[Freevo-users] Freevo + mp1e: revisited

[Alan Murrell]

Okay, still trying to get this to work, and I have
found one of my problems: a lot of the posts I read
indicated that I need to use '%(timecode)s' for the -n
argument of mp1e, however, I kept getting the
following error:

-
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/runtime/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py",
line 52, in callWithContext
return context.call({ILogContext: newCtx},
func, *args, **kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/runtime/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/python/context.py",
line 32, in callWithContext
return func(*args,**kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/runtime/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py",
line 122, in run
self.mainLoop()
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/runtime/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py",
line 130, in mainLoop
self.runUntilCurrent()
---  ---
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/runtime/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py",
line 411, in runUntilCurrent
call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py", line
745, in minuteCheck
self.record_app.Record(rec_prog)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo/src/tv/plugins/generic_record.py",
line 103, in Record
self.rec_command = config.VCR_CMD %
cl_options
exceptions.KeyError: u'timecode'
-

When I looked at line 103 of generic_record.py, I only
saw definitions for 'channel', 'filename', and
'seconds'; no 'timecode'.

For anyone currently using mp1e: how do you pass the
time argument to mp1e?  From what I can tell, the '-n'
switch only accepts either the number of frames or a
hh:mm:ss type of time argument.  I suppose in my
script, I could pass '%(seconds)s' and have it
calculate the number of frames (29.97 * %(seconds)s),
but that seems clunky.  I will give it a try, however.

In the meantime, any other light you could shed on
this would be appreciated.

Alan Murrell


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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + mp1e

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Aubin,

Actually, I installed xawtv-control, and I think I can
control channel changing using 'v4lctl' to do the
channel changing.  Here is my VCR_CMD now:

--- VCR_CMD ---
VCR_CMD = ('/usr/bin/v4lctl setnorm NTSC; ' +
   '/usr/bin/v4lctl setchannel %(channel)s; '
+
   '/usr/local/freevo/runtime/apps/mp1e ' +
   '-v ' +
   '-m3 ' +
   '-p/dev/dsp1 ' +
   '-r14,100 ' +
   '-S32 ' +
   '-a0 ' +
   '-c/dev/video0 ' +
   '-s640x480 ' +
   '-b3 ' +
   '-n%(timecode)s ' +
   '-o %(filename)s.mpg')
--- VCR_CMD ---

However, the traceback looks the same:

--- TRACEBACK ---
2003/10/11 09:00 PDT [*RecordServer*] Traceback (most
recent call last):
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py",
line 52, in callWithContext
return context.call({ILogContext: newCtx},
func, *args, **kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/python/context.py",
line 32, in callWithContext
return func(*args,**kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py",
line 122, in run
self.mainLoop()
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py",
line 130, in mainLoop
self.runUntilCurrent()
---  ---
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py",
line 368, in runUntilCurrent
call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
  File "./src/helpers/recordserver.py", line
698, in minuteCheck
self.record_app.Record(rec_prog)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/src/tv/plugins/generic_record.py",
line 92, in Record
self.rec_command = config.VCR_CMD %
cl_options
exceptions.KeyError: timecode
--- TRACEBACK ---

However, I think the problem may be a little more than
that, since if I use the above mp1e commands on the
command line, nothing gets recorded; it just sort of
sits there, so I will see if I can get that working
first, but in the meantime, any ideas on what the
traceback is showing would be appreciated.

TIA,

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + mp1e

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Aubin,

--- Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I posted a shell script to change channels via
> mplayer awhile back;

That would be your 'schedulerec' script. correct?  If
so, I did a search for that on both the Users and
Devel archives, but no luck (I did find references to
'schedulerec', but mostly in error postings)

Since Sourceforge's search is useless if you are
searching for more than one word, my search options
were very limited.

> for the 'timecode' it just uses "min:sec" rather
> than raw seconds like mencoder, so make sure your
> VCR_CMD has %(timecode)s instead of %(seconds)s

It does.  My full VCR_CMD I tried for mp1e is posted
below, followed by the traceback that appears in the
recordserver log.

--- VCR_CMD ---
VCR_CMD =
('/usr/local/freevo/runtime/apps/mp1e ' +
 '-v -m3 ' +
 '-p/dev/dsp1 ' +
 '-r14,100 ' +
 '-s32 ' +
 '-a0 ' +
 '-c/dev/video0 ' +
 '-s640x480 ' +
 '-b3 channel=%(channel)s ' +
 '-n %(timecode)s ' +
 '-o %(filename)s.mpg')
--- VCR_CMD ---

--- TRACEBACK ---
2003/10/10 21:00 PDT [*RecordServer*] Traceback (most
recent call last):
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py",
line 52, in callWithContext
return context.call({ILogContext: newCtx},
func, *args, **kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/python/context.py",
line 32, in callWithContext
return func(*args,**kw)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py",
line 122, in run
self.mainLoop()
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py",
line 130, in mainLoop
self.runUntilCurrent()
---  ---
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py",
line 368, in runUntilCurrent
call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
  File "./src/helpers/recordserver.py", line
698, in minuteCheck
self.record_app.Record(rec_prog)
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.4-rc1/src/tv/plugins/generic_record.py",
line 92, in Record
self.rec_command = config.VCR_CMD %
cl_options
exceptions.KeyError: timecode
--- TRACEBACK ---

I hope this helps.

Alan


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[Freevo-users] Freevo + mp1e

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I wish to play around with using mp1e with Freevo, but
am not having much luck.  I can't get the coding for
the timecode right, and also it appears from previous
posts that mp1e does not know how to change channels,
so usually some sort of wrapper is required.

Is there a posting of someone's solution to this?

TIA,

Alan


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[Freevo-users] TV GUide crash

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

  Mandrake 9.1
  Freevo 1.3.4

When I try to view the program guide under Freevo
1.3.4, I get the little popup saying "Preparing the
program guide", then it eventuallt crashes, with the
following traceback in 'internal-main-0.log':

--- internal-main-0.log ---
strange cPickle error...try pickle
Crash!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "src/main.py", line 420, in ?
main_func()
  File "src/main.py", line 358, in main_func
app.eventhandler(event)
  File "src/menu.py", line 529, in eventhandler
action( arg=arg, menuw=self )
  File "src/menu.py", line 105, in select
self.function(arg=self.arg, menuw=menuw)
  File "src/tv/tv.py", line 202, in start_tvguide
TVGuide(start_time, stop_time,
guide.chan_list[0].id, prg, start_tv, menuw)
  File "src/tv/tvguide.py", line 94, in __init__
menuw.pushmenu(self)
  File "src/menu.py", line 306, in pushmenu
menu.refresh()
  File "src/tv/tvguide.py", line 155, in refresh
self.menuw.refresh()
  File "src/menu.py", line 313, in refresh
return self.skin.draw((menu.type, menu))
  File "skins/main1/skin_main1.py", line 579, in draw
a.draw(settings, object, style, type,
self.force_redraw)
  File "skins/main1/area.py", line 375, in draw
self.update_content()
  File "skins/main1/tvlisting_area.py", line 173, in
update_content
recordingshows = self.check_schedule()
  File "skins/main1/tvlisting_area.py", line 410, in
check_schedule
start_time = time.mktime(time.strptime(vals[0],
'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
OverflowError: mktime argument out of range
--- internal-main-0.log ---

I had experienced the same thing a couple times
before, and so just before trying to view the Program
Guide this time, I removed any 'TV*.pickled' files
from /var/cache/freevo.

