RE: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 TV Out (possible or just a myth?)
Check the ivtv-dv list for my latest ivtv patch. Or as a workaround before starting X send some small amount of output to /dev/video16. dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k count=1 Either of these "should" fix this problem, though I would recommend the patch approach. John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Sent: 20 January 2005 01:42 > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 TV Out (possible or just a myth?) > > I just rebuilt my system with FC3, a few days back and everything is > working except X via the 350's TV out. Everytime I boot the machine X > hangs on startup. I get a black screen with an "x" in the middle and > it just sits there. Any help on this would be much appreciated. > Here are the details: > > Used Jarod's Guide > > Kernel = 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa |grep ivtv > ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at > perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc3.at > ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_FC3-0.2.0-61_rc3d.rhfc3.at > ivtv-0.2.0-61_rc3d.rhfc3.at > ivtvdev-0.8-1.rhfc3.at > ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod |grep ivtv > - > ivtv_fb29720 1 > ivtv 795364 2 ivtv_fb > i2c_algo_bit8393 2 bttv,ivtv > videodev9537 2 bttv,ivtv > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lspci -v > -- > -- > 05:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 > MPEG-2 Enc > oder (rev 01) > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 > Memory at ec00 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > > [Xorg.conf ]-- > --- > Section "Device" > Identifier "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer" > Driver "ivtvdev" > #Driver "fbdev" > > ### change fb0 to whatever your card grabbed > Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1" > > ### change the BusID to whatever is reported by lspci, specify it > as hex > . > # BusID "5:0x4:0" > BusID "5:4:0" > EndSection > > [grub.conf]--- > > title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.741_FC3) > root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet > vga=791 > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/1 quiet vga=792 > initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.741_FC3.img > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# cat /var/log/messages |grep "iTVC15 TV out" > -- > Jan 18 22:36:28 MythTV kernel: ivtv-osd: fb1: iTVC15 TV out frame buffer > device > > > > [Attachments] > --- > Attached is my /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > > > Also I've tried the following solutions: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6340118&forum_id=27 > 233 > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/102792 > > > John > > > P.S. You know that WAF that everyone talks about.. well lets just > say there's a cold front moving through my area and that ground hog > won't be seeing his shadow anytime soon unless this gets fixed! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling mythmusic from mythweb
Hi, * Eggert Thorlacius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Monday, January 17, 2005, 9:43:43 PM: > Well, personally I prefer a web interface over picking music with a > remote control. I realize that I can ssh into the mythbox and run > mplayer, but I just find it a bit strange that with all the impressive > looking streaming web apps that seem to be out there, I can't find a > single one that has an option of sending the files to mplayer instead > of streaming them. > Eggert http://bossogg.wishy.org/ Timo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nuvexport mpeg problems -- fixed?
Ok, I've switched from using tcprobe and/or mpgtx to using mplayer for pulling info about mpeg2 files. This should hopefully solve the rash of transcode-related detection problems that people were having with dvb and some pvr-x50 files. Please note that transcode-based exporters (that's most of them until I get time to port them to ffmpeg) will still likely not work (someone -- one or two at the most -- post to the mailing list if this is the case). However, changing is_mpeg to 0 (line 124 of nuvinfo.pm) will at least give you a usable workaround if transcode can't deal with the files. and I *will* be switching most modules over to ffmpeg when I have the time. As usual, the files are in myth cvs and at: http://forevermore.net/files/nuvexport/ -Chris Please also note that mythtv allows for a "system" type of mpeg stream. I couldn't find an example of this to get the correct output from mplayer, so if by some chance you have this kind of file, you'll get a bunch of data output along with a note to email it to me. Once I get this info, I'll be able to update nuvexport to properly recognize the file format. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] wakeup me up when you go go
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 20:03, Paul Andreassen wrote: > Is it possible to use ACPI on an EPIA-1M to wakeup instead of my > current nvram-wakeup. > > http://acpi.sourceforge.net/documentation/alarm.html > > Doubtfully, > Paul Due to popular interest, I preformed some tests and it seem not to work. I tried to wake from a full system shutdown and noted that the BIOS hadn't changed it alarm time. It may work if suspended to ram. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] new ati driver and pundit-r tvout, still no go
Tried it but the TV-out still doesn't work on the pundit's 9100IGP. Save yourselves some time and keep using the old version that you could get to work with the hex-edit trick. Anyone have news on tv-out with the opensource driver? Steven ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] can't change keybindings in mythtv 0.16
Please excuse my question if it appears naive, I'm new to the mailing list and mythtv in general. I've found most of the answers to my questions via the archives, but I have yet to find an answer to the question posed here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/89775 In short, I can't seem to change the keybindings in mythtv via mythweb (FC3, ATrpms mythtv-0.16-82.2.rhfc3.at) - they always reset to the default settings. Has anyone found a solution/workaround to this? Other than this minor issue, I have to say mythtv is the bee's knees. Regards, Tim -- Morals? I eat communism and $h!t America, brother. --Seanbaby ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] "Prebuffering pause" and no sound
AverTV Studio, Fedora Core 3 When I watch live TV in MythTV, the video stops every few seconds and says "Prebuffering pause". Also, audio isn't working. However, when not in MythTV, the "tvtime" program display live TV just fine with audio. I read around that it might be related to software based sound but I don't know if this is it or not. I also read something about disabling the NVidia driver but I don't know if that will have any effect (tvtime works). Thanks for any help. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] prebuffering pause related to agpgart?
HI! Darren Richards wrote: I have had the same problem with 2.6.9 and FC2 (Celeron 1.3 GHz). I have come to the conclusion, that you cannot use NVidia's AGP driver, if AGPGART is compiled into the kernel (I have tried several kernel boot parameters to get rid of AGPGART unsuccessfully). So, I have set NvAGP=3 in xorg.conf and so AGPGART is being used (again check /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status). X is still using CPU, but much less (13%). I don't know, if it would use only 1% CPU with NVidia-AGP, as it does on another machine with FC1/Kernel 2.4/NvAGP=1 or if the higher X usage is coming from FC2/Kernel 2.6. At least the prebuffering pauses are gone with AGPGART. NvAGP=3 didn't seem to help much. I think I'm seeing fewer prebuffering pauses, but X is still taking about 40% and mythfrontend is taking about 55%. If I enable kernel deinterlacing (which I used with FC1), I still get a prebuffering pause every 2-3 seconds. Is AGP enabled now (/proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status)? It looks like my only solution is to compile the kernel without agpgart, unless there's an rpm package out there somewhere. I've never compiled a kernel before... It's not too hard. There should be plenty of HowTos on the web. Thomas ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] I am not sure what happened..
Hi. When I did all the configuration changes and tests suggested by the documentation and comments from other members of this list I had LIRC & TV-OUT on my PVR-350 working. However, in the last reboot both LIRC and the TV-OUT (X on TV-OUT) stopped working. I think I had not rebooted for a while, so it must be something that I did manually and I have not capture in the scripts. I wold appreciate your help in determining what it is. I am including my /etc/modules.conf, /etc/rc.d/rc.local and /var/log/messages. You will notice I added a few echo-es to document the different sections within messages. I am using: Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk) ivtv 0.3.2a ivtvdev 0.8.0 lirc 0.7.0 MythTV 0.16 - /var/log/messages alias autofs autofs4 alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c post-install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb - - /etc/rc.d/rc.local ... ### Load IVTV Module echo "`date` calling modprobe on lirc_i2c" >> /var/log/messages /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c echo "`date` calling modprobe on ivtv" >> /var/log/messages /sbin/modprobe ivtv echo "`date` calling modprobe on ivtv-fb" >> /var/log/messages /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb echo "`date` configuring /dev/fb1" >> /var/log/messages /usr/local/bin/ivtvfbctl /dev/fb1 -alpha -on -globalalpha -nolocalalpha /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -c dnr_temporal=0 /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -c dnr_spatial=0 echo "`date` = STARTING IVTVCTL -A " >> /var/log/messages /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -a >> /var/log/messages echo "`date` = ENDING IVTVCTL -A " >> /var/log/messages # Start the lirc daemon echo "`date` calling lircd" >> /var/log/messages /usr/local/sbin/lircd # Check the SQL database and fix if necessary: echo "`date` calling mysqlcheck" > /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log /usr/bin/mysqlcheck -r mythconverg >> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log 2>&1 # Start mythbackend echo "`date` starting mythbackend" >> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log /usr/local/bin/mythbackend >> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log 2>&1 & - - /var/log/messages ... Wed Jan 19 20:50:36 PST 2005 calling modprobe on lirc_i2c Jan 19 20:50:36 mbox kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: rivatv: Video4Linux driver for NVIDIA cards Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: rivatv: Version 0.8.5 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: rivatv: MMX processor extension enabled Wed Jan 19 20:50:37 PST 2005 calling modprobe on ivtv Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: START INIT IVTV Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.2 (a) loading Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.8.1-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3123 vendor: 0x1106 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR) Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=Hauppauge IR,ok] Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: tveeprom: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = K168, serial# = 7391078 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47) Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000) Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3440 (type = 11) Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok] Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00ad1598, Revision 0x0001 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: NTSC tuner detected Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: Radio detected Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 Jan 19 20:50:37 mbox kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] Jan 19 20:50:38 mbox kernel: saa7115: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones Jan 19 20:50:38 mbox kernel: saa7115: starting probe f
Re: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
> I daresay what's clearly needed most of all is a help system, so > new users do not remain unaware of features and commands open to > them. I'm not too surprised the users are unaware of this, you have > to go into mythweb (which many users might not even know exists) > and set up keystrokes for the jump commands for all your frontends > (independently) then LIRC configuration to have your remote issue those > keys. As a fairly new user of mythtv, I have to agree that a help system or "new user documentation" would be helpful. Something non-technical and more user manual related. I found that the documentation available for mythtv was good, and reasonably thorough, although lacking a few (common?) technical issues, but I have only been able to find a couple pages worth of how to use mythtv itself. One thing that I thought rocked about my ReplayTV was it came with a recorded "show" of how to use the box. It was about a half hour long, and showed how each menu worked and how to schedule shows, etc. I'd be willing to help contribute to a user manual, although, I'm still learning how to use mythtv by trial and error. :) -Kenneth ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Black screen with Hauppauge 250
I am a new MythTV user trying to set up my first myth box. I have a Hauppauge 250 that I bought because I wanted hardware MPEG-2 encoding and I heard support for these cards was good. I first built and installed ivtv-0.2.0-rc3c and ran mythtv. When I tried to watch tv through myth tv, I got only a black screen and errors saying: QSocketDevice::writeBlock: Invalid socket 2005-01-19 11:53:09 Error writing stringlist Remote encoder not responding. QSocketDevice::writeBlock: Invalid socket 2005-01-19 11:53:09 Error writing stringlist Remote encoder not responding. over and over forever. If I kill mythfrontend and restarted, trying to watch TV simply shows a black screen and output: 2005-01-19 11:52:02 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-01-19 11:52:10 ReadStringList timeout (quick). 2005-01-19 11:52:10 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION: 2005-01-19 11:52:10 Changing from None to None and after a while goes back to the main menu (not infinite errors). Stopping and restarting the backend again gives the endless errors. I downloaded ivtv-0.3.0 and installed it (I tried to make uninstall 0.2.0 first, but no target for that...), unloaded and reloaded all the modules. Same thing. I decided to try xawtv to see if the card was working. I get: This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.9) /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217728;index=1;name="44.1 kHz";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217729;index=1;name="Layer 1";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217730;index=1;name="[L1/L2] Free fmt";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217731;index=1;name="Stereo";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217732;index=1;name="Subbands 4-31/bound=4";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217733;index=1;name="None";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217734;index=1;name="CRC off";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217735;index=1;name="Copyright off";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217736;index=1;name="Copy";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct Segmentation fault `Mplayer /dev/video0` also segfaults out. I'm at a loss for what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Here's the relevant part of lspci -v: :00:13.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 250 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at f400 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: and here is dmesg | grep ivtv: ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.3.2 (a) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.9 SMP preempt K7 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x7006 vendor: 0x1022 ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok] ivtv: Tuner Type 39, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00893612, Revision 0x ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok] msp34xx: ivtv version ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-B3,ok] ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011 ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 5 streams ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers 4194304 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0 ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32 ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224 ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24 ivtv: Create stream 4 ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64 ivtv: Setting Tuner 39 tuner: type set to 39 (LG NTSC (newer TAPC series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1 ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 6913, itv = 0xd09859e0 ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC. ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0 ivtv: END INIT IVTV _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn
[mythtv-users] Black screen with Hauppauge 250
I am a new MythTV user trying to set up my first myth box. I have a Hauppauge 250 that I bought because I wanted hardware MPEG-2 encoding and I heard support for these cards was good. I first built and installed ivtv-0.2.0-rc3c and ran mythtv. When I tried to watch tv through myth tv, I got only a black screen and errors saying: QSocketDevice::writeBlock: Invalid socket 2005-01-19 11:53:09 Error writing stringlist Remote encoder not responding. QSocketDevice::writeBlock: Invalid socket 2005-01-19 11:53:09 Error writing stringlist Remote encoder not responding. over and over forever. If I kill mythfrontend and restarted, trying to watch TV simply shows a black screen and output: 2005-01-19 11:52:02 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-01-19 11:52:10 ReadStringList timeout (quick). 2005-01-19 11:52:10 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION: 2005-01-19 11:52:10 Changing from None to None and after a while goes back to the main menu (not infinite errors). Stopping and restarting the backend again gives the endless errors. I downloaded ivtv-0.3.0 and installed it (I tried to make uninstall 0.2.0 first, but no target for that...), unloaded and reloaded all the modules. Same thing. I decided to try xawtv to see if the card was working. I get: This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.9) /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217728;index=1;name="44.1 kHz";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217729;index=1;name="Layer 1";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217730;index=1;name="[L1/L2] Free fmt";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217731;index=1;name="Stereo";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217732;index=1;name="Subbands 4-31/bound=4";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217733;index=1;name="None";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217734;index=1;name="CRC off";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217735;index=1;name="Copyright off";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217736;index=1;name="Copy";reserved=3081840160): Invalid argument Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct Segmentation fault `Mplayer /dev/video0` also segfaults out. I'm at a loss for what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Here's the relevant part of lspci -v: :00:13.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 250 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at f400 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: and here is dmesg | grep ivtv: ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.3.2 (a) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.9 SMP preempt K7 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x7006 vendor: 0x1022 ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok] ivtv: Tuner Type 39, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00893612, Revision 0x ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok] msp34xx: ivtv version ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-B3,ok] ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011 ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 5 streams ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers 4194304 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0 ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32 ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224 ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24 ivtv: Create stream 4 ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64 ivtv: Setting Tuner 39 tuner: type set to 39 (LG NTSC (newer TAPC series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1 ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 6913, itv = 0xd09859e0 ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC. ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0 ivtv: END INIT IVTV _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com
Re: [mythtv-users] OS X Darwin Port
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:22:33 -0600, Jon Bauerle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone using the OS X Darwin Port of the Myth Front End? > > I found a link in a search engine to download it, and can't find > documentation to troubleshoot it! When I launch the app, it bounces > about 3 times, then quits with no error messages. Using MyPHPAdmin, I > verified that the user has full access to the DB, and I did update the > mysql file in my home dir. Any other suggestions? > try launching it from the terminal. It should give you an idea of whats going on when it bombs out. I had a similar problem and it was due to it failing to connect to the backend system. Hope this helps. Simon. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] APT-GET Broke IVTV and Myth
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:06:27 -0500, Gabe Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > export MYKERNEL=`unam -r` > apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$MYKERNEL > > you will need to do this with your other kernel modules (alsa, and maybe lirc) [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$MYKERNEL Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.8_FC2 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia geforce MX 4000 and blank/black screen
MacNean C. Tyrrell wrote: Sean G wrote: I have the same card, a MX 4000, and had a hard time with the drivers from NVIDIA as well. I tried version 6629, got black screen on the TV. I also tried another version, don't remember the number, same problem. I eventually got it working with version 6106, connected to a TV on SVIDEO. I have all the features working including overscan. Go with 6106, and a resolution of 800x600 and you should be set. --- Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 07:10:50PM -0500, MacNean C. Tyrrell wrote: I reinstalled everything and rolled back to 6111 drivers. I'm still getting black when booting into X. However+ if i change the XF config file for just the monitor than it works. If i change the config for just the TV than it doesn't work. The card works fine in WIndows with tv output. Am i doing something wrong? This is a problem I also experienced, and some other folks on nvnews.net have also encountered it on this very card. I hope nvidia has it in their bug list. What I found was you could boot with a monitor plugged in and come up in console mode. (Always a very good idea to switch your system to console mode when trying new graphics cards and parameters.) Anyway, the kludge was -- boot up with monitor. Get shell prompt. Unplug monitor and plug in TV set. Type "startx" (you can't see it.) And it displays on the TV. Stupid, or what? And not a workable long term solution. If this works for you though, sounds like the same problem. Occurs with 6111. ___ 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 I gave up and went with my sis card i have lying around. Now my problem is, and with this PVR 250 card i've never had a problem before, wavyness, on certain channels. Certain channels are ok. Others are wavy almost like PPV channels without the box and that you haven't paid for, just not as bad. I've used this card on a different PC that i switch out for my gaming machine, but in the same place with the same cables, and that didn't have a problem with picture quality. This certainly does. Any suggestions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Ok i just to test my video card, i put the MX 4000 back in, but didn't connect the tv, got it to work but it also had the wavy problem. It must be either the tuner card or the ivtv drivers. So i updated to ivtv 0.2.0-rc3d. It fixed it one time on a couple channels (unfortunately i didn't think to check them all). But now it's the same and no sound. I've recompiled the ivtv driver and reinstalled msp3400.o and removed it like make install tells me to do. Very confused. I've swapped the PVR to a different pci slot to the same results.Kinda wish i had another Motherboard to test it in, but it works in windows. I don't know. Pulling my hair out. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] APT-GET Broke IVTV and Myth
export MYKERNEL=`unam -r` apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$MYKERNEL you will need to do this with your other kernel modules (alsa, and maybe lirc) -- 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] APT-GET Broke IVTV and Myth
typo in uname, sorry corrected below > export MYKERNEL=`uname -r` > apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$MYKERNEL > > you will need to do this with your other kernel modules (alsa, and maybe lirc) > > > -- > Email me if you want a gmail account, I have invites. > -- 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
[mythtv-users] APT-GET Broke IVTV and Myth
Okay, not sure where is right, but I am gonna post here and if no one answers post everywhere else. Just updated my Fedora Core 2 installation with apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, which installed a new kernal and when switching to that kernal I had to also install a new nvidia kernal module, I think whats missing is that I dont have the new IVTV kernal module and not sure how to get it, but I get errors in dmesg right after the update and a restart My box couldnt change channel and kept changing guide info but same channel was listed, error read as unknown tuner type, noticed when it was working that it was discovering my tuners as type 2 so I set it to type 2 in my modprobe.conf and could again change channels but still get errors about unknown tuner type hopefully this will be an easy fix, anyone else know what I did wrong? IVTV Debug info Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: START INIT IVTV Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: version 0.1.10 (0.1.10-49_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at) loading Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.10-1.8_FC2 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:09.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: pci: VIA detected device: 0x3099 vendor: 0x1106 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed test. Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found! Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Error -19 reading Hauppauge eeprom. Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Possible causes: the tveeprom module was not loaded, or Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: the eeprom kernel module was loaded before the tveeprom module. Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on address 0x42 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: writing init values Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok] Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: status: (1E) 0x09, (1F) 0xc0 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: msp3400: Unknown parameter `simpler' Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simple Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-A2,ok] Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: msp3410: daemon started Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 4 streams Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 128 buffers of size 32768 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 128 buffers of size 32768 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create stream 2 using 128 buffers of size 52224 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 128 buffers of size 32768 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Setting Tuner 2 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by ivtv i2c driver #0 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Could not detect tuner standard, defaulting to NTSC. Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC. Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: decoder set norm NTSC Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: saa7115: set audio: 0x01 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5 Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered Jan 19 22:15:30 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 5 (leve
Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia geforce MX 4000 and blank/black screen
Sean G wrote: I have the same card, a MX 4000, and had a hard time with the drivers from NVIDIA as well. I tried version 6629, got black screen on the TV. I also tried another version, don't remember the number, same problem. I eventually got it working with version 6106, connected to a TV on SVIDEO. I have all the features working including overscan. Go with 6106, and a resolution of 800x600 and you should be set. --- Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 07:10:50PM -0500, MacNean C. Tyrrell wrote: I reinstalled everything and rolled back to 6111 drivers. I'm still getting black when booting into X. However+ if i change the XF config file for just the monitor than it works. If i change the config for just the TV than it doesn't work. The card works fine in WIndows with tv output. Am i doing something wrong? This is a problem I also experienced, and some other folks on nvnews.net have also encountered it on this very card. I hope nvidia has it in their bug list. What I found was you could boot with a monitor plugged in and come up in console mode. (Always a very good idea to switch your system to console mode when trying new graphics cards and parameters.) Anyway, the kludge was -- boot up with monitor. Get shell prompt. Unplug monitor and plug in TV set. Type "startx" (you can't see it.) And it displays on the TV. Stupid, or what? And not a workable long term solution. If this works for you though, sounds like the same problem. Occurs with 6111. ___ 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 I gave up and went with my sis card i have lying around. Now my problem is, and with this PVR 250 card i've never had a problem before, wavyness, on certain channels. Certain channels are ok. Others are wavy almost like PPV channels without the box and that you haven't paid for, just not as bad. I've used this card on a different PC that i switch out for my gaming machine, but in the same place with the same cables, and that didn't have a problem with picture quality. This certainly does. Any suggestions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 lock up?
