Re: [mythtv-users] Playing MPEG2 nuv files under windows

[Michael Anthon]

Michael Anthon wrote:

What do people suggest for playing an MPEG2 nuv file under windows.  
The file is recorded in TS mode from a DVB card.


Further to this I've been thinking and researching a little about doing 
a streaming type setup to play the files.  It's trivial to set up a web 
download for the files but none of the players I have tried will start 
playing before the file is fully downloaded.  On the other hand, 
accessing via a samba share works well and they do start to play almost 
immediately.


It would be easy to modify the mythweb "recorded programs" page to 
include a link to a properly streamed version of the file but has anyone 
set this up before?  I suspect something like icecast or darwin 
streaming server might be the go but is there some better alternatives?


Cheers,
Michael
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Re: [mythtv-users] Playing MPEG2 nuv files under windows

[Ari Suutari]

Hi,

Michael Anthon wrote:
What do people suggest for playing an MPEG2 nuv file under windows.  The 
file is recorded in TS mode from a DVB card.


I find that I can play these using Nero Showtime but not with WMP or 
VLC.  This is fine for my desktop but my wife wants to watch some stuff 
on her (work) laptop that has WMP only.


I have been trying to use VLC. It works fine for some channels in Finland,
but some are missing sound (problematic channels are those that are using
DVB subtitling, but I don't know if it is related to this at all).

I have both Freevo and mythtv installed. If I record with Freevo, VLC works
OK for all channels (even dvb subtitles work !). So there must still be 
something
wrong in mythtv TS recording mode.

If you don't need dbv subtitles you could try mplayer on windows. It is not
so picky about mpeg correctless as VLC.

Ari S.
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Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please

[Egeekial]

I don't think so. I believe I have tried changing the fonts with 
different themes to no avail.


I am also currently using 100dip fonts, and I can tell that MythCenter 
wasn't quite made for the larger fonts. Most things look fine, though.


Phill Edwards wrote:


However... is this *really* the solution?  What about all the font size
options in the Myth config?  You can set the point sizes for small, medium,
and large fonts.  On my machine, changing those has never done anything and I
don't know why.  That's why I eventually used the dpi hack method.


From reading the other messages, it seems that most people try changing the

font sizes first, then fall back to changing the dpi when that doesn't work.

So... what's wrong?  Why don't the font items in the config menu change
anything?  Does it have to do with the environment?  I'm running Myth on a
Debian machine using AfterStep as my WM.  Aside from font issues, I haven't
had any problems at all.
   



I agree. I tried changing the font size in setup and it didn't appear
to make any difference to anything. I'm using the MythCenter theme if
that makes any difference. Maybe it's a theme support thang?

Regards,
Phill
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[mythtv-users] Playing MPEG2 nuv files under windows

[Michael Anthon]

What do people suggest for playing an MPEG2 nuv file under windows.  The 
file is recorded in TS mode from a DVB card.


I find that I can play these using Nero Showtime but not with WMP or 
VLC.  This is fine for my desktop but my wife wants to watch some stuff 
on her (work) laptop that has WMP only.  I definitely can't install 
Showtime on there (because it refuses to install unless the machine 
contains a suitable CD/DVD burner since it was bundled with my burner).


The odd thing is that I was able to dump a video stream using the 
following...


dvbstream -qam 64 -cr 3_4 -gi 16 -bw 7 -tm 8 -f 191625 -ps -o 513 660 > test.mpg


This stream was playable in WMP and VLC but not in Showtime!  This video 
stuff is all rather confusing.


I have also tried to transcode to mpeg4.  This is playable then in WMP 
but I don't really wish to transcode since the backend machine is only a 
celeron 466, the transcode speed is somewhat abysmal.


Any suggestions on how to proceed greatly appreciated.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Feature wish: identify recording type

[Devan Lippman]

On 6/22/05, George Nassas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I took a quick look at the code, possibly too quick, and it seems thatall the info displayed in the program details dialog comes from theProgramInfo class. 
Takes some wondering through classes and functions before getting to
the screen, last time I took a gander I was modifying at least 4 files
and didn't have the time.
 It gets all its information from the database andrecording type isn't currently stored there so it would have to be
added which sounds like a major minor change (eg, small changes in manyplaces). Alternatively, the recording file itself could be examined butsince every other bit of data supplied by ProgramInfo comes from the
database hitting the filesystem might be an architectural no no. 
It might be  possible to add a column to the table for this data
or even just a isTranscoded type of thing which could be filled by the
job queue engine in the final stages of the transcoding.  Looking
at the file would probably end up taking longer than a simple sql query
that is already happening.
For one thing if the frontend uses that class it would have to have accessto the recordings directory which is optional right now.

Def don't want to see the recordings folder be required on the frontend.

But its been a while since I looked so things could've changed both in the code and in my head.

-- Thanks,Devan Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Re: [mythtv-users] Feature wish: identify recording type

[Devan Lippman]

I auto commflag my recordings so for me its as simple as looking at
which recordings still have the commflagged icon.  Not the best
solution but it'll do for me until I get some more free time.

DevanOn 6/22/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm transcoding all recordings I wish to keep to MPEG4 with> commercials cut. Right now, when I  want to find out which recordings> haven't been transcoded, I have to open a shell and look at nuv files.
> Length or file type will tell me which ones are mpeg2. I'd like to be> able to see it from the "watch recordings" list. If the info at the> bottom of the screen included video type (MPEG2 or MPEG4) and file
> size, it would be very useful. I'll be happy to test the patch :)I'd interested to know how you can tell from the file type what videoformat was used.Regards,Phill
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[mythtv-users] MythTV is not capturing audio?

[Chad]

Hi!

I have been plugging away day and night trying to figure this out, but
can't come to any good conclusion.

When I view a card from xawtv, I can hear the audio and see the video.
 But, when I throw Myth into the mix, I can no longer hear any audio. 
I have the capture set to the Line-In, which is where the cable is ran
to from the card's audio out.  The tuner card is an saa7134 deal, I'll
post up lspci at the end for completeness.  The audio card is a cmipci
(C-Media) card.  I grabbed a handful of them because the price was
right and I knew they were supported with Alsa in Linux.  Just to make
sure it wasn't just an audio out problem, I played back a captured
program from before adding this card, and it works just fine.  This is
a second tuner/second audio card in my system, so I've troubleshot all
combinations, and it seems that it all comes down to audio capture
from this particular card.  Any combo works in xawtv, and any combo
provides video, it's just that myth doesn't seem to be able to record
from the audio card's Line-In (capture) port...

Any suggestion are very welcome.  Here's my lspci output:

---
:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP]
Host Bridge (rev 01)
:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800 South]
:00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394
Host Controller (rev 80)
:00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20378
(FastTrak 378/SATA 378) (rev 02)
:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc
CM8738 (rev 10)
:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
:00:0b.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130
Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
:00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
Video Capture (rev 11)
:00:0c.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)
:00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live!
EMU10k1 (rev 07)
:00:0e.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game
Port (rev 07)
:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420
SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 81)
:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 81)
:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 81)
:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB
1.1 Controller (rev 81)
:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge
[KT600/K8T800 South]
:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17
[GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
--

Myth Version is 0.18.1
Distro: Gentoo
Kernel: 2.6.11

Thank you!
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Re: [mythtv-users] Feature wish: identify recording type

[Phill Edwards]

> I'm transcoding all recordings I wish to keep to MPEG4 with
> commercials cut. Right now, when I  want to find out which recordings
> haven't been transcoded, I have to open a shell and look at nuv files.
> Length or file type will tell me which ones are mpeg2. I'd like to be
> able to see it from the "watch recordings" list. If the info at the
> bottom of the screen included video type (MPEG2 or MPEG4) and file
> size, it would be very useful. I'll be happy to test the patch :)

I'd interested to know how you can tell from the file type what video
format was used.

Regards,
Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please

[Phill Edwards]

> However... is this *really* the solution?  What about all the font size
> options in the Myth config?  You can set the point sizes for small, medium,
> and large fonts.  On my machine, changing those has never done anything and I
> don't know why.  That's why I eventually used the dpi hack method.
> 
> >From reading the other messages, it seems that most people try changing the
> font sizes first, then fall back to changing the dpi when that doesn't work.
> 
> So... what's wrong?  Why don't the font items in the config menu change
> anything?  Does it have to do with the environment?  I'm running Myth on a
> Debian machine using AfterStep as my WM.  Aside from font issues, I haven't
> had any problems at all.

I agree. I tried changing the font size in setup and it didn't appear
to make any difference to anything. I'm using the MythCenter theme if
that makes any difference. Maybe it's a theme support thang?

Regards,
Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] Feature wish: identify recording type

[George Nassas]

On 22-Jun-05, at 9:52 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

Just as a note.  You can see the file size on the Delete Recordings 
screen


Also, the program details you get from the U key includes the filesize. 
On my machine mpeg2 recordings are 2 gigs per hour and mpeg4 ones are a 
third of that so I can guess the format from the filesize.


I took a quick look at the code, possibly too quick, and it seems that 
all the info displayed in the program details dialog comes from the 
ProgramInfo class. It gets all its information from the database and 
recording type isn't currently stored there so it would have to be 
added which sounds like a major minor change (eg, small changes in many 
places). Alternatively, the recording file itself could be examined but 
since every other bit of data supplied by ProgramInfo comes from the 
database hitting the filesystem might be an architectural no no. For 
one thing if the frontend uses that class it would have to have access 
to the recordings directory which is optional right now.


But, I'm speculating way too much from one quick look at the code. I'd 
use the U key!


- George

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Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb unable to connect

[Chris Petersen]

I'm running FC3 and used rpm to install PHP(php-4.3.11-2.5). However
fsockopen does work in other php scripts.


Try turning off selinux

-Chris
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Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb unable to connect

[phoner]

I'm running FC3 and used rpm to install PHP(php-4.3.11-2.5). However
fsockopen does work in other php scripts.


>> I can't seem to get mythweb working, and get the following error.
>
> php compiled with support for fsockopen?
>
>> 
Warning at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php, line 102:
fsockopen(): unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:6543
>> 

Fatal Error at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php, line 32:
Unable to connect to mythbackend, is it running?
>> The system administrator has been notified and the problem will be
remedied shortly.
>>
>> 
>>
>> mythbackend is indeed running. I can also connect to it with
>> mythfrontend,
>> and see the status page on http://127.0.0.1:6544, took a look at the
/config/conf.php, seems correct.
>>
>> don't see any errors in mythbackend.log, or apache's logs.
>>
>> I also tried changing the address to the system's current DCHP address,
didn't help. Any ideas at all?
>>
>>
>>
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[mythtv-users] Closed Captioning with PVR-250

[Mike Wohlgemuth]

Is it possible to do closed captioning with MythTV and a PVR-250?  It
sounds like IVTV should support it, and I've enabled it in MythTV, but I
get no captions and no errors in the logs.  My searches on the web have
found a lot of questions, but no real answers, so forgive me if I missed
something obvious.

Thanks
Mike
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[mythtv-users] [slightly OT] Radio Shack 15-2116 remote control

[Robert Tsai]

I'm starting down the JP1 road.

For starters (to give myself something to be happy about while I
figure out this JP1 stuff) I just did the normal "learning"
functionality with the remote and a wireless keyboard and quickly used
up all the memory.

