Re: [mythtv-users] Dual HDTV Tuner Requirements
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 01:05:19AM -0500, Jonathan M. Cooper wrote: I've been reading that HDTV decoding takes a substantial amount of processing power. I was wondering if anyone has gotten 2 or more HDTV tuner cards working with myth, and, if so, what the CPU and memory requirements would be. I'm considering replacing 2 UltimateTV boxes with myth. The UltimateTVs each have 2 tuners, so I'd want a setup where I could record 4 shows at once (ideally). That could be 2 boxes with 2 tuners or 1 backend with 4 tuners. While Jarod answered your rought question, your wording belies the common misconception about what the hdtv tuner cards do. They do almost nothing (they are only expensive because they are small volume.) They just receive a digital bitstream off the air, and your PC does nothing but write it to disk. It takes effectively zero CPU to do this, you could fill your machine with cards and barely notice it as it recorded 5 shows at once. While the pchdtv-3000 also has a raw NTSC capture component (not yet fully supported in myth) the ATSC tuner does nothing else. It can't take HDTV from a cable box or satellite box. It can't encode mpegs or decode them.It can (just recently) receive non-encrypted digital cable (a tiny fraction of the cable channels, but often including the local HD ones.) It's just a radio receiver and demodulator of a pre-compressed, pre-encoded bitstream. The UTV, like other boxes, has NTSC tuner cards including an mpeg encoder for each tuner. Your HD tuner card won't do this. In the future, proper support for the raw NTSC capture will be in place and you could record NTSC -- but that will take CPU, a fair chunk of it, to record to mp4, and so you probably would not be able to record 2 mp4s, for example, and also watch hdtv, though right now I have not heard anybody benchmark what it takes to do this. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project?
Hi, since this is OT, I'll add another proposition. Currently I'm reading about Pluto 2 system (ver 2. is more open source friendly rewrite - www.plutohome.com)- it's kind of integration project of some better open sourced projects (Mythtv, Asterisk, Motion, Sphinx, Xine, etc...). It's all in one automation/entertainment solution for home, small offices. It has centralized message passing system and plugin arhitecture with quite good tools to build usefull plugins (as simple devices like thermostat, news reader, etc...). For those thinking on going beyond PVR, that is certainly a good step forward. Regards, Rob. - Original Message - From: Louie Ilievski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mythtv-dev@mythtv.org; mythtv-users@mythtv.org; ivtv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: [mythtv] Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project? ___ mythtv-dev mailing list mythtv-dev@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial cutting DVD burning
It's a doddle to do if you have a PVR350 I have about 60+ DVDs of Farscape, Stargate, Buffy, Films etc etc All have proper DVD menus, no commercials, proper printed covers All done 100% in linux Mostly by my non-linuxy wife (who now enjoys linux and gimp) Basically: * record using DVD profile on PVRx50 * move the nuv file to your editing space * use avidemux (2.36, not 2.38) to index and cut out commercials (5 mins) * optionally use avidemux to save screenshots (press 'j') (1 min - 20 mins depending on fussiness) * save as mpeg (A+V) into show.VOB (5 mins) * use qdvdauthor to create menu (5 mins) * save as VIDEO_TS (10 mins) * burn to DVD (15 mins) * optionally use gimp to create cover (hours and hours if you get fancy!!) David John Williams wrote: The answer to this is, you didn't find it in the archives because it doesn't exist. The copy to Windows is about the best answer I'v run across, and I agree too much work so I haven't done it. The next answer you'll get is the devs don't burn shows so they won't code it because they don't want it. You'll also get and this one rightly so If it is too much trouble for you to copy to a windows box and burn then it is way too much trouble for someone else to code this for you. I'm just repeating most of the things you'll hear based on old posts. I'd like this to be easy, but it seems the editing is not an easy task to keep sound in sync. The last few days have had a few good step by steps, but they are still pretty drawn out. I'm waiting for a while to get a DL burner until I have time to work on this particular problem myself or someone else comes up with a good answer. Sorry, but I think you are out of luck, John Williams On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:19:42 -0800, Praveen Shenoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After spending a few hours digging thru the archives on this topic, I still didn't find any discussion that had concise steps to cutting commercials and burning dvd. I am sure people out there are doing this. I have a PVR-350 and I want to burn the movies I record to a dvd after cutting the commercials. I don't want to lose any quality. I want the resulting mpeg after cutting the commercials to be still mpeg-2 and not mpeg-4. I can copy the file to windows and use pinnacle studio or something like that to dtect scenes and then edit out the commercials, but that is too much work and takes time. I don't much time to spare on this given that we have a 1 year old who keeps us busy and then work too. I would appreciate if anybody out there is already doing this and share a mini-howto of cutting commercials out of the mpeg2 files output by the pvr-350 and then burning them to a dvd. Thanks in advance Praveen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] envy24 sound and internal volume controls