Aha! Before booting to 741 via grub, I moved my modprobe.conf to modprobe.conf.bak. The system booted. Now, on to the exercise of rebuilding modprobe.conf so the machine won't seize up. Thanks for everyone's help! Larry On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:35:36 +0100, Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:23:38PM -0500, Anthony Vito wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:03:58 -0600, Larry Silverman > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hmm, tried this, it still locked, same as before. It says: > > > Starting udev: > > > Initializing hardwarestorage network audio > > > > > > > You've changed kernels, and some device module that registers with > > udev needs to be recompiled. This is most likely the nvidia driver. In > > that case > > > > You don't need to edit the grub.conf file. You just need to hit "e" on > > the kernel line before boot and remove the "rhgb" entry. When you boot > > you will get X errors. login and reinstall the nvidia driver. Remember > > to execute "cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices/" after your done. > > reboot and you'll be all set... > > > > ( I've done this like 8 times now ;) ) > > No need to mess with udev, if you have the ATrpms packages installed > :) > > But you do need to upgrade all kmdls to the new kernel, I believe > there is a section on it on Jarod's guide on how to do it (there is > nothing that is not in Jarod's guide ;). > -- > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SAP in some channels
I just noticed that the other day and I don't know how to fix. If you find something let me know. Rick Ingersoll wrote: Has anyone run into SAP audio only coming on certain channels? I have a avermedia ultratv 350 that seems to use the secondary audio only on certain channels. Is there a way to fix that? Thanks in advance Rick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:17:56PM -0600, Andy Long wrote: > I certainly echo both of these. Having "one button" navigation > functions would be nice. Does anyone know if it would already be > possible to do this via some kind of script that my lircrc file would > call? I daresay what's clearly needed most of all is a help system, so new users do not remain unaware of features and commands open to them. I'm not too surprised the users are unaware of this, you have to go into mythweb (which many users might not even know exists) and set up keystrokes for the jump commands for all your frontends (independently) then LIRC configuration to have your remote issue those keys. If such a help system were to appear (presumably by pressing something like "?" on any screen) I would be happy to write up some help screens. Generally you would want screens that explain your options on that page, any special keystrokes that work only in that area, and links to master pages of general commands and keystrokes, as well as a link in mythbrowser (or for that matter firefox) to web pages with more detailed help Thus these users would have hit help (The theme would be encouraged to have '? = help' in the corner of the screen) and help would appear in the main menu (possibly displacing something else). They would have had to follow the help chain to general commands which would have featured a section on "Keystrokes that work anywhere" or a section perhaps called "How to configure your remote and keyboard keys to do things". I would recommend there be some predefined keystrokes, like: Alt-T -- Watch live TV Alt-R -- Recordings list (Watch Recordings) Alt-G -- Program guide for scheduling Alt-S -- High level scheduling menu Alt-I -- Info center Alt-D -- Optical Disks/Dvds as a possible reasonable default set. I think these are the most common commands (with Live TV and Recordings List the big winners by far) but of course heavier users of MythMusic and other tools will have those on your list. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OS X Darwin Port
Anyone using the OS X Darwin Port of the Myth Front End? I found a link in a search engine to download it, and can't find documentation to troubleshoot it! When I launch the app, it bounces about 3 times, then quits with no error messages. Using MyPHPAdmin, I verified that the user has full access to the DB, and I did update the mysql file in my home dir. Any other suggestions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
> 2. In MythWeather, it would be nice to have a forecast for today. Currently > there is just a page with current conditions, then the forecast for the next > few days. It would be nice to see the forecasted high & low for today, > probability of precip, etc. I think this is a bug which has been fixed, if I remember correctly, in CVS. I seem to remember seeing something about it on this list a few weeks ago. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] fastest Myth start
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Phil Bridges wrote: | Bill Bradley wrote: | |> What...startup time? 0 secondsI never turn mine off. |> |> |> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:59:32 -, mail.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> |>> |>> Interested to know how fast you guys can get your machines to boot |>> from cold |>> As a starter for 10 i'm currently at 2mins from cold to the myth menu |>> Dont care what machine you have got or what versions of software. |>> Just what is the art of the possible. |>> Mike Choy |>> | | Mine is ~4 minutes right now. Waaay too long. Any good places to | look for pointers on what to turn off? ~From power on until MythTV menu I'm at 1 minute and 4 seconds. I could probably trim that down some more by tweaking startup scripts. I'm using Slackware 10.0, having it boot straight into runlevel 4, which runs a custom script I did instead of XDM or KDM. That script launches MythTV directly. I can post the script if anyone is interested. - -Adam "Fuzzy" Kennedy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1-nr1 (Windows XP) iD8DBQFB7y0q7Gmvlg3j8fkRAncYAKC8wToXsyssfS6TNcacgW5VnpCLsACeK+Pz TWIkJo9Mgwho6SvL7Ghlyp8= =Bcio -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mplayer patches for mythnuv
I have seen lots of mention on the lists (most of it fairly old -- circa mplayer 0.90) about mplayer patches for the mythtv nuv format, but have been unable to find anything. Does such a patch exist anywhere any more? Thanx, b. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] whenever there is a black screen, there is jumbling ...
Has anyone else experienced the jumbling black screen when a commercial begins? I have all the commercial flagging off, but as soon as the commercial begins there is typically a black screen. Myth, then, seems to have a hard time and the is a lot of jitter for a few seconds, then it is all fine. This really sucks if you are watching "Pitch Black", and it really puts a damper on my star trek watching. Any ideas? thanks, Pb Myth 0-16, ivtv 0.20, gentoo, amd64, pvr-250 and nvidia 4000 tvout. -- Utque fit, in gremium pulvis si forte puellae Deciderit, digitis excutiendus erit: Etsi nullus erit pulvis, tamen excute nullum: Quaelibet officio causa sit apta tuo. (Ov. Ars 1.149ff.) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:39:35 -0500, M Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry - I've always been curious - what's so wrong with KDE? I have a > Barton2500 w/ 512MB RAM on a combined frontend/backend box. Are the > lightweight WMs more for people with Epia boxes, and/or those that just > want to try something else? I'm just wondering if there would be any > actual benefit for setup's like mine to switch to a lighter WM? I usually use Gnome on my desktops rather than KDE, but I suspect they have some of the same issues. It just takes a few extra seconds to fire up the WM, it clutters up the desktop with panels and crap. I never use the multiple desktops it makes available. It throws a lot of crud into my home directory. It just dosn't seem to be what's needed for this application. I have a couple of ProGear tablet PCs around here and they run a tiny, mostly unobtrusive WM which gives me a browser and an xterm. And that's really all I need when I use those tablets. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
I certainly echo both of these. Having "one button" navigation functions would be nice. Does anyone know if it would already be possible to do this via some kind of script that my lircrc file would call? On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:46:51 -0800 (PST), J. Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I had a couple of ideas for future versions of MythTV. I don't have any > coding ability, but maybe these ideas will catch someone's eye and they can > run with them... > > > > 1. It would be great to press a single button on the remote to switch > directly from one Myth activity to another. For example, you could have a > button on the remote for live TV- when you press it, no matter what you are > doing, you are immediately transferred to watching live TV. You could have > specific buttons for Music, Video, Recorded Shows, Weather, etc... This > would essentially eliminate having to navigate through the menus. > > > > 2. In MythWeather, it would be nice to have a forecast for today. Currently > there is just a page with current conditions, then the forecast for the next > few days. It would be nice to see the forecasted high & low for today, > probability of precip, etc. > ___ > 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] Mythmusic problem - Taking a 0 (zero) off a playlist
Running the front end in verbose, I get the following messages: metadata.o: Your database is out of whack. This is not good playlist.o: Taking a 0 (zero) off a playlist If this happens on repeated invocations of mythmusic, then something is really wrong Error loading image file"/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/NOTHING.png metadata.o: Your database is out of whack. This is not good metadata.o: Your database is out of whack. This is not good Error loading image file"/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/NOTHING.png This is a FC3 machine, and myth was built by following Jarod's guide. I'm a Linux newbie, but am learning a lot. Can anybody help me out? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
Uhhh...this functionality has been in myth for as long as I can remember. They're called jump-points. And AFAIK, they're configured through mythweb. My remote has custom buttons for video, music, games, and TV Listings. (don't watch a lot of live TV) - Original Message - From: J. Scott To: Myth-User Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:46 PM Subject: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV 1. It would be great to press a single button on the remote to switch directly from one Myth activity to another. For example, you could have a button on the remote for live TV- when you press it, no matter what you are doing, you are immediately transferred to watching live TV. You could have specific buttons for Music, Video, Recorded Shows, Weather, etc... This would essentially eliminate having to navigate through the menus. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
J. Scott wrote: I had a couple of ideas for future versions of MythTV. I don't have any coding ability, but maybe these ideas will catch someone's eye and they can run with them... 1. It would be great to press a single button on the remote to switch directly from one Myth activity to another. For example, you could have a button on the remote for live TV- when you press it, no matter what you are doing, you are immediately transferred to watching live TV. You could have specific buttons for Music, Video, Recorded Shows, Weather, etc... This would essentially eliminate having to navigate through the menus. You can do this now using MythWeb. Go into the Settings section and then KeyBindings and you can configure keys in the Jump Point editor to do this. These jumps will then be used anywhere in the frontend. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] The next version of MythTV
I had a couple of ideas for future versions of MythTV. I don't have any coding ability, but maybe these ideas will catch someone's eye and they can run with them... 1. It would be great to press a single button on the remote to switch directly from one Myth activity to another. For example, you could have a button on the remote for live TV- when you press it, no matter what you are doing, you are immediately transferred to watching live TV. You could have specific buttons for Music, Video, Recorded Shows, Weather, etc... This would essentially eliminate having to navigate through the menus. 2. In MythWeather, it would be nice to have a forecast for today. Currently there is just a page with current conditions, then the forecast for the next few days. It would be nice to see the forecasted high & low for today, probability of precip, etc.___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] 1 PVR-250 for Digital and Anolog Cable
OK, I thought I can do this but I'm stumped. I currently subscribe to Digital comcast cable. I have mythtv recording standard cable only via the coax-connector directly into the Hauppauge PVR-250 tuner. This works fine. So, I wanted to use the S-Video (or component) on the *same* 250 card to record the digital or higher channels too. What I've done thus far.. 1. In mythtv-setup I added another Capture Card (even though I only have 1) to add component4 output. The tuner0 is already setup. 2. Then in Input connections, I enable component4 to use the same comcast digital cable channels, as the tuner0. 3. Restarted mythtv-backend. Now when I go to watch Live TV I am able to hit the "C" key and switch between tuners (component4 and tuner0) and this worked OK for Video only. The tuner0 input still works fine for both audio and video. I have the component4 (digital video output from cable) receiving the video signal fine. I have to manually tune the cable box for now. I'm planning on setting up the IR blaster for this. The sound is not working obviously due to no audio input connection to the PVR250. Coax carries both video and audio, but... How do I enable the audio for the digital cable? Currently the digital cable box, has only 2 audio Left/Right outputs that are already going to the TV's audio in. There is no other available audio out on the cable box. Do I use a splitter for this? Also should I plug the audio into the PVR250's "line in"? Next, if this does work with only 1 PVR250, can I somehow configure the recordings to use the proper input? component4 for the digital cable, and tuner0 for the analog? FYI, The digital cable box is the Motorola DCT5100 that also includes HDTV. Thanks for all the help! Jim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] prebuffering pause related to agpgart?
