[mythtv-users] listen to downloaded podcast (mp3) under MythTV?

[Greg]

On 12/29/2016 12:55 PM, James Miller wrote:
> Some questions about how to play, under MythTV (0.27 installed under 
> Gentoo), an audio podcast I'm downloading on most days in the form of 
> an mp3 file. I've managed to automate the log-in and download process, 
> so that part of the equation is already in place.
>
> I thought I should be able to listen to the podcast file using 
> MythMusic, but my attempts so far are not meeting with success. 
> Overall I find MythMusic to be very confusing and none of the attempts 
> I've made to use it since about 2012 have been very successful. So 
> I'll go ahead and explain why I think I am unable to do the task at 
> hand with MythMusic and why it seems to me the wrong tool for the job. 
> Afterward I'll ask for corrections of any misconceptions I may have, 
> as well as soliciting input on using MythMusic and/or other strategies 
> for listening to the podcast in question.
>
> My rather sketchy understanding of MythMusic indicates to me that it 
> is really geared toward those with extensive music collections that 
> have associated, well-ordered, metadata. And I can see how integrating 
> such collections into a database, such as MythMusic seems oriented at 
> doing, could be a big advantage. I, on the other hand, have a 
> relatively paltry music collection with very spotty associated, 
> ill-ordered, metadata and, frankly, I rarely find myself listening to 
> any of it anymore. It was kind of interesting to set up and play with 
> that in my early days of MythTV experimentation, but the novelty soon 
> wore off and I found myself using it less and less.
>
> Fast forward to a few months ago when I signed up for the podcast 
> mentioned above. Now I have audio on my MythTV system that I'm 
> interested in listening to on a regular basis. But, unlike a music 
> collection, these podcasts are nothing I intend to keep for very long: 
> I don't expect any of them to remain on my machine for more than a few 
> days and I will often be deleting them immediately after listening. So 
> it seems to me inadvisable to take the step of incorporating the 
> podcasts into a database. Rather, what looks to me the best solution 
> for this sort of audio content would be some sort of file browser I 
> could use to navigate to the podcast in question, hit the enter key (I 
> mostly use a keyboard to interact with my MythTV system), and have the 
> audio file play. Being able to delete it immediately afterward would 
> be an added bonus. But I so far have not discovered any way, using 
> MythMusic, to do something like that. So, have I overlooked something?
>
> I've implemented a crude approximation of the sort of audio-player 
> functionality I'm aiming for by misappropriating MythTV's "Videos" 
> functionality. I've symlinked the directory containing the podcasts 
> under the videos directory, then added a new file extension (mp3) 
> under video settings > file types. I can then, in the "video list" 
> view, scan for changes and the podcast audio files are picked up. I 
> can also play them from there, albeit looking at a blank screen. But 
> volume buttons and fast-forward do work--and I can even delete these 
> files after listening. This is the closest approximation, using the 
> MythTV interface, of the behavior I'd like to see for dealing with 
> these podcasts, that I've been able to come up with thus far.
>
> So, is this kludge really my best option? I tried adding these 
> podcasts under "newsfeeds" but could not get that to work--I think 
> because I'm using a site that requires entry of credentials to access 
> the podcasts. Suggestions will be appreciated.
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There used to be a plugin for doing this.. I think it was Mythnettv or 
something like that..  Maybe a google search will help..