[mythtv-users] Launch a video from a button?

[Lindsay Mathieson]

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:41:32 -0700, Robert McNamara
<robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Casey Bragg <caseybragg at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> 
>> If I know the disk path to a movie and the movie's database ID (intid I
>> think it is), is there a way to launch that movie or at least to jump
to
>> the
>> launch page for that movie from a button?
>>
>> In other words, I want to create a GUI button on my main MythTV starter
>> screen that launches a movie at disk path /a/b/c. Alternatively, I'd
like
>> the button to jump to the launch page for that movie that displays the
>> large
>> cover image and the description of the movie.
>>
>> I know how to edit the theme menus.  I'm just looking for the specific
>> theme code for such a button.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
> Not really.  You can put in an EXEC to mplayer/mythavtest/whatever and
> point
> at the file, but to play using the metadata you will need to launch from
> MythVideo.

You can do a "EXEC mythtv", that integrates quite nicely. I ripped my
wifes exercise DVD's and setup a custom menu for her. It should work with
AVI's etc as well.

<mythmenu name="LOUISE">
        <button>
                <type>VIDEO</type>
                <text>Workout DVD</text>
                <action>EXEC mythtv
"dvd://var/lib/mythtv/videos/Louise/workout.iso"</action>
        </button>
</mythmenu>

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Lindsay Mathieson
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