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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>just wondering whether there are any alternatives
to using the KDE front end for browsing and playing recorded shows?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A little background as to why I'm
asking:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a blind user, and have been a Linux enthusiast
for years. Those of us who can't see the screen are able to access
information via screen reading software. Currently, the most active
projects in terms of screen reading on the Linux gui side are
Gnopernicus:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.baum.ro/gnopernicus_summary.html">http://www.baum.ro/gnopernicus_summary.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and sun's Orca. The problem right now is that
at present, the aforementioned screen readers can only work with Gnome2/GTK2
applications. Accessibility support is in the works for KDE, and should
happen with the implementation of QT4; However, I'm guessing it'll be a matter
of a year or two before we end users start to reap the benefits of these
developments.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if anyone is curious, more information about KDE
accessibility is available at:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://accessibility.kde.org/">http://accessibility.kde.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A lot of us in the blindness community are
extremely excited about these homebrew PVR solutions. Until recently, PVRs
have been closed systems with on screen menus and therefore basically useless to
us. To date, the best solution I know of is a hacked Tivo running
Tivoweb. The Tivoweb interface is very accessible.it allows scheduling of
recordings but just as importantly, with the screen interface, we are able to
browse and play those recordings back.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My experience so far with MythTV has been as
follows:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am able to use the box as if it were a TV.
obviously, all basic functions, such as changing channels pausing, etc are
available via the keyboard and/or the remote.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The program guide through Mythweb is extremely
accessible, so scheduling shows is a snap. however, I'm running into a
wall when it comes to playing back those recordings. From what I can
deduce, the only way to do this conveniently appears to be via the
frontend. I see the .nuv files in my /video directory. I assume I
could play the via the command line with mplayer, but due to the way they're
named, I can't tell them apart.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any pointers and/or thoughts would be greatly
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Al</FONT></DIV>
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