[mythtv-users] Different mythvideo settings per frontend

[Chris Reeves]

In case it's useful to anyone, here's the script I created.  It's nothing fancy, but it may save someone a few minutes if they run into this.

#!/bin/bash
hn=`hostname`
if [ $hn == "mythmain" ]; then
  xine -pfhq --no-splash "\"$1\""
elif [ $hn == "mythfe" ]; then
  mplayer -fs "$1"
fi

I put this script in the shared directory my videos are in, and simply set the mvthvideo play command to /media/share/scripts/play.sh %s

One other interesting thing, in .20.2 at least, it seems like each frontend can have a different default player command, but when you set specific commands for specific file extensions, they end up the same across all frontends.  This may just be some strange issue with my setup though.

Thanks again for the help,
Chris




----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Reeves <chrisrco_08 at yahoo.com>
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:14:13 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Different mythvideo settings per frontend


Thanks, that sounds like a great solution (and one I probably would never have thought of).  I don't know why I thought mythvideo frontends worked like that to begin with.

Thanks again,
Chris



----- Original Message ----
From: Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com>
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:47:38 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Different mythvideo settings per frontend


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Chris Reeves <chrisrco_08 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

If I have two frontends, is there any way to have separate mythvideo settings for each one?  Specifically, I'd like to use a different command to play video files on each frontend.  For some reason, I thought mythvideo frontend settings were independent, but when I change the video playing command on one, it changes on the other as well.  I'm still using 20.2, so if there is a solution for this in 21, I'm sorry.

No.  Better off to use a script you create as the default player and have it detect the hostname and then call the appropriate player

Kevin



      
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