[mythtv-users] Mythtv/gentoo hangs when playing live or recorded video

chris at cpr.homelinux.net chris at cpr.homelinux.net
Thu Nov 10 19:54:58 EST 2005


On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 12:04:53PM +0000, Ben Edwards wrote:
> Have managed to get my mythtv box to scan channels and previously
> managed to watch live tv with mplayer however now when I either try to
> play live TV or watch a previously recorded video the screen goes
> blank and the box seems to hang (well I cant do ctl+alt+f1 etc. to get
> another console).

My desktop machine started doing that after I upgraded from xfree86 to
xorg.  I could still watch the archived shows using mplayer but myth
causes the box to lock up so hard it won't even accept a ping.  I think
the problem is a device driver incompatibility as xorg is lagging behind
xfree86 in that department.  Specifically, my box has a Radeon 9600
which is explicitly not supported (yet) by the xorg ati/radeon driver.
The mplayer command line allows you to specify which driver to use for
output, so I can select a non-accelerated driver and watch shows at a
lower frame-rate or in a smaller window.  I can only assume that Myth is
seeing the detected hardware and calling on a feature that isn't
implimented.



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