[mythtv-users] MythTV's media player

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Mon Nov 17 11:52:05 EST 2003


On Monday 17 November 2003 11:06, Jason Hunt wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> What is the default program mythtv uses to output captured video's
> when you replay through mythfrontend?
>
> I didn't see anything in the documentation about installing mplayer
> if this is in fact the required player.


MythTV has its own integrated player for the content it records.  To 
play back any other type of content (i.e., MythVideo), you need an 
external player like mplayer, xine or ogle.

-JAC



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