Re: [mythtv-users] Compiled but not running
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 06:45:11PM +, peter wrote: I've managed to compile mythtv and it seemed to compile cleanly and install ok, but when I try to run any command with myth in front of it, or ./setup in /home/peter/downloads/mythtv-0.16/setup/ brings back the response: Is /home/peter/downloads/mythtv-0.16 where you installed it, or where you compiled it? Did you add /home/peter/downloads/mythtv-0.16/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf before running ldconfig? ldconfig doesn't search your whole disk, only paths listed in that configuration file. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Don Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, the version of transcode is: transcode-0.6.12 from: http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?ver=10.0by=namewhat_cat=subcat=name=transcode OK, should be new enough. There is a newer version out (0.6.14) but I haven't tried it yet. I tried to tcprobe the file, but got the error: #tcprobe -i 1013_2004120320_2004120321.nuv tcprobe: error while loading shared libraries: liblcms.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory OK, that's a problem. I have no idea what that lib is, but if tcprobe won't run, that will be why nuvexport is missing the data it gets from tcprobe :) I'm using ivtv 0.3.x because I don't know any better! I started with ivtv-0.1.9, but it didn't work for tvout. Do you know which one is recommended for this hardware? I'd be happy to switch. I'm having problems getting the on-screen menus to work on tvout (but I suspect it may be the firmware version I'm using, pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip , not the driver). Thanks again for the help, Don In general, it's more recommended to use the 0.2.x stream. The 0.3.x stream is on the bleeding edge even more so than the 0.3.x series. I personally use 0.1.10ck100zz on my PVR250s. Your mileage may vary. :) Anyways, time for bed. Ciao Gavin ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic visualisations
BTW, I've just fixed my MythMusic issue by removing aalib from my Gentoo USE flags and recompiling libsdl. Cheers, Rich On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 21:50 +, Richard and Monica Bland wrote: All, I've recently rebuilt my mythtv frontend and noticed certain visualisations are no longer running, namely: Goom Bumpscope Synaesthesia I'm guessing it's got something to do with SDL support? When building MythMusic, a message claims 'SDL support will be included'. I have libsdl and opengl (Gears works OK) installed and an ldd on libmythmusic.so confirms they are both linked in, but no visualisations! Are there any dependencies I've obviously missed? MythMusic : 0.16 tarball Xfree : 4.3.0 Kernel: Linux Pro 2.4.26-xbox Distro: Gentoo Any ideas? Cheers Rich ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Richard and Monica Bland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FC3 and IVTV problems
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 9:05 PM Subject: [mythtv-users] FC3 and IVTV problems Hello Everybody, I just reinstalled my server with FC3 (from RH9) using Jarod's Guide. Everything is running except IVTV (i.e. cannot watch TV). Here is a snip from my /var/log/messages after loading ivtv: * Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found! Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: Error -19 reading Hauppauge eeprom. Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: Possible causes: the tveeprom module was not loaded, or Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: the eeprom kernel module was loaded before the tveeprom module. * Any ideas what is causing the error reading eeprom? Thanks, Jeff Here is the full version of messages if it helps any: Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: START INIT IVTV Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: version 0.1.10 (0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc3.at) loading Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4 Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:0c.0[A] - GSI 11 (level, low) - IRQ 11 Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: pci: VIA detected device: 0x0305 vendor: 0x1106 Dec 4 15:57:49 24 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=eeprom,ok] Dec 4 15:57:50 24 last message repeated 7 times Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by insmod option Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: tuner: The type=n insmod option will go away soon. Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: tuner: Please use the tuner=n option provided by Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead. Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on address 0x42 Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: saa7115: writing init values Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[6],ok] Dec 4 15:57:50 24 kernel: saa7115: status: (1E) 0x95, (1F) 0xb1 Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3435G-B6 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3435G-B6,ok] Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found! Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: Error -19 reading Hauppauge eeprom. Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: Possible causes: the tveeprom module was not loaded, or Dec 4 15:57:51 24 kernel: ivtv: the eeprom kernel module was loaded before the tveeprom module. Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 4 streams Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 128 buffers of size 32768 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 128 buffers of size 32768 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Create stream 2 using 128 buffers of size 52224 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 128 buffers of size 32768 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Could not detect tuner standard, defaulting to NTSC. Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC. Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: saa7115: decoder set norm NTSC Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: saa7115: set audio: 0x01 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0 Dec 4 15:57:52 24 kernel: ivtv: END INIT IVTV ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Did you follow the install instructions properly? Try to look for firmware related stuff for installation. VJ ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: /dev/lirc working, lircd/irw not?
there is a new hauppauge grey remote and an old one. i had almost the same problem, ie an strace on the lircd daemon showed it seeing the button presses, but irw wouldnt. i changed my lircd file and it just worked. # Please make this file available to others # by sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # this config file was automatically generated # using lirc-0.7.0(hauppauge) on Tue Nov 30 00:38:32 2004 # # contributed by # # brand: lirc.conf # model no. of remote control: # devices being controlled by this remote: # begin remote name grayHauppauge bits 13 flags RC5 eps30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero0 0 gap 200966 repeat_bit2 begin codes Power0x17BD Go 0x1FBB TV 0x179C Videos 0x1F98 Music0x1799 Pictures 0x1F9A Guide0x179B Radio0x1F8C UP 0x1794 LEFT 0x1F96 RIGHT0x1797 DOWN 0x1F95 OK 0x17A5 Back-Exit0x1F9F Menu 0x178D Prev-Channel 0x1F92 Mute 0x178F Volume-UP0x1F90 Volume-DOWN 0x1791 Channel-UP 0x1FA0 Channel-DOWN 0x17A1 Record 0x1FB7 Stop 0x17B6 Rewind 0x1FB2 Forward 0x17B4 Play 0x1FB5 Previous 0x17A4 Next 0x1F9E Pause0x17B0 10x1F81 20x1782 30x1F83 40x1784 50x1F85 60x1786 70x1F87 80x1788 90x1F89 00x1780 star 0x1F8A hash 0x178E red 0x1F8B green0x17AE yellow 0x1FB8 blue 0x17A9 end codes end remote On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:09:11 -0400, Kyle Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joakim Kolsjö wrote: My tv-out card is an hauppauge wintv pvr 250 and i use the included remote control. tv-out hehe... gotta double check my writing sometimes :P ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Have you used irrecord to setup your lircd.conf? ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Bad Colors and horizontal lines on pvr-350
HI Jason, my colours are not all out of whack per se but are quite washed out, ie the yellows become white and some of the greens turn a white-ish brown colour. not ideal at all. I think Nik has these same problems as well.. i dont have an answer to this, but am willing to help along the way to get this stuff sorted.. On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:09:57 -0500, Jå§òÑ M @ ¢þhè®$Øñ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I solved part of my problem. I thought I'd post my discovery for the sake of the archives. The vertical lines were caused by a ground loop. I split the coax cable comming out of the wall (one cable direcly to the tv the other to my myth box). That way I could use mythtv or watch televison directly. I had also wired my myth box to the video inputs. I had accidentally created a grounding loop. Those vertical lines were caused by the gound loop. Unplugin the direct connect or mythtv solved the horizontal lines. The the color is still out of wack on the s-video, I guess I'll fall back the the composite cable. -Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Fedora Myth(TV)ology turns 3
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:48:21AM -0800, Jarod C. Wilson wrote: All that said, I *have* pondered moving to one of the RHEL rebuilds, because the constant Fedora release roller coaster does get a little annoying. I may well actually make the move once RHEL4 is out, since [..] Then there's always Debian, where there are only new releases every twelveteen years... ;-) But I have too many RH boxes at work, not enough time to remain fluent in multiple distros, and work is gonna stay RH (thus, so am I). However, you have continuous access to the debian development tree (unstable) and a slightly stabilised version of it (testing) so there is no need to wait for a whole release. Even if you do wait a whole release, Debian doesn't require a full reinstall. Ever. (I have some boxes that have been upgraded from 1.1 - in 1996.) Can't believe how many people are used to reinstalling RH just like Windows. It shouldn't be like that. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythtv + DXR3 ?
