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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So, I’m thinking of doing some
work on Myth but wanted to check and see if it’s something that others
would want at all(especially Isaac), before I go devoting too much time to it.
That said, I was thinking of extending the plugin architecture to support an
interface for TV overlay. My main reason for doing this is Home automation, but
I imagine there would be other uses as well. I’d like to be able to open
a plugin menu which lists all plugins which implement mythplugin_overlay, or
something like that. Existing plugins could support it, for example, mythmusic
could allow CD ripping while watching TV, or myth weather could be turned on to
show the weather somewhere on screen. A Stock plugin could be added to display
a stock ticker if a user wanted. For me I’d like to be able to turn off
the lights without dropping out of watching my current show to the main menu,
or heaven forbid get off my lazy arse and turn them off manually. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anyway, forgive me if this has been
discussed before and rejected or seems like a crummy idea. I mostly wanted to
see if work in this direction would potentially be accepted into the project,
or if it would violate some original premise of its design. Look forward to
hearing everyone’s input. Later,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Jason Schloer</span></font></b></p>
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