TV VIA WINAMP

by **fredw** on Tue May 02, 2006 4:28 pm

HEY GANG I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A IMPLE TV PROGRAM FOR A WHILE NOW. I HAVE DIRCETTV WITH PVRS SO I REALLY OMLY NEED A PROGRAM THAT CAN START AND STOP EASY AND GO RIGHT TO FULL SCREEN ON START UP. I JUST CAME ACROSS THIS LINK AND WONDERED IF IT CAN BE ADAPTED FOR US SINCE XLOBBY ALREADY FULLY SURPPORTS WINAMP.

http://tv-plugin.com/index.php?id=5,0,0,1,0,0

FRED
p.s. so for shouting :oops:

by **P3rv3rt B3ar** on Tue May 02, 2006 5:15 pm

Sure it can... i already did it, well FM-part of it. I personally cant use tv-part cause i wanna output every videosource trough H+ cards excellent YUV output, and to do that u need to do little tweaking and direct access to filtergraphs, which winamps tv doesnt provide

thats why i need to use my own player for videosources... but Winamp TV-plugin is indeed very adaptable for normal purposes...

by **fredw** on Tue May 02, 2006 6:13 pm

ummm ok any idea how to make the tv part work ??? i have a hauppauge 150 pvr card (and their software sucks i just tried the winamp software and it screwed everything up, had to close the hauppauge software, get the winamp software wortking and voila the hauppauge started working again.) i have no programing skill so any help here would be great.
fred

by **P3rv3rt B3ar** on Tue May 02, 2006 7:10 pm

Oh TV-part works for me... i just dont wanna use it while XLobbying. It worked basicly out of box. With hauppauge WDM drivers... but if u think hauppauge drivers sucks... try btwincap, that is if that card of yours is based on bt8x8 chip...

by **fredw** on Tue May 02, 2006 7:21 pm

i,ve gotten the tv part of winamp to work (although it really dosen't play nice with the hauppauge veiwing software) my problem is that the soft ware for veiwing tv that came with my 150 swucks you can't make it go to full screen on start up and its really buggy about selecting inputs , tuner, composite and svhs. so i have been looking for a different program to use for my tv veiwing. the winamp tv program seemed like a good choice but i'm not sure how to incorperate it into xlobby.

fred

by **hvs69** on Tue May 02, 2006 8:59 pm

fredw wrote:i,ve gotten the tv part of winamp to work (although it really dosen't play nice with the hauppauge veiwing software) my problem is that the soft ware for veiwing tv that came with my 150 swucks you can't make it go to full screen on start up and its really buggy about selecting inputs , tuner, composite and svhs. so i have been looking for a different program to use for my tv veiwing. the winamp tv program seemed like a good choice but i'm not sure how to incorperate it into xlobby.

fred

What do you mean by incorporate into xlobby ?

If you want to open the application, you need to create an event with appropriate command-line for winamp tv plugin(to start in full-screen). Assign that event to a buttion in Xlobby and you are set. Closing the application and going back to Xlobby will need more information on what your input device is (keyboard, mouse, remote etc) and also need to know whether the application will steal the focus from xlobby.

Another option is to use xmovewindow plugin which will allow you to open any sized window of an external program within xlobby. In your case, the size will be same as your screen size. This will ensure that xlobby will retain the focus and is a foreground application. Then you can send keyboard or remote commands to terminate the winamp application.

Read some documentation on xlobby skinning and basic working of xlobby to get started. When you run into specific problems ask for help.

by **fredw** on Tue May 02, 2006 9:41 pm

i've already gotten tv and other programs to open and function within/using xlobby. i'm just not sure how to get the video window of winamp to open on a screen or how to tell it to start playing the playlist that you create to veiw tv. i'm gonna give the xmove plugin a try next.

fred

oh and i have every thing working using a ione presentation remote mouse , nice and small and works great

by **hvs69** on Tue May 02, 2006 11:28 pm

Yet another option for you is to forget winamp and use K!TV application. This application is fully supported by xltv plugin and will give you all the PVR-like features (EPG, scheduled recording etc)

by **fredw** on Tue May 02, 2006 11:36 pm

i've tried that one couldn't get it work with the 150. thats why i thought the winamp plugin might work out.

fred

by **lar282** on Wed May 03, 2006 6:18 am

have u tried the XmpTv plugin?
I know the 150 card is supported in MP

//Lasse