[mythtv-users] LiveTV Viewer Replacement?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 5, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:

> Is it possible to plug some other viewer in as a LiveTV replacement?
> Because the slowness of switching livetv channels is killing my WAF -
> she's a chronic channel flipper.

Add a new menu item to watch live tv without PVR functionality. This  
is how:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Menu_theme_development_guide
There's a section at the bottom specifically for this:
EXECTV someprogram %s %s %s - Executes a TV program. %s args are  
video, audio, and vbi devices
Example: EXECTV xawtv -f -device %s -dspdev %s -vbidev %s

> I'm happy to dedicate a DVB tuner for LiveTV viewing if thats what  
> it takes.
>
>
> However I guess an external app would loose integration with the OSD/ 
> EPG
>
> etc.

Correct. "etc." means you also lose all PVR functionality.


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