Any idea what is happening here, or how to correct it?

Other than that though, I must say that I very much
like this version of Freevo.  A "Search" feature
similar to what the Web inerface has would be good as
well :-)

TIA,

Alan Murrell



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[Freevo-users] Error running 1.3.4

[Alan Murrell]

Hi,

I didn;t see this on the list, but hopefully someone
can shed some light on what is not happening.

  Mandrake 9.1
  Freevo 1.3.4 (binary download)

When I reboot my machine, and have it run the 1.3.4
version of Freevo, it does not run.  The following is
the only entry that shows up in
/var/log/freevo/internal-main-0.log:

--- CUT HERE ---
ROM_DRIVES: Auto-detected and added "('/mnt/cdrom',
'/dev/cdrom', 'CD-1')"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "src/main.py", line 123, in ?
import osd # The OSD class, used to
communicate with the OSD daemon
  File "src/osd.py", line 96, in ?
from mmpython.image import EXIF as exif
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.3.4/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mmpython/__init__.py",
line 86, in ?
import disc.audioinfo
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.3.4/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mmpython/disc/audioinfo.py",
line 32, in ?
import CDDB
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.3.4/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mmpython/disc/CDDB.py",
line 19, in ?
default_user = os.geteuid() or os.environ['USER']
or 'user'
  File
"/usr/local/freevo-1.3.4/runtime/lib/python2.2/UserDict.py",
line 14, in __getitem__
def __getitem__(self, key): return self.data[key]
KeyError: USER
--- CUT HERE ---

Could the error be because Freevo is being called
automatically on boot, as opposed to being called by a
"user"?

(this is just a guess; I really have no idea why this
is happening)

As always, TIA for your help and guidance on this.

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Re: [Freevo-users] ATI VE

[Alan Murrell]

--- "McIntyre, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Does the ATI Wonder VE work at all?

Like a charm :-)

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Re: [Freevo-users] Problems Starting MEncoder

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Paul,

I've had the same problem.

--
> ./runapp ./runtime/apps/mplayer/mencoder -tv \
> on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=3\
>

You need to replace the -tv with tv://, like this:

./runapp ./runtime/apps/mplayer/mencoder \
tv://on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=3 \
[...]

Rob or Dirk: Would it be possible to change that in
the freevo_config.py and local_config.py files?

HTH,

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Re: [Freevo-users] power button

[Alan Murrell]

> Or have I misunderstood what you wanted to do?

I think he wants to program his "Power" button on his
remote to shutdown his Freevo, as opposed to always
having to use the "Shutdown" option in the main menu.

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Re: [Freevo-users] ATI TV Wonder, any success?

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Taylor,

--- Taylor Dondich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone had any success using a ATI
> TV Wonder PCI capture card with FreeVO on Linux and
> had success.

If you are referring to the ATI VE Wonder, then yes,
there is quite a lot of success; you need to use the
bttv module.

If this is the card you are referring to, what sort of
problems are you experiencing (besides not being able
to capture, that is ).  Are there any message in
the log files?  Any that show up on the screen?

Please advise.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo questions

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Dan,

> what kind of image quality are you getting(at what
> compression)?

Quite good, actually.

> what kind of compression ratio are you acheiving(at
> what quality)?

Hrm I cannot recall offhand, but I use MEncoder with
the Freevo "Standard" high quality (1500Mbps??), which
records at 320x240; a one-hour reording is just over
600MB.

> what compression codex are you using?

Divx

> what capture cards are you using?

ATI VE Wonder

> what sort of cpu usage are you seeing while
> recording?

70-80%, on an EPIA 800MHz.

> do you encode on the fly or off line?

On the fly (for TV shows that I record, and likely
will not keep)

> is anyone able to record two simultanious streams?

I don't have the computer resources as yet, but I know
of at least one person who is.

> does anyone have a multi headed freevo box, allowing
> you to watch different channels on different tvs,
> and maybe even recording a 3rd program at the same
> time?

Not that I know of, but I am sure it's possible.

I hope this helps.

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[Freevo-users] Freevo-1.3.2: thoughts and questions

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I just downloaded and installed the binary release on
freevo-1.3.2.  As always, great work!  Freevo keeps
getting better and better.  I do have some thoughts
and questions, below:

  Web Interface: Looks very nice, however, it tells me
that the "recording server is down".  I do have the
cronjob of the record_daemon.py running every minute,
but I suspect there is something else that needs
enabled.  I was unable to find anything in the the new
local_conf.py or freevo_config.py .  What do I need to
do to enable the recording server?

  Also, still witht he Web Interface, I see a link for
"Favourites".  Is this something where one can enter
the shows one wants recorded automatically, and Freevo
will automagically record them when they come up in
the schedule?  If so, is this feature available in the
"regular" Freevo Interface as well (and if so, how
does one access it)? 

  TV Guide Search: Has this been implemented, or is
this slated for the next release?  I know it appears
you can search for programs from within the web
interface, however I am referring to searching from
within Freevo itself.  If this is implmented, what is
the Freevo name I need to map in lirc?

  MPlayer: it appears that the runtime MPlayer is
still unable to play videos when the display is
'fbdev:vidix'.  When I attempt to do so, I just get
kicked backed to the file list.  This isn't a biggie,
as I do not mind using a "system" MPlayer (I will
likely have to do so if I eventually start playing
DVDs using Freevo), but I just thought I would mention
it.

Well, those are the "negatives" (but not really big
ones!).  For the positives, I really love the ability
to view what shows have been set to record, and to
delete them as well.

Well, I've babbled enough.  I look forward to hearing
back from you.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Re: imdb.py: ImportError: No module named httplib

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Dirk,

> Strange. I don't use the runtime, but httplib is
> part of the python distribution. Maybe this bug is
> fixed with pre5-testX?

Actually, it wasn't a bug; it was a PEBCAK error. 
when I was trying to run it from the helpers directory
directly, and got the error.  When I ran it fromthe
~freevo directory, it worked :-)

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Re: [Freevo-users] runtime-pre5-test5 available and call for testers (was test4)

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Rob,

('AM' = 'Alan Murrell', 'RS' = 'Ron Shortt')

AM> > export
AM> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:./runtime/dll

RS> Ok, don't do that. :)

Alright, I'll stop doing that :-)

RS> See one of my previous emails about adding a
RS> line to runapp.c, recompile.

Hrm, I've never compiled the binary stuff myself
before.  This should be fun :-)

RS> I hope fixing runapp works for you.

I'll give it a try tonight, and let you know :-)

RS> By the way what proceor do you have?

