[mythtv-users] Recommendations on project with ticker

[Phill Edwards]

> I am looking for any viable solution to display a video feed (.avi
> file on hard drive) with a side or bottom ticker that shows
> weather/news info always. I currently run myth at home and have read
> some addons for ticker display during video playback (caller id
> plugin).
> 

Could try mythtvosd. You can run this from a shell script that
receives the weather/news data from an external program. It''s very
simple to use. I have some examples of using it somewhere which I
could share with you if you need it.

Regards,
Phill