> NvAGP=3 didn't seem to help much. I think I'm seeing fewer > prebuffering pauses, but X is still taking about 40% and mythfrontend > is taking about 55%. If I enable kernel deinterlacing (which I used > with FC1), I still get a prebuffering pause every 2-3 seconds. > > It looks like my only solution is to compile the kernel without > agpgart, unless there's an rpm package out there somewhere. I've > never compiled a kernel before... How do you know it's AGPART causing the problem - is it just because the only change is a new OS? I ask because I had big CPU usage when I fooled around with some of the recording settings and changed them from 480x480 to something which I naively thought would be better. Only it turned out it was no better - for no improvement in picture quality I managed to chew CPU cycles like there was no tomorrow. are you sure nothing's changed on that front for you? Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] looking for A7N8X-E sound advice
John Freer wrote: Wondering if someone could give me suggestions on how to best get the A7N8X-E Deluxe's SPDIF port working. Fresh FC3 install Would appreciate a copy of someone's .asoundrc file and any special modprobe.conf entries of note. I've been going over the alsa postings for the 810 module, but haven't found a working combination yet. Thanks a lot. JF Not sure if this will help, but i just found a neat trick for using the SPDIF on the xbox (810 module). In your /etc/modules.conf: (Gentoo use /etc/conf.d/alsa then modules-update) place the following options snd-pcm-oss dsp_map=0 adsp_map=2 This will place the analog dsp on /dev/dsp and the spdif on /dev/adsp. You can then use the standard myth oss drivers. The only issue is that only one output is active at a time. Drew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Sounds problems: Testing CD1 in
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:06:20 -0500, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a way to test the line in (labeled CD1, but I don't > think it matters) on my motherboard. I'm having trouble determining > if my sound problems are caused by the motherboard, the capture card, > or the configuration. The basic ghist of my problem is that my > machine just suddenly stoppped recording sound. I put the capture > card in my Windows box and sound seemed to work (I'm going to redo > this test to see if it's like an intermittent thing). When I plugged > a CD player into that slot it seemed to work, but I'm not sure if the > CD drive is playing over the IDE bus or through the line in. I was > thinking that it's through line in because using aumix to drop the > volume on CD did lower the volume on the CD. I used xmms to play the > CD though and it was very jumpy; I don't know if this indicates a > problem. > > Basically, I'm trying to figure out how to devise a test for each > component to narrow down where my trouble is coming from, and I don't > know a way to isolate the line-in on the motherboard. > > It does fail the xawtv test suggested in the Doc, but I don't know > what to do with that information to figure out WHY. > Here's what I tried after work tonight: I plugged a CD drive into the CD in and pressed the play button on the front. Doing 'aplay /dev/dsp' did result in sound. Plugging the capture card back in and doing 'xawtv' did NOT result in sound. That has me thinking either the capture card is bad and not outputting sound, or something weird is going on. (It's an old Happuage WinTV-Radio if that makes a difference). The weirdest part is that the sound did come through if I plug the card into my WinXP system, or at least did the other day. I guess I'll try that again. I am correct in thinking that using xawtv should result in the capture card trying to play out sound through the line right? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia geforce MX 4000 and blank/black screen
I have the same card, a MX 4000, and had a hard time with the drivers from NVIDIA as well. I tried version 6629, got black screen on the TV. I also tried another version, don't remember the number, same problem. I eventually got it working with version 6106, connected to a TV on SVIDEO. I have all the features working including overscan. Go with 6106, and a resolution of 800x600 and you should be set. --- Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 07:10:50PM -0500, MacNean C. > Tyrrell wrote: > > I reinstalled everything and rolled back to 6111 > drivers. I'm still > > getting black when booting into X. > > However+ if i change the XF config file for just > the monitor than it > > works. If i change the config for just the TV > than it doesn't work. > > The card works fine in WIndows with tv output. Am > i doing something wrong? > > > This is a problem I also experienced, and some other > folks on nvnews.net > have also encountered it on this very card. I hope > nvidia has it in > their bug list. > > What I found was you could boot with a monitor > plugged in and come up > in console mode. > > (Always a very good idea to switch your system to > console mode when > trying new graphics cards and parameters.) > > Anyway, the kludge was -- boot up with monitor. > Get shell prompt. > Unplug monitor and plug in TV set. Type "startx" > (you can't see it.) > > And it displays on the TV. Stupid, or what? And > not a workable long > term solution. If this works for you though, sounds > like the same > problem. Occurs with 6111. > > ___ > 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] prebuffering pause related to agpgart?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:26:58 +0100, Thomas Börkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI! > > Darren Richards wrote: > > > I've had my mythtv setup running solidy for nearly a year now with > > FC1. I decided to upgrade my hard drive and the OS at the same time. > > I've installed FC3 with the 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 kernel. I used apt-get > > and Jarod's guide. > > > > With FC1, watching live TV or a recording would take about 30% ov my > > cpu. Now mythfrontend and X together are taking 95-100% of my CPU. > > I've searched the archives and I suspect the problem may be related to > > agpgart. I have an nvidia graphics card and I want to use NvAGP, but > > even though I set "NvAGP" "1" in xorg.conf, agpgart is still getting > > loaded. > > > > /proc/driver/nvidia/agp says: > > > > AGP initialization failed, please check the output > > of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file > > for additional information on this problem. > > > > dmesg contains the following lines: > > > > NVRM: not using NVAGP, AGPGART is loaded!! > > NVRM: not using NVAGP, AGPGART is loaded!! > > > > I've tried adding agpgart to /etc/hotplug/blacklist, but it still gets > > loaded. > > If you look at /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status you'll notice, that AGP is > disabled in your case (AGPGART loaded and NvAGP=1), resulting in very > high CPU usage of X. > > I have had the same problem with 2.6.9 and FC2 (Celeron 1.3 GHz). I have > come to the conclusion, that you cannot use NVidia's AGP driver, if > AGPGART is compiled into the kernel (I have tried several kernel boot > parameters to get rid of AGPGART unsuccessfully). > > So, I have set NvAGP=3 in xorg.conf and so AGPGART is being used (again > check /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status). > > X is still using CPU, but much less (13%). I don't know, if it would use > only 1% CPU with NVidia-AGP, as it does on another machine with > FC1/Kernel 2.4/NvAGP=1 or if the higher X usage is coming from > FC2/Kernel 2.6. At least the prebuffering pauses are gone with AGPGART. > > Please let me know, what your CPU usage of X is with NvAGP=3. > > Thomas NvAGP=3 didn't seem to help much. I think I'm seeing fewer prebuffering pauses, but X is still taking about 40% and mythfrontend is taking about 55%. If I enable kernel deinterlacing (which I used with FC1), I still get a prebuffering pause every 2-3 seconds. It looks like my only solution is to compile the kernel without agpgart, unless there's an rpm package out there somewhere. I've never compiled a kernel before... -darren ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv cvs ebuild (gentoo)
> I'm not sure what you consider the "normal places". The myhtv manual > builds result in the binaries, etc. being placed into /usr/local/bin. > Most rpm or ebuilds I've seen place the binaries, etc. into /usr/bin. > > I've seen several ebuilds floating around. Search this list to find > examples. I believe the ebuild available at > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66337 is the one that most > gentoo users are using. > > I took a whack at creating my own ebuilds based on the work above, > which better fits my needs. Here are my ebuilds if you want to play > with them: > > http://threeputt.org/ebuilds/mythtv-0.17_pre.ebuild > http://threeputt.org/ebuilds/mythtv-plugins-0.17_pre.ebuild > http://threeputt.org/ebuilds/mythweb-0.17_pre.ebuild > > I run a combined frontend/backend system, so my preference was to have > as few ebuilds as possible, so the mythtv ebuild has what people > normally break up into backend/frontend builds and the mythtv-plugins > has all of the standard myth plugins, plus nuvexport. The mythweb > ebuild, obviously only has the mythweb stuff... :) > > These ebuilds are a work in progress, so if you find any problems, I'd > appreciate you letting me know. > The ebulds that are available are doing the right thing. I am looking for language support in the ebuilds, but can 't find it, nor the cvs-ebuilds nor the ebuilds from portage. Someone knows more about this? peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Question
Rob G wrote: Ok well the two receivers that I have do not have a Serial port on them. Or any other type of port other then for input or output of the signal. I guess I will look into making/purchasing an IR Blaster, though I was hoping I could do it without one. Thanx hi, i've got a few starchoice receivers (navigo 301, 305, and 401), and none of them can be controlled via serial port. however, i bought some parts and built a couple of ir blasters (based on http://www.lirc.org/improved_transmitter.html ), and they work great with my receivers. if you decide to build your own, i can give you a list of the part numbers that i used. on a side note, the starchoice DSR500 has 3 USB ports (1 front, 2 back) and a 10/100 ethernet port ... here's a picture: http://www.starchoice.com/images/product/dsr500_large_back.jpg it'd be interesting to see how they could be used ... stephen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] looking for A7N8X-E sound advice
Hey all: Wondering if someone could give me suggestions on how to best get the A7N8X-E Deluxe's SPDIF port working. Fresh FC3 install Would appreciate a copy of someone's .asoundrc file and any special modprobe.conf entries of note. I've been going over the alsa postings for the 810 module, but haven't found a working combination yet. Thanks a lot. JF ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] X over PVR-350 TV Out (possible or just a myth?)
I just rebuilt my system with FC3, a few days back and everything is working except X via the 350's TV out. Everytime I boot the machine X hangs on startup. I get a black screen with an "x" in the middle and it just sits there. Any help on this would be much appreciated. Here are the details: Used Jarod's Guide Kernel = 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa |grep ivtv ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc3.at ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_FC3-0.2.0-61_rc3d.rhfc3.at ivtv-0.2.0-61_rc3d.rhfc3.at ivtvdev-0.8-1.rhfc3.at ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod |grep ivtv - ivtv_fb29720 1 ivtv 795364 2 ivtv_fb i2c_algo_bit8393 2 bttv,ivtv videodev9537 2 bttv,ivtv [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lspci -v 05:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Enc oder (rev 01) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at ec00 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 [Xorg.conf ]- Section "Device" Identifier "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer" Driver "ivtvdev" #Driver "fbdev" ### change fb0 to whatever your card grabbed Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1" ### change the BusID to whatever is reported by lspci, specify it as hex . # BusID "5:0x4:0" BusID "5:4:0" EndSection [grub.conf]--- title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.741_FC3) root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet vga=791 kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/1 quiet vga=792 initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.741_FC3.img [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# cat /var/log/messages |grep "iTVC15 TV out" -- Jan 18 22:36:28 MythTV kernel: ivtv-osd: fb1: iTVC15 TV out frame buffer device [Attachments] --- Attached is my /var/log/Xorg.0.log Also I've tried the following solutions: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6340118&forum_id=27233 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/102792 John P.S. You know that WAF that everyone talks about.. well lets just say there's a cold front moving through my area and that ground hog won't be seeing his shadow anytime soon unless this gets fixed! Xorg.0.log Description: Binary data ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 08:16 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 06:33:53PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > > On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:43 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 12:43:00PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=24 > > > > (and ignore the dumb secondary comment) > > > > > > Actually, I think there is merit behind the secondary comment. > > > > No, there's no merit there. It's dumb to chunk things in sizes less than > > one show long. Breaks easy playback by other programs, takes longer to > > coalesce them if you want to transcode, etc. > > Indeed, it creates issues, and requires tools to understand. The merit > lies in making livetv and recording as identical as possible. Which is the entire point of what I was saying in the top of that bug report. Chunking things into little tiny bits totally defeats that purpose. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] When the disk is full... what happens?