Hi, I managed to get an experimental mythtv box set up on my desktop system (experimental in that I'm planning something standalone in the near future). This works fine, but watching tv is often a problem, since the screen often stops for a few seconds, especially if there is some processing going on in the background. The hardware: AMD Athlon 1800 +, Pinnacle PCTV pro nvidia Gforce 4mx video card, using nvidia's latest drivers. While rummaging through the odds and bit box, I found a DXR3 card. As I understand it, this is a hardware MPEG decoder. Would it be worth the effort to install this card into my current desktop system to fix the live tv playback problem ? (Or should I just bite the bullet, and get that PVR 350 for christmas ?;-) TimT ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Next release?
Does anyone know when a new release is due? I see the last one was four months after the previous one. that would meen we still have another month or so if it followed that pattern. I want to get it installed on my epia with the new hardware decoder support but I don't want to use cvs because I use xbox mythtv on an xbox and I also use a frontend/backend on my desktop along with a frontend on my laptop. I really don't want to go all of that from cvs. Thanks __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: /dev/lirc working, lircd/irw not?
thank you! that config worked :) On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:18:45 +0100, Ryszard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a new hauppauge grey remote and an old one. i had almost the same problem, ie an strace on the lircd daemon showed it seeing the button presses, but irw wouldnt. i changed my lircd file and it just worked. # Please make this file available to others # by sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # this config file was automatically generated # using lirc-0.7.0(hauppauge) on Tue Nov 30 00:38:32 2004 # # contributed by # # brand: lirc.conf # model no. of remote control: # devices being controlled by this remote: # begin remote name grayHauppauge bits 13 flags RC5 eps30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero0 0 gap 200966 repeat_bit2 begin codes Power0x17BD Go 0x1FBB TV 0x179C Videos 0x1F98 Music0x1799 Pictures 0x1F9A Guide0x179B Radio0x1F8C UP 0x1794 LEFT 0x1F96 RIGHT0x1797 DOWN 0x1F95 OK 0x17A5 Back-Exit0x1F9F Menu 0x178D Prev-Channel 0x1F92 Mute 0x178F Volume-UP0x1F90 Volume-DOWN 0x1791 Channel-UP 0x1FA0 Channel-DOWN 0x17A1 Record 0x1FB7 Stop 0x17B6 Rewind 0x1FB2 Forward 0x17B4 Play 0x1FB5 Previous 0x17A4 Next 0x1F9E Pause0x17B0 10x1F81 20x1782 30x1F83 40x1784 50x1F85 60x1786 70x1F87 80x1788 90x1F89 00x1780 star 0x1F8A hash 0x178E red 0x1F8B green0x17AE yellow 0x1FB8 blue 0x17A9 end codes end remote On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:09:11 -0400, Kyle Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joakim Kolsjö wrote: My tv-out card is an hauppauge wintv pvr 250 and i use the included remote control. tv-out hehe... gotta double check my writing sometimes :P ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Have you used irrecord to setup your lircd.conf? ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] TV-Out not working
Hi All, I am using FC2 with WinTV Go PCI card. My video is a Nvidia 4600. I cannot seem to get TV-out working on the video card. I only get Grey scale bars on the TV. The computer monitor works fine. Thanks in advance for any help here. David __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New MythTV Hardware Review
This topic has already been beaten to death, so I'll make it brief. I think that, really, no one knows for sure how it is going to work, as the law is very vague in that regard. Even some lawyers seem confused. Suffice it to say, it'd be much safer to buy one before June. At the very least, the people who make the card are going to determine exactly how they are going to comply with the new law, so it will take time before they sell them again, if they do at all. -Nate On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:12:57 -0500, Jason Gabriele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will be too late. 6 months from now, sale of tuner cards for HDTV that could be used in an open source environment will be banned. So while you may not get your HDTV display, you will be wanting to get your tuner card before June, and once you have it, you may as well put it in your system. However, the cards take no CPU to use, so they won't affect your decision much. However, once you stat recording DTV and watching it on your computer monitor (which is actually higher res than all HDTVs under $5,000, you will want to get your HDTV sooner. Never buy hardware until you need it, of course, but there is a deadline here you may not have been considering. I was under the impression that the cards must be able to read the flag. In that case what if the card just transmitted that to the software and let the software handle recording or live-viewing only (for flagged broadcasts). I don't know how this would be handled in v4l but maybe an additional device could be added which software could read from (/dev/video/flag ?) to let it know it was flagged content. I don't know all that much about the subject, so this is just speculation on my part. -- Jason Gabriele jason.gabriele at gmail dot com ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XF4.3.0 too slow for HDTV? (was BadAlloc)
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 02:46:30PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 02:59:07AM -0800, Jarod Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 November 2004 22:47, John Goerzen wrote: each of them) pushing a Radeon 9000 Pro some time back (over a year ago). I yanked that card, put in an nVidia card, and everything has been just fine since. Sounds like things might have improved slightly, but still sub-par... Here's another datapoint. I have a frontend on my workstation, an Athlon64 3200+ system with a 128MB Radeon 9600 and 1GB system RAM. STILL I got skipping, though not as bad. Is it the ATI cards that suck or the drivers? I am amazed that this worked so poorly on my Athlon64 box. Try the onboard first, see how it works. Will do, thanks for the suggestion. OK, finally had the time to do this. The onboard video is GeForce4 MX NV18. I boosted the box's system RAM to 512MB and give the video card a 64MB framebuffer. I also verified that xv and xvmc are enabled on the server side by using xdpyinfo. I also verified that it is using AGP. I'm running at 960x540p using your modeline. Now the hdtv clip is quite choppy. It works OK for the first 1-3 seconds, then gets all choppy. At least I have a picture :-) The sound gets choppy, too, BTW. But I'm at a loss what to do next. If you have any other suggestions for me, I'd appreciate them :-) I thought of XvMC, but I can't: 1. Figure out whether or not it's already enabled; 2. Figure out how to enable it. Just to recap, I'm using the MythTV .debs on this Athlon XP 3200+ system, 2.6.7 kernel. Thanks again! -- John ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ATC-620 Antec Phantom 350 fan less Power Supply
From my expierence, as well as what I've read, antec is one of the best, (if not the best, though I haven't tried all of 'em,) power supply manufacturers. I have a True380 in this box right now. Rock solid, stable voltages. For a couple good power supply reviews, look here: http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20021021/index.html and here: http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20040122/power_supplies-28.html As far as for being fanless, it should be fine, provided your case has adaquate airflow through it. You might look into some other silent power supplys with fans though, just because they would cost a lot less, and they can still get to be *very* quiet. This Antec True380 I have is much quieter than the northbridge chipset, though you can hear it a bit on a warm day. -Nate On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 00:12:41 -0800, Ajay Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone used the Antec Phantom 350 power supply? I ordered the Coolermaster ATC-620 and when it arrived I forgot to get the power supply. I saw an ad for this silent fan-less power supply from Antec: http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=24350 It looks good but Newegg has it for 166 which is *very* pricey. Any thoughts on it? Thanks, Ajay ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Sound Issues with VIA 82xx
