[mythtv-users] MythVideo q's

[Steve Adeff]

On Wednesday 09 November 2005 21:28, Donavan Stanley wrote:
> On 11/8/05, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I use the list view since I prefer my directory structure over the other
> > methods of listing through my videos (tv shows mostly). the behaviour of
> > list
> > view seems very odd to me, so...
>
> Blech I DESPISE the list view.

thanks, I despise the other two views, your point?


> the main tree shows the directory i setup as my videos directory, this
>
> > implies
> > I can set more than one videos directory, how do I do this? if not, how
> > do I
> > have the main (first) tree show the contents of my videos directory?
>
> Your video path can have multiple paths sperated by colons
> "/path/to/videos:/path/to/pr0n:etc:etc:etc"

perfect, exactly what i was looking for, and I think I tried everything *but* 
colons!

> Next, I currently use mplayer for video playback, the problem is the
>
> > interface
> > is quite different from Myth's Watch TV interface (ie fast
> > forward/rewind, etc). How does xine's playback compare to mplayer (I
> > never use xine, so...),
> > I know wxVLC has a very similar interface to Myth in this area, is vlc a
> > possibility?
>
> You can always use the internal player... Either that or set up a keymap
> for mplayer/xine that matches Myth's.

I will have to look into how to create a keymap for mplayer, was not aware 
this could be done. I'll also take a look into the internal player to see if 
it can handle what I've got.

Thanks,
Steve