[mythtv-users] Can't see ogv videos

Mike's JdJ stepsisters at comcast.net
Sun May 31 14:24:35 UTC 2015


Really?  No one else is getting a black screen playing ogv in 
the MythTV FrontEnd?  No one here has any idea what might be wrong?

On 05/26/2015 07:34 PM, Mike's JdJ wrote:
>
> Something changed and I don't know where to look.
>
> In MythTV FrontEnd, when I play a .ogv video, I get the
> soundtrack, but a black screen.
>
> The files used to play fine, but now have no video.
>
> The videos are stored in var/lib/mythtv/videos
>
> The files play fine with VLC and Videos.
>
> mp4 and mkv files in the same folder play fine in the MythTV
> FrontEnds.
>
> I used to watch the same files fine on Ubuntu 11.04 and MythTV
> 0.24.  Now I am on Ubuntu 12.04 and MythTV v0.27.4-64-g8fd277b.
>
> The ogv black screen FrontEnd problem is on the MythTV BackEnd
> desktop AND the remote FrontEnds.
>
> A typical ogv stream is Xiph.org's Theora Video, resolution
> 400x304, display resolution 400x300, frame rate 29.97, mythtv
> permission Read-only
>
> In Ubuntu Software, I have the main, universe, restricted, and
> multiverse checked.  No proprietary drivers.
> _______________________________________________

Really?  No one else is getting a black screen playing ogv in 
the MythTV FrontEnd?  No one here has any idea what might be wrong?


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