[mythtv-users] MythTV on XBox (probably a bit OT)

Dewey Smolka dsmolka at gmail.com
Sun Apr 10 16:05:33 UTC 2005


Not to state the obvious, but this looks like a permissions issue. The
program guide and list of recorded programs are database entries, not
the files themselves.

It is quite possible that mythtv is able to read the database but is
not logged into the remote system that is holding your recordings, or
does not have read privileges for the media directory, or because
sharing has not been properly configured.

Mythtv is an interface for other tools that actually play the media
files -- in this case mplayer. You shouldn't have a problem playing
mpeg4 with mplayer, although it is possible that mythtv doesn't have
privileges to run mplayer. If it was a problem with mplayer, you
wouldn't be getting an 'Access Denied' message.

If you still have problems, try posting a bit more information -- what
kind of system the recorded files live on (Linux, Mac mini, XP laptop,
etc), how the network is integrated (smb share over 802.11g, nfs over
ethernet, etc), what other networking components work or don't work,
the format of the files you're having trouble with (not just mpeg4 but
specific format, e.g. divx, xvid), etc. Also, what is the origin of
the problem files (did you create them yourself?), and have they
played successfully on other platforms?

Everyone's Mythtv setup is different and there is rarely one right
answer to a given problem. The more information you can provide, the
easier it will be to troubleshoot your problem


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