SnapStream BeyondTV client built-into XBMC or as a plugin?

[Zarufa]

SnapStream Beyond TV is personal video recording (PVR) software that adds television recording capabilities to ordinary home PCs. In addition to basic PVR features like time-shifting live television and recorded shows, there are numerous other features that are unique to the Beyond TV software. With features such as multiple-tuners and Beyond TV Link support, Beyond TV is unsurpassed in the industry.

http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/
http://www.snapstream.com/Partners/BeyondTVSDK.asp

Would be great to have a SnapStream BeyondTV client built-into XBMC or as a plugin?

[Berg]

i have asked about this quite a bit both in the xmbp and snapstream forums. i think it boils down to the snapstream team not seeing the benefits of doing the work to get the integration going (aside from the legal issues for a company that wants to keep m$ happy).

that being said, the snapstream devs have been talking about a developpers sdk which could open the door to integrating snapstream with xbmc.

here are two quotes from a conversation on the snapstream forum -

hello folks, james,

just to keep this topic "fresh" in the pvs team's mind, this is the most recent post on the xbmp forum with respect to some type of integration between snapstream and the xbox media player;



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i know no one of the offical xbmp devs is working on it right now and might be a while til they do.

does not help either that snapstream is closed source so everying has to be reversed engineered.

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if you guys could only find sometime to help them a little ... maybe the api will go a long way to resolving this ?!?!

thanks.

and the reply from one of the key dev at snapstream

i would think the developer sdk would totally resolve these issues, if it meets my expectations. feel free to mention it over there.

i have not heard much since then, but since there is renewed interest, i'll *bump* the snapstream forum and see what kind of reaction i get. it would certainly not do any harm to have others voice their interest ... here and at snapstream.

my two cents.

[Berg]

you gotta love the snapstream team ...

after making my post here, i posted over a snapstream and within a few minutes i had a reply from rkuo, one of the devs.

his reply about the sdk for integrating with snapstream, from an architecture standpoint was:

i'm not sure how xbmp will deal with this, but you'll basically want to be able to make web service calls over soap. ideally you'll want to use .net with the .net framework as the development environment...i'm not sure whether you have that option on the xbox, but if you do, that would be great. the other option is to get familiar with the web service/soap packages out there and use those. gsoap is one open package that i'm aware of.

it is a bit over my head, but i guess the first question that comes to mind is whether xbmc could use web service calls over soap, or what would have to happen to support this ?

thanks.

[Gamester17]

Originally Posted by (berg @ oct. 04 2003,18:20)

xbmc could use web service calls over soap, or what would have to happen to support this ?

but that api is not in snapstream yet is it?, and no sdk or dev docs on it, without that...

[Berg]

i agree gamester - no, its not there yet.

however, i will be making a point of pestering them until we get it !!!

:d

[Zarufa]

wow, ive have searched forums for info and asked a few people. but you really looked into it, i really hope it works out. it would be a very nice, useful function. this will keep my hopes up for awhile. thanks.

[Frodo]

if someone can get their hands on the snapstream sdk, please lemme know.
i still like snapstream and just like you would love to have it working from xbmc

frodo

[Berg]

frodo - i spend quite a bit of time in the snapstream forums and i am waiting with great anticipation for the sdk. it is not out yet, but as soon as i can get my grubby little hands on it, i'll pass it on to you. i aksed them if they could give me some indication at when we could see the sdk - haven't heard back yet.

zarufa/fellow pvs users - it certainly wouldn't hurt if the snapstream users who use xbmp/xbmc would participate in a thread over at snapstream to get the ball going - http://discuss2.snapstream.com/vb/sh...threadid=8629.

now all we need is some patience ... anyone got any, i could use a couple of buckets *

[Zarufa]

ya, ive been going through everything on there forums...ive emailed there development team development@snapstream and will continue too push this, until we get a good response. they have been talking about when they would release the sdk since like may. so hopefully they are closer now.

[windragz]

Originally Posted by (gamester17 @ oct. 04 2003,21:19)

but that api is not in snapstream yet is it?, and no sdk or dev docs on it, without that...

xbmc needs to support web service/soap. the community can develop easly tons of free services, that will makes the different!

i'm ready to develop a lyrics server for xbmc or a news server and so on :lol: