[mythtv-users] Mythweb - minor bug; not escaping channel names.
Hi, I (think) I'm on the latest CVS version of mythweb. One of my Channels is defined as UK Br'tIdeas. This particular channel breaks the javascript of mythweb, so the popup hovers fail to work under firefox and error in IE. (At least for me!). The reason is (quite obviously) because the apostrophe in the channel name is not escaped correctly so it breaks the string definition in the onmouseover declaration, i.e. I get : onmouseover=window.status='Details for: 19 UKTV Br'tIdeas';return true rather than the (correct?) onmouseover=window.status='Details for: 19 UKTV Br\'tIdeas';return true [incidentally shoudl there not be a trailing ';' after the return true? Does PHP have a HTMLEncode type equivalent to ASP ? as all strings used in this fashion should be safely encoded (imho) I'd submit a patch to whoever is currently developing MythWeb, but unfortunately i'm at work atm and haven't got access to my source box. Sryt. Thanks, -- - Ciaran ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MCE Online Spotlight?
Hi, Has anyone tried to reverse engineer Microsoft's Online Spotlight from Windows MCE yet? It seems like a very cool thing to add this to MythTV. Looks like it's mostly HTML/XML based, so it should be possible to add. I may give it a try if noone else has. Kind regards, Mark -- *** * |\/| | /| / Mark Wormgoor * * | \ / | | / | /mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * | \/ |ark |/ |/ormgoor http://www.wormgoor.com/mark/ * *** ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ESC doesn't work with MythWeather
Yes, I noticed this last night. I ended up pressing buttons randomly in frustration and something worked... On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 19:47:34 -0500, Doug Larrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: john roberts wrote: I've built 3 MythTV boxes so far - on one of them I can hit ESC and get out of the MythWeather map. BUT - one TWO of the myth boxes ESC doesn't exit. Has anyone seen this? Yes... I often have to click the mouse button in MythWeather before ESC will work. I think it has to do with my window manager. -Doug ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic: Easy way to select music by artist, etc?
I've not had a lot of luck with mythmusic... I feel kind of stymied. I've got my CD collection ripped to MP3, one album per directory, with album cover picture. All I want to do is pick a CD and play it, preferably by selecting the picture. Has anyone got mythmusic to do this? I'm considering just writing a web page that will do this. It can't be that hard. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't use MacOS X frontend on wireless network
On 9.1.2005, at 19:15, Bryan Murphy wrote: Same problem here. I think it has more to do with OSX + MythTV than the network, but I have no idea how to fix it. That being said, I've found that disabling other network programs (ssh, fire, web browser, etc.) helps considerably. Thanks. I don't quite understand *why* this should work, but I tried quitting all the obvious candidates (Mail, Fire etc) and MythFrontend ran for over 10 minutes (an impressive improvement). What was even more impressive was that I ran out of power after a few minutes so the Mac went to sleep and when I woke it up again it continued playing live TV as if nothing had happened! Also, on my iBook (1.2ghz + 1g RAM), MythTV runs 60%+ and spikes much higher. Firefox sucks up a lot of CPU, so I have an especially hard time watching TV and browsing concurrently. In my experience, the OSX sheduler isn't even in the same league as the one my Linux box. Well, IMHO, the Mac scheduler is pretty good, but that is probably because the only comparison that I have is Windows :-) MythTV on Linux is bleeding edge. MythTV on OSX is bleeding edge of a bleeding edge. I expect it to improve over time. ;) And speking of bleeding edge: does anyone know whether the latest CVS version of the Mac client is better in this regard? Eggert ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Output
I have a very similar setup, DVB-T to a widescreen TV via a Geforce MX. I agree, the native TV out of the vid card is a little disappointing. Instead, quite a few people on this list (me included) are using home-built VGA - SCART converters. Don't bother trying to buy one of these since they will all of the retail versions use scan conversion which really lowers the quality. Take a look at the following sites for details: http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/vga2tv/ http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/vga2scart/index.php http://www.sput.nl/hardware/tv-x.html Personally I went for the last site listed. This will give you RGB output to the TV, you can just output the raw interlaced DVB-T signal (no de-interlacing required) and each horizontal line of pixels generated by your vid card will map natively to a scan line on the TV. The image quality is fantastic, noticeably crisper than my Sony set-top-box using RGB output. You might be able to tweak the S-video output a little but it'll never come close. Has anyone managed to solder a VGA 2 SCART cable that will cause the TV to auto switch to that connection when switched on. I have an s-video to scart lead at the moment which doesn't so I'd like to kill 2 birds with one stone and improve the picture and cause the TV to switch over to myth automatically. Danny ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Output
Hi, Has anyone managed to solder a VGA 2 SCART cable that will cause the TV to auto switch to that connection when switched on. I have an s-video to scart lead at the moment which doesn't so I'd like to kill 2 birds with one stone and improve the picture and cause the TV to switch over to myth automatically. I have soldered the cable, but my tv doesn't auto switch. I wonder how that works though. Does it require pin 8? Quote: Internal: 0.0...2.0 V External (16:9): 4.5...7.0 V External (4:3): 9.5...12.0 V Should we just set it up with 12V? And can we switch it to 16:9 using a relay if that format is detected? I can remember someone on the list wanting to try it, but couldn't find it in my history. And does anyone know if we can do anything useful with pin 10 / Easylink? Kind regards, Mark -- *** * |\/| | /| / Mark Wormgoor * * | \ / | | / | /mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * | \/ |ark |/ |/ormgoor http://www.wormgoor.com/mark/ * *** ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Output
Hi, I have soldered the cable, but my tv doesn't auto switch. I wonder how that works though. Does it require pin 8? Quote: Internal: 0.0...2.0 V External (16:9): 4.5...7.0 V External (4:3): 9.5...12.0 V Should we just set it up with 12V? And can we switch it to 16:9 using a relay if that format is detected? I can remember someone on the list wanting to try it, but couldn't find it in my history. There are two pins you may need - pin 8 indicates the presence of a signal and it's format and there is another pin to indicate whether the source is composite or RGB data. I already soldered the RGB pin; that works. But how do you connect the other pin. What resistor did you use? It says input impedance 10 kOhm. Now, what do I use to get from 12V to 6V? Simply use 10 kOhm? My TV allows me to explicitly select RGB which works even if the pin is indicating composite so I just use that. Plus I changed the default mode to 16:9 which means the display is always right because Myth pillarboxes 4:3 output by default if it thinks you have a 16:9 display. My tv is on auto detect, so it will do 4:3 tv in 16:9 subtitle zoom mode and will do 16:9 in true 16:9 if it's detected. It will detect a tv transmission in 16:9 and a 16:9 dvd if my dvd player is used, but not if I play the dvd on mythtv. Kind regards, Mark -- *** * |\/| | /| / Mark Wormgoor * * | \ / | | / | /mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * | \/ |ark |/ |/ormgoor http://www.wormgoor.com/mark/ * *** ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] The old ivtv bug of stopping recording
I currently use FC1 with the ivtv 0.1.9 driver - I could never get 0.1.10pre2-ck100z working stable enough. 0.1.9 works like a charm except the known bug of it sometimes stopping recording if you start watching a previously recorded show. Does anyone know if this is bug is fixed in more recent versions of the ivtv driver? It would be a good incentive to finally upgrade to FC2/3. TIA ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Output
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Myth box is the only thing connected to the TV so that's the only input signal (via the non-rgb scart socket currently, but via rgb scart asap). However, when I switch on the TV it defaults to a TV channel rather than the scart. Then I have to hit the AV button to cycle to the myth input. I want to just power-on and have the TV switch over automatically as it does with other devices I've used in the past. I guess these used Pin 8 or similar. Ah right. My TV defaults to whatever it was on when I turned it off so I don't have that problem. I just leave it on Myth and everything is fine. You probably need to arrange to provide 12V on pin 8 or something but that is going to be a bit of a pain as you will need a power source for it. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
Here's some additional data. Actually, I don't see mythbackend or mythfrontend growing at all. It only happens while playing (movie or live tv). Thanks for the help, can I provide any more data? Don Several captures from Top: TopAtStart.txt - X started with no other programs running TopWithMythbackendOnly.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually TopWithMythfrontend.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually - Mythbackend started manually TopAfterPlayingOneMinute.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually - Mythbackend started manually - Live TV playing for one minute TopAfterPlayingTenMinute.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually - Mythbackend started manually - Live TV playing for ten minutes 07:59:14 up 7 min, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.27, 0.14 104 processes: 103 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 1.1% user 0.7% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 98.0% idle Mem: 385784k av, 245692k used, 140092k free, 0k shrd,9604k buff 45236k active, 147032k inactive Swap: 979956k av, 0k used, 979956k free 97448k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 376 root 9 0 35860 35M 11412 S 0.0 9.2 0:03 0 mythfrontend 223 root 14 -1 32636 23M 2696 S0.7 6.2 0:21 0 X 279 root 9 0 15280 14M 13652 S 0.0 3.9 0:00 0 kdeinit 322 root 11 0 14856 14M 13348 S 0.3 3.8 0:02 0 kdeinit 285 root 9 0 14684 14M 13232 S 0.0 3.8 0:00 0 kdeinit 287 root 9 0 14684 14M 13232 S 0.0 3.8 0:00 0 kdeinit 268 root 9 0 14324 13M 12912 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 276 root 9 0 14308 13M 13064 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 164 mysql 9 0 14216 13M 2904 S 0.0 3.6 0:00 0 mysqld 272 root 9 0 13200 12M 12112 S 0.0 3.4 0:00 0 kdeinit 283 root 9 0 12728 12M 11680 S 0.0 3.2 0:00 0 kdeinit 288 root 9 0 12568 12M 10792 S 0.0 3.2 0:00 0 korgac 274 root 8 0 12268 11M 11420 S 0.0 3.1 0:00 0 kdeinit 256 root 9 0 11896 11M 11124 S 0.0 3.0 0:00 0 kdeinit 271 root 9 0 11428 11M 10748 S 0.0 2.9 0:00 0 kdeinit 320 root 9 0 11088 10M 9480 S 0.0 2.8 0:00 0 kalarmd 254 root 9 0 10404 10M 1 S 0.0 2.6 0:00 0 kdeinit 341 root 9 0 10376 10M 7992 S 0.0 2.6 0:00 0 mythbackend 339 root 9 0 9744 9740 9496 S 0.0 2.5 0:00 0 kdeinit 251 root 9 0 9312 9308 9032 S 0.0 2.4 0:00 0 kdeinit 248 root 8 0 9308 9304 9156 S 0.0 2.4 0:00 0 kdeinit 174 root 9 0 4284 4284 4196 S 0.0 1.1 0:00 0 httpd 128 root 9 0 2072 2072 1524 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 0 sendmail 131 smmsp 8 0 1964 1956 1492 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 0 sendmail 176 root 9 0 1824 1824 1268 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 0 smbd 178 root 9 0 1708 1708 1568 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 0 nmbd 113 root 9 0 1416 1416 1200 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 0 sshd 292 root 9 0 1328 1328 1032 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 0 bash 323 root 9 0 1324 1324 1032 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 0 bash 08:10:11 up 18 min, 5 users, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.11 111 processes: 110 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 0.9% user 0.9% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 98.0% idle Mem: 385784k av, 381160k used,4624k free, 0k shrd,1412k buff 238480k active, 109724k inactive Swap: 979956k av,1544k used, 978412k free 254012k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 376 root 9 0 42732 41M 12712 S 0.0 11.0 0:03 0 mythfrontend 223 root 14 -1 32764 23M 2696 S0.3 6.2 0:31 0 X 279 root 9 0 15288 14M 13652 S 0.0 3.9 0:01 0 kdeinit 164 mysql 9 0 14352 14M 2920 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 mysqld 268 root 9 0 14324 13M 12912 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 276 root 9 0 14308 13M 13064 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 322 root 9 0 14808 13M 12788 S 0.0 3.7 0:03 0 kdeinit 285 root 9 0 14632 13M 12660 S 0.0 3.6 0:00 0 kdeinit 287 root 9 0 14632 13M 12660 S 0.0 3.6 0:00 0 kdeinit 272 root 9 0 13200 12M 12112 S 0.0 3.4 0:01 0 kdeinit 341 root 9 0 13192 12M 8376 S 0.0 3.4 0:00 0 mythbackend 283 root 9 0 12744 12M 11680 S 0.0 3.3 0:00 0 kdeinit 288 root 9 0 12548 12M 10772 S 0.0 3.2 0:00 0 korgac 274 root 8 0 12268 11M 11420 S 0.0 3.1 0:00 0 kdeinit 256 root 9 0 11896 11M 11124 S 0.0 3.0 0:00 0 kdeinit 271 root 9 0 11432 11M 10748 S 0.0
[mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
Forgot to mention this: yes, I have about a gig of swap drive setup on the box. Is that the swap you meant? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVB Radio
Hi All, Just wondering what the latest state is with regards to DVB radio channels. I understand that they hang unless you set a video pid... but even then it can be fussy. Is any work been done around this area? I'd really love to be able to schedule recordings of radio channels and record them straight to MP3... has anyone done anything similar? James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv and mpeg type
Spend some time experimenting to find which one works best for you. I use DVD-special-1 (not sure if that syntax is correct) as it gives me the best picture quality. On my system the MPEG PS and TS looked blocky or pixely. The DVD options use more disk space for similar bitrates but I saw a huge improvement in picture quality. YMMV On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:04:07 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With MythTV, I have always used the default setting of MPEG-PS, but do the other stream types worth with the ivtv driver? Like DVD or MPEG-TS? ---Dan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Radio
I have a script that takes a dvb scan, and assigns a random video PID from the same channel, then another script that exports to mp3. Works very well. g - Original Message - From: James Poyser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: [mythtv-users] DVB Radio Hi All, Just wondering what the latest state is with regards to DVB radio channels. I understand that they hang unless you set a video pid... but even then it can be fussy. Is any work been done around this area? I'd really love to be able to schedule recordings of radio channels and record them straight to MP3... has anyone done anything similar? James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] slightly OT: creating a video on demand library
Matt Garman wrote: On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:30:41PM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: MythVideo can play the VOB files and, well, anything that mplayer, xine, or any other external player can play because it just executes a command-line to play each file. What I've done is add the .VOB extension to MythVideo in the setup and instructed it to use mplayer to play them. Works fine and once you do that they will be added by the video manager and managed just like AVI or other files. I've noticed that, but I was hoping I could do some kind of transform on the DVD contents to make it more intuitive as to what they are. For example, I have The Simpsons Season 5 DVDs, which I copied to my hard drive. Using mplayer from the commandline, I found that some of the VOB files are not needed, e.g., some are just the FOX logo, some apparently contain the menu(s), etc, etc. What I'd like is to just have a collection of files, along the lines of episode_20_episode_title.[vob|mpg|avi]. I don't really care what the extension or format is, so long as I can play it :) But I would like to trim out all the non-essential items to conserve disk space and make the file structure as clean as possible. For what it's worth, all the videos will reside on a server, with the storage directory exported via NFS and Samba. This way, I can access the videos from any computer in the house, not just from the MythTV box. This is why I'd like to use the filesystem itself to organize the files. Perhaps another way to look at it is this: there's several ripper programs for CDs (such as grip), which will copy, encode, connect to CDDB, rename, create playlists, etc, automatically; it would be nice to have an analogous program for DVDs, or at least a well-defined process for how to achieve such a result. FYI, when I rip, I only take the movie VOB. I have one file per movie and that's it. Sounds like you have complete DVD rips, which indeed you did mention originally. Perhaps you would be better ripping as ISO files and loopback mounting them for xine/mplayer and treating them as complete discs rather than a collection of files. Adding the .ISO to MythVideo and setting up the appropriate play script would work then. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Output
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Wormgoor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are two pins you may need - pin 8 indicates the presence of a signal and it's format and there is another pin to indicate whether the source is composite or RGB data. I already soldered the RGB pin; that works. But how do you connect the other pin. What resistor did you use? It says input impedance 10 kOhm. Now, what do I use to get from 12V to 6V? Simply use 10 kOhm? I didn't connect mine, so I have no idea what you would need to do. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT.. fan suggestions
I used one of my old computers I had lying arond that my dad gave me a few years ago to build by myth box. It was sony vaio rx580 or something like that 1.8 P4. I was looking into getting a new case because the only way i can fit it into my entertainment center was to lie it on its side. But by doing that the weight would cause the dvd drive to jam (odd considering I have no problem opening up my other optical drive). But anyways I found a nice cheap antec case on newegg to realize the dimersions were a little too large for my entertainment center and all the other htpc cases were more than i cared to spend. The case I have is also garbage because it is small and only has a power supply fan and a cpu fan. So the fans continuously run. I believe the noisy culprit is the pwoer supply fan so I took it out and cleaned it just to make sure it wasn't gunked up resulting in the noise. Well that didn't product better results so I am looking into replacing the 120mm fan for the power supply. Any suggestions on what to pick? I already have an order going into newegg this week so preferably a fan from them would be best rather than having to pay another shipping fee. Like I said it is a P4 1.8, onboard nic and soundcard, using 1 pvr350 for video capture/live tv and runnig x on my tv. So it would be nice to have a variable speed fan because my box shouldn't be taxed all that much all the time. I am looking for something pretty cheap and just want it to try and cut down on the sound a little (no flashy LED's, etc. Just a cheap fan that does the job) Any input would be appreciated thanks, Evan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT.. fan suggestions
Personnally I've been very impressed with the range of fans from silenX. Their fans range from 9db up to a whopping 14db and they also offer some with a thermistor which will alter the speed according to temperature. They aren't that expensive and given that I ordered from their US headquarters and I live in the UK the 3 days they took to arrive was astonishing. Their service was first class and the fans do everything I could possibly want. They also do a range of fanless PSUs in both ATX and MicroATX if you want to completely silence the PSU for ever. www.silenX.com Hope this helps Simon. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Problem Playing back long (2 hour) recordings
Hello, I have mythtv setup with a backend machine capturing tv with a pvr-250 and then a frontend for running mythfrontend and watching tv, etc. It works fine for live tv and most recorded shows. However, when I attempt to playback a longer recording (like from a 2 hour show), the playback cuts off after about 8 minutes or so. I've tried this for a few different recordings. It seems the whole recording is there as the file size is about 4GB for 2 hours. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks, Jon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
On Monday 10 January 2005 08:26 am, Don Brett wrote: Here's some additional data. Actually, I don't see mythbackend or mythfrontend growing at all. It only happens while playing (movie or live tv). Thanks for the help, can I provide any more data? Nope. If the processes aren't growing, it's not a memory leak. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth plugin - DVDupe?
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:04:08 -0500, David Sattler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got any plans for a DVD-copying plug-in? I have this great dual-layer burner itching to be used! Obviously I should also ask the myth-devel list, but I thought I'd get some user input first (and I'm not much of a programmer). I envision a plugin that presents a TOC of chapters, languages, audio streams (DTS/5.1/2ch), lets you choose which ones you want to copy, rips it, prompts you for a blank, and writes it back. A simple, elegant front-end in true Myth style. Any thoughts from anyone? Cheers, David. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users There seem to be lots of half way house attempts at this, scripts and plugins to mythweb, but I've not actually managed to get any of them properly working in a reliable manner, so I'd love to see a successful mythtv integration. But it might be wise to chat to the folks who've got quite close to this already :) Might save you [both] some time :) -Ciaran ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mobile Myth Suggestions
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:04:47 -0700, nowhere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /snip If the Xbox is capable of decoding MPEG-4 (ie DivX/Xvid) ok and I am able to load linux without removing the ablility to play games that seems to be ideal (the van has game controller jacks at each of the back seats too...) i'm not sure if it's able to decode MPEG-4, but i'm pretty sure it can. yes you can load Linux and still be able to play original games. i did just that this weekend. :) Anyway, if the Xbox turns out to be too much of a pain, then I need to go a little cheaper ($300?) it's not too bad to set up. i believe there are ways to set it up without using a mod-chip that has to be soldered in. but soldering in the chip isn't too bad. just read lot's of forums and take your time. once you get Linux on the box you can use an external USB drive to hold your videos. that allows you to transfer whatever content you wnat from your Myth-BE and then take the video drive with you. the USB drive just hooks up through one of the game controllers. i'm not sure how the heat of Pheonix would affect the XBox in your van. i'm sure ppl own XBox's in Pheonix, and i'm guessing you have a/c in your van... you could always swap a larger fan for the one in the XBox, or add more ventilation. and lastly for power loss. i bet you could rig up a ups to charge/run off your cigarette lighter. :) then you'd have clean power and notification before the power cuts off. sounds like a fun project. maybe i'll have to go buy a conversion van. ;) ac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a xbox?
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:00:28 +, Jonathan Stoneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William wrote: How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a stock GentooX xbox? Its been about 16 hours so far and it does not seem to be very far along. Some precompiled binaries sure would have been nice. It looks like its time to add a memory chip if I expect to do anything usefull with the box. Bill I have no idea how long it should take but after two days on my xbox (Xebian) I gave up and used distcc with four non-xbox hosts. It then took about two hours. Jon. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Check out http://bit.blkbk.com/phpBB2/ for loads of mythtv-xbox info. Kits are compiled and available for installation. Greg. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a xbox?
Greg Foster wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:00:28 +, Jonathan Stoneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William wrote: How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a stock GentooX xbox? Its been about 16 hours so far and it does not seem to be very far along. Some precompiled binaries sure would have been nice. It looks like its time to add a memory chip if I expect to do anything usefull with the box. Bill I have no idea how long it should take but after two days on my xbox (Xebian) I gave up and used distcc with four non-xbox hosts. It then took about two hours. Jon. [...] Check out http://bit.blkbk.com/phpBB2/ for loads of mythtv-xbox info. Kits are compiled and available for installation. Greg. I was running myth-xbox.0.4.4 but have installed the cvs version of mythtv. There are no deb packages for this as far as I aware[0]. Jon. [0] I would love to be proved wrong about that. :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythMusic Interface ideas...
I noticed a couple of emails about MythMusic and its interface, and have to agree with some that it is not quite as intuitive as I would prefer. Has anyone seen the ReQuest Nitro and its ARQ OS interface? I played with one briefly at my local home theatre hardware store, and it seemed pretty nice. It had album cover support, browse by artist, genre, track. You could create playlists or just play individual albums/tracks/etc. The interface felt way more intuitive than MythMusic, and things could be easily navigated with a regular style remote. You can see a couple of (small) screenshots here but they don;t do it justice: http://www.request.com/us/Products/ARQOS.html If you get a chance to look at one, I recommend it. While I like MythMusic in theory, in practice, it never seems to work the way I expect and it has so much potential. Unfortunately, I am no developer so I doubt I had the skills to whip something up on my own, although I'd love to have input on the interface if someone wants to collaborate or have people test ideas. Hunt around the ReQuest site in genral as well as they have a lot of neat ideas (such as software interface for ripping/categorizing music, etc.) Thanks Robin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have a copy/mirror of it?
I want to get my mythtv box built, but I don't want to buy any new hardware if the stuff I have will work just fine. The http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ is dead! Thanks, Sm00ter _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Not that the wife is getting *too* accustom to MythTV, but...
Last night we were watching Crossing Jordan on our regular TV. Every time a commercial would come on she joke and yell FAST FORWARD! (We normally Myth Crossing Jordan and start watching it about ten to fifteen minutes after the actual start time so the show finishes at about the same time we catch up. If we catch up early, the wife gets really irritated) At about 20 after the hour I tried to shoo her up to the bedroom TV because I wanted to use the Xbox to play Halo. She said that she couldn't watch it up there because we were Mything it. I reminded her that we were watching broadcast. She said that she couldn't watch it up there because we didn't have an Xbox up there yet. I told her This is broadcast, you don't need an Xbox. She said But... then got a deer in the head lights look. After a long, silent, pause I said, You forgot that you could watch TV *on* a TV, didn't you? She turned beet red... (I got to play Halo :) Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on XBox
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:22:20 -0700, nowhere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This does sound interesting. How much should I expect to fork out? Seems like about $100 for an Xbox + $50 for a mod chip, then some solder time or about $250 for a modded system and whatever I want to pay for a bigger hard drive yah? i got my XBox for Christmas, so $0 there. ;) but i haven't seen any 'new' systems for $150. but you may be able to get a used system off eBay cheaper (which may be better if you decide to upgrade the memory). mod chips range in price, the one i purchased was ~$60 and came with a Linux distribution for the XBox. www.smartxx.com - smartxx v2 LE i installed a 300GB Seagate in my XBox, roughly $190. solder time took me a couple hours, but if you have experience and have done a lot of reading in the various XBox mod forums, i've heard that i can take less than 30 mins... ymmv. :) having done it once i could probably do it in under an hour now since i know what i'm looking for. you can buy pre-modded systems on eBay and off of some of the XBox mod sites. i didn't look at prices since i wanted to do it myself. How does the xbmc handle power down? Just punch the power button? yep Does it support a remote? Couldn't really tell from the xbmc site (although I haven't spent a ton of time reading it yet :P) Do I need to buy some kind of DVD kit for the xbox? I do remember seeing a bunch of JP1 talk there. Something else I would have to learn... there is a DVD kit for the XBox that includes a remote and an IR sensor. i believe it works with XBMC but i don't have the DVD kit so i haven't tried it. Sorry to keep this OT on the list but seems there are a couple of people interested :) if you're planning on installing Linux and MythTv on it then it's not off-topic. :) but for a mobile system, like a conversion van for example, you might be better off using XBMC instead of MythTv. or if you really want Linux, just use MPlayer or Xine to view your videos off of a USB drive; but then you don't get the fancy menus and pretty front end of Myth. And again, I want this to store a pile of Divx encode DVD movies and play them. If the Xbox still functions as an Xbox then BONUS! Depending on the way you mod your XBox you can do both. you can even play XBox Live in some cases without worrying about getting banned. but i would guess that playing XBox Live in a conversion van is still a ways off since you probably won't want to play in your driveway or at Starbucks. ;) 9 GMail Invites available Email me OFF-list only... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have acopy/mirror of it?
The http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ is dead! You're using Mozilla, aren't you? For some reason, it doesn't display in Mozilla broswers. Pulls up fine in the evil browser, though. Very strange. And for those of us who don't have the evil OS installed anywhere to run the evil browser, it also pulls up fine in Opera and konqueror (on SuSE 9.2 anyway). - BS ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cheap, powerful, quiet, small front-end: problems getting it running!
Thanks John and Rusty for the info. I used Rusty's suggestion about changing xorg.conf and it seems to have worked. However, I'm getting some occassional audio popping and micro freezes (possibly prebuffering pauses, but I haven't checked the logs yet) in the video streams that I don't get on my XBox. So what exactly does that option do? When using MythMusic, one of the visualizations (I assume it is gears) crashes mythfrontend with unable to resolve gl/glx symbols. I don't know if it is related to using the XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps or not - I suppose an easy way to tell is to temporarily take out the option. I guess my instinct says it is unrelated. In the longer run, I may also try John's suggestion of checking the system BIOS for settings related to video/dynamic memory... but after I first upgrade my machine from 128 to 256 so I have more room to play with. At any rate, I'd still recommend this system as a potentially good Myth front-end... as long as you're willing to tinker! --David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth plugin - DVDupe?
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:04:08 -0500, David Sattler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got any plans for a DVD-copying plug-in? I have this great dual-layer burner itching to be used! i just purchased hardware for a MythBox, including a nice dual-layer burner. :) but i'm not sure Linux even supports dual-layer burners yet... I envision a plugin that presents a TOC of chapters, languages, audio streams (DTS/5.1/2ch), lets you choose which ones you want to copy, rips it, prompts you for a blank, and writes it back. A simple, elegant front-end in true Myth style. this would be awesome. i'm planning on ripping my dvd collection to an extra drive in my MythBox for on-demand viewing. it would be nice to be able to do all this in one place. and then burning a copy from the archive when ever you travel or whatever... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
You need to be a subscriber to read the article :( It requires a login... Robin On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:09:01 -0500, Harry Orenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't seen a post about this, so I thought it might interest people. I just noticed this mag on the newsstand and there is a fairly lengthy article about MythTV. From skimming it it appears they have made some factual errors, but it appears to be generally positive. http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0501%2F30c01%2F30c01%2Easparticleid=24754guid=1FA6D1C79CA54752BC7BD35DA81F7E88searchtype=0WordList=bJumpTo=True -- Harry O. P. S. They give kudos to Jarod for his guide and to MythWeb (though Chris Petersen is not named). They also praise Isaac's documentation ;-)) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have acopy/mirror of it?
I want to get my mythtv box built, but I don't want to buy any new hardware if the stuff I have will work just fine. The http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ is dead! Thanks, Sm00ter You're using Mozilla, aren't you? For some reason, it doesn't display in Mozilla broswers. Pulls up fine in the evil browser, though. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Hardware advise
I am sourcing components in order to build a myth box and I would be grateful for advise on a couple of components. first of all is there any advantage of a nvidia mx440 graphics card over a mx400. and secondly are there any known problems with sis 748 based motherboards such as the pc chips M848ALU. I am taking it as read that via KT266A boards can be troublesome. Thanks for any advise Ken Williams ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have acopy/mirror of it?
The http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ is dead! You're using Mozilla, aren't you? For some reason, it doesn't display in Mozilla broswers. Pulls up fine in the evil browser, though. In firefox.. That is odd... I right click open in new tab and nothing comes up... Then I click in the address bar after http://pvhw.goldfish.org/ and hit enter and it works fine. Hope that helps. -- Anthony Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Not that the wife is getting *too* accustom to MythTV, but...
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Paul Kidwell wrote: After a long, silent, pause I said, You forgot that you could watch TV *on* a TV, didn't you? She turned beet red... Sounds like a WAF of 150% Hugo. -- I hate duplicates. Just reply to the relevant mailinglist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ Don't meddle in the affairs of magicians, for they are subtle and quick to anger. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to apt-get FC3 kernel?
