[mythtv-users] Disabling the internal player

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/23/2010 01:24 AM, mythusers wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Christopher Kerr wrote:
>
>> Not possible as far as I know, but what is it about the internal
>> player that annoys you?
>
> Oh it doesn't annoy me. I just don't like it - mostly because it's not 
> the player I've been using forever. I like consistency. I'm not just 
> talking about using it with MythTV - I've been using the same player 
> everywhere for ages. And still do on some machines without a remote 
> control, and I like that the 'keys' have the same function.

As Chris implied, the Internal player is designed to give you full 
access to /all/ capabilities of MythTV--ones which you'll be lacking if 
you use any other player.  With the Internal player, you have commercial 
skipping, OSD (including recording metadata, commercial skip 
information, Menu, ...), timestretch, ability to schedule a recording 
when you happen to see a commercial for a new show airing during the 
show you're watching, bookmarks, ...

As far as the "keys" go, Utilities/Setup|Edit Keys.

If you want a DVR that allows you to choose the player, then don't use 
MythTV:  http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ .  MythTV is designed as a 
completely integrated DVR.  Freevo is a DVR that integrates a bunch of 
standalone programs, allowing you to choose which ones you use.  This 
design facet of MythTV will not change, so if you feel it's the wrong 
approach, MythTV is not the program for you.

Mike