[mythtv-users] MythTV like a 1970 Zenith??

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Tue Mar 30 14:25:36 EST 2004


Slim Van de Lijn wrote:
> I only run the front end when I want to watch TV or a
> recording, but the first few times I try to watch a
> recording or live TV, I get sound but no video. If I
> stop and restart the recording a few times (esc and
> then reselect a recording), I finally get a picture
> (this can take up to 5 or 6 tries). Once I have a
> picture, I can switch to other recording no problem.
> It's kind of like the 'tv' is 'warming' up. Oh, and
> the little preview window of video always works.
> 
> I've seen nothing in the logs that's different with
> video or without. The problem started when I upped my
> capture res from 480x480 to 640x480.
> 
> Any ideas?

Reduce your capture res from 640x480 to 480x480.

--  bjm

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