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<DIV><SPAN class=330253301-25022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hello,
Chris (and other mythtv users)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=330253301-25022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Can
you shed more light on this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330253301-25022008>"I have something like this, but more
complicated as I use it to download video podcasts into specific directories and
insert them into the database under specific videocategories."</SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330253301-25022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'd be
very interested in having this same function on my mythtv.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330253301-25022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330253301-25022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Chris Isip<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:27
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users]
RANT: MythTV has a *horrible* end userexperience.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard
<<A href="mailto:jyavenard@gmail.com">jyavenard@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hi<BR>
<DIV class=Ih2E3d><BR>On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Matt
MacDonald<BR><<A
href="mailto:macdonald.matthew@gmail.com">macdonald.matthew@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> I have to disagree with this statement. My wife,
who is somewhat<BR>> technical figured the UI out without any
trouble and when my<BR>> grandmother (who's VCR is still flashing
12:00) came by to visit, she<BR>> picked up the remote and just
started to use it.<BR><BR></DIV>to just change channels and watch,
sure.<BR><BR>try to rewind, skip back etc... then the hassle
starts.<BR><BR>Also no easy way to access the current program
information.<BR><BR>on my cable box, i press the i button and it shows the
name of the<BR>program, press i again and you have a nice
summary.<BR><BR>all that information is there in mythtv, you just can't
easily and<BR>intuitively have access to it<BR>
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<DIV><BR>I have a streamzap remote and setup myth to use the internal lirc
plugin. All the buttons are used and the only thing missing is a button
for I or information. The volume button I use mplayer as player for
mythvideo using a script to track a "saved position" . For the most
parts, all buttons are the same for myth and mplayer. I mapped the
number buttons for selecting percentage seeks in
mplayer. I have mapped the power button to a call to irexec
which calls hibernate . So logically, aside from the buttons I mentioned
above, the buttons on the remote perform the same function in both mythtv and
mplayer. I use the colored buttons at the bottom of my remote to call up
jump points to Watch TV, Watch Recordings, MythVideo, Mythmusic. I could
share my config with you if you wish. It shouldn't be that hard to
modify it for other remotes. <BR><BR>It is possible to script the scanning of
new videos in mythvideo. I believe, all you need is to ls the files in
your mythvideo directory to come up with a list of videos, compare that with
all the videos in videocategory and then perform a mysql insert command of
videos that are not in the videocatogory. Run this via a cron job.
I have something like this, but more complicated as I use it to download video
podcasts into specific directories and insert them into the database under
specific videocategories. Its probably too complicated for your needs,
but you can examine it as a starting point if you wish. No guarantee that it
will work for you, in fact it could completely ruin things.
Beware. <BR><BR>As far as mapping a button to display program
information of currently playing video in mythvideo, perhaps you can build a
script to do that and map it to a button. The script should parse ps to
see which title or filename is being played by mplayer , then extract the
relevant information from the database using command line mysql, and then
output it with xosd on the screen.
<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>