Mailing List Archive: Problem with mythvideo

Problem with mythvideo

Aug 10, 2006, 5:00 PM

Post #1 of 4 (1591 views)

Hi All

My system is myth 0.19 on FC4 following the Jarrod guide.

I have a problem with mythvideo in that it will start but behind the
video files display screen, the sound from the video is produced but all
I see on the screen is the list of files. The remote functions will
affect mplayer, eg I can pause it etc but I only know this from the
sound.

If I then kill mythfrontend the video becomes visible.

I am using the -ontop argument for mplayer but to no effect.

I see in another list that this was an issue in V0.16 but was supposedly
solved in V0.17.

Does anyone have any suggestions/solutions please?

Jonathan Bell

RE: Problem with mythvideo [ In reply to ]

craig at dubculture

Aug 10, 2006, 5:24 PM

Post #2 of 4 (1541 views)

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> I have a problem with mythvideo in that it will start but behind
> the video files display screen, the sound from the video is produced
> but all I see on the screen is the list of files. The remote functions
> will affect mplayer, eg I can pause it etc but I only know this from
> the sound.
>
> If I then kill mythfrontend the video becomes visible.

Does your system have an NVidia card, and not enough free memory? This is a
problem that I have had under those circumstances.

Craig

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Re: Problem with mythvideo [ In reply to ]

mythtvnz at hotblack

Aug 10, 2006, 5:29 PM

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>Hi All
>
>My system is myth 0.19 on FC4 following the Jarrod guide.
>
>I have a problem with mythvideo in that it will start but behind the
>video files display screen, the sound from the video is produced but
>all I see on the screen is the list of files. The remote functions
>will affect mplayer, eg I can pause it etc but I only know this from
>the sound.
>
>If I then kill mythfrontend the video becomes visible.
>
>I am using the -ontop argument for mplayer but to no effect.
>
>I see in another list that this was an issue in V0.16 but was
>supposedly solved in V0.17.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions/solutions please?
>
>Jonathan Bell
>

Sorry not a total answer but have you tried xine? I'm on FC4 using
Jarod's guide as well, and this is what I have for my video command:
xine -pfhq --no-splash %s

- Wade

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Re: Re: Problem with mythvideo [ In reply to ]

jonathan.bell at nz

Aug 14, 2006, 6:40 PM

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>>Hi All
>>
>>My system is myth 0.19 on FC4 following the Jarrod guide.
>>
>>I have a problem with mythvideo in that it will start but behind the
>>video files display screen, the sound from the video is produced but
>>all I see on the screen is the list of files. The remote functions
>>will affect mplayer, eg I can pause it etc but I only know this from
>>the sound.
>>
>>If I then kill mythfrontend the video becomes visible.
>>
>>I am using the -ontop argument for mplayer but to no effect.
>>
>>I see in another list that this was an issue in V0.16 but was
>>supposedly solved in V0.17.
>>
>>Does anyone have any suggestions/solutions please?
>>
>>Jonathan Bell
>>
>
>Sorry not a total answer but have you tried xine? I'm on FC4 using
>Jarod's guide as well, and this is what I have for my video command:
>xine -pfhq --no-splash %s
>
>- Wade

Thanks xine did the trick, although I'm not sure why, but hey if it
works I'll take it.

Cheers

Jonathan Bell