Title: Message A while back I posted saying that I was having issues with sound using a front end with embedded VIA 82xx audio and an optical digi out. Basically whenever I went into TV / Music etc I got no sound until I muted the IEC switch in the mixer. Each time I exited and went back into to TV or anything else the switch was turned back on and the problem returned.(This is an FC1 box by the way). I'd tried all sorts of things to get it going but eventually lived with a work around script which checked the switch every 5 secs and turned it off if it was on. Well I finally sat down and dedicated some time to find out exactly what the problem was. It turns out that the IEC958 switch basically turns the optical digi out on and off. Something turns this on (possibly at boot but certainly each time I go into TV or Music or whatever) and my AV ampis set to auto source select. Iit sees light on the optical in then it tries to usethe digital input. I'm assuming that the signal on the optical line is not the correct format and hence no sound. If I manually switch over to the analog on the amp then, hey presto, sound ! So ... either the optical out shouldn't be on all the time (ASLA driver ? / OSS ? / Myth ?) or I need to direct all my output to the optical out but get ALSA to convert the rate etc into the correct mode. A couple of questions: 1) Is Myth turning on the optical ? (I'm not set to use it by default but if I set it to use ALSA:plug:spdif I get sound in TV but Music won't use it - error could not open sound device). 2) Can ALSA do the rate convert so I could ship all my output to the optical and would this be a good solution ? If 2 is possible some pointers to some good resources on asoundrc from the point of view of an ALSA newbie would be good :) I'm not looking for the answer on a plate (but if you have one plated up ... ;) ) and I'm a Systems Engineer so can probably work it out with some decent reference material. Thanks, as always for any and all help. If anyone's interested I'll post a conclusion. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Don Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Gaven, thanks for the pointers. I've had marginal success. I
installed transcode-0.6.12 from source (had to go through several
attempts at patching import/decode_dv.c) and now nuvexport finds the
.nuv file statistics properly.
Cool. One down. :)
/usr/local/bin/mpeg2cut: line 178: 8252 Aborted nice -n
19 avid
emux2 --load-workbench ${BASENAME}.cut --audio-codec MP2
--save-raw-video ${BASE
NAME}.m2v --save-raw-audio ${BASENAME}.mp2 --quit 2/dev/null /dev/null
And there's #2... OK, this seems to be avidemux2 choking on your file now.
What version of avidemux2, and did you compile it yourself, etc? It seems
some people have more issues with avidemux than others...
Have you tried mpeg2cut with other files, or just this one (in case it's just
something pathalogically wrong with this file)?
Good luck
Gavin
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[mythtv-users] Upgraded from FC1 to FC3 - Couldn't find input: Tuner 0 on card
I upgraded my working FC1 to FC2 and then FC3 yesterday. I've got almost everything working now except for one major thing: mythbackend won't change channels! I'm using a PVR-250, and ivtv 0.2.0-rc3. I've verified that I can manually change channels using record-v4l2.pl. mythbackend opens /dev/video0 OK, but prints this message: Couldn't find input: Tuner 0 on card Any ideas? -Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: New MythTV Hardware Review
Title: Re: New MythTV Hardware Review It will be too late. 6 months from now, sale of tuner cards for HDTV that could be used in an open source environment will be banned. So while you may not get your HDTV display, you will be wanting to get your tuner card before June, and once you have it, you may as well put it in your system. Its also worth noting that this law is only in the US (and very stupid, IMHO). So it is possible, if you live outside the US, that you will be able to buy the cards and record HDTV content - which would surely drive adoption (but, hell, the US has already put off HDTV adoption for 10 years already, what's another 10?!). Also - as a side rant - how can the FCC seriously consider making every existing HDTV decoder obsolete just when HDTV is taking off?!? I would be FUMING mad! If this sounds as stupid to you as it should, write or call your congressmen and tell them that Hollywood has them over a barrel and they are effectively removing your fair use rights. Back to the original config question... Doug, I would suggest that you also take a look at the Asus Pundit as a front-end for your system. Its small, quiet, and fairly cheap. I'm very happy with mine. Cheers, Brad ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Need to Change OS X Frontend Settings
How do you get to the initial setup dialog for the mythfrontend on OS X or where are the settings stored so that I can change them? The first time I ran it, I accidentally configured it to the wrong address for the backend, so now whenever I run it mythfrontend, it comes back with database errors and quits. But, since the setup dialog never shows up again, I can't figure out how to fix it (and it appears the files in mythfrontend/contents/MacOS/share/mythtv aren't used to define where the backend server is since I've changed the settings there by hand). Jared ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] displaying widescreen TV on a 4:3 video card
Hi, I have been struggling with this problem My myth box has a DVB capture card, and a Geforce4 MX graphics card. It turns out that DVB comes in in some sort of wide screen, 16:9 or something, and the graphics card I have can only do 4:3 TV-out. Is there a way to get Mythtv to resize and add letterbox to the output so I can see the whole picture on my TV? I have tried the W key, but it does not have an appropriate mode. The closest is the 16:9 stretch, but that crops the left and right edges of the picture. Thanks in advance, Jason ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] hD-3000 idintification
I have a pcHDTV HD3000. Why, when I do an lspci, do I get 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP (rev 05) 00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8802 (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800] (rev a1) Who/what is Conextant? Shouldn't it say pcHDTV HD-3000? -Chuck- ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] hD-3000 idintification
Only if your pci util database has been updated recently. Add it yourself: /usr/share/hwdata/ and then send a patch to the pciutil maintainers. Yan Chuck Rice wrote: I have a pcHDTV HD3000. Why, when I do an lspci, do I get 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP (rev 05) 00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8802 (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800] (rev a1) Who/what is Conextant? Shouldn't it say pcHDTV HD-3000? -Chuck- !DSPAM:41b3a9c6159971036397316! ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users !DSPAM:41b3a9c6159971036397316! ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need to Change OS X Frontend Settings
On 5 Dec 2004, at 5:43 PM, Jared McIntyre wrote: How do you get to the initial setup dialog for the mythfrontend on OS X or where are the settings stored so that I can change them? The settings file is /Users/your username/.mythtv/mysql.txt; delete or edit that file. - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article: DVI Compliance Testing