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 06:33:26PM -0500, Chris Pinkham wrote: > The default is 0, why by the definition in the help means that > AutoExpire is Disabled. It seems to make sense to me. You're telling I can see how there's no easy win. If you enable autoexpire, then old shows will vanish when the disk fills. If you leave it off, one new show will get truncated mid-way (oddly this can be more frustrating than not recording at all depending on where it cuts out) and no new shows will be recorded until you notice. Neither outcome is great. All the other PVRs I have seen default to expiring old recordings, are there others that don't? It is my taste but it need not be everybody's. A possible outcome is to make it clear. For example, if a person sets up a recording and sets it to "allow auto expire" (which is, I think, the default) they perhaps should get a warning indicating that this option will not do anything unless they enable global auto expire. Or perhaps change "Allow Auto Expire" to "Allow Auto Expire (currently disabled)" or somesuch. This is a place where help screens could also avoid surprises. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia geforce MX 4000 and blank/black screen
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 07:10:50PM -0500, MacNean C. Tyrrell wrote: > I reinstalled everything and rolled back to 6111 drivers. I'm still > getting black when booting into X. > However+ if i change the XF config file for just the monitor than it > works. If i change the config for just the TV than it doesn't work. > The card works fine in WIndows with tv output. Am i doing something wrong? This is a problem I also experienced, and some other folks on nvnews.net have also encountered it on this very card. I hope nvidia has it in their bug list. What I found was you could boot with a monitor plugged in and come up in console mode. (Always a very good idea to switch your system to console mode when trying new graphics cards and parameters.) Anyway, the kludge was -- boot up with monitor. Get shell prompt. Unplug monitor and plug in TV set. Type "startx" (you can't see it.) And it displays on the TV. Stupid, or what? And not a workable long term solution. If this works for you though, sounds like the same problem. Occurs with 6111. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 06:33:53PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:43 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 12:43:00PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=24 > > > (and ignore the dumb secondary comment) > > > > Actually, I think there is merit behind the secondary comment. > > No, there's no merit there. It's dumb to chunk things in sizes less than one > show long. Breaks easy playback by other programs, takes longer to coalesce > them if you want to transcode, etc. Indeed, it creates issues, and requires tools to understand. The merit lies in making livetv and recording as identical as possible. The more identical they are, the easier it is to implement things on top of both. This suggests, I would think, that you want to avoid things that can happen in one but not in the other. For example it makes conversion from live to longterm trivial (just flipping some bits.) It even allows things like changes of quality inside a recording (which as you probably know Tivo refuses to do when you try to convert a live tv session to a permanent recording.) No one part of me feels that live TV is an abberation you are supposed to get over when you use a PVR and so it's not worth so much effort. If it weren't the first thing most people encounter, this would be even more true. I do see your point that the gains from chunking recordings might be had other ways (though deletion of the first part of a recording is probably hard any other way in a low-free-disk environment) though. The goal though is you would not coalesce the chunks, that the transcoder and commercial flagger would have to be aware of them just as the player is. (Not quite as much as they don't need to worry about real time transitions.) However, let this not distract from the main goal of some unification, and hopefully the always-recording goal. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
> Sorry - I've always been curious - what's so wrong with KDE? I have a > Barton2500 w/ 512MB RAM on a combined frontend/backend box. Are the > lightweight WMs more for people with Epia boxes, and/or those that just > want to try something else? I'm just wondering if there would be any > actual benefit for setup's like mine to switch to a lighter WM? > > Thanks. > Matt I migrated from FC1 to gentoo to force a bit more performance out of my box (non-epia p4 2.4gHz) which is the main reason why ppl migrate from KDE to lighter wm's. Did my box absolutely need gentoo or was KDE bogging it down ... probably not. You know what they say, if it ain't broke, keep screwing with it until it is." -- Travis ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Problem with apt-get or just me?
Original Message Follows From: Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Problem with apt-get or just me? Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:29:16 +0100 On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:09:50PM -0600, Kttii Tom Thompson wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 08:59:10AM -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/2/2004 8:48:30 AM >>> > >>>On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:39:57AM -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: > >> > >> > >> > I have at-testing enabled in sources.list and this is still not > >>working. > >>> > >>>Due to a large restructuring of the package it was stability-degraded > >>>to "bleeding". > >> > >>Is there anything in the medley package that really is bleeding for > >>FC2? > > > >The package itself is bleeding as it is now using automatically > >generated repo lists. Feel free to test it! -- > >Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net > > Tested! Sorry, I'm not real sure what I'm doing most of the time but I'm > trying to learn... if you need any more info let me know. > > I use Jarod's FC3 Guide to set up Myth. > I wanted to enable the medley package to see if Xmame or Zsnes is > installable through APT. > > I got the following error trying to install the medley package: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythuser]# apt-get install medley-package-config > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > atrpms-package-config > The following NEW packages will be installed: > medley-package-config That's OK. >file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources from install of > medley-package-config-91-1.rhfc3.at conflicts with file from package > fedora-release-3-8 This means you never performed the apt-get dist-upgrade operation. In case you have reasons not to do so before switching to stable, then simply use apt-get install medley-package-config fedora-release -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net << attach4 >> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ok, I did: # apt-get install medley-package-config fedora-release this all seemed to work fine in as much as no errors while installing... now I just gotta find xmame .. found zsnes though, which is what I was really looking for! _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
Roy Murphy wrote: Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Sorry - I've always been curious - what's so wrong with KDE? I have a Barton2500 w/ 512MB RAM on a combined frontend/backend box. Are the lightweight WMs more for people with Epia boxes, and/or those that just want to try something else? I'm just wondering if there would be any actual benefit for setup's like mine to switch to a lighter WM? Thanks. Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: apt & mythtv-suite
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 02:46:56PM -0500, Matt McKeon wrote: > that was it! duh. > So I got apt-get install mythtv-suite; I made my database for the > backend, but when I try and run mythtvsetup, it comes back with teh > following error message: > mythtvsetup: relocation error: /usr/lib/linmyth-0.16.so.0: undefined > symbol: _ZN9QGroupBox10setEnabledEb > > so then I tried to update libmyth, but it said libmyth is already the > newest version. > > Mind you I am using the at-bleeding version does it use some other > version perhaps? You also need to at least update the qt version, best done in combination with activating kde-redhat. > Axel Thimm wrote: > > >On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:40:49AM -0500, Matt McKeon wrote: > > > > > >>well I changed the atrpms.net line in my sources.list to at-bleeding and > >>at-testing; and when I run apt-get install mythtv-suite it says it is > >>unable to find package mythtv-suite... Is this correct? Or should I be > >>installing it another way with the bleeding/tesing versions... > >> > >> > > > >You probably forgot to apt-get update. > > > > > > > >>Axel Thimm wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 05:07:21PM -0500, Gabe Rubin wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:13:06 -0500, Matt McKeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > >I tried the apt-get install ImageMagick, but it came back saying: > >ImageMagick is already the newest version. mythtv-suite fails because > >of > >mythdvd; then trying to do apt-get install mythdvd fails on a > >dependencies transcode.. Then if I try to do transcode their is another > >failed dependcy..its an endless circle > > > > > > > > > Post the last error from transcode. That is where I got hung up with > ImageMagick. I am not saying I know what the answer (probably I > won't), but Axel might (he identified the ImageMagick issue I had). > Also, which repo are you using from your sources.list? > Stable/testing/bleeding? > > > > > >>>RH9 requires more and more packages that are still in bleeding. :/ > >>> > >>>Feedback on bleeding (including positive) helps getting them into > >>>better stability slots. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>___ > >>>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 -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net pgpzyt1eLj2rq.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Switching between capture card
Hi all, I have multiple BT 878 cards in one MythTV. How can I switch between capture card? The C key only switch between the inputs of one card. * On a related note: I have 2 ivtv cards in my box - a PVR250 and a M179. My M179 is my main "watch" card, primarily because I tend to record a bit on channels 6-9, and the M179 doesn't pick those up as well. Anyway, sometimes I'm watching one of the bad channels through the M179, and I'll want to switch to the other card, since the picture is better. When I do this, it won't let me view the channel that the M179 was on. I have to first change the M179 channel to one I know I won't be watching, and then Switch cards with "Y". Has anybody else had this problem? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Distro Help
Does it matter which kernel I use? I have a p4 1.6 -Gregg >I have the same basic equipment running under FC3 with a P4-2.4/865 >chipset platform. All installed pretty readily without much issue. >This was my first experience installing Linux. >The only thing that gives me troubles is my ATI remote... Jarrod's >guide (which was quite helpful) assumes one is using a remote with the >PVR card. I don't have such an option on the PVR250-MCE. I can use >the built-in kernal "ati-remote" function, but the key mapping doesn't >match. Trying to use lirc_atiusb has been a tragic failure of my time >invested. The links I found are out-dated and don't apply in my case. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:18:31 -0800, Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am going to build a new mythtv box. And was curious to know If I should > use FC2 or FC3. I have a pvr250,fx5200,and sblive card, I am hoping to get > hdtv later. Any suggestions are appreciated. > > -Gregg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] is there an easy way to reboot in software through myth
Brad sounds great. I tired "/sbin/chkconfig swatch on" though and I get the following error. I'm on FC2 and installed swatch using synaptic. error reading information on service swatch: no such file or directory Swatch is not listed when I pull hte list like you recomend. Any suggestions? and how do I make num lock turn on when I boot. It's driving me crazy. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Controlling mythmusic from mythweb
>> While we wait for remote control in MythMusic, can anyone recommend a >> Linux web app for playing music locally? I have searched all over, >> but all the web apps that I have seen that have a decent interface >> (f.ex. Andromeda) seem to be designed to stream audio to the web >> client instead of playing it on the server. It seems a bit of a >> waste to stream music to my laptop when the machine they are hosted >> on is already connected to the home theatre amp :-) >> Eggert > Commandline: mplayer - or why not use myth? >Well, personally I prefer a web interface over picking music with a >remote control. I realize that I can ssh into the mythbox and run >mplayer, but I just find it a bit strange that with all the impressive >looking streaming web apps that seem to be out there, I can't find a >single one that has an option of sending the files to mplayer instead >of streaming them. Well, I use mpd. It's got a php client, a command line client, a curses client, etc... http://www.musicpd.org/ ~John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia geforce MX 4000 and blank/black screen
Doug Larrick wrote: Frank smith wrote: Hi Yes I to have problems with the Fx5200 and 6629. Will this effect play back of Mythtv ? Does it need the GLX stuff? What are you asking? If you are having the problems described in the forums at nvnews.net, you will need to back off to 6111. The problem is severe corruption of the screen; if you have it, you couldn't even run the Myth GUI to see if videos play OK. If you are having some other problem, it can't hurt to try backing off. Myth can use OpenGL for syncing with the vertical refresh and for cool transitions in MythGallery. Other than that it doesn't need OpenGL. -Doug ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I reinstalled everything and rolled back to 6111 drivers. I'm still getting black when booting into X. However+ if i change the XF config file for just the monitor than it works. If i change the config for just the TV than it doesn't work. The card works fine in WIndows with tv output. Am i doing something wrong? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Skipping adverts in UK using DVB-T - supported ?
