MythTeatime

Mythteatime is small mythtv plugin which lets you create and edit timed events. Think of it as a poor implementation of cron which runs on top of mythfrontend.

Features

• create as many timers as needed
• define different types of timers:
  • reoccurring timers
  • timers by timespan
  • timers with a fixed execution time
• define multiple actions to execute when the timer expires:
  • execute jumppoints
  • run system key events
  • run custom shell commands

Installation

git clone git://github.com/tobser/mythteatime.git
cd mythteatime
./configure
make
sudo make install

Configuration

Once the plugin is installed, start mythfrontend. MythTeatime should have created a new jump point, which you can use to create and modify your timers. Go to "Setup"->"Edit Keys"->"JumpPoints"->"Teatimer" and assign a key to the Teatimer JumpPoint.

If you prefer a menu entry over invoking the jumppoint from your remote you may simply add a button to your menu (see the Menu theme development guide)

<button>
   <text>Timer</text>
   <action>JUMP Teatimer</action>
</button>

Issues

• you can only set the timer while not in playback
• to stop a started timer you have to set the invocation time to a time in the past