[mythtv-users] Computer hangs with "Please wait..." when playing recordings or watching TV

Wed Dec 18 19:27:51 UTC 2013

On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:39, Enno Middelberg <enno.middelberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have set up a new system (Linux Mint 16 Petra 32 bit, kernel
> 3.11.0-12) with the distro's MythTV version
> 0.27.0+fixes.20130919.5b917e8-0ubuntu1. During setup things seemed to
> work fine, but now I can't watch TV or play recordings any more. After
> selecting either I get a black screen with the message "Please
> wait..." and the computer hangs. I have to reset it.

Does the computer actually hang, or does only the UI become unresponsive?  Have you tried connecting to the system over SSH?