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Ellen Spertus wrote: I'd like to upgrade to FC3, per Jarod's instructions (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#apt). When I enter: apt-get install kernel=2.6.9-1.724_FC3 I get an error: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Version ='2.6.9-1.724_FC3' for 'kernel' was not found My current kernel is 2.4.22-1.2197.nptl_51.rhfc1.at. Can anyone tell me what kernel I should request for FC3 or, better yet, where I can find a list of the latest kernels accessible through apt-get? If you run FC1 now you should use the normal CD/FTP/... upgrade procedure for your system. (Read the FC documentation on this!) Then make sure your APT config file points to the proper repositories and bring it up-to-date with apt-get. I have not done this myself and there is a good change you loose a lot of config work in the process. (But you know all about the importance of backups I hope.) Unless there is a pressing need to go for FC3 and such I would recommend you study the steps carefully before you even think of giving it a try. Preferably you should do this on a test machine first. Hugo. -- I hate duplicates. Just reply to the relevant mailinglist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ Don't meddle in the affairs of magicians, for they are subtle and quick to anger. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Talking to more than one backend
You can consider VNC, it can be tunneled via SSH, so you will see the screen the way it looks on the remote PC. Strangely, it works much faster than X. Seems like X protocol is very bad for slow links. - Original Message - From: Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, January 8, 2005 5:11 pm Subject: [mythtv-users] Talking to more than one backend Just a wishlist feature. After giving a mythtv box to family, I want to be able to maintain it. I can make a tunnel and run mythweb, or even phpmyadmin. But I don't want to run mythfrontend remotely for a couple of reasons. A big x application can be slow over a remote link, and since my screenis the same size, it will do the annoying resizing of all the graphics once for me and then once for them, unless I set my screen to their exact size. A couple of options that might make this nice: a) Command line options on mythfrontend to say which backend to talk to, or perhaps more simply, which mysql.txt file to use to say which SQL server DB to talk to for that info. Needs to have the ability to set the port for the mysql server because the way tunnel over ssh works is via port forwarding a different port to the sql server on the remote machine. I could do a script to swap in different mysql.txt files but the port issue is another matter. b) If I do run it remotely over X, have the cache of sizes be done once per screen size, so temporarily running it over X doesn't reset things. Or if not once per screen size, once per X server. ie. have one cache for $DISPLAY = :0.0 and another one for my remote X server. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have acopy/mirror of it?
btw, it works fine in Mozilla 1.7.5 A co-worker here, using Firefox 1.0, it doesnt display any images, on the PVD Hardware Database screens. -Michael On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Anthony Vito wrote: The http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ is dead! You're using Mozilla, aren't you? For some reason, it doesn't display in Mozilla broswers. Pulls up fine in the evil browser, though. In firefox.. That is odd... I right click open in new tab and nothing comes up... Then I click in the address bar after http://pvhw.goldfish.org/ and hit enter and it works fine. Hope that helps. -- Anthony Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythMusic Interface ideas...
I noticed a couple of emails about MythMusic and its interface, and have to agree with some that it is not quite as intuitive as I would prefer. Has anyone seen the ReQuest Nitro and its ARQ OS interface? I played with one briefly at my local home theatre hardware store, and it seemed pretty nice. It had album cover support, browse by artist, genre, track. You could create playlists or just play individual albums/tracks/etc. The interface felt way more intuitive than MythMusic, and things could be easily navigated with a regular style remote. You can see a couple of (small) screenshots here but they don;t do it justice: http://www.request.com/us/Products/ARQOS.html If you get a chance to look at one, I recommend it. While I like MythMusic in theory, in practice, it never seems to work the way I expect and it has so much potential. Unfortunately, I am no developer so I doubt I had the skills to whip something up on my own, although I'd love to have input on the interface if someone wants to collaborate or have people test ideas. Hunt around the ReQuest site in genral as well as they have a lot of neat ideas (such as software interface for ripping/categorizing music, etc.) Thanks Robin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] slightly OT: creating a video on demand library
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:37:29AM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: FYI, when I rip, I only take the movie VOB. I have one file per But how do you know which one is the movie VOB? Couldn't multiple VOBs make up the movie? I found the following link: http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dvd-structure.htm Which states that each VOB can only be up to 1 GB in size. *And*, a VOB itself contains several streams multiplexed together. So, my question was along the lines of: how do I determine which VOBs make up the movie. Once I have isolated those VOBs, how do I strip out the extra streams that I don't want (such as foreign languages, different camera angles, etc)? movie and that's it. Sounds like you have complete DVD rips, which indeed you did mention originally. Perhaps you would be Yup, that is what I have, but I assumed that I would be deleting and/or modifying parts of that, i.e. transforming the complete rip into one file that contains nothing but the movie itself. better ripping as ISO files and loopback mounting them for xine/mplayer and treating them as complete discs rather than a collection of files. Adding the .ISO to MythVideo and setting up the appropriate play script would work then. And I would do that, if space wasn't an issue. The whole point of stripping the DVD of extra features is to save on disk space. I figured what I'm doing is fairly common---do most people just copy the DVD as an ISO image and store those? Thanks again! Matt -- Matt Garman email at: http://raw-sewage.net/index.php?file=email ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:35:22 -0800, Chris Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to be a subscriber to read the article :( It requires a login... worked fine for me. I saw the intro to the article, but if you want to read more, it looks like you have to log-in -- Email me if you want a gmail account, I have invites. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Not that the wife is getting *too* accustom to MythTV, but...
Paul Kidwell wrote: Last night we were watching Crossing Jordan on our regular TV. Every time a commercial would come on she joke and yell FAST FORWARD! (We normally Myth Crossing Jordan and start watching it about ten to fifteen minutes after the actual start time so the show finishes at about the same time we catch up. If we catch up early, the wife gets really irritated) At about 20 after the hour I tried to shoo her up to the bedroom TV because I wanted to use the Xbox to play Halo. She said that she couldn't watch it up there because we were Mything it. I reminded her that we were watching broadcast. She said that she couldn't watch it up there because we didn't have an Xbox up there yet. I told her This is broadcast, you don't need an Xbox. She said But... then got a deer in the head lights look. After a long, silent, pause I said, You forgot that you could watch TV *on* a TV, didn't you? She turned beet red... (I got to play Halo :) Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Sounds like an excuse to get another Xbox. C. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
What he meant, is: We do not have access to the full article. In order to get it, we have to login. To login, we need to subscribe and to subscribe, we need to pay. On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:35:22 -0800, Chris Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to be a subscriber to read the article :( It requires a login... worked fine for me. On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:09:01 -0500, Harry Orenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't seen a post about this, so I thought it might interest people. I just noticed this mag on the newsstand and there is a fairly lengthy article about MythTV. From skimming it it appears they have made some factual errors, but it appears to be generally positive. http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0501%2F30c01%2F30c01%2Easparticleid=24754guid=1FA6D1C79CA54752BC7BD35DA81F7E88searchtype=0WordList=bJumpTo=True -- Harry O. P. S. They give kudos to Jarod for his guide and to MythWeb (though Chris Petersen is not named). They also praise Isaac's documentation ;-)) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
You need to be a subscriber to read the article :( It requires a login... I correct myself. I saw the first page and assumed that it worked, but missed the subscribe now link at the bottom for those who want to read more. -Chris (still amazed that people like the software I write) On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:09:01 -0500, Harry Orenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't seen a post about this, so I thought it might interest people. I just noticed this mag on the newsstand and there is a fairly lengthy article about MythTV. From skimming it it appears they have made some factual errors, but it appears to be generally positive. http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0501%2F30c01%2F30c01%2Easparticleid=24754guid=1FA6D1C79CA54752BC7BD35DA81F7E88searchtype=0WordList=bJumpTo=True -- Harry O. P. S. They give kudos to Jarod for his guide and to MythWeb (though Chris Petersen is not named). They also praise Isaac's documentation ;-)) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
You need to be a subscriber to read the article :( It requires a login... worked fine for me. On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:09:01 -0500, Harry Orenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't seen a post about this, so I thought it might interest people. I just noticed this mag on the newsstand and there is a fairly lengthy article about MythTV. From skimming it it appears they have made some factual errors, but it appears to be generally positive. http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0501%2F30c01%2F30c01%2Easparticleid=24754guid=1FA6D1C79CA54752BC7BD35DA81F7E88searchtype=0WordList=bJumpTo=True -- Harry O. P. S. They give kudos to Jarod for his guide and to MythWeb (though Chris Petersen is not named). They also praise Isaac's documentation ;-)) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Hauppauge 250 Remote Control Doesn't Work With AutoStartUp of Myth
I've configured Myth based on Jarod Wilson's guide using FC2. I can't seem to get the remote control to work automatically when I configure automatic startup. The auto startup works find and I can navigate and use myth using the keyboard, but if I want to use the remote I have to shut down the Myth Front end, open up a terminal and log in as root and: # /sbin/depmod -a # /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c # /sbin/service lircd start After I do that and restart the frontend the remote works fine. According to Jarod's guide all I need to do to start lircd at startup is /sbin/chkconfig lircd on. Is there anything else I need to do. Is there a way to check that the above command is working? Thx. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350
I posted a v0.8 version on the ivtv-dev mailing list at the end of last week. That is the best version to use. It is not bundled in any package yet. John -Original Message- From: Dan Wilga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 January 2005 20:12 To: John Harvey; mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 Hi again John, Over the weekend, I downloaded ivtv 3.0rc3 and installed the version of ivtvdev_drv.o packaged with it. This version experiences the same lockup I described. Is it the fixed version, or does the problem lie elsewhere? At 02:42 AM 12/14/2004, John Harvey wrote: Great. I've been thinking about simplifying all of this. Ivtv only supports one output device at the moment so I think we can remove all the Busid and fbdev options and let X figure out for itself which device to use. Hopefully I can get a new simpler less error prone version out this week. John -Original Message- From: Dan Wilga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2004 03:09 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 Ah, that it very likely the reason for the problem in my case. Thanks for figuring this out, John. From: John Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] There was a bug introduced that caused it to always use /dev/fb0 so if your fb device was something else then it could have this effect. Changing the fbdev option to ivtv fixes that problem. I will be creating a new ivtv driver to fix this problem and check the device properly in the near future. john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wilga Sent: 13 December 2004 20:24 To: Discussion about mythtv; Josh Sharpe Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 I found that the latest version of ivtvdev_drv.o would cause X to hog 99% of the CPU and not output anything. I ended up reverting to a version from October 16, which is 17902 bytes. Dan Wilga [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] System crashes when I try to do data transfer over ethernet
Anybody have any ideas? sftp and ftp work for me ... smb transfers give me problems -- Travis ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] can't find kernel#2.6.8-1.521
--- George Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Phil Bridges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duh, I am certainly showing my noob-ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-1.11_FC2 #1 Sun Jan 2 15:49:30 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get install kernel#2.6.8-1.521 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package kernel#2.6.8-1.521 So, now how do I get my system to install the 521 kernel? I am running FC2, and sources.list is at-testing. thanks, George --- Phil Bridges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See below. Not very informative to my eyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# `uname -a` bash: Linux: command not found Hugo. don't put in the tick marks (`) ___ Please don't top-post. Thank you. OK - I read your dilemma from the beginning. Your issue, if I read correctly, is that you're not able to upgrade to the reccomended kernel. while following Jarod's FC2 guide. Please note that Jarod's FC2 guide is no longer being updated, as he has moved to updating the FC3. A newer kernel has been added to ATrpms since Jarod published his guide - 2.6.9xx, which you already have installed. If you've done an ap-get update apt-get dist-upgrade, you should be fine kernel-wise. Skip to the next step of the guide - just please remember that whenever it asks for kernel 2.6.8xx, you do not have that version - yours is newer. Ah yes, So I understand now. I did apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade. Took a while and multiple attempts since quite a few servers were busy. I assume I will have to keep doing so until all of the packages load (several attempts resulted in connection time-out errors). Is this correct? Anyway, I appreciate everyone's patience. So here is my question, do I need the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel to continue with my FC2 install or can I continue with the 2.6.9-1.6_FC2 kernel (I actually have three kernels on my system right now (2.6.5_1.358, 9-1.11_FC2 (which does not boot up into any graphics type environment) and 9-1.6_FC2)? If nothing else, I guess I could do a fresh install of FC3, but that seems a bit drastic if FC2 was stable and , based upon recent posts, there seems to be quite a few issues with FC3 atrpm's. I am really open to suggestions here. The wife is growing impatient since Alias is starting up again. Thanks, George correction regarding the kernels: I boot up into 2.6.9-1.11_FC2. Can I continue with this kernel or do I have to get the 521 kernel? I actually have three kernels on my system right now (2.6.5_1.358, 9-1.6_FC2 (which does not boot up into any graphics type environment) and 9-1.11_FC2? Thanks, George __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Are either of these tuners viable for use?
