[mythtv-users] Can't play live TV or videos
Douglas Phillipson
dougp at intermind.net
Mon Nov 24 02:50:46 EST 2003
Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> Installed MythTV from apt-get install mythtv-suite. Using Redhat 9,
> NVidia Gforce4, WinTV Go capture card.
>
> My backend is on the same machine as my frontend. Recording is taking
> place. I can see the recordings in lower left of screen when I'm in
> "Watch Recordings". When I choose to play a recording or try watching
> live TV I get a blank screen. I have "Video player" set to "mplayer -fs
> %s".
>
> Question: What does MythTV use to play live TV and playback recorded
> video? Is it Mplayer? What??? My xawtv works fine.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Doug P
>
I found an error on the backend side when I try to play live video:
Unknown Video Codec: Strange error flushing buffer.
Does this mean I need some codec in Xine? Which one???
Doug P
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