I learned the volume keys to my audio receiver (a DVD
home-theater-in-a-box), but noticed that I can't just hold down the
volume key on the remote control. To get more than one "tick" of
volume adjustment, I have to repeatedly press and release the RS
15-2116 volume key (e.g., I can't just hold down the 15-2116 volume
key for a "big" volume adjustment).

Is this normal? Is there a trick to being able to just hold down the
volume key and have it work? This happens whether I'm in "My System"
mode or "DVD" mode.

The stock audio receiver remote control allows me to hold down the
button.

Thanks,
--Rob


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Re: [mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes? 7-8sec

[Michael Jones]

No cable box or anything else weird..

Just regular connection to the cable feed.




> From: aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Discussion about mythtv
> 
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:47:03 -0400
> To: Discussion about mythtv 
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes? 7-8sec
> 
> On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:T
>> Sorry.. forgot that piece..
>> 
>> Extremly long = about 7-8 seconds.
>> 
> 
> Hm, I think that is longer than it's supposed to be. I've heard that
> times vary, though.
> 
> For me I think it's about 3 seconds or so to change channels with my
> PVR-250. Took me a while to get used to; with my old bttv card it was
> 1 second :)
> 
> Bah, gmail's threading sucks... did you say if you were using any sort
> of external cable box or other channel changing script? I think I've
> heard those can slow things down a bit. Someone please stop me if I'm
> spouting nonsense.
> 
> Actually, your hardware sounds very similar to mine, save for the 150.
> Odd. Hopefully someone else has some useful input... :)
> 
> Sorry I can't help more. :/
> 
> -- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

I've had something similar happen.  When you run it as a service, is
your mythbackend service still running?  When I run 'service
mythbackend status', I usually get a 'pid file exists, but mythbackend
is dead' message.  When that happens, I find out it's because
mythbackend is looking for its settings in //.mythtv/ instead of
/root/.mythtv.  I created a symlink called /.mythtv/ that points to
/root/.mythtv and that seems to solve the problem for me.

On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm pretty new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;)
> 
> 
> Just finished putting together a MythTV/Fedora3 box with Jarod Wilson's
> instructions.
> 
> Everything works well except if I run mythbackend as a service watching live
> tv doesn't work.
> 
> If I open a console window as root and run it manually:
> 
> #mythbackend &
> 
> everything works.  If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live tv
> screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes,  the system then
> waits about 60sec and then returns to the main menu by itself.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> I'm almost sure it's a permission thing.. but don't where.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> - Michael
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb unable to connect

[Chris Petersen]

I can't seem to get mythweb working, and get the following error.


php compiled with support for fsockopen?



Warning at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php, line 102:
fsockopen(): unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:6543


Fatal Error at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php, line 32:
Unable to connect to mythbackend, is it running?
The system administrator has been notified and the problem will be
remedied shortly.



mythbackend is indeed running. I can also connect to it with mythfrontend,
and see the status page on http://127.0.0.1:6544, took a look at the
/config/conf.php, seems correct.

don't see any errors in mythbackend.log, or apache's logs.

I also tried changing the address to the system's current DCHP address,
didn't help. Any ideas at all?



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[mythtv-users] mythweb unable to connect

[phoner]

I can't seem to get mythweb working, and get the following error.


Warning at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php, line 102:
fsockopen(): unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:6543


Fatal Error at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php, line 32:
Unable to connect to mythbackend, is it running?
The system administrator has been notified and the problem will be
remedied shortly.



mythbackend is indeed running. I can also connect to it with mythfrontend,
and see the status page on http://127.0.0.1:6544, took a look at the
/config/conf.php, seems correct.

don't see any errors in mythbackend.log, or apache's logs.

I also tried changing the address to the system's current DCHP address,
didn't help. Any ideas at all?



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Re: [mythtv-users] Feature wish: identify recording type

[Kevin Kuphal]

Fedor Pikus wrote:


I'm transcoding all recordings I wish to keep to MPEG4 with
commercials cut. Right now, when I  want to find out which recordings
haven't been transcoded, I have to open a shell and look at nuv files.
Length or file type will tell me which ones are mpeg2. I'd like to be
able to see it from the "watch recordings" list. If the info at the
bottom of the screen included video type (MPEG2 or MPEG4) and file
size, it would be very useful. I'll be happy to test the patch :)
 


Just as a note.  You can see the file size on the Delete Recordings screen

Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes? 7-8sec

[aaron]

On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry.. forgot that piece..
> 
> Extremly long = about 7-8 seconds.
> 

Hm, I think that is longer than it's supposed to be. I've heard that
times vary, though.

For me I think it's about 3 seconds or so to change channels with my
PVR-250. Took me a while to get used to; with my old bttv card it was
1 second :)

Bah, gmail's threading sucks... did you say if you were using any sort
of external cable box or other channel changing script? I think I've
heard those can slow things down a bit. Someone please stop me if I'm
spouting nonsense.

Actually, your hardware sounds very similar to mine, save for the 150.
Odd. Hopefully someone else has some useful input... :)

Sorry I can't help more. :/

-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Mark Knecht]

On 6/22/05, Karsten Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> >Nothing at all, I think. I tried this today with my Huappauge remote
> >talkign to my StreamZap machine. The IR receiver shows that it's
> >receiving as the red light flashes, but irw reports nothing.
> >
> >
> Are the modules loaded?
> 
> lsmod | grep lirc
> 
> should give the output:
> 
> lirc_streamzap 29700  1
> lirc_dev   16196  1 lirc_streamzap
> 
> karsten

Yes - modules are loaded. If I point the StreamZap at the IR receiver
irw gives me info. If I point the Hauppage at the IR receiver irw
prints nothing.

Please be aware that I'm very green with this stuff so possibly I'm
not doing something right, but that's what I see.

- Mark
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[mythtv-users] Feature wish: identify recording type

[Fedor Pikus]

I'm transcoding all recordings I wish to keep to MPEG4 with
commercials cut. Right now, when I  want to find out which recordings
haven't been transcoded, I have to open a shell and look at nuv files.
Length or file type will tell me which ones are mpeg2. I'd like to be
able to see it from the "watch recordings" list. If the info at the
bottom of the screen included video type (MPEG2 or MPEG4) and file
size, it would be very useful. I'll be happy to test the patch :)

Fedor

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Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

[Mickey Chandler]

> If I open a console window as root and run it manually:
>
>
> #mythbackend &
>
>
> everything works.  If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live
> tv screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes,  the system
> then waits about 60sec and then returns to the main menu by itself.
>
> Any ideas?

I hadn't thought about it with this difference, but it has been noted
before that sometimes you have to let a program record before you can
watch live tv.  I wouldn't think that starting it either as a service or
from the console should make a difference there, but your description of
1-2 sec viewing followed by freezing and a return to the menu sounds
awfully familiar.

When you start it as a service, are you creating a log file that might
tell you what error is there?


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Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Karsten Jeppesen]

Oscar Curero wrote:



The lircd.conf (very long !! )

begin remote
name linux-input-layer
bits 32
begin codes
ESC  0x10001
10x10002
20x10003
 


. and on and on and on and..

Wrong lircd.conf

you need to copy the lircd.conf for the streamzap in place. Do a:
find / -name "*streamzap*"

Since I compiled lirc from scratch I have:
/root/import/lirc-0.7.1/remotes/streamzap/lircd.conf.streamzap

Your lircd.conf is for another remote.

Karsten


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Re: [mythtv-users] off topic question/request for help on a mediamvp

[T. Waldren]

I am using FC2 and myth .16 .

I still never got it working, so I will be trying again this weekend probably.

Thanks for the heads up.

Terrence

On 6/22/05, Robert Kulagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am pulling out my hair trying to figure this out, and the wife isn't
> > very happy that something I promised her would be working a month ago
> > still just boots up and says "contacting Mediamvp booterver".
> 
> I've updated the mvpmc HOWTO in the last few days.  See if the new
> version helps.  As far as the location of the files, every distribution
> seems to do it differently.  As is stated in the HOWTO, I wrote it on a
> Debian machine, but in the meantime someone sent me updated path
> information for Mandriva, so that's now included.  You don't state which
> distribution you're using.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Oscar Curero]

Nick  wrote:

> Assuming the correct drivers are loaded, it is possible your
> /etc/lircd.conf (or SuSE equivalent) file is either incomplete or
> incorrect for your remote control. irw uses this file in order to tell
> you which keys you are pressing, so if it doesn't understand a
> particular key, it will either give an error or nothing at all.
>
Using the original lircd.conf from suse, some buttons work even in irw.The
buttons that are in the dmesg output are the ones that doesn't work in irw. The
left,right,down and up buttons from the pvr-350 remote control produce the dmesg
output (where can I assign them a "visible" key?). I though that all RC were
exactly the same and therefore they would use the same config file...

The lircd.conf (very long !! )

begin remote
name linux-input-layer
bits 32
begin codes
ESC  0x10001
10x10002
20x10003
30x10004
40x10005
50x10006
60x10007
70x10008
80x10009
90x1000a
00x1000b
MINUS0x1000c
EQUAL0x1000d
BACKSPACE0x1000e
TAB  0x1000f
Q0x10010
W0x10011
E0x10012
R0x10013
T0x10014
Y0x10015
U0x10016
I0x10017
O0x10018
P0x10019
LEFTBRACE0x1001a
RIGHTBRACE   0x1001b
ENTER0x1001c
LEFTCTRL 0x1001d
A0x1001e
S0x1001f
D0x10020
F0x10021
G0x10022
H0x10023
J0x10024
K0x10025
L0x10026
SEMICOLON0x10027
APOSTROPHE   0x10028
GRAVE0x10029
LEFTSHIFT0x1002a
BACKSLASH0x1002b
Z0x1002c
X0x1002d
C0x1002e
V0x1002f
B0x10030
N0x10031
M0x10032
COMMA0x10033
DOT  0x10034
SLASH0x10035
RIGHTSHIFT   0x10036
KPASTERISK   0x10037
LEFTALT  0x10038
SPACE0x10039
CAPSLOCK 0x1003a
F1   0x1003b
F2   0x1003c
F3   0x1003d
F4   0x1003e
F5   0x1003f
F6   0x10040
F7   0x10041
F8   0x10042
F9   0x10043
F10  0x10044
NUMLOCK  0x10045
SCROLLLOCK   0x10046
KP7  0x10047
KP8  0x10048
KP9  0x10049
KPMINUS  0x1004a
KP4  0x1004b
KP5  0x1004c
KP6  0x1004d
KPPLUS   0x1004e
KP1  0x1004f
KP2  0x10050
KP3  0x10051
KP0  0x10052
KPDOT0x10053
103RD0x10054
F13  0x10055
102ND0x10056
F11  0x10057
F12  0x10058
F14  0x10059
F15  0x1005a
F16  0x1005b
F17  0x1005c

Re: [mythtv-users] Via M10000

[Paul Bender]

> Wait, the newer boards decode HD streams?  I didn't know this.  That's
> fantastic.  Can they output the streams at 1280x720 over the vga
> output?

I have it outputing 1366x768 (actually 1368x768 because of X) to my Sharp
Aquos.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Karsten Jeppesen]

Mark Knecht wrote:


Nothing at all, I think. I tried this today with my Huappauge remote
talkign to my StreamZap machine. The IR receiver shows that it's
receiving as the red light flashes, but irw reports nothing.
 