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Chris Pinkham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Haven't updated my cvs version yet to try the new detection, but does > > it also monitor for aspect ratio changes? Just noticed while watching > > tv yesterday quite a few channels change aspect ratio when they switch > > to the adverts (I'm in the UK). > > > > In this situation it could be a very accurate way for detecting ads. > > Is this a physical aspect ratio change or does the frame stay the same > ratio and have black bars on the top/bottom? I have a sample of a UK > broadcast that uses the black bars and will be trying to code up something > to detect that transition so it can be used to determine where commercials > start/stop. If you mean a physical frame aspect ratio change, then I'd > like to detect this at some point but don't have any sample recordings > to test with right now (I'm in the U.S. with analog cable). Well it would be black bars on the side of the program if anything rather than black bars on the top and bottom of the adverts. In a DVB-T stream there are two ways of handling aspect ratios. For simple 4:3 vs 16:9 it can be done with a simple flag. In that case then the transmitted data is always the full picture area and the flag tells the receiver what aspect ratio to use when displaying the data - the resolution doesn't change, so would be 720x576 or 704x576 in the UK depending on the channel. The other option is to use an AFD where a 16:9 picture is transmitted and if the content is 4:3 then there are black bars on each side. There is then an Active Format Descriptor (AFD) which indicates which part of the transmitted picture to display. That allows more choice of ratios but in the UK at least only 4:3 and 16:9 are used. Some channels use AFDs in the UK and some use the simple flag. Most of the AFD channels don't have adverts however, but I think there is one that does - certainly Five was, but it may have changed recently. I'm not sure how Myth handles those two cases however, or what you see in the stream when you read it back from disk. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switching between capture card
Thanks and I will read the KEYS.TXT.Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tien Nguyen wrote:> Hi all,> I have multiple BT 878 cards in one MythTV. How can I switch between > capture card? The C key only switch between the inputs of one card."Y". Whenever you change inputs with "C" or cards with "Y" thenew card number and input will be shown in the OSD. You maywant to take a few minutes to read through your "keys.txt" fileat the top level of your source tree to familiarize yourselfwith lots of other nifty features.-- bjm___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] buidling mythfilldatabase with qt embedded: exception handling disabled, use -fexceptions to enable
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 15:50 -0500, Jarrod Gray wrote: > > Edit $QTDIR/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf. > Remove -fno-exceptions from that file. Indeed. Did that. Now my build is erroring out with: g++ -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/qte3/lib -o mythepg main.o-L/usr/lib/qte3/lib -L../../libs/libmyth -L../../libs/libmythtv -L../../libs/libavcodec -L../../libs/libavformat -lmythtv-0.15 -lmythavformat-0.15 -lmythavcodec-0.15 -lmyth-0.15 -lfreetype -lmp3lame -lasound -lartsc -llirc_client -L/usr/lib -ldirectfb -lfusion -ldirect -lz -ldl -lqte-mt -lpthread main.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTI6QGList+0x8): undefined reference to `typeinfo for QPtrCollection' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QPushButton' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QLibrary' ../../libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QGArray' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QComboBox' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QScrollView' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QFrame' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QCheckBox' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QSpinBox' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QWidget' ../../libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QXmlDefaultHandler' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QThread' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QListView' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QListBox' ../../libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QListViewItem' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QSlider' ../../libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QGDict' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QButtonGroup' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QTextEdit' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QTable' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QLineEdit' ../../libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QObject' ../../libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QEvent' ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for QDialog' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [mythepg] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/mythtv-0.15.1/programs/mythepg' make[1]: *** [sub-mythepg] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/mythtv-0.15.1/programs' make: *** [sub-programs] Error 2 I know this does not seem very mythtv related, but I thought that somebody here might have already trekked here before. I could not find anything useful in the list archives returned from google searches. b. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] When the disk is full... what happens?
> Of course. I have not looked at this code, but my understanding is
> the autoexpire runs every 10 minutes, thus you want to have a buffer
> zone big enough for 10 minutes and probably more -- at least 1.5gb for
> HDTV, and that's cutting it fine.
Here's the code... :)
static BackendSpinBox *AutoExpireDiskThreshold()
{
BackendSpinBox *bs = new BackendSpinBox("AutoExpireDiskThreshold",
0, 200, 1);
bs->setLabel(QObject::tr("Auto Expire Free Disk Space Threshold "
"(in Gigabytes)"));
bs->setHelpText(QObject::tr("Trigger AutoExpire when available disk "
"space is below this value. Disable AutoExpire by "
"setting to 0."));
bs->setValue(0);
return bs;
};
The default is 0, why by the definition in the help means that
AutoExpire is Disabled. It seems to make sense to me. You're telling
Myth to keep at least X Gigabytes FREE. If you say 0GB, then Myth won't care
and will let your hard drive fill up. :) The default is 0 because
a lot of people run a lot of people don't want AutoExpire running and
when I added AutoExpire to Myth, I didn't want to add a new feature
that could potentially delete people's recordings if they weren't careful.
I wanted people to have to turn AutoExpire ON.
--
Chris
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[mythtv-users] OT: Web UI for mplayer (was: Controlling mythmusic from mythweb)
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:43:43 +, Eggert Thorlacius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, personally I prefer a web interface over picking music with a > remote control. I realize that I can ssh into the mythbox and run > mplayer, but I just find it a bit strange that with all the impressive > looking streaming web apps that seem to be out there, I can't find a > single one that has an option of sending the files to mplayer instead > of streaming them. With a bit of scripting knowledge and a reasonably clean code base for the web app it shouldn't be too hard to put together something like that - you'd just need to write a CGI that accepts a a filename and sends it to mplayer (stopping any other currently running track first, of course - if you want to get really fancy, you could try cross-fading :-) ) and then hack the web app so that its play buttons link to that CGI instead of whatever it uses to do the streaming. Given a nice, slim web app, this shouldn't take more than 2 hours, maybe a lot less. I'd look into it, but I'm swamped with other stuff at the moment. Jens ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switching between capture card
Tien Nguyen wrote: Hi all, I have multiple BT 878 cards in one MythTV. How can I switch between capture card? The C key only switch between the inputs of one card. "Y". Whenever you change inputs with "C" or cards with "Y" the new card number and input will be shown in the OSD. You may want to take a few minutes to read through your "keys.txt" file at the top level of your source tree to familiarize yourself with lots of other nifty features. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:43 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 12:43:00PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > > > > > > http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=24 > > (and ignore the dumb secondary comment) > > Actually, I think there is merit behind the secondary comment. No, there's no merit there. It's dumb to chunk things in sizes less than one show long. Breaks easy playback by other programs, takes longer to coalesce them if you want to transcode, etc. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Skipping adverts in UK using DVB-T - supported ?
> Haven't updated my cvs version yet to try the new detection, but does > it also monitor for aspect ratio changes? Just noticed while watching > tv yesterday quite a few channels change aspect ratio when they switch > to the adverts (I'm in the UK). > > In this situation it could be a very accurate way for detecting ads. Is this a physical aspect ratio change or does the frame stay the same ratio and have black bars on the top/bottom? I have a sample of a UK broadcast that uses the black bars and will be trying to code up something to detect that transition so it can be used to determine where commercials start/stop. If you mean a physical frame aspect ratio change, then I'd like to detect this at some point but don't have any sample recordings to test with right now (I'm in the U.S. with analog cable). -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv cvs ebuild (gentoo)
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:19:53 -0500, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using the CVS release of mythtv on a gentoo box, and it works > great, but I'd really like to have it install files into the normal > places. Is there an ebuild out there that will download and install > the CVS copies of the various packages? I'd throw one together, but > I'd hate to reinvent the wheel if one already exists. Thanks! > I'm not sure what you consider the "normal places". The myhtv manual builds result in the binaries, etc. being placed into /usr/local/bin. Most rpm or ebuilds I've seen place the binaries, etc. into /usr/bin. I've seen several ebuilds floating around. Search this list to find examples. I believe the ebuild available at http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66337 is the one that most gentoo users are using. I took a whack at creating my own ebuilds based on the work above, which better fits my needs. Here are my ebuilds if you want to play with them: http://threeputt.org/ebuilds/mythtv-0.17_pre.ebuild http://threeputt.org/ebuilds/mythtv-plugins-0.17_pre.ebuild http://threeputt.org/ebuilds/mythweb-0.17_pre.ebuild I run a combined frontend/backend system, so my preference was to have as few ebuilds as possible, so the mythtv ebuild has what people normally break up into backend/frontend builds and the mythtv-plugins has all of the standard myth plugins, plus nuvexport. The mythweb ebuild, obviously only has the mythweb stuff... :) These ebuilds are a work in progress, so if you find any problems, I'd appreciate you letting me know. Thanks, -- Jeff Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 12:43:00PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > > > http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=24 > (and ignore the dumb secondary comment) Actually, I think there is merit behind the secondary comment. It makes sense to have really no difference between live tv and recorded tv. Both should be able to be recorded in chunks, and played back and seeked-within seamlessly in chunks, I would think. The live-tv concept becomes just another recording, but it shifts chunk on a channel change, and has quick auto-expire of old chunks (based on the desired buffer size) The use of chunks on regular recording would allow the deletion of the front of a program. For example, often I have a large movie on disk, and I watch an hour of it, and am comfortable if that hour is then free for expiration, while the hour I have not yet watched should actually become immune from expiration -- because now I really, really want to watch it. Truncation from the end is easier if the filesystem supports it, but chunks can also help there. I suppose sparse files could also be used to accomplish the removal of the front of a program. But the key is the first thing you write about, to try and normalize the two forms so they really use the same underlying tools. I think this would be a good idea. Related to this topic, it's my opinion that if you have zero-CPU encoding cards (pvr-x50, pchdtv) that you want two other behaviours. a) It should be nearly impossible to lose the live buffer you are watching. Definitely not simply because you pause and go to other menus in the system. I do this often. Two people are watching a show. One person needs to pause. The other person then wants to do other things with the box -- schedule other recordings, watch another show while person #1 is doing what she wants, etc. You can do this watching a recording but not live TV. Normalizing them would help this. b) Generally this means not stopping live recording ever except for scheduled recordings, though this might be an optional feature because it does mean some disk activity. For example, when you turn on a Tivo, you can rewind 30 minutes in whatever channel it was on when you turned it on. I put these forward as things to consider when debating how to alter the character of live TV mode. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] is there an easy way to reboot in software through myth
If you're using one of the Fedora/Red Hat distros and you already have the swatch packages installed then making it run at startup is as simple as logging in to your box as root and typing "/sbin/chkconfig swatch on". chkconfig is a very easy to use tool that allows you to configure which services are started and stopped in each runlevel on your box. Try /sbin/chkconfig --list to see a list of all services and their default modes in each runlevel. Brad On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:08:11 -0600, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure exactly what you're doing. How are you deleting these > > recordings exactly? Are you deleting them by hand, or something? > > > > You should be able to delete recordings under the Manage Recordings > > menu which deletes the files from disk and updates the mythtv > > database. You certainly shouldn't need to reboot afterwards. > > I can speak to what I've seen. If I delete a recording from the view > recordings menu while a program is recording my backend crashes. If he > is new enough not to know how to restart the backend then a reboot > will be the only fix. > > Yuo can restart mythbackend using (/etc/init.d/mythbackend restart) > from the command line. > > There is a log file monitoring tool called swatch that some people are > using to monitor for the crash and restart the backend if it crashes. > I haven't figured out where to put the entry to make swatch run at > startup so mine isn't working. once I spend some time to figure this > out I'll be better off. Right now I just am not deleting from the view > recordings page, and especially during a recording. > > > ___ > 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] Controlling mythmusic from mythweb
