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

• All Platforms

  • XBMC 11.x (Eden)
  • A working MythTV 0.24/0.25 backend

• Linux

  • 32-bit or 64-bit distro (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Arch, OpenSuse, etc)

• Mac OSX

  • Mac OS X 10.6.7 or newer - Intel only

• Windows

  • Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7

• 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.

1. To install: System > Add-ons > Get Add-ons > XBMC.org Add-ons > Video Add-ons > MythBox

2. To run: Videos > Video Add-ons > MythBox

3. 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.

4. 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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