[mythtv-users] MythTV AirPlay noob

[Nigel Pearson]

> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:36:51 +1000
> From: Glen <glen.hawksworth at bigpond.com>
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV AirPlay noob
> Message-ID: <1340710611.1980.25.camel at glen-HP-Mini-210-4000>
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>> you only need the RSA key for playing audio.
>> You do not need a key to play video+audio  However, you do need to
>> start mythfrontend with MYTHTV_AIRPLAY=1 env variable set
>> 
>> Read the wiiki entry: you can't play DRMed video. So any videos you
>> have on your iPhone that you downloaded for the iTunes store: you
>> can't play them
> 
> Yep, got that. Do you need to set that variable every time? Can I put
> MYTHTV_AIRPLAY="1" into /etc/mythtv/session-settings?
> 

Glan asked:

> Is the wiki section "Permanently Enabling in OSX Finder" to do with
> permanently setting MYTHTV_AIRPLAY in a frontend?

A Mac OS X frontend machine
(i.e. a Mac that is running the frontend by double-clicking the binary),
instead of a Linux machine (from a XTerm).

Should probably be instructions for various Linux window managers, too.


> What is OSX Finder?
> Isn't it a browser?

A file manager. Like Windows Explorer, GNOME, KDE, Fluxbox, et c.


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