[mythtv-users] mythfrontend hang(?)

[Andy Stewart]

> > > > I have ivtv working fine, such that cat /dev/video > foo.mpg produced
> > > > a file with video and audio that plays back properly with xine and
> > > > alsa09. I have a Hauppauge 350.
> > > >
> > > > However, when I fire up first the mythbackend and then the
> > > > mythfrontend and try to watch TV, the mythfrontend appears to hang. 
> > > > I see these error messages:
> > >
> > > You don't have the card set to 'Hardware MPEG Encoder' in the setup
> > > program.
> >
> > Actually, I do (I think).
> >
> > In the setup/setup file, I have the capture card set to "Standard V4L or
> > MJPEG Capture card".
>
> In what strange world is 'Hardware MPEG Encoder card' the same thing as
> 'Standard V4L or MJPEG capture card'?

In the setup/setup program, the two choices presented to me are:
	Standard V4L or MJPEG Capture Card
	No V4L@ support, Hardware MPEG Disabled

I assumed the first was correct.  There is no third choice.  Is there another 
place in the GUI where "Hardware MPEG Encoder" is a viable choice?  I've not 
seen it.

Thanks,

Andy
-- 
Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA  USA
http://www.wlug.org