[mythtv-users] Disabling the internal player

[jedi]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:13:18PM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 02/23/2010 01:24 AM, mythusers wrote:
> >On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Christopher Kerr wrote:
> >
> >>Not possible as far as I know, but what is it about the internal
> >>player that annoys you?
> >
> >Oh it doesn't annoy me. I just don't like it - mostly because it's
> >not the player I've been using forever. I like consistency. I'm
> >not just talking about using it with MythTV - I've been using the
> >same player everywhere for ages. And still do on some machines
> >without a remote control, and I like that the 'keys' have the same
> >function.
> 
> As Chris implied, the Internal player is designed to give you full
> access to /all/ capabilities of MythTV--ones which you'll be lacking
> if you use any other player.  With the Internal player, you have
> commercial skipping, OSD (including recording metadata, commercial
> skip information, Menu, ...), timestretch, ability to schedule a
> recording when you happen to see a commercial for a new show airing
> during the show you're watching, bookmarks, ...
> 
> As far as the "keys" go, Utilities/Setup|Edit Keys.
> 
> If you want a DVR that allows you to choose the player, then don't
> use MythTV:  http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ .  MythTV is designed as

   Until the internal player can play everything that the standalone
players can with all of the features enabled (like subtitles or CCs)
then this issue will keep coming up. Using an external player is a
practical necessity at this point. That tends to cause user confusion.

> a completely integrated DVR.  Freevo is a DVR that integrates a
> bunch of standalone programs, allowing you to choose which ones you
> use.  This design facet of MythTV will not change, so if you feel
> it's the wrong approach, MythTV is not the program for you.

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