My Freevo machine is an EPIA (the 800MHz one), and so
far, runs Freevo, DivX, etc. quite fine, as far as I
have been able to tell.  Of course, I am having to use
a "system" MPlayer for the VIDIX driver, since i run
in framebuffer mode :-)

> some stuff in the runtime is pentium optimized.

Probably, but my Freevo box is running Mandrake 9.1,
which is i586 optimized, and as I said, things are
running quite well.

My compilations are done on an AMD 750MHz machine
(also running Mandrake 9.1), however.  I want to keep
as little devel stuff off the Freevo box as possible.
:-)

> to scrounge up a spare machine, slap gentoo on it

If your processor/RAM is enough, instead of scrounging
up a spare machine, why don't you just run a UML
virtual server (http://user-mode-linux.sf.net).  Then
you can use that UML virtual machine as your Freevo
build only machine :-)  the onyl snag may be in
getting Gentoo on there; I am not aware of any Gentoo
UML machine installs :-(

HTH,

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Re: [Freevo-users] runtime-pre5-test5 available and call for testers (was test4)

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Rob,

New error with the runtime-pre5-test5 :-)

> ./runtime/apps/freevo_python: error while loading
> shared libraries: libavcodec.so: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory

I still got this error, even after running 'cvs update
-d runtime' (though this would have been from anon
CVS, but it was just about 10mins ago).  So, I tried:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:./runtime/dll

and now when I try to start Freevo (or do any command,
actually), the following error appears:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] freevo]# ./freevo
/bin/sh: relocation error: ./runtime/dll/libc.so.6:
symbol __libc_stack_end, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not
defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference

Also, when I try to run MPlayer from the command line
to play a movie file, it still gives the "cannot find
any mga cards error" I mentioned in a previous post. 
However, I am willing to wait to get Freevo up and
running with the runtime first, before dealing with
that :-)

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[Freevo-users] imdb.py: ImportError: No module named httplib

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

  Mandrake 9.1
  Freevo 1.3.2-pre4

I decided to give the 'imdb.py' a whirl, to grab some
info and images for a couple of movies I have.  I ran
it from the 'helpers' directory as well as the main
freevo directory, but I get the same error in each
case:

--- ERROR ---
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./helpers/imdb.py", line 5, in ?
import httplib, urllib
ImportError: No module named httplib
--- ERROR ---

I am guessing that the Python 'httlib' is not included
with the Freevo runtime, but before I go out and try
to add it to my system, I just wanted to make sure
that I was not doing something wrong first.

WOuld you be able to confirm this?

TIA,

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Re: [Freevo-users] Partition type for Freevo?

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

> "industrial strength" systems like XFS and JFS.

Actually, I was going to give XFS a try, particualrly
since it was made for video files, etc., but it seems
to have disappeared from the kernel. :-(

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Re: [Freevo-users] USB ATI Remote

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

--- |||DVS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Many thanks for this.. Helped me out no end as I
> was struggling like hell to get it to work.

Excellent news.  I'm glad I can start to give a little
back in the way that many others on this list have
(and will likely continue to) help me out with the
various weird issues I seem to come across :-)

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[Freevo-users] USB ATI Remote

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have just
added an entry to the Wiki with regards to using the
wonderful 'ATI USB Remote' under Freevo.

I hope this helps someone out :-)

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Re: [Freevo-users] Re: EPIA and Framebuffer: Not playing full screen

[Alan Murrell]

Hey Jason,

Quick question or two regarding fbdev:vidix...

(I have the VESA framebuffer working fine)

> you use mplayer with -vo fbdev:vidix.

First question: when I compile MPlayer, I don't see
'vidix' os one fo the output options.  I see 'xvidix',
but no 'vidix'.  Here is my "summary" output from just
runnig './configure':

--- BEGIN ---
  Install prefix: /usr/local
  Data directory: /usr/local/share/mplayer
  Config direct.: /usr/local/etc/mplayer

  Byte order: Little Endian
  Optimizing for: i586 mmx 3dnow mtrr

  Enabled optional drivers:
Input: streaming edl tv cdda mpdvdkit2 vcd
Codecs: libdv libavcodec libvorbis libmad liblzo
Audio output: alsa9 esd arts oss nas sdl
mpegpes(file)
Video output: xvidix dxr3 sdl vesa jpeg png
mpegpes(file) fbdev aa ggi opengl dga xv x11
  Disabled optional drivers:
Input: tv-v4l tv-bsdbt848 dvdnav dvdread dvdcss
Codecs: qtx opendivx xvid real xanim dshow/dmo
win32 gif
Audio output: sgi sun dxr2 win32
Video output: bl zr dxr2 directx gif89a svga xmga
mga directfb tdfxfb 3dfx
--- END ---

There's 'xvidix' but no simple, plain 'vidix'.  I
tried FB mode + 'xvidix', but no go (I didn;t thin
there would be, but I had to try :-) )

Also, when you say you have MPlayer run eith '-vo
fbdev:vidix', is that what is entered on the 'display'
line in freevo.conf?  I.e.:

display = fbdev:xvidix

And for the scaling options you mentioned, I assume
those are added to the appropriate video playing .PY
file?

Thanks for you enlightenment! :-)

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RE: [Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out ** WORKING **

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Tommy,

> (http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=296#KPLE) yet ?
> Check out the the item marked New (Mandrake 9.0),

Looks like those are for the EPIA-M ?

> Maybe you will have to use them in order to get the
> "Device" parameters to work.

Actually, it seems that my problem was with the
version of X Windows that I was using.  I was running
4.3.1(??), from the Mandrake 9.1 install.  However,
the EPIA trident_drv.o module supplied by VIA is for
4.2.0.  So, I:

  - reinstalled a bare-bones Mandrake 9.1 (I didn't
want to have to deal with all the dependencies I would
run into if I just removed the RPMS);
  - downloaded and installed the XFree86 4.2.0
binaries from ftp.xfree86.org;
  - dropped in your XF86Config file (I had to do a
little minor tweaking of the drivers to be loaded)

Result: I now have twm displaying on my screen (it's
as ugly as heck, but that's onlt the first step!)

Next step: get Freevo downloaded and installed so I
can really test out it's performance under X.

My goal, actually, is to have a system that can
support both framebuffer and X.  Why?  Why not? :-)

Thanks for your help!

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RE: [Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out

[Alan Murrell]

Okay, so I'm making a little progress.  I am getting
the "ModeLines"; in fact, everything seems to be
loading, except my screen is still blank (but a sort
of darker blank, if you know what I mean?)

