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

[Kingsley Turner]

On 03/10/14 21:35, Paul Harrison wrote:
>
>
> On 3 Oct 2014 03:12, "Kingsley Turner" <krt at krt.com.au 
> <mailto: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.
>

I'm on 0.27.3 (mythbuntu)

As far as I'm aware I'm not using storage groups, everything is just in 
normal directories.
But there are symlinks across drives.

thanks,
-kt

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