[mythtv-users] DVD Playback crashing in 0.24-fixes -- workaround
John Pilkington
J.Pilk at tesco.net
Sun Apr 1 19:20:14 UTC 2012
On 01/04/12 18:57, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 01/04/12 17:41, Mark Lord wrote:
>> Ever since I upgraded to 0.24-fixes (over a year ago),
>> the built-in DVD playback stuff has been unusable.
>>
>> It *always* crashes, often on beginning DVD playback,
>> or often on the first press of the MENU button while playing.
>>
>> Sometimes a new, never-seen-before, DVD will play okay for longer,
>> but on reinsertion things always crash again.
>> This is on multiple installations. The bug in somewhere in Mythtv.
>
> < patch etc snipped >
>
> My 0.24-fixes box spends a lot of its time authoring DVDs and I
> occasionally use it to play them. Playback is usually OK but menu
> handling often leaves something to be desired. vlc usually handles menus
> better. I have often felt that the internal Myth player has been much
> influenced by the desire to play commercial disks with copy-frustrating
> features, to the detriment of its ability to play the products of
> MythArchive, but I don't recognise your problem as one that I have seen.
> Maybe others will. In case it's relevant, I don't use VDPAU.
>
> John P
I hadn't used bookmarks before - and yes, I do see a problem when I try.
Sorry for the noise.
John P
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