[mythtv-users] mplayer great, mythtv bad

Michael R. Hines michael at hinespot.net
Mon Jul 26 22:23:53 UTC 2010


Sorry, about that. I recently subscribed, and the initial post never 
showed up.....for like a day.

So, I re-sent. I just got back home and hope to try some of these 
suggestions as soon as I get back to the computer....

- Michael

malcolm wrote:
> On 26/07/10 22:37, malcolm wrote:
>> On 24/07/10 06:27, Michael R. Hines wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> So, I successfully did the following:
>>>
>>> bash$ scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB | tee 
>>> .mplayer/channels.conf
>>> bash$ mplayer dvb://NJN-1    # this is my local PBS station
>>>
>>> The output of mplayer is fantastic. Nice signal. Smooth audio/video 
>>> playback.
>>>
>>> But when I play it back in mythtv, it's choppy with lots of beeping 
>>> noises in the audio. The output on my external TV tuner is also very 
>>> good, but for some reason, myth just isn't playing it back as 
>>> "nicely" as mplayer.
>>>
>>> Any reason for this? How could I track this problem down?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> - Michael R. Hines
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>> if i recall correctly all recent version of mythtv have a separate 
>> internal player and don't use mplayer by default.
>> It sounds like your set-up performs better using mplayer.
>> I've no idea how to change the default player in mythtv but its worth 
>> investigating to fix your problem.
>>
> ok, i missed the re-posting of this topic .. see thread "mplayer 
> digital vs. mythtv digital "
>
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