Are the modules loaded?

lsmod | grep lirc

should give the output:

lirc_streamzap 29700  1
lirc_dev   16196  1 lirc_streamzap

karsten

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[mythtv-users] Re: ATI FireGL T2 (radeon 9600) - inverted colors on playback

[Sasha Z]

It seems it looks fine if I set the hue to 50% - but that setting
doesn't stick. How do I make that permanent?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Mark Knecht]

On 6/22/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Assuming the correct drivers are loaded, it is possible your
> /etc/lircd.conf (or SuSE equivalent) file is either incomplete or
> incorrect for your remote control. irw uses this file in order to tell
> you which keys you are pressing, so if it doesn't understand a
> particular key, it will either give an error or nothing at all.
> 
> Nick

Nothing at all, I think. I tried this today with my Huappauge remote
talkign to my StreamZap machine. The IR receiver shows that it's
receiving as the red light flashes, but irw reports nothing.

Cheers,
Mark
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[mythtv-users] ATI FireGL T2 (radeon 9600) - inverted colors on playback

[Sasha Z]

I have this set up on my laptop in dual head mode so I can watch TV on
one screen and do work on the other. The menu system and video preview
look just fine, but when I load content it goes fullscreen and the
colors are inverted. People are blue!

Any ideas on what might be the problem? I'm on a Thinkpad T41p, model 2373 GEU.

Thanks!
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Re: [mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes? 7-8sec

[Michael Jones]

Sorry.. forgot that piece..

Extremly long = about 7-8 seconds.


> From: aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Discussion about mythtv
> 
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:00:45 -0400
> To: Discussion about mythtv 
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes?
> 
> On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;)
>> 
>> Does anyone else have an EXTREMELY long delay in starting TV or switching
>> channels.
> 
> How long is "extremely long?"
> 
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Nick]

On 6/22/05, Oscar Curero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Now I'm trying to setup my remote control using the lirc daemon (suse) and the
> pvr-350. Although it's not perfect (I mean, suse is different), I'm following
> the howto for fedore core.
> 
> The howto says:
> If you get one or two [OK]'s, then proceed to testing the remote (one is for
> lircd, one is for lircmd; you only really need lircd). If not, check
> /var/log/messages to see if you can figure out what went wrong. To begin
> testing, fire up the irw tool:"
> 
> For me, irw doesn't give my anything. Some buttons produce a "dmesg" output
> (there are other buttons that neither produce irw nor dmesg output):
> 
> For "ok" button:
> i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x25 raw=0x37a5 down=1
> i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x25 raw=0x37a5 down=0
> 
> For "down" button:
> 
> i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x15 raw=0x3f95 down=1
> i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x15 raw=0x3f95 down=0
> 
> For "video" button:
> 
> i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x18 raw=0x3798 down=1
> i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x18 raw=0x3798 down=0

Assuming the correct drivers are loaded, it is possible your
/etc/lircd.conf (or SuSE equivalent) file is either incomplete or
incorrect for your remote control. irw uses this file in order to tell
you which keys you are pressing, so if it doesn't understand a
particular key, it will either give an error or nothing at all.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes?

[aaron]

On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;)
> 
> Does anyone else have an EXTREMELY long delay in starting TV or switching
> channels.

How long is "extremely long?"


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[mythtv-users] VERY slow channel changes?

[Michael Jones]

I'm new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;)

Does anyone else have an EXTREMELY long delay in starting TV or switching
channels. 

I'm running Fedora 3/MythTV 0.18 with a Hauppauge 150MCE tuner card and the
latest (testing version) of the ivtv driver.

Hardware is pretty basic:

2800 Semperon
512MB RAM
Newer NVIDIA graphics card (Can't remember which one off the top of my
head). 

When running Windows MCE, BeyondTV or SageTV it works perfectly so I doubt
it's the hardware. 

Any ideas? 

Thanks, 

- Michael



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[mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

[Michael Jones]

I'm pretty new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;)


Just finished putting together a MythTV/Fedora3 box with Jarod Wilson's
instructions. 

Everything works well except if I run mythbackend as a service watching live
tv doesn't work. 

If I open a console window as root and run it manually:

#mythbackend &

everything works.  If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live tv
screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes,  the system then
waits about 60sec and then returns to the main menu by itself.

Any ideas?  

I'm almost sure it's a permission thing.. but don't where.

Thanks

- Michael



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[mythtv-users] problems using tv_grab_de

[Juergen Sachs]

Hi List,

I have updated my mythtv setup today from CVS, because I have lots of problems 
(more related to my system update I think)
Now it runs fine, Except mythfilldatabse

When I try to run mythfilldatabase from bash I get the followin message:
-
2005-06-23 00:43:18.217 New DB connection, total: 2
Grabbing XMLTV data using tv_grab_de is not verified as working.
Refreshing Tomorrow's data
-
XMLTV for it own works well, so I think this is a message from 
mythfilldatabase.

I found no note about that some grabbers are disabled, or did I miss 
something ?

Hope someone could help me, I only have 2 days of EPG left :-(

Thanks for your help

Juergen
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Re: [mythtv-users] Big fat blue bar with Internal player

[Michael T. Dean]

Marshall Crocker wrote:


Oskar Lissheim-Boethius wrote:

Switched from mplayer to Internal as the video-player of choice in  
KnoppMyth, and now I get a fat blue bar on the top every time I play  
a wide-screen movie. I use nvtv for overscan (since I use a shitty  
Geforce2MX S-video) but before I did I still got a thin blue line to  
the left and top of the movie. On 4:3-movies it doesn't show up.


The command I use is simply "Internal".


I think this is a problem with the nvidia driver.  The default color 
for the video overlay is blue so it outputs blue for resolutions that 
do not take up the whole screen.  You have to use the xvattr command 
to set the overlay color to black:


xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0

You may have to install xvattr.


I'm not sure I'd call it a problem with the NVIDIA driver.  Usually, 
when a driver causes hardware to do exactly what the software requests, 
that's not considered a problem.  ;)


Xv--the X Windows Video Extension--is built around the idea that a video 
area is defined by using a specific color, the color key.  Any pixels on 
screen that were painted that color are replaced with the appropriate 
colors for the video being played.  This allows Xv to use the hardware 
to do a "color replacement" (think green-screens as used in movie 
making) which is much faster than having to determine the appropriate 
boundaries for the video using valid/invalid flags, clipping, etc.


So, why is the default color key an unusal and very unappealing 
blue-green color that's never used anywhere?  Well, exactly /because/ 
it's an unusual, unappealing color that's never used anywhere.  If you 
set the color key to 0 (black) as shown above and put an xterm terminal 
window with black foreground on top of the video while it's playing, you 
might notice the video appearing in the black "behind the words" (or at 
least within the cursor and scrollbars--antialiased text may prevent it 
from showing through the words).  Or, start a terminal with "xterm -bg 
black -fg white" and you can hack your Myth code right on top of TV (a 
true "lightweight" transparent window--all handled in hardware unlike 
aterm/eterm/etc.).  By using a color that's not ever used, this 
"accidental" replacement never occurs.  The valid range of values for 
the colorkey is 0 through 2147483615, so my recommendation is to pick 
something close to--but not equal to--0, such as 10 or 30 or even 1 (all 
of which are only likely to be used for the occasional pixel in 
antialiased text).


Since MythTV is likely to be used such that there are never windows on 
top of the video, using a color key of 0 is not a problem, but on your 
desktop it's likely to cause some unusal (disconcerting?/strangely 
appealing?) effects you might not expect.  And, since human eyes can't 
distinguish between 0 and 10, you might as well choose something 
appropriate that won't be a problem anywhere.


Just wanted to ensure blame doesn't go misplaced.  I'll admit NVIDIA has 
some work to do on their drivers--but not here.  :)


Mike

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Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please

[John Gruenenfelder]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 08:48:26AM -0700, Daniel Segel wrote:
>Change or add a DisplaySize line in your Xorg.conf (or equivalent) 
>Monitor section. You can make the fonts huge that way if you want.
>
>Start with:
>
>DisplaySize 182 121
>
>and then try values like 150 100 and 300 200 instead. Restart the X 
>server after each change and note the difference.
>
>Daniel

I see this solution posted all the time.  I used this solution to make X think
I was using a 100 dpi display so the fonts would be bigger.

However... is this *really* the solution?  What about all the font size
options in the Myth config?  You can set the point sizes for small, medium,
and large fonts.  On my machine, changing those has never done anything and I
don't know why.  That's why I eventually used the dpi hack method.

>From reading the other messages, it seems that most people try changing the
font sizes first, then fall back to changing the dpi when that doesn't work.

So... what's wrong?  Why don't the font items in the config menu change
anything?  Does it have to do with the environment?  I'm running Myth on a
Debian machine using AfterStep as my WM.  Aside from font issues, I haven't
had any problems at all.


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RE: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[Korey Fort]

This one's about as crazy as the string remote trick, but maybe it'll work
with some tinkering. If you're on a network and your card supports
wake-on-lan then you could shut off the box and have another server send it
a magic packet. If it does it everyday you'll have yourself a video alarm
clock. 
Just a thought!

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of IvanK.
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:49 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues


>
> And it does!
>
> Hey, thanks! I was looking for a simple way to do this so I don't have
> to get out of bed before I go to sleep. Now, if you just had a way to
> turn the machine on with the same remote... ;-)
>

Actually, you can use the remote to turn on your machine.  Here are the
steps:
1) Aim carefully at the power-on button of the computer
2) Throw the remote at the button from 1)
3) Hope you hit it

bonus: tie a string to the remote so you can retrieve it after you've turned

on the computer.

:-) just coulldn't help it.

IvanK.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Big fat blue bar with Internal player

[James Oltman]

On 6/22/05, Marshall Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think this is a problem with the nvidia driver.  The default color for
> the video overlay is blue so it outputs blue for resolutions that do not
> take up the whole screen.  You have to use the xvattr command to set the
> overlay color to black:
> 
> xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0
> 
> You may have to install xvattr.
> 
> Marshall
> 

What is interesting is that I see this as well on ALL recordings be it
mplayer, xine, or internal.  Also, it looks like the video being
displayed is not centered on the blue overlay.  The video appears to
be down and to the right.  The reason I say this is that no matter how
much I overscan, and how low I take the resolution, I still get this
blue over lay issue.  I know that the command above only changes the
color of the overlay when in fact we need a way to "move" the video
being displayed up and to the left (for me at least, others need it up
and to the right).  I have tried using powerstrip to get timings, but
that doesn't work at all.  The screen just stays in the same place and
isn't affected by moves in PowerStrip.  I do get to a point if I move
the screen enough, it goes haywire on me and I can't see anything. 
Has anyone found a resolution for this issue that is actually a
resolution and not a switch the color but won't be able to see all
edges of a video?  Thanks!  I love MythTV.  I don't even watch live TV
anymore.  I have a BUNCH of videos on my PC as well and it is SOOO
nice to be able to watch them on my big screen and not on my PC
screen.  Thanks again!
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[mythtv-users] Lirc doesn't work

[Oscar Curero]

Hi,

Now I'm trying to setup my remote control using the lirc daemon (suse) and the
pvr-350. Although it's not perfect (I mean, suse is different), I'm following
the howto for fedore core.

