Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend keeps TV 'running' when exiting
Same here. I had to unmute it too. So muting does not solve it. Also, xawtv *does* 'close' the sound when exiting, while Myth doesn't. Pim On 11-jan-05, at 22:11, Chris Clonch wrote: Ahh.. I do remember unmuting the line-in on the sound card because I couldn't hear any sound while watching LiveTV. I'll have to go back an double check my configuration. Ian Trider wrote: Not 100% sure on this (since I don't have a bt878 in my machine), but you could be listening to the audio through the line-in on the audio card instead of through MythTV (there will also probably be a slight delay between video and audio..). It needs to be set as mute in your mixer. On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:57:52 +0100, Pim Bliek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Nobody any clue on this behaviour? Best regards, Pim On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 22:06 +0100, Pim Bliek wrote: 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 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] OT:FTA sat setup
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:05:35 -0500, Jeff volckaert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everybody, I have been reading about FTA programming and was curious what a FTA sat reciever setup would run? I think I need a dish, a dish directioner, and a FTA reciever. Is this right? What would a setup like this cost? Can I use ANY of the equipment left over from a directtv setup? My in-laws just bought a cottage with an old directtv dish. I would like to setup the place to get FTA programming since we really don't want a cable bill for the few days a month we will be there. Would it be better to use a PC+Hauppage Nexus card+TV-out than getting a FTA reciever? In North America, you won't really find much free-to-air satellite (the very little there is is mostly foreign and religoius programming). You'd probably get better programming by antenna (you'd get all the networks, at least). That said, a receiver would be far trickier to use, with IR blasters and everything. PCI DVB card would be better. Your old DirecTV stuff may or may not work. You should really go to http://al7bar.tk, it is a forum about FTA satellite. -- Ian Trider [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Possible solution to slow mythfilldatabase with tv_grab_uk_rt
Allan Stirling wrote: Nick Morrott wrote: I've been looking into this after having had it take up to 3 hours for a complete run cycle of mythfilldatabase, providing listings for 3 sourceids but only 15 channels. It would appear when just running 'mythfilldatabase' from the command line that the program was looping or taking a *very* long time to get listings into the database. The real solution, of course, is to patch mythfilldatabase so it doesn't attempt to download and insert the same listings 14 times :) Patch submitted to -dev. The problem is really with tv_grab_uk_rt - it gets 14 days worth of data regardless of how many mythfilldatabase asks for. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Output
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 10:25:09AM +1100, jani wrote: Excellent, I have both those modes working now (modified slightly to centre the screen a bit)... Speaking of which, how does your tele display the RGB input? Mine overscans it by a good 20 pixels on each edge, meaning that the GUI misses the edges and the OSD is only In the settings menu, there are options to control the gui-size. That should enable you to resize the gui to fit on your tv screen. Leo. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: I lost my pvr-350 9-pin din cable
If you're handy with a soldering iron, you could just make one. I saw an page in english just the other day with the pinout, but I can't seem to find that one now. I just did a quick search and could not find that page, but I did find another page with the pinouts (it's not in english [german perhaps?], but you should be able to figure it out... ) The page is: http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Pinout_PVR350 Jeff I've either lost it (its been over a year since I bought the card) or it never came with it, and now I'm wanting to use tv-out and no local store seems to have it. I've check radioshack and the sony store and a few mom pop electronic stores. Any ideas on where I can get a new one? Thanks ___ 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] TV Output
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 09:42:14AM -0500, Cory Papenfuss wrote: I tried this too, the picture quality was very good, but the flicker during the menu's was horrible. I was using an mx440 chipset. Don't you people have this flicker? I have had similar experience with my homebrew NTSC doodad like this. I think it would be worthwhile to make an 'interlaced' theme that would help this. Basically, no single horizonal lines in the theme images... that would keep it from being on for only 1/30 (or 1/25 for PAL-ers) of a second. I was already wondering if I was the only one :-| Actally the amount of flicker made me go back to using svideo. It's a bit of a trade-off between a bearable gui and a reasonable video quality to watch... The video quality on my mx440 is not bad enough to push me into the creation of an interlace friendly theme. But that's just my opinion ;-)) Leo. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source
Drew Zerdecki wrote: What mirrors have the source kernels? I can kind them on the regular redhat mirrors. Thanks again. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Read the release notes for FC3 - it explains how to obtain the kernel source. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005 ___ 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 No ideas without more information. If it's smb transfer problems the question might be more suited for a Samba Users List. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:39:14 -0600 Drew Zerdecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What mirrors have the source kernels? I can kind them on the regular redhat mirrors. Please read the FC3 release notes for an explanation of what's happened to the kernel sources: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html (sorry for any URL line-breakage) regards, oliver ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Templeton Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:51 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:17:07AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: The good: 1. It's fast. 2. ivtv compiled without a problem. 3. Pretty much everything works (see The bad for what doesn't) Ian, to add facts to the fire about how different processors perform on mpeg decoding, it would be great if you could report back typical CPU usage/idle times for your system while it is decoding a 1080i video or 720p video, perhaps from mpstat to see what both processors are doing. Right now in my tests the P4-hyperthreaded is blowing away the equivalently numbered athlon, but it would be great to get more real world examples. Yes, I second that! Espeically considering deals like this are out there now: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Edp No=1133509Sku=A455-2110%20B Certainly the case is a beauty in the eye of the beholder, but $300 for an Athlon 64 3400 barebones is nothing to shy away from if this would improve my path to decent HDTV Myth-ing...I know it's a ways off, but ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: Are 'dev' and 'users' mailing lists sufficient? (was Re: [mythtv-users] Talking to more than one backend)
Getting users to preface the subject would be next to impossible. I would definitely like a read only announce list. Would be great to get an email as soon as the latest version is out. I'm always in favor of overwriting my working setup for the latest and greatest! :) On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:39:25 -0600, Chris Delis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:03:28AM -0600, Andrew Close wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:43:50 +, Simon Kenyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we have two mailing lists dev and users maybe it is time to go for some finer granularity install - issues installing the software announce - annoucement of new releases bugs - posting of bugs/fixes hardware - issues with hardware discuss - general discussion/fluff software - issues running the software comments please instead of creating multiple lists maybe it could be requested of posters to tag the subject of their email with the above tags. ie, install - compile issue with current CVS... or hardware - when will we see drivers for PVR-500? ;) Or, perhaps just ask users to be a little bit descriptive in their subject headings? :-) --Chris then users of the list could just filter based on the subject tags. it wouldn't be perfect, but it wouldn't require everyone to subscribe to multiple lists or have to deal with cross-list posts as much. just my $.02 :) 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 ___ 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] Re: Toshiba Satellite as kitchen tv
On January 12, 2005 03:56 pm, Mike Frisch wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 12:36:22PM -0700, Jack Burghardt wrote: I have Toshiba Satellite with 475 mhz K6-2 cpu 196 mb, ati video car that supports xv will it be enough to act as frontend. I seriously doubt it'll have enough horsepower, but there's no harm in trying. It could work, given the proper recording settings. My frontend is a Celeron 433 with 256 MB. It handles my mpeg2 recordings just fine, but was choking on some mpeg4 stuff. You'll probably have to recompile to get things to work. I think there is something in the docs about needing MMX/SSE for the default install. Check the docs, I think there is something there. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Frisch Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:23 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini On 11-Jan-05, at 5:37 PM, Marc Nicholas wrote: I wouldn't jump to that conclusion until you've seen the output. Just because there's an ATI 9200 chipset on the board, doesn't mean that the analog stage is the same as that from XYZ PC video card vendor. And that's one thing that often makes or breaks analog TV. I will make that conclusion based on the fact that I have yet to see a decent S-Video or composite video output in the number of years they've been available. I still think a scan converter is a better solution. Now finding one in a store before the end of this month is going to be tough to prove that ;-) Better order now! I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Toshiba Satellite as kitchen tv
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 05:15:12PM -0400, Mark J. Small wrote: On January 12, 2005 03:56 pm, Mike Frisch wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 12:36:22PM -0700, Jack Burghardt wrote: I have Toshiba Satellite with 475 mhz K6-2 cpu 196 mb, ati video car that supports xv will it be enough to act as frontend. I seriously doubt it'll have enough horsepower, but there's no harm in trying. It could work, given the proper recording settings. My frontend is a Celeron 433 with 256 MB. It handles my mpeg2 recordings just fine, but was choking on some mpeg4 stuff. I think the C433 is much faster than the K6-2, though. Isn't the K6-2 a Pentium class CPU? The C433 is Pentium II, IIRC. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Remote - Hmmm!
