On 11/06/2013 04:41 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > The hdhomerun-config-gui does what I need, but it's a bit clunky and > hard to use; e.g., you have to type in the number of the channel you > want to view rather than just have a list to click on. I spent some time > today looking for alternatives to the hdhomerun-config-gui, but I > didn't find anything other than MythTV. However, I did find some > attempts at doing something similar to what I want with bash scripts, > and that got me thinking of the possibility of simply cooking up what I > need - except I know very little about bash scripts. > > I wonder if the hdhomerun-config utility keeps a list of channels that > it found the last time the user did a scan. If so, and if the list also > includes the information necessary to connect to each channel, it should > be simple enough to present the user with a GUI list of the channels, > each with a Play button, and setting it up so that clicking on a button > sends that stream to VLC, while terminating any previous streams that > VLC was playing, or launching VLC if it was not already running.
Here's a start. Mr. Google responded with these to the following foo: hdhomerun command line linux http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_development.pdf http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_tech.pdf Plus several others that look promising. What's needed next is an understanding of how to program for a GUI. I've been taking pokes at it -- I wouldn't call what I've done so far a stab. But each time I find something I run into issues getting it to work. What would be nice is a start to finish, with pictures, of hello world in a GUI for Ubuntu 12.04 running with gnome-session-fallback. I've got a couple of Python programs I'd like to make work in this environment, too. If I can figure out what GUI development tools to use, and get them working, I could take a stab (instead of a poke) at scripting a TV to VLC widget. I think the command line options for the HDHomeRun should be able to be sent from a GUI widget. -- Regards, Richard C. Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
