[mythtv-users] No video playback in .23

[Matt Emmott]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Michael Drons <mdrons at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I upgraded to .23 and since the upgrade I dont get any video playback for recordings, livetv, or in mythvideo.
>
> I am running the latest nvidia drivers with VDPAU.
>
> All of my frontends display the same issue, even local on the backend.  When I start a recording I see the black screen with please wait.  Once in this screen the only way out is to kill the mythfrontend process (ESC does not work).
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> The frontend does not segfault or crash in any way.
>
> I am not 100% convinced that it is a mythtv issue and more just a piece of software that is not being nice.  Any recommendations on how to troubleshoot?
>
> Thanks, Mike
>

What's in your mythfrontend log? You could launch mythfrontend from a
terminal and when it's hung, alt-tab to see the terminal output.