Running 'ps -aux' confirms that Freevo is running:

root  1215  0.0  0.9  2380 1124 vc/1 S   
22:55   0:00 /bin/sh ./xfreevo
root  1220  0.0  0.4  1380  520 ?S   
22:55   0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd -
root  1221  0.0  0.5  2300  612 vc/1 S   
22:55   0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xi
root  1222  0.1  7.1 19960 8476 ?S<  
22:55   0:01 /etc/X11/X :0
root  1224  0.0  0.9  2376 1132 vc/1 S   
22:55   0:00 /bin/sh /root/fre
root  1225  0.0  0.9  2384 1160 vc/1 S   
22:55   0:00 /bin/sh ./freevo
root  1227  0.4 29.3 45612 34676 vc/1S   
22:55   0:03 ./runtime/dll/fre
root  1235  0.0 29.3 45612 34676 vc/1S   
22:55   0:00 ./runtime/dll/fre
root  1236  0.0 29.3 45612 34676 vc/1S   
22:55   0:00 ./runtime/dll/fre
root  1241  0.0 29.3 45612 34676 vc/1S   
22:55   0:00 ./runtime/dll/fre
root  1242  0.0 29.3 45612 34676 vc/1S   
22:55   0:00 ./runtime/dll/fre

('./xfrevo' is my startup script, which I more or
lessgrabbed from the RH8 Freevo link in the
documentation)

So I am almost there; just gotta get the display to
actually show up on the screen instead of this "dark
blank" :-)

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[Freevo-users] Re: EPIA and Framebuffer: Not playing full screen

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Jason,

Thank you for your response.

> I have the same problem with an Epia 800. (a Trident
> CyberBlade-based board).

Actually, I think that's the same board I have :-)  I
actually bought it to play with, and once satisifed
with the results, will likely upgrade to one of the
other models, and perhaps give this one as an Xmas
gift or something to a friend :-)

>  - set overscan/ntsc in the bios

I think I've done that.

>  - use the standard kernel vesa framebuffer (not an
> accelerated one)

Hrm, how does this affect playback of DivX, etc.?  I
heard it's fairly slow on this platform.  Actually,
one thing I have noticed is when playing an MP3 in
framebuffer, if I press FFWD or some other key,
everything freezes :-(

>  - don't use any tvtool or tvout to set anything (It
> automatically uses tvout if no monitor is attached)

I think this is only required with the epiafb module,
since when it is inserted, it makes the display go all
wonky until you specify the '-b ntsc' with the tvout
tool (I think the epiafb uses PAL by default)

>  - use -vo fbdev:vidix with mplayer. It has built-in
> support for the hardware.

Hrm, I will have to give that a try.  It may even
correct the problem I just mentioned regarding the
MP3's, if there's built-in support :-)

> X seemed slow to me too. I didn't try freevo under X
> on the epia, but mplayer was far slower under X.

Actually, I was playing with Freevo + X (on the epia)
this morning (output to a monitor, since I still
haven't been able to X to display ont he TV screen
yet), and there was no window manager running (I
figured out how to do it).  It seemed pretty okay,
actually.  We'll see when I actually get it outputting
to my TV screen (I want to have both framebuffer and X
support)

I'm wondering if tools compiled specifically for the
epia (MPlayer, etc.) would help performance any?

> X driver, so that's not really a good test. Did you
> try it?

Actually, no, I plum forgot about it.  Perhaps rather
than smack my head against the wall, I should give it
a go :-)

> That sounds nice, I may have to experiment with X
> again. The color of the epia 800 tv out leaves 
> something to be desired.

Actually, when I think about it, I am not sure that
the "vibrant blue" will come out through X even on the
TV screen, or at least, prolly not on my TV, since the
colour palette is prolly fairly limited.

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[Freevo-users] Documentation submission

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

To whom do I submit documentation?  I didn't see this
in the docs already, but I have successfully setup and
ATI RF remote for use under Freevo using LIRC, and I
figured there may be others who would be interested.

Should I just post it here?

Please advise.

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RE: [Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out

[Alan Murrell]

Hello Tommy,

> I think that your problem with the TV output might
> be related to vertical and horisontal sync 
> frequencies.

Sorry, I know this is not so much a Freevo issue as an
X issue, but I thought I would post here to see if any
other ideas popped up.

I was able to get a litle further, but still get the
blank screen on my TV screen.  In looking at the
XFree86.0.log file, everything loads, but stops just
at the part where the ModeLines would loaded (my
laptop also uses the  "Trident Cyberblade (generic)",
and I compared the logs: everything was fairly
identical, up to the point where the Modelines were
loaded on my laptop, but nothing on the Freevo box)

I was just reminded that there is an X module for the
epia, so perhaps I will give that a try (though it's
proprietary, which is rather bad, but what can you do)

Thanks!

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RE: [Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Tommy,

> will be of little use since you are using an EPIA
> board, right ?

Correct.

> You should probably use KLE133 drivers for EPIA

Hrm, Mandrake 9.1 detected them as "Trident Cyberblade
(generic)", which runs well on my monitor.  Perhaps I
will give that a try first, but with the ModeLines you
suggest, and see how that works (i.e., I'll with the
same XF86Config file as you posted, but replacing your
board with the generic Trident Cyberblade)

> Anyway here it is:

Thank you; I will let you know how it goes.

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Look ma, no window manager! [WAS Re: [Freevo-users] freevo works but will not play divx video nor mp3's.]

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

Just thought I would change the subject of this thread
so we don't pollute the original thread with
non-useful posts for it :-)

> Why load a windows manager at all? Freevo is setup
> to be the 'windows manager' on my gentoo box and

Really?  What does your .xinitrc file look like for
that?  Something like:

exec freevo&

instead of:

exec twm& ??

How do you tell it start in fullscreen mode?  (I still
have to get X to display on my TV monitor, but it'll
be useful to know this for when I do get it going!)

TIA,

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Re: [Freevo-users] freevo works but will not play divx video nor mp3's.

[Alan Murrell]

Hello Ranger,

> To start out I partitioned my 10 GB hard drive with
> a 128 MB Swap Partition, a 50 MB Boot and then just

The swap space is a little small, I think.  General
rule of thumb is that it should be 2-2.5 times the
size of your RAM, though when you get up to about
512MB of RAM, I think 1X the amount of RAM should be
sufficient.

The boot partition is definately way big.  Most of the
time, I even forgo the boot partition, but if I do
create one, I find 15-20MB more than adequate (unless
you plan on compiling a lot of kernels and keeping
them arounnd :-) )

> bootloader.  After I got in I installed freevo ver
> 1.3.2pre4, freevo-runtime, freevo-appz, mozilla,

I assume you are referring to the RPM's?  I run
Mandrake 9.1 (for now), but for Freevo, I tend to use
the 14MB TGZ file, which is the binary download.

> rpm package manager.  IceWM in my windows manager.

Hrm, I kinda strugging with X myself (I currently run
in Frambuffer), but the default window manager (twm)
should be adequate; IceWM prolly just adds to the
overhead.

To those running Freevo under X: what window managers
do you use??

> my hardware working except for my sound card, (not
> sure what to do here).

That's odd; Mandrake is usually *excellent* at
detecting and configuring hardware.  What sound card
do you have?  Perhaps you should install and confidure
'sndcfg' (or 'sndconfig'??).  It should be included
with Mandrake 8.2 .

> and looks stupid.  When I try to play a video file
> it will display the first frame and then it

Hrm, very odd.  WHat is in your 'freevo.conf' file?