Well, personally I prefer a web interface over picking music with a remote control. I realize that I can ssh into the mythbox and run mplayer, but I just find it a bit strange that with all the impressive looking streaming web apps that seem to be out there, I can't find a single one that has an option of sending the files to mplayer instead of streaming them. Netjuke (http://www.netjuke.org) can do that -- it supports three different modes. It can stream files over an http connection, or you can use it to control a shoutcast/icecast playlist, or you can use it to control a server-side playlist (which you would then play with mplayer). I haven't used it this way myself, so I can't tell you how well it works, but I've been very happy with the web streaming side of things. note: this is v1 I'm talking about. Development on v1 stopped quite a while ago and the project seemed dead, but recently the developers have started working on v2 and have released a beta or two. Having tried the v2 betas, I'd recommend sticking with v1 at the moment. Scott -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythvideo & mythdvd cause mythfrontend to loose focus
Yup, now that i know i already booked marked it, never heard about it before ;) Thanks for the insight! On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:34:22 -0500, Phil Bridges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Hunt wrote: > > >Ok heres a new problem, Whenever i watch something in mythvideo or > >mythdvd, it works great till its done. It shows the screen in > >mythfrontend where it should be but the KDE bar shows at the bottom of > >the scree and my remote doesnt do anything, i presume if i had a > >keyboard i could alt-tab to get the frontend back in focus but instead > >i have to ssh in to my comptuer and manually kill and restart X. > >Anyway i can get mythfrontend to have focus after exiting mythvideo > >and mythdvd? > > > > > > Jarod's Howto is always a good place to check: > > http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php > -- Justin Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bd.a.la Home: 416-926-1664 x 4238 Cell: 416-779-1201 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythvideo & mythdvd cause mythfrontend to loose focus
Justin Hunt wrote: Ok heres a new problem, Whenever i watch something in mythvideo or mythdvd, it works great till its done. It shows the screen in mythfrontend where it should be but the KDE bar shows at the bottom of the scree and my remote doesnt do anything, i presume if i had a keyboard i could alt-tab to get the frontend back in focus but instead i have to ssh in to my comptuer and manually kill and restart X. Anyway i can get mythfrontend to have focus after exiting mythvideo and mythdvd? Jarod's Howto is always a good place to check: http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] New ATI drivers just released for Linux(32bit & 64bit)
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 07:33:07AM -, mail.com wrote: > I can confirm that the new drivers installed well and are fully working on a > Fedora Core 3 > 741 kernel. Installed very easily. Did not need to use the xfree config file > it created. Just updated > my xorg.conf to support video accelleration. Have not tried tvout or HD via > the DVI. > > I have a plasma panel at 852x480 via a DV connected. Noticeable speed diff > in things like > the prog guide and on screen menus. > > Mike Choy Speed diff compared to what? Earlier drivers or another card. I presume your plasma you display on at a progressive resolution. If you need a small 1080i clip to test, let me know. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv cvs ebuild (gentoo)
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:19, Jeff Simpson wrote: > I'm using the CVS release of mythtv on a gentoo box, and it works > great, but I'd really like to have it install files into the normal > places. Is there an ebuild out there that will download and install > the CVS copies of the various packages? I'd throw one together, but > I'd hate to reinvent the wheel if one already exists. Thanks! Yes, there are several ebuilds available. http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/UpgradeToCvsHowTo I wrote the collection that is in the Gentoo Bugzilla. --PC ___ 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
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 15:01, Geoff Scott wrote: > Ok, it's working, sort of ;) I won't go into the details of getting > it work because frankly I'm ashamed to (read that, "port forwarding > of port 8001 should go to the Myth Box, and not another box on the > network that isn't streaming a damn thing ;)" ) > > Anywho... > > The "sort of" part is that I still can't start the stream from the > web interface. I have to push the command through the CLI. > Wondering if this is due to a permission problem? When the "Start > Stream" button is pushed, the window showing what is in the log file > shows that "vlc" is not a recognized command, like this: > > Starting Stream of 1249_2005011816_20050118163000.nuv > /video/mythstreamtv/mythstreamtv.sh: line 37: vlc: command not found Hmmm, by any chance is your vlc install in /usr/local/bin ? Most likely /usr/local/bin is not in the default path of the user (apache?) running your web server. The easiest thing to do would be to hard-code the full path to vlc in mythstreamtv.sh (that's what I did). -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
> Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's > talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much > overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers? I use ratpoison. This is a lightweight, low disk space hog, mouse-less window manager (you use keyboard shortcuts to fire up any apps you may need - the only app I ever fire up is xterm). It works very well and is simple to use. There's a very small amount of setup required to stop using KDE and start using this but I have all the details if you need it. It's very easy. Its home page is at http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythvideo & mythdvd cause mythfrontend to loose focus
> Ok heres a new problem, Whenever i watch something in mythvideo or > mythdvd, it works great till its done. It shows the screen in > mythfrontend where it should be but the KDE bar shows at the bottom of > the scree and my remote doesnt do anything, i presume if i had a > keyboard i could alt-tab to get the frontend back in focus but instead > i have to ssh in to my comptuer and manually kill and restart X. > Anyway i can get mythfrontend to have focus after exiting mythvideo > and mythdvd? Take a look at Jarod's guide - this is covered there in Tips & Tricks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Switching between capture card
Hi all, I have multiple BT 878 cards in one MythTV. How can I switch between capture card? The C key only switch between the inputs of one card. Thanks,__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv cvs ebuild (gentoo)
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:19:53 -0500, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an ebuild out there that will download and install > the CVS copies of the various packages? I'd throw one together, but > I'd hate to reinvent the wheel if one already exists. Thanks! I asked a similar question a couple of days ago, and there were some pointers in the thread. It's archived here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/102420 Hope that helps. Jens ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] dvd playback via usb2.0
I am attempting a MythTV setup where I must have the dvd drive in an external enclosure, connected to the PC via usb2.0. I can connect the USB DVD drive, mount and playback (via mplayer), but it is very choppy, some part of the system cannot keep up. This is true if played from mythfrontend or command line. Sadly, if I do the same experiment on a XP box with the same speed processor, it plays DVDs just fine. I note that even an XP box can playback via USB1.0 better than my linuxbox. My limited understanding of DVD playback is that DMA from the DVD drive to the HD is very important for smooth playback. But I'm not sure how to accomplish this via USB. Anyone have any suggestions for smoothing up the DVD playback? I have a Celeron 2GHz, 256Mram, a pioneer DVD drive, using Fedroa Core 2, with kernel 2.6.8-1.521, myth .16 driving out to a nvidia GeForce MX400, with nvdia 6629 drivers. Thanks, Aaron ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.
In my mind, what I'd like it to do when I select "live tv" when the tuner is already in use is to inform me what's going on, then take me directly to the recording in progress. I'm thinking of it as the satellite box my Dad used to have, where you could change the channel from any tv, but everyone got the same show. For those of you who have seen tivo, he means just like TiVo does. If its recording a show and you press livetv it takes you to the 'live' part of the recording. From here you can't change channel unless you cancel the recording. But you can do trick play etc on the current show or go back to the start of it and watch it. I think borrowing this feature would be a great idea if it doesn't have it already. Andrew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Audio quality problem
try making sure you dont accidentally have your pcm volume set to full blast, i find if mine is over about 50-60 percent it sounds terrible. also make sure your muting that input so it playes what it records, not what it is recording (theres a few seconds delay) Hopefully that helps On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:12:20 -0600, Paul Gratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > First of all I want to commend all of you for such an incredible > program, I love it! On to my question: I've noticed that my audio, > while it works fine, often sounds a bit like its underwater (alittle > warbley/jittery/echoy). It sounds kind of like a low bit rate mp3 or > something like that. I've gone in the setup and set the quality to its > highest settings but it does not seem to help at all. My setup is: > > Tuner: WinTV Go (bttv8x8 based card) > Kernel: 2.6.9 gentoo variant > Sound: ALSA, using little patch cable btw the WinTV card and the sound >card input, I haven't tried using the btaudio driver. > MythTV version: v0.16 from the gentoo ebuilds > Processor: 1.6 GHz P4 > > (anyone need any other info?) > > Thanks! > Paul > > -- > Paul Gratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > -- Justin Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bd.a.la Home: 416-926-1664 x 4238 Cell: 416-779-1201 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:09:13 -, John Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For my front end xserver I don't use a window manager. You don't need one > since you are only running mythtv. > However if you do want one ratpoison keeps getting mentioned. H. Interesting idea. But I think I might want to run a *few* other things which I don't think are integrated into Myth. I want to move videos from my DV Camcorder with firewire, edit them and burn them to CD/DVD. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/97907 ___ 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 had this problem, from the command line run: which vlc This will give the location of where vlc is installed on your machine, then open up mythstream.sh and on the line near the bottom where it says vlc -I dummy, etc... add in the full path to vlc, so on mine it reads: /usr/local/bin/vlc -I dummy, etc. That should fix it. Ash On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:01:53 -0800, Geoff Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:00:54 -0800, Joshua Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Confirm that your Myth box is listening on the port you configured to stream > > from. 'netstat -an | grep portnumber' > > > > If the output from netstat shows VLC listening on the port the bind went ok > > and it should work. From WMP enter open url http://iporhost:portnumber or > > mms://iporhost:portnumber > > > > Also you could enable verbose debugging by entering -vvv in mythstreamtv.sh. > > > > From this point if your unable to see any connections check into firewall > > settings etc. (ala iptables etc) > > > > Hope that helps. > > -Joshua Ebel > > Ok, it's working, sort of ;) I won't go into the details of getting > it work because frankly I'm ashamed to (read that, "port forwarding of > port 8001 should go to the Myth Box, and not another box on the > network that isn't streaming a damn thing ;)" ) > > Anywho... > > The "sort of" part is that I still can't start the stream from the web > interface. I have to push the command through the CLI. Wondering if > this is due to a permission problem? When the "Start Stream" button > is pushed, the window showing what is in the log file shows that "vlc" > is not a recognized command, like this: > > Starting Stream of 1249_2005011816_20050118163000.nuv > /video/mythstreamtv/mythstreamtv.sh: line 37: vlc: command not found > > I'm not sure which permission to tweak, if that's the problem. Any > suggestions? > > Btw, thanks all for the help. This is a very, very cool feature. > Thanks Joshua for taking the time and sharing! > > Geoff > > > ___ > 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] Noob Question