Is there anyone out there using an envy24 based setup (M-Audio, Audiotrak) that is able to use the internal volume controls? If I use OSS (/dev/dsp), I get normal output but as soon as I timeshift or seek I get Audio buffer overflows (I've tried all combinations of 'extra audio buffering' and 'aggressive buffering' options). While using ALSA (ALSA:default) I get 'unable to find control PCM', most likely because my card, an Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 has no PCM control it only has a Master and a string of digital controls. It works fine with internal volume controls disabled, but I really like having the internal as I don't have to switch to the TV remote just to adjust the volume. Any help is appreciated, Jeremy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Scheduled recordings disappearing
Scott Minneman wrote: That's the method I used to set it up. I followed all of those instructions exactly, and it works for the rest of that day, but clears out after that. I run mythfilldatabase at night, so I think that's the culprit. Not running mythdatabase, however, is obviously not an option. I could reduce its run frequency, but resetting my search rules once a week is only marginally less of a hassle than resetting them once a day. You shouldn't have to reset the rules. If the schedule is correct when add a search rule it should be okay any other time the scheduler runs. The logs for mythfilldatabase and the master backend should have clues if something went wrong. Look for error messages and also check for the lines that say how many items where scheduled. 2005-03-04 06:41:59.496 Reschedule requested for id -1. 2005-03-04 06:42:05.502 Scheduled 378 items in 3.9 = 2.98 match + 0.88 place If it had items before but then zero when mythfilldatabase runs, that would be a problem. Also, you can try running mythfilldatabase from the command line to see if that causes a problem. So, was the schedule okay after you first set the rule? Is the schedule okay when you restart the master backend? When the schedule is blank, does running mythbackend --resched from another shell fix the problem? If this does happen when mythfilldatabase runs, is there show information in the Program Guide? If it does seem to be related to having search rules, could you sent the output of: $ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg mysql select type,title,description from record where search=1\G -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Are transcoded files supposed to play in mplayer?
of problems with them. For one, the aspect ratio is lost, so you have to tell mplayer the actual aspect ratio, but more importantly not too This should be fixed in current CVS. 0.17 and previous would set the aspect ratio to 1:1 in nuppel files, with current CVS, the correct aspect should be in the .nuv file. Main reason I did this was to allow transcoding of 16:9 content, but it fixed the issue you're seeing as well. Are these transcodes expected to play in mplayer? My goal for recordings is to keep them around as full size mp2 for a while, then Are you trying with current CVS or 0.17? I thought they should still play as long as you had a mplayer that supported Myth's nuppel format. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
commercial, and since I didn't notice the skip I'll get confused. BTW, one show that the commercial flagger seems to often get wrong is Teen Titans -- just in case someone wanted a test case to improve the commercial flagger. I'll make a note of this and try to record an episode or two to test with, Thanks. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
How about a configurable feature for Commercial flagging that will not save any 'supposed' commercials over xx minutes. I have been having good luck with commercial flagging lately but there is an occasional commercial that is flagged and is over 5 or 6 minutes and is bogus. I think most of my commercials are only a few minutes long so ignoring ones longer than that would cut out some bad commercial flagging. Along similar lines, I've had a commercial break that was 0:00 long. It ended up getting itself into a rather tight loop of skip 0:00 (actually went backwards a bit), play, see 0:00 break, skip, repeat. So another nice add would be a minimum commercial break length. The ALL commercial detection method should prevent commercial breaks less than 60 seconds (1 minute) and more than 485 seconds (1 minute 5 seonds) long. The other detection methods may still have cases where this can occur, I haven't spent as much time on them lately. I made a note to check them sometime, but if you're not using the ALL method, you should try it out since that is where the majority of detection effort is being put now. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project?