Hey all, I have built the system up and getting ready to start installing the OS/etc. Question is: I have 2 tuner cards, and I am not sure which one (if either) would be a viable option. Card #1 = ATI All In Wonder Pro PCI (OLD!) but it is in good shape! Card #2 = CyberExtreme Bt878 based card with remote, FM/etc. Should I use either of these or go looking for another option? I will be using a VIA EPIA-5000 Eden 533Mhz motherboard with onboard audio and either the onboard video or add another AGP card. Your opinions would be appreciated! Thanks, Sm00ter _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] newbie 2 question
- snip - picture is similar to this one http://www.boldata.com/html/minipc.cfm i only want to record tv programs and nothing else will a huppage tv card fit in this? There aren't any full-size pci slots in those systems, so no, the pvr 250 will not work. If you're in love with the form factor, consider running separate front and backends. The small pci should be able to handle the frontend job without too much problem (assuming the hardware is all supported). is it anyworth using it? if you have an old system, like you mentioned, the pvr *50 series will probably serve you well for capturing. Get that machine set up solidly running mythtv and then install mythfrontend on your other system. -- Travis ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have acopy/mirror of it?
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:21:00 -0500 (EST), Phil Bridges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to get my mythtv box built, but I don't want to buy any new hardware if the stuff I have will work just fine. The http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ is dead! Thanks, Sm00ter You're using Mozilla, aren't you? For some reason, it doesn't display in Mozilla broswers. Pulls up fine in the evil browser, though. I'm running Firefox 1.0 on Fedora Core 3 Linux, and it's working and rendering perfectly. Just wanted to share. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT: speakers question
Hello, I have an old Denon stereo receiver that I want to start using again. I don't have any speakers, and I am on a budget, so I plan on buying some cheap bookshelf speakers and a subwoofer (for now). My question is this... I was planning to buy 2 bookshelf speakers with 5-1/4 woofers and 7/8 tweeters (KLH-911B). Then I saw a 6 piece set that was cheaper (KLH HTA-9906). It looks like the same sub-woofer, but the 5 satellites have only 4 woofers and 5/8 tweeters. Assuming they are all of the same level of quality, which would output better sound? The 2 larger speakers, or the 4 (or 5) smaller speakers? This is primarily for DVD/TV, but occasionally for music. It's in a family/dining room that is about 15'x20'. BTW, I won't be able to use the center speaker as a true center speaker since my old receiver doesn't support that. Also, the subwoofer will use speaker-level inputs. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Are either of these tuners viable for use?
On Monday 10 January 2005 21:27, Tim Smoot wrote: Hey all, I have built the system up and getting ready to start installing the OS/etc. Question is: I have 2 tuner cards, and I am not sure which one (if either) would be a viable option. Card #1 = ATI All In Wonder Pro PCI (OLD!) but it is in good shape! I have heard that ATI AIW cards will not work with myth. But I'm not sure. Card #2 = CyberExtreme Bt878 based card with remote, FM/etc. I use bt878 cards, they'll work fine... ...IF your CPU has the power. As it is, I _seriously_ doubt that an Eden 533 can handle it, not even when just using rtjpeg... So no luck there. Should I use either of these or go looking for another option? The CPU being what it is, I'd wager your only option is a hauppauge PVR. I will be using a VIA EPIA-5000 Eden 533Mhz motherboard with onboard audio and either the onboard video or add another AGP card. Maarten ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythfrontend keeps TV 'running' when exiting
Hi, I am new to MythTV. I got it to work on my Ubuntu Linux (Debian based) PC, with and old Hauppauge WinTV PCI (bt878). Works like a charm, I am really happy with it! One problem though. When I exit the Live TV modus, the TV card is still on. Off course I cannot see the TV images anymore, I am in the main menu again. But I can still hear the sound. Even when I exit mythfrontend this continues. The only way to stop this is to fire up xawtv and quit it again, which does stop the TV Tuner from sending audio to my speaker ;). This is quite annoying I must say. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here? Is this is a setting somewhere? Best regards and thanks for your time AND for this WONDERFULL product! Pim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Sudden problems..
Hi! I have a 350 with output to TV. Athlon XP1700 and 512 Mb ram, Fedora Core 2. MythTV installed according to Jarods guide. Everything worked perfectly until I rebooted the system on the 4. january. (about 3 weeks of uptime) After the reboot some things have broken. Mythtv is usable, but some things have changed. *First of all, if i try rewinding or fast forwarding, it works in a different way, Where it earlier would say eg 6:05 of 29:55 it now changes the second number (length of recording) and uses about 15 seconds to ffwd when I try to ffwd 5 minutes. Earlier this would happen instantly. *It no longer generates any thumbnails of the recordings.. The older ones are still there, but nothing for new shows. Looking at the store-directory there are no new png-files, so they just arent generated anymore. *Also i get a window-border! Since I use the PVR-350 to a TV I have set up MythTV to show in a window. This worked great earlier. Now it shows the title-bar of the window. Not during viewing, but in the menus. * When i exit a viewing in the middle and want to resume later, it might take up to 30 seconds for the picture to get up on the screen. *Every now and then lirc_dev seems to get out of control. top shows 3-4 in load average. If i restart lirc it gets back to normal again. *In the 2-3 days from this happened to I discovered it, all the recordings were choppy, with skipping video, and crackling audio. After another restart (it might be that this has something to do with lirc_dev, and it would have disappeared if i restated lirc) this disappeared, and the recordings are now as they should be, but the rest of the problems remain. I have checked if any updates via apt-get could have done this, but can't really put my finger on anything. I don't use this computer for anything but MythTV, but usually I install most upgrades available via apt-get. I will probably try to upgrade to CVS, but if anybody have any clues to what might have happened I'd be very happy.. -- Roald Martin Amundsen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Working setup: WinTV Nova USB (DVB) + Xbox
Hey all, Thought i'd just let you know that I've just got my myth setup up and running. The backend is an old AMD K6-2 450Mhz, 256Mb / 250Gb and I've got an Xbox as the frontend. I'm running a Win TV Nova USB which is a DVB tuner and everything's pretty much ok - the backend uses just 5% processor time when watching live tv or recording - pretty impressive given the spec of the pc! It's built on Fedora Core 3, but with kernel 2.6.10 compiled without DVB support - i then got the latest dvb drivers from cvs and compiled them (not patched the kernel yet). I had to go down this route as the drivers that shipped with Fedora were too troublesome and rendered the DVB tuner unusable (errors along the lines of ttusb_process_muxpack: cc discontinuity and various other ttusb errors). Everything's pretty much ok now, but NFS is giving me some grief - i've got a permissions problem that I just can't shift - it's driving me mad. Also, as mentioned in a previous post, I'm trying to get UK DVB digital radio working and recording to MP3... Not too bad for my first attempt at Linux - i've been 100% windows for years but thought I'd take the leap and I must say I've been nothing but impressed so far. Don't think I can quite bring myself around to wiping XP from my desktop, but give it time ;-) Thanks to all the guys who helped make myth - I'd really like to get up to speed with programming Linux and muck in and help out (i've got many years of windows programming under my belt). If anyone's got any good links to get me going I'd appreciate it! Cheers, James. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] can't find kernel#2.6.8-1.521
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-1.11_FC2 #1 Sun Jan 2 15:49:30 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get install kernel#2.6.8-1.521 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package kernel#2.6.8-1.521 So, now how do I get my system to install the 521 kernel? I am running FC2, and sources.list is at-testing. thanks, George --- Phil Bridges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See below. Not very informative to my eyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# `uname -a` bash: Linux: command not found Hugo. don't put in the tick marks (`) ___ Please don't top-post. Thank you. OK - I read your dilemma from the beginning. Your issue, if I read correctly, is that you're not able to upgrade to the reccomended kernel. while following Jarod's FC2 guide. Please note that Jarod's FC2 guide is no longer being updated, as he has moved to updating the FC3. A newer kernel has been added to ATrpms since Jarod published his guide - 2.6.9xx, which you already have installed. If you've done an ap-get update apt-get dist-upgrade, you should be fine kernel-wise. Skip to the next step of the guide - just please remember that whenever it asks for kernel 2.6.8xx, you do not have that version - yours is newer. Ah yes, So I understand now. I did apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade. Took a while and multiple attempts since quite a few servers were busy. I assume I will have to keep doing so until all of the packages load (several attempts resulted in connection time-out errors). Is this correct? Anyway, I appreciate everyone's patience. So here is my question, do I need the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel to continue with my FC2 install or can I continue with the 2.6.9-1.6_FC2 kernel (I actually have three kernels on my system right now (2.6.5_1.358, 9-1.11_FC2 (which does not boot up into any graphics type environment) and 9-1.6_FC2)? If nothing else, I guess I could do a fresh install of FC3, but that seems a bit drastic if FC2 was stable and , based upon recent posts, there seems to be quite a