[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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