Hi! I am almost "there" with my mythbox, but I am having issues with the remote. What is strange is that irw sees the remote fine (all the keys I press come-up with the right names), but nothing happens when I try to use the remote with MythTV. I changed the settings in settings.pro so that it will use native lirc, but I cannot get it to work correctly. Anythoughts? My setup: EPIA M1 mobo PVR-350 with grey-top black-bottom (dark bottom) Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a lirc 0.7.0 MythTV 0.16 Thanks for your help!! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Zerdecki Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:39 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source What mirrors have the source kernels? I can kind them on the regular redhat mirrors. Thanks again. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users It's probably that the SRPM isn't out there yet, I've run across that with the very newest kernels--for some reason the compiled ones are there a day or so more quickly. The release notes for Fedora Core cover this topic, and it ends up in a lot of discussions about FC3 changes: Quote: In order to eliminate the redundancy inherent in providing a separate package for the kernel source code when that source code already exists in the kernel's .src.rpm file, Fedora Core 3 no longer includes the kernel-source package. Users that require access to the kernel sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm file. To create an exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps (note that version refers to the version specification for your currently-running kernel): 1. Obtain the kernel-version.src.rpm file from one of the following sources: * The SRPMS directory on the appropriate SRPMS CD iso image * The FTP site where you got the kernel package * By running the following command: up2date --get-source kernel 2. Install kernel-version.src.rpm (given the default RPM configuration, the files this package contains will be written to /usr/src/redhat/) 3. Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, and issue the following command: rpmbuild -bp --target=arch kernel.spec (Where arch is the desired target architecture.) On a default RPM configuration, the kernel tree will be located in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/. 4. In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels shipped in Fedora Core 3 are in the /configs/ directory. For example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named /configs/kernel-version-i686-smp.config. Issue the following command to place the desired configuration file in the proper place for building: cp desired-file ./.config 5. Issue the following command: make oldconfig You can then proceed as usual. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
Joshua, I couldn't understand what this part of the README meant so I didn't do it :| How do I do this part? I wonder if it may help with streaming the audio too. You are using FC2 you said. Did you just use packages for vlc and ffmpeg or did you compile yourself? Cheers, Dave On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:14:47 +1000, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmmcan anyone who has tried this module tell me how I complete this section of the installation guide? Configure VLC and ffmpeg with the following options- --disable-x11 --disable-xvideo --disable-gtk --disable-sdl --enable-ffmpeg --wit h-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac --with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-mad --enable-lib dvbpsi --enable-a52 --disable-dvdplay --enable-dvdnav --enable-vorbis --enable-o gg --enable-theora --enable-mkv --enable-freetype --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-speex --enable-flac --enable-goom --enable-livedotcom --enable-caca -- disable-skins2 --enable-modplug --enable-debug --enable-gpl --enable-mp3lame --e nable-pp --enable-shared-pp Cheers, Whytey On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:30:47 +, Ciaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this imply it won't run with the latest CVS version of myth? Thanks, - Ciaran On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:36:34 -0800, Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes 0.16 should be fine. I'm running 0.16.20040906-1. Thanks for your interest! -Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Whyte Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:10 PM To: Asher Schaffer; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV Oooh! This sounds interesting. Exactly what I was looking for :D I take it it would work with 0.16? On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:56:40 -0800, Asher Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:36:49 -0500, James Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've released a new project on Source Forge called MythStreamTV. MythStreamTV is currently available in Alpha at http://mythstreamtv.sourceforge.net/ for download. MythStreamTV is a MythTV addon that allows live transcoding of nupplevideo to Windows Media Player/Mplayer and allows control via MythWeb. This will be great. This is one feature I miss when I stopped using the SnapStream pvr on Windows. I could stream live tv and recordings to my handheld or from work over the internet. It was configurable as to the bandwidth / bitrates that you wanted to be able to use and transcoded on the fly. - James Agreed, I'm going to be trying this out as soon as I get a chance. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- - Ciaran -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
The myth box that is doing the encoding is a sempron 2400 with 512B RAM (quite low specd). The box doing the playing was a Celeron 1GHz, which maxed out the CPU to play the video (I can play higher quality divx's fine on that machine though). Off the top of my head, my load average was about 1.80 across the board whilst streaming. I obviously don't want to up the CPU on that machine, but I could at a pinch put mmore RAM in. Do you think that would help? Dave On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:48:00 -0800, Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What processor are you running on the Myth box? What Codec and VBR are you selecting? Are you recording or playing back on the Myth box at the same time? How much idle time is available on the CPU when playback is happening? With my P3 1000 VLC maxes out the CPU. I am able to transcode and stream with no pausing... Unless I am playing back and recording at the same time. I'm using XP with WMP 10 over 802.11b. Also using 500K and DIV3. top - 09:44:06 up 18 days, 21:54, 4 users, load average: 1.13, 0.68, 0.41 Tasks: 85 total, 4 running, 81 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 98.0% user, 1.6% system, 0.0% nice, 0.3% idle Mem:255396k total, 250536k used, 4860k free,69372k buffers Swap: 923728k total,66752k used, 856976k free,66352k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEMTIME+ Command 24251 www-data 18 0 18180 17m 2888 R 98.0 7.1 1:36.24 vlc processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping: 10 cpu MHz : 996.703 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips: 1985.74 Thanks, -Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Whyte Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:23 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Fwd: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV posted to the list incase anyone else can help! -- Forwarded message -- From: David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:18:24 +1000 Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV To: James Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sounds like we are at the same stage. I am streaming to my Windows XP box and using Windows Media Player 10 to view. I am using an 11Mbs WiFi card and the myth box is wired into the router yet the video is continually pausing to buffer. I am surprised it needs to do this given the clip is only playing at 245Kbs, and I can see my network is not being used to its full potential. Is this just a Windows Media Player issue and if so what is a better viewer to use? Dave On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:11:51 -0500, James Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Whyte wrote: James, do you understand the line in the installation README about configuring vlc and ffmpeg? I think that is the problem I am having! I am currently getting VLC already alive, I'm going to whack it. THE PROCESS I MEAN! Starting Stream of 1000_2005011214_2005011215.nuv VLC media player 0.7.2 Bond [0213] dummy interface: Using the dummy interface module... [0214] main input: playlist item `/myth/recordings/1000_2005011214_2005011215.nuv' [0219] main private: creating httpd [0226] mpeg_audio packetizer: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:256 [0227] ffmpeg encoder error: cannot find encoder MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 [0227] ffmpeg encoder error: cannot find encoder MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 [0216] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot open encoder [0216] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot create audio chain [0226] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output I can't start the thing from the browser, I think it is a permissions problem (man I have heaps of those things) but I copy the command line and paste it in a terminal. I also have to remove a '/' from the filename else I get a '//' created in the script. The only way I kind of got it half way working is to use port 8080 in the install script / manually edit the webpage. The mythstream.php has 8080 hardcoded in it. The errors for MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 I have not solved yet. I was able to test by making the AUDIO=$1 in the mythstream.php script to AUDIO= to not use an audio codec. This got vlc working with video / no audio for now. - James -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH
[mythtv-users] EPIA M10000+PVR-350+NO TvOut = slow?
Hi. Another thing I am wondering about is with respect to the performance of MythTV on an EPIA M1 mobo. I can go to watch LiveTV, but I only get to see one frame every so often... very, very, very choppy. No sound also, but I am assuming that the sound issue may be related to the video issue. I do not have TvOut setup yet, so I am watching MythTV on my monitor still. (Next step after troubleshooting a few minor issues will be to turn this on). When MythTV is on the menu (no LiveTV), "top" reports around 3-4% CPU load. However, when I watch LiveTV (the choppy live tv) top reports around 98-99% CPU usage. I did tell MythTV to use MPEG-2 through the PVR-350 when decoding (ie capturing from the cable feed), but it seems that the other half of the equation, ie watching the video stream, is eating up all the CPU. KEY QUESTIONS: Is this normal? I believe this is not correct, but I just want to verify with others out there with a similar setup. If it is not normal, any thoughts on how I can troubleshoot this? My setup: EPIA M1 PVR-350 w/ grey-top/dark-bottom remote Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a lirc 0.7.0 Thanks!! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Installation: lircd not working?
Hi, I installed lircd according to the 2005-01-10 version of Jarod's guide. I notice there is no /dev/lirc. One should create a symbolic link called /dev/lirc that points to /dev/lirc0 Before: crw--- 1 root root 61, 0 Jan 12 22:25 /dev/lirc0 srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 12 22:07 /dev/lircd After: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jan 12 22:47 lirc - lirc0 crw--- 1 root root 61, 0 Jan 12 22:29 lirc0 srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 12 22:47 lircd 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] Anyone using MediaMVP with 0.16?
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:56:10PM -0500, James Pifer wrote: I just got my MediaMVP and went through the install laid out on the mvpmc site @http://mvpmc.sourceforge.net/mvpmc-HOWTO-singlehtml.html. I got to the Menu, I can see my list of recordings but can't play them. Upon looking at mythbackend.log it says the client is trying to use protocol version 8 while the server (mythtv 0.16) is using protocol 13. This was not an issue I expected. I checked the FAQ on the mvpmc site and didn't see a version requirement. What am I missing? Bad assumption that it can be used with 0.16? I have not tried NFS, yet. Try it with NFS first, and, if you are auto-transcoding the files after they are recorded, you're SOL. The MVP only plays mpeg1/2, which the transcoded files are not. Tim -- Tim SailerCoastal Internet, Inc. Network and Systems OperationsPO Box 726 http://www.buoy.com Moriches, NY 11955 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (631) 399-2910 (888) 924-3728 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Newbie needs help choosing hardware for use in the UK
Hello. I had a little play with mythTV over the weekend and was very impressed. Great work guys! I was using an old Hauppaggue frame grabber and no soundcard, but it did suffice as proof of concept. I'm now ready to take the plunge and invest in some proper hardware. I've got a base PC which I think will be good enough and I plan to get a secondhand xbox to use as a frontend. Here's the spec of what I've got... Gigabyte GA-6BXD MB Dual Pentium III 800Mhz 352MB 100Mhz SDRAM 250GB PATA HD (Western Digital) 30GB PATA HD with Debian Sarge installed. nVidia MX200 (but I guess this isn't relevant for a backend only system) Living in the UK, 2 DVB cards seem to be the way forward. Am I right in thinking that they all produce MPEG2 streams so no encoding has to be done in software? I've come up with a 3 card shortlist all available from www.scan.co.uk (where I'll be placing an order for some unrelated stuff later this week.) They are ... Avermedia DVB-T PCI Card £64.44 Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-T Freeview receiver PCI (909) £62.06 Vision + PCI TV Tuner - HDTV Compatible + Remote £46.06 Do all these cards definately have suitable drivers? I think I read somewhere that not all Nova-T's were the same. I wouldn't want to end up with an unsupported variant. Or should I just go for the cheapest? Shouldn't the outputted MPEG2 stream be identical for each card? The option to receive some of the top-up-tv channels might be good too. Has anybody got this working yet? I'm hoping that the system will be capable of recording two programmes, whilst simultaneously letting me watch a previously recorded show on the xbox. I don't suppose I'll want to do this that often but it would be nice. Since my MB only supports UDMA-2, I'm also thinking of buying an addon PCI ATA card. I'm guessing I won't need any soundcards in a DVB only system? Wow, what a lot of questions! I really hope that somebody can help me out with some of these. Thanks! Alex ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Direct encoding for dvd PVR-350
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:05:59 -0500, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I might be confused (or wrong) on this, so bear with me for a bit: My Assumptions: 1). The PVR-350 encodes and saves incoming audio/video in MPEG2 720x480 2). DVD Video is encoded at MPEG2 720x480 3). Framerates are probably the same What I'd like to get to the bottom of is why nuvexport to dvd takes ~8 hours for a 30 minute show on a 1.4ghz athlon. Specifically, I'd like to find out if there is a setting I can change in mythtv to make it record directly into a dvd compatible format. Barring that, if there is a way to make it automatically transcode into the correct format? Can anybody point me in the right direction on this? I've read a good number of scripts for making dvds and transcoding, and I'd like to try to get it to save in the right format the first time if possible. Thanks! 1. Mark your commercials in Myth 2. Use the MPEG2-MPEG2 option of nuvexport. This step should take about 5-10 mins on your computer for a 30 minute show. Might take even less time. Certainly no more than 10 mins. 3. Prepare a video DVD iso using the mpg2 file exported from step 3. I use DVDStyler. Another app is Q DVD Author. 4. Burn the iso to dvd. I use k3b for this. HTH, Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: NTP does not seem to be updating...