Thanks for posting that. interesting read, if a little over technical at times. Its made me go check my card in advance of plugging it in to my TV tomorrow. I hope it does 1080i via DVI-D. On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:16:26 -0800, nate s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought someone on this list might be interested in this. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041129/index.html It's a Tom's Hardware Guide article on the DVI spec and it's implememtation in current graphics cards. Very good info on how DVI works, and which graphics cards produce the best DVI signal. Interestingly, running a test for DVI compliance is not a mandatory requirement for receiving a DVI license. As a result, products reach the market that claim to have DVI capabilities but don't adhere to the specifications. -Nate ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] hD-3000 identification
That was a bit difficult to locate. Goggling pciutil turned up lots of irrelevant stuff. But there was a link which redirected to another link http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ in the comments of the pci.ids file. My file was only 3 or 4 months old, but I upgraded it anyway. Still the database says that that vendor ID is held by Conexant, not pcHDTV. Are they the same company? lspci -n gives me: 00:09.0 Class 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05) 00:09.2 Class 0480: 14f1:8802 (rev 05) for those entries. -Chuck- At 4:55 PM -0800 12/5/04, Yan-Fa Li wrote: Only if your pci util database has been updated recently. Add it yourself: /usr/share/hwdata/ and then send a patch to the pciutil maintainers. Yan Chuck Rice wrote: I have a pcHDTV HD3000. Why, when I do an lspci, do I get 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP (rev 05) 00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8802 (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800] (rev a1) Who/what is Conextant? Shouldn't it say pcHDTV HD-3000? -Chuck- ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] hD-3000 identification
On 12/05/2004 09:19 PM, Chuck Rice wrote: That was a bit difficult to locate. Goggling pciutil turned up lots of irrelevant stuff. But there was a link which redirected to another link http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ in the comments of the pci.ids file. That is the correct site. My file was only 3 or 4 months old, but I upgraded it anyway. Still the database says that that vendor ID is held by Conexant, not pcHDTV. Are they the same company? Conexant makes the chip used on the pcHDTV card. It isn't anything to worry about. Unless you have an older system there are probably a lot of devices in your system that don't have known listing in pciids. They aren't required for it to work. -- David ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] call for people with experience with Silverstone HTPC cases
Alright I will check out that site. Taking a look at the lc10 that looks pretty nice but since it looks new I will wait unti l I see some reviews about it. It responce to the comment: I could see this being a problem. Mucking about inside of electronics requires a certain amount of care and deliberateness one might not have otherwise. Just stay grounded. I have replaced all sorts of parts on my computer for quite a while now, I was just saying that I have never had the need to build a computer from complete scratch. Putting the computer wouldn't be the issue for me since i served my time as a IT coop for financial firms for a few years. Building servers and computers soon got old though. I was just questioning the purchase of motherboards because I never had to deal with the purchase of them. I guess at this point I will try to find a way to alleviate the weight on the dvd drive of my computer case so that it opens. So fixing that and buying a new power supply fan should be sufficient for now i guess. My fan is ridiculously loud for some reason so I have been looking into getting a new fan for it. If i can manage to do that then I guess I will put off buying a new htpc case. I have to look at the specs of the comp i have (sony vaio rx-580, or something like that) to find out what motherboard it uses. thanks for all your responses On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:50:12 -0700, Barry Ard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the case and cooling forum at www.htpcnews.com http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showforum=6 The lc02 has generated a lot of bad press because of heat problems and it only supports matx boards. Personally I am seriously considering the silverstone lc10 over the lc03 because I don't like the doors covering the dvd drive. I think cooling is only a real concern with newer P4s or high end video cards. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Question about using nuvexport
Hello, I am new to editing with myth I recorded a 3 hour program using mythtv. I only really want to keep about 3 minutes of the program. I used the edit mode to set a cut point in front of and behind the clip I want to save. I pressed X to transcode. Now if I watch that show, I only see the clip I want. I appears the original file is still intact and rather large. Is this to be expected? I guess I thought transcoding it would reduce its size. So - moving forward. I tried to use nuvexport to extract that little clip to a small(er) mpeg file. I chose option 8 MPEG2-MPEG2 cut only. This started up avidemux2 which consumed all of my cpu for about 18 hours before I killed it. I haven't tried this again. Am I going down the wrong path? All I really want to do is archive this little bit of video and then delete the rest out of mythtv. Thanks for any help/advice. Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Hi Gavin, I think it worked. Well, yes, it definitely worked. To answer your question, yes, I did compile avidemux from source, and the version is: avidemux-2.0.34-test1 (11-06-2004) , which is the latest one posted on: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ They have earlier versions posted, which one do you use? I changed the driver over to ivtv-0.2.0-rc3a and did a couple of more test runs. At first, it failed in a completely different way. Then I started over (new capture and very deliberate moves in creating the cutlist). It worked once and failed once. The steps were: - Capture a 15 minute clip - Wait 2 minutes for processing to finish (mythbackend) - Access Mythfrontend and play movie - Press M to display menu - Select Edit (this puts up a timeline without any commercials shown) - Press Z to load commercial flag list (which displayed the cuts) - Adjust cut points - Escape, escape to exit playing movie - Run immediately after adjusting cuts - Nuvexport runs for 5 seconds and failed - Wait 5 minutes - Run nuvexport (on exactly the same clip), worked fine I think I probably missed a step in the Edit mode during the previous attempt. I didn't load the commercial flagging list, I just put in cut points. It seems to be fairly touchy about the commercial flagging and cutlist so I'll pay closer attention on the next test runs. I'm a little confused about the 'rules of engagement', so I'll be scrutinizing the cutlist thing a little closer. As for nuvexport, outstanding job. Assuming the source is correct, it works fine. Thanks again for all the help, I'll be doing more experimenting. Don PS - The menus on tvout still don't work. They used to work with an earlier version of firmware, so I may try switching back. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] hD-3000 identification
The actual chip is probably manufactured by Conexant, this is their PCID. Some manufacturers replace the first ID with their own so that it prints the appropriate companies name up, like HP or IBM. I wouldn't sweat it, as long as it works. You can simply supply and updated device entry for the PCID guys so instead of Unknown it can print PCHDTV 3000 or perhaps the ATSC chip model number. Yan Chuck Rice wrote: That was a bit difficult to locate. Goggling pciutil turned up lots of irrelevant stuff. But there was a link which redirected to another link http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ in the comments of the pci.ids file. My file was only 3 or 4 months old, but I upgraded it anyway. Still the database says that that vendor ID is held by Conexant, not pcHDTV. Are they the same company? lspci -n gives me: 00:09.0 Class 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05) 00:09.2 Class 0480: 14f1:8802 (rev 05) for those entries. -Chuck- At 4:55 PM -0800 12/5/04, Yan-Fa Li wrote: Only if your pci util database has been updated recently. Add it yourself: /usr/share/hwdata/ and then send a patch to the pciutil maintainers. Yan Chuck Rice wrote: I have a pcHDTV HD3000. Why, when I do an lspci, do I get 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP (rev 05) 00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8802 (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800] (rev a1) Who/what is Conextant? Shouldn't it say pcHDTV HD-3000? -Chuck- !DSPAM:41b3c36a161475120419618! ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users !DSPAM:41b3c36a161475120419618! ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] call for people with experience with Silverstone HTPC cases
