[mythtv-users] Black screen with sound

[Stephen Atkins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:57 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Black screen with sound
>
>
> Stephen Atkins wrote:
>
> >Every once in a while when
> >I try and view recording or watch live tv it shows a black screen
> but I do have
> >sound.  I've tried doing the PIP then switching the screens but no go.  I've
> >noticed that this only happens when I've not gone directly into MythTV from
> >boot.  I've got my system setup to autologin to xfce then launch
> mythtv.  If I
> >then exit Myth and go back in I get the black screen problem.
> >
> Maybe your Xv drawable is unavailable.  Do you have any other programs
> running that might claim Xv?  (I.e. MPlayer, xine, "first" instance of
> Myth frontend?)  It could be an application failing to shut down
> properly, or (much more likely if exiting X doesn't help) a session
> manager restarting an application that uses Xv before starting Myth
> frontend.
>
> Mike
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Xv drawable is looking like the problem.  I have no problems with getting MythTV
to work as long as I don't use xine/mplayer/tvtime at all.  Even using
xine/mplayer from with in Myth makes it so I can't watch TV (black screen).  I'm
running Gentoo with 2.4.26 kernel.  Just wondering if anyone out there has had
this problem and how I might go about fixing it.

Stephen