The howto says:
If you get one or two [OK]'s, then proceed to testing the remote (one is for
lircd, one is for lircmd; you only really need lircd). If not, check
/var/log/messages to see if you can figure out what went wrong. To begin
testing, fire up the irw tool:"

For me, irw doesn't give my anything. Some buttons produce a "dmesg" output
(there are other buttons that neither produce irw nor dmesg output):

For "ok" button:
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x25 raw=0x37a5 down=1
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x25 raw=0x37a5 down=0

For "down" button:

i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x15 raw=0x3f95 down=1
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x15 raw=0x3f95 down=0

For "video" button:

i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x18 raw=0x3798 down=1
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x18 raw=0x3798 down=0



What's the problem?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 10K advice

[Robert Johnston]

On 22/06/05, George Nassas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is ongoing work to resolve this but it seems to be held up by 
> shiny things.

Ooh, Shiny!

Whatever DID happen to the integration of XvMC and the Chromakey OSD?
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Re: [mythtv-users] ETA for FC4 RPMs?

[Brian May]

Jeff volckaert wrote:

Thanks for replying.  I will try the FC3 RPMs.

I had Mythtv and FC3 working fine but then had to wipe my server for a
different reason.  After that wipe the jitter came up.  I don't think
Mythtv is the issue.  I think it's IVTV.  I have tried about four
drivers from stable and unstable with varying degrees of success from
way worse to almost normal.

I thought I would try FC4 just to get a fresh start.

I have had Mythtv running for a couple years now without anything but
minor issues (like xmltv).  It seems like the problems came about
after the PVR-150 support was added to IVTV (I have a PVR-250).  Just
a hunch.


Jeff,

I have something similar...  I had FC3 on a frontend that used the CPU
to decode the mpeg2 videos that my backend with a PVR350 encoded.  With
FC3, playback was very smooth and everything was great with the world.
Over the weekend I upgraded to FC4 and now the playback is choppy.  I
have no clue what the source of the problem is, my machine isn't slow
either, AMD 2800+ with a gig of memory.  I'll have to test to see if DVD
playback is normal or choppy.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Wrong colors on EPIA S-Video TVout :-(

[jack makrl]

Is your screen mostly green and chrome looking? If so comment out the
line "option dpms" in your xorg.conf file.

On 6/22/05, Warpme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello World,
> 
> I have problem with screen quality on S-Video TV-Out on my EPIA M10k &
> KnoppMyth 5A16 (the same problem with 5A12 2& 5A15.1).
> 
> Config:
> -EPIA M10k (latest BIOS 1.16)
> -KnoppMyth 5A16
> -WD200G
> -LiteON DVD RW
> 
> HW was tested with MCE2k5 - colors are OK, so it isn't problem of HW.
> 
> Using LCD attached to VGA also gives all OK (proper colors, etc).
> 
> Connecting TV via S-Video gives wrong colors and "16 colors depth"
> symptoms (only few, errant colors on TV with coarse transitions between
> them).
> 
> Have somebody how to resolve this issue ?
> 
> 
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> W takiej sytuacji dobry programista wiesza się wraz z programem ;-P
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Re: [mythtv-users] Big fat blue bar with Internal player

[Marshall Crocker]

I think this is a problem with the nvidia driver.  The default color for 
the video overlay is blue so it outputs blue for resolutions that do not 
take up the whole screen.  You have to use the xvattr command to set the 
overlay color to black:


xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0

You may have to install xvattr.

Marshall


Oskar Lissheim-Boethius wrote:

Switched from mplayer to Internal as the video-player of choice in  
KnoppMyth, and now I get a fat blue bar on the top every time I play  
a wide-screen movie. I use nvtv for overscan (since I use a shitty  
Geforce2MX S-video) but before I did I still got a thin blue line to  
the left and top of the movie. On 4:3-movies it doesn't show up.


The command I use is simply "Internal".


/Oskar



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Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 10K advice

[Paul Bender]

Tarun Kripalani wrote:
Paul, have you tested with an ATSC SD digital inut signal for Live TV on 
your EPIA 10K? If so, what configuration did you use?


No, I have not. I am still waiting for my Air2PC cards to arrive.
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[mythtv-users] Wrong colors on EPIA S-Video TVout :-(

[Warpme]

Hello World,

I have problem with screen quality on S-Video TV-Out on my EPIA M10k &
KnoppMyth 5A16 (the same problem with 5A12 2& 5A15.1).

Config:
-EPIA M10k (latest BIOS 1.16)
-KnoppMyth 5A16
-WD200G
-LiteON DVD RW

HW was tested with MCE2k5 - colors are OK, so it isn't problem of HW.

Using LCD attached to VGA also gives all OK (proper colors, etc).

Connecting TV via S-Video gives wrong colors and "16 colors depth"
symptoms (only few, errant colors on TV with coarse transitions between
them).

Have somebody how to resolve this issue ?


--
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Nie ma złych systemów operacyjnych. Może tylko brakować alkoholu !!!
W takiej sytuacji dobry programista wiesza się wraz z programem ;-P
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Re: [mythtv-users] [US] Help stop the broadcast flag, again

[Michael Carland]

On Jun 22, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Geoff Scott wrote:


On 6/22/05, Lane Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Did this just die?

http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/06/22/147259.shtml? 
tid=103&tid=219


gs


If it was *just* published on /. it probably *just* happened days ago.  
;)


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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc for xine and mplayer

[Nick]

On 6/22/05, Jason Werpy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I compiled from source.  I'm thinking that its the link to ~/.lircrc
> that I'm missing.  I'll find out tonight.

If all else seems to be working, you have suitable xine defs in
.lircrc and xine is compiled with lirc support, I think this is the
only likely explanation.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 10K advice

[George Nassas]

On 22-Jun-05, at 9:15 AM, James Pattinson wrote:

I've also heard that the OSD is only in black and white for EPIA - is 
this sorted now?


No. At least, not if you're using XvMC which you should for the best 
performance. There is ongoing work to resolve this but it seems to be 
held up by shiny things. Search the dev archives for "Chroma OSD" for 
more info.


I'd agree with the others about MiniMyth but if you decide to roll your 
own then this page has good info:


http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/unichromeTvOut.html

- George

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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

[Mudit Wahal]

Robert,

Downloaded the cybergarage library. It does support myth recorded
shows. That is it converts channum_starttime_endtime.nuv to meaningful
filenames with descriptions.
Similar to mythname.pl. I've modified mythname.pl to give me detailed
info such as

Two_and_a_Half_Men_Smell_the_Umbrella_Stand_on_June_06th_at_9_31_PM.mpg

Then I've couple of more scripts which create links of these programs
based on the episode names (Two_and_a_Half_Men) under appropriate
directories.

Now if cybergarage can integrate liveTV :-)

Thanks

Mudit

On 6/22/05, Robert Kulagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > also the iodata forum has some info about the linux server (wizd) and
> > about mpeg2-ts. The only major problem that stopped me from buying LP2
> > was inability to FF/REW on the TS streams. But their June 3rd firmware
> > release fixed that.
> 
> Is the LP2 a full uPNP client?  There's a uPNP framework (and some
> MythTV interface code) over at http://www.cybergarage.org
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[mythtv-users] Re: musicmetadata table recreation

[Paul]

>All,
>In an attempt to clean out some stale entries, I accidentally did a
>'drop table musicmetadata; '
>instead of 'delete from musicmetadata;'

>I recreated the table from the latest schema, restarted the backend, and
>reloading frontend. Goto Play music, it goes through the motions of reading
>the music, and then... nothing shows. Forced update under settings, and
>again goes through the motions, and still nothing!

>I see the following error for each attempt:
>metadata.o: You don't seem to have any tracks. That's ok with me if it's ok
>with you.

>What could be causing this?

>TIA,
>Johan

I'd try with fresh MythMusic db tables.
You can force MythMusic to recreate the database tables like this

DROP TABLE musicmetadata;
DROP TABLE musicplaylist;
DELETE FROM settings WHERE value='MusicDBSchemaVer';

the next time you run mythmusic it will recreate the tables. You will
then have to rescan your music. You will loose all your playlists
and smartplayists though.

Paul


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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc for xine and mplayer

[Jason Werpy]

I compiled from source.  I'm thinking that its the link to ~/.lircrc
that I'm missing.  I'll find out tonight.

On 6/22/05, Stuart Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed 22 June 2005 15:28, Jason Werpy wrote:
> > I am having some trouble with lirc working with xine and mplayer.
> >
> > Its working fine for myth, but when I go into videos (mplayer), lirc
> > doesn't seem to be working.  When I go into DVDs (xine) it doesn't
> > work either.  The keyboard shortcuts do work, but the remote
> > keypresses aren't coming through apparently.
> 
> Did you compile them from scratch or install them via an rpm or similar? Some
> pre-packaged distributions of Xine and Mplayer do not have native lirc
> support enabled and you need to compile from source instead.
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Re: [mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Bruce Markey]

Kelly wrote:

Mike Criqui wrote:

...

If you could suggest the most user friendly hardware to get this project
going, I would be very appreciative.


Tivo


I agree that if the objective is plug'n'play user friendly, a
commercial DVR is the way to go but to "get this project going"
do not buy proprietary hardware and expect to run MythTV. It does
not work. http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.16

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Re: [mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Kelly]

On 6/22/05, Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If Mike wants HD:
> 
> Tivo does't have a HD ready box for cable yet (dont know about OTA,
> but I searched and couldn't find any). HD-Tivo is only available from
> dish/direct (sat. companies) -- they are only selling it, not renting
> it AFAIK (price is $600 ??).
> 
> Cable companies are supplying their own HD-DVR (time warner, comcast,
> etc) ($8-10/month rental .. on top of exorbitant cable charges)
> 
> 


Sorry for starting this. I was just trying to warn him of the pain
ahead. DirecTV has a Tivo-HD system for $999.00. It will record OTA-HD
which is the only source of HD content I care about here in SoCal.
During my configuration and setup I said on several occasions to my
wife I should have bought the Tivo. But now I have the Mythtv system
up and running. My wife crashes it on a constant bases and has given
up on it. I haven't had the time to start the investigation process to
identify the source. I will. This is what I've been doing with
computers since I got my first 386DX in 1992. I know I'm new compared
to most on this list. But I'm ok with spending time tweaking systems.
That's why I guess I really like Mythtv. It works and I get to
constantly tweak with it.

kel
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[mythtv-users] Big fat blue bar with Internal player

[Oskar Lissheim-Boethius]

Switched from mplayer to Internal as the video-player of choice in  
KnoppMyth, and now I get a fat blue bar on the top every time I play  
a wide-screen movie. I use nvtv for overscan (since I use a shitty  
Geforce2MX S-video) but before I did I still got a thin blue line to  
the left and top of the movie. On 4:3-movies it doesn't show up.


The command I use is simply "Internal".


/Oskar
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Re: [mythtv-users] ETA for FC4 RPMs?

[Jeff volckaert]

Thanks for replying.  I will try the FC3 RPMs.

I had Mythtv and FC3 working fine but then had to wipe my server for a
different reason.  After that wipe the jitter came up.  I don't think
Mythtv is the issue.  I think it's IVTV.  I have tried about four
drivers from stable and unstable with varying degrees of success from
way worse to almost normal.

I thought I would try FC4 just to get a fresh start.

I have had Mythtv running for a couple years now without anything but
minor issues (like xmltv).  It seems like the problems came about
after the PVR-150 support was added to IVTV (I have a PVR-250).  Just
a hunch.