> I have enabled mplayer logging and it has shown

What do the Freevo logs show?  Do a 'tail
/var/log/freevo/main.log' and 'tail
/var/log/freevo/internal-main.log' right after one of
these "freezes", and post the output.

> :No such file or directory
> can't open '/root/.mplayer/codec.conf': No Such
> file or directory
> Can't Open input config file
> /root/.mplayer/input.config: No such fiel or
> directory.

These are standard MPlayer error messages, since you
prolly don't have a config file in your directory;
it's okay though, because MPlayer will use the defauly
"system" config file in this case.

> Requested audio codec family [mad] (afm=libmad)
> not availavle (enable it at compilation)

Are you using the MPlayer that comes with Freevo?  If
so, I find this message *very* odd, since the person
who compiles the MPlayer includes quite a lot in
there, and IIRC, including 'mad' support.

> Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
> Sorry, XV not supported by this X11 version/driver
> ** Try with -vo x11 or -vo sdl 

WHat is in your 'freevo.conf' file for your display? 
Is it 'xv'?  If so, try 'x11'.

> freevo config file and found one instance of "xv"
> and I deleted it out.  It didn't fix anything

Which file did you find and delete it in?

Please advise.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Compiling Mplayer

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,
> when I take a mplayer executable I have made and
> put it in /runtime/apps/mplayer/

You shouldn't need to do this.  In the
'/usr/local/freevo/freevo.conf' file, just change the
path of the MPlayer binary to where your patched
version is.

HTH.

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[Freevo-users] EPIA and Framebuffer: Not playing full screen

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I am playing with an EPIA board.  After some struggles
with gettiung X to run on the TV, I decided to try the
framebuffer mode. 

I have everything pretty much working (Freevo menu,
800x600 screen size, etc.), except when I play video
files, they are not played full screen.  Instead, they
are played in a small window that is centered in the
middle of the TV screen.

Would this be an issue with the framebuffer driver (I
am using the epiafb.o module from
, although I am running under
'fbdev' in Freevo.  My frambuffer lines (the ones I
use to get into framebuffer mode) look like this:

  modprobe fbgen
  modprobe epiafb
  fbset -g 800 600 800 600 32
  /usr/local/epifb/tvout -b ntsc

The Freevo main menu itself looks pretty good (there's
just a small black strip across the top.  It's only
whne playing video files that I have an issue.

Any light you can help shed on this matter is
appreciated.  Or, if you require further info, please
let me know what you need, and I will see what I can
do about getting it for you.

Thank you, in advance.

Alan

P.S.: The main reason I want to try to continue to use
framebuffer mode isn't so much to do with my current
failure to get X Windows output on my TV.  It's more
to do with the fact that Freevo responds much quicker
in framebuffer mode than X Windows (from what I could
test when I was running it on the monitor).  However,
the skin colouring is *so* much more vibrant in X than
from frambuffer (in framebuffer, it looks kinda
aqua-coloured, and in X, it looks like a really
awesome blue!)

Out of curiousity, would performance under X be more a
function of CPU or RAM?  There's not much I can do
about the CPU, but I can add more RAM to the 128MB
already in there.

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Re: [Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out

[Alan Murrell]

Hello Joakim,

> This is how the XF86Config on a 10k EpiaM looks for
> me.

[SNIP]

Looks like this is from Freevix, correct? 
Unfortunately, that didn;t help; same issue.  I
actually took another XF86Config file from an earlier
version of Freevix, which did run for me before, but
unfortunately does not seem to work now (I still only
get the blank screen)

Thank you, though!

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Re: [Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

> What you could check is the jumper settings for the
> S-Video port.

Sorry, I should have clarifed: I can see the BIOS
output and bootup messages on the TV screen when the
RCA Video Out is plugged in.  It is when I do "startx"
that the TV screen then goes blank (i.e., no X
Windows), though if I use a monitor instead, it works
fine.

HTH a bit more :-)

Thanks.

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[Freevo-users] X11 and TV Out

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I am playing with using an EPIA board (800MHz), which
has built in TV out, etc.

I have Freevo setup to run under X11, and it works
great when the outputis to a monitor.  However, when I
plug the composite TV cable from the TV to the TV Out
on the board, and restart, all I get is a blank screen
on my TV when I start X.

I am thinking that there is something I need to put
into my XFree86 config file to handle the TV, but I am
unsure as to what I need to enter.  WOuld someone be
able to provide some assistance?

Thank you.

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[Freevo-users] TV listings beyond the current day?

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I use XMLTV to grab listings each day for the next 7
days.  However, when I view the program guide in
Freevo, I can never see listings beyond 11:30pm of the
current day (or actually maybe midnight?).

Anyway, am I the ony one who seems to be experiencing
this, or is this a common "bug"?  Can this be
corrected?

TIA,

Alan

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[Freevo-users] BUG: serious loop

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I am running freevo binary 1.3.2-pre2 .  It was
working great until I started messing (unsuccessfulyl)
with 'freevoweb'.  I abandoned it, and uninstalled
Apache, etc.

Now, the regular Freevo will not start.  The log file
complains it cannot find 'freevo_config.py', even
though it exists in exactly the same place it always
has: in '/usr/local/freevo'.  And if I make a symbolic
link to it in '/etc/freevo', the log says that it has
found 'freevo_config.py', but to remove it and use
'local_conf.py' instead (it too exists where it always
has: in '/usr/local/freevo').

I cannot seem to get rid of this loop.  How do I get
Freevo running again?

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RE: [Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hi K,

--- "K. Creason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the src/tv/record_daemon.py script find the line
> "import os"
> and this line after it:
> os.environ['LD_PRELOAD'] = '' # Add this line to
> stop GLIBC_2.X preload
> errors

Yup, that worked for me too!  Yay!  And for some
reason, the recording done through Freevo doesn't have
the semi-high-pitched whine that i get when using my
script :-)

Thanks a bunch!

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[Freevo-users] FreevoWeb: 'ImportError: No module named html_util'

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I am attempting to setup FreevoWeb (Freevo binary
release 1.3.2-pre2*, and got Apache all configured. 
However, when I tried to the 'guide.cgi' page, it gave
me an internal server error.

I went into the 'htdocs' directory, and tried running
the 'guide.cgi' script on the command line:

  python guide.cgi

However, I got the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "htdocs/guide.cgi", line 43, in ?
import html_util as fv
ImportError: No module named html_util

The same error appears with all the scripts in there. 
I did notice that there are two files called
'html_util.py' and 'html_util.pyc' in the directory
just above 'htdocs', but no matter which directory I
run the script from, I still get the same error.

Has anyone else come across this, or know how to
correct what is wrong?

TIA,

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo specs (capacity/recording time) ?

[Alan Murrell]

> AVI supports more encoders though, so you can use
> divx which is apparently smaller. 

I'm not sure about that; in mencoder, I changed
'vcodec=mpeg4' to 'vcodec=mpeg1video', and the output
files sizes were the same size (both ~600MB for one
hour).  All other settings (bitrate, etc.) were the
same.

