[mythtv-users] press a key to continue watching this channel

[David Engel]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 06:17:13PM -0500, Christian Szpilfogel wrote:
> On 09/02/2011 3:33 PM, David Engel wrote:
> >I missed the beginning of this new thread or I would have jumped in
> >earlier.  To follow up from the old thread, I've been using the
> >attached channel change script for 6 months now without any problems
> >except for the STB's info OSD being briefly visible every 135 minutes.
> >
> >There are a couple of things worth noting about the script.  First, I
> >have is symlinked as stchan0 and stbchan1 to control two STBs.  The
> >script name as invoked is used to determin which STB to control.
> >Second, the backgrounding is only done when invoked by the mythtv user
> >so I don't have to worry about permissions on the PID files.
> >
> >I'll try to put this on the wiki when I get a chance, but if someone
> >else wants to do sooner, go right ahead.
> >
> Cool. I haven't check on how often my code was used but mixed
> feelings on why it is becoming more popular.

Why do you have mixed feelings?

> David, your script may make sense to have linked somehow to
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Stb-command

I'll add a link there when I get around to uploading it.

> I can also add your script to http://code.google.com/p/stb-command/
> so that others will find your work from that side.

Feel free.  I really should add a few comments to it, though, if
others are going to start using/adapting it.

David
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David Engel
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