[mythtv-users] Unable to Watch Videos in Mythtv

Jason Hendrix hendrix.jason at gmail.com
Sat Nov 12 16:53:46 EST 2005


I don't think it's a focus issue.  I think that because I get no
sound, and xine/mplayer don't show up when I run top.

Thanks,

Jason

On 11/12/05, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/12/05, Jason Hendrix <hendrix.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I used this command line for xine:
> > xine -pfhq --no-splash %s
> >
> > And I used the default command line for mplayer.  Both mplayer and
> > xine have the same result.  When I click a video to watch it, nothing
> > at all happens, and neither mplayer nor xine show up in top.
> >
> > I've tried it as the mythtv user and even as root.  Both ways have the
> > same result.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > On 11/11/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> > > Jason Hendrix wrote:
> > >
> > > >I'm unable to watch videos in mythtv.
> > > >
> > > >When I click to watch a movie, nothing happens.  I thought that this
> > > >may be an issue w/mplayer, so i changed the settings to use Xine
> > > >instead.  However, that didn't fix the issue.
> > > >
> > > >No errors are generated to the terminal window that mythfrontend is
> > > >running from, and neither xine nor mplayer show up in top when I click
> > > >to watch a movie.
> > > >
> > > >Outside of mythtv, the same videos run fine in xine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > With the same command line?  With the same user (since the
> > > ~/.xine/config or ~/.mplayer/config and ~/.mplayer/gui.conf files may be
> > > different)?  What is the command line?
> > >
> > > Mike
>
> Is it a wndow focus issue?  Do you have any audio?  Could it be just
> that Myth is still on top?
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