few issues with FC3 atrpm's. I am really open to suggestions here. The wife is growing impatient since Alias is starting up again. Thanks, George correction regarding the kernels: I boot up into 2.6.9-1.11_FC2. Can I continue with this kernel or do I have to get the 521 kernel? I actually have three kernels on my system right now (2.6.5_1.358, 9-1.6_FC2 (which does not boot up into any graphics type environment) and 9-1.11_FC2? Thanks, George After I do apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade I get a few errors. Is this b/c apt-get is installing 9-1.6 kernel packages vs 9-1.11 kernel packages? Should I do an # apt-get install kernel#2.6.8-1.521 Are the issues presented below resolvable through apt-get update? Can I ignore them? Should I rebuild db via: # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* # rpm -vv --rebuilddb Anyway, here are cuts from my apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade The following packages will be REPLACED: kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 (by ivtv-kmdl-2.6.9-1.6_FC2) kernel-module-video4linux-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 (by video4linux-kmdl-2.6.9-1.6_FC2) The following NEW packages will be installed: Hermes cdrdao gstreamer-tools id3lib ivtv-kmdl-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp kernel-smp#2.6.9-1.6_FC2 lcms libdvdnav libglib-2.0_0 libgmodule-2.0_0 libgobject-2.0_0 libgthread-2.0_0 libmusicbrainz20 libsamplerate libsndfile1 libtunepimp mathml-fonts nptl-devel pcsc-lite-libs pcsc-lite-openct pythonabi taglib video4linux-kmdl-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 video4linux-kmdl-2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp wv2 xine-lib snip 23:rhnlib ### [ 28%] 24:video4linux-kmdl-2.6.9-### [ 29%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.30324: line 3: 7537 Segmentation fault depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 2.6.9-1.6_FC2 /dev/null 21 25:ghostscript snip 63:ivtv-kmdl-2.6.9-1.6_FC2### [ 76%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.63535: line 3: 7634 Segmentation fault depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 2.6.9-1.6_FC2/dev/null 21 64:up2date ### [ 77%] snip 83:pcsc-lite-openct ### [100%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.68503: line 2: 7717 Segmentation fault depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 2.6.9-1.6_FC2/dev/null 21 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.19662: line 2: 7721 Segmentation fault depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 2.6.9-1.6_FC2/dev/null 21 /sbin/ldconfig:
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: speakers question
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:53:06 -0500, Brian Stults [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I was planning to buy 2 bookshelf speakers with 5-1/4 woofers and 7/8 tweeters (KLH-911B). Then I saw a 6 piece set that was cheaper (KLH HTA-9906). It looks like the same sub-woofer, but the 5 satellites have only 4 woofers and 5/8 tweeters. Assuming they are all of the same level of quality, which would output better sound? The 2 larger speakers, or the 4 (or 5) smaller speakers? This is primarily for DVD/TV, but occasionally for music. It's in a family/dining room that is about 15'x20'. typically larger speakers produce a more 'full' sound. however, it's all a matter of taste. i can't really tell you what sounds good to you. you have to 'listen' to them and determine if they sound good enough for you. try a home theater store or a dedicated audio store. sometimes even places like Best Buy or Circuit City will have sound rooms where you can listen to several different audio setups with different speakers. then maybe you can compare the KLH speakers with some other bookshelf speakers or even a larger set of KLH. you have to be the judge of what sounds good. 9 GMail Invites available Email me OFF-list only... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Not that the wife is getting *too* accustom to MythTV, but...
On Monday 10 January 2005 18:31, Paul Kidwell wrote: She said But... then got a deer in the head lights look. After a long, silent, pause I said, You forgot that you could watch TV *on* a TV, didn't you? Mmm. I dunno. But even IF you can, and I'm not saying you can, how do you skip commercials ? How do you pause ? Oww wait a minute there. You're not actually suggesting I watch the commercials too, are you ? That... that... that's just crazy, man ! ;) Maarten ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVD carousel or lots of HDD space?
Hail Mythtv gurus, I'm a total newbie to the world of PVR's and I've found only documentation on HOW to do something with MythTV, I havent found anything on WHAT to do with MythTV... So... Here goes... I'll get my fireproof suit on now! :-) But please tell me if I'm being silly or not on each option. I'm thinking of setting up a system, that can use a Sony DVP-CX985 - 400 DVD jukebox ($300), as it's primary method of archiving recorded TV + playing existing DVDs... (as I'm trying to avoid buying several terrabytes of HDD space - as I have a collection of several hundred DVDs today). Config#1: Basic PVR w/glorified frontend maybe? - Sony DVD connected directly to TV/speaker input#1. - Dish Network connected directly to MythTV host. - MythTV connected to TV speaker system on TV/speaker input#2. - MythTV external receiver IR blaster to control Sony DVD. Question on this option: Can MythTV be loaded with a list of the DVDs that I put into the Sony DVD player? From what I have read, the MythVideo module, is what would be used to play these back, as well as annotate the IMDB info on each line item... Can MythVideo act as a pass-through IR blaster? PROs: * DVD-RW media is cheap plus no crashed HDDs to worry about. * Video Sound go direct to TV, so quaility should be great. CONs: * Dont know if the mythvideo module can work as a dummy pass-through of IR commands to the Sony DVD player. * In this method no additional TVs can use the video on the DVD player. * Dont know if I could get the IR blaster to change my inputs correctly. * Just seems cludgy, just doesnt sound like a MythTV setup. Config#2: Streaming through MythTV w/Dolby Digital? - Sony DVD video connected directly to MythTV capturecard#1 (s-vhs). - Sony DVD audio connected directly to MythTV soundcard#1 (dolby coax). - Dish Network connected directly to MythTV capturecard#2. - MythTV connected to TV speaker. - MythTV external receiver IR blaster to control Sony DVD. Question on this option: Can MythTV take video from 1 card, and sound from another card, re-integrate into a stream, and fire it back out to the TV and speakers still including the Dolby Digital? Also same question as in config#1 above. Sounds Card: Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS Platinum?? cuz it has lots of in/outs for Dolby Digital. Capture Card: Something that can handle 2 - sources?? or just buy 2 cards? any recommendations as to which one(s)? PROs: * DVD-RW media is cheap plus no crashed HDDs to worry about. * Only need the TV/Speakers on 1 input source forever CONs: * Dont know if the mythvideo module can work as a dummy pass-through of IR commands to the Sony DVD player. * In this method no additional TVs can use the video on the DVD player, unless streaming can be done from MythTV backend to frontends... which leads to config#3. Config#3: Streaming w/Dolby Digital to MythTV backend. Playback on at multiple locations? - Same as above, except pretend I split just the MythTV connected to TV speaker to 1 or more hosts. Question on this option: Can the streaming be done to a MythTV backend and therefore a MythTV frontend can pick it up? and if 1 frontend can pick it up, can several pick it up via multi-cast or something similar? Dont you guys love newbie questions? Thanks in advance for any info you can give. -MyKarz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350
I used the intstructions found about half way down here: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2995postdays=0postorder=aschighlight= But instead, I packaged my own firmware zip file from cd for my PVR350 (v2.2a) for doing the ivfwextract.pl step. I also chose ivtv v0.3.2a, as it was the very latest that would actually compile. I couldn't get 0.3.2b to compile, undefined constant errors. ivtv I'm using: http://205.209.168.201/~ckennedy/ivtv/ivtv-0.3/OLD/ivtv-0.3.2a.tgz Until doing that, I was having a lot of problems with mythfrontend seg faulting, and things not working. New FW + New Driver helped alot. Hope that helps, -Kenneth On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:11:50 -0500, Dan Wilga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again John, Over the weekend, I downloaded ivtv 3.0rc3 and installed the version of ivtvdev_drv.o packaged with it. This version experiences the same lockup I described. Is it the fixed version, or does the problem lie elsewhere? At 02:42 AM 12/14/2004, John Harvey wrote: Great. I've been thinking about simplifying all of this. Ivtv only supports one output device at the moment so I think we can remove all the Busid and fbdev options and let X figure out for itself which device to use. Hopefully I can get a new simpler less error prone version out this week. John -Original Message- From: Dan Wilga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2004 03:09 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 Ah, that it very likely the reason for the problem in my case. Thanks for figuring this out, John. From: John Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] There was a bug introduced that caused it to always use /dev/fb0 so if your fb device was something else then it could have this effect. Changing the fbdev option to ivtv fixes that problem. I will be creating a new ivtv driver to fix this problem and check the device properly in the near future. john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wilga Sent: 13 December 2004 20:24 To: Discussion about mythtv; Josh Sharpe Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 I found that the latest version of ivtvdev_drv.o would cause X to hog 99% of the CPU and not output anything. I ended up reverting to a version from October 16, which is 17902 bytes. Dan Wilga [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Talking to more than one backend
