[mythtv-users] Mythvideo Question

[Michael J. Sherman]

John Freer wrote:

> Hi All:
> 
> I'm experiencing a problem when I use Mythvideo to play a file with
> mplayer (avi, mpg, etc).  If I set up Mythvideo(MV) to use:
> 
>   /usr/bin/mplayer -fs -vo xv -nolirc -nojoystick %s
> 
> Mythfrontend hangs and mplayer hangs (can see them in top, but can't
> kill 'em or otherwise affect them without logging out).  Movie does
> not play.
> 
> This command does work from an xterm window (successfully plays
> movie, no hangs)
> 
> Though if I use (from Mythvideo):
> 
>   /usr/bin/mplayer -fs -vo xv -nolirc -nojoystick %s &
> 
> The ampsersand seems to make all the difference.  Movie plays fine,
> no myth crash, I just have a window focus problem that the focus
> doesn't come back to mythfrontend.
> 
> 
> How do I make this work correctly?  What can I check next?
> 

I had this same problem, so I solved it by setting up mythvideo to use 
the command:

xterm -e /usr/bin/mplayer -fs -vo xv %s

That way mythvideo instead runs xterm, which then in turn runs mplayer. 
  Works fine for me now!

-Mike