[mythtv-users] mythfrontend hang(?)

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Mon Apr 28 00:58:39 UTC 2003


On Sunday 27 April 2003 08:41 pm, Andy Stewart wrote:
> On Sunday 27 April 2003 8:00 pm, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 April 2003 07:55 pm, Andy Stewart wrote:
> > > Hi Everybody,
> > >
> > > I have ivtv working fine, such that cat /dev/video > foo.mpg produced a
> > > file with video and audio that plays back properly with xine and
> > > alsa09. I have a Hauppauge 350.
> > >
> > > However, when I fire up first the mythbackend and then the mythfrontend
> > > and try to watch TV, the mythfrontend appears to hang.  I see these
> > > error messages:
> >
> > You don't have the card set to 'Hardware MPEG Encoder' in the setup
> > program.
>
> Actually, I do (I think).
>
> In the setup/setup file, I have the capture card set to "Standard V4L or
> MJPEG Capture card".

In what strange world is 'Hardware MPEG Encoder card' the same thing as 
'Standard V4L or MJPEG capture card'?

Isaac


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