sweet piece of software :-) I'm starting to lean a little toward this lossless mpeg2-mpeg2 cutting, because this is a feature I've wanted to have as well. My friend also though of maybe the possibility of The nice thing about this is that it can be as simple, or grow to be as complicated as you want. The basics of GOP chopping are already in gopdit, and could simply be integrated into MythTV proper (as part of mythtranscode, perhaps?). If you needed to get more complicated, you could work on reencoding the frames around a GOP cut to make sure no reference frames are missing. LOTS of issues with that since MPEG2 is a *huge* standard. The big thing that would be important is making sure the streams are valid... not just that they play. I think all the lossless cutting utils I've seen so far have modes where they are not robust. The streams they produce will play in some players, but not others... not good for transcoding/archiving. Heck, as far as that goes, another (even simpler) project would be to generate a utility to export transcoded .nuv files (i.e. MPEG4-encoded files in a Mythtv-flavored Nuppelvideo file) to normal .avi files. The ancient MPlayer patch from two years or so ago still applies to the latest mplayer. Using 'mencoder -copy' to losslessly convert to .avi produces a slightly broken result. Close, but no cigar. -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss* * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Is it legal to archive and collect episodes?
However, the killing of DVI is indeed in the spec -- no DVI over 720x480x 30fps. I thought 480p was still allowed... just no resolution higher than 720x480? -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss* * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial cutting DVD burning
DVDs created with mythtvburn have mp2 sound, and I've just recently come to realize that the US DVD standard only supports ac3 sound. Most cheap DVD players will play the mp2 sound dvds just fine, but some older and more expensive players won't. I think that, strictly speaking, DVD players are required to play mp2, but AC3 is the required audio. In other words, the only type of audio guaranteed in the DVD spec (if it *has* audio) will be AC3. Having *only* mp2 isn't part of the spec, but I've yet to run into a player that won't deal with it. -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss* * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial cutting DVD burning
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, David wrote: It's a doddle to do if you have a PVR350 I have about 60+ DVDs of Farscape, Stargate, Buffy, Films etc etc All have proper DVD menus, no commercials, proper printed covers All done 100% in linux Mostly by my non-linuxy wife (who now enjoys linux and gimp) Basically: * record using DVD profile on PVRx50 * move the nuv file to your editing space * use avidemux (2.36, not 2.38) to index and cut out commercials (5 mins) * optionally use avidemux to save screenshots (press 'j') (1 min - 20 mins depending on fussiness) * save as mpeg (A+V) into show.VOB (5 mins) * use qdvdauthor to create menu (5 mins) * save as VIDEO_TS (10 mins) * burn to DVD (15 mins) * optionally use gimp to create cover (hours and hours if you get fancy!!) I would like to say that somewhere between the first response and this one is correct. There is no one true way that works in all cases. The above procedure will work 95% of the time if you're recording from broadcast/cable. The other 5% might have small glitches in the capture ...A/V sync change midstream in particular. Avidemux does not deal with that, so using it in the processing chain breaks sync in that 5% unless you do some heroics (like wrapping the MPEG2 into an AVI with mencoder before letting avidemux use it, rebuilding b-frames, etc... it's a PITA). The 95/5% split is more like 70/30% if you're recording from a non-TBC's source (like VHS or 8mm camcorder tapes) that's when I ran into the mess (while trying to archive old home movies on 8mm onto DVD). In short, there are a few methods for doing what you want, but non of them work completely correctly all the time and do not require reencoding. -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss* * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] ff/rew not working
Hi, I had seen another thread with a problem like this, but can't seem to find it in archives. After a clean install with 0.17 my FF/REW are doing strange things. They seem to add and remove save points and jump around to random times. This happens in liveTV as well as recordings. Everywhere else in myth the buttons do what they are supposed to do so it's not my lirc config. Anybody else having this problem or know the solution? Thanks, --Pete -- Lirc, FC3, and an Irblaster? www.lircsetup.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Are transcoded files supposed to play in mplayer?
