Re: [mythtv-users] Program Finder- Idea for improvement
Daniel Walton wrote: On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, Steve Adeff wrote: I tried using the Program Finder today. I went to the first letter of the program name and spent the next 45 seconds scrolling... Even if you hold down "PgDown"? It scrolls by pretty quickly for me. Daniel My remote doesn't have a page down. I also find the Program Finder very slow to use. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Strange PVR-350 TV-out issue
David Blevins wrote: So I've been using my PVR-350's tv-out fine with no issues for about two months now, however recently it's started to misbehave. Once every day or two, the screen will slowly start flipping from right to left and the colors will become a very separated deep blue, red, and green. Seems a couple restarts usually makes it go away for a while. I really have no idea what to look for. Any pointers on what to diagnose? -David I haven't heard of any other 350 users with issues like this. My guess would be bad hardware. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Changing channel delay theory
Alberto Alonso wrote: OK, I read the docs that say that the buffering of 4 seconds is needed so that fast forward and rewind work. I am hoping that someone will help me understand why. If the buffer doesn't have any back data I can understand the operations to just leave the viewing cursor at the present position. However if during the viewing they user decided to pause this would start filling up the cache. This would then have the effect of being able to forward/rewind as needed. Any explanations? Thanks, Alberto When you watch TV what MythTV is actually doing is: - Encode TV signal - Save encoded data to disk - Read encoded data fom disk - Decode data - Display decoded data on TV All this processing takes time - that's why there is a few second delay when you change channels. If the live TV signal was displayed directly without delay then you would have a problem when you tried to pause, fast forward or rewind. There would be a delay waiting for the decoder and the time would skip backwards a few seconds. Putting the delay at startup avoids a discontinuity during playback and it was also probably easier to implement. -- Regards, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tuner numbers - 1 & 3 (no 2)?
Matthew Carle wrote: Thanks Nick, Option 1 doesn't work so it looks like I'll have to edit the database. Just have to figure out how... My SQL knowledge is very patchy. If everything works I would just leave it alone myself. If you decide to try and change it, you might want to try "webmin". It givs you a GUI to edit the database tables. It's a pretty usefull program for lots of other stuff as well. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Program Guide time is 4 hours OFF
Folashade Adeyosoye wrote: Even thou I have set this up in the mythtv-setup General --> Next --> Next ==> Time offset for XMLTV Listing == Auto It still seems to be 4 hours off, what can I do to get this lined up. Is the Linux clock set correctly? Check the time zone setting. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] master-backend with slave backend/frontend
Tyler Edwards wrote: In Jarod’s guide, which rocks BTW, something is mentioned in remote frontend setup about changing a value in /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt my system does not seem to have this file…. Is this the problem??? Oh yeah, I am running FC3 and Myth.81 on both machines. The correct path is: /usr/local/share/mythtv/mysql.txt Yes, you need this file and you need to change it on both machines to point to the IP address of the database. -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVD sing xine on PVR-350 TV out?
Gary M wrote: On Apr 10, 2005 8:02 AM, *Bob Wiegand* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: xine -V xsh -p -f -g -s dvd This isn't using the PVR-350's decoder so the computer has to do all the work. Where do you get the sound from? The soundcard or through the PVR-350? -- Gary M It comes out the sound card. -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVD sing xine on PVR-350 TV out?
Fredrik Karlsson wrote: Hi all, I was wondering what you PVR-350 users out there were using for DVD playback. From the archives I get that xine is the preferred player since it has both dvdnav and lirc support (ogle has some sort of helper program too, but it did not compile for me..) So, what command are you using for DVD? Please help me find a setting that produce a stable image.. /Fredrik xine -V xsh -p -f -g -s dvd This isn't using the PVR-350's decoder so the computer has to do all the work. -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need OS and hardware insight...
> From: Tim Cyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Also, in my browsing of the archive I noticed that the Connexant chip was > recommended against because of lack of drivers. As fate would have it this > is exactly the chip that I bought because it's the only one that I saw that > had native MPEG-4 support. But, the thread that mentioned it was at least > a year old, so are there drivers now available for this chip? You don't say which specific card you have, but take a look at: http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/ Be sure to look through the mailing list archives - the info. on the web site isn't totally current. Drivers can be found at: http://205.209.168.201/~ckennedy/ivtv/ -- Regards, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
First, thanks for the good work. Overall, commercial skipping works pretty well. Is there any way to control commercial skip on a per-show or per-channel basis? I get false positives on some PBS shows where I know there aren't any commercials. -- Regards, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythDVD installed, but MIA
> I have mythtv installed and working. And if I run rpm -qa it tells me > I > have mythdvd installed. But on mythfrontend in setup I do not see the > screen for mythdvd. And if I run /usr/bin/mtd -n it tells me I do not > have > a DVD directory setup, and to run setup. Not sure where to run setup? > Any help appreciated. > > Danny Aldham I had this same problem with version 0.16. If I remember correctly, after I installed mythmusic the mythdvd setup showed up. I suspect there is something missing in the mythdvd setup and it isn't creating the menus correctly. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] X output to both TV and monitor
> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 20:17:11 +0100 > From: Carlos Fernandez Sanz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] X output to both TV and monitor > To: Discussion about mythtv > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > What I want is both screens to display the same contents... I > don't want to have one virtual area with the TV being at the right > or bottom of the monitor. A few possibilities: It's possible to run the Myth frontend from the monitor and direct the TV output to the PVR350. It's possible to run Myth frontend on both the TV and monitor. Just don't try to watch anything from the monitor. Using the setup menus would be no problem. You could try using the "Relative" screen positioning option in the X config file to make the two screens overlap. I don't know what would actually happen - I never tried it. -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Choppy playback on remote frontend only - 2 sec prebuffering pause
> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:17:02 -0500 > From: James Pifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Choppy playback on remote frontend only - 2 > sec prebuffering pause > To: MythTV > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Up to this point I've been running frontend and backend on the same > machine, RH9 with a PVR350 and 250. I finally have setup another machine > to be a frontend. The playback on the new frontend pauses every 2 > seconds for prebuffering in both LiveTV and recording playback, yet they > play fine on the combo frontend/backend. Are the files stored on the backend machine? I've had similar problems that seem to be due to poor NFS performance. If I share the drive using Samba it works - with NFS it doesn't. -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythDVD Install Issue
I installed MythDVD onto a working MythTV system. The DVD play option showed up in the Myth menus, but the DVD setup was missing. I then installed MythMusic and the DVD settings showed up. It seems that the MythDVD install is missing something. -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FYI, steps to get X working on the PVR-350 card.
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:49:12 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [mythtv-users] FYI, steps to get X working on the PVR-350 > card. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I wrote up a page of notes, for my own future reference on how to > get MythTV's frontend (requires X Windows) to appear on the > Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 card's television out port. > > My setup works fine for me, but like I mention in the last two > paragraphs there are some configuration changes I would like to > discover or someone to enlighten me as to how to tweak it how I > would like it. > > http://www.schaefer.dhcp.biz/pvr350tvout.htm Good information - I would suggest adding this to the ivtv Wiki at http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/ -- Regards, Bob Wiegand ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV out usability?
> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:24:04 -0500 (EST) > From: Randy Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV out usability? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > Is there a final answer on the usability of the PVR-350 TV out in general? > I've read that some people have issues with playing DVDs and other non-TV > files through it. Will it work well, or should I stick with looking for a > motherboard or video card with S-video out? > > -Randy Yes it's usable, but it does take a little work. Check out: http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/ Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users