[mythtv-users] mplayer/mythtv control probs

Robert Tsai rtsai1111 at comcast.net
Mon Feb 13 04:26:57 UTC 2006


On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 03:35:28AM +0000, Piers Kittel wrote:
> Am using MythTV 0.19 stable compiled on Debian Sarge using a P3 666
> diskless frontend (called hinata) with the video directory mounted
> via nfs from my server (called destiny) which incidentally is the
> server that boots up hinata.  The backend is on a computer called
> mythtv (unimaginative I know!).  Using mplayer 1.0pre7try2, and
> mythtv is the only thing that runs with X (no desktop manager used
> like Windowmaker or similar).  I have to use the whole directory to
> point mythtv at mplayer - just using "mplayer" won't work for some
> reason, but using /usr/local/bin/mplayer will work.

/usr/local/bin is probably not in the mythtv PATH.

> Anyway the basics sorted - my problem is that when mplayer is
> launched, I can't use the keyboard at all - absolutely no keys works
> at all, tho when I SSH into hinata, and do a "killall mplayer" it
> goes back to mythtv and all the keys I've pressed executes all at
> once.

You need to use a window manager to resolve your focus problems.

> What could be the problem here and how do I fix this?
> 
> Thanks very much for your help in advance!

--Rob
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