Comments on: MythTV 0.20 and Ubuntu Edgy Eft http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2007/02/28/mythtv-020-and-ubuntu-edgy-eft/ The exciting life of a software developer and nerd Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nick http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2007/02/28/mythtv-020-and-ubuntu-edgy-eft/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Nick Mon, 28 May 2007 16:02:19 +0000 http://blog.brianhartsock.com/?p=11#comment-152 I couldn't play AVI files until I ran this command. # apt-get install mplayer I couldn’t play AVI files until I ran this command.
# apt-get install mplayer

]]> By: Gavin http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2007/02/28/mythtv-020-and-ubuntu-edgy-eft/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Gavin Mon, 28 May 2007 08:51:53 +0000 http://blog.brianhartsock.com/?p=11#comment-151 ALSO: The internal player for MythTV uses ffmpeg to decode the files and for legal reasons (at least in Ubuntu) the full build of ffmpeg is not included in the OS. I haven't tried this myself as I am quite happy using Xine to play AVI's but if you build and install the full ffmpeg library then maybe the internal player will play avi's ?? here is a link on the topic. http://po-ru.com/diary/fixing-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-edgy/ Cheers, Gavin C. ALSO:

The internal player for MythTV uses ffmpeg to decode the files and for legal reasons (at least in Ubuntu) the full build of ffmpeg is not included in the OS. I haven’t tried this myself as I am quite happy using Xine to play AVI’s but if you build and install the full ffmpeg library then maybe the internal player will play avi’s ??

here is a link on the topic.
http://po-ru.com/diary/fixing-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-edgy/

Cheers, Gavin C.

]]> By: Gavin http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2007/02/28/mythtv-020-and-ubuntu-edgy-eft/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Gavin Mon, 28 May 2007 08:45:46 +0000 http://blog.brianhartsock.com/?p=11#comment-150 I use myth running Ubuntu on a shuttle SB61G2 v3: My previous version was running on Ubuntu 6.10 with a custom 2.6.29 kernel (to get support for my saa7134 tuner card) and also a custom build of the wireless module to make that work. My SPDIF output was never functional on 6.10 and I never got around to looking into fixing it but i recently upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04 and now all of the above customization is no longer necessary as it all works by default and now my SPDIF is also functional. So I would guess that you problem with the Audio pass through is not Myth related but driver related. Cheers, Gavin C. I use myth running Ubuntu on a shuttle SB61G2 v3:

My previous version was running on Ubuntu 6.10 with a custom 2.6.29 kernel (to get support for my saa7134 tuner card) and also a custom build of the wireless module to make that work.

My SPDIF output was never functional on 6.10 and I never got around to looking into fixing it but i recently upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04 and now all of the above customization is no longer necessary as it all works by default and now my SPDIF is also functional.

So I would guess that you problem with the Audio pass through is not Myth related but driver related.

Cheers, Gavin C.

]]> By: Andy Fore http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2007/02/28/mythtv-020-and-ubuntu-edgy-eft/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Andy Fore Fri, 04 May 2007 18:04:10 +0000 http://blog.brianhartsock.com/?p=11#comment-70 What kind of problems are you having with the digital audio? I am running 0.20 on Edgy with digital audio out to my A/V receiver. What kind of sound card are you running? Have you checked out the following page on the MythTV wiki: http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound Also I have had no issues playing .avi files in the MythVideo plugin. I am using mplayer to play them. I do like the internal DVD player over mplayer or xine however. Andy What kind of problems are you having with the digital audio? I am running 0.20 on Edgy with digital audio out to my A/V receiver.

What kind of sound card are you running? Have you checked out the following page on the MythTV wiki:

http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound

Also I have had no issues playing .avi files in the MythVideo plugin. I am using mplayer to play them. I do like the internal DVD player over mplayer or xine however.

Andy

]]> By: seth http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2007/02/28/mythtv-020-and-ubuntu-edgy-eft/comment-page-1/#comment-32 seth Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:07:36 +0000 http://blog.brianhartsock.com/?p=11#comment-32 I am glad you like the internal player, me too, however it does not work for me in some situations, namely playing protected DVDs, Full ISO images, or .avi files. Internal player playing .iso images does not buffer enough so the audio breaks up the the image skips Ditto for DVDs I cannot make the internal player play .avi files either. I wish I could use one player ( the internal player preferably ) to play .iso, .avi, and DVD. As it is, I need to use xine for .iso and .dvd, mplayer for .avi, and internal player for .vob Do you have any suggestions for settings to make this all work with one player? p.s. I fixed the mythbrowser problem by running firefox instead. I figured out how to do this on a minimyth frontend. I am glad you like the internal player, me too, however it does not work for me in some situations, namely playing protected DVDs, Full ISO images, or .avi files.

Internal player playing .iso images does not buffer enough so the audio breaks up the the image skips

Ditto for DVDs

I cannot make the internal player play .avi files either.

I wish I could use one player ( the internal player preferably ) to play .iso, .avi, and DVD. As it is, I need to use xine for .iso and .dvd, mplayer for .avi, and internal player for .vob Do you have any suggestions for settings to make this all work with one player?

p.s. I fixed the mythbrowser problem by running firefox instead. I figured out how to do this on a minimyth frontend.

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