[mythtv-users] Can't enable plugin - MythMusic

[Mary Strimel]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 3:48 PM Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 3:38 PM Mary Strimel
>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 3:34 PM Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 1:33 PM Mary Strimel <mary.strimel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi,
>>>> I installed mythtv from the available packages for my Linux Mint
>>>> distribution. I am running version 31 of myth.
>>>> After getting it working I installed the "mythplugins" package from my
>>>> distribution. It includes Mythmusic, which is what I want.
>>>> I restarted the backend and looked in both the back and frontends for
>>>> settings. There is no sign that Mythmusic is enabled. Under Settings -->
>>>> Media Settings it only has an option for "Video," no mention of music. I
>>>> did create a storage group that points to my music files, but I did that on
>>>> my own, there didn't seem to be a proper way to link it to Mythmusic. I
>>>> checked the menu where I watch videos, and there is no option for music.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure there is something basic I am missing. I combed the docs but
>>>> cannot find it. What should I do?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mary
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> I think you want to install "plugins" see:
>>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Ubuntu
>>>
>>
> IIRC next you need to set paths to your music files in BE setup>storage
> groups, also please do not top post.
> (after clicking "reply" click the three dots, bottom right, to be able to
> scroll below existing text)
>

Thank you for the info. I did, in fact, install mythplugins and set a
storage group that points to my music collection and called it “music”,
however there are still no menu options to play it or work with it. The
plug-in seems definitely not enabled.
Other suggestions?

> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20201019/d9ca4364/attachment.htm>