[mythtv-users] Mythtv/liveTV fades to grey....

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Mon Jan 25 23:56:30 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:49 PM, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/1/21 plainfaceboy <plainfaceboy at hotmail.com>:
>> I've finally set up my UK Mythtv system and after a bit of fiddling have
>> generally got things working.
>> I've not tested everything fully, but I've got a few niggles with LiveTV.
>> Quite often (it seems mainly when it's not been on long) it fades to black
>> and white and although the TV continues to play I can't do anything - I'm
>> assuming maybe the backend is busy but wouldn't expect it to happen as often
>> as it does? Sometimes happens on the menus too, not just liveTV.
>
> I've seen the "fading to B&W" on my netbook running Ubuntu.  Not with
> mythtv, but with other apps, and I think it corresponds to my wireless
> network dropping out.
>
> I've assumed it's Ubuntu's version of Microsoft's "(Window Not
> Responding)" indication.  After a few seconds the windows pops back to
> life.
>
> So this might not be a MythTV  problem.

I have seen it too but I always thought it was to do with the system
being overloaded.


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