[mythtv-users] Internal video player? [Solved]

Svante Olofsson svante at agentum.com
Sat Jan 21 16:18:33 UTC 2006


Thanks a bunch, Brian!

I am using nvidia, and a recompile of mythtv without opengl solved my
problems. 

--Svante

>On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Svante Olofsson wrote:

>> Hello,
>>
>> First of all, thanks go to all devs that have made MythTV what it is!
>>
>> And then to the problem :)
>>
>> I have been using MythTV 0.18.1-r1 on an athlon 1500 (with a 2.6.14  
>> kernel and
>> Gentoo) for half a year, with no problems at all. I am using a usb- 
>> dvb card
>> for watching tv. I even got my wife to agree, that we had no need  
>> for the old
>> VHS anymore :)
>>
>> But, the update-demon got a hold of me, and I updated the system...  
>> After the
>> update (lots of stuff and mythtv 0.18.1-r2), I could no longer  
>> watch live tv
>> nor recorded programs (shows?). I got audio buffer overflow in the  
>> logs, and
>> found out that the cpu was running at just under 100 %. I had no  
>> problems
>> with cpu before the update.
>>
>> I can record programs with myth, and watch them with mplayer  
>> outside of myth,
>> without the cpu going over 15 %. I can also watch the device  
>> directly with
>> mplayer with the same cpu usage.
>>
>> So, can anyone give me any directions on what to look for? What is  
>> myth using
>> to play live tv and recordings?

> You didn't mention what video/audio hardware you're using. If you're  
> using an nVidia card with their (proprietary) drivers this could be  
> your problem. Try not using GL, either comment out "load glx" in your  
> X conf or re-compile mythtv without opengl support. This solved an  
> identical problem for me.

> If you're not using nVidia, then I have no idea :-)



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