[mythtv-users] automatically launching VideoLan or Windows Media Player with .NUV files?

[Brad Fuller]

Andrew Cheyne wrote:

> Brad Fuller wrote:
>
>> Brad Fuller wrote:
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>>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>>> Andrew Cheyne wrote:
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>>>>> Brad,
>>>>>
>>>>>  The DSMyth filters work fine for viewing the .nuc files. The 
>>>>> problem is that I cant just click on them through the Myth web 
>>>>> interface and have either Windows Media Player or LanVideo play 
>>>>> the contents. It's not really a MythTV issue.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> With DSMyth Fileter, I click on the icon/file link in mythweb and it 
>>> automatically starts windows media player (or whatever you 
>>> configured it for in dsmyth configuration) and starts playing the 
>>> video.  DSMyth configures this your client machine for this.
>>>
>>> in the past, I remember having to configure mythweb to pass myth:// 
>>> when you click on the PNG/link of the recorded video.
>>> I just upgraded last week, with complete reformated my backend, and 
>>> I don't remember having to mess with that.. S maybe mythweb is 
>>> already configured to do that.
>>>
>>> In any case, what you request does work with DSMyth and mythweb.
>>> Just call up mythweb and click on the PNG and Windows Media starts 
>>> up and plays. I have it on all the Windows PCs in the house.
>>
>>
>>
>> Holy crap... my  first language really is English!
>> Basically I said:
>> DSMyth Filters will do what you are asking for. You might need to 
>> hunt around the archives if the backend needs to be configured for " 
>> myth:// ". But, as I said, I didn't have to do that this time.
>>
>> DSMyth configures your windows client just fine. BTW, I couldn't get 
>> the latest cvsbuild-2005-10-1 to work.  But I did get 0.10.0 working 
>> fine... but I had to make sure and uninstall the old DSMyth first.
>>
>> here's the dnl:
>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87267#files
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>
> Brad,
>
>   When you said you didn't have to do it this time, I assumed your 
> reference to the myth:// stuff wasn't relevant anymore. I just 
> followed (some of) the instructions I found on a previous link and it 
> all works fine now.

It's relevant... in that when you hover over the PNG/link in the 
"Recording Programs" page of the .nuv video it should say:
myth://<videofile>.nuv

I just didn't have to configure mythweb for that to work this time (had 
to configure mythweb to tell it where my videodir was, etc.)

You'll get a couple of warnings that you can safely click thru at first.

I really don't know how this works since on linux I don't see myth:// 
but it says http://

I'm sure many people here know how this works. I'd like to know more 
about it.

brad