My apologies...I misread what you wrote to say syslogging is not working. That is a known issue with FC3 updates and I just struggled through that this past week. My issue probably has nothing to do with your issue. --Justin On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:09:58 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Justin Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/01/12 Wed AM 09:55:54 EST To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: NTP does not seem to be updating... This is being caused by SELINUX crap. Go into /etc/selinux/config and make sure this line is in there: SELINUX=disabled Reboot and syslogging will start working and NTP will start updating again. --Justin Thanks Justin, I will check this when I get home. Just to clarify for everyone else: ntpd is running, and when it actually TRIES to update the time, the syslogging is fine. It just seems that it isn't trying to update the time. When I /sbin/service ntpd restart, the time IS updated correctly and the update is logged correctly. I will post again after I try tonight... Eric ___ 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] Upgrading Video Card Help
I am upgrading from a gforce mx440 to an fx 5200 Do I have to make any driver changes, or changes to the xorg.conf? I am hol=ping to take advantage of Xvmc. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Will this Sabrent Card and it's remote work with MythTV?
I'd second the Hauppage cards. I got a PVR-350, and running it on a P3-667 with about 30% cpu max usage when playing a video and recording, or watching tv delayed. Well worth the ~$180 for the hardware encode/decoding. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:57:20 -0500, Dewey Smolka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do yourself a big favor and spring for a Hauppage card. It's a breeze to get up and running. You can save money on other components. With a hardware-encoding card you don't need as much processing power, which means even a P-3 700 is enough. You can pick one of these up for around $150. You can also save by getting an older video card -- I use an nvidia Geforce 2. You can get that piece for a song. There's also great deals to be had on hard drives -- I saw a 160 GB Maxtor drive in Staples the other day for $60 (after $40 mail-in rebate). On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:21:24 -0500, Tim Smoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I know try to go cheap and you get what you pay for! I just want to get started, and am on a limited budget! As we all are I am sure! Thanks, Sm00ter _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://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 ___ 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] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
VLC isn't finding the ffmpeg mp3-lame encoder so the audio stream isn't able to start. It has to do with VLC's configure options. Sorry I don't have more of a clear answer on how to fix it. But initially I saw the same problem. Now I just need to remember what I did to fix it ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4734, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard configuration: --disable-x11 --disable-xvideo --disable-gtk --disable-sdl --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac --with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-mad --enable-libdvbpsi --enable-a52 --disable-dvdplay --enable-dvdnav --enable-vorbis --enable-ogg --enable-theora --enable-mkv --enable-freetype --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-speex --enable-flac --enable-goom --enable-livedotcom --enable-caca --disable-skins2 --enable-modplug --enable-debug --enable-gpl --enable-mp3lame --enable-pp --enable-shared-pp When you configure VLC try it with flag --with-ffmpeg-config-path=PATH Hope that helps. -Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Bradley Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:59 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV ok...i am now getting this error...any ideas: Starting Stream of 1196_2005010803_20050108045000.nuv VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus [0228] dummy interface: Using the dummy interface module... [0234] main private: creating httpd [0243] mpeg_audio packetizer: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:384 [0245] ffmpeg encoder error: cannot find encoder MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 [0231] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot find encoder [0231] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot create audio chain [0243] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:21 -0800, Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I've released a new project on Source Forge called MythStreamTV. MythStreamTV is currently available in Alpha at http://mythstreamtv.sourceforge.net/ for download. MythStreamTV is a MythTV addon that allows live transcoding of nupplevideo to Windows Media Player/Mplayer and allows control via MythWeb. Current featureset of MythStreamTV includes: -Codec Selection of DIV3 and WMV2 -Video Bitrate Selection -Playlist Creation -Streaming of LiveTV and Recorded programming Future enhancements: -Remote video control (fast forward, rewind, pause etc) -Streaming of DVD playback -More codecs -Autolanch of MMS client Enjoy! -Joshua Ebel [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] MythTV Newbie observations / questions
On Saturday 08 January 2005 17:26, Tony Howard wrote: I started out with 480x480 video, then tried to decrease the resolution in the recording profiles (for a wireless frontend). i run a frontend with 802.11g (my lapop) i can do 720x576 @ 5000/6500max just fine regards -- simon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
I guess I should have realized that an EPIA M10K wouldn't have enough power to stream this, oh well. It rebuffers every 10-20 seconds. I wasn't really thinking it through while I was working to get it setup. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RHEL3 / Centos MythTV support
I've searched and come up with a few posts about RHEL3 support, but I wanted to ask directly, and more currently: What's the status of RHEL3 as a MythTV backend? How's the IVTV support? Any one have one working? Any Caveats? Considering reformatting my FC1 machine as a Centos 3.3 box, since we use Centos in a production enviroment, and have been VERY happy with it, combined with apt-get. Thoughts? (thanks in advance) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ search for kernel, read the fourth hit On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:39:14 -0600, Drew Zerdecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What mirrors have the source kernels? I can kind them on the regular redhat mirrors. Thanks again. ___ 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] PVR-350 Remote - Hmmm!
Did you put your lircrc into ~./mythtv/lircrc? -Dave On Jan 12, 2005, at 1:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I am almost there with my mythbox, but I am having issues with the remote. What is strange is that irw sees the remote fine (all the keys I press come-up with the right names), but nothing happens when I try to use the remote with MythTV. I changed the settings in settings.pro so that it will use native lirc, but I cannot get it to work correctly. Any thoughts? My setup: EPIA M1 mobo PVR-350 with grey-top black-bottom (dark bottom) Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a lirc 0.7.0 MythTV 0.16 Thanks for your help!! ___ 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] commercially-produced mythboxes -- an idea
We have no desire to provide software support (or deal with zap2it I think you answered your own question right there. Someone who is interested in spending $1000 to record HDTV, and who doesn't have enough knowledge/experience to build their own Myth box, will want service, support and a warranty. I believe that's one reason TiVo has been successful, my mom can use it and if she has a question, they have a number to call. MythTV isn't my mom kind of simple, just trying to have her login to a website and sign up for zap2it would far exceed her abilities... Maybe I misunderstood your target market, -Kenneth ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Radio
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 15:28, George Styles wrote: You could always use nuvexport to convert the files to mp3. I ripped the new HHGTTG like that. True, i think you have to use nuvexport if the video is recorded in nuppel format, but I have a DVB card, so I can skip that step and tell ffmpeg to directly encode the .nuv... I didnt have much luck with nuvexport overall on dvb files :) g ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Neither did I until a hack was suggested. Look for 'nuvexport corrupts video' in this month's list for the solution that helped me. Back to radio, I tried creating a new channel and assign the audio pid of a radio station to it but it all goes very stuttery, particularly the video to the point where the OSD crashes the frontend. Example: I used price-drop.tv as the base video channel and used the audio PID of Radio 4 which is on the same mux. I get the video of price-drop.tv jumping all over and as expected the audio for Radio 4 but it keeps dropping out. If I look at the console output for mythfrontend it keeps complaining about lost audio. I thought it might be a signal problem but all the TV channels on that mux are fine. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks -- Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Tearing and the mythical VBlank ioctl
Hi, My myth box has been tearing during playback. It was pointed out that starting mythfrontend with the -v playback option would give me debugging information: and I found out that I didn't have DRI drivers for my savage chipset. I installed the latest savage drivers, version of Xorg, etc. Then I got this error: DRMVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work, unimplemented in this driver? I posted on the savage driver mailing list and it was confirmed that this was unimplemented as yet. So I then went out and bought myself a cheap nVidia card. I figured that hardware shouldn't be an issue here - getting the vblank information is a fairly basic function. So I bought myself the cheapest nVidia I could find - a Gigabyte board with an nVidia MX 4000 chipset. I managed to get the nVidia drivers installed (2.6.10 kernel requires a patched nVidia driver, sigh). I then started up myth with the -v playback option and got: nVidiaVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work, unimplemented in this driver? WTF?!? The nVidiaVideoSync method was written to work with those nVidia drivers, wasn't it? Does anyone actually implement this ioctl? Has anyone managed to get either DRMVideoSync or nVidiaVideoSync to work? If so, what chipset and driver combination did you use? Frustrated, Will :-} -- Dr William UtherNational ICT Australia Phone: +61 2 9385 6357 School of Computer Science and Engineering Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of New South Wales Web: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/Sydney, Australia ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Direct encoding for dvd PVR-350
I'd love to know this as well Im in the same boat. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:05:59 -0500, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I might be confused (or wrong) on this, so bear with me for a bit: My Assumptions: 1). The PVR-350 encodes and saves incoming audio/video in MPEG2 720x480 2). DVD Video is encoded at MPEG2 720x480 3). Framerates are probably the same What I'd like to get to the bottom of is why nuvexport to dvd takes ~8 hours for a 30 minute show on a 1.4ghz athlon. Specifically, I'd like to find out if there is a setting I can change in mythtv to make it record directly into a dvd compatible format. Barring that, if there is a way to make it automatically transcode into the correct format? Can anybody point me in the right direction on this? I've read a good number of scripts for making dvds and transcoding, and I'd like to try to get it to save in the right format the first time if possible. Thanks! - Jeff ___ 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] FC3 - Downloading kernel source
The fedora core 3 release notes http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ cover how to get the source. It's a fair way along the document, so just search for kernel, and it should be the fourth hit. By the way, if you use the up2date method you need to be running in an X environment rather than just ssh'd in. cheers, jani On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:14:17 -0500, Dan Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Download the SRPM or the tar manually instead of using apt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Zerdecki Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:51 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source Using the FC3 how-to, I installed 2.6.9-1.724_FC3smp. However, how do I get the source? I haven't been able to figure out how to do this yet via apt-get (do I get-source kernel=$MYKERNEL or something?) Nor, have I been able to find the kernel-source for .724_FC3smp to download on the mirrors.Any suggestions? Thanks.. Drew ___ 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] OT: Samba Config with error messages
