TV Perfect - Other Features Don't Work
My install went smoothly and I've been enjoying the tivo like features. Recently I've started exploring some of the other features like video player, dvd player/import/burn, music player/import, etc. only to find out that none(!) of them work. I don't know where to start or even which questions I should be asking, but here's what I've found out so far:
mplayer will not play my movies from the desktop, so naturally it won't play them from the myth video player
my dvd import tells me it cannot connect to the transcoding daemon.
music import ejects the disk as soon as it starts to import (at 0%). The player will play the songs fine, though.
my frontend quits if I open the tv guide while watching tv (something about it playing the video in the upper right hand corner) while a remote front end will play it fine.
Any ideas? Did I somehow botch the install?
Thanks in advance for any tips on how to even beging diagnosing this!
--Plex
Vidoes by default don't use
Vidoes by default don't use mplayer. It uses Xine. So when you play a video, it should bring up xine instead. Make sure your video path directory is correct in frontend setup. This has been set for you already so you really shouldn't have to do this.
Not sure whats wrong with the music import, this works perfectly for me.
If the frontend is quitting, then you have a setting that needs to be turned off in frontend setup. Turn off any live preview recording or anything else and see if that works.
If your DVD import is giving you the transcode deamon error, that means it hasn't started but MythDora by default starts this automatically also. Make sure you use the built in mythfrontend from the desktop and not typing in mythfrontend from xterm. The transcode deamon gets started if it hasn't already. The built in feature is by right clicking on the desktop Multimedia -> MythTV.
"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis
"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis
CD Import Problem Fixed
I simply had to un-check "eject cd when finished" in the settings. Works great now!
The only reason I thought it
The only reason I thought it was mplayer is because the default player reads: "mplayer -fs -zoom -vo xv %s"
Is this incorrect?
It should have changed
It should have changed things to xine during install. No biggie really. It should still work.
"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis
"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis
Do you have any tips on how
Do you have any tips on the best settings, the ones it should have defaulted to during install?
I'm currently using: "xine -pfhq --no-splash %s" which I found on another site, and it works!
Thanks!
Thats exactly the one
Thats exactly the one :-).
"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis
"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis
I've actually found this one
I've actually found this one to be MUCH better (no slight stutter):
xine -pfhq -V xshm --no-logo --no-splash %s
I use it for video, vcd/svcd, and DVD player setttings.