[mythtv-users] listen to downloaded podcast (mp3) under MythTV?

[James Miller]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2016, James Miller wrote:

> I've implemented a crude approximation of the sort of audio-player 
> functionality I'm aiming for by misappropriating MythTV's "Videos" 
> functionality. I've symlinked the directory containing the podcasts under the 
> videos directory, then added a new file extension (mp3) under video settings 
>> file types. I can then, in the "video list" view, scan for changes and the 
> podcast audio files are picked up. I can also play them from there, albeit 
> looking at a blank screen. But volume buttons and fast-forward do work--and I 
> can even delete these files after listening. This is the closest 
> approximation, using the MythTV interface, of the behavior I'd like to see

I thought I might address the issue of staring at a blank screen while 
listening to the downloaded podcast by stipulating an alternate player for 
the file type: mpv is on this system and, when I invoke it manually to 
play these files it displays a minimalistic interface. But so far no 
incarnation of the mpv command--including giving the full path and %s (the 
wiki says "you can use %s to substitute the filename") will invoke the 
alternate player. Any input on properly invoking the alternate player to 
handle this mp3 extension? Thanks.

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_Frontend#File_Types See the 
subsection File Types, Associate new file extensions (Setup->Media 
Settings->Videos Settings->File Types)