{"id":270,"date":"2015-03-24T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ubermotive.com\/?p=270"},"modified":"2015-11-02T22:36:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T12:36:38","slug":"integrating-netflix-into-mythtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubermotive.com\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Netflix into MythTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, MythTV launched in Australia today. I couldn’t have my wife trying to start\/stop the MythTV frontend and poke around looking for web browsers, typing URLs and maximising windows and whatnot, so I quickly banged up a Netflix launch button for MythTV.
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\n\"Netflix<\/a><\/p>\n

It works by launching the Google Chrome browser in kiosk mode. You will need to download and install the full<\/em> Google Chrome browser from here<\/a>, because Chromium does not contain the necessary DRM libraries to decrypt the video that is delivered by Netflix. It won’t work in Firefox either.<\/p>\n

Once you have Chrome installed, create a directory to hold a custom default menu for MythTV:<\/p>\n

mkdir -p ~\/.mythtv\/themes\/defaultmenu<\/pre>\n
Then clone the main menu file from MythTV into this directory:<\/p>\n
cp \/usr\/share\/mythtv\/themes\/defaultmenu\/mainmenu.xml ~\/.mythtv\/themes\/defaultmenu<\/pre>\n
Open the new file in a text editor. Add this element right above the TV_WATCH_TV button (or wherever you like):<\/p>\n
<button>\r\n   <type>NETFLIX<\/type>\r\n   <text>Netflix<\/text>\r\n   <description>Launch Netflix in a browser<\/description>\r\n   <action>EXEC &quot;\/usr\/bin\/google-chrome&quot; --kiosk &quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/ProfilesGate&quot;<\/action>\r\n<\/button><\/pre>\n
That’s about all there is to it. Save the file and restart the MythTV frontend and the button should appear. To exit Netflix press CTRL+W or ALT+F4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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