[mythtv-users] Script startup from mythfrontend menu
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Nov 20 08:13:21 EST 2005
Tom wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>is there an easy way to add an entry to the myth-menu?
>
>E.g. I would like to hear some (internet radio) media streams. On the
>commandline I would write something like:
>
>xine -g mms://myFavoritRadioStream
>
>
You'll need to edit your menu(s) (the XML files) in your theme (probably
in /usr/local/share/mythtv and its themes subdirectory) and add an EXEC
entry. See the examples in the XML files.
>As an advanced feature, it would be great, to have an interface to place a
>menu entry name + shellstring to a file or the database to design e.g. a
>sub-menu. For me (as I use front- and backend on one system), it would also
>be great to start other applications out of mythtv (e.g. k3b).
>
>OK, I know this is not the develoment list, however maybe someone solved this
>problem before ...
>
>
More appropriate for the -users list, anyway.
Mike
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