[mythtv-users] Xine killing Myth TV watching

[Peter Valdemar Morch]

Karm may karmmyth-at-yahoo.com |Lists| wrote:
> Whenever I run Xine, it works fine, but once I go back
> and try to watch
> live TV, I get a blank black screen. Audio is playing
> fine, but I cannot
> bring anything up for video. I have to cold boot the
> system to get Myth
> back. A simple reboot doesn't do it.

Damn! I had that very same problem, got it fixed, and now I can't 
remember what I did to get there. Nasty for you, nasty for when I want 
to redo an installation at some point...

I remember that it was either Xine or Mplayer that uses some "overlay" 
or something, and doesn't put it back when its done. (Vague and quite 
possibly very wrong - I know).

I've searched around in my installation and can't seem to find what I'm 
doing to get it to work...

Was this it?:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/80921?search_string=xine%20tv;#80921

config file ( ~username/.xine/config ) - look for this line:

#video.xv_autopaint_colorkey:0

Uncomment it, and change it to 1.

video.xv_autopaint_colorkey:1
?

I *do* remember that it was some config or environment tweak I had to do 
and then it worked fine.

So this may not be a lot of help, but it may ease your mind to know that 
it is (was? :-D) a known problem and that it can be fixed. :-D

Peter