[mythtv-users] myth video settings

[Yan-Fa Li]

Neato!

John, I really like that solution because it scales so much better. 
However my security paranoia tells me that's a potentially huge gaping 
security hole since you just take and execute an arbitrary string.

So I take it you put each of the video files in it's own sub directory 
on your server or do you sort everything by aspect ratio ?

Many Thanks

Yan

John Patrick Poet wrote:
> I got arround this problem by making a minor patch to the mythvideo system.
> I don't think this patch has been applied to the CVS tree, however.
> 
> I have attached my patch, if you want to try it.
> 
> My original message said:
> 
> I have some videos which are 16:9 and some which are 4:3.  These videos
> may be mpegs or avis.
> 
> This patch causes mythvideo to look for a ".mythvideo" file in the
> directory where the video file is located.  If that file exists, the
> content will be used as the player command instead of the default.
> 
> For example, in the directory where I keep my 4:3 video files, I have a
> .mythvideo file which contains:
> 
> xrandr -s 640x480;mplayer -quiet -monitoraspect 4:3 -framedrop %s;xrandr
> -s 888x500
> 
> This changes my output resolution to 640x480, runs mplayer with a 4:3
> aspect, and then switched back to my normal 888x500 (16:9) "menu"
> resolution when mplayer exits.
> 
> There may be a better (more efficient) way to achieve this
> functionality, but this was a simple change.
> 
> John
>