[mythtv-users] Capture ok, no live tv

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 08 April 2004 02:20, steve ickes wrote:
> Just installed Mythtv (for the second time) following Fedora
> Core/mythtv how-to. I am able to do a test capture and view in both
> Mplayer and Xine However, whenever I try and watch live tv, I get a
> black screen. I've tried waiting up to 30 seconds but nothing ever
> shows up. Although the program is buffering to disk, it shouldn't
> take this long.
>
> The backend and frontend are currently running on the same pc. Specs
> are as follows: AMD 1800+
> 512MB RAM
> 80GB 7200RPM hard drive
> PVR 250
> Nvidia GeForce 4 MMX 440
>
> At first I couldn't do the test capture until I tried unloading and
> reloading ivtv module.

What version of Myth are you running?  This used to be a typical symptom 
of Myth not being able to open the audio output device.  In the CVS 
version, you would get a pop-up indicating such, but in 0.14 you'd just 
get a black screen.

-JAC