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Filenames of recordings of mythbuntu are not descriptive  
Written by Cé the 28 Feb 10 at 06:21. Category: Additional software. New
Mythbuntu can file-share the shows it has recorded via windows filesharing or NFS. This works great, but I have no idea what file contains what show. The filenames are like this:

1001_20100228065000.mpg
1001_20100228065500.mpg

This means I have to use trial and error to find the show I want to see.
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Solution #1: Create symlinks with a descriptive name
Written by Cé the 28 Feb 10 at 06:21.
Create a folder with symlinks to the recordings like this:

Dirty Jobs - Discovery Channel Sun 28 feb 2010 07:00 ->1001_20100228065000.mpg

This way I can instantly see what shows have been recorded.


Best regards,
Cedric
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Solution #2: Make it configurable
Written by Cé the 28 Feb 10 at 06:24.
Not everybody wants the same format for the filenames. Therefore it would be nice to have some kind for format string using variables.

There could be the following variables:
SHOWNAME
CHANNEL
DATE
TIME

Then this could be the formatstring:
$SHOWNAME - $CHANNEL $DATE $TIME

And this the resulting symlink:
Dirty Jobs - Discovery Channel Sun 28 feb 2010 07:00

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Disable the tv icon for computers without TV tuners  
Written by antikristian the 1 May 09 at 15:05. Category: Hardware Support. New
I don't have a TV Tuner in my computer due to Norway recently switching to digital, but i would still like to use Myth TV to watch movies and listen to music,

The "watch TV" icon is in the way, and i would like to be able to disable it.

For new users, this is also a usability issue, the first option they see on the screen will not work if they do not have a tuner.
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Solution #1: Disable automatically
Written by antikristian the 1 May 09 at 15:05.
Run some detection routine that disables and removes the "watch tv" automatically if no tuner is found.
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Solution #2: Allow show/hide configuration for all frontend options
Written by irhiggs the 21 May 09 at 14:07.
I want the TV option gone, as well as many others. All I really want is Videos, Streams, and Music... maybe weather.

It would be great if I could hide or disable all the other great features of Mythbuntu since my HTPC is a POS.

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Easily add new shares / mount external shares   forum
Written by wombo the 6 Apr 09 at 05:02. Category: Additional software. New
Currently it is hard for 'new' Linux/Ubuntu users to add new shares so they enable folder to be accessed from the outside.

Also it is difficult to mount a share from another system to the Mythbuntu backend.

I do understand that this can be added by the user but it would be good if it was available out of the box.
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Solution #1: Pull in an existing package
Written by wombo the 6 Apr 09 at 05:02.
Is there a GUI package that can be pullled into the standard Mythbuntu install that we can use to supply this functionality?

Or could this be added to the MCC
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Solution #2: Should be part of the installer or setup script
Written by drewzhrodague the 22 Apr 09 at 15:58.
I believe this should be part of the installer, or part of an easy setup script.

[] Probe the network for the Windows domain, add this to the smb.conf. If there is no domain, prompt for one.
[] Make sure there are users setup in smbpasswd, or tie Samba's authentication to the local system's.
[] Use the WINS servers from the DHCP, and add this to the Samba config (wins serverr = x.x.x.x). If there isn't one, set Samba to be a WINS server (wins support = yes). You'll have to add this to the config of each Windows computer manually, or adjust your DHCP.
[] Add the share for videos/ or recordings/ to Samba.

These four steps are generally what I do to make Samba work with a Windows computer.
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Solution #3: Add Nautilus Script
Written by DrH the 15 Aug 09 at 15:35.
This is a fantastic idea and one that I have been thinking will be good for new users of all variants of Ubuntu, not just Mythbuntu.

WHY THIS IS NEEDED
Ubuntu strives to make GNU/Linux easy to use for everyone, not just geeks.

Permanently mounting a network share is not intuitive/easy for new Linux users.

Discrepancy between the ease by which network shares are mounted temporarily (works for noobs and veterans) versus permanently (veterans).

PROPOSED SOLUTION
Create a Nautilus script available from the repository for mounting a network share permanently. User on client machine does the following:

1. Use Nautilus to browse for a network share, but does not open it.

Note: Opening a network share in Nautilus will temporarily mount it.

2. In Nautilus, right-click on network share folder name and select 'Mount Volume Permanently'

3. User is asked to enter administrator password.

Note: Option to not ask for administrator password, but restrict mount point to user home directory.

4. New Mount Volume Permanently window appears (see attached forum thread for jpeg).

5. User enters path of new mount location, authentication user name and password (see attached forum thread for jpeg).

Note: share name/IP and share type are automatically retrieved.

6. User clicks on 'Create' button.

7. A new window appears warning the user that /etc/fstab will be modified and all drives will be remounted with option to cancel or proceed.

8. Script checks for line in /etc/fstab that matches the parameters and if absent, adds new entry, then automatically remounts drives.

9. Remove button warns user and deletes local mount point and disables matching entry in /etc/fstab by adding a hash mark.

REASONS NOT TO IMPLEMENT
Proliferation of entries in /etc/fstab.
Does not teach user the value of the CLI
Redundant with manually editing the CLI
Technically not feasible
Lack of interest by programmers
Better solution available

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ac3 copy with nuvexport  
Written by sjuk the 8 Aug 09 at 10:24. Category: Additional software. New
There is no function to copy audio tracks (for example an 5.1 ac3 audio track) with nuvexport.
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Solution #1: add ac3 copy function to nuvexport
Written by sjuk the 8 Aug 09 at 10:24.
Please add an ac3 copy function to nuveyport.