Greetings Just a guess If you are running service pack 2 unblock network file sharing and netbios. Message: 29 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:13:54 -0700 From: nowhere [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mythtv-users] OT: Samba Config with error messages To: MythTV Users mythtv-users@mythtv.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi everyone! Sorry for the off topic post but you all are the most knowledgeable Linux group I know. I am trying to share my mythbox's /video partition with mostly success but I have some error messages I would like to clean up. I have a VERY simple smb.conf file as follows: [global] encrypt passwords = yes guest account = smbguest netbios name = MythBox security = share socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 IPTOS_LOWDELAY wins support = yes workgroup = MSHOME [pub] path = /video read only = no guest ok = yes guest only = yes I am 100% able to access the /video partition from a windows machine in the same workgroup with no problems. In my messages file I get the following error repeated frequently... Jan 11 23:59:10 MythBox nmbd[2366]: [2005/01/11 23:59:10, 0] nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(353) Jan 11 23:59:10 MythBox nmbd[2366]: find_domain_master_name_query_fail: Jan 11 23:59:10 MythBox nmbd[2366]: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name MSHOME1b for the workgroup MSHOME. Jan 11 23:59:10 MythBox nmbd[2366]: Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. Not sure how to get rid of this. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Eric ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
it not an error as such. it is working, just point your media player to port 8080 and you should recieve content. I get video, not audio! On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:59:08 -0600, Bill Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok...i am now getting this error...any ideas: Starting Stream of 1196_2005010803_20050108045000.nuv VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus [0228] dummy interface: Using the dummy interface module... [0234] main private: creating httpd [0243] mpeg_audio packetizer: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:384 [0245] ffmpeg encoder error: cannot find encoder MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 [0231] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot find encoder [0231] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot create audio chain [0243] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:21 -0800, Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I've released a new project on Source Forge called MythStreamTV. MythStreamTV is currently available in Alpha at http://mythstreamtv.sourceforge.net/ for download. MythStreamTV is a MythTV addon that allows live transcoding of nupplevideo to Windows Media Player/Mplayer and allows control via MythWeb. Current featureset of MythStreamTV includes: -Codec Selection of DIV3 and WMV2 -Video Bitrate Selection -Playlist Creation -Streaming of LiveTV and Recorded programming Future enhancements: -Remote video control (fast forward, rewind, pause etc) -Streaming of DVD playback -More codecs -Autolanch of MMS client Enjoy! -Joshua Ebel [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 -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythPhone causes mythfrontend to lock??
Paul Volkaerts wrote: Jim; I just added a loopback mode to Mythphone; could you try this when you get a chance? You just hit L within Mythphone and rather than place a call it loops audio/video either at the local socket or at the NAT device (you need port-forwarding set on your NAT device for this to work). It allows you to test that the H.263 and RTP is running fine without worrying about network issues. Paul Sorry for the delay; I've been traveling. Unfortunately, I no longer have physical access to my myth system. I set it up for my parents, and have gone back home after the holidy season. (I was envisioning using this to communicate with them after moving home.) I still have terminal access, and can periodically have my parents try stuff out on the box, but there will usually be long delays between tests. Thanks again for your development efforts, and a package that's still pretty useful! --Jim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] TV Schdedule/Lineup Question
Does anyone understand how the lineups work? Do the individual stations publish their schedules to a small number of schedule agre gators (or is tribune the only one you need worry about)? I am working with a public access channel and I am not sure who to send the schedules so that they are properly downloaded to mythtv (and other online schedules). The station is based in Concord, MA Regards, Ian Connor http://www.concordtv.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Possible solution to slow mythfilldatabase with tv_grab_uk_rt
Nick Morrott wrote: I've been looking into this after having had it take up to 3 hours for a complete run cycle of mythfilldatabase, providing listings for 3 sourceids but only 15 channels. It would appear when just running 'mythfilldatabase' from the command line that the program was looping or taking a *very* long time to get listings into the database. The real solution, of course, is to patch mythfilldatabase so it doesn't attempt to download and insert the same listings 14 times :) Patch submitted to -dev. Thanks so much for checking this - it really did seem to be looping many times when monitored closely. Thanks for the patch - I'll try it when I next checkout Myth. Cheers, Nick -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:22:59PM -0600, Steve Frank wrote: I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. In the past, HDTVs that had Firewire inputs were to be matched to STBs from the same manufacturer (I think Panasonic was one of the first that did this). It wasn't a standard Firewire interface in the truest sense in that it only worked with the matching STB. Check AVSForum to confirm that this is still the case. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 Remote - Hmmm!
Did you setup /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc ? I have the same remote as you. My working settings can be found here (post #3): http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/103207 HTH, -Kenneth On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:19:56 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I am almost there with my mythbox, but I am having issues with the remote. What is strange is that irw sees the remote fine (all the keys I press come-up with the right names), but nothing happens when I try to use the remote with MythTV. I changed the settings in settings.pro so that it will use native lirc, but I cannot get it to work correctly. Any thoughts? My setup: EPIA M1 mobo PVR-350 with grey-top black-bottom (dark bottom) Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a lirc 0.7.0 MythTV 0.16 Thanks for your help!! ___ 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] EPIA M10000+PVR-350+NO TvOut = slow?
On an Epia, you should either use the PVR-350 TV-Out or XvMC, or else you will be utilizing 85%+ of the CPU, when decoding in software. If you have Xv (XVideo) working fine with your Epia, then software decoding shouldn't be stuttering that badly. I can only guess that you're using an X server that doesn't support the Epia for accelerated video. Note that to use XvMC with the Epia you need a patched X server with Unichrome support, as well as a copy of MythTV from CVS. -- Joe --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Another thing I am wondering about is with respect to the performance of MythTV on an EPIA M1 mobo. I can go to watch LiveTV, but I only get to see one frame every so often... very, very, very choppy. No sound also, but I am assuming that the sound issue may be related to the video issue. I do not have TvOut setup yet, so I am watching MythTV on my monitor still. (Next step after troubleshooting a few minor issues will be to turn this on). When MythTV is on the menu (no LiveTV), top reports around 3-4% CPU load. However, when I watch LiveTV (the choppy live tv) top reports around 98-99% CPU usage. I did tell MythTV to use MPEG-2 through the PVR-350 when decoding (ie capturing from the cable feed), but it seems that the other half of the equation, ie watching the video stream, is eating up all the CPU. KEY QUESTIONS: Is this normal? I believe this is not correct, but I just want to verify with others out there with a similar setup. If it is not normal, any thoughts on how I can troubleshoot this? My setup: EPIA M1 PVR-350 w/ grey-top/dark-bottom remote Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a lirc 0.7.0 Thanks!! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini
I havent done any Break downs lately as I dont work with macs much anymore. but I used to run a video editing lab for a school and as far as video compression wise g4's outstripped p4's in most ways as processor speed isnt the only factor in a risc enviroment, but its quite easy to show that megahertz to megahertz in PC Vs Mac is not a true sign power as a 400mhz g4 was still at least twice as fast as a 600mhz g3 in video compression On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:22:59 -0600, Steve Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Frisch Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:23 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini On 11-Jan-05, at 5:37 PM, Marc Nicholas wrote: I wouldn't jump to that conclusion until you've seen the output. Just because there's an ATI 9200 chipset on the board, doesn't mean that the analog stage is the same as that from XYZ PC video card vendor. And that's one thing that often makes or breaks analog TV. I will make that conclusion based on the fact that I have yet to see a decent S-Video or composite video output in the number of years they've been available. I still think a scan converter is a better solution. Now finding one in a store before the end of this month is going to be tough to prove that ;-) Better order now! I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. ___ 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] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
Ohhh no, you gotsta' compile from source. :) You need those happy configure options or the codecs and transcoding aren't going to be very happy. Download the source for ffmpeg and VLC. When you do the ./configure use the options in the readme. Sorry if this wasn't clear. I'll be working on the docs to have a step-by-step guide of howto do this. Sorry for any confusion. I should have another version coming out tonight with more bug fixes. Thanks, -Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Whyte Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:22 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV Joshua, I couldn't understand what this part of the README meant so I didn't do it :| How do I do this part? I wonder if it may help with streaming the audio too. You are using FC2 you said. Did you just use packages for vlc and ffmpeg or did you compile yourself? Cheers, Dave On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:14:47 +1000, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmmcan anyone who has tried this module tell me how I complete this section of the installation guide? Configure VLC and ffmpeg with the following options- --disable-x11 --disable-xvideo --disable-gtk --disable-sdl --enable-ffmpeg --wit h-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac --with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-mad --enable-lib dvbpsi --enable-a52 --disable-dvdplay --enable-dvdnav --enable-vorbis --enable-o gg --enable-theora --enable-mkv --enable-freetype --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-speex --enable-flac --enable-goom --enable-livedotcom --enable-caca -- disable-skins2 --enable-modplug --enable-debug --enable-gpl --enable-mp3lame --e nable-pp --enable-shared-pp Cheers, Whytey On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:30:47 +, Ciaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this imply it won't run with the latest CVS version of myth? Thanks, - Ciaran On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:36:34 -0800, Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes 0.16 should be fine. I'm running 0.16.20040906-1. Thanks for your interest! -Joshua Ebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Whyte Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:10 PM To: Asher Schaffer; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV Oooh! This sounds interesting. Exactly what I was looking for :D I take it it would work with 0.16? On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:56:40 -0800, Asher Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:36:49 -0500, James Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've released a new project on Source Forge called MythStreamTV. MythStreamTV is currently available in Alpha at http://mythstreamtv.sourceforge.net/ for download. MythStreamTV is a MythTV addon that allows live transcoding of nupplevideo to Windows Media Player/Mplayer and allows control via MythWeb. This will be great. This is one feature I miss when I stopped using the SnapStream pvr on Windows. I could stream live tv and recordings to my handheld or from work over the internet. It was configurable as to the bandwidth / bitrates that you wanted to be able to use and transcoded on the fly. - James Agreed, I'm going to be trying this out as soon as I get a chance. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- - Ciaran -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: NTP does not seem to be updating...