Brad Templeton wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:14:10AM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 11:57 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: Right now mythtv is not mature enough to give to people who are not sophisticated computer users. They need help administering it from somebody else, and that's why this is a useful feature. Don't see you doing terribly much to help with that. Sorry you feel that way. No one here owes you anything. If you are alone in believing that you have a brilliant idea, it's up to you to work it out. I know that myth does the things I want it to do, does things that dozens of other people needed and I'm pretty sure it does what Isaac needs too. No one here is taking orders from you or anyone else. As for the issue at hand, mythfrontend absolutely can be run on a host remote to the master backend and frontends on a host can potentially connect to any master anywhere. If you elect to use ssh and a different port number, mysql (www.mysql.com) has a config file to set the port number that their client libraries use. If you have a better idea, diff -u spaces no tabs. I also am sorry that you feel we aren't doing a lot to support MythTV I've never seen Isaac say anything of the sort. I have seen you use this technique on this list before and it is childish and uncalled for. 'Maybe it's just me but personally, I'm opposed to your idea that we should all club baby seals. I think everyone on this list would be appalled by your support for this senseless mutilation.' and open source digital TV in general. Our digital TV liberation front page (www.eff.org/broadcastflag) with associated articles on building MythTV have brought it a fair bit of attention, I hope. If there is more we can do, let us know. First of all, lets establish if you are here as a representative of EFF. If so, I think there are some serious issues with how EFF intends to interface with this project but I don't actually believe that you are their appointed goodwill ambassador. If EFF went looking for an open source project that supports the pcHDTV, they would naturally find that of the hundreds (literally hundreds) of attempts to start a DVR project that few got off the ground and none come close to MythTV as a direct result of Isaac's skills, approach and temperament. If you want to believe that we should be beholden to you because you happen to be associated with someone who wrote an article that merely mentioned the work that Isaac and others have done over the past nearly three years, you are sadly mistaken. I don't give a rats ass if a single person uses MythTV as a result of seeing it mentioned at EFF or in a magazine or where ever. I want to have the best possible DVR for myself and if others find it useful, that's fine. Even better if they can improve upon it. If EFF and it's members want to make contributions to this project that meet their agenda, that's fine. However, if all you have to offer is the fanciful, impractical suggestions you've made in the past, unfounded alarmist proclamations posted to our users, endless debate apparently for sport, and now cheap shots at the lead developer? No thank you. Have I not made an effort to try to respond to your questions with honest and informed answers about our software? I think you've worn out your welcome there. I had done so with the expectation that you intended to contribute. I was unaware that you were incapable of so much as installing a complier over the course of several weeks. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DMA to ivtv FB problems
Sorry if this is a repost but i never saw it come back on the list. Weird Problem. Setup: Abit motherboard via chipset PVR 350 FC2 by Jarods Guide If i use cat /dev/video0 /tmp/test_capture.mpg the resulting file plays fine on another computer. however when I try to use mplayer i get the following output. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /usr/bin/mplayer /dev/video0 MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, Stepping: 1) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /dev/video0. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 15000.0 kbps (1875.0 kbyte/s) == Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 48000-192000 (384.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) == No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option for details)! vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! == Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) == Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit - 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) alsa-init: got device=0, subdevice=0 alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit - 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. No accelerated colorspace conversion found SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 - RGBA special converter VO: [ivtvosd] 720x480 = 720x540 RGBA fb_size=6291456 fb_dev_fd=5 Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument% ??% ??,?% 0 0 This continues until i hit [CTRL] C . I've tried to look in the archives and found some stuff similar but no answer. Relating to mplayer not being able to send through the Frame buffer. but still no answer. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a xbox?
Funny that you give a reference that is a defaced web site. Guess the boys over at blkbk have not noticed yet. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Foster Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:19 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a xbox? On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:00:28 +, Jonathan Stoneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William wrote: How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a stock GentooX xbox? Its been about 16 hours so far and it does not seem to be very far along. Some precompiled binaries sure would have been nice. It looks like its time to add a memory chip if I expect to do anything usefull with the box. Bill I have no idea how long it should take but after two days on my xbox (Xebian) I gave up and used distcc with four non-xbox hosts. It then took about two hours. Jon. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Check out http://bit.blkbk.com/phpBB2/ for loads of mythtv-xbox info. Kits are compiled and available for installation. Greg. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Knoppmyth + improvements?
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: I decided to try out Knoppmyth for a frontend. To those of you that run it, is there some way I can tune it for a fx5200? The video is REALLY choppy, displaying maybe 5 frames per second. I know it works because I had a full blown fc2 installation on it working fine, but wanted to try out knoppmyth. I also don't have audio working, but I figure I'll work that out after I can get the video worked out. Thanks, Paul Are you running the frontend off the CD? What other hardware are you running on? While you cannot install the nVidia drivers while running on the CD, it should run fine. I first tested the CD running the frontend on a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop (P III 700 w/ 256 and a Geforce2Go) it ran fine (the smile that brought to my first...). Regards, Cecil http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Knoppmyth + improvements?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/10/2005 8:11:26 PM PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: I decided to try out Knoppmyth for a frontend. To those of you that run it, is there some way I can tune it for a fx5200? The video is REALLY choppy, displaying maybe 5 frames per second. I know it works because I had a full blown fc2 installation on it working fine, but wanted to try out knoppmyth. I also don't have audio working, but I figure I'll work that out after I can get the video worked out. Thanks, Paul Are you running the frontend off the CD? What other hardware are you running on? While you cannot install the nVidia drivers while running on the CD, it should run fine. I first tested the CD running the frontend on a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop (P III 700 w/ 256 and a Geforce2Go) it ran fine (the smile that brought to my first...). Regards, Cecil http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/ I don't have a CD-rom drive connected to this machine permanently, it was only connected temporarily via a USB cable. It ran ok (about as choppy), so I thought by installing it fully I'd see it run a little better. The machine is an IBM NetVista, PIII 933MHz box with 256mb ram. It's also got (obviously) an FX5200, so I would think it's got the horsepower to do 30 fps or so. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: speakers question
i am not sure what your budget is, but the speakers in the following link with blow away just about anything from klh. some light assembly work, including soldering, is required. read the assembly manual. you will not be disappointed. the bass output should be better than the klh system, so a sub would probably not be required. link: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?DID=7Partnumber=300-640 review: http://www.partsexpress.com/resources/300-640a.html ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
Hmmm, you can only pick it up at a newstand if you happen to live in the same country that it's published in. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Front end hardware?
Kalle Pokki wrote: I have actually never seen a running xbox, as I'm not a big fan of console games. So I'm wondering how quiet the xbox really is. It does contain a hard drive and some cooling fans to my knowledge, but are they close to silent as nobody seems to ever mention anything about their noise? Pretty low noise. Fan is variable speed depending on heat load. There is a daemon that runs to change the fan speed as the CPU heats up. I leave me right next to the TV. Noise is low enough not to bother me. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a xbox?
William wrote: How long does it take to compile Mythtv on a stock GentooX xbox? Its been about 16 hours so far and it does not seem to be very far along. Some precompiled binaries sure would have been nice. It looks like its time to add a memory chip if I expect to do anything usefull with the box. I did not have as much time as you. I mounted the x box drive over nfs on a faster machine and chrooted into the directory and compiled from there. Much faster... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Article about Myth in latest CPU Magazine
On Monday 10 January 2005 09:58 pm, Andrew Wilson wrote: Hmmm, you can only pick it up at a newstand if you happen to live in the same country that it's published in. Ah yes, sorry, I'm somewhat US-centric. I'd be happy to pick up a copy and mail to you if you'd like to pay the shipping :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Front end hardware?
