[mythtv-users] using exectv and vlc to replace the internal player

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri May 4 15:25:49 UTC 2007


On 05/04/2007 10:56 AM, Robin Neatherway wrote:
> On 5/4/07, wad <wadcyr8_197 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Does anyone know how to use exectv to replace the  action
>> "TV_WATCH_LIVE" by vlc and watching liveTV with it instead of using the
>> internal player ?
>>
>>
>> For the moment I know how to lauch vlc  with exectv in the mainmenu.xml
>> file but I can't find the parameters to read the tv stream sent by the
>> backend.
>>     
> The backend isn't sending any stream out, it is only marking the tuner
> as "in use"

So EXECTV /only/ works on a combined frontend/backend (and only if a 
local capture card is available when it's requested).

Mike


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