[mythtv-users] black screen when open livetv

Shawn Jackson shawn_junk at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 7 19:53:36 EDT 2003


i start the backend, set up the remote, open the front end and when i go to 
select watchlivetv i get a black screen.

if i switch to the term for the frontend i see
[root at localhost root]# mythfrontend
connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Input #0, mpeg, from 'rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/var/cache/mythtv//ringbuf1.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 16000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Opening OSS audio device ''.
open: No such file or directory
open: No such file or directory
        (this line repeats about 50 times)
open: No such file or directory
player: Can't open audio device:
Over/underscanning. V: 0.000000, H: 0.000000, XOff: 0, YOff: 0
Using XV port 61
Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None


i have installed the alsa drivers and they worked perfectly so i have no 
idea what to do.  pleae help!

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