It may be that my old habits die hard, but I still use a perl script to sync time on my *nix machines: ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/authors/id/A/AO/AOCINAR/nist-2.1.13.tar.gz it's simple, and you can run it from cron and update your clock whenever you feel like it. Just remember to edit the timeserver and timediff you want to use... -Kenneth On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:27:24 -0700, nowhere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! My mythbox's clock is drifting and it seems that ntp is not updating the clock. There are no messages whatsoever in /var/log/messages for ntp. Service reports ntpd to be running. If I restart the service it updates immediately and just fine and then the correct info is logged in /var/log/messages. Just doesn't seem to be doing it automatically. Thanks! Eric Here is my ntp.conf file: # Prohibit general access to this service. restrict default ignore restrict snip mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery # Permit all access over the loopback interface. This could # be tightened as well, but to do so would effect some of # the administrative functions. restrict 127.0.0.1 # -- CLIENT NETWORK --- # Permit systems on this network to synchronize with this # time service. Do not permit those systems to modify the # configuration of this service. Also, do not use those # systems as peers for synchronization. # restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust nomodify notrap # --- OUR TIMESERVERS - # or remove the default restrict line # Permit time synchronization with our time source, but do not # permit the source to query or modify the service on this system. # restrict mytrustedtimeserverip mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery # server mytrustedtimeserverip # --- NTP MULTICASTCLIENT --- #multicastclient# listen on default 224.0.1.1 # restrict 224.0.1.1 mask 255.255.255.255 notrust nomodify notrap # restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust nomodify notrap # --- GENERAL CONFIGURATION --- # # Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup # and when no outside source of synchronized time is available. The # default stratum is usually 3, but in this case we elect to use stratum # 0. Since the server line does not have the prefer keyword, this driver # is never used for synchronization, unless no other other # synchronization source is available. In case the local host is # --- GENERAL CONFIGURATION --- # # Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup # and when no outside source of synchronized time is available. The # default stratum is usually 3, but in this case we elect to use stratum # 0. Since the server line does not have the prefer keyword, this driver # is never used for synchronization, unless no other other # synchronization source is available. In case the local host is # controlled by some external source, such as an external oscillator or # another protocol, the prefer keyword would cause the local host to # disregard all other synchronization sources, unless the kernel # modifications are in use and declare an unsynchronized condition. # server us.pool.ntp.org fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # # Drift file. Put this in a directory which the daemon can write to. # No symbolic links allowed, either, since the daemon updates the file # by creating a temporary in the same directory and then rename()'ing # it to the file. # driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift broadcastdelay 0.008 # # Authentication delay. If you use, or plan to use someday, the # authentication facility you should make the programs in the auth_stuff # directory and figure out what this number should be on your machine. # authenticate yes # # Keys file. If you want to diddle your server at run time, make a # keys file (mode 600 for sure) and define the key number to be # used for making requests. # # PLEASE DO NOT USE THE DEFAULT VALUES HERE. Pick your own, or remote # systems might be able to reset your clock at will. Note also that # ntpd is started with a -A flag, disabling authentication, that # will have to be removed as well. # keys/etc/ntp/keys ___ 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] EPIA M10000+PVR-350+NO TvOut = slow?
Did you set the other option in mythfrontend's setup to use the PVR350 HARDWARE DECODER? This one got me for an hour the other day setting up my first Myth box. It's normal if you're just trying to use X's screen output, normal TV out on the PVR 350 is full frame rate. HTH, -Kenneth On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:29:05 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Another thing I am wondering about is with respect to the performance of MythTV on an EPIA M1 mobo. I can go to watch LiveTV, but I only get to see one frame every so often... very, very, very choppy. No sound also, but I am assuming that the sound issue may be related to the video issue. I do not have TvOut setup yet, so I am watching MythTV on my monitor still. (Next step after troubleshooting a few minor issues will be to turn this on). When MythTV is on the menu (no LiveTV), top reports around 3-4% CPU load. However, when I watch LiveTV (the choppy live tv) top reports around 98-99% CPU usage. I did tell MythTV to use MPEG-2 through the PVR-350 when decoding (ie capturing from the cable feed), but it seems that the other half of the equation, ie watching the video stream, is eating up all the CPU. KEY QUESTIONS: Is this normal? I believe this is not correct, but I just want to verify with others out there with a similar setup. If it is not normal, any thoughts on how I can troubleshoot this? My setup: EPIA M1 PVR-350 w/ grey-top/dark-bottom remote Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a lirc 0.7.0 Thanks!! ___ 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] MythVideo losing file info
Has anyone had issues with MythVideo losing file info? Such as not remembering a file was marked as not browesable or losing association with a cover image and the imdb info. Or not playing files in sequence even though they are marked to play as such? My videos are on a windows box which I mount via samba on my remote frontend. The frontend runs fc3 with myth .16. The backend runs fc1 with myth .16 (I think, how do I verify this? I recently ran an apt-get update and apt-get install mythtv-suite, so I assume it is .16). Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated. Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting VCR Recordings Into MythTV/MythVideo
True. I've managed to do it as a manual recording by binding an aux input to a bogus channel. It never quite worked the way I thought it should, however. Cory, How did you set up the bogus channel? Then how did you tue to it? I'm willing to work a little at it, but I'm not sure where to start. Thanks, john ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Workaround for WM Focus Issues
On Sunday 05 September 2004 10:46 pm, Michael T. Dean wrote: /me punts If anyone knows of a solution to the problem or a less ugly workaround, please let me know. Mike I found a fix digging around the net. There's a section of Xine source code that sets the focus to the root window upon exit (event.c line 1814-1819). The attached patch comments out that section. Apply to xine-ui-0.99 and recompile. This fixed it for me! -- Mike F. rootfocus.patch.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Using Shutdown
I got a question, here that has been kinda of making me wonder, so I figured I would just ask. I use nvram-wakeup and have everything working pretty well. The question I have is about using the mythfilldatabase with any type of shutdown scenario. When you use mythtv's own scheduler for filling the database, does it restart the pc for mythfilldatabase like it does for a scheduled recording? Don't know, but you can work around the problem anyway by using anacron instead of the mythtv scheduler. Anacron is like using cron except you set the tv listings grabber and mythfilldatabase to run daily without specifying a particular time. Create a shell script to run these and put it in /etc/cron.daily/. That way anacron ensure it will run whenever the machine turns itself back regardless of what time of day it is. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Auto-shutdown question
I'd like to configure my mythbox to automatically turn off. Noise, heat, and so on. I have a dedicated mythbox, and a second machine that serves as email/web server. I tend to use mythweb (running on the web server) to schedule shows. Obviously, if the master backend runs on the mythbox, a mythweb-scheduled show won't trigger a wakeup. So I was wondering if I could do something like follows: Master backend on web server, never turns off. No capture card, either. Slave backend on mythbox, turns off; is woken by master backend (WOL) when recordings are due. It's a little convoluted, but should work, right? You could use nvram-wakeup. This lets the backend shut down and set a wake-up time to start up again based on the recording schedule. Have a look through the gossamer list archive to find info on this. The drawbacks I have found with this are when the front and backends are on the same box, and that the box may be turned off when you want to schedule a recording over mythweb from work etc (I suppose that could be solved with WOL). Apart from that, this works really well for me. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tearing and the mythical VBlank ioctl
William Uther wrote: I managed to get the nVidia drivers installed (2.6.10 kernel requires a patched nVidia driver, sigh). I then started up myth with the -v playback option and got: nVidiaVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work, unimplemented in this driver? WTF?!? The nVidiaVideoSync method was written to work with those nVidia drivers, wasn't it? nVidia broke this some time after the 4xxx series of drivers. The new ones (6111 and later) work well with OpenGL vsync. Be advised that some (myself included) have trouble with the latest driver and MX440/MX4000 cards and need to drop back to 6111. You should be happier with this card and OpenGL vsync. -Doug signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting VCR Recordings Into MythTV/MythVideo
Sounds like a good job for a plugin MythDub or the like. Regards, JJ On 12-Jan-2005, at 14:56, Cory Papenfuss wrote: Oh, I agree it would be useful, but since you are going to personally be there for the recording (ie. folks were thinking of it as a manaul recording now) a simple visit to the tuner status page of mythweb or mythtv will tell you that the tuners are free and for how long. True. I've managed to do it as a manual recording by binding an aux input to a bogus channel. It never quite worked the way I thought it should, however. IIRC I couldn't watch that channel in livetv... I could only set a manual recording and then watch it once it started. It was quite a PITA. It's a hard choice actually. There is a push to make tools like MythTV do everything -- and that's particularly important when you put them in front of people who would find the suggestion of running a video recording program or catting the /dev/video0 as out of their experience. But no program can do everything, even all your a/v needs, and so people prioritize. Notice I'm not whining that it doesn't do it... merely suggesting that it would be nice. If I had the time (stupid Ph.D!), I might plink away at it, but right now I don't. Everyone has a priority on what they think is most important. That's the blessing/curse of open-source. You want it to everything. Fortunately, it's usually doable. -Cory *** ** * Cory Papenfuss * * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * *** ** ___ 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] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
Ian Forde wrote: I've been running myth on a x86_64 box for about a month and here's what I've got: The good: The bad: The ugly: Thanks for the very informative list o'stuff. I was going to use FC3, but if things go horribly awry, I'll try Gentoo. Good to know it is (mostly) working though. That's a big step from just a few months back. -- Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Any way to force a delay before MythTV changes channels??
