[mythtvnz] mplayer resume for videos

[mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz]

> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:24:11 Craig Box wrote:
>> Being able to use the internal player for video is a reasonably new
>> thing?
>
> Yeah, introduced in 0.19 improved in 0.20 I think. I'm a relative newbi=
e
> to
> myth.
>
>> I've been running Myth since.. 2004 sometime, (0.15-ish?) and I've
>> always
>> just used mplayer because that was what it had.  Don't really see any
>> reason to change.
>
> You're right of course, if you are already setup then there isn't a lot=
 of
> point. One thing is that I use mythtvosd for callerid popups etc. which
> will
> only work with the internal player.

yes its great to be able to pipe messages into it:

"Stop watching Dr Who and come and eat your dinner!"

Freaked my son out the first time I did it!

>
> If you don't have everything setup then it saves you from having to set=
up
> lircrc/keybindings for two different apps.
>

Yes that is a nice advantage.