing this app does successfully is display ads.
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Well done. Had it working in 1 minutes time and most of that time was spent installing bsplayer. Nicely done sir! Very much looking forward to your other ideas.
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