[mythtv-users] Mythnotify alert incoming IM

[Brent Bolin]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jonatan <mythtv at comhem.se> wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> On 02/22/2010 08:18 PM, Brent Bolin wrote:
>>>
>>> Has anybody tried to tie in Mythnotify into something like Pidgin.  I
>>> am often on-call with offshore people and don't want to sit in front
>>> of my laptop for hours on end.  It would be nice if something like
>>> this could be done.
>>>
>>> Package appears to be geared towards callerID, so I don't know if it's
>>> even possible.
>>>
>>
>> mythtvosd + script that harvests info to send
>>
>> Mike
>
> Someone posted a script for that back in 2008, but I haven't tried it
> myself:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/356553#356553
>
> /Jonatan
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The script above didn't work for me.  Didn't spend much time on it.

Downloading and compiling this plugin did -

http://guysoft.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/pidgin-x-chat-plugin-new-message

Enable the plugin and select script to run worked well.  Originally
was thinking of executing it from ssh session from my laptop, but
didn't need to.  Works fine on broadcast.

mythtvosd --template=scroller --scroll_text="New IM waiting..."
--bcastaddr="192.168.0.255"