I am working on getting myth MythTV box set up with: 1) an antenna rotor that MythTV controls whenever changing channels and 2) digital tv with my pcHDTV HD-3000. I think I've got the rotor thing down. The rotor controller has an IR remote so I am using lirc and a IR transmitter to control the rotor. MythTV controls the rotor just like it would a cable or sattelite box. Problem is that currently MythTV has a major (for what I'm trying to do) bug in that if it tunes to a digital station that does not have a strong signal then MythTV crashes/hangs/freezes. So, I need for MythTV, when tuning to a digital station, to first run a command that sends the IR signal to the rotor, then wait x number of seconds, and then tune the HD-3000 to the desired channel. Is this in any way possible?? Or can I expect that in the near future the bug that causes MythTV to hang when tuning to a weak or non-existant digital station? Thanks much, Jason ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Newbie needs help choosing hardware for use in the UK
Alexander Wrote: Hello. Hello :-) I had a little play with mythTV over the weekend and was very impressed. Great work guys! I was using an old Hauppaggue frame grabber and no soundcard, but it did suffice as proof of concept. I'm now ready to take the plunge and invest in some proper hardware. I've got a base PC which I think will be good enough and I plan to get a secondhand xbox to use as a frontend. snipola Living in the UK, 2 DVB cards seem to be the way forward. Am I right in thinking that they all produce MPEG2 streams so no encoding has to be done in software? Yes and no, yes in that the stream from the card is mpeg2 no in that you might want to transcode the mpeg2 stream to mpeg4 for less disk space. I've come up with a 3 card shortlist all available from www.scan.co.uk (where I'll be placing an order for some unrelated stuff later this week.) They are ... Avermedia DVB-T PCI Card £64.44 Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-T Freeview receiver PCI (909) £62.06 Vision + PCI TV Tuner - HDTV Compatible + Remote £46.06 Do all these cards definately have suitable drivers? Google is your friend ;-) I think I read somewhere that not all Nova-T's were the same. I wouldn't want to end up with an unsupported variant. Or should I just go for the cheapest? Shouldn't the outputted MPEG2 stream be identical for each card? The option to receive some of the top-up-tv channels might be good too. Has anybody got this working yet? Sorry to be of no use in the answer to this but I want to know the same, I've got my box set up working now with one pvr-350 and want to add another card, I'm planning to get another card (probably from scan!) and I _was_ at first thinking of a PVR-250 but that would only give me std terrestrial[1] so I was thinking of a DVB-T and route the set-top box via the video in on the pvr-350. I'm going to do some googling but if you do find out which one looks best please let me know! Since my MB only supports UDMA-2, I'm also thinking of buying an addon PCI ATA card. You should actually be OK, what is more likely to be a problem is that the bandwidth over the bus could cause issues. I'm guessing I won't need any soundcards in a DVB only system? Depends, if you don't want to play anything from the backend then no. Druid [1] and cable through the set-top box/video in ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Edit commercial cutlist...
I'm either confused or I'm locking up the front-end when trying to bring up the edit mode for a show I've recorded. 1) I've tried using the i button on the remote while watching the recorded show (maps to i on the keyboard, I believe). From there, I get an on-screen menu and choose Edit Mode. Nothing happens - the live picture freezes and that's that. I figured that a P3 500MHz may need a little bit of time - so I gave it 5 or 10 minutes, but it doesn't appear to be coming back. I've also tried hitting e on the keyboard with the same effect. Ultimately, I just hit Ctrl+Shift+Backspace to restart X. 2) This leads to an observation - I think Myth needs to reinitialize the video screen when it starts. If I've had the problem described above and I restart X (which logs in the myth user and launches the frontend), the frontend comes up fine, but the background behind the text and images are pulled from the frozen frame of whatever TV show I was working with. The text isn't present (or isn't readable, or...). However, I do note that if I just go into Live TV and then exit, the background gets reset and everything is hunky-dory again. Any ideas (pointers to the wiki etc) are appreciated! Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Dual tuners - how does the sound work?
I currently have a bt878 chip tuner card and I want to buy a 2nd one but I don't understand how the sound recording can possibly work on this setup. From what I understand at the moment, the sound gets recorded by connecting a lead from the sound out from the tuner card to the line in of the sound card (which in my case is on-board). If that lead is not connected in this way then I'll get a video recording with no sound. Am I right so far? So, when I put a 2nd tuner card in how do I connect the sound out to the line in of the sound card when it's already been taken up by the 1st tuner card? Is this when you need btaudio? I believe not all tuner cards support btaudio. How can I determine which do and which don't - from what I've seen it seems to just be some Hauppauges and WinTV Radio? Are my options as follows: 1) Buy a sound card when I buy a tuner card, OR 2) Buy a tuner card that supports btaudio (very limited choice and expensive, I believe) Lastly, my mobo has a S/PDIF connector which I currently have no idea how to use but I do want to get Dolby digital working in the future for DVD playback. Does this have any bearing on what sort of sound card I should buy if I go for option 2? Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Edit commercial cutlist...
Exact same symptoms here, on a gentoo system, 1.4ghz. I never used edit more before so I don't know what it should do, but I figure freezing up and ignoring keypresses isn't correct. The weird background on the restart is very strange, usually when it happens I can just hit watch tv and it fixes it. Except when I'm recording something, then I just have to remember which buttons are which to playback a recorded video to fix it. - Jeff On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:06:31 -0600, Rob Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm either confused or I'm locking up the front-end when trying to bring up the edit mode for a show I've recorded. 1) I've tried using the i button on the remote while watching the recorded show (maps to i on the keyboard, I believe). From there, I get an on-screen menu and choose Edit Mode. Nothing happens - the live picture freezes and that's that. I figured that a P3 500MHz may need a little bit of time - so I gave it 5 or 10 minutes, but it doesn't appear to be coming back. I've also tried hitting e on the keyboard with the same effect. Ultimately, I just hit Ctrl+Shift+Backspace to restart X. 2) This leads to an observation - I think Myth needs to reinitialize the video screen when it starts. If I've had the problem described above and I restart X (which logs in the myth user and launches the frontend), the frontend comes up fine, but the background behind the text and images are pulled from the frozen frame of whatever TV show I was working with. The text isn't present (or isn't readable, or...). However, I do note that if I just go into Live TV and then exit, the background gets reset and everything is hunky-dory again. Any ideas (pointers to the wiki etc) are appreciated! Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 Remote - Hmmm!
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 03:51 pm, Maverick wrote: Did you setup /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc ? I have the same remote as you. My working settings can be found here (post #3): http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/103207 HTH, -Kenneth I downloaded both and tried it (lird.conf and lircrc). Now irw doesnt even work, so it seems this is a step backwards. Other thoughts? Is there a log file I can check? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can Myth be all I want it to be?
Brent Olson wrote: Ok, after doing a fair bit of research, how does the following hardware look? I already have the hdtvpc-3000. I don't currently plan on doing cable recording, only looking for hdtv playback and record. I currently use a DVD player with DVI output and a Samsung over-the-air HDTV receiver. I am looking to have mythtv replace these two items with one. This must connect to my home theater setup. The receiver has optical audio inputs, and the projector runs 1280x720p on DVI. It must be able to connect and look good (especially dvd playback) on the 100 screen. Is it software or hardware that will make the dvd progressive output? How is a 3:2 pulldown for dvds configured? http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=1181048 Comments are welcome, of course. The only recommendation I'd make is to swap the Samsung drive for a Seagate drive. Partly based on personal preference, partly based on the number of people I've heard recommend Seagate for reliability and quiet operation. Craig... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting VCR Recordings Into MythTV/MythVideo
On 1/12/2005 at 1:49 AM Brad Templeton wrote: I mean you have a video capture card in your system. It is probably video4linux compatbile, and if you go to the 4vl web pages there are a number of recording programs of all stripes, some of them with built in editors etc. for doing a manual recording to a file and cleaning it up nice. I have a PVR-250 and a PixelView card. So far, the TV apps I have tried only use the PixelView card, not the PVR (xawtv, tvtime), and neither does recording, only playback. If you have the pvr-250, you can actually record trivially from the current source, which you can set with ivtvctl. It's literally as simple as cat /dev/video0 file.mpg Yes, I mentioned that, but you can't watch it as it plays to see when to start and stop recording. Anyway, once you have your file.mpg, you can edit and transcode it and simply copy it to your mythtv videos directory (I think it's /var/lib/video by default but most people move it.) That's no problem, I've got many recordings already installed into MythVideo. Check out: http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ For video4linux software. I only see a couple there that look useful, but I'll be sure to try them out. The big reason I was wondering if there was a Myth solution is that I'd like to remove the monitor from this system going completely with TV output, and using normal programs in the 960x540 tv screen (especially with the overscan) can be a real pain, and it will take months to capture my tape/laser library. I would rather use the hardware MPEG on the PVR, rather than put my spare PixelView into another box, and its in the Myth box. Plus, some tapes I may not archive, and would like to play them through Myth anyway, so I don't have to bother with changing TV inputs (the TV remote will eventually end up in the closet somewhere) and the cables around. Thanks for the response. Perhaps I'll look into building a module for this, as I really need to hone up on my C coding. Jeff. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can Myth be all I want it to be?