Ok well the two receivers that I have do not have a Serial port on them. Or any other type of port other then for input or output of the signal. I guess I will look into making/purchasing an IR Blaster, though I was hoping I could do it without one. Thanx -- Rob G Frequent lock ups are a symptom of not enough memory but only in the way that nosebleeds are a symptom of gunshot wounds to the head. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:46:50 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's like every other type of cable/satellite box, it will depend on which > particular box you have. Yours might be able to change it via a serial port, > but your neighbors might not. Here's what to check. > > 1) Does your cable/sat box have a serial port? If not, you'll likely need an > IR blaster > 2) If it has a serial port, is it active (there are various ways mentioned in > the archives to check). If so, you're in luck and won't need an IR blaster. > 3) If the serial port is not active, call your provider (Starchoice Canada?). > See if they can/will activate it. You may have to call several times and > try to speak with Tier-2 tech support (if it's anything like America). There > is a chance that they will activate an inactive port. If they won't you'll > need an IR blaster. > > IR blasters are actually quite cheap. You can get one shipped to you for > under $16US (or make your own for even less). Check out > http://www.irblaster.info > > - Original Message - > From: Rob G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:28 pm > Subject: [mythtv-users] Noob Question > > > Hi All, > > > > I am thinking about setting up a MythTV box for my Starchoice Canada > > system. I am just wondering if it is necessary to have the IR for the > > system or could I control everything from the box itself? If you > > could let me know it would be greatly appreciated as I don't want to > > start this if I need to go get some additional parts. > > > > -- > > Rob G > > > > Frequent lock ups are a symptom of not enough memory but only in the > > way that nosebleeds are a symptom of gunshot wounds to the head. > > > > > ___ > 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, channel change
BO PP wrote: Hello. I've still not figured out how MythTV can change channels as to my request. I've run setup, with xmltv-settings, done mythfilldatabase, so I don't see why the problem should be here. Specially when this was working fine with the older tv-card I used (without mpeg hardware-support). Just in case someone should wonder, result from 'dmesg': tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48134, rev = J342, serial# = 6563634 tveeprom: tuner = Temic 4009FR5 (idx = 42, type = 20) tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) (eeprom = 0x04, v4l2 = 0x0007) I have the same (allthough a slightly larger serial number). If I use the tool included with the ivtv-driver, I'm able to set and change tv-channels. Also it's possible through the 'v4lctl' command to change channels. But as said MythTV doesn't. Can anybody help me out here? I had the same problem and I had to verify the content of the "channel" table - and it was totally wrong. So start up some tool to look at mysql data and browse the "channel" table. The two first channels I have look as follows: ++-++--+++--+--+--+---+-+--++++--+--+-+---+ | chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name | icon | finetune | videofilters | xmltvid | recpriority | contrast | brightness | colour | hue| tvformat | commfree | visible | outputfilters | ++-++--+++--+--+--+---+-+--++++--+--+-+---+ | 1 | 1 | E10|1 | DR 1 | DR 1 | none | [NULL] | | 003.tv.tv2.dk | 0 | 32768 | 32768 | 32768 | 32768 | PAL |0 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | E9 |1 | DR 2 | DR 2 | none | [NULL] | | 004.tv.tv2.dk | 0 | 32768 | 32768 | 32768 | 32768 | PAL |0 | 1 | | ++-++--+++--+--+--+---+-+--++++--+--+-+---+ Bjørn Ove _ MSN Hotmail http://www.hotmail.com Med markedets beste SPAM-filter. Gratis! On a Linux list ? :-) /Martin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Distro Help
I know nothing about Fedora. That being said the 2.6 kernel has support for the ati rf remote. There are patches/modules for older kernels, I think. Once thats loaded and you get some letters when you press buttons on the remote, you then load xev to figure out the keys and then create a file like .Xmodmap to map them as you need them. sakura root # cat .Xmodmap keycode 233 = period keycode 158 = Escape keycode 146 = M keycode 108 = Next Then run xmodmap .Xmodmap This sounds quite different from what your doing, so it may not help... Alex wrote: I have the same basic equipment running under FC3 with a P4-2.4/865 chipset platform. All installed pretty readily without much issue. This was my first experience installing Linux. The only thing that gives me troubles is my ATI remote... Jarrod's guide (which was quite helpful) assumes one is using a remote with the PVR card. I don't have such an option on the PVR250-MCE. I can use the built-in kernal "ati-remote" function, but the key mapping doesn't match. Trying to use lirc_atiusb has been a tragic failure of my time invested. The links I found are out-dated and don't apply in my case. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:18:31 -0800, Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am going to build a new mythtv box. And was curious to know If I should use FC2 or FC3. I have a pvr250,fx5200,and sblive card, I am hoping to get hdtv later. Any suggestions are appreciated. -Gregg ___ 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 & mythdvd cause mythfrontend to loose focus
Ok heres a new problem, Whenever i watch something in mythvideo or mythdvd, it works great till its done. It shows the screen in mythfrontend where it should be but the KDE bar shows at the bottom of the scree and my remote doesnt do anything, i presume if i had a keyboard i could alt-tab to get the frontend back in focus but instead i have to ssh in to my comptuer and manually kill and restart X. Anyway i can get mythfrontend to have focus after exiting mythvideo and mythdvd? Thnaks Oh and the symlinks work great on mythvideo! thanks for the help -- Justin Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bd.a.la Home: 416-926-1664 x 4238 Cell: 416-779-1201 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythtv cvs ebuild (gentoo)
I'm using the CVS release of mythtv on a gentoo box, and it works great, but I'd really like to have it install files into the normal places. Is there an ebuild out there that will download and install the CVS copies of the various packages? I'd throw one together, but I'd hate to reinvent the wheel if one already exists. Thanks! - Jeff -- 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] Which Window Manager?
In gentoo, if you don't specify a window manager in /etc/rc.conf (or in your home directory) you get a really simple one that I think may be a part of Xfree/Xorg. Maybe it has a name. I don't know. At any rate, if your really not doing anything but Myth on the box, I'd think that would be adequate... Of course if you are doing any other work, well that window manager is quite annoying. Roy Murphy wrote: Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers? ___ 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] Which Window Manager?
I'm using FluxBox. Loads nice and fast and is quite usable if I have to restart the frontend for some reason. Mostly it does not matter though because I have it set to boot straight into mythtv's user and start the frontend, and I very rarely reboot or shutdown. Paul On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 15:18 -0500, Roy Murphy wrote: > Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's > talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much > overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers? > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Paul Gratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 15:18, Roy Murphy wrote:
> Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's
> talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much
> overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers?
Initially, I was running without a window manager, but this proved to be
problematic for things that used an external program, like MythVideo and
MythGame. The keyboard focus wasn't behaving nicely.
Then I tried using ratpoison, based on advice from numerous threads on
the same topic that you can find in the list archives.
Then I wanted to use xrandr to switch resolutions based on the source
material (for HDTV signals so that Myth isn't converting 1080i to
720p). This required a change to wmi ("window manager improved"). My
only complaint about wmi is that it pops up an xterm with the man page
when it starts up, and I haven't been able to figure out how to stop
that (the documentation says it only does it the first time, but it
seems to always think it's the first time--I'm near to the point of
patching the code to replace the command with /bin/true).
--PC
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Distro Help
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 13:18, Gregg wrote: > I am going to build a new mythtv box. And was curious to know If I should > use FC2 or FC3. I have a pvr250,fx5200,and sblive card, I am hoping to get > hdtv later. Any suggestions are appreciated. I would suggest going with Linux. That's what I did, and my system works great. For details, check the list archive. What, you didn't know that there was a list archive? Well, it should be an obvious-enough concept to look for one. I'll give you a hint: there's this neat little web site at http://www.google.com/ that can help you find information like that. --PC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Xbox site (http://bit.blkbk.com/)
If by face lift you mean they lifted the face off it... it looks like just an index-less folder now - Jeff On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:01:25 +, James Poyser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know what's happening with http://bit.blkbk.com/ - the > site for Mythtv on the Xbox? > > I noticed some little worm had a go at the message board a couple of > weeks ago but it now looks like they've given the entire site a > facelift. > > > ___ > 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] Which Window Manager?
At 20:18 19/01/2005, you wrote: Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers? Lots of people here using stuff like Fluxbox and other *boxes, EvilWM, RatPoison... all of them are pretty lightweight and require the bare minimum of external libraries, if any. None of my Myth boxes have Gnome or KDE installed, and Qt is pretty much the only GUI library I have. XFCE is quite popular for people who want a lightweight WM/DE but still want a fairly good desktop for non-Myth usage; for a dedicated box, it's overkill. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager?
For my front end xserver I don't use a window manager. You don't need one since you are only running mythtv. However if you do want one ratpoison keeps getting mentioned. John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roy Murphy > Sent: 19 January 2005 20:19 > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: [mythtv-users] Which Window Manager? > > Now that we've had a nice long thread discussing distributions, let's > talk about window managers. KDE and Gnome sould like *way* too much > overhead for a Myth frontend. Anyone using other window managers? ___ 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
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:00:54 -0800, Joshua Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Confirm that your Myth box is listening on the port you configured to stream > from. 'netstat -an | grep portnumber' > > If the output from netstat shows VLC listening on the port the bind went ok > and it should work. From WMP enter open url http://iporhost:portnumber or > mms://iporhost:portnumber > > Also you could enable verbose debugging by entering -vvv in mythstreamtv.sh. > > From this point if your unable to see any connections check into firewall > settings etc. (ala iptables etc) > > Hope that helps. > -Joshua Ebel Ok, it's working, sort of ;) I won't go into the details of getting it work because frankly I'm ashamed to (read that, "port forwarding of port 8001 should go to the Myth Box, and not another box on the network that isn't streaming a damn thing ;)" ) Anywho... The "sort of" part is that I still can't start the stream from the web interface. I have to push the command through the CLI. Wondering if this is due to a permission problem? When the "Start Stream" button is pushed, the window showing what is in the log file shows that "vlc" is not a recognized command, like this: Starting Stream of 1249_2005011816_20050118163000.nuv /video/mythstreamtv/mythstreamtv.sh: line 37: vlc: command not found I'm not sure which permission to tweak, if that's the problem. Any suggestions? Btw, thanks all for the help. This is a very, very cool feature. Thanks Joshua for taking the time and sharing! Geoff ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Looking for a *nix DAAP client & player w/Ogg support
So, I've got my Myth box serving out my music collection with mfd. Now I can use the mfe plugin (just for experimentation, mythmusic is still more mature...), and I can listen to music via iTunes on my wife's iBook. But, what do I use to access my collection from another Linux box? I have a little VPN set up at work to access my home network, but the only DAAP client software I can find is Java-based, doesn't provide much of an interface, and (worst of all) only plays mp3s. Most of my collection is in Ogg Vorbis, so this is problematic. I've tried setting up netjuke, and while it works, it seems like I should be able to do everything with just mfd (after all, isn't that the whole point of DAAP?). There are several DAAP server solutions for Linux, but the only native client solution seems to be mfd/mfe. Unfortunately, running mythfrontend on my workstation at work is not a good option. So, anyone come across a DAAP client player for Linux w/Ogg support? -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, David Whyte wrote: Aaaaghh! Another reason to have a user based system in myth. Then things like this can be stored against the user. Or they could be stored per-frontend, might make things a bit simpler (info's already there.) | nate carlson | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981| ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Distro Help
I have the same basic equipment running under FC3 with a P4-2.4/865 chipset platform. All installed pretty readily without much issue. This was my first experience installing Linux. The only thing that gives me troubles is my ATI remote... Jarrod's guide (which was quite helpful) assumes one is using a remote with the PVR card. I don't have such an option on the PVR250-MCE. I can use the built-in kernal "ati-remote" function, but the key mapping doesn't match. Trying to use lirc_atiusb has been a tragic failure of my time invested. The links I found are out-dated and don't apply in my case. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:18:31 -0800, Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am going to build a new mythtv box. And was curious to know If I should > use FC2 or FC3. I have a pvr250,fx5200,and sblive card, I am hoping to get > hdtv later. Any suggestions are appreciated. > > -Gregg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] fastest Myth start
Bill Bradley wrote: What...startup time? 0 secondsI never turn mine off. On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:59:32 -, mail.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Interested to know how fast you guys can get your machines to boot from cold As a starter for 10 i'm currently at 2mins from cold to the myth menu Dont care what machine you have got or what versions of software. Just what is the art of the possible. Mike Choy Mine is ~4 minutes right now. Waaay too long. Any good places to look for pointers on what to turn off? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
