[mythtv-users] Ways to jump to a window at startup
Tobias Maier
diespambox at gmx.net
Thu Sep 9 09:09:54 UTC 2010
Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 :)
you could use a script to start the frontend, wait for it to start,
and then connect via telnet to send the jump command.
Tobi
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