[mythtv-users] Need help using "Alternate Player"

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:12:58 +1000, you wrote:

>Hi-yas,
>
>I have some video which vlc will play, but mythfrontend will not.
>(specifically: despite MKV re-packing, myth does not use the subtitles, and 
>skips part-way through the video on start, VLC is fine)
>
>So I'm trying to configure MythTV to use the alternate player.
>
>I navigated to the video file in question, and typed "X", and selected 
>"Enable Alternate Player" checkbox.
>In the "Alternate Player" field, I entered: /usr/bin/vlc file://%s vlc://quit
>
>But when I try to play the video with the alternate player, nothing happens.
>
>There is no log about this in the frontend log either.
>
>any ideas ?

How do you have your videos set up?  An alternate player will not work
with videos in storage groups.  You have to store them in ordinary
directories.