[GLLUG] Looking for some open source projects (local) to aid in

[vanek]

Richard Houser wrote:
> The only really obvious question I see: "Is XBMC the right tool for
> the job?"  You may be better off either using another software (ex.
> MythTV) adding a translation layer (batch conversion process, ...
The process has to work when the user adds just a single video file, so 
even though a batch process would be necessary, it wouldn't be 
sufficient. Well, I guess it would be OK if it was written smartly. 
Scraping is a very slow procedure (at least on XBMC it is) so whatever 
we do we have to try to minimize duplicate scraping. It also pisses off 
the people who are allowing the scraping if it is done needlessly.

> fuse
> decompression layer, etc.)

If we're talking about the same "fuse" then I don't think fuse would 
work. XBMC is multi-platform, and I don't think fuse is. [I'm assuming 
you meant the 'fuse' project which is the user filesystem.]

> Aside from that, if the project is written
> in Python, you should stick to that unless there is an explicit reason
> that prevents that (ex. performance issues or hardware acceleration
> require C libraries, etc.).  It's easier for a semi-decent programmer
> to learn a new language than it is to try to bolt something that
> doesn't fit on via a known language.
>