It seems to depend on the particular XBox that you have really, or more accurately, the hardware version. The version 1.0 XBox came with a heatsink on the GPU (the nVidia graphics processor) that had a small 40mm fan on it. I found this to be very noisy. Version 1.1 (and perhaps later?) units don't have the fan, they have a larger heatsink, thus leaving only the 60mm fan on the back (which is also a bit noisy). I've cracked open my XBox a few times and I've removed the GPU heatsink/fan, replacing them with a Zalman northbridge heatsink. It's definitely an improvement. Of course, it also depends on how far the XBox is from you, and whether or not it's enclosed in something (like an entertainment center). -- Joe --- Andrew Ziobro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kalle Pokki wrote: I have actually never seen a running xbox, as I'm not a big fan of console games. So I'm wondering how quiet the xbox really is. It does contain a hard drive and some cooling fans to my knowledge, but are they close to silent as nobody seems to ever mention anything about their noise? Pretty low noise. Fan is variable speed depending on heat load. There is a daemon that runs to change the fan speed as the CPU heats up. I leave me right next to the TV. Noise is low enough not to bother me. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
OK, maybe I sent everyone on a wild goose chase. Somebody tell me if this makes sense: - Start X, Mythbackend, Mythfrontend, and start to play live TV, all is fine. - Watch memory and it grows to almost max, but mythfrontend doesn't increase. - Stop movie and memory returns to normal. - Start live TV again and let it run. Memory grows to max, then swapping starts. Is the memory growth due to buffered-up video (which is used for jumping back)? If that's the case, then this is perfectly normal operation. Or, is there a limit on the amount of ram that mythfrontend should consume during playback? It's starting to sound like my freezing problem is caused by something else? Comments? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] error compilling mythfilldatabase
Hi, im compiling mythtv 0.16 for my qt-embedded system. After an hour of compiling I get this error from make: cd mythfilldatabase qmake mythfilldatabase.pro -o Makefile cd mythfilldatabase make -f Makefile make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/cvs/mythtv/mythtv-0.16/programs/mythfilldatabase' g++ -c -pipe -DQWS -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti `directfb-config --cflags` -Wall -W -O3 -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -DQWS -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPREFIX=\/usr/local\ -DMMX -DCONFIG_VIDEO4LINUX -DUSING_OSS -DUSING_DVB -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I/usr/share/qte3/mkspecs/default -I. -I../../libs/libmythtv -I../../libs/libmyth -I../../libs -I../../../../../../local/include -I../../../../../../include/linux/dvb -I/usr/share/qte3//include -o filldata.o filldata.cpp filldata.cpp: In function `QDomElement unnamed::nodeToElement(QDomNode)': filldata.cpp:419: error: exception handling disabled, use -fexceptions to enable filldata.cpp: In function `void unnamed::ImportIconMap(const QString)': filldata.cpp:531: error: `e' undeclared (first use this function) filldata.cpp:531: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [filldata.o] Fehler 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cvs/mythtv/mythtv-0.16/programs/mythfilldatabase' make[1]: *** [sub-mythfilldatabase] Fehler 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cvs/mythtv/mythtv-0.16/programs' make: *** [sub-programs] Fehler 2 can someone help me with this? thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Hauppauge 350 remote: Help
I'm unable to get the remote and ir receiver that came with my hauppauge pvr350 to work. I've followed the directions to a T, but when I run irw I get nothing. It seems a few people have had this problem, has anyone found a solution? I'm using Fedora Core 2. __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth CD won't boot
Hello, I downloaded the latest KnoppMyth ISO, checked the MD5SUM, burned it to disc. I set the BIOS to boot from CD and the KnoppMyth boot screen comes up. No matter what boot option I try, I get a message saying "ide: late registration of driver" followed by: Can't find Knoppix filesystem, dropping you to a very limited shell. I figure the kernels are having a hard time finding the cdrom for some reason...I have tried it on two different computers: - One is a Soyo K7VME (Via KT400 chipset I believe) with a newly purchased DVD burner set as primary slave. (I have also tried it as Secondary Master with no luck). This box is currently running Myth on Fedora Core 1 and the DVD drive works fine there, happily playing DVDs, so I don't think the drive is a problem. - The second machine is my Dell Dimension 4600 with the Dell supplied 48X cdrom drive. On this machine, it attempts to boot from the CD, never gets to the KnoppMyth screen and fails over to Win XP. Per suggestions on various forums and lists, I have verified the MD5SUM, downloaded a new copy of the ISO from a different server, re-burned to disc, etc, etc...with no improvement. Also per the Knoppix cheat codes list, I have tried the "atapicd" and "noscsi" cheatcodes (both singley and together) with no effect. Should I be able to see this CD in Windows via explorer as with other linux distro boot cds? I ask b/c I can't...With the disc in the drive on the Windows machine, Windows thinks the drive it empty... Any suggestions? Thanks, Marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] No listings on remote MythFrontend
Ok, I have two systems setup -- a backend running FC2 (that is also setup as aMythTV Frontend) named 'mythtv-backend'atIP address 192.168.1.20, and a frontend running KnoppMyth (installed to HD) named 'mythtv-lr' at address 192.168.1.21. On the backend system, I can do everything perfectly. On the frontend system, I can watch Live TV and recorded programs just fine andcan also use the 'browse' feature while in Live TV to browse the programs on other channels. But when I pull up the Program Guide (either via Live TV or via "Manage Recordings/Schedule Recordings/Guide", I don't have any listings on thescreen. (Strange, because the individual listings show in 'browse' mode, and they are using the same database, right?) I've checked the settings via 'mythtv-setup' (knoppMyth), and I've got it all setup properly as far as I can tell -- The frontend system's 'mythtv-setup' screen is configured as such: IP address for mythtv-lr: 192.168.1.21 Port the server runs on: 6543 Port the server shows status on: 6544 Master Server IP address: 196.168.1.20 Port the master server runs on: 6543 Ihave given permission to 192.168.1.% in sql to the mythconverg database on my backend system (perJarod's"Tips 'n' Tricks" http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php) and havesearched thegossamer threads, google andAltavista, but still haven't come up with any soulutions yet... I'm highly technical, but new to Linux with MythTV. If you need more detailed info, please give me detailed instructions on how to get that data... I'm new to Linux, and the commands that are second nature to most of you are still very new to me... Thanks in advance for your help and input... Jeff MythTV Backend: mythtv-backend Fedora Core 2 Athlon XP 1800+ 768MB DDR 266 Ram Hauppauge PVR-350 Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W 18GB U160 10Krpm SCSI System Drive (OS/Swap) 2x 50GB U160 SCSI drives for Video MythTVFrontend: mythtv-lr KnoppMyth (Installed to HDD) PIII 800 256MB Ram 18GB IDE Drive ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The hardware database is not online....anyone have acopy/mirror of it?
You're using Mozilla, aren't you? For some reason, it doesn't display in Mozilla broswers. Pulls up fine in the evil browser, though. I'm running Firefox 1.0 on Fedora Core 3 Linux, and it's working and rendering perfectly. Just wanted to share. Firefox 1.0 on Windows doesn't work when clicking the link to it, but it works when you do the highlight url+press enter trick. Very strange, only site I've ever seen do that. I assumed it was down myself until I saw this thread. Whoever runs that site should fix it... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] How do I remove a video source?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:54:24PM -0600, Trey Boudreau wrote: Howdy all, I've made a mistake and have a duplicate video source defined. I'd like to remove it, but I didn't find any way to do so from within setup or mythfrontend. Google'n for MythTV remove video source or delete video source didn't turn up anything. The online documentation only tells you how to add sources. Suggestions? As somebody else noted, you can do this in an sql database editing tool like phpmyadmin. SNIP show up some day, since you aren't the first to want this. No, No, No - don't erase everything. There is a keystroke combination will bring up a little popup that asks if you wish to delete the source. I ran into it yesterday. Sorry I cannot remember what it is - might be the space bar, or M. But its reliable and works. Anyone out there remember what the keystroke is? - Richard ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: lsi mpeg2 encoder card
Just a follow up to this posting, the card below is the Emuzed Maui I/II, it has windows drivers here http://www.emuzed.com/download.htm but as best I can tell, there are no Linux drivers period. I haven't been able to find any *nix development for the LSI DVXplore chip so far. I found this related posting: http://forums.tech-arena.com/archive/index.php/t-32505.html On 14 Oct 2004 at 12:14, Harondel J. Sibble wrote: Okay, a computer store that I do some work for recently came into possesion of 300 hardware mpeg encoding tv tuner cards that came from XP Media Center pc's. I am trying to track down whether there is linux and mythtv support for these cards but haven't been able to find much by googling as the cards don't have much in the way of markings. The back of the pcb has the following silk screened HannStar K MV-4 94V-0 0312 There is a sticker on the back MAHP-01-000 Rev-1.02 4103-SATINDO-042195 It has a phillips tuner, svideo and right and left rca audio jacks. The PCB has the following chips LSI DVXPLORE B1 T 0312 WYF12002 TAIWAN -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth CD won't boot
Marty Mastera wrote: Hello, I downloaded the latest KnoppMyth ISO, checked the MD5SUM, burned it to disc. I set the BIOS to boot from CD and the KnoppMyth boot screen comes up. No matter what boot option I try, I get a message saying ide: late registration of driver followed by: Can't find Knoppix filesystem, dropping you to a very limited shell. I figure the kernels are having a hard time finding the cdrom for some reason...I have tried it on two different computers: -One is a Soyo K7VME (Via KT400 chipset I believe) with a newly purchased DVD burner set as primary slave. (I have also tried it as Secondary Master with no luck). Cough cough... Set you CD-ROM devices on the secondary IDE bus... This box is currently running Myth on Fedora Core 1 and the DVD drive works fine there, happily playing DVDs, so I don't think the drive is a problem. -The second machine is my Dell Dimension 4600 with the Dell supplied 48X cdrom drive. On this machine, it attempts to boot from the CD, never gets to the KnoppMyth screen and fails over to Win XP. Per suggestions on various forums and lists, I have verified the MD5SUM, downloaded a new copy of the ISO from a different server, re-burned to disc, etc, etc...with no improvement. Also per the Knoppix cheat codes list, I have tried the atapicd and noscsi cheatcodes (both singley and together) with no effect. Should I be able to see this CD in Windows via explorer as with other linux distro boot cds? I ask b/c I can't...With the disc in the drive on the Windows machine, Windows thinks the drive it empty... Sounds like a bad burn. Any suggestions? Thanks, Marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Sound Blaster Live 24 Bit SB0410 - does it work with myth?
I'm looking at buying a new sound card because I suffer from the prebuffering pause in my Pundit-R that you all have read so much about. Does anyone know if the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit PCI Sound Card (SB0410) works with mythtv and alsa? I have tried googling around, and there are several posts about it not working a while back, but those seem to be with older versions of ALSA. I'm using FC2 a la Jarod: $ rpm -qa | grep alsa gnome-alsamixer-0.9.6-3.1.fc2.fr alsa-lib-1.0.7-17.rhfc2.at alsa-utils-1.0.7-11.rhfc2.at alsa-lib-devel-1.0.7-17.rhfc2.at More specifically, I want to know if installing this card will be fairly painless (no kernel compile, etc). I know that a lot of people have SB Live 5.1 working fine, so I would go with that. But I'm looking at the SB0410 because it's a lot smaller -- it's pretty hard to stick two full-size cards in a Pundit-R. - ec ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] DMA to ivtv FB problems
You should have some ivtv errors in your messages file. They may help explain what is going on. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Gardner Sent: 11 January 2005 00:52 To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] DMA to ivtv FB problems Sorry if this is a repost but i never saw it come back on the list. Weird Problem. Setup: Abit motherboard via chipset PVR 350 FC2 by Jarods Guide If i use cat /dev/video0 /tmp/test_capture.mpg the resulting file plays fine on another computer. however when I try to use mplayer i get the following output. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /usr/bin/mplayer /dev/video0 MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, Stepping: 1) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /dev/video0. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 15000.0 kbps (1875.0 kbyte/s) == Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 48000-192000 (384.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) == No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option for details)! vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! == Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) == Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit - 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) alsa-init: got device=0, subdevice=0 alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit - 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. No accelerated colorspace conversion found SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 - RGBA special converter VO: [ivtvosd] 720x480 = 720x540 RGBA fb_size=6291456 fb_dev_fd=5 Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument Error with sending DMA to ivtv FB! Invalid argument% ??% ??,?% 0 0 This continues until i hit [CTRL] C . I've tried to look in the archives and found some stuff similar but no answer. Relating to mplayer not being able to send through the Frame buffer. but still no answer. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
