[mythtv] small problems with mythtv

[Isaac Richards]

On Wednesday 07 August 2002 12:34 pm, griffenjam wrote:
> After a while I finally got mythtv working, but I still have a couple
> problems. I read through the archive and couldn't find anything that
> helped.
>
> First, when watching live TV I can't change the channel. If I use the
> numpad the number show up on the screen, but nothing happens. If I use
> the arrow keys the picture freezes and I have to kill mythtv to close
> it.

Sounds like your database of program/channel information is empty.

> Also, my mouse doesn't show up in the UI, is that normal?

Yup.  Keyboard/remote control only.  Arrow keys to move around, space/enter to 
select, escape to go back.

> And lastly, when I press the button to schedual a recording the main
> menu goes away, but no other window comes up.
> The program doesn't crash (it is still running in the terminal).

Database is definately empty or not setup right.  So, I'd make sure that xmltv 
is setup, and filldata ran without any major errors.

> Also, my video is kinda choppy anything I can do to improve proformance
> would be a great help.

_Might_ be the video card, as I've read that the Xv support for more recent 
radeon cards is kinda halfway there.  Do you get similar performance with 
movie players using xv as an output device?

> I have
> 1.7 Ghz  P4
> 256 Megs DDR RAM
> WinTV card.
> Radeon 7500 64 Meg DDR Videocard.
> SuSE 8.0