[mythtv-users] New setup: Frontend won't play recorded programs

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/20/2010 11:21 AM, steve wrote:
>> Looks like you have /usr/lib64/libfaad.so.2 library, but not /usr/lib64/libfaad.so -
>>     
>> don't know if this is standard, as I'm not at a machine to look at the moment. To fix
>>     
>> this, you could do:
>>
>> ln -s /usr/lib64/libfaad.so.2 /usr/lib64/libfaad.so
>>
>> to create a symbolic link.
>>
>> Can you also do:
>>
>> ls -l /usr/lib64/libfaad.so.2*
>>
>> to confirm whether both those entries are files or links?
>>     
> The symbolic link did it!  If you were here, I'd kiss you.  Lucky for you,
> then...
>
> The odd thing is that it also fixed the problem with the previews, i.e.
> "Preview Error: Run() file not local:
> '/video/recordings/1708_20100118210000.mpg'"  What does an audio codec have
> to do with generating screenshots?
>
> Anyway should I report this as a bug?  Seems as though the mythtv package is
> looking for an outdated version of libfaad.
>   

Could someone mention this to Jarod/Axel/whomever is doing the packaging
for RPM Fusion (perhaps on the packager bug tracker... or whatever they
use :).

Ref: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/419086#419086

Thanks,
Mike