[mythtv-users] Playing Video Streams Using MPlayer

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Sep 22, 2008, at 6:01 AM, Ian Barton wrote:

> I want to be able to play the video stream from my Webcam and for
> various reasons I don't want to use Zoneminder. I can play the  
> stream OK
> by opening its url in MPLayer. However, what I would like to do is to
> play it in MPlayer directly from MythTV.
>
> I can think of a couple of possibilities:
>
> * Create a "dummy" video file that shows up in MythVideo that just
> launches mplayer with the correct url.
>
> * Hack the menu to create a new item that launches mplayer with the
> correct url.
>
> The menu hack is easiest, but has the disadvantage of needing to be
> re-applied every time I upgrade.
>
> Can anyone thing of any alternative methods?

Add a new menu command to launches mplayer and plays the stream.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Menu_theme_development_guide#Special_Actions