[Freevo-users] Tivo covered on NPR's Morning Edition
I heard this on the way to work last week; I thought some of you might find it of interest. http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1298163.html -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] am I missing something?
Rich C wrote: Brian, for recording problems check your log file in /var/log/freevo/internal-record_daemon-0.log to see if it gives you any info on whats going on. I did, and I didn't see anything there. I don't know where those GLIBC errors were going; they got totally lost when running from cron. A while ago I was getting the infamous glibc error, that prevented me from recording. Not sure if that problem was every fully resolved. Apparently not; I had it, too. import os os.environ['LD_PRELOAD'] = '' # Add this line to stop GLIBC_2.X preload errors That seems to have done it. I think a cleaner bit of code would be del(os.environ['LD_PRELOAD']) Thanks for the info, Rich. I've scheduled a couple of programs to test it out. :-) This still doesn't solve the crux of my problem which is incorrect paths in the config files for the runtime tools. Out of the box, without mucking with /usr/local/freevo/freevo_config.py and changing the path to mencoder in the VCR_CMD variable, you can't record! I don't mean to be hard on the Freevo developers. I think the project is off to a great start, but I also feel that that the RPMs and self-contained tarballs are misleading because, well, they're broken. The documentation's too sketchy and doesn't take the uninitiated from start to end without having to hit the mailing lists for help. It seems like everyone else is absolutely raving about the simplicity of working with Freevo, so that's why I still think I'm missing something obvious. I'll try to go back and read the docs from the start and see if I can fill in the missinc pieces myself. G'night, B -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] am I missing something?
Ok, I've just set up a box for use as a PVR. I really want to use Freevo, but I'm getting frustrated. I've got the guide set up and can see live TV in X. There's no OSD. Shouldn't there be? Scheduling recordings doesn't work and I can't figure it out. if I go to the guide and schedule a recording (boy, that interface for changing times really needs work) I see the entry show up in /tmp/freevo_record.lst, but when I run the daemon, nothing happens! I've installed a stand-alone mplayer package and massaged the paths in the freevo source to point to them (even the RPM of freevo points to a non-existent mencoder), and when I run the generated command from the commandline, it does work. I feel like I've missed some huge section of the documentation/installguide/faq/whatever. Can someone point me in the right direction?? I'm using the pre4 RPMS on a fresh RH9 install on an Athlon system. Thanks, B -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem with tv_sort and xmltv listings
Krister Lagerstrom wrote: Please help by fixing problems like this directly in the wiki. That goes for everybody... fixed, and a new alternative added. -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Re: tvtime (was: runtime-pre5-test1 available and call for testers)
Aubin Paul wrote: It has a nice OSD, great quality and perfect audio sync. Can the OSD be customized so that it has a consistent look-and-feel with Freevo? -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] G400s on eBay
Not that y'all couldn't find 'em on your own... :-) I just bought one of these[1] items from the seller on eBay. $56 with shipping is a little steep, but the G400 seems to be the only card that's got well-supported tv-out under Linux. Anyone wanna buy a Radeon 7000[2]? Un-opened. Hell, un-*delivered*. *sigh* [1] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733759134 [2] http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=N82E16814102202 -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ripping interface?
Rob Shortt wrote: By the way I will be adding cdparanoia and lame to the runtime. Is there a prefered app for ogg/vorbis encoding? oggenc seems to be around quite a bit. I'm not sure if there are other implementations; this one (from the Xiph guys) is pretty good from what I've heard. -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] tv-out once more...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Otherways, for desktop use, the Radeon 7000 is great value/money (DVI, etc), eventhough it was cheap. Ok, this stinks. The computer I just put together for a Freevo/MythTV box has a Radeon 7000 card. I'm not following what the problem is with it. Do neither the Gatos nor XFree86 ATI drivers work? No-one responded to my previous post[1]; it seems that the Radeon supports SyncOnGreen via XF86. It seems like those VGA->Component cables would fit the bill provided you can come up with a profile in the XFree86 config file... [1] https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=2536151&forum_id=9234 -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem with tv_sort and xmltv listings
Charles wrote: When I tv_sort my xml listing per the docs for North America, I get this error: parameterless "use IO" deprecated at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16 Name "Log::TraceMessages::On" used only once: possible typo at /usr/bin/tv_sort line 149. Yeah, that's normal. :-) I get it, too, at least. Both the original and the sorted files report as corrupted by freevo. Check the TV_CHANNELS (?) config var. The awk script I used from the wiki is broken and is missing a comma in the tuple between the first and second items. Check that; I had a similar problem. -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ripping interface?
Aubin Paul wrote: Here's one; we should add tagging. I recently updated the id3v2 parsing library in Freevo and it happens to include the ability to write tags as well. I would suggest id3v2 as default because it's not as horrible limited as id3v1 tags. I figured tagging was a given. :-) I'm also assuming that support for OGG tags are included? -- __ ____ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ripping interface?
Rich C wrote: I am currently using the CD title to create a directory in the specified audio directory (CONFIG_AUDIO_DIR). Any suggestions on how to structure the audio directories? I can also make a subdirectory using the 'Category' of music and or use the Artists/Groups name if CDDB returns that info. This is where a database is needed. I saw some discussion on the dev list (where this discussion should probably go :-) ) regarding mysql and saw general distaste towards using a database. You simply cannot build a useful application for searching, browsing and categorizing music and for building playlists buy just working with a directory structure. I'd really like to see some kind of listening preference data stored on each track that can be used to find the next track to listen to. I don't see this kind of thing being simple, fast, or light-weight without the use of a "real" database. I'm not at all opposed to working on this with someone. Frankly, I think Freevo could do well with a database, rather than working with, for example, one big honkin' XML file for TV listings. That's something that I think MythTV does quite well... Now, that being said, I still think you need to have a reasonable directory structure. I personally prefer _-__-__-_. Thanks for listening, B -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ripping interface?
Rich C wrote: I've spent the last week or so doing just that. I have a plugin that can rip a CD to the hard drive as a .wav at the moment (next step, tonight probably, will be converting it to .mp3). It is capable of pulling the CDDB info for the CD and using this info to write the .wav files to your audio directory. Some questions that have come to mind when pondering this problem: * how do you deal with CDs that don't have info in CDDB? * how can this be implemented so that ripping can be done in the background? * uh, I'm sure there were more... :-P Has anyone looked at Jack for[1] inspiration? Looks like its become abandon-ware, but it looks interesting (curses interface). [1] http://www.home.unix-ag.org/arne/jack/ -- __ ____ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ripping interface?
Aubin Paul wrote: Yes, it's definitely something I'd like to see (and may have to do myself :) but I currently don't have a Freevo machine with a ROM drive. I just ordered one, so after that comes in, it'll probably be one of my priorities. Short answer: wait a little while :) Cool! :-) -- __ ____ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] ripping interface?
Is there, or are there plans for, an interface for ripping CDs in Freevo? -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] VGA->Component cables and Sync-On-Green
Does anyone have any experience playing with these[1] cables for use with TV-out from a VGA port on the graphics card? Looks like the video card needs to support sync-on-green to work. Seems like a cost-effective solution if you can get the timings right... [1] http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/hdtv-cables.html#hd15rgb -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
