Any Ideas For A TiVo HME Application?
I’m a developer, I like TiVo and I like a challenge so, it only seems fit that I enter the TiVo Developer Challenge. Ultimately I’d like to come up with a set of cool new apps that leverage the TiVo HME framework.
The problem is that the May 1st deadline is quickly approaching and I haven’t decided what to do.
Since I work at Yahoo, something Yahoo-related seemed a natural choice perhaps, but what? I thought of doing something with Flickr since Yahoo recently bought Flickr, but alas, somebody has already written a very nice Flickr TiVo app.
So what would everybody like to see? Yahoo Mail? My Yahoo! RSS feeds? A Tetris game?
April 24th, 2005 at 9:29 am |
A “My Yahoo!” tool would be fun, but probably not much of a challenge! I’d love to see something that adds some Mac OS integration capabilities, though obviously what you can do will be somewhat limited. Good luck!
April 24th, 2005 at 12:19 pm |
You might want to check out the Application Wishlist forum at HME.PVRblog.com for ideas. Not all of them are feasable, but there are some good ideas.
April 24th, 2005 at 5:49 pm |
How about a lookup and parse function for yahoo tv and movies section to display information about the people and programs listed in the now playing xml data? There’s a ton of mineable data in there.
April 25th, 2005 at 1:19 pm |
How about a feature that can take streaming radio feeds that are only available with programs like Realplayer or Microsoft Mediaplayer? Thanks.
May 2nd, 2005 at 3:49 pm |
iTunes streaming support — there’s already an iTunes plugin for *controlling* iTunes from the TiVo, but not for actually streaming and playing over the network and through the TiVo’s audio outputs. This would be a perfect treat for iPod+TiVo owners.
January 31st, 2006 at 12:07 pm |
I would love to see Yahoo’s LaunchCast on my TiVo!
Even if it could not stream the music, I would like control (similar to audio faucet and iTunes)
I would want to use my Thumbs Up/Down to rate my music.
I may even be willing to pay for it.