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Re: [Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hello All,

--- Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try taking out the '#' and set the date to
> sometime in the future,

Okay, I scheduled another recording, then checked
'/tmp/freevo_record.lst'.  There was no '#' in front
of the time this time.  However, the recording never
happened, and when I checked '/tmp/freevo_record.lst',
it appears that Freevo had added the '#' to the time
and date.

I'm really not sure why this is failing; the logs
indicate that the recording is parsed, but nothing
shows up as far as attempting to record.

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Re: [Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hello Aubin,

--- Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> It's commented out...

Hrm, I didn't think that could be the problem, since I
had never seen a "proper" entry to compare to.

> recording stuff if: (a) it was recorded by the
> daemon or (b) it started recording while being

Well, I did add it about 15 or 20mins prior to the
actual time to be recorded.  I am not sure wha you
mean by '(a)'?  I did schedule the recording through
the program guide in freevo... is that what you mean? 
So if I do that, I then have to edit the
'freevo_record.lst' file to uncomment the entry?

> Try taking out the '#' and set the date to sometime
> in the future,

I'll schedule another recording when I get home
tonight, and make sure the '#' is removed.  If I have
any other issues with it, I will let you know... :-)

Thanx!  I hope it works! :-)

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RE: [Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hi K,

--- "K. Creason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you sure the # wasn't added later, after the
> event had passed?

Not 100% sure, but maybe about 90% (I scheduled it a
good 20 mins before the start time) :-)  I can
schedule another recording tonight, and immediately
check the '/tmp/freevo_record.lst' file to see if it
made it in there right away.

> Alan- where does root's mail go? Is it redirected to
> another user?

Nope, not as yet, anyay.  This is a relatively fresh
install, so I haven't really done any system setup
stuff as far as that goes.  I will check the 'alan'
mailbox though, just in case, but I think that only
exists because I was playing with using Samba as a
Win2k domain controller over the weekend :-)

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Re: [Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hello Aubin,

--- Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> basic freevo_config; is the example you're giving
> below what is actually being used?

Here is the entry in '/tmp/freevo_record.lst':

#2003-03-23 19:00:00,1800,/usr/bin/mencoder -tv
on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=6:chanlist=us-cable:width=320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:audiorate=32000:buffersize=64
-ovc lavc -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame
-lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -o
/media/Video/recorded/SG-1_20030323_1900_ch_32.avi

which is what is in my 'local_config.py' file.  And
later on, I scheduled a recording with the script I
have that has the same mencoder options, and it worked
flawlessly.

> Does it say anything in the logs about trying to
> start recording?

No, there are only entries for the addition of the
recording itself, plus, of course, the running of
'record_daemon.py' every minute.  But the only mention
of 'mencoder' is when the recording command entry was
made.

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RE: [Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hello K,

--- "K. Creason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you get anything in that user's mail?

Nope.  I am running it as root, and root has
absolutely no mail spool.  And I can see from the
'freevo_record.log', as well as '/var/log/messages'
that the cron job is running properly.

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[Freevo-users] How to do TV recording??

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I've been trying to get TV recording working.  I am
abloe to record with MEncoder using the following
MEncoder commands:

/usr/bin/mencoder -tv
on:driver=v4l:device=/dev/video0:alsa:amode=1:width=320:height=240:norm=NTSC:chanlist=us-cable:channel=
-o /media/Video/recorded/-.avi -ovc
lavc -lavcopts ${LAVCOPTS} -oac mp3lame -lameopts
br=128:cbr:mode=0 -endpos 

NOTE: The information on the '<>' brackets are
typically variables filled in from input when then
script is called.

I edited my local_config.py file so the MEcoder
options match what I have in my script that works, and
I get a 'freevo_record.lst' and 'freevo_record.log'
file in mt '/tmp' directory.

I also made the following entry inmy crontab:

* * * * * /usr/local/freevo/freevo execute
/usr/local/freevo/src/tv/record_daemon.py

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** SOLVED ** Re: [Freevo-users] IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

[Alan Murrell]

Hello Again,

I think I figured out the reason for it not starting:
I had set my 'btaudio' module to load automatically
upon booting, but when it does that, it does weird
things to the available sound channels.  This is what
I got when I ran 'aumix -q':

[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# aumix -q
line1 0, 0, P
line2 0, 0, R
line3 0, 0, P

When I disable the btaudio module and rebooted, Freevo
started up just fine.  I still don;t appear to be
getting any sound output, but that may have something
to do with how I have set things up physically with my
sound inputs/outputs; I will have to confirm.

Ayyway, just thought I'd let you know :-)

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[Freevo-users] Freevo 1.3.2-pre2: minor problems

[Alan Murrell]

Okay, I've been playing around with Freevo 1.3.2-pre2
for about a week now (now that I figured out the Lircd
problem... well, work-around, really :-) )

Anyway, I have come across a couple of problems:

1. RECORDING
When I hit the "record" button on my remote,
everything seems to go as planned (i.e., it is
indicated that the program is scheduled, and there
even appears a couple files to that effect in '/tmp'),
however, when the appointed time comes around, nothing
is recorded.

I have tried using the menocder binary that comes with
Freevo, as well as the system mencoder I installed,
and neither work.  I have tried putting the same
mencoder commands manually on the command line, and
they work fine; just the scheduling does not seem to
go as planned.

Most likely something I am doing wrong, but just
thought I'd post, just in case :-)

Also, I have noticed that when I try to change the
video quality from "High" to "Medium" or "Low", Freevo
crashes (actually, it craches if I try to change any
of the defaults).  I can post the log showing the
crash, if you would like.

Anyway, overall I am a much happier camper now :-) 
This recording thing is a minor annoyancxe since I am
able to do it from a script, but it would be nicer to
be able to do it from Freevo as well :-)

TIA,

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Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Jeroen,

--- Jeroen Ost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just fixed exactly the same issue on my mandrake
> 9 by copying
> /usr/lib/liblirc_client.so.0.0 to
> /usr/local/freevo/runtime/dll/liblirc_client.so.0

The one in '/usr/lib' that you copied over to the
Freevo cirectory, was that installed from the Mandrake
RPM, or from source?

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Re: [Freevo-users] /etc/freevo/lircrc not found?

[Alan Murrell]

  Okay, I guess I am not making any progress
afterall.

Mandrake 9.0
Freevo 1.3.2-pre2 (binary release)

I ran the 'helpers/freevo2lirc.pl' script on my
'/etc/lircd.conf' file, and got an 'lircrc' file,
which I placed into my '/etc/freevo' directory.

However, Freevo starts up, but the remote still does
not work!  I am once again getting the following in my
'internal-main-0.log':

WARNING: Could not initialize PyLirc!

I checked, and the following file does indeed exist:

/usr/local/freevo/runtime/lib/python2.2/site-packages/pylircmodule.so

and the following in my 'main.log':

freevo: could not connect to socket
freevo: Connection refused

And I do not recall having to jump through all these
hoops previously when using the 1.3.2-pre2 release (or
maybe it was -pre1?).  The hoops being referred to
being the creation of an 'lircrc' file.