of problems with them. For one, the aspect ratio is lost, so you have to tell mplayer the actual aspect ratio, but more importantly not too This should be fixed in current CVS. 0.17 and previous would set the aspect ratio to 1:1 in nuppel files, with current CVS, the correct aspect should be in the .nuv file. Main reason I did this was to allow transcoding of 16:9 content, but it fixed the issue you're seeing as well. I can agree that I've run into the same thing. I haven't tried the CVS yet, since I usually stick to the releases. My 0.16 and 0.17 captures that have been transcoded to MPEG4 do not have keyframes either. Are these transcodes expected to play in mplayer? My goal for recordings is to keep them around as full size mp2 for a while, then Are you trying with current CVS or 0.17? I thought they should still play as long as you had a mplayer that supported Myth's nuppel format. They seem to play for me, although seeking is funky. Basically, after a seek, the picture gets blocky since it doesn't know where the keyframes are. I've tried to use 'mencoder -copy' to convert into normal .avis, but the result *crashes* on a seek. -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss* * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Still having guide data problems
Back in December, I started this thread about problems with guide data. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/99927?#99927 I was hoping that the upgrade to 0.17 would include the fix that was posted. However, I am still having the same problem. Most Canadian channels show no data between 8:00 PM and midnight for days more than today+2. Is there any way to tell mythtv to fetch less days of data? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TVOUT mode settings geforce2 mx400 PAL
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 04:42:15PM +1100, Phill Edwards wrote: Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Philips ModelName80cm TV HorizSync30.0 - 50.0 # VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0 # ModeLine 640x480PAL 29.50 640 675 678 944 480 530 535 625 # ModeLine 720x576PAL 27.50 720 744 800 880 576 581 583 625 # ModeLine 800x600PAL 36.00 800 818 820 960 600 653 655 750 # Generated from http://sh.nu/nvidia/gtf.php. Note that if use 50 Hz # as refresh rate the hsync comes out at 29.65 which is below what's # specified above. # 720x576 @ 51.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 30.29 kHz; pclk: 27.14 MHz Modeline 720x576_51.00 27.14 720 736 808 896 576 577 580 594 -HSync +Vsync Is your 80cm TV widescreen? I recently realised that I am running 720x576 on my 68cm 4:3 TV. This is a bit daft as 720x576 is the broadcast widescreen resolution. I should really be running 768x576 (4:3) or even 800x600. Still, 720x576 works pretty well with Myth anyway, though some of the edges are being clipped in 16:9 Zoom mode. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
In the channel editor you can specify that a channel doesn't have commercials. Peter. On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:01:16 -0600, Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, thanks for the good work. Overall, commercial skipping works pretty well. Is there any way to control commercial skip on a per-show or per-channel basis? I get false positives on some PBS shows where I know there aren't any commercials. -- Regards, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Problem with mythtranscode
Hi, I recently installed MythTV on my Gentoo box and seem to be having trouble with the mythtranscode program. If I try to transcode from the menu, a few minutes later I get an error reported. If I try it from the command line I get the following: $ mythtranscode -i /mnt/monster/store/1020_20050304023000_20050304033000.nuv Stream: 0 Type: 0 Stream: 1 Type: 1 Input #0, mpeg, from '/mnt/monster/store/1006_20050305125500_20050305144500.nuv': Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 720x576, 25.00 fps, 15000 kb/s Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s Only MP2 audio is currently supported mythtranscode: mpeg2trans.cpp:375: uint32_t MPEG2trans::process_mp2_audio(AVPacket*): Assertion `0' failed. Aborted Does this look familar to anyone? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] movie trailer plugin!