I have a LaScala LC-01 with an Athlon XP 2700+ and a GeForceMX 4000. OEM heatsink and fan along with fan in PSU. I had a 80 mm fan hooked to a resistor (a zalman fan) but disconnected it because it made too much noise. No problems with heat. I bought this case before LaScala sold so many different models. I wasn't too impressed with the case build, considering it was $150. Nothing close to the fit and finish of my Antec case. But, you seem to pay a higher price for htpc form factor cases. In closing, it isn't a terrible case and it is relatively inexpensive compared to some of the Ahanix models. On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 21:51:02 -0500, Evan Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alright I will check out that site. Taking a look at the lc10 that looks pretty nice but since it looks new I will wait unti l I see some reviews about it. It responce to the comment: I could see this being a problem. Mucking about inside of electronics requires a certain amount of care and deliberateness one might not have otherwise. Just stay grounded. I have replaced all sorts of parts on my computer for quite a while now, I was just saying that I have never had the need to build a computer from complete scratch. Putting the computer wouldn't be the issue for me since i served my time as a IT coop for financial firms for a few years. Building servers and computers soon got old though. I was just questioning the purchase of motherboards because I never had to deal with the purchase of them. I guess at this point I will try to find a way to alleviate the weight on the dvd drive of my computer case so that it opens. So fixing that and buying a new power supply fan should be sufficient for now i guess. My fan is ridiculously loud for some reason so I have been looking into getting a new fan for it. If i can manage to do that then I guess I will put off buying a new htpc case. I have to look at the specs of the comp i have (sony vaio rx-580, or something like that) to find out what motherboard it uses. thanks for all your responses On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:50:12 -0700, Barry Ard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the case and cooling forum at www.htpcnews.com http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showforum=6 The lc02 has generated a lot of bad press because of heat problems and it only supports matx boards. Personally I am seriously considering the silverstone lc10 over the lc03 because I don't like the doors covering the dvd drive. I think cooling is only a real concern with newer P4s or high end video cards. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: Dish channel changing Re: [mythtv-users] Feature Suggestions(Tivo)
I think I sort of understand what your doing... Let me see if I've got this right. You basically have one IC, a '74138', which has 8 output pins that control relays. You control which of the 8 relays are on or off by sending an octal number to the parallel port. The things I'm still hazy on are how exactly you wire it into the parallel port, and what you mean by a buffer between the 74138 and the relay. Also, for controlling it, is it as simple as echo 3 /dev/lp0 ? Thanks -Nate On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:48:06 +, travis eddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: id have to find my little sheet, but basicly i used some '74138' ics and had them connect to the D0-6 pins ( i think it was awhile ago i'd hvae to look my digram) and then each out put from then 74138 ( each one has 3 in's and 8 outs) connected to a buffer ( depending on the 74138 some need an inverter) and each buffer had a relay, so all you would do was right a script that sent a number to the parrele port ( usally has to be run as root) and the port lights up certian Dx;s for the number ie. 3 would turn on D0,D1 and then the 74138 would take that in and fire it's 3rd out put. if you think you somewhat under stand this i can make a howto or something ( i just have to find my dirgram of how i did this i build my deal like 2 years about, it just sits tucked in it's little corner ) -travis From: nate s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: nate s [EMAIL PROTECTED],Discussion about mythtv [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dish channel changing Re: [mythtv-users] Feature Suggestions(Tivo) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:21:42 -0800 I've been wondering how exactly something like that would be done for some time. Not for the same reason; I was wondering if there might be some way to control a device, such as a AV switchbox, that does not have a remote, with relays, but I never really looked in to it. I'm curious to know how you did it. -Nate On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:27:14 +, travis eddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for my dish box i custom buildn't a deal and some software the deal was a parrelle port device that accepted numbers 0-9 and then would fire a relay (depnending on the number of course) and that relay had two 30 gaurge wires running to the remote.. it works well very well, and yes it is a bit primitive, but it works! if you want to try that you can email me, its simple to build and the software is really basic. -travis From: Steve Bower [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dish channel changing Re: [mythtv-users] Feature Suggestions (Tivo) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:29:59 -0500 Kevin == Kevin Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kevin Also, the DishTV set top boxes have this nasty habit of Kevin putting you in a deadend condition if you select the wrong Kevin channel. This is a problem with Tivo since it neither detects nor Kevin routes around this problem. The Dish box is basically expecting Kevin human interaction contrary to the automated responses from the Kevin Tivo. Kevin Tivo wants to spit out full channel numbers and the Dish box Kevin wants to only get chan-up or chan-down. The end result is a bunch Kevin of trashed recordings. Kevin I was wondering if Myth has any crash detection or any Kevin other methods to route around this sort of problem? Kevin For the Dish boxes, I suppose adding a chan-up command as a Kevin prefix to any explicit channel input would suffice as a Kevin workaround. Hi Kevin, I did this for a while with my mythtv/dish setup, but it ran into the same issue when the chan-up put me onto a PPV channel... I've been focusing my efforts more on hdtv lately, so I haven't been fiddling with it much recently. Can you access the guide from those screens? If so, that might be a works everywhere thing. Or, we could always grab a still picture of the channel-change banner and OCR it to see if it matches the channel we want to be on. Or compare the picture with the bad channel screen? Steve. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] waited too long for decoder to pause bug
Hi, I eventually upgraded my Mythtv box to 0.16. (Mandrake 10.1 official, chaintech NIF something MoBo, everything else pretty much stock) I searched the list to see the the bug is known -and- fixed in CVS, but I don't feel adventurous to go for a full CVS installation. Is there a patch to apply to the stock 0.16 to fix this problem? At this point, I can't compile 0.15.1 on a fresh install of Mandrake 10.1, and 0.16 won;t work... I'm without mythtv for the first time in a year... Help... Blaise ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [OT] Mailing Lists...
