[mythtv-users] Re: mythgame not starting xmame properly ... so close ...

Gregg 3gemail at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 12:19:51 EST 2005


>
> I had to modify the xmamerc file and it worked fine after that.




>Mary,
> >
> >Try running the xmame cmdline by itself and you should see the
> >problem. The cmdline is in your error message.
> >
> >rgds,
> >andrew
> >
> >On 12/27/05, Mary Strimel <mstrimel at comcast.net> wrote:
> > hi,
> > I compiled and installed the latest mythgame plugin on my Ubuntu 5.04
> > system. When I try to start an xmame game, the screen flashes once and
> > returns to the game menu. The error I can decipher from the frontend log
> is
> > "MameRomLocation not set in mythgame-txt", but I DID set my ROM location
> > properly in the mythtv setup screens, and I cannot find a file called
> > "mythgame-txt" anywhere on my system. (I already followed the
> instructions
> > to disable the joystick option under mythtv as described in the docs, so
> I
> > don't think that's the problem). There are a couple other error-ish
> things
> > from the log that I copied below.
> > What next?
> > thanks,
> > Mary
> >
> >
> > XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Can't open:
> > /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/Iulius/game-ui .xml
> > XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Using default theme file
> > MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero
> size. A
> > widg et probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the
> whole
> > screen (i nefficient!).
> > MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero
> size. A
> > widg et probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the
> whole
> > screen (i nefficient!).
> > MameRomLocation not set in mythgame-settings.txt, using
> > default./usr/games/xmame  -rompath /roms -history_file
> > /var/lib/mythgame/history.dat -hiscore_directory /
> > var/lib/mythgame/hiscore/ -hiscore_file
> > /var/lib/mythgame/hiscore.dat -skip_disc
> > laimer -noskip_gameinfo -fullscreen -noartwork -noautoframeskip  -scale
> > 1 -noant
> > ialias -notranslucency   -noanalogstick -nowinkeys -nograbmouse -joytype
> > 0 -samp les -volume -16  -nocheat
> > /usr/games/xmame -rompath  -lr "" 2>/dev/null
> > 2005-12-26 03:35:31.911 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543(try 1
> > of 5 )
> > 2005-12-26 03:35:31.918 Using protocol version 15
> >
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> Message: 24
> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:22:43 +1100
> From: Michael Fox <fox.michael at gmail.com>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Quick question about channel logos..
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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> Hi,
>
> It appears the channel logos I declared in the mythtv-setup for each
> channel can only be seen on the frontend who runs on the machine with
> the master backend.
>
> All other frontends in other locations dont show channel logos. Does
> anyone know what setting has to be changed so that the other frontends
> also honour the fact I want channel logos to be show to which I have
> declared in the setup.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> Message: 25
> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:50:06 +1000
> From: Johan Venter <johan at vulturest.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Hardware (video and audio card)
>         questions,      differences and features?
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <43B243AE.6050005 at vulturest.com>
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> Chad wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm looking for an easy-to-use website that will explain the
> > differences of the nvidia cards to me.  MythTV says I need a Geforce 4
> > or better to do XvMC, but I've got an MX440 and it barely (nearly
> > unusably) does it.  I am looking for a faster/better/newer card and
> > want to know the difference in the 5200, 6200, 6600, GT versions of
> > those, the 4000...
>
> I use the SVideo out on an MX440 and had little luck with XvMC in 0.18.2
> (the fixes release), but am having far more luck with the latest SVN -
> it's totally watchable and lowers my CPU usage quite significantly (to
> the point where HD channels used to be unwatchable, but now only
> ocassionaly skip with a 'pre-buffering pause').
>
> > I'm looking for a card that actually works (well) in linux/mythtv with
> > it's Digital Coax output.  I have yet to actually be able to get
> > anything to play through my digital out and have my receiver pick it
> > up as a Dolby Digital sound source (when it's a HD recording with DD
> > audio).
>
> Believe it or not, I'm using the AC97 onboard audio on a KT600 chipset
> mainboard through the SPDIF out.
>
> All I did was enable IEC968 output in alsamixer, turn IEC968 playback
> all the way *down* (it seems to work in reverse?), and pointed Myth to
> use alsa:spdif as the output device.
>
> For mplayer, I use a command line similar to:
>    mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv -ao alsa:device=spdif -ac hwac3,
> (NOTE: extra ',' at the end is required, tells mplayer to fallback to
> other codes if it can't access hardware ac3, or the stream is not ac3 at
> all)
>
> > The best I've gotten is a loud repeated 'beat' (which is my best
> > description, I would guess it's an analog version of the digital
> > pulse?) which I quickly mute or kill.  I've tried/used a cmipci, an
> > emu10k1, and onboard via-82xx, all through very new versions of ALSA,
> > with no avail.
>
> That's it, my AC97 chipset uses the via-82xx driver.
>
> Regards,
>
> Johan
>
>
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