[mythtv-users] mythfontend/Mac OS X/play videos?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 6, 2006, at 12:20 PM, charles at lesburg.com wrote:

> All,
>
> One of my MythTV frontends is an iMac (20" LCD; really nice!).  I  
> am using a precompiled mythfrontend which I found on the web.   
> Watching live TV and previously recorded bits is fine.  However, I  
> don't get any sound when I try to play mp4 video files using the  
> internal video player.  When I try to use mplayer or VCD as the  
> command, nothing happens at all.  I can open the mp4 files using  
> QuickTime, or MPlayer, or VCD from the normal window manager.
>
> Is there anyone on the list who uses a Mac (OS X 10.3.9) frontend.   
> If so, can you provide recommendations for setting up for video  
> watching?
>
> Thanks in advance,

Try launching mplayer from the command line. It will act the same  
from there as when launching it from myth. Once you get it working  
from a shell, use the same command in myth. Keep in mind the mplayer  
binary is in a location like this: /Applications/MPlayer OS X 2.app/ 
Contents/Resources/mplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer not / 
Applications/MPlayer OS X 2.app/Contents/Resources/mplayer.app

-Brad