[mythtv-users] MythVideo Problem [frontends: pc && xbox]

[Carl Petersen]

Got a question here, about MythVideo [note: docs on this were not _to_ 
helpful...;-)].

1)  On my backend system (MythTV 0.17 atrpms, DirecTV, FC3, pvr-250, 
nVidia FX5200) Everything is running fine as far as recording, playback, 
etc. of TV signals.  The problem is in MythVideo:  when I play a video, 
I can hear the sound, but the picture stays with "Loading ...". 
  I've tried a variety of modifications, based on the assumption that 
MPlayer just isn't 'coming to the front' [if I alt-F4, and kill 
mythfrontend, I _can_ see the video playing;  harsh solution]

  - dropped the '-vo xv' line from 'mplayer'.  Hey, it coulda helped!
  - changed focus from "Focus under mouse" to "Focus follows mouse", as 
well as tried some permutations of "auto-raise" and "click raises focus"
  - Changed my MythVideo playback to add the "-ontop" parameter to 
mplayer (ok, I admit it, after all else failed, I started read'n the 
docs...mea culpa).

  None of the above worked;  mplayer appears to be playing properly, but 
apparently it's 'under' the MythFrontend, and I'm not doing something 
correct to tell it to 'come to the front'.
  Did a few searches of the mailing list, and while I now know how to 
correct various ATI and playback audio/video issues (none of which I 
have), I don't know how to correct this one.  And it's a wee frustrating 
as otherwise the 0.17 install is totally sweet.
  Another note:I did not have this problem in 0.15 and earlier under 
RH9, though I did have the problem Jarrod refers to in his Tips'n'Trick 
where-in after MythVideo completes, the remote goes dead.  I will 
remember how to fix _this_ annoyance...;-)

BTW: my Xboxen frontend is also running fine with Xebian 1.1.0, and 
MythTV 0.17.3.  ;-)  Like others, I haven't spent the time to get 
MythVideo working on _it_, either, but I kinda wanted it to work on the 
primary-backend/frontend first.  Gonna probably have to spend a bit of 
time to 'tweak' the playback settings: on my HDTV, the picture is very 
nice, but the credits, and any text in a film looks jagged; probably an 
interlace/deinterlace issue. *shrug*

Anyway, a hearty "Great Job!" to Isaac for MythTV, and the same to 
Jarrod for his incredible breadth of knowledge with RH*, FC*...;-)

Carl "_Now_ what have I gone and done?!" Petersen