Um... Probably going to draw fire on this, but... Why does the Linux community tend to collaborate with e-mail lists? This seems kind of backward to me given that there is the rather nice real time messaging methods used made useful by various forum sites. I guess with an e-mail list you don't have to have a web site host, but aren't forums really a bit more user friendly? I'd really like to hear why the Linux world seems to stick to these mail lists. Beyond that, can someone tell me a website that explains the effective use of e-mail lists? I guess I should STFW for this one, but if anyone can give me a nice link that would be great. Sorry about the off topic, but I just don't quite get it... Bill ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] ivtv_enc_timeout: Running encoder tasklet...
We've just, since the 28th of last month, started having a problem with this on our 2-tuner KT-400A box -- which had been rock solid until them. We've been revving CVS occasionally, but didn't do one that was consonant with when this problem started. I checked, and we didn't do a kernel upgrade then either. And we've been steady on 100z since shortly after it came out; it never gave us any problems. *Because* it never gave us any problems, I haven't been paying as much attention to this list as formerly; has something gond by that might be a hint here? Absolutely the only thing that changed in that time period was that our secondary IDE cable (a round 80-wire) grew an HP DVD-burner to go along with its Barracuda-200 (part of a three-drive XFS volume group, so, alas, I can't unplug the HDD for testing). The drive itself went in 11 successful days before the crashes started. I'm not seeing any other untoward messages in the logs at runtime; Myth continues to *think* it's recording, but the file ceases getting any larger. My Sister Approval Factor is plummeting; any suggestions on what to look for (and what debugging HOWTO's I should have already known to read :-) would be greatly appreciated. (If someone wants to write that up as an IVTV Debugging page at mythtv.info, so much the better. ;-) Cheers, -- jr 'chriskennedy.kicks-ass' a -- Jay R. Ashworth[EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth AssociatesThe Things I Think'87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 You know: I'm a fan of photosynthesis as much as the next guy, but if God merely wanted us to smell the flowers, he wouldn't have invented a 3GHz microprocessor and a 3D graphics board. -- Luke Girardi ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New MythTV Hardware Review
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 02:20:26PM -0800, Brad wrote: Its also worth noting that this law is only in the US (and very stupid, IMHO). So it is possible, if you live outside the US, that you will be able to buy the cards and record HDTV content - which Problem is the ATSC standard is for just a few nations. USA, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and some smaller places, all under pressure from the USA to adopt the broadcast flag. So you will have to hunt to get your card. More to the point, if you can't sell cards into the USA and Canadian markets, you won't make them. The best you could hope for is a card that when sold in the USA is locked up, but you can buy an unlocked version outside. Best to buy your card today. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Problem with wife-friendly feature
I've been trying to get the wife-friendly power button to work. I found that
creating a symlink in .kde/AutoStart to irexec wasn't working for me, so I
put this line in /etc/rc.local:
irexec --daemon /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
Problem is that I can't get the script to start mythfrontend. I can get it
to kill it and I know the shell script is getting executed because of that
and because I'm echoing some stuff to a /tmp file from it. My shell script
looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
PROG=/usr/bin/mythfrontend
STATUS=`ps -e | grep mythfrontend | grep -v grep | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]
then
( $PROG )
else
killall $PROG
fi
echo mythrestart.sh executed at `date` /tmp/mythrestart.log
echo STATUS = $STATUS /tmp/mythrestart.log
/usr/bin/mythfrontend
exit 0
When mythfrontend is running it correctly kills it, but when it's not
running it doesn't start it up and I don' t understand why. One other point
that may be relevant here is that when this gets executed mythbackend resets
its idle timer which I presume means it thinks it saw a frontend connect -
but where is the frontend, 'cos I can't see it?
TIA,
Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Mailing Lists...
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 10:16:47PM -0700, Bill Sutton wrote: Um... Probably going to draw fire on this, but... Why does the Linux community tend to collaborate with e-mail lists? This seems kind of backward to me given that there is the rather nice real time messaging methods used made useful by various forum sites. I guess with an e-mail list you don't have to have a web site host, but aren't forums really a bit more user friendly? I'd really like to hear why the Linux world seems to stick to these mail lists. They feel the opposite of you. Web site interfaces are pretty and more flexible in many cases, but they are ungodly crawlingly slow, no matter how fast your internet connection is, compared to an E-mail reader showing you stuff live on your own machine. It's really amazing what the difference is between having no noticeable time to complete an action like moving to a next message, or deleting, or zooming over a variet of messages, and having a noticeable time. You will give up a lot of other user interface goodies to get it, or in particular, once you experience true speed, you will not go back to slow for anything. Newsgroups are even better (when local, though they are not comonly local these days) because newsgroup readers were designed for handling really large volumes of data. Web boards also tend to suck, and not be better UI wise. Many don't do the most basic thing -- a quick display of the messages that are new _for you_. I don't know if any of them have crossposting. Few have the easy thread following of trn. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New MythTV Hardware Review
Problem is the ATSC standard is for just a few nations. USA, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and some smaller places, all under pressure from the USA to adopt the broadcast flag. So you will have to hunt to get your card. More to the point, if you can't sell cards into the USA and Canadian markets, you won't make them. The best you could hope for is a card that when sold in the USA is locked up, but you can buy an unlocked version outside. Best to buy your card today. What are the chances of us being able to get a card that will accept ATSC over cable (using a cablecard) ? That, along with satellite, have to be the vast majority of the market. Do many people really use OTA antennas for HDTV? For me, personally, it would be useless, as I only have 1 local station that would even be broadcasting in high def. Another thought I had: What about using FireWire to capture? Many HD receivers have FireWire outputs. In fact, if I remember correctly, the FCC requires cable companies to supplied FireWire-equipped boxes for the purpose of being able to record. -Randy ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythbackend dies after a few seconds