I think I will try downloading -pre1 and see if I can
get that works with no problem (and so maybe it would
be a bug in -pre2??)

TIA.

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[Freevo-users] /etc/freevo/lircrc not found?

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

I've made some progress, but the remote still isn;t
working, but I am now getting a different error.  My
'internal-main-0.log' now reveals the following:

WARNING: /etc/freevo/lircrc not found!

My remote's config file is named '/etc/lircd.conf',
and this is the file that Lircd loads when it starts. 
I tried making a symlink from this file to
'/etc/freevo/lircrc', and I also tried copying this
file directly over to '/etc/freevo/lircrc', but that
error still shows up in the log.

Is this the file that 'lircrc' should be, or is it a
totally different file?  If it is a totally different
file, what is it supposed to look like?

As always, TIA,

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Re: Successful with Freevo + DevFS?? [WAS Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd]

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Dave,

> installation, you are supposed to symlink
> /dev/usb/streamzap0 to /dev/lirc.

Hrm, I will give that a try!

> confused as to how "irw" can
> work and the new freevo can fail. For me, once irw
> was happy, freevo was.

Yup, I'm pretty confused as well, as that is my
understanding... if 'irw' worked then Freevo would
work.  the problem seems to be that PyLirc is unable
to initialize (according to 'internal-main-0.log').  I
checked, and the PyLirc lib does exist in the
'/usr/local/freevo' tree.  Very confoosling indeed :-(

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[Alan Murrell]

Hello Again,

Still working away on this problem, trying to think
outside the box, as it were :-)  I did a 'grep' for
'/dev/lirc' in all he files in my '/usr/local/freevo'
directory, and discovered that 'remote.py' seems to
look for '/dev/lircd', which, if I am not mistaken, is
the "typical" device file for lirc?

I am currently running DevFS, which places the lirc
device file (serial) as '/dev/lirc/serial'.  I tried
making a symlink to this as '/dev/lircd', but still no
joy.

However, I just thought I would ask this: is there
*anyone* successfully using Freevo + Lirc under DevFS?

TIA,

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Michael,

--- Michael Ruelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> as root, netstat -lpn

Okay, the only listing to do with lircd is this:

unix  2  [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3940
  1562/lircd  /tmp/.lircd

And the 'irw' program works (I'm SSH'd in whil looking
at the Freevo menu on my TV screen)

Out of curiousity, what is the command gain to bring
up the keyboard control?  Or alternatively, is there a
command I can runto try to bring up the remote, which
may reveal a little more information?

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Micahel,

--- Michael Ruelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> as root, netstat -lpn

Okay, I'll give that a try tonight.

> I installed mine from source so not
> sure what else to check.

I've usually installed from source as well, but I just
what the heck, I'd give the RPM a whirl.  Maybe I'll
do a source install, and see if that "corrects"
whatever is going on.

Before I do that, I have 'devfsd' running, which
creates the appropriate lirc device file in
'/dev/lirc/serial'.  The mandrake RPM init script
seems to take care of this; would oyu know offhand how
I would point LIRC to the correct device file when
installed from source, or will the 'make install' part
take care of detcting that?

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Mike,

--- Michael Ruelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ps -ef | grep lircd
> 
> is your lirc daemon running?

lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc/serial

It runs from the '/etc/init.d/lircd' script. 

The '--driver=default' portion I am not 100% certain
abou (but the other selections available did not seem
right either), but running the 'irw' program returns
the correct keypresses when I test it with my remote.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

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Hello Again,

Okay, I downloaded 'pylirc' and got it installed
(hooray for RPMS!) :-)

I symlinked /etc/freevo/lircrc to my /etc/lircd.conf
file (which is the correct file for my remote)

However, upon starting Freevo, the remote is still not
working, and I am still getting the following in
'/main.log' and 'internal-main.log':

--- main.log ---
freevo: Could not connect to socket
freevo: No such file or directory
--- main.log ---

--- internal-main-0.log ---
WARNING: freevo_conf.py was changed, please check
local_cinfig.py
WARNING: Could not initialize PyLirc!
--- internal-main-0.log ---

I double-checked 'freevo_conf.py', and the 'lircrc'
file is indeed pointing to '/etc/freevo/lircrc',
where, as I mentioned, I have it symlinked to
'/etc/lircd.conf'.  I also checked my
'local_config.py', and it does not have anything in
there to do with Lirc, remotes, etc.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Aubin,

--- Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you have the pylirc module installed? i.e. does
> this work:
> 
> barrelhaven:~$ python -c "import pylirc"

No, it givesa "traceback" error.
 
> If not, you need to get pylirc from pylirc.sf.net

Even if I am using the latest release candidate of
Freevo?  I never had to d/l 'pylirc' before.  I'll
give it a go anyway, and let you knoe how it goes.

Thanks.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Actually, I just thought I'd see what the Freevo logs
had to say, and 'main.log' says "unable to connect to
socket", while 'internal-main.log' says it was unable
to start PyLirc.

However, I am able to SSH in and successfully run the
'irw' program.

Thoughts?

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Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Actually, I just thought I'd see what the Freevo logs
had to say, and 'main.log' says "unable to connect to
socket", while 'internal-main.log' says it was unable
to start PyLirc.

However, I am able to SSH in and successfully run the
'irw' program.

Thoughts?

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[Freevo-users] Freevo + Mandrake 9.1 + Lircd

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

This is mostly for anyone who is using Freevo with the
lircd RPM that installs with Mandrake 9.x.

I have another interesting problem that I can't seem
to figure out.

I upgraded my system to Mandrake 9.1 (RC2) and decided
to try the lircd RPM (I had previously installed from
source).  I got it configured properly, so that when
it is started, and I run 'irw' I am getting the
correct key presses from my remote.

However, when I start Freevo, I get the Freevo menu,
etc., but the remote no longer seems to work (or at
least not with Freevo).

Anyone else come across this?

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Re: [Freevo-users] VE Wonder + Low Sound

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Michael,

--- Michael Ruelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> check the settings of the audio variables in
> freevo_conig.py Look at the entire set of them.

I set the volume for everything to '90', but still
same issue.  Good suggestion, though; I never would
have thought to check in there :-(  Thank you.

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[Freevo-users] VE Wonder + Low Sound

[Alan Murrell]

Hello!

Mandrake 9.0
Freevo v1.3.2-pre1
ATI VE Wonder tv tuner card
SiS 7018 on-board sound card (uses Trident chip)

Okay, I have the picture problem solved when watching
TV through Freevo.  Now, I have very low sound; I have
to crank everything up in 'aumix' to 100% to hear the
slightest bit of sound (and I do mean the *slightest).

I do have the loopback audio cable going from the VE
Wonder "sound out" to the "line in" on the sound card.

I think I recall having issues with sound when I had
all of this working in Freevo 1.2.6, but I am unable
to recall what they were, and I am unable to find
anything on the list.

Any help is appreciated.  I do have an SBLive 5.1
sound card, but since I only have two PCI slots, I;d
have to either remove my Buz card, which I use for
transcoding from VHS to CD-R, or I'd have to remove
the VE Wonder, which would defeat the purpose of this
:-)

TIS.

