[mythtv] mythmusic question (again)

Michael Kedl kedlm at knology.net
Thu Mar 6 11:51:12 EST 2003


Guess maybe I'll stick with RH8 for a while; I was "just" about to try
8.1 :-)


On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 11:48, Michael J. Sherman wrote:
> Shuttle XPC SS40G  w/ Athlon XP 1700+
> On-board SIS video
> Creative Ensoniq sound card (PCI)
> RedHat 8.1 beta
> ATI Wonder TV VE (PCI)
> 
> Sound works perfectly with MythTV using the compiled Alsa 0.9.0rc7 
> drivers.   Sound also works fine in MythGame.
> 
> I tried to run mythmusic in gdb last night but gdb complained about a 
> thread library that it couldn't load.  Therefore I'm suspecting a 
> problem with the glibc distribution with that Redhat 8.1 beta.  Tonight 
> I'll be downgrading to the RedHat 8.0 release to see if that clears up 
> the issue.  It would make sense that this thread locking issue is 
> because of a bad set of thread libs, no? ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Kedl wrote:
> > I must have missed it.  What kind of machine was this?  And it can play
> > mythtv back ok?
> > 
> > Not one of those funky integrated video/audio deals is it?
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 16:37, Michael J. Sherman wrote:
> > 
> >>No, that's not it, but I appreciate the suggestion.  Here's some more 
> >>details of my experience with mythmusic:
> >>
> >>1) I select "Music".
> >>2) I select "Select Music" and can the configure my playlist.
> >>3) I escape out of that and then select "Play Music".
> >>4) At this point the music will start playing, but the GUI is locked. 
> >>By that I mean any keyboard input does not result in immediate action, 
> >>nor does the slider or time counter update.
> >>5) After about 45 seconds of playing, the gui will update and move the 
> >>slider instantaneously to the 45-second equivalent position.  The time 
> >>count will also update to 00:45.
> >>6) Any keyboard inputs are in fact queued, so they will all take effect 
> >>immediately at that time.
> >>7) A split second later it'll lock up again, and the time counter will 
> >>be frozen at 00:45, but the music will continue to play just fine.
> >>8) After another 30-45 seconds, the same thing happens. Continue until 
> >>the music playlist is done.
> >>
> >>So, basically, if I were to play a 5-minute song, I would only be able 
> >>to see GUI updates and interact with it at about the 45-second mark, the 
> >>1:30 mark, the 2:15 mark, etc.  So if I'm playing a song and I want to 
> >>quit out, I can hit escape, but I have to wait for the next GUI update 
> >>for that escape key event to actually reach the playback box and quit 
> >>playing.
> >>
> >>
> >>Michael Kedl wrote:
> >>
> >>>Well, since you're pleading I'll just throw out an obvious check.
> >>>
> >>>Make sure you have the screensaver and dpms turned off or your screen
> >>>will blank/freeze. I had to do that on my living room box after the wife
> >>>couldn't figure out why it went blank....
> >>>
> >>>I doubt this is your problem, but who know?
> >>>Mike
> >>>
> >>>On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 11:12, Isaac Richards wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Tuesday 04 March 2003 10:54 pm, Michael J. Sherman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I still can't figure out why the mythmusic GUI locks up while the sound
> >>>>>continues to play just fine.  I'm guessing it has to do with the (lack
> >>>>>of) dispatching status update events to the PlaybackBox.  I cannot
> >>>>>figure out what would block those events.  I have two machines I'm using
> >>>>>right now for testing.  It works fine on one, but the GUI locks on the
> >>>>>other.  The same software seems to be installed on both.  I even took
> >>>>>the mythmusic executable from the working machine to run it on the other
> >>>>>machine, but it still locked, so it seems to be a system configuration
> >>>>>issue outside of the mythmusic program itself.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I'm trying to track down this problem, and I'm to the point of pleading.
> >>>>> Can someone please suggest a possible line of investigation?
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm sorry, but without being able to reproduce this, I really don't have any 
> >>>>idea why it'd happen.
> >>>>
> >>>>Isaac
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Michael Kedl <kedlm at knology.net>



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