[mythtv-users] automatically launching VideoLan or Windows Media Player with .NUV files?

[Brad Fuller]

Andrew Cheyne wrote:

> Hello,
>
>   I've just started using MythTV, and the first thing my wife wants to 
> be able to do is play her recorded shows on the PC (WinXP) in her 
> office. I got it to work by doing this:
>
> - Installed VideoLan client.
> - Use Firefox to browse to the web server on my mythtv box, 
> right-click on the ".nuv" link for the show I want to watch and select 
> "Copy Link location".
> - Open VideoLan and open the HTTP stream with the copied value.
>
>   That all seems to be a bit manual. Is there a way I can tell Firefox 
> to just automatically launch VideoLan with the file stream? Or, with 
> the appropriate filters installed, could I get Windows Media Player to 
> do the same thing?
>
I use:
http://dsmyth.sourceforge.net/

Works fine.

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