Streaming content menu
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Intro
This guide describe how you easy can generate your own playlist/menupage with streaming radiostation.
In this example I use it for streaming radiostations, but it's also possible for videostreams.
This chapter describe how generate a personalized streaming radiostation playlist.
Preparation
Copy the xml files from /usr/share/mythtv/ to /home/mythtv/.mythtv
edit mainmenu.xml and add:
<button>
<type>FM</type>
<text>Radio</text>
<action>MENU radiomenu.xml</action>
</button>
edit /home/mythtv/.mythtv/themes/Retro/theme.xml and add:
<buttondef name="FM">
<image>ui/button_off.png</image>
<watermarkimage>watermark/streaming.png</watermarkimage>
<offset>0,0</offset>
</buttondef>
Generate radio page
The next xml is a new file defined in mainmenu.xml called radiomenu.xml.
With the first element you close all your radiostreams.
The second element is an example to play the radiostation stream. This can be a http or mms protocol.
The program 'radio' a own created bashscript
/usr/local/bin/radio
#!/bin/bash killall mplayer mplayer $1 &
The third element show how you can also play ram streams.
<mythmenu name="Internet Radio">
<button>
<type>SILENCE</type>
<text>Radio uit</text>
<action>EXEC killall mplayer</action>
</button>
<button>
<type>Radio 538</type>
<text>Radio 538</text>
<action>EXEC radio http://ms.stream.garnierprojects.com/radio538</action>
</button>
<button>
<type>Streaming ram radio</type>
<text>Streaming ram radio</text>
<action>EXEC radio `lynx -dump http://www.website.com/ram/live.ram`<action>
</button>
.....
</mythmenu>
Find more streams
URL's with more streaming content
World wide
Netherlands / Belgium
Futher ideas
- use the gallery view to see more channels on the screen
- show a logo for each (web) radio station
- dynamic generate a radio menu page
