Thread: webradio and webtv

here a simple mythtv upgrade for those who would like webradio and webtv in mythtv ( which it sadly lacks)

it simple to do. it evolves editing library.xml

and creation of a new xml called music_webmedia.xml

simple add these lines to library.xml

<button>
<type>MUSIC_WEB</type>
<text>Web Radio</text>
<action>MENU music_webmedia.xml</action>
</button>


now create a new xml called music_webmedia.xml

that has the web stations you want... in this format

<mythmenu name="MUSIC_WEBRADIO">

<button>
<type>MUSIC</type>
<text>Salue</text>
<action>EXEC xine -B -f -g http://www.salue.de/hoerenundsehen/salue.pls</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>MUSIC</type>
<text>Classic Rock- DE</text>
<action>EXEC xine -B -f -g http://www.classicrock-radio.de/c-rock32m.pls</action>
</button>



<button>
<type>MUSIC</type>
<text>World ART TV</text>
<action>EXEC mplayer -fs http://wm9.easystream.co.uk/worldart?MSWMExt=.asf</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>MUSIC</type>
<text>NTV German</text>
<action>EXEC realplay -f -q rtsp://real.ntv.t-bn.de/live/ntv/ntv_1.rm</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>MUSIC</type>
<text>BBC tv</text>
<action>EXEC mplayer -fs mms://wmlive.bbc.net.uk/wms/news/heads_bb_s1</action>
</button>

</mythmenu>

I opted to use xine to play the radio because you get the nice visual display as the music is playing.. ( but you can use mplayer fully if you like. I also prefere realplayer for playing the realmedia it handles them better for the the most part.. ( less audio syncing problems)

the only other problem one might encounter are web links to media that are incompatible to the xml format in that case you make a *.sh

<button>
<type>MUSIC</type>
<text>Central TV</text>
<action>EXEC /home/new/centraltv.sh</action>
</button>

and in centraltv.sh use your incompatible entry ie:
realplay -f -q rtsp://helix-ipx-03.stream.tv1.de/farm/*/encoder/3282az_media.rm?ref=tv2&cid=59231

have fun !




Now a simple question for someone who might know the answer I would like to make a script that refreshes a webcam picture every 5 minutes .

Ie for this webcam..

http://www.svsbr.de/webcam/pictures_...t/snapshot.jpg

at the moment I am using realplayer to display it in my web media dir in myth but I am not adverse to using other programs.. I have my remote configure to close xine and realplayer but would just as easy to with something else..

thank you for this tip! I have implemented it and it works great. I splitted the webradio and webtv in seperated files and buttons to have some more place for different 'stations'

By using the watermark feature of buttons in the xml file you could also add a logo graphic

Code:

 <watermarkimage>/usr/share/mythtv/feeds/bbclogo.png</watermarkimage>

Where can I find WebTV streams? I tried a Google search but it seems to be full of spam.

xine gives segmentation faults.

mplayer plays the audio but no user interface is displayed
and you have to ssh to the box to kill mplayer to get control
back.

Originally Posted by sash

Now a simple question for someone who might know the answer I would like to make a script that refreshes a webcam picture every 5 minutes .

Ie for this webcam..

http://www.svsbr.de/webcam/pictures_...t/snapshot.jpg

make a simple web page that shows the image, and put in the
html to cause it to redirect after a fixed time.

add this to the head section of the html page
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">