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display Caller ID on MythTV using mythtvosd

Synopsis

ncid --no-gui --module ncid-mythtv

Description

The ncid-mythtv output module is a MythTV display program.  It displays the Caller ID or message on a TV.

Configuration

The ncid-mythtv output module is configured in ncid-mythtv.conf.

allowed_types

This sets the NCID call and/or message types ncid-mythtv will send. See ncid-mythtv.conf for a complete list.

Default: allowed_types="ALLTYPES"

mythtv_bcastaddr[N]

Must be set to the MythTV broadcast address.  Multiple clients are supported.  N starts at 0 and increases by one for each client. For Example, two clients might be:

mythtv_bcastaddr[0]=127.0.0.1
mythtv_bcastaddr[1]=10.0.0.1

Default: mythtv_bcastaddr[0]=127.0.0.1

Requirements

The mythutil command line application from the mythtv-frontend package

if mythutil is not present, ncid-mythtv will not send output to MythTV.

Files

/etc/ncid/conf.d/ncid-mythtv.conf
/usr/share/ncid/modules/ncid-mythtv

See Also

ncidd(8), ncid_modules(7), ncid(1), ncid.conf(5)

Referenced By

ncid_modules(7).

2022-11-8 NCID