[mythtv-users] Problems with Watching Recordings on Mac OS Mythfrontend

[Alessandro]

2009/10/8 TJ Harris <tjharris at weaselworkz.com>:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Alessandro
> <alessandro.campobassi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I'm trying to get a Mythfrontend for Mac OS working.
>>>> I have setup Mplayer fine for videos etc, and the internal player is
>>>> ok watching Live TV, but I can't watch any previous recordings.
>>>>
>>>> - Live TV works fine.
>>>> - Mythvideo works fine, got it playing files via nfs mount using mplayer
>>>> - Can see the recordings all listed correctly in watch recordings
>>>> screen but when try to play them just get blank screen for couple
>>>> seconds and it's back to the watch recording screen again.
>>>> - tried the streaming/non streaming via backend options and neither
>>>> makes any difference.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong here?
>>>> I'm running the Mythfrontend for Mac 0.21 from
>>>> http://macvana.com/mythtv/RELEASES/
>>>
>>> 0.21 is quite old.  Is that the same version as your backend?   I use
>>> 0.21-fixes, on my Mac frontend.
>>>
>>> To debug problems, I start mythfrontend via a terminal session, with
>>> the verbose debugging enabled.  For example: MythFrontEnd -v playback
>>> That should give you more detail on what is failing.    The actual
>>> executable will be located at: MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS
>>
>>
>> I'm now running the 0.21-fixes.
>> I ran from the terminal session, and this time it is saying the 'the
>> File for this recording cannot be found' - yet I know it is there and
>> working as my linux front-end on another laptop can access, and play
>> the recordings just fine.
>
> I had similar behavior on a Linux frontend a couple weeks ago.   I was
> trying MythBuntu from a Live-CD, and I got a very similar error
> message.  The problem for me (and I found several other threads with
> similar problem/fix) was that the time zone was incorrect on the
> frontend.   Once I set the time zone to match the backend it worked
> fine.    I am not sure why that would be,  or whether this applies to
> the Mac frontend.


Hello. Yes, that was my issue too. Just changing the time didn't work,
I had to change the timezone on my mac.
I live in France, but my mythbox records UK TV, so I have left it on GMT.
There is probably a way to put it into CET, but I'll need to research
that first.

Thanks again for your help!
This list is always great for assistance for newbies like me!
Alessandro