[mythtv-users] Cannot play videos from frontend but can from vnc'd in box

[Phil Bridges]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM, coffee <coffee412 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 11:12 -0500, Frank Merrill wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:01 AM, coffee <coffee412 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Figured something out but still dont know the answer. I vnc'd in from my
>> other box and thru the frontend interface Iam
>> able to play videos no problem. I physically go over to the mythtv box and
>> go to "watch videos" and the same ones will not play. Kicks me back out to
>> the list of videos page.
>>
>> Changed permissions on files (777) and directories and no change. Im sure
>> Im
>> missing something in the setup but cannot
>> find it.
>>
>> any thoughts anyone?
>>
>
> Are you saying that if you control the frontend via VNC, it then
> outputs correctly on the actual display device it should display on,
> or just across the VNC connection on your the 'other box' (or both??)
>
> If only displaying in the VNC session:
> On your frontend, have you gone through and made certain you have set
> what you need for your case in the playback profiles?
> (Maybe start with the slim profile to test)
>
> Also, what does your mythfrontend.log show when trying to play a video
> and it fails directly on the frontend?
>
> Frank
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> >From the vnc'd in computer (computer1) I can watch the videos not problem
> on that computer (computer1). But physically going up to the box running
> mythtv (fe/be box) I cannot watch the videos. Ill check the playback
> profiles. Mythfrontend log doesnt show anything about videos except that I
> have not setup any SG path. Defaulting to /mnt/store which is ok. I dont see
> that as an error that would cause this. I have a link from
> /var/lib/mythvideo to my nfs server.
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>

Do you have the backend's video directory mounted on your frontend?
You don't have your videos mounted on the frontend under your
libraries directory, do you?