[mythtv-users] recordings will not play as not root user

[David W Davis]

On 10/22/05, ffrr <ffrr at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Brandon Gracyalny wrote:
>
> > I have a mythtv user setup.  My recordings and live tv partition is
> > /video.  I can watch live tv as the mythtv user.  When I try to play a
> > recording using this user the frontend just goes back to the recording
> > list and will not play.  If I load the frontend as the root user the
> > recording plays fine.
> >
> > I have also tried to do this through the xbmcscript on my xbox with
> > the same results.  The file shows up and the preview shows up but it
> > will not play.
> >
> > The owner of the /video file is root.  All other users have read and
> > write permission on this directory.  I have tried chowning the video
> > directory as my mythtv user but as soon as a recording happens it goes
> > back to being owned as root.
> >
>
> Sounds like permissions on the playing software or system, rather than
> the video file then. Does the log have anything useful to say when you
> try (or even, run mythfrontend from a consol prompt and see if any
> errors show up there)?
>
>
>
> > I have fedora core 4 and used the instructions on Jarod's site to
> > install mythtv.
> >
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Yea, I would check the permissions on /video/recordings.