[mythtv-users] MythMusic Bug, freezes on start sometimes

Guy Bayes guy_jobs at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 4 12:44:24 EDT 2003


Had this exact same thing happen to me, interface 
lockup partially drawn screen. Songs went ahead and
played. Also happened after i went from mythtv to
mythmusic.

ENV=Redhat 9, custom vanilla 2.40-20 kernel + kraxal
patch, pvr250, alsa, audigy soundcard, amd 2600

Guy

--- Chris Germano <netslayer at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok I have narrowed the problem down a lot. Whenever
> I start the frontend 
> fresh, MythMusic works perfectly. I can do
> everything in MythWeather, 
> MythVideo, MythGallery and MythMusic will work
> perfectly. However if I go 
> into MythTV and either watch live tv or watch a
> recording and then come back 
> to MythMusic it will freeze up. So obviously MythTV
> is messing something up 
> once I stop watching tv that would prevent MythMusic
> from working. When it 
> does freeze, the background is drawn, about 1/4 of
> the outlined top box is 
> drawn left to right and the middle box is completely
> drawn with just black 
> inside for the visualization. There is no playlist
> or data info on the 
> screen and the first song in the playlist plays but
> it will not continue to 
> the next song.
> 
> *** I just found something interesting! When I turn
> off my visualizations ie 
> "Blank" MythMusic will work all the time! Here is
> what I did, I rebooted, 
> started MythMusic (perfect), turned off the
> visualizations, went back to 
> MythMusic (perfect), went to MythTV watched live tv,
> came back to MythMusic 
> (perfect), went to MythTV and watched a recorded
> program, then came back and 
> MythMusic still worked! However I went back to the
> settings and turned back 
> on "Goom, Synaesthesia" and repeat these steps
> MythMusic will freeze. So 
> somehow it is possible that MythTV locks on to
> something dealing with 
> visualizations, which sounds weird but it is what is
> happening!
> 
> ** MythMusic will work perfectly if my
> visualizations are turned off, if on 
> it will freeze after I watch any kind of video from
> MythTV directly. Whoever 
> else is having this problem can you please try to
> turn your visualizations 
> off like I described in the previous ph and see if
> it works!?
> 
> I also have this weird problem with sound frequency.
> I have recording set to 
> 48000 in my myth setup(./setup) but when I'm in the
> profiles for 
> mythtv(livetv) I cannot change it past 32000 or it
> will lockup when I try to 
> watch tv with errors. Another weird thing is that I
> have to use the Analog 
> in on my WinTV dbx instead of the digital setting in
> btaudio since it is the 
> only one that actually provides content.
> 
> You could be right that I don't have mythmusic's
> audio settings configured 
> properly, but it looks like it is setup the same as
> mythtv is. So it leads 
> me to believe it has to do with my visualizations!
> 
> Here are my sound settings in MythTV under General
> Settings:
> Audio Output Device /dev/dsp
> Use internal Volume Controls checked
> Mixer /dev/mixer
> Mixer Controls: PCM
> 
> Here are my sound settings in MythMusic under
> General Settings:
> Audio Device: /dev/dsp
> 
>
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