[mythtv-users] New setup: Frontend won't play recorded programs

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/18/2010 03:26 PM, steve wrote:
> I've got my new system set up and am testing it.  I recorded a couple of
> programs.
>
> When  I go into the media library and select a program to play, it shows me
> the screen that says "playback starting" for a few seconds then exits back
> to the menu screen.  There are no preview screenshots.
>
> I checked the backend log, and it shows the stuff below (this covers a
> couple of playback attempts).  The recorded files are there in
> /video/recordings like they should be and will play fine with the Gnome
> movie player (video and audio).  
>
> What to do?  
>   
...
> 2010-01-18 13:00:05.192 AFD: Opened codec 0x11f9000, id(H264) type(Video)
>
> 2010-01-18 13:00:05.244 AFD: codec AAC has 2 channels
>
> 2010-01-18 13:00:05.294 [libfaad @ 0x38cc9ef6e0]FAAD library: libfaad.so
> could not be opened! 
>
> libfaad.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> 2010-01-18 13:00:05.344 AFD Error: Could not open codec 0x11f7ef0, id(AAC)
> type(Audio) aborting. reason -1
>
> 2010-01-18 13:00:05.394 NVP(0): Disabling Audio, params(-1,-1,-1)
>
> 2010-01-18 13:00:05.444 Couldn't open decoder for:
> /video/recordings/1746_20100118123800.mpg
>   

Looks like you have a broken install.  Compiled to use an external
library that you don't have installed.

Mike