[mythtv-users] An idea for mythtv developers (especially Myth Video)

[Dawson, Guy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Vijay Gill
> Sent: 24 May 2006 09:58
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] An idea for mythtv developers 
> (especially MythVideo)
> 
> Hi
> 
> Is it possible that the users have DVD's full of video files 
> (like avi's mpegs etc recorded and encoded from MythTV) have 
> menu system built into them?
> 
> It can be an xml file which defines the menu, the layout of 
> the buttons, titles and other cosmetic things (thumbnails and 
> other static pictures). Then when this DVD is loaded into 
> mythTV machine, it reads the menu xml file, renders the 
> complete menu and waits for the user to select a movie. This 
> way the DVD's can be made more presentable while shoing off 
> mythTV to the friends :)
> 
> Vijay

I had a similar idea,  thinking that it would be nice if such a disc would
result in a menu like the 'Watch Recordings' display, somewhat like a
program group.  What would be especially slick would be to make it work with
the current theme.

Now I come to think of it,  it could be done exactly like this.  Have a
(big) chunk of code which is triggered by the disc load, that uses the  XML
to build some entries in the database that represent a group of programs
that are actually stored on the mounted disc.

My problem is that I always want to run before I can walk.  I haven't go
around to archiving shows yet, let alone having a slick way of viewing them!

Just a thought


Guy Dawson



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