[mythtv-users] Still having problems...

[Eggert Thorlacius]

Hello

I have managed to get mythtv up and running and now I can record TV and 
play it back.  However, I still have a number of issues that I can't 
seem to fix:

* When trying to watch videos from the media library, mplayer doesn't 
seem to switch the alpha automatically, so MythTV appears to hang in 
the "Loading..." screen.  If I go to a terminal window and type 
"ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -alpha -on -globalalpha -localalpha", the video 
appears, but I can't control it with the remote, and must kill mplayer 
to get back to mythtv.

* If I try to watch an avi file by starting mplayer manually (with 
"mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo ivtv movie.avi"), it only displays the 
middle part of the frame, the audio and video are unsynchronized and 
mplayer complains that my machine is too slow to play video (which it 
shouldn't be, it is a 1.1 Ghz Athlon and played the same files just 
fine in a former life when it was running Windows).  Playing mpg files 
captured by the video card in mplayer works fine.

* The sound quality of mp3s played in mplayer is horrible, really tinny 
audio and loud clicking sounds every few seconds.

* I started a manual recording and couldn't find any way to stop it.  
If I selected "Watch TV", MythTV told me to cancel the recording from 
the Delete menu.  I went into Manage->Delete Recordings and deleted it 
there, but when I went back into "Watch TV" I got the same message.  If 
I go in to Manage->Schedule->Guide, I can see that the show is being 
recorded, but it is no longer available in "Watch Recordings".  Is this 
a bug or am I just stupid?

Regards,
Eggert Thorlacius