[mythtv-users] Digital Sign

[jedi]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 03:07:41PM -0400, J wrote:
> I know mythtv is a little too high end for this, but its going to be a
> distributed system where everything would be much easier if the content was
> all in one place (and we already have a system similar with a central media

All you need for this end of it is a fileserver.

Infact, what you need on the MythTV (mythvideo) end of it is a fileserver.

If I didn't watch TV, I could dump MythTV and just run a bunch of
popcorn hour machines tied back to the NFS server that's running
anyways.

> server).  but yes it is low-rent digital signage
> hope all is well!
> -J
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 02:43:32PM -0400, J wrote:
> > >    Does anybody have any ideas for a way to make mythtv playback
> > >    automated so that it plays back certain files at certain times....
> > >    kind of like a digital sign, or at the very least queue up items to
> > >    be played? I'm thinking this might be possible to do through the
> > >    slideshow of mythpicutres or something........ any ideas welcome
> >
> > In you are in fact trying to just do low-rent digital signage, look
> > into mplayer and playlists.  MythTV is way too high-end for that.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- jra
> >