[mythtv-users] Basic setup problems (XvMC, Lirc, EIT)
Petteri Matilainen
pmatil at gmail.com
Sat Jul 26 14:51:13 UTC 2008
Allen Edwards wrote:
> At the risk of top posting, I will give you some ideas to try. Not sure
> of some of them so if they are off base, I apologize in advance.
>
>
>>> 2. Lirc. Mythfrontend says: "could not connect to socket: connection
>>> refused".
>>>
>>>
> I think you may need to start lircd.
>
>
>>> 4. Frontend console filled with: "Audio: buffer underrun" Why?
>>>
>>>
> I have had the best luck with alsa.conf removed as well as the .asoundrc
> You don't want pulse audio around either. I helped someone on this list
> whose system started working when they uninstalled pulseaudio. The
> defaults work well so you don't want the config files.
>
>
>
>>> X is configured as 2 separate screens: 1 on my monitor and the other
>>> DVI->VGA adapter->scart RGB to my CRT 16:9 TV (720x576). There is some
>>> issues with aspect ratio switching: more specifically it's not
>>> automatic. When I force 4:3 AR in mythtv, AR is correct in TV, but
>>> when the commercials kick in, I get "letterboxing". And, when mythtv's
>>> AR is 16:9, on TV programs are letterboxed but commercials are "OK".
>>> I'm probably missing something related to AR but I've read every page
>>> I could find about it. I'd be happy to post my config files if needed.
>>>
> >>
> Make sure you have independent screens and not twinview. As far as the
> AR, I don't know about it. I never set any AR and what I do on my TV is
> just zoom either 1/2 or full, which cuts off the sides of the show and
> fills the screen top to bottom. Half is a comprimise. On my 16:9
> projector, I turn zoom off. But like I said, I don't touch AR, just
> zoom, so you may be head of what I have.
>
>
> Allen
>
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Lirc is running, so I don't know why get connection refused... Maybe
it's something in Lirc's configuration. DVB-subtitles still don't work
either, even if I select them ("Subtitle 1: Finnish"). Any Finnish users
out there?
-P.M.
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