I just thought of this idea and wanted to share it before I forgot it again. What if there were a way from within myth to look through the program guide, and on the information screen, download and watch the trailer from it if there is one found? Or additionally, have a plugin that is in the media library that basically says watch trailers where it will list off all the movie trailers it finds on some website and if you select one it will download and watch it. (kinda like the video-on-demand trailers on comcast). It's just an idea, I don't have the time to implement it or anything, I just wanted to put it out there in case there was anyone thinking what could make myth even better? ps - I don't know if there is a particular website to list off movie trailers, but I'm sure one must exist. Whether or not they mind us scraping their page and downloading their trailers is a different story... - Jeff -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] HD2000/HD3000 and the DVB drivers
Can the new DVB drivers be used fo rthe HD2000/3000 cards? Can they be used for ATSC content in the US? I see a lot of talk about the DVB drivers and its uses outside the US - so I'm a bit confused. Are the DVB drivers and the extentions to MythTV ready for prime time? Or would you consider them in an alpha state? Thanks, -John -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3
Hi all, I've been going round and round with this issue and am out of ideas. I am trying to get MythTV to work with a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, Fedora Core 3, 2.6.10-1.766_FC3. The IVTV drivers appear fine, I can get a video signal in and play it out into a TV just fine and change channels with the ptune-ui.pl module. I'm having a little trouble getting MythTV to start up. I get it running and when I select watch tv, I get a blank screen. When I try to record a show, it appears to attempt to do so but I get the following in the mythbackend.log: My mythtv version is 0.17-48. I have a registration on zap2it.com and I get the listings downloaded with mythfilldatabase. Front end and back end are on same system. I'm not quite a linux expert but have a good working knowledge of unix/linux operating systems - I'm more or less doing this as a learning experience. 2005-03-05 09:00:26.517 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:27.424 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:29.003 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.216 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.429 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.643 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.856 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:30.066 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/tmp/ringbuf1.nuv 2005-03-05 09:00:30.088 LiveTV not successfully started 2005-03-05 09:00:30.112 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-03-05 09:00:30.115 Changing from None to None 2005-03-05 09:00:30.153 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:30.311 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:31.600 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:32.135 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:32.193 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-03 21:35:51.169 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote ringbuffer 2005-03-03 21:35:51.185 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-03-03 21:35:51.263 Unknown video codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.267 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:35:51.270 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.272 Assuming RTjpeg for now. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.275 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.321 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument 2005-03-03 21:35:51.348 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped 2005-03-03 21:35:52.829 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:35:52.835 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-03-03 21:35:52.981 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:35:52.992 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-03-03 21:37:21.843 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:37:21.859 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-03-03 21:37:22.271 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:37:22.277 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 1) 2005-03-03 21:38:22.324 Reschedule requested for id 2. 2005-03-03 21:38:23.222 Scheduled 2 items in 0.9 = 0.51 match + 0.38 place 2005-03-03 21:38:23.394 Started recording The Apprentice on channel: 1006 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-03-03 21:38:24.027 Changing from None to RecordingOnly 2005-03-03 21:38:24.345 Unknown video codec 2005-03-03 21:38:24.349 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:38:24.352 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. 