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[MAC] Start external Program (EyeTV) from Main Menu - BliBlaBlo - 2009-11-11

Hello,
i'm pretty sure that this was asked before but searching the forum with the words ("start external menu", "start program", ...) did not get me my answer, so i ask again Smile
Is there a possibility to start the EyeTV app from within XBMC? I'd love to have an entry in the Main Menu called something like "Watch TV". (Btw. i use Mediastream Redux Skin)

Thank you for answers,
BliBlaBlo

- spiff - 2009-11-11

yes. add a button that does system.exec(pathtoeyetv)

- BliBlaBlo - 2009-11-11

great, thanks
can you quickly describe me how to add this button? or have a link to where it's explained?
thanks

- spiff - 2009-11-11

depends on the skin, but in general home.xml. monkey what's already there.

- BliBlaBlo - 2009-11-11

Ok, so i tried that:

I took my home.xml (from my MediaStream Redux Skin) and searched for the "Programs" Button (as i don't need it) and changed the onclick so now it looks like this:

Code:
<item id="1">
  <label>0</label>
  <label2>31003</label2>
  <onclick>System.Exec(/Applications/EyeTV.app/Contents/MacOS/EyeTV)</onclick>
  <icon>special://skin/backgrounds/programs.jpg</icon>
  <thumb>$INFO[Skin.String(Home_Custom_Back_Programs_Folder)]</thumb>
  <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoProgramsButton)</visible>
</item>

Unfortionally it's not working. Nothing happens now when i hit the Programs button on the home screen.

Would be great if somebody could help me out Smile

- BliBlaBlo - 2009-11-12

Can somebody tell me what's wrong about my home.xml file?
Thanks

- spiff - 2009-11-12

the only two causes i can think of is either

1) not implemented on mac
2) wrong path to the binary - it does look suspicious but that might just be me having zilch osx clue (and proud of it!)

- davilla - 2009-11-12

BliBlaBlo Wrote:Hello,
i'm pretty sure that this was asked before but searching the forum with the words ("start external menu", "start program", ...) did not get me my answer, so i ask again Smile
Is there a possibility to start the EyeTV app from within XBMC? I'd love to have an entry in the Main Menu called something like "Watch TV". (Btw. i use Mediastream Redux Skin)

Thank you for answers,
BliBlaBlo

Just a reminder 9.11.Camelot series does support Applescript now Smile You can make a script that opens EyeTV then select and run that from inside XBMC for Mac.

- Vlaves - 2010-05-17

davilla Wrote:Just a reminder 9.11.Camelot series does support Applescript now Smile You can make a script that opens EyeTV then select and run that from inside XBMC for Mac.

Thanks, I'm looking for this for a while now Big Grin
How would I do that? Eek

Thanks for all your support.

Regards
Vlaves

PS and maybe you could recooment and SVN-Version which has GPU-Acceleration and which is "not so buggy", that would be great, thanks again.