[mythtv-users] recordings will not play as not root user

[ffrr]

Brandon Gracyalny wrote:

> I have a mythtv user setup.  My recordings and live tv partition is 
> /video.  I can watch live tv as the mythtv user.  When I try to play a 
> recording using this user the frontend just goes back to the recording 
> list and will not play.  If I load the frontend as the root user the 
> recording plays fine.
>
> I have also tried to do this through the xbmcscript on my xbox with 
> the same results.  The file shows up and the preview shows up but it 
> will not play.
>
> The owner of the /video file is root.  All other users have read and 
> write permission on this directory.  I have tried chowning the video 
> directory as my mythtv user but as soon as a recording happens it goes 
> back to being owned as root.
>

Sounds like permissions on the playing software or system, rather than 
the video file then. Does the log have anything useful to say when you 
try (or even, run mythfrontend from a consol prompt and see if any 
errors show up there)?



> I have fedora core 4 and used the instructions on Jarod's site to 
> install mythtv.
>
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