[mythtv-users] Different mythvideo settings per frontend

[Ryan Steffes]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Chris Reeves <chrisrco_08 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> In case it's useful to anyone, here's the script I created.  It's nothing
> fancy, but it may save someone a few minutes if they run into this.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> hn=`hostname`
> if [ $hn == "mythmain" ]; then
>   xine -pfhq --no-splash "\"$1\""
> elif [ $hn == "mythfe" ]; then
>   mplayer -fs "$1"
> fi
>
> I put this script in the shared directory my videos are in, and simply set
> the mvthvideo play command to /media/share/scripts/play.sh %s
>
> One other interesting thing, in .20.2 at least, it seems like each frontend
> can have a different default player command, but when you set specific
> commands for specific file extensions, they end up the same across all
> frontends.  This may just be some strange issue with my setup though.
>
> Thanks again for the help,
> Chris
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Chris Reeves <chrisrco_08 at yahoo.com>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:14:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Different mythvideo settings per frontend
>
> Thanks, that sounds like a great solution (and one I probably would never
> have thought of).  I don't know why I thought mythvideo frontends worked
> like that to begin with.
>
> Thanks again,
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:47:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Different mythvideo settings per frontend
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Chris Reeves <chrisrco_08 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I have two frontends, is there any way to have separate mythvideo
>> settings for each one?  Specifically, I'd like to use a different command to
>> play video files on each frontend.  For some reason, I thought mythvideo
>> frontend settings were independent, but when I change the video playing
>> command on one, it changes on the other as well.  I'm still using 20.2, so
>> if there is a solution for this in 21, I'm sorry.
>>
>
> No.  Better off to use a script you create as the default player and have
> it detect the hostname and then call the appropriate player
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
While that solution is KISS elegant, it shouldn't strictly be necessary.  I
am unfamiliar with xine, but mplayer and Internal both can handle that
scenario just fine with no modifications.  mplayer, because you can use a
line like:

mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv %s -ao alsa:device=digital -ac hwac3, -alang
en

which will fail gracefully if the alsa device isn't available, and Internal
because near as I can tell it uses your regular TV playback settings which
are frontend specific.  It seems like xine should have a command line that
should fail politely as well.
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