[mythtv-users] Ways to jump to a window at startup

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Thu Sep 9 08:26:19 UTC 2010


On 9 September 2010 08:07, Chris Adams <rocket at extremelan.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking into programming some buttons on my remote to launch
> mythfrontend directly into various screens. For instance say a user
> presses the "Guide" button, mythfrontend launches and the user is
> immediately presented with the EPG. Bypassing the menus.
>
> The only way I can think of is to launch mythfrontend then frantically
> poll the telnet socket so I can send it a jump command before the menu
> is displayed. Haven't tried it (yet) but it seems this will flicker
> since the main menu will display briefly then be replaced by the
> desired screen. Not a great user experience, but acceptable.
>
> Has anyone done this? Is there a more elegant way?

Not that I can think of without first having to get to the main menu
first, which you mention above.

Having a mythfrontend --jump <JUMPPOINT> option would be very handy in
this situation :)

Cheers,
Nick

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