Mythbuntu and Amazon Video on Demand

[thatguruguy]

Has anyone been able to get Amazon Video on Demand set up with Mythbuntu?

Is there any chance to get this included in a default Mythbuntu installation, considering the strengthening ties between Canonical and Amazon?

[thatguruguy]

To be clear, I recognize that I can simply open Firefox and go to the Amazon site. What I'm talking about is a way to include results from Amazon in the "Browse Internet Video" and "Search Internet Video" sections of the Media Library section of the MythTV frontend.

[uteck]

I found the 'Browse Internet Video' section to be buggy to usless, which I think is one of the main reasons people put a XBMC option in their frontend. I installed the extra XBMC repo from, I think it was Blue Cop, which includes the Hulu and Amazon plugins, along with a bunch of others.
Streaming video with XBMC is so far ahead of Myth, that it will take them some time to catch up without a dedicacted effort.

[thatguruguy]

I found the 'Browse Internet Video' section to be buggy to usless, which I think is one of the main reasons people put a XBMC option in their frontend. I installed the extra XBMC repo from, I think it was Blue Cop, which includes the Hulu and Amazon plugins, along with a bunch of others.
Streaming video with XBMC is so far ahead of Myth, that it will take them some time to catch up without a dedicacted effort.

Agreed that browsing internet video with MythTV is... sub-optimal.

My suggestion is that a dedicated plugin for Amazon VOD be developed, with a revenue share of the affiliate revenue between the Mythbuntu group, the MythTV project and, perhaps, Ubuntu/Canonical. Kind of like how money from the Amazon plugin for Banshee generates money for different projects.

[nickrout]

Agreed that browsing internet video with MythTV is... sub-optimal.

My suggestion is that a dedicated plugin for Amazon VOD be developed, with a revenue share of the affiliate revenue between the Mythbuntu group, the MythTV project and, perhaps, Ubuntu/Canonical. Kind of like how money from the Amazon plugin for Banshee generates money for different projects.

suggesting it here will get you nowhere, there are no myth devs to speak of here (well a couple, but not many).

Go to the mailing list.

[thatguruguy]

suggesting it here will get you nowhere, there are no myth devs to speak of here (well a couple, but not many).

Go to the mailing list.

Agreed that's the correct place to make the suggestion; I was curious if anyone here was already working on it or knew of such a project.