Jeff

On 6/22/05, Alan Hagge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff volckaert wrote:
> 
> >I was having trouble with FC3 & Mythtv getting unwatchable recordings.
> > I would get a real jittery recording.  I tried a bunch of IVTV driver
> >version, but no luck.
> >
> >I wiped my server (keeping my recording partition and a copy of the
> >Mysql Database) and put FC4 to see if that will help.  Now I am
> >waiting on RPMs for Mythtv.  Anyone got an ETA?  Where there problems
> >compiling for FC4?
> >
> >I don't mean to sound like I'm rushing anyone... I would just like a
> >status update.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> I've got Myth running on a FC4 install by installing the FC3 RPMS from
> ATrpms and then whatever FC4 RPMS there were over the top.  It seems to
> be working just as well as when I had FC3 installed.
> 
> But if you're convinced that FC3 is the root of your jittery recording
> problems, then this may not help.  Have you thoroughly debugged the
> source of the jittering?  Looking at the mythbackend log, starting up
> mythfrontend & mythbackend with all messages (mythfrontend -v all,
> mythbackend -v all)?  Ensuring you have enough CPU horsepower and/or
> that you have an nVidia driver with a funtional XvMC setup?
> 
> Unfortunately, at this stage, the MythTV debugging learning curve is
> quite steep.  It helps immensely to read others' posts and the excellent
> info at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv and http://www.mythtv.info .
> 
> Good luck!
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] [US] Help stop the broadcast flag, again

[Gabe Rubin]

On 6/22/05, Geoff Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Did this just die?
> 
> http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/06/22/147259.shtml?tid=103&tid=219
> 

Could still be added in full committee
Could still be added in the full Senate vote
Could still be added in the house's version
Could still be added in conference (where the House and Senate
reconcile the differences and create a unified bill).
Could still be added to another "must-pass" bill in any of the ways
mentioned above.

So no, it did not die.
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Re: [mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Mudit Wahal]

If Mike wants HD:

Tivo does't have a HD ready box for cable yet (dont know about OTA,
but I searched and couldn't find any). HD-Tivo is only available from
dish/direct (sat. companies) -- they are only selling it, not renting
it AFAIK (price is $600 ??).

Cable companies are supplying their own HD-DVR (time warner, comcast,
etc) ($8-10/month rental .. on top of exorbitant cable charges)


On 6/22/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kelly wrote:
> 
> >>Third, if possible I'd like the HD out to be both DVI and component if that
> >>is possible.
> >>
> >>
> >DVI will not get you 1080i
> >
> >
> Should work...  Single-link DVI has a maximum resolution of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (double the frame rate of 1080p30 and effectively double
> 1080i) while a dual-link DVI connection has a maximum resolution of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Straight from the horse's mouth at
> http://www.ddwg.org/dvi.html )
> 
> Note, also, that HDMI's video connection is--for all practical
> purposes--DVI-D single link.  And, HDMI was designed for ATSC High Def
> signal transfer.
> 
> >>If you could suggest the most user friendly hardware to get this project
> >>going, I would be very appreciative.
> >>
> >>
> >Tivo
> >
> >
> Agreed.  If you just want an easy solution, go TiVo.  If you're doing it
> to learn about Linux, video, audio, MPEG (2 and 4 and perhaps eventually
> 7), NTSC, ATSC, ALSA, and much, much more, go MythTV.  Or, if you're
> really lucky, find a friend who wants a MythTV box and wants to learn
> and have him/her build two.  :)
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] [US] Help stop the broadcast flag, again

[Geoff Scott]

On 6/22/05, Lane Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wendy,
> 
> Do you have any idea which Senator may be introducing the amendment?
> 
> That would be very helpful info to have when we call our Senators.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Lane
> 

Did this just die?

http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/06/22/147259.shtml?tid=103&tid=219

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Problem playing back some recordings on remote frontend

[Jerry]

On 6/15/05, Obie Fayth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> These are non-transcoded mp2 files recorded by Myth. I know the FE &
> BE were both up to date as of a couple of weeks ago, but I'll double
> check to make sure that is still the case. Thanks for the tip on the
> libraries, I'll see if there are any differences between the FE & BE.
> 
> fwiw, I discovered that the strange inability to fast forward or skip
> past the 90~ minute mark on long recordings also occurs in xine.

I've run into the same problems and haven't found a solution yet. I've
got some recordings which work perfectly find on the backend/frontend
combination machine, yet have lots of problems on a remote frontend.
Likewise, the bookmarks aren't even used for these recordings on the
remote frontend and it always starts playing from the beginning even
though I've verified that the bookmarks are used on the backend.

This all worked perfectly fine in the 0.17 release. I'm considering
downgrading until someone finds a solution or workaround.

Cheers,
Jerry
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Re: [mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Michael T. Dean]

Kelly wrote:


Third, if possible I'd like the HD out to be both DVI and component if that
is possible.
   


DVI will not get you 1080i
 

Should work...  Single-link DVI has a maximum resolution of 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (double the frame rate of 1080p30 and effectively double 
1080i) while a dual-link DVI connection has a maximum resolution of 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Straight from the horse's mouth at 
http://www.ddwg.org/dvi.html )


Note, also, that HDMI's video connection is--for all practical 
purposes--DVI-D single link.  And, HDMI was designed for ATSC High Def 
signal transfer.



If you could suggest the most user friendly hardware to get this project
going, I would be very appreciative.
   


Tivo
 

Agreed.  If you just want an easy solution, go TiVo.  If you're doing it 
to learn about Linux, video, audio, MPEG (2 and 4 and perhaps eventually 
7), NTSC, ATSC, ALSA, and much, much more, go MythTV.  Or, if you're 
really lucky, find a friend who wants a MythTV box and wants to learn 
and have him/her build two.  :)


Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Mudit Wahal]

If you are looking for more user friendly software/hardware which can
do HDTV, then goto Sony HD recorder which has ATSC tuner builtin
[https://www.onecall.com/PID_25076.htm]. You can also get HD-Tivo,
dont know how much it costs.

You will save time and mental agony of setting your own system. It'll
probably be cheaper now and in the long run. But you will sacrifice
the upgradibility and pride and joy of building your own HD-DVR.


My HD setup:
Backend:
Sempron 3000+ and ECS KT600A ($100 at frys)
512MB DDR ($35 AR frys)
180GB HD ($40AR at frys)
DVD-R ($5 AR .. got rebate after 6 months .. officemax maddog ..)
HD3000 - $175 (this is second pci card, had to replace the first one
as it was not working)
RG6 100ft cable - $30 (frys)
ATX Case -- free -- picked up from office junk yard

SD Frontend:
Media MVP - $85 at ccity

HD Frontend:
IOData Avel Link Player2 - $256

Total cost: $720
Agony and pain of setting it up in last 1 month: priceless !
Bragging about your home brew HD DVR: who cares !

Thanks
Mudit

On 6/22/05, Mike Criqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking to put together my first MythTV box.  There are a few things I
> would like though, so I'd appreciate it if you could point me in the right
> direction.
> 
> First, I want to house this thing in a small form factor box.  Perhaps you
> have some suggestions?
> 
> Second, I want to be able to record HD OTA programming. Video card, capture
> card suggestions?
> 
> Third, if possible I'd like the HD out to be both DVI and component if that
> is possible.
> 
> If you could suggest the most user friendly hardware to get this project
> going, I would be very appreciative.
> 
> Thanks, and I look forward to chatting with all of you.
> 
> D
> 
> 
> 
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[mythtv-users] How to clean up your music database

[Johan Reinalda]

All,
yesterday I posted a query on how to fix a dropped musicmetadata table.

I had accidentally deleted the musicmetadata (drop table musicmetadata;) 
instead of deleting the entries (delete from musicmetadata;)  I then found 
that the table was not being recreated, as expected.


After looking through the checkdb.cpp source of mythmusic today, I found 
that upon starting, mythmusic looks for the schema number in the 'settings' 
table in the MusicDBSchemaVer  value. As this still existed in the above 
scenario, the table was not re-created.


Stopping the backend, then deleting this value, and restarting things 
cleaned everything up and caused my music to be reinserted into the 
database.


So for future reference, to cause a complete clean re-read of your music if 
you accidentally dropped the musicmetadata table:


#stop the mythbackend first
#then on the mythconverg database run the following:

DELETE FROM settings WHERE value='MusicDBSchemaVer';
INSERT INTO settings (value, data, hostname) VALUES ('MusicDBSchemaVer', '', 
NULL);


#and to force clean it, run this next:
DROP TABLE musicmetadata;

Restart backend, and run mythmusic.

I hope this helps someone out there...

Johan

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Re: [mythtv-users] Slight OT: CNET Acquires TVTome

[David Madsen]

Personally I much much preferred the old tvtome.com.  The simple and
clean interface with all the information I was looking for easily
accessible.  This new bloated site is just awful :(

--Dave Madsen

On 6/21/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Simpson wrote:
> 
> >Looks like TVTome is gone, now - tvtome.com resolves to tv.com. Seems
> >to be the same content, though.
> >
> >
> At least they've got an updated FF search plugin:
> 
> http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=tv.com&submitform=Find+search+plugins
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

[Mudit Wahal]

Mythweb Questions for all :

mythweb 0.18 -- i get  Beer theme ?? How do I get rid of it !
mythweb 0.18.1 -- no more beer but some other language theme !

John,

Good to hear that your problems got fixed !!
WAF is super high for the LP2 :-)

Regarding, scheduling recording etc. You can goto mythweb on your mythbox
from LP2. I've created an html page on the docroot of wizd which has 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ l /myth/wizd_root/
total 16
-rw-r--r--   1 mythtv mythtv   74 Jun 18 07:44 MythWeb.html
drwxr-xr-x  42 mythtv mythtv 4096 Jun 12 08:48 Photos/
drwxr-xr-x   2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Jun 12 08:25 Radio/
drwxr-xr-x   5 mythtv mythtv 4096 Jun 18 07:33 Videos/

[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ cat /myth/wizd_root/MythWeb.html 
http://192.168.123.3/mythweb";>

Where 192.168.123.3 is my mythweb IP address.
When you click on the MythWeb.html link in the LP2, it takes you to
the mythweb page :-)

Now the wierd part, I only see the Australian Beer Theme (running 0.18
version). If I upgrade to 0.18.1 myth (including mythweb), then I get
some foreign language. Beer theme is okay as I can schedule recording
based on beerology protocol.

Since LP2 is not a full fledged web client, I'd like to see a real
simple stripped down web interface (may be similar to WAP) ported for
it. As I see, we will see more of these devices in future connected to
mythtv. Dont know if/how I can configure mythweb to run in WAP mode
when communicating with LP2.

I've written some scripts which creates soft links from the programs
in  /myth/tv directory to directories under docroot. For eg,

lrwxrwxrwx  1 mythtv mythtv 47 Jun 21 20:43 /myth/wizd_root/Videos/TV
Programs/Shows/Two_and_a_Half_Men/Smell_the_Umbrella_Stand_on_June_06th_at_9_31_PM.mpg
-> /myth/tv/1032_20050606213100_20050606220400.nuv

So I can browse the wizd server directories on the LP2 and then watch
the recorded shows.