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RE: [Freevo-users] Another Tv Viewing problem...

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Skeeterskip,

--- skeeterskip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using Mandrake 9 and I had to manually edit the
> modules file in order to get TV card to work
> properly.

Yup, I did too.  I just added 'tuner=8' to it, which
was the same tuner that was used before when it worked
under Freevo 1.2.6.  Hrm, I could try playing with
that, I suppose?

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RE: [Freevo-users] Another Tv Viewing problem...

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Jim,

--- Jim Lavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> was using /dev/video0 instead of the 
> default /dev/video.

That's what I thought at first too, so I made the
change in 'local_conf.py' to use /dev/video0 (which is
what the dmesg output indicated was being used).

> If you download the bttv 0.7 tar file you
> will find everything you need to set up bttv

Hrm, I will give that a go (I'm using the bttv drivers
that come with Mandrake 9.0, but it worked fine with
Mandrake 9.0 + the bttv drivers that came with it
under Freevo 1.2.6).  If the directions in the bttv
0.7 tar file don't help, I am going to go back to
Freevo 1.2.6 to see if i can get the TV working again
under that,a nd maybe work from there to track down
the problem.

Thank you.

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Re: [Freevo-users] error getting tv working in freevo

[Alan Murrell]

Hi HW,

--- HW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For some ime now I try te get the tv part working
> in freevo.

[SNIP]

Exactly the same problem I am having, right down to
the error message.  I'm using a VE TV Wonder.  I did
have TV viewing working under Freevo 1.2.6, and am
thinking I may re-install thta version just to see if
it does still work under there.

Has there perhaps been a change in the way MPlayer was
compiled, which would affect it's ability to show
television?  Or what about the settings in the
[freevo|local]_conf.py files?

Just some thoughts.

The fact that I'm no longer getting the "coloured"
fuzz I posted about previously is encouraging (I
*think* it's a steptowards progress, as opposed to a
step backwards :-) )

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[Freevo-users] Another Tv Viewing problem...

[Alan Murrell]

Hello,

Some of you may recall that I posted previously
regarding "coloured fuzz" when trying to watch TV via
Freevo.  Well, I think that may have had something to
do with leaving something out of the kernel when last
compiling it.  I have since recompiled, and am now
experiencing something a little different.  Details
below:

PLatform: Mandrake Linux 9.0
Freevo Version: 1.3.2-pre1
Relevent Hardware:
  * ATI VE Wonder
  * Matrox G400 Millenium
Summary: WHen trying to watch a TV channel in Freevo,
the screen goes black then dumps me back to the
channel listings.

Here is the outpust of (what I believe to be) the
relevent files:

--- dmesg ---
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dmesg | grep bttv
bttv: driver version 0.7.96 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for
capture
bttv: Host bridge is Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
730 Host
bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0b.0, irq: 5, latency: 64,
mmio: 0xcecfc000
bttv0: detected: ATI TV Wonder/VE [card=64], PCI
subsystem ID is 1002:0003
bttv0: using: BT878( *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC **)
[card=0,insmod option]
bttv0: using tuner=8
bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: i2c attach [client=Temic NTSC (4036 FY5),ok]
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
--- dmesg ---

--- local_conf.py ---
TV_SETTINGS = '%s television %s /dev/video0' %
(CONF.tv, CONF.chanlist)

#
# XXX Recording is still work in progress. You need to
change
# XXX the entire string below to fit your local
settings.
# XXX Eventually TV norm (PAL/NTSC) etc will be taken
from the
# XXX other flags. VCR_xxx and TV_REC_xxx is not used
yet!
# XXX You also need to have the recording daemon
running, see
# XXX the website docs or the mailing lists if that
fails.
#
# XXX Please see the mencoder docs for more info about
the settings
# XXX below. Some stuff must be changed (adevice),
others probably
# XXX should be ("Change"), or could be in some cases
("change?")
VCR_CMD =
('/usr/local/freevo/runtime/apps/mplayer/mencoder ' + 
  # Change. Absolute path to the runtime
'-tv on:driver=v4l:input=0' +   # Input 0
= Comp. V. in
':norm=NTSC' +  # Change
':channel=%s' + # Filled
in by Freevo
':chanlist=us-cable' +  # Change
':width=320:height=240' +   # Change
if needed
':outfmt=yv12' +# Prob.
ok, yuy2 might be faster
':adevice=/dev/dsp' +   # CHANGE!
':audiorate=32000' +# 44100
for better sound
':forceaudio:forcechan=1:' +# Forced
mono for bug in my driver
'buffersize=64' +   # 64
Megabyte capture buffer, change?
' -ovc lavc -lavcopts ' +   # Mencoder
lavcodec video codec
'vcodec=mpeg4' +# lavcodec
mpeg-4
':vbitrate=1200:' + # Change
lower/higher, bitrate
'keyint=30 ' +  # Keyframe
every 10 secs, change?
'-oac mp3lame -lameopts ' + # Use Lame
for MP3 encoding
'br=128:cbr:mode=3 ' +  # MP3
const. bitrate, 128 kbit/s
'-ffourcc divx '# Force
'divx' ident, better compat.
'-o %s.avi ')   # Filled
in by Freevo

# TV capture size for viewing and recording. Max
768x480 for NTSC,
# 768x576 for PAL. Set lower if you have a slow
computer!
TV_VIEW_SIZE = (640, 480)
--- local_conf.py ---

--- internal-main-0.log ---
---
Starting src/main.py:stdin at Tue Feb 25 22:06:34 2003
Logging info in /var/log/freevo/internal-main-0.log
---
Starting src/main.py:stderr at Tue Feb 25 22:06:34
2003
Loading configure settings: ./freevo.conf
Reading config file ./freevo.conf
Cfg file data: "chanlist = canada-cable"
Cfg file data: "display = mga"
Cfg file data: "geometry = 768x576"
Cfg file data: "mplayer =
./runtime/apps/mplayer/mplayer"
Cfg file data: "tv = ntsc"
Cfg file data: "version = 1.0"
Loading cfg: ./freevo_config.py
Using MPlayer: ./runtime/apps/mplayer/mplayer
Loading cfg overrides: ./local_conf.py

WARNING: DVD protection override disabled! You will
not be able to play protecte
d DVDs!

Skin: Loading XML file blue_round1
Imported skin skins/main1/skin_main1.py
Volume = 40
Volume = 90
Volume = 0
Volume = 0
load video plugin imdb
Main loop starting...
Building the xml hash database... done
XMLTV, reading cached file (/tmp/TV.xml-0.pickled)
XMLTV, got cached guide (version 2).
Couldnt load font "skins/fonts/Arial_Bold.TTF"
trying alternate: ./skins/fonts/kimberly_alt.ttf
Couldnt load font "skins/fonts/Arial_Bold.TTF"
trying alternate: ./skins/fonts/kimberly_alt.ttf
Couldnt load font "skins/fonts/Arial_Bold.TTF"
trying alte