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Build on Netflix API to allow Streaming Movies in Queue  
Written by Techcowboy77 the 24 Dec 09 at 22:01. Category: Additional software. New
Netflix opened their API's to developers to allow more functionality to their customers. I would like to know if it is possible to build on these API's to allow Mythbuntu users to stream their Watch Instantly queue to their mythtv systems.
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Solution #1: Investigate the Netflix APIs and the possibility of integration with MythTV
Written by Techcowboy77 the 24 Dec 09 at 22:01.
Investigate the Netflix APIs and the possibility of integration with MythTV.
Netflix offers the API's to developers for the purpose of expanding the functionality of their system.
http://developer.netflix.com/

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Mythtv Sleep  
Written by dagreatk the 24 Nov 09 at 00:56. Category: Additional software. New
Mythtv has a function that you can access from the menu to set a sleep timer but it only exits the video. I would like to set mythtv to sleep and after the timer finishes it shuts down the pc instead of just exiting that particular program like LiveTV or watching a video or recording.
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Solution #1: Add sleep options
Written by dagreatk the 24 Nov 09 at 00:56.
If possible maybe add a function that will allow one to set sleep to shutdown pc or exit frontend to mythwelcome where it can be configured to shutdown.

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Mythbrowser Flash Support  
Written by badllama77 the 23 Apr 09 at 23:21. Category: Additional software. New
It would be nice to have flash support added for mythbrowser.
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Solution #1: Include the necessary parts of kde3 and flash
Written by badllama77 the 23 Apr 09 at 23:21.
This can be achieved with some jiggery pokery but you need the kde 3 konqueror to pull it off. It would be good to have this in stable. That said I am posting over at myth and other places suggesting a new version of mythbrowser based on xulrunner be thought about.
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Solution #2: Configure Mythweb to use Firefox
Written by DrH the 16 Aug 09 at 17:03.
An inelegant solution is to configure Mythweb to create a script that will launch Firefox in full screen mode.

A. Launch a terminal and create the script file.

sudo nano /usr/bin/firefox-wrapper

B. Edit the file by adding the following

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/firefox $11
exit 0

C. Close Nano and Save the file

Ctrl + X

D. Make the firefox-wrapper file executable

sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox-wrapper

E. In the Mythtv frontend, navigate to...

Home --> Setup --> Utilities/Setup --> Info --> Web

For the browser launch box, use the following line

/usr/bin/firefox-wrapper

F. The following Firefox-Addons are recommended

Full Fullscreen - to hide menu and tabs
Adblock Plus - speed up by preventing loading ads

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The flashplayer in mythweb is difficult to setup and faces legal complications  
Written by bazzawill the 24 Apr 09 at 08:20. Category: Additional software. New
Flashplayback in mythweb can be implemented all be it in a beta state and is difficult and requires compilation of ffmpeg and in somecases breaking the law
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Solution #1: offer HTML5 ogg playback instead
Written by bazzawill the 24 Apr 09 at 08:20.
HTML5 ogg video should be offered as an option in mythweb in place of the flash player similar to tinyvid.tv at present this is only compatible with firefox 3.5+ beta or alpha. but it should be worked on now so it is ready for when firefox 3.5 releases and can also be used by those of us using the alpha.

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Skype controls in Mythbuntu  
Written by faultycpu the 14 Oct 09 at 01:49. Category: Additional software. New
If it is possible to have skype controls in Mythbuntu the same way there are phone controls.

Example: You would have skype loaded. If a call comes in you could use the remote to accept or reject the call. By accepting the call the media is paused, Live TV or played media. When the call is finished you would be given the options to stop, continue, exit. It would be nice to control the skype functions within Mythbuntu.
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Solution #1: Skype controls within Mythbuntu
Written by faultycpu the 14 Oct 09 at 01:49.
It would be nice to control the skype functions within Mythbuntu.
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Solution #2: Run script on incoming calls
Written by spacedoubtman the 10 Dec 09 at 00:17.
Its annoying that linux skype doesn't have shortcut keys. Makes it hard to get working with a remote.

I've written a little script using the skype api that supports answer and hang up of calls if you are interested. I don't use skype a whole lot so its not tested that well but should do the trick.

http://core-inertia.com/skype_pickup.py

To use run skype and go to options / notifications / advanced then set incomming call ringing to run this script eg. python skype_pickup.py

Then when you get a call the script suspends mythtv and you get a nice standard ok/cancel box. If you have enter and escape keys bound on your remote you can use these to accept or reject the call.

Probably best to run it from the command line first to make sure its working ok. You also need to install these additional ubuntu packages:
python-wxgtk
python-skype
skype
wmctrl

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MythWeb Listing Right Click Default Recording Profile  
Written by Dringo the 10 Apr 09 at 20:57. Category: Additional software. New
It is slow to select multiple single recordings at a sitting - it involves opening and managing many pages
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Solution #1: MythWeb Listing Hover (Right) Click Menus
Written by Dringo the 10 Apr 09 at 20:57.
I came here looking to suggest the need for a hover (right click) command in the listings page of MythWeb that gave the option of quickly setting doing the selected recording to a user defined default specification profile. The goal is to make doing a single recording quick and easy to setup with a simple right click instead of navigating multiple pages which is a slow process, when you select say 10 shows to record exactly the same way..... A variation / advancement / refinement on this might be to have a hover (right click) menu tree structure that allowed checking / unchecking the relevant options to customise each recording. Related to this is having preferred defaults for all the recording options.

Originally posted in error as a comment under Ubuntu Idea #19144: We have no choice in right click menu entries

Suggestion revised with deletions in brackets. 2009-5-2

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