[mythtv-users] Mythtvosd help

[James Armstrong]

That must be it. I was in the menu. It would be nice if it would work in 
the main menu. I was planning on using it for callerid and messages from 
my misterhouse server.

- James

Larry Matter wrote:

>Learn something new everyday.  I didn't even know about that command.
>
>Anyway, it works for me too (mythtv 0.14).  Only trick I saw was that you
>have to be watching LiveTV (or a recording) for it to work.  And it fades
>quickly (3-4 secs) so you have to be ready to see it.
>
>Larry
>
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>>I cut&pasted your command line and it worked for me.  It might help
>>if you list what versions you are using.
>>
>>
>>On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 09:12:23AM -0500, James Armstrong wrote:
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>>>Is there any trick to using mythtvosd? I am trying to test with:
>>>mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text='hello there'. I see where the
>>>udp packet is broadcast but nothing ever shows up on the mythfrontend.
>>>
>>>- James
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