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:54:27 -0800, Brent Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, after doing a fair bit of research, how does the following hardware look? I already have the hdtvpc-3000. I don't currently plan on doing cable recording, only looking for hdtv playback and record. I currently use a DVD player with DVI output and a Samsung over-the-air HDTV receiver. I am looking to have mythtv replace these two items with one. This must connect to my home theater setup. The receiver has optical audio inputs, and the projector runs 1280x720p on DVI. It must be able to connect and look good (especially dvd playback) on the 100 screen. Is it software or hardware that will make the dvd progressive output? How is a 3:2 pulldown for dvds configured? http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=1181048 First, that mobo is freakin' sweet! =) Good choice on memory, Corsair is a good brand. My only suggestion? Swap the Samsung 160GB HD for a Maxtor (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-137-132depa=1 OEM bare drive; http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-316depa=1 Retail drive) Comments are welcome, of course. Good luck in your MythTV quest. We're here to help =) --Tyler ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] FC3 - Downloading kernel source
I have the 2.6.9 kernel and the kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3.src.rpm. But installing the rpm just gives me the 2.6.9 tar. Am I to apply all the .patch files to get to the 724 part? Also, is there anythign special I need to do to recompile a smp kernel? just a setting in the .config, or a different source? Thanks so much for your help. DREW ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Mac Mini
This thing looks really sweet for a frontend. Plus, you'd probably have better luck with your DVI connection to your HDTV with it too! ;-) Maybe, yes. That thought had crossed my mind. I'd have to do some research to see how Mac's under OSX actually deal with Hi-def output in general. The grass truly is greener on the wind0ze side in this regard It's a display. Simple as that. Why should it be any more complex? -marc ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
At 6:46 PM -0500 1/12/05, Mike Frisch wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:22:59PM -0600, Steve Frank wrote: I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. In the past, HDTVs that had Firewire inputs were to be matched to STBs from the same manufacturer (I think Panasonic was one of the first that did this). It wasn't a standard Firewire interface in the truest sense in that it only worked with the matching STB. Check AVSForum to confirm that this is still the case. That sounds like a Class Action Suit waiting to happen. -Chuck- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Mythtv CVS possibly borked on amd64
I tried the --disable--mmx but it's still doing it, even after a make clean, make. mach64 mythtv # ./configure --disable-mmx Please note that these settings only deal with libavcodec, not MythTV. CPU x86_64 Big Endian no MMX enabled no Vector Builtins yes Creating config.mak and config.h mach64 mythtv # qmake mythtv.pro mach64 mythtv # make cd libs make -f Makefile make[1]: Entering directory `/home/chris/mythtv-16-4/mythtv/libs' cd libavcodec make -f Makefile make[2]: Entering directory `/home/chris/mythtv-16-4/mythtv/libs/libavcodec' qmake -o Makefile libavcodec.pro make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/mythtv-16-4/mythtv/libs/libavcodec' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/chris/mythtv-16-4/mythtv/libs/libavcodec' rm -f libmythavcodec-0.16.so.0.16.0 libmythavcodec-0.16.so libmythavcodec-0.16.so.0 libmythavcodec-0.16.so.0.16 g++ -Wl,-rpath,/usr/qt/3/lib -shared -Wl,-soname,libmythavcodec-0.16.so.0 -o libmythavcodec-0.16.so.0.16.0 common.o utils.o mem.o allcodecs.o mpegvideo.o h263.o jrevdct.o jfdctfst.o mpegaudio.o ac3enc.o mjpeg.o audresample.o dsputil.o motion_est.o imgconvert.o imgresample.o msmpeg4.o mpeg12.o h263dec.o svq1.o rv10.o mpegaudiodec.o pcm.o simple_idct.o ratecontrol.o adpcm.o eval.o jfdctint.o dv.o error_resilience.o wmadec.o fft.o mdct.o mace.o huffyuv.o opts.o cyuv.o golomb.o h264.o raw.o indeo3.o asv1.o vp3.o 4xm.o cabac.o ra144.o ra288.o vcr1.o cljr.o roqvideo.o dpcm.o tscc.o interplayvideo.o xan.orpza.o cinepak.o msrle.o msvideo1.o vqavideo.o idcinvideo.o adx.o rational.o faandct.o snow.o sonic.o 8bps.o parser.o smc.o flicvideo.o truemotion1.o vmdav.o lcl.o qtrle.o g726.o flac.o vp3dsp.o integer.o h261.o resample2.o h264idct.o png.o pnm.o qdrw.o qpeg.o rangecoder.o ulti.o xl.o postprocess.o a52dec.o bit_allocate.o bitstream.o downmix.o imdct.o parse.o crc.o resample.o -L/usr/qt/3/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lqt-mt -lXext -lX11 -lm -lpthread /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: common.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC common.o: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [libmythavcodec-0.16.so.0.16.0] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/mythtv-16-4/mythtv/libs/libavcodec' make[1]: *** [sub-libavcodec] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/mythtv-16-4/mythtv/libs' make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercially-produced mythboxes -- an idea
Maverick wrote: We have no desire to provide software support (or deal with zap2it I think you answered your own question right there. Someone who is interested in spending $1000 to record HDTV, and who doesn't have enough knowledge/experience to build their own Myth box, will want service, support and a warranty. I believe that's one reason TiVo has been successful, my mom can use it and if she has a question, they have a number to call. MythTV isn't my mom kind of simple, just trying to have her login to a website and sign up for zap2it would far exceed her abilities... Maybe I misunderstood your target market, -Kenneth Dude, you didn't read far enough. Later on he says, Then you, as knowledgeable mythtv admins can turn around and offer your consulting services to prospective interested parties to help them set up the mythbox (and will let you instruct them in setting up their own personal account at zap2it, and explain how the surveys work, etc.). In other words, you could turn around and resell it along with your support. Or sell your services and the box at cost, or do it all for free and they only pay for the hardware - whatever! I think that it is a cool idea. In fact, I like the idea of a reference design. Hardware that has already been deemed the best combination for a mythbox packaged up along with the inital install and burn in. Could offer some options such as multiple tuners, bigger disks, and so on... I know that many people agonize over what hardware to get - look at all the questions on this list. I know that I did and I certainly ended up with more work than I planned once I tried to put all mine together and get all drivers working together nicely. Admittedly, I went a harder route with a streamlined Gentoo install (still working on it - heh). Hell, newbies on list might opt just to pick up one of these preapproved setups - could link to it directly from the mythtv site if it is a truly altruistic offer. At least they won't be bitten by unexpected problems such as a PVR-250MCE requiring patches, messing with lirc, and so on. I'd buy one (assuming it looks good and specs are nice) if I hadn't already sunk my $1000 building my own from scratch. Also, if they source everything at cheaper bulk prices, it would be the best bang for your buck. Most of us are stuck with buying parts retail or reusing old hardware. So far the only negative points I have are: 1) you're stuck with the hardware offered. 2) if you aren't using one yourself, it makes it more difficult to administer someone else's (recover from catastrophic disk crash, for example) Ian. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
On 12-Jan-05, at 11:43 PM, Chuck Rice wrote: At 6:46 PM -0500 1/12/05, Mike Frisch wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:22:59PM -0600, Steve Frank wrote: I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. In the past, HDTVs that had Firewire inputs were to be matched to STBs from the same manufacturer (I think Panasonic was one of the first that did this). It wasn't a standard Firewire interface in the truest sense in that it only worked with the matching STB. Check AVSForum to confirm that this is still the case. That sounds like a Class Action Suit waiting to happen. -Chuck- What for? It was obviously licenced and clearly documented as such. No need to be sue happy. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting VCR Recordings Into MythTV/MythVideo
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 11:12:24PM -0500, Da Worm wrote: It's literally as simple as cat /dev/video0 file.mpg Yes, I mentioned that, but you can't watch it as it plays to see when to start and stop recording. Actually, you can. Of course if you know the length you can stop recording after a fixed amount of time, and if you only approximately know the length you can stop recording after some maximum time and then edit it to perfection with a non-linear mpeg2 editor -- you almost surely want to do that here. But once you have your cat going into the file, you can actually run mplayer on the file.mpg above, and watch it, as far behind live as you fired up the mplayer. If you start later you can even seek carefully to the end. (As yet, I believe, mplayer quits when it gets to EOF even on a growing file, so you would have to take great care in seeking. I don't know about xine, perhaps it will do it.) I suppose you could also do: ivtvctl -p 6 # sets to input 6 which is svideo in on my card tee /dev/video0 /tmp/file.mpg | mplayer - This will watch the capture in real time and record it to the file. You can interrupt it when you are done recording, though you still probably wouldn't mind cleaning it up in your non-linear editor. I love it when the solution comes from unix philosophy over 30 years old! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dual tuners - how does the sound work?
I have no cable from my tuner card to my soundcard. The tuner card captures the audio along with the video. The soundcard is only for playback. On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:15:52 +1100, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently have a bt878 chip tuner card and I want to buy a 2nd one but I don't understand how the sound recording can possibly work on this setup. From what I understand at the moment, the sound gets recorded by connecting a lead from the sound out from the tuner card to the line in of the sound card (which in my case is on-board). If that lead is not connected in this way then I'll get a video recording with no sound. Am I right so far? So, when I put a 2nd tuner card in how do I connect the sound out to the line in of the sound card when it's already been taken up by the 1st tuner card? Is this when you need btaudio? I believe not all tuner cards support btaudio. How can I determine which do and which don't - from what I've seen it seems to just be some Hauppauges and WinTV Radio? Are my options as follows: 1) Buy a sound card when I buy a tuner card, OR 2) Buy a tuner card that supports btaudio (very limited choice and expensive, I believe) Lastly, my mobo has a S/PDIF connector which I currently have no idea how to use but I do want to get Dolby digital working in the future for DVD playback. Does this have any bearing on what sort of sound card I should buy if I go for option 2? Regards, Phill ___ 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] OT: NTP does not seem to be updating...
nowhere wrote: Hi! My mythbox's clock is drifting and it seems that ntp is not updating the clock. There are no messages whatsoever in /var/log/messages for ntp. Service reports ntpd to be running. If I restart the service it updates immediately and just fine and then the correct info is logged in /var/log/messages. Just doesn't seem to be doing it automatically. Thanks! Eric Many good posts here about what the problem might be, but in my experience, running ntp is often overkill for many simple hosts since it requires time to sync, measure the drift, etc... The simplest solution by far is to drop a script in your /etc/cron.hourly folder, assuming a FC system, which contains something like: #/bin/sh /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u addressofntpserver.com This will sync your time every hour, requires absolutely no daemon to be running and works very well. If you want it to sync more often, say every 20 minutes, add an entry to your crontab. Yan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: FC3 - Downloading kernel source
Thankd for the help. if I have a p4 with hyperthreading, I have arch = i386? 586? 686? smp version? Thanks again. Sorry to make this a linux tutorial. DREW ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dual tuners - how does the sound work?