More later when I've a working version of liveTV :-)

Thanks
Mudit

On 6/22/05, john sturgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/22/05, Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I believe LP2 is a complete uPNP client. You can check their forums on
> > their website http://www.iodata.com . They have list of several 3rd
> > party servers.
> >
> > I'll check out cybergarage. But I'm almost done modifying the wizd
> > server to play the liveTV file (ringbuf) and change channels :-)
> >
> > On 6/22/05, Robert Kulagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > also the iodata forum has some info about the linux server (wizd) and
> > > > about mpeg2-ts. The only major problem that stopped me from buying LP2
> > > > was inability to FF/REW on the TS streams. But their June 3rd firmware
> > > > release fixed that.
> > >
> > > Is the LP2 a full uPNP client?  There's a uPNP framework (and some
> > > MythTV interface code) over at http://www.cybergarage.org
> 
> Time for me to chime in.
> 
> I finally got my LinkPlayer on the network (bad network HUB was the
> problem).  Wow... I love the thing.  It's interface can be a bit
> clunky at times, but where it really counts, it shines, and that's
> playback of High Definition content over the network.  As an option to
> over the network, you can encode an hour or two of HDTV to MPEG-4 and
> fit it easily on a DVD and drop it into the player for direct play...
> (who wants to wait for HD-DVD standards to sort themselves out now
> that I've got a DVD player that can already do it ;)
> 
> The 'corporate' version of the LinkServer is actually quite
> functional, as is the wizd server.  The wizd server is far more
> flexible in terms of configuration options, but the interface isn't
> quite as nice.
> 
> Overall, I'd have to say that my MythTV frontend is now in jeopardy of
> being replaced.  I had originally intended to drop the LinkPlayer
> upstairs in the bedroom as a second frontend, but the WAF factor is so
> high that I am probably going to make this my defacto front end.
> 
> The only really bad problem I have (so far, until somebody writes a
> new interface) is that I cannot get program guide data, and schedule
> recordings from the LinkPlayer.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] No sound from PVR-500 Tuner, working with Line In

[Jack Perveiler]

I had a similar, but different problem.  I had both video tuners working, but
would only capture sound on the first tuner for some reason.  Doh!

Anyways, I more or less followed this guide:

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4704&highlight=pvr+500

It's a little bit dated, but still very helpful.  At first I followed the
directions but instead of using the ivtv version 0.3.5f drivers I used a newer
one (I don't remember which).  This resulted in the no-sound-on-tuner-2 problem
(I can't remember what exactly the problem was, but I BELIEVE it had something
to do with firmware not being loaded properly).  I then started over using
0.3.5f and I haven't had much trouble since then.

--Jack

--- Stefan Wrobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm totally stumped on this one, I spent a few hours on it last night and I 
> just can't get sound from the tuner. Here's the situation.
> 
> I'm using a PVR-500 and I've only gotten /dev/video0 working. The second 
> tuner seems to be detected in my dmesg, but /dev/video1 is not working like 
> it should and ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -a shows really strange negative values 
> for brightness, contrast, etc. Just thought I'd throw that in there, but 
> that's only the beginning of my problems. I want to get sound working before 
> I worry about having both tuners.
> 
> I've captured stuff using the s-video input and the line in, and I can get a 
> video file with sound using cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg (and tested in Myth 
> as well, it captures video, no audio). I think I did ivtvctl -p 0 -q 2 for 
> that. However, using ivtvctl -p 6 (or 7, i've tried both) -q 0 (i've tried 
> the other -q values as well, but -q 0 should be tuner audio), I get a 
> perfect video file from whatever channel I'm tuned to, but no sound. I 
> assume the line in and tuner both use the same audio encoder, so I don't get 
> why I wouldn't be getting any sound from one but not the other! I think that 
> also rules out modules being loaded improperly, etc.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm pulling my hair out at this 
> point. I'm using ivtv version 0.3.6m. Thanks!
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

[john sturgeon]

On 6/22/05, Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe LP2 is a complete uPNP client. You can check their forums on
> their website http://www.iodata.com . They have list of several 3rd
> party servers.
> 
> I'll check out cybergarage. But I'm almost done modifying the wizd
> server to play the liveTV file (ringbuf) and change channels :-)
> 
> On 6/22/05, Robert Kulagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > also the iodata forum has some info about the linux server (wizd) and
> > > about mpeg2-ts. The only major problem that stopped me from buying LP2
> > > was inability to FF/REW on the TS streams. But their June 3rd firmware
> > > release fixed that.
> >
> > Is the LP2 a full uPNP client?  There's a uPNP framework (and some
> > MythTV interface code) over at http://www.cybergarage.org

Time for me to chime in.

I finally got my LinkPlayer on the network (bad network HUB was the
problem).  Wow... I love the thing.  It's interface can be a bit
clunky at times, but where it really counts, it shines, and that's
playback of High Definition content over the network.  As an option to
over the network, you can encode an hour or two of HDTV to MPEG-4 and
fit it easily on a DVD and drop it into the player for direct play...
(who wants to wait for HD-DVD standards to sort themselves out now
that I've got a DVD player that can already do it ;)

The 'corporate' version of the LinkServer is actually quite
functional, as is the wizd server.  The wizd server is far more
flexible in terms of configuration options, but the interface isn't
quite as nice.

Overall, I'd have to say that my MythTV frontend is now in jeopardy of
being replaced.  I had originally intended to drop the LinkPlayer
upstairs in the bedroom as a second frontend, but the WAF factor is so
high that I am probably going to make this my defacto front end.

The only really bad problem I have (so far, until somebody writes a
new interface) is that I cannot get program guide data, and schedule
recordings from the LinkPlayer.

-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[Mark Knecht]

On 6/22/05, IvanK. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > And it does!
> >
> > Hey, thanks! I was looking for a simple way to do this so I don't have
> > to get out of bed before I go to sleep. Now, if you just had a way to
> > turn the machine on with the same remote... ;-)
> >
> 
> Actually, you can use the remote to turn on your machine.  Here are the steps:
> 1) Aim carefully at the power-on button of the computer
> 2) Throw the remote at the button from 1)
> 3) Hope you hit it
> 
> bonus: tie a string to the remote so you can retrieve it after you've turned
> on the computer.
> 
> :-) just coulldn't help it.
> 
> IvanK.

Smart arse!  It was funny though!

Thanks,
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Re: [mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Kelly]

> Second, I want to be able to record HD OTA programming. Video card, capture
> card suggestions?

I use the pchdtv.com HD3000

> Third, if possible I'd like the HD out to be both DVI and component if that
> is possible.

DVI will not get you 1080i

> 
> If you could suggest the most user friendly hardware to get this project
> going, I would be very appreciative.

Tivo



Welcome to the journey!

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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

[Mudit Wahal]

I believe LP2 is a complete uPNP client. You can check their forums on
their website http://www.iodata.com . They have list of several 3rd
party servers.

I'll check out cybergarage. But I'm almost done modifying the wizd
server to play the liveTV file (ringbuf) and change channels :-)

On 6/22/05, Robert Kulagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > also the iodata forum has some info about the linux server (wizd) and
> > about mpeg2-ts. The only major problem that stopped me from buying LP2
> > was inability to FF/REW on the TS streams. But their June 3rd firmware
> > release fixed that.
> 
> Is the LP2 a full uPNP client?  There's a uPNP framework (and some
> MythTV interface code) over at http://www.cybergarage.org
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[mythtv-users] New and Green here. Looking for your suggestions and experience w/MythTV.

[Mike Criqui]

Hi,

I'm looking to put together my first MythTV box.  There are a few things I 
would like though, so I'd appreciate it if you could point me in the right 
direction.


First, I want to house this thing in a small form factor box.  Perhaps you 
have some suggestions?


Second, I want to be able to record HD OTA programming. Video card, capture 
card suggestions?


Third, if possible I'd like the HD out to be both DVI and component if that 
is possible.


If you could suggest the most user friendly hardware to get this project 
going, I would be very appreciative.


Thanks, and I look forward to chatting with all of you.

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[mythtv-users] hauppauge nexus-s + common interface

[Freaked]

Hi!

 

Has anyone the hauppauge nexus-s with a common
interface(for pay tv) in use?

 

Do the driver for the hauppauge nexus-s support the
common interface??

 

Thanks for information…

 






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[mythtv-users] No sound from PVR-500 Tuner, working with Line In

[Stefan Wrobel]

I'm totally stumped on this one, I spent a few hours on it last night
and I just can't get sound from the tuner.  Here's the situation.



I'm using a PVR-500 and I've only gotten /dev/video0 working.  The
second tuner seems to be detected in my dmesg, but /dev/video1 is not
working like it should and ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -a shows really
strange negative values for brightness, contrast, etc.  Just
thought I'd throw that in there, but that's only the beginning of my
problems.  I want to get sound working before I worry about having
both tuners.



I've captured stuff using the s-video input and the line in, and I can
get a video file with sound using cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg (and tested in Myth as well, it captures video, no audio). 
I think I did ivtvctl -p 0 -q 2 for that.  However, using ivtvctl
-p 6 (or 7, i've tried both) -q 0 (i've tried the other -q values as
well, but -q 0 should be tuner audio), I get a perfect video file from
whatever channel I'm tuned to, but no sound.  I assume the line in
and tuner both use the same audio encoder, so I don't get why I
wouldn't be getting any sound from one but not the other!  I think
that also rules out modules being loaded improperly, etc.

Does anyone have any experience with this?  I'm pulling my hair
out at this point.  I'm using ivtv version 0.3.6m.  Thanks!
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[Jim Reith]

At 12:57 PM 6/22/2005, you wrote:
On 6/22/05, IvanK.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > And it does!
> >
> > Hey, thanks! I was looking for a simple way to do this so I
don't have
> > to get out of bed before I go to sleep. Now, if you just had a
way to
> > turn the machine on with the same remote... ;-)
> >
> 
> Actually, you can use the remote to turn on your machine.  Here
are the steps:
> 1) Aim carefully at the power-on button of the computer
> 2) Throw the remote at the button from 1)
> 3) Hope you hit it
> 
> bonus: tie a string to the remote so you can retrieve it after
you've turned
> on the computer.
But what if you miss ...?
You could connect an IR-controlled switch to the power button which
would do the job and wouldn't convince you to throw increasingly
large
objects at the machine if you miss the first time.
I much prefer Rube Goldberg machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg

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[mythtv-users] SuSE 9.1 Myth 0.18.1 compile problem

[Derek Conniffe]

Hi Everyone,

My MythTV box is currently running 0.17 and I'd like to upgrade but I'm
having a problem compiling the newest version.

I'm running:

SuSE Linux 9.1
Gcc 3.3.3
Qt-x11-free-3.1.2
Kernel 2.6.8 with DVB

I'm using a PVR350 for TV recording and also for output to the TV
And a Nexus-S for the free BBC channels

After I run make it compiles for ages (it’s a 1.2Ghz PIII tulatin processor)
and then the error: -

make[2]: Entering directory
`/usr/local/src/mythtv-0.18.1/mythtv-0.18.1/programs/mythepg'
g++  -o mythepg main.o-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/qt/lib -L/usr/local/qt/lib
-L../../libs/libmyth -L../../libs/libmythtv -L../../libs/libavcodec
-L../../libs/libavformat -lmythtv-0.18.1 -lmythavformat-0.18.1
-lmythavcodec-0.18.1 -lmyth-0.18.1 -lfreetype -lmp3lame -L/usr/X11R6/lib
-lXinerama -lXv -lX11 -lXext -lXxf86vm -lqt-mt -lXext -lX11 -lm -lpthread
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to
`XRRFreeScreenConfigInfo'
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to
`XRRConfigSizes'
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to
`XRRConfigCurrentConfiguration'
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to
`XRRGetScreenInfo'
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to
`XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate'
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to `XRRRates'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [mythepg] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/mythtv-0.18.1/mythtv-0.18.1/programs/mythepg'
make[1]: *** [sub-mythepg] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/mythtv-0.18.1/mythtv-0.18.1/programs'
make: *** [sub-programs] Error 2


Does anyone have any idea why I'm getting this compile error?

