[mythtv-users] Need help using "Alternate Player"

[Paul Harrison]

On 3 Oct 2014 03:12, "Kingsley Turner" <krt at krt.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi-yas,
>
> I have some video which vlc will play, but mythfrontend will not.
> (specifically: despite MKV re-packing, myth does not use the subtitles,
and skips part-way through the video on start, VLC is fine)
>
> So I'm trying to configure MythTV to use the alternate player.
>
> I navigated to the video file in question, and typed "X", and selected
"Enable Alternate Player" checkbox.
> In the "Alternate Player" field, I entered: /usr/bin/vlc file://%s
vlc://quit
>
> But when I try to play the video with the alternate player, nothing
happens.
>
> There is no log about this in the frontend log either.
>
> any ideas ?

Are you using storage groups? The alternate player support will only work
with the old direct file access.  There are work arounds but the best
practice is always to fix the problem not work around it.

I would first make sure you are using the latest version available 0.27.3,
you may find your problem has already been fixed by the ffmpeg resyncs.

If it still doesn't work then make a small sample available that we can
reproduce it so it can be fixed.

Paul H.
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