It depends on the capture card that is being used. The PVR-x50/AverMedia M179, and other cards supported by the ivtv driver do not require a seperate cable for audio because the the sound is captured as part of the MPEG-2 stream. However, cards controlled by the bttv driver (which are essentially frame grabbers) require some sort of sound capture. Some cards work with btaudio, which generates a sound device (/dev/dspx, where x is a number) that MythTV can read from for the sound. Cards that don't support btaudio require a connection to a sound card, so for every bttv card you have that does not support btaudio, you require a sound card, with a cable connecting the capture card to the sound card (on the Line-In port). It is possible to have multiple sound cards in a PC, as long as you have enough PCI slots for them. This tends to be a problem for people with bttv cards, since you wind up with two problems - bttv cards require a lot more CPU than a PVR-x50 card, and you'll run out of PCI slots quickly. -- Joe --- Robin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no cable from my tuner card to my soundcard. The tuner card captures the audio along with the video. The soundcard is only for playback. On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:15:52 +1100, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently have a bt878 chip tuner card and I want to buy a 2nd one but I don't understand how the sound recording can possibly work on this setup. From what I understand at the moment, the sound gets recorded by connecting a lead from the sound out from the tuner card to the line in of the sound card (which in my case is on-board). If that lead is not connected in this way then I'll get a video recording with no sound. Am I right so far? So, when I put a 2nd tuner card in how do I connect the sound out to the line in of the sound card when it's already been taken up by the 1st tuner card? Is this when you need btaudio? I believe not all tuner cards support btaudio. How can I determine which do and which don't - from what I've seen it seems to just be some Hauppauges and WinTV Radio? Are my options as follows: 1) Buy a sound card when I buy a tuner card, OR 2) Buy a tuner card that supports btaudio (very limited choice and expensive, I believe) Lastly, my mobo has a S/PDIF connector which I currently have no idea how to use but I do want to get Dolby digital working in the future for DVD playback. Does this have any bearing on what sort of sound card I should buy if I go for option 2? Regards, Phill ___ 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 __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Can't use ALSA, how the heck do I get OSS working?
So here's my problem: I'm replacing my existing test Myth install (FC1, Myth 0.16) which worked fine (both audio and video), but the menus and overall system responsiveness were just so-so. Installed KnoppMyth 45, everything went pretty smoothly. I'm happier with KnoppMyth than my previous setup in every way, except that I get scratchy audio (Via 82xx onboard). I played with mixer settings over and over trying to fix it without success. I found posts regarding the Via 82xx saying to adjust the dxs_support module option. I tried 1,2,3,4 as options without any resolution. I decided to dump ALSA and go for OSS (I think that's what FC1 used anyway (let me know if that's not true), and audio worked there...). I downloaded the OSS files, installed and ran the test...it produced perfect audio. The docs say to make sure that no other audio drivers or modules are loading, so I checked modules, modules.conf, modutils, etc...to make sure. At first I didn't realize that the OSS driver wasn't loading automatically at boot, so I was trying to run Myth without it loaded, and it complained about /dev/dsp0 (no such device), and I wouldn't get any audio at all...but at least it would still let me see video (albeit silently). Once I realized that the driver wasn't auto loading, I ran 'soundon' to load the driver (it reports good driver loading), then run Myth. This time Myth gives no errors, just locks up the frontend on a black screen, still no audio (and now no video). I know OSS is working, since the test comes out perfect...I know the driver is loading (b/c so far, I'm doing it by hand), but Myth locks up on a black screen when you try to view TV...I have the audio device in Myth set to /dev/dsp0 which is the device that the successful OSS test uses. Any idea what I can do to get this working? Thanks, marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercially-produced mythboxes -- an idea
At the price range of 1K, who is your target audience? If I pay that much for something tv related, I want it to work out of the box. Who is going to pay that much of a premium? I think $500 might be the price break point, esp if you are not fully functional and full support, otherwise it is a hobbyist device...and the hobbyists are here already ;) -- 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] commercially-produced mythboxes -- an idea
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:03:19AM -0500, Gabe Rubin wrote: At the price range of 1K, who is your target audience? If I pay that much for something tv related, I want it to work out of the box. Who is going to pay that much of a premium? I think $500 might be the price break point, esp if you are not fully functional and full support, otherwise it is a hobbyist device...and the hobbyists are here already ;) A decent HD box is pricey, but not that pricey. However, typically if you do it cheap you will see: P4-3ghz plus motherboard: $200 250gb hard drive: $140 Cheap Case: $60 Nvidia 5200 card: $60 PC-HDTV card: $190(For SDTV and 2nd tuner) WINTV-PVR-250 $130 512MB Ram: $70 Linux Mythtv Priceless Total: 850 That's doing it on the cheap, though not the cheapest. For example, I got the P4+MB for less at a special sale, the drives cheaper with rebate, though I bought a more expensive case. I got the pcHDTV in a large bulk purchase. It was work to get my parts as cheaply as I did in many cases. Chances are you want a premium low-noise case, fancy cooling fans etc. With the work to assemble and slightly better parts it can easily be $1000. You could drop the wintv-250 card, or perhaps shortly get a 150 card with the brand new drivers for just $84 (as I have done), but in reality the pcHDTV isn't enough since it has just one RF input. (Though it could do digi-cable and HDTV on the same card but who wants tht?) Of course, Mythtv and Linux have the ability to run on older hardware you have lying around, which is part of the attraction. I can make a nice SDTV PVR for you by adding little more than a bigger drive and perhaps a pvr-350 card, or a pvr-150 card and a $30 TV-out card to your PC. Use the pvr-150-mce and now we're talking just about $150 in add-ons. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercially-produced mythboxes -- an idea
A decent HD box is pricey, but not that pricey. However, typically if you do it cheap you will see: Yes, unfortunately, my company can't do it cheap -- no special sales, no rebates on parts, and since we really only deal with enterprise-grade stuff like RAM, that tends to cost more than people expect. Plus, you'd be surprised at how easy it is to get parts below wholesale cost from places like newegg (due to some nifty tricks in volume purchasing), which we wouldn't be able to pull off unless machines were selling like crazy (which I don't expect them to). We'd also run into supply issues if we started trying to push older hardware like my beloved asus pundit. I need to talk with people at work to figure out what's going on with cpu's -- all I know is that intel is going to be killing off the socket 478 stuff, which leads me to believe that AMD will be doing the same with their equivalent line of athlons. Which means no old/cheap processors. This is all turning into something a lot more complex than I originally intended. Things have been a bit hectic at work lately, so I'm going to put things on hold for awhile until I can sit down with someone who understands the supply chain and future availability of things like cpu's (I'm just the coder, not a sales guy). Then there's the whole broadcast flag issue with the hdtv stuff. I don't think anyone really knows what's going to happen to the linux hdtv market come June. Your off-list email from earlier today has given me a lot to think about for the market segment, too, as well as about knopmyth (which I admitedly don't know much about). Like you said, optimally, there should be an offering of different servers.. sd, sd+hd, hd, and frontend-only. Not necessarily different machines (although it'd be sweet to be able to offer a $300-ish diskless frontend-only box), since most of that can be handled through configuration options, but a lot of options to consider. -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Edit commercial cutlist...
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 21:06 -0600, Rob Greene wrote:
I'm either confused or I'm locking up the front-end when trying to
bring up the edit mode for a show I've recorded.
With version 0.16 and a PVR-350 I needed the following patch (from CVS)
to solve the symptoms you described.
Ian.
Index: ./libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp
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RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp,v
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diff -u -r1.371 -r1.372
--- ./libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp 11 Sep 2004 06:17:15 -
1.371
+++ ./libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp 12 Sep 2004 18:29:57 -
1.372
@@ -1735,6 +1735,11 @@
killplayer = true;
}
+if (rewindtime 0)
+rewindtime = 0;
+if (fftime 0)
+fftime = 0;
+
if (paused)
{
if (!previously_paused)
--
Ian Campbell
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Re: [mythtv-users] No listings on remote MythFrontend
I can confirm that your mail did go to the list, but probably nobody has any idea what might be going wrong here. Or those who might know, missed your message. This is a pretty high-bandwidh list. I am new to mythtv, but I'll take a shot in the dark and guess that browse mode somehow pulls the guide data from the backend slightly differently. Make sure that clocks on both boxes are sync'd and correct with ntpd or ntpdate. It's the only thing I can think of. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:50:25 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody know how to fix this or what I should look at? Please?!? Jeff PS: Is there a reason that nobody's replying to any of my recent postings? Am I doing something taboo/wrong/incorrectly to cause my messages to be ignored? Is it because I sometimes use M$ Outluuk on my PC to send messages, or because of my seemingly fake email address (not fake, but real and fools all the spambots so far), or perhaps something else?The reason I ask is that when I first joined the group a few months ago (~November IIRC) I sent out an initial message to say hi and ask a few questions, I got several helpful informative replies. But I haven't gotten any replies for anything I've sent out since I started to build my MythTV Boxes... It's almost like my messages don't even get to the group, but they show up in my Inbox and on Gossamer, so they're definitely getting there... Very Strange... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Forwarded message -- From: Jeff Artz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:20:22 + Subject: [mythtv-users] No listings on remote MythFrontend Ok, I have two systems setup -- a backend running FC2 (that is also setup as a MythTV Frontend) named 'mythtv-backend' at IP 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 and can 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 the screen. (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 I have given permission to 192.168.1.% in sql to the mythconverg database on my backend system (per Jarod's Tips 'n' Tricks http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php ) and have searched the gossamer threads, google and Altavista, 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 MythTV Frontend: 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 -- -Tim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