Thanks very much!


Derek




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Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please

[Michael T. Dean]

Daniel Segel wrote:


Tachtevrenidis, Kosta wrote:

does anybody know how to make the mythtv interface font bigger? I can 
change the font size on the mythtv interface menus but when it comes 
to the main menus like the "Watch TV" button, I can not change it a bit.
 
Also if someone know how to change the font of the program guide, 
that would be way helpful. I managed to change the font of the OSD 
but that was it.


Change or add a DisplaySize line in your Xorg.conf (or equivalent) 
Monitor section. You can make the fonts huge that way if you want.


Start with:

DisplaySize 182 121

and then try values like 150 100 and 300 200 instead. Restart the X 
server after each change and note the difference.


Note that doing this will change X's computed DPI:

  DisplaySize  width height
 This optional entry gives the width and height, in  
millimetres,
 of  the  picture  area  of the monitor. If given this is 
used to
 calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of the 
screen.


which will result in images and text failing to line up properly in 
several themes (i.e. arrows will be too high/low in the MythVideo List 
view, "highlighted" or "boxed in" text may not appear in the 
highlight/box, etc.) since the themes are designed for displays using 
100 dpi.


A better way to change fonts (assuming the theme designer did not 
provide for changes using small/default/big font settings--which can be 
changed in setup) is to customize the theme and specify the desired font 
sizes.  Search the archives for more info on how to do this (especially 
how to do it without having to edit the theme every time you upgrade).


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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[Nick]

On 6/22/05, IvanK. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > And it does!
> >
> > Hey, thanks! I was looking for a simple way to do this so I don't have
> > to get out of bed before I go to sleep. Now, if you just had a way to
> > turn the machine on with the same remote... ;-)
> >
> 
> Actually, you can use the remote to turn on your machine.  Here are the steps:
> 1) Aim carefully at the power-on button of the computer
> 2) Throw the remote at the button from 1)
> 3) Hope you hit it
> 
> bonus: tie a string to the remote so you can retrieve it after you've turned
> on the computer.

But what if you miss ...?

You could connect an IR-controlled switch to the power button which
would do the job and wouldn't convince you to throw increasingly large
objects at the machine if you miss the first time.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc for xine and mplayer

[Stuart Morgan]

On Wed 22 June 2005 15:28, Jason Werpy wrote:
> I am having some trouble with lirc working with xine and mplayer.
>
> Its working fine for myth, but when I go into videos (mplayer), lirc
> doesn't seem to be working.  When I go into DVDs (xine) it doesn't
> work either.  The keyboard shortcuts do work, but the remote
> keypresses aren't coming through apparently.

Did you compile them from scratch or install them via an rpm or similar? Some 
pre-packaged distributions of Xine and Mplayer do not have native lirc 
support enabled and you need to compile from source instead.
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Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Tuning channels with PVR-350

[Oscar Curero]

shadestalker AT gmail DOT com wrote:


> Here's another WAG based on the problem I had not being able to tune
> channels.  I'm running Debian sarge on kernel 2.6.8 and ivtv
> 0.2.0-rc3i drivers.  The stock kernel includes both a tuner and
> msp3400 module, and these are not overwritten by the ivtv install.
>
> You may need to find the stock modules (msp3400.ko and tuner.ko) and
> mv them out of the way (or do something nicer like package a kernel
> without them?) so modprobe gets the correct ones.
>

mmm, didn't work but thanks anyways.
This thread continues in the ivtv-devel list.

Thanks,
--
Linux user: #306877
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[IvanK.]

>
> And it does!
>
> Hey, thanks! I was looking for a simple way to do this so I don't have
> to get out of bed before I go to sleep. Now, if you just had a way to
> turn the machine on with the same remote... ;-)
>

Actually, you can use the remote to turn on your machine.  Here are the steps:
1) Aim carefully at the power-on button of the computer
2) Throw the remote at the button from 1)
3) Hope you hit it

bonus: tie a string to the remote so you can retrieve it after you've turned 
on the computer.

:-) just coulldn't help it.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[Nick]

On 6/22/05, Tachtevrenidis, Kosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 1) Does anybody know how to make one of the buttons of the remote
> control launch an application (for example mythtv frontend). Sometimes
> my front end crashes and I am sitting there looking at the kde desktop
> with nothing to do but reboot because I have no keyboard attached to the
> machine.
> 

Why reboot? There's a tip on Jarod's guide for just this problem!

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php

Essentially, use irexec to run a script that starts mythfrontend if it
isn't running, or kill it if it is. If the frontend does hang, two
presses and you should be up and running again. If you are using a
combined front/backend - you can let the machine turn itself off by
closing the frontend process and waiting for the defined 'idle' time
to expire. If using a frontend, you should be able to shutdown from
the main MythTV menu by choosing 'Exit and Shutdown'.

> 2) How do I assign one button of the remote to take me straight to the
> program guide instead of having to navigate to it through the OSD while
> I am watching TV?

You want to set a global keybinding for GUIDE, using mythweb. 'S' is
the key that is usually bound to this in playback mode.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on xbox

[Andrew Close]

On 6/22/05, Todd Pearsall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can a modded Xbox with component-out serve up HD?  I wasn't sure if it would
> have enough horsepower.

i believe several good answers to this can be found in the archives:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/

but off the top of my head i think it can handle 720p, but don't quote
me on that. ;)
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Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 10K advice

[Tarun Kripalani]

Paul, have you tested with an ATSC SD digital inut signal for Live TV on your EPIA 10K? If so, what configuration did you use?
 
Thanks!Paul Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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[mythtv-users] New Myth/ivtv error

[Steve Pugh]

Hello all,

My Myth box, specs below, has been in "safe production" (the old Replay 
TV is not yet unplugged) for about two weeks now.  Over the weekend, it 
became unresponsive to remote and I could not get in via Mythweb.  SSH 
was sluggish but I could get in.  Restarting gave me the 'GDM could not 
write to your authorization file" error, and executing 'df -h' showed 
that my hda / partition was 100% full.


I traced the culprit to /var/log/syslog, which was almost 700MB.  
Roughly 99% of it was the following, repeating and very frequent judging 
from the timestamps:


   mythtv kernel: ivtv: DEC: Decoder wants 0x0001 bytes, bad memory 
location 0x0001.

   mythtv kernel ivtv: DEC: Decoder wants 0x0001.

The above lines repeat anywhere from eight to twelve times, sometimes 
the shorter line will appear twice, sometimes the longer line within the 
repeating block, then the following might appear, and then they repeat 
some more:


   mythtv kernel ivtv: DEC: Decoder w01.

I'm going to post this to the ivtv list as well, but y'all are pretty 
smart people and so I thought I'd ask you as well.  Thanks for any 
suggestions/ideas you can offer!


   -Steve
   Dual 2.4GHz Intel
   Knoppmyth R5A16, Myth 0.18.1
   PVR-350, PVR-250, ivtv 0.3.6g

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[mythtv-users] Mythtv on xbox

[Todd Pearsall]

Can a modded Xbox with component-out serve up HD?  I wasn't sure if it would 
have enough horsepower.

Thanks,
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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc for xine and mplayer

[Nick]

On 6/22/05, Jason Werpy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having some trouble with lirc working with xine and mplayer.
> 
> Its working fine for myth, but when I go into videos (mplayer), lirc
> doesn't seem to be working.  When I go into DVDs (xine) it doesn't
> work either.  The keyboard shortcuts do work, but the remote
> keypresses aren't coming through apparently.
> 
> I have copied the setttings form Jarod's configurations into my lircrc
> file, but they're not working.

Do have have entries in your lircrc file like

begin
prog = xine
button = RED
repeat = 3
config = Quit
end

You also need to make sure you have a file ~/.lircrc (which xine uses
but myth doesn't). Usually one is symlinked to the other so both
mythtv and your chosen media player can use the same file.

The button 'names' are those set in /etc/lircd.conf in the appropriate
remote section. xine also contains details of all possible lircable
commands in case there are particular commands you want to be able to
control but Jarod's example file does not contain.

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Re: [mythtv-users] [US] Help stop the broadcast flag, again

[Lane Schwartz]

Wendy,

Do you have any idea which Senator may be introducing the amendment?

That would be very helpful info to have when we call our Senators.

Thanks again,
Lane

On 6/22/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We don't have a bill number, and no reports that the flag was raised in the
> subcommittee yesterday.  Rumors are that it could still be added as an
> amendment at the full committee markup tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks for all the calls!
> 
> --Wendy
> 
> At 09:14 AM 6/22/2005 -0500, Lane Schwartz wrote:
> >Wendy,
> >
> >Do you have the name and numbers of the relevant bill and amendment?
> >
> >I called my senator's office yesterday morning. When I called this
> >morning to follow up, the staffer was very helpful, but wasn't able to
> >pull any status info without a name or number.
> >
> >Also, do you know what happened in subcommittee yesterday?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Lane
> >
> >
> >On 6/20/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > We've heard rumors that the Broadcast Flag that we, EFF, and a
> > > coalition of pressure groups have fought so hard against (and beat in
> > > the courts) will be sneaked back via an amendment to the giant Senate
> > > Appropriations Bill in a sub-committee at 2PM EST on Tuesday 21st.
> > > This week is Hollywood's last chance to ram the flag past Congress,
> > > and they're working hard to get it under the radar.  As you know, the
> > > Broadcast Flag would make it illegal for pcHDTV or Air2PC to keep
> > > making or importing HDTV tuner cards in the U.S.
> > >
> > > If you're in any of the following states, your Senators are members
> > > of the sub-committee. People of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa,
> > > Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
> > > North Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin - it's up to
> > > you!
> > >
> > > There's a sample script after the phone list. Remember: be cool,
> > > collected and polite. Most of these senators won't know a thing about
> > > the flag, until one of them makes it a throwaway amendment tomorrow.
> > > Make sure their ears twitch when they hear "broadcast flag" today.
> > >
> > > ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744
> > > ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens (202) 224-3004
> > > HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934
> > > IOWA Senator Tom Harkin (202) 224-3254
> > > KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521
> > > KENTUCKY Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541
> > > MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654
> > > MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721
> > > NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324
> > > NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici (202) 224-6621
> > > NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551
> > > TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922
> > > VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242
> > > WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621
> > > WISCONSIN Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653
> > >
> > > "Hello, Senator _'s office"
> > >
> > > "Hi, I'm a constituent. I'm registering my opposition to the
> > > broadcast flag amendment being introduced in the Senate Commerce
> > > Justice and Science Appropriations subcommittee mark-up on Tuesday,
> > > and in full committee on Thursday."
> > >
> > > (*** You can give your own reasons for opposing the flag here. Here's
> > > a sample: ***)
> > >
> > > "I've been developing my own television-watching technology -- but I
> > > won't be able to buy new parts if the Broadcast Flag goes through."
> > >
> > > "The Broadcast Flag cripples any device capable of receiving
> > > over-the-air digital broadcasts."
> > >
> > > "It give Hollywood movie studios a permanent veto over how members of
> > > the American public use our televisions."
> > >
> > > "It forces American innovators to beg the FCC for permission before
> > > adding new features to TV."
> > >
> > > "It will prevent fair use of copyrighted works: critical review, and
> > > use of material in distance learning"
> > >
> > > "This is an important issue which will affect all Americans, and
> > > should not be inserted in a large bill, at the last moment, with no
> > > debate."
> > >
> > > "Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and address are
> > > ___."
> > >
> > > "Thank you for your time."
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > --Wendy
> > > --
> > > --
> > > Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Electronic Frontier Foundation
> > > Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
> > > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
> > > http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
> > >
> > >
> > > ___
> > > mythtv-users mailing list
> > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org
> > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Meetup with other Myth users!
> >http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG
> 
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> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> Berkman Center for Internet & Soci

Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[Mark Knecht]

On 6/22/05, IvanK. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 June 2005 11:19 am, Tachtevrenidis, Kosta wrote:
> > 1) Does anybody know how to make one of the buttons of the remote
> > control launch an application (for example mythtv frontend). Sometimes
> > my front end crashes and I am sitting there looking at the kde desktop
> > with nothing to do but reboot because I have no keyboard attached to the
> > machine.
> 
> 
> Use irexec.  Example:
> 1) create /etc/irexec.conf
> 2) put there something like this (just the stuff between the ===):
> ===
> begin
>prog = irexec
>button = RS_15-2116_SLEEP
>config = /sbin/reboot
> end
> ===
> 
> the config = [command] line specifies what [program] to execute when you press
> the button.  The button, of course, must have been defined in lircd.conf
> 
> 3) put in one of your boot scripts this line:
> /usr/bin/irexec -d /etc/irexec.conf
> 
> That should work.
> 

And it does!