I had myth (.16 installed from .debs) running on a current Debian unstable system (just updated yesterday). It was working apparently OK after the update until this evening. I shut the machine down and added a 200 gig drive to it and now the backend dies about 5 seconds after starting. As far as I know, there were no software or configuration changes except installing the additional hard drive. I disconnected the new drive but myth-backend still dies. I had a problem something like this a year ago after an update that turned out to be that the updated discover scrit was loading the OSS drivers before ALSA started. I don't think that that is what is happening now but am not sure. I set verbose logging on the myth backend but don't see anything in the log that tells me why the backend is dying. Can someone please give me a hint what to look for next? Here are the module list and mythbackend log. Thanks for whatever help you can provide. Gene Starting up as the master server. QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - Television 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - Composite1 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - S-Video 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - Composite3 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - Television 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - Composite1 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - S-Video 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Probed: /dev/video - Composite3 2004-12-06 00:53:53 TuneTo(23) curList[i].freq(525250) 2004-12-06 00:53:53 TuneToFrequency(8404) 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Deleting /hda6/mythvideo/1023_20040703235900_2004070401. nuv.tmp 2004-12-06 00:53:53 mythbackend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org 2004-12-06 00:53:53 Enabled verbose msgs :all 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Found changes in the todo list. 2004-12-06 00:53:55 PruneOldRecords... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 AddNewRecords... Query 0: /record.search = 0 AND program.title = record.title 2004-12-06 00:53:55 |-- Start DB Query 0... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 |-- Processing 60 results... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 +-- Cleanup... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Sort by time... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 PruneOverlaps... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Sort by priority... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 BuildListMaps... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 SchedNewRecords... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Scheduling: +Andromeda - The Weight 59 1059 11 17:00-18:00 1 1 1 T 1 0 +Lost - All the Best Cowboys Have D6 1006 08 20:00-21:00 1 1 1 C 1 0 +Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Bad Egg 23 1023 11 23:35-00:33 1 1 1 C 1 0 2004-12-06 00:53:55 ClearListMaps... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Sort by time... 2004-12-06 00:53:55 PruneRedundants... --- print list start --- Title - SubtitleChan ChID Day Start End S C I T N Pri Lost - All the Best Cowboys Have D6 1006 08 20:00-21:00 1 1 1 C 1 0 Star Trek: Enterprise - Borderland 23 1023 10 20:00-21:00 1 0 0 C R 0 Andromeda - The Weight 59 1059 11 17:00-18:00 1 1 1 T 1 0 Star Trek: Enterprise - Borderland 23 1023 11 22:35-23:35 1 0 0 C R 0 Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Bad Egg 23 1023 11 23:35-00:33 1 1 1 C 1 0 Andromeda - The Weight 59 1059 12 11:00-12:00 1 0 0 C E 0 Charmed - Once in a Blue Moon 29 1029 12 20:00-21:00 1 0 0 C R 0 Lost - Pilot 6 1006 15 20:00-22:00 1 0 0 C R 0 --- print list end --- 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Scheduled 8 items in 0.172336 seconds. 2004-12-06 00:53:55 Seem to be woken up by USER QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty (END) As near as I can tell, the filename is null/empty messages at the end come out about the time that the backend dies. PCVr:/var/log/mythtv# lsmod Module Size Used byNot tainted 8139too14728 1 mii 2432 0 [8139too] crc32 2880 0 [8139too] input 3520 0 (autoclean) tuner 10664 1 (autoclean) tvaudio14056 0 (autoclean) (unused) msp340017888 1 (autoclean) bttv 94272 0 (autoclean) videodev6560 3 (autoclean) [bttv] i2c-algo-bit7592 1 (autoclean) [bttv] i2c-core 13604 0 (autoclean) [tuner tvaudio msp3400 bttv i2c-algo-bit] pcmcia_core46144 0 snd-via82xx13696 0 (autoclean) snd-pcm-oss37636 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-mixer-oss 13040 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-pcm60004 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss] snd-timer 14404 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 47724 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx] snd-page-alloc 6164 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx snd-pcm] gameport1676 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx] snd-mpu401-uart 3312 0 (autoclean)
[mythtv-users] mythfrontend must run as root?
Unless I run mythfrontend as root, it dies after registering MythMusic as a media handler. This started with the last apt-get that updated myth (less than a week ago). Before this last update, I could run the front end as a regular user. Now, it scales the backdrops and whatnot, and then disappears with a floating point exception. The mythfrontend log, when run as a regular user: 004-11-29 23:57:45 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org 2004-11-29 23:57:45 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2004-11-29 23:57:47 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2004-11-29 23:57:47 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2004-11-29 23:57:47 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2004-11-29 23:57:48 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler Then mythfrontend crashes with a floating point exception. Below is the mythfrontend log when I run mythfrontend as root. 2004-11-30 00:02:02 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org 2004-11-30 00:02:02 Enabled verbose msgs :all 2004-11-30 00:02:03 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2004-11-30 00:02:03 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2004-11-30 00:02:03 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2004-11-30 00:02:04 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler 2004-11-30 00:02:11 Default 2004-11-30 00:02:12 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) (etc... things proceed as usual here.) I have mythfrontend running as suid root, for root (redundant, I know) and users in group mythtv, which is the group for the user that experiences the floating point exception. # ls -l /usr/bin/mythfrontend -rwsr-sr-x1 root mythtv1690672 Nov 27 19:17 /usr/bin/mythfrontend Couldn't find anything more recent than June about this on the web or in the list so I thought I'd send a message. Any ideas on how to fix this? Code issue, or can I tweak my setup? ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Warning: Something is currently using: /dev/snd/pcmCOD1p, retrying error...
