[mythtv-users] mplayer great, mythtv bad

Ajay Sharma ajayrockrock at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 18:44:08 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Michael R. Hines <michael at hinespot.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So, I successfully did the following:
>
> bash$ scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB | tee
> .mplayer/channels.conf
> bash$ mplayer dvb://NJN-1    # this is my local PBS station
>
> The output of mplayer is fantastic. Nice signal. Smooth audio/video
> playback.
>
> But when I play it back in mythtv, it's choppy with lots of beeping noises
> in the audio. The output on my external TV tuner is also very good, but for
> some reason, myth just isn't playing it back as "nicely" as mplayer.
>
> Any reason for this? How could I track this problem down?

I have no idea how to fix your problem, but maybe a better subject
line that actually describes your issue might get more attention.

--Ajay


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