[mythtv-users] Alternatives to MythMusic in 0.25, has anyone already found one?

Gavin Whitehead gavin at alabastercranium.demon.co.uk
Tue Apr 24 20:09:23 UTC 2012


On 24/04/2012 00:17, Scott & Nicole Harris wrote:
> There's a much cleaner way to do this that doesn't require 
> ungracefully killing processes everytime you want to switch programs.  
> Copy /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/library.xml (or whatever 
> menu you want to put it in) to ~/.mythtv (so you don't have to redo 
> this every time you update myth).  Edit ~/.mythtv/library.xml and add 
> a button to open XBMC where you want it (I put mine after "Listento 
> Music")....
>
> <button>
> <type>LAUNCH_XBMC</type>
> <text>Launch XBMC</text>
> <description>Open XBMC media center</description>
> <action>EXEC xbmc-standalone</action>
> </button>
>
> Then when you want to use XBMC, go to Media Library -> Launch XBMC and 
> off you go.  When you're done, close XBMC properly (with the exit 
> option from the remote) and you're back to MythTV which was waiting 
> patiently underneath. 

That sounds even better.  Thanks.

Gavin


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