I am using Knoppmyth R5B7 and most of my install problems are resolved. My biggest problem is that after running xine (to watch a dvd) Mythtv then behaves strangely. I can hit esc until I get to the yes/no question about exiting but I cannot hilight any option. Also the remote works intermittently and won't work correctly until I kill mythtv and restart it.

I found a post yesterday where the person said that upgrading the xine-ui and the xine-lib packages solved the problem but I cannot find that posting again. I am also a bit wary of doing this hence I am posting this first to see if anyone else is having the same problem & to find out how they resolved it.

There's an old issue about xine stealing focus an not returning it. The work around was to use a wrapper script that ran it from an xterm.

I also seem to remember a recent posting about this being fixed a newer version of xine, but I'm pretty sure that they built it themselves rather than using apt-get...

I believe that was my post. From what I gathered, the focus stealing issue was fixed somewhere around xine 0.99.4, but the most recent version in apt is only 0.99.3.

My problem was specifically the remote working intermittently in the Program Guide, but I do recall the highlighting issue coming up occasionally with the exiting as well, and had never thought it might be connected to xine. Since I recompiled xine, I haven't had either of these problems even once, so it seems to have been a genuine fix.

Compiling was quite easy, I didn't seem to need any extra dependencies, I just followed the directions here: http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#BUILDING and then used apt to remove the old xine packages.

Thanks for the response. Did you uninstall all the xine related packages?

i.e. libxine-dev 1.0-1, libxine1 1.0-1, xine-lib-kmr5 1rc5-1, xine-ui 0.99.1-1, xine-ui-kmr5 0.99.2-1

I'm not quite sure what the differences are between the different lib pakages and also between the two ui packages.

Yes, I removed all of them and compiled xine-ui and libxine. You might want to do the compilation first, to make sure it succeeds before removing the packages. I'm not sure what the kmr5 ones mean either.

Probably KnoppMyth Rel. 5 or something very close. Cecil would be the one to provide a definitive answer.

I've tried to compile xine-ui and get the following error:

/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS)(.gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): In function `__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx':
: multiple definition of `__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx'
../../src/common/.libs/libcommon.a(utils.o)(.gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [xine] Error 1

There seems to be something inconsistent in the knoppmyth libc and libcommon libraries.

From what I read, it was caused by a bug in gcc. Running 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get install gcc-3.3', fixed it for me. Sorry, I had completely forgotten about this problem.

Thanks, that has fixed the problem. I now have xine up and running again without interfering with Myth.

For anyone else who comes across this issue it was not just the exit menu that was broken, but the ui in general becomes inconsistent after running xine. I could for example not edit the play settings for dvd after running xine.

I still have that problem (haven't bothered upgrading xine). The way I work around it is, after playing a DVD or video in xine;

1) navigate to "Watch Recordings"
2) right click on a recording to bring up the popup actions window
3) left click to exit the popup
4) right click the recording again
where right/left click are the cursor right/left arrow

You should see that the first time the popup appears, nothing is hilighted (which means the focus is elsewhere), but the second time, the first option is hilighted. After that, all the UI interactions should be as normal.

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Hi Nigel, did you try an update to 0.99.4 yet? It's been a few months since you last posted. I would bet you have by now.

I've got the same 0.99.3 bugs that are reported above and would like to shake them. I'm interested to know of your experience.

Eric

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How did you remove the old xine packages? Did you use the dpkg command like this? (please respond with your exact commands)

Another question: If I follow the xine install directions to the letter,
http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#BUILDING
will Mythtv automatically know how to find xine after the new install of the latest xine-ui?
I ask this because it looks like the new install will be loaded in the /usr/local/ directory and the xine that comes with R5C7 seems to be loaded in /user/share/xine and /user/local/share/xine directories.

Thanks,
Eric

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I used apt to remove the packages:


By default, compiling xine will install it in /usr/local, while most installations from packages will install in /usr. The executable would then be /usr/local/bin/xine in the first case and /usr/bin/xine in the second. Since both locations are in the default path for executables, just running 'xine' should start it either way. I think this is the command used by R5C7 to launch xine, but I'm not positive. If it's not, then you can change it to point to the right location in the setup.

What you're looking at are the shared files for xine I think, not the actual executables. I'd guess that the regular xine is in /usr and the kmr5 one is in /usr/local

Thanks misterflibble,

I downloaded and unpacked xine-lib (1.1.2) and xline-ui (0.99.4).
I removed the old version first with your apt-get remove command line.
I compiled both per the directions at the xinehq site you mentioned.

IT WORKS! I've got XINE 0.99.4 in there and the focus stealing is GONE!

I exited out of KnoppMyth and looked at the desktop menus. I see the XINE menu item is gone. Is there a way to add it back into the VIEWERS menu item?

Thanks!
Eric

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