[mythtv-users] Not compiled with any useable video output method

Jim Stichnoth stichnot at gmail.com
Sun Mar 4 16:46:02 UTC 2012


On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Kenneth Emerson
<kenneth.emerson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fellow MythTV Users:
>
> This morning I updated my git repository and upgraded to latest master for
> pre0.25.  My combined FE/BE (32 bit Ubuntu Lucid) upgraded fine to schema
> version 1299.  Everything seemed to work OK. I updated my other FE (which is
> a 64 bit Ubuntu 11.10 system) and I cannot get the video to work. When I try
> to play a recording I get the message: videooutbase.cpp:297 (Create) -
> VideoOutput: Not compiled with any useable video output method.  My
> configure output shows all video output modes being built with the exception
> of VAAPI. I'm using the nvidia driver with VDPAU enabled. I've even tried
> changing the playback profile to Normal and High Quality and I get the same
> error.  I've re-installed the nvidia driver (version 190.10), rebooted and
> still get the same error.  Here is the complete output from the frontend log
> where it tries to start playing a video file:
>
> 2012-03-04 10:03:46.093778 I [26294/26294] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:984 (TV)
> - TV: Creating TV object
> 2012-03-04 10:03:46.124776 I [26294/26294] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:1203
> (Init) - TV: Created TvPlayWindow.
> 2012-03-04 10:03:46.141973 I [26294/26294] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2118
> (HandleStateChange) - TV: Attempting to change from None to
> WatchingPreRecorded
> 2012-03-04 10:03:46.155323 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> mythcorecontext.cpp:1173 (CheckProtoVersion) - Using protocol version 72
> 2012-03-04 10:03:46.157147 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> mythcorecontext.cpp:1173 (CheckProtoVersion) - Using protocol version 72
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.666557 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> audio/audiopulsehandler.cpp:320 (SuspendInternal) - Pulse: PulseAudio
> suspend OK
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.708004 N [26294/26294] CoreContext audioplayer.cpp:167
> (ReinitAudio) - AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.740592 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:1954 (ScanStreams) - AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.741119 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2096 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Opened codec 0x4a60290,
> id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.746632 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2096 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Opened codec 0x387fc00,
> id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.757494 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:764 (Reconfigure) - AO: Opening audio device
> 'hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9' ch 2(6) sr 48000 sf signed 32 bit reenc 0
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.998659 E [26294/26294] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:975 (OpenMixer) - ALSA: no playback control PCM
> found on mixer device default
> 2012-03-04 10:03:47.998674 E [26294/26294] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:550 (OpenDevice) - ALSA: Unable to open audio
> mixer. Volume control disabled
> 2012-03-04 10:03:48.074168 E [26294/26294] CoreContext videooutbase.cpp:297
> (Create) - VideoOutput: Not compiled with any useable video output method.
> 2012-03-04 10:03:48.074209 E [26294/26294] CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:480
> (InitVideo) - Player(0): Couldn't create VideoOutput instance. Exiting..
> 2012-03-04 10:03:48.074232 E [26294/26294] CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2626
> (StartPlaying) - Player(0): Unable to initialize video.
> 2012-03-04 10:03:48.315256 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> audio/audiopulsehandler.cpp:320 (SuspendInternal) - Pulse: PulseAudio resume
> OK
> 2012-03-04 10:04:08.350001 E [26294/26294] CoreContext playercontext.cpp:474
> (StartPlaying) - playCtx: StartPlaying() Failed to start player
> 2012-03-04 10:04:08.388660 I [26294/26294] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2446
> (HandleStateChange) - TV: Main UI disabled.
> 2012-03-04 10:04:08.388677 I [26294/26294] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:376
> (StartTV) - TV: Entering main playback loop.
> 2012-03-04 10:04:08.412646 I [26294/26294] CoreContext
> screensaver-x11.cpp:149 (DisableDPMS) - ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS
> Deactivated 1
> 2012-03-04 10:04:08.413265 I [26294/26294] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:378
> (StartTV) - TV: Exiting main playback loop.
>
> Anyone have some other ideas?

I had a similar problem at some point.  It seemed to go away after I
cleared out all the libmyth* libraries and reinstalled.

Jim


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