[mythtv-users] Cannot play videos from frontend but can from vnc'd in box

[Frank Merrill]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:01 AM, coffee <coffee412 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Figured something out but still dont know the answer. I vnc'd in from my
> other box and thru the frontend interface Iam
> able to play videos no problem. I physically go over to the mythtv box and
> go to "watch videos" and the same ones will not play. Kicks me back out to
> the list of videos page.
>
> Changed permissions on files (777) and directories and no change. Im sure Im
> missing something in the setup but cannot
> find it.
>
> any thoughts anyone?
>

Are you saying that if you control the frontend via VNC, it then
outputs correctly on the actual display device it should display on,
or just across the VNC connection on your the 'other box' (or both??)

If only displaying in the VNC session:
On your frontend, have you gone through and made certain you have set
what you need for your case in the playback profiles?
(Maybe start with the slim profile to test)

Also, what does your mythfrontend.log show when trying to play a video
and it fails directly on the frontend?

Frank