Hey, thanks! I was looking for a simple way to do this so I don't have
to get out of bed before I go to sleep. Now, if you just had a way to
turn the machine on with the same remote... ;-)

cheers,
Mark
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Re: [mythtv-users] prebuffering pause messages

[Nick]

On 6/22/05, Pete Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have MythTV setup on an Athlon 2000+ machine, with 512MB ram and all is
> good.
> That is, unless I try to watch live tv...( I haven't tried recording yet
> :-).
> After about a minute or so the picture stops and the console window is full
> of "prebuffering pause" messages.  I understand that this could be an issue
> to do with the via chipset on the motherboard?
> If so, is there a remedy (other than buying a new motherboard - that would
> be the last resort ;-).

I don't have any experience with VIA systems (other than my archaic
Pentium MMX Asus board ...) so can't give any advice on that front.
However, it could also be audio related - ensure ALSA (if you're using
that!) is setup correctly - try the extra audio buffering/aggressive
buffering available in the frontend setup and see if this has any
effect on things.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control issues

[IvanK.]

On Wednesday 22 June 2005 11:19 am, Tachtevrenidis, Kosta wrote:
> 1) Does anybody know how to make one of the buttons of the remote
> control launch an application (for example mythtv frontend). Sometimes
> my front end crashes and I am sitting there looking at the kde desktop
> with nothing to do but reboot because I have no keyboard attached to the
> machine.


Use irexec.  Example:
1) create /etc/irexec.conf
2) put there something like this (just the stuff between the ===):
===
begin
   prog = irexec
   button = RS_15-2116_SLEEP
   config = /sbin/reboot
end
===

the config = [command] line specifies what [program] to execute when you press 
the button.  The button, of course, must have been defined in lircd.conf

3) put in one of your boot scripts this line:
/usr/bin/irexec -d /etc/irexec.conf

That should work.

But make sure you're not using the same button for something else (assigned to 
a Mythtv button, etc).

>
> 2) How do I assign one button of the remote to take me straight to the
> program guide instead of having to navigate to it through the OSD while
> I am watching TV?
>

Those are configured through mythweb.  Don't remember the exact name, but 
something like global shortcuts.

IvanK.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 10K advice

[Paul Bender]

James Pattinson wrote:

Paul Bender wrote:



I suggest MiniMyth . It is self contained Linux 
distribution for running MythTV on diskless VIA EPIA boards.



Hi Paul

Thanks for the advice. I had seen that before, but was put off by the 
fact that it's MythTV 0.15.1 and the rest of my setup is at 0.18.1. Not 
sure what that actually means from a functionality point of view though!


Actually, the main page is out-of-date. There is a MythTV 0.18.1 version 
at . You can find more information 
about it on my homepage 
 and at the 
LinPVR.org forums .
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

[Robert Kulagowski]

also the iodata forum has some info about the linux server (wizd) and
about mpeg2-ts. The only major problem that stopped me from buying LP2
was inability to FF/REW on the TS streams. But their June 3rd firmware
release fixed that.


Is the LP2 a full uPNP client?  There's a uPNP framework (and some 
MythTV interface code) over at http://www.cybergarage.org

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Re: [mythtv-users] More problems with non-master backend

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/22/05 10:54 AM >>>
> PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
> 
> >What do I need to do to the mythbackend startup scripts 
> >to tell it to connect to a remote mysql installation for mythtv?
> >  
> >
> 
> Run mythtv-setup on the new machine and configure the database 
> address and credentials in there I think
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael

I don't need to run  the setup (already did), but I did modify 
mysql.txt in both /root/.mythtv/mysql.txt and 
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt to point to the master db ip address
and it has the correct user name and password.

I can run the frontend on this new machine ok, I just can't get the 
backend started.

Paul

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Re: [mythtv-users] off topic question/request for help on a mediamvp

[Robert Kulagowski]

I am pulling out my hair trying to figure this out, and the wife isn't
very happy that something I promised her would be working a month ago
still just boots up and says "contacting Mediamvp booterver".


I've updated the mvpmc HOWTO in the last few days.  See if the new 
version helps.  As far as the location of the files, every distribution 
seems to do it differently.  As is stated in the HOWTO, I wrote it on a 
Debian machine, but in the meantime someone sent me updated path 
information for Mandriva, so that's now included.  You don't state which 
distribution you're using.

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Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please

[Daniel Segel]

Change or add a DisplaySize line in your Xorg.conf (or equivalent) 
Monitor section. You can make the fonts huge that way if you want.


Start with:

DisplaySize 182 121

and then try values like 150 100 and 300 200 instead. Restart the X 
server after each change and note the difference.


Daniel

Tachtevrenidis, Kosta wrote:

 
dear friends,
 
does anybody know how to make the mythtv interface font bigger? I can 
change the font size on the mythtv interface menus but when it comes 
to the main menus like the "Watch TV" button, I can not change it a bit.
 
Also if someone know how to change the font of the program guide, that 
would be way helpful. I managed to change the font of the OSD but that 
was it.
 


Kosta Tachtevrenidis



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Re: [mythtv-users] [US] Help stop the broadcast flag, again

[Wendy Seltzer]

We don't have a bill number, and no reports that the flag was raised in the 
subcommittee yesterday.  Rumors are that it could still be added as an 
amendment at the full committee markup tomorrow.


Thanks for all the calls!

--Wendy

At 09:14 AM 6/22/2005 -0500, Lane Schwartz wrote:

Wendy,

Do you have the name and numbers of the relevant bill and amendment?

I called my senator's office yesterday morning. When I called this
morning to follow up, the staffer was very helpful, but wasn't able to
pull any status info without a name or number.

Also, do you know what happened in subcommittee yesterday?

Thanks,
Lane


On 6/20/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We've heard rumors that the Broadcast Flag that we, EFF, and a
> coalition of pressure groups have fought so hard against (and beat in
> the courts) will be sneaked back via an amendment to the giant Senate
> Appropriations Bill in a sub-committee at 2PM EST on Tuesday 21st.
> This week is Hollywood's last chance to ram the flag past Congress,
> and they're working hard to get it under the radar.  As you know, the
> Broadcast Flag would make it illegal for pcHDTV or Air2PC to keep
> making or importing HDTV tuner cards in the U.S.
>
> If you're in any of the following states, your Senators are members
> of the sub-committee. People of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa,
> Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
> North Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin - it's up to
> you!
>
> There's a sample script after the phone list. Remember: be cool,
> collected and polite. Most of these senators won't know a thing about
> the flag, until one of them makes it a throwaway amendment tomorrow.
> Make sure their ears twitch when they hear "broadcast flag" today.
>
> ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744
> ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens (202) 224-3004
> HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934
> IOWA Senator Tom Harkin (202) 224-3254
> KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521
> KENTUCKY Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541
> MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654
> MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721
> NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324
> NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici (202) 224-6621
> NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551
> TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922
> VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242
> WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621
> WISCONSIN Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653
>
> "Hello, Senator _'s office"
>
> "Hi, I'm a constituent. I'm registering my opposition to the
> broadcast flag amendment being introduced in the Senate Commerce
> Justice and Science Appropriations subcommittee mark-up on Tuesday,
> and in full committee on Thursday."
>
> (*** You can give your own reasons for opposing the flag here. Here's
> a sample: ***)
>
> "I've been developing my own television-watching technology -- but I
> won't be able to buy new parts if the Broadcast Flag goes through."
>
> "The Broadcast Flag cripples any device capable of receiving
> over-the-air digital broadcasts."
>
> "It give Hollywood movie studios a permanent veto over how members of
> the American public use our televisions."
>
> "It forces American innovators to beg the FCC for permission before
> adding new features to TV."
>
> "It will prevent fair use of copyrighted works: critical review, and
> use of material in distance learning"
>
> "This is an important issue which will affect all Americans, and
> should not be inserted in a large bill, at the last moment, with no
> debate."
>
> "Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and address are
> ___."
>
> "Thank you for your time."
>
>
> Thanks!
> --Wendy
> --
> --
> Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
> http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
>
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] ETA for FC4 RPMs?

[Alan Hagge]

Jeff volckaert wrote:


I was having trouble with FC3 & Mythtv getting unwatchable recordings.
I would get a real jittery recording.  I tried a bunch of IVTV driver
version, but no luck.

I wiped my server (keeping my recording partition and a copy of the
Mysql Database) and put FC4 to see if that will help.  Now I am
waiting on RPMs for Mythtv.  Anyone got an ETA?  Where there problems
compiling for FC4?

I don't mean to sound like I'm rushing anyone... I would just like a
status update.

Thanks,
Jeff
 

I've got Myth running on a FC4 install by installing the FC3 RPMS from 
ATrpms and then whatever FC4 RPMS there were over the top.  It seems to 
be working just as well as when I had FC3 installed.


But if you're convinced that FC3 is the root of your jittery recording 
problems, then this may not help.  Have you thoroughly debugged the 
source of the jittering?  Looking at the mythbackend log, starting up 
mythfrontend & mythbackend with all messages (mythfrontend -v all, 
mythbackend -v all)?  Ensuring you have enough CPU horsepower and/or 
that you have an nVidia driver with a funtional XvMC setup?


Unfortunately, at this stage, the MythTV debugging learning curve is 
quite steep.  It helps immensely to read others' posts and the excellent 
info at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv and http://www.mythtv.info .


Good luck!

Alan
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Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 10K advice

[James Pattinson]

Paul Bender wrote:



I suggest MiniMyth . It is self contained Linux 
distribution for running MythTV on diskless VIA EPIA boards.


Hi Paul

Thanks for the advice. I had seen that before, but was put off by the 
fact that it's MythTV 0.15.1 and the rest of my setup is at 0.18.1. Not 
sure what that actually means from a functionality point of view though!


Cheers,

James
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