Hi again, Wanted to post more information on the problem that I am having with my sound. I appologize for the repeat post, but I don't know how to reply to my previous one. I get the message listed in the Subject when I try to Watch Live TV. I'm pretty sure that my problem is mostly one of setup. I don't know what to setup in Mythbackend through Mythsetup for my sound device. Is this supposed to be a path to something like /dev/snd/??? or what? Are there any detailed instructions on the various setup pages. I see configuration settings both when I do a mythtvsetup and in the frontend in Main/Utilities-Setup/Setup/General page. What goes where? I'm using FC3 which I believe has ALSA drivers by default. I just figured out tonight how to actually get sound out of my sound card, so that was a step forward. Listed below are hopefully all of the appropriate log files. Some console log messages - 2004-12-05 23:16:16 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org 2004-12-05 23:16:16 Enabled verbose msgs : important general mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: No such file or directory lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2004-12-05 23:16:19 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2004-12-05 23:16:19 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2004-12-05 23:16:19 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2004-12-05 23:16:20 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.0.3:5060 NAT address 192.168.0.3 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2004-12-05 23:16:58 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2004-12-05 23:16:58 Using protocol version 13 2004-12-05 23:16:58 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2004-12-05 23:16:58 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2004-12-05 23:16:58 Reloading backend settings 2004-12-05 23:16:59 Using protocol version 13 2004-12-05 23:16:59 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2004-12-05 23:16:59 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 1) 2004-12-05 23:17:03 Reloading backend settings Unable to open mixer: '' 2004-12-05 23:17:09 Using protocol version 13 2004-12-05 23:17:09 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2004-12-05 23:17:09 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2004-12-05 23:17:09 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2004-12-05 23:17:09 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2004-12-05 23:17:09 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote ringbuffer 2004-12-05 23:17:09 Could not get capabilities for audio device: /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p 2004-12-05 23:17:09 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV Unknown video codec Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. Assuming RTjpeg for now. Unknown audio codec recorder: /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: error setting audio input device to 44100kHz/16bits/2channel Could not detect audio blocksize Cannot open DSP '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', exitingopen: Device or resource busy 2004-12-05 23:17:12 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p'. 2004-12-05 23:17:12 WARNING: something is currently using: /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p, retrying. lsmod output: Module Size Used by snd_seq_oss34432 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8192 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq55568 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm_oss46120 0 snd_mixer_oss 16384 1 snd_pcm_oss parport_pc 24705 1 lp 11565 0 parport41737 2 parport_pc,lp autofs424005 0 sunrpc160421 1 ipt_REJECT 6465 1 ipt_state 1857 1 ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state iptable_filter 2753 1 ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter xfs 520881 1 dm_mod 54741 0 button 6481 0 battery 8517 0 ac 4805 0 md5 4033 1 ipv6 232577 12 uhci_hcd 31449 0 bt878 11093 0 tuner 18413 0 tvaudio20961 0 bttv 150541 2 bt878 video_buf 21701 1 bttv i2c_algo_bit8521 1 bttv v4l2_common 5953 1 bttv btcx_risc 4425 1 bttv i2c_core 22081 4 tuner,tvaudio,bttv,i2c_algo_bit videodev9664 2 bttv snd_via82xx25408 2 snd_ac97_codec 66784 1 snd_via82xx snd_pcm92680 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 27652 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 7688 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm gameport4801 1 snd_via82xx snd_mpu401_uart 8064 1 snd_via82xx snd_rawmidi24872 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 7948 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd50788 14
Re: [mythtv-users] external stb newbie
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:54:13 +0100, Kees van Bemmel wrote: Hi, I've been running mythtv .16 for a while now and it's absolutely great. The thing is that I just got digital television with an external settop box which I want to be able to record as well of course. Does anyone know where to start? And can it be done? I read something about LIRC transmitting signals, emulating a remote control??! And how do I record shows? Can I use the tv-in on one of my PVR-250's? Thanks for any help in advance. PS to give you an idea how I started... I used Jarod's guide and my knowledge of linux/mythtv has improved a bit but I'm still a newbie ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Well, a good starting point is, once again, Jarod's guide. Go to Tips 'n' Tricks, scroll down to Controlling an external cable/sat box, and give the two links a read. If your cable box has a serial port, you'll want to go that way, otherwise you will have to use an IR Blaster (that's where LIRC will come in). Geoff -- I have some Gmail invites. Let me know if you want one (off list). ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: New MythTV Hardware Review
Thanks to all for the feedback -- Brad, appreciate you bringing up the HDTV option. Buying the HD card before June was indeed on my plate, but I didn't want to put it in at the same time as the rest of this setup (just to keep the complexity down). However, my understanding is that HD requires a decent amount of CPU to decompress, right? My G4 Powerbook struggles to decompress the MPEG-2 stream in software; I shudder to think about how it would do on an HD stream. Brad (other Brad) - thanks for the suggestion of the Pundit. I had looked at it, and then for some reason went towards the CoolerMaster. Now that I'm thinking of going diskless, I should put it back on. How quiet have you found it to be, and are you running it with or without disk? Thanks again. Doug ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Warning: Something is currently using: /dev/snd/pcmCOD1p, retrying error...
Bill Sutton wrote: Hi again, Wanted to post more information on the problem that I am having with my sound. I appologize for the repeat post, but I don't know how to reply to my previous one. I get the message listed in the Subject when I try to Watch Live TV. I'm pretty sure that my problem is mostly one of setup. I don't know what to setup in Mythbackend through Mythsetup for my sound device. Is this supposed to be a path to something like /dev/snd/??? or what? Are there any detailed instructions on the various setup pages. I see configuration settings both when I do a mythtvsetup and in the frontend in Main/Utilities-Setup/Setup/General page. What goes where? I'm using FC3 which I believe has ALSA drivers by default. I just figured out tonight how to actually get sound out of my sound card, so that was a step forward. Listed below are hopefully all of the appropriate log files. Unknown video codec Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. Assuming RTjpeg for now. Unknown audio codec Mmmm... Not sure what's causing this... Maybe have a look where it suggests? recorder: /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: error setting audio input device to 44100kHz/16bits/2channel Could not detect audio blocksize Cannot open DSP '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', exitingopen: Device or resource busy 2004-12-05 23:17:12 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p'. 2004-12-05 23:17:12 WARNING: something is currently using: /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p, retrying. Well, if you read the error message, it thinks something's using your sound card ;) Only one thing can access the 'raw' sound device at once. fuser /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p will give you the PID of the process that has the sound device already open. You can look this up in ps aux , to find out what the process is, then track it down in your init scripts and kill it. Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New MythTV Hardware Review
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 11:10:41PM -0800, Doug Heimburger wrote: However, my understanding is that HD requires a decent amount of CPU to decompress, right? My G4 Powerbook struggles to decompress the MPEG-2 stream in software; I shudder to think about how it would do on an HD stream. Most assuredly. A 3ghz Pentium 4 is recommended. Don't know what level of PPC. And a fancier video card. Or you could make the bet that, by the time you are ready for HDTV, myth will have decent xvmc support. This means driving the mpeg decoder built into even lower end video cards these days. In that case, a much slower processor could display HDTV. However, the fundamental rule of hardware is never buy hardware before you need it. The rule gets changed for the HDTV tuner card because of the law. Otherwise, build for what you need now. In the USA, however, I fear that the only reasons to build MythTV right now are: a) You are a believer, or b) You like tinkering with the OS and device drivers c) You want HDTV in a PC based PVR. d) You are outside the USA. Because frankly, if you are in the USA, and you just want a standard definition PVR, you're going to be much better off in terms of time spent and probably even money, just getting a Tivo, Replay or even crap PVR from your cableco. Thus, to me, HDTV is the whole point of the thing. The only reasonable HDPVR I could get right now would be the Tivo-HD for DirectTV. It's $1000 and locked up, and requires you subscribe to DirecTV. Of course that will change. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
