[mythtv-users] Myth Next Step - Actually running it :-)

Russ bigrig64 at comcast.net
Sat Jul 31 23:26:41 EDT 2004


Dan Morphis wrote:

> Russ wrote:
>
>>  Yes, MythTV, However MythTV uses Mplayer so before I could install
>>  MythTV I had to install Mplayer. Then I had problems with MythWeb and
>>  some others (dependencies) which I was able to tackle myself from the
>>  info I was given from this list on how to install Mplayer. When I
>>  post, I am hoping someone has a quick answer that would save me some
>>  time digging, or point me in the correct direction.
>
> MythTV does NOT use mplayer.  MythTV handles playing the video 
> internally.  MythDVD and MythVideo *can* be configured to use mplayer, 
> but MythTV does not use, or require mplayer.

I am not going to say this is right or not since I have absolutely no 
idea. What I do know is that when I tried to install MythTV rpm it told 
me I could not till I installed Mplayer.

Thanks
Russ


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