2005-03-03 21:38:24.354 Assuming RTjpeg for now. 2005-03-03 21:38:24.358 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec 2005-03-03 21:38:25.526 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument 2005-03-03 21:38:25.546 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped And on the front end, I get: 2005-03-05 09:00:26.517 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:27.424 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:29.003 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.216 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.429 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.643 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.856 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:30.066 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/tmp/ringbuf1.nuv ***I've tried setting this to various directories under ~mythtv and my home directory, al ***chmod'd to 777 ***doing repeated ls -l command shows the file as being there briefly and then getting ***deleted ***/dev/video* are set to 666 2005-03-05 09:00:30.088 LiveTV not successfully started 2005-03-05 09:00:30.112 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-03-05 09:00:30.115 Changing from None to None 2005-03-05 09:00:30.153 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05
[mythtv-users] Local PBS station now not able to tune - all others OK
Ok - this is very weird. All other stations can be tuned in - AND - this local PBS station used to be able to be tuned just fine with my HD2000/3000 cards. BUT now I'm getting this when I try to change the channel (this is the backend with --verbose channel): 2005-03-05 09:19:02.062 Channel(/dev/video32)::SetColourAttribute(): failed to query controls, error: Invalid argument 2005-03-05 09:19:02.063 Channel(/dev/video32)::SetColourAttribute(): failed to query controls, error: Invalid argument 2005-03-05 09:19:02.064 Channel(/dev/video32)::SetColourAttribute(): failed to query controls, error: Invalid argument 2005-03-05 09:19:02.065 Channel(/dev/video32)::SetColourAttribute(): failed to query controls, error: Invalid argument 2005-03-05 09:19:02.065 Channel(/dev/video32)::TuneTo(27-1): curList[25].freq(549250) 2005-03-05 09:19:02.065 Channel(/dev/video32)::TuneToFrequency(8788) 2005-03-05 09:19:02.069 Channel(/dev/video32)::CheckSignal(5000, 55, 0): usingv4l2(1) 2005-03-05 09:19:02.309 Channel(22)::signalStrengthATSC_v4l2(): signal strength: 13 2005-03-05 09:19:03.052 Channel(22)::signalStrengthATSC_v4l2(): signal strength: 67 2005-03-05 09:19:03.052 Channel(/dev/video32)::CheckSignal(): Maximum signal strength detected: 67% after 500 msec wait 2005-03-05 09:19:03.053 Setting frequency for startRecording freqid: 27-1 2005-03-05 09:19:03.116 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.171 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.225 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.279 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.279 CreatePAT() 2005-03-05 09:19:03.279 PAT in input stream 2005-03-05 09:19:03.280 Program Association Table PSIP prefix(0x0) tableID(0x0) length(25) extension(0x21b) version(24) current(1) section(0) last_section(0) tsid: 539 programCount: 4 program number 1 has PID 0x 10 data 0x0 0x1 0x224 0x16 program number 2 has PID 0x 20 data 0x0 0x2 0x224 0x32 program number 3 has PID 0x 30 data 0x0 0x3 0x224 0x48 program number 4 has PID 0x 40 data 0x0 0x4 0x224 0x64 2005-03-05 09:19:03.280 Desired program not set yet 2005-03-05 09:19:03.334 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.388 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.442 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.442 CreatePAT() 2005-03-05 09:19:03.442 PAT in input stream 2005-03-05 09:19:03.443 Program Association Table PSIP prefix(0x0) tableID(0x0) length(25) extension(0x21b) version(24) current(1) section(0) last_section(0) tsid: 539 programCount: 4 program number 1 has PID 0x 10 data 0x0 0x1 0x224 0x16 program number 2 has PID 0x 20 data 0x0 0x2 0x224 0x32 program number 3 has PID 0x 30 data 0x0 0x3 0x224 0x48 program number 4 has PID 0x 40 data 0x0 0x4 0x224 0x64 2005-03-05 09:19:03.443 Desired program not set yet 2005-03-05 09:19:03.497 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.551 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.605 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.659 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.659 CreatePAT() 2005-03-05 09:19:03.659 PAT in input stream 2005-03-05 09:19:03.660 Program Association Table PSIP prefix(0x0) tableID(0x0) length(25) extension(0x21b) version(24) current(1) section(0) last_section(0) tsid: 539 programCount: 4 program number 1 has PID 0x 10 data 0x0 0x1 0x224 0x16 program number 2 has PID 0x 20 data 0x0 0x2 0x224 0x32 program number 3 has PID 0x 30 data 0x0 0x3 0x224 0x48 program number 4 has PID 0x 40 data 0x0 0x4 0x224 0x64 2005-03-05 09:19:03.660 Desired program not set yet 2005-03-05 09:19:03.714 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.768 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.822 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.876 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.876 CreatePAT() 2005-03-05 09:19:03.876 PAT in input stream 2005-03-05 09:19:03.876 Program Association Table PSIP prefix(0x0) tableID(0x0) length(25) extension(0x21b) version(24) current(1) section(0) last_section(0) tsid: 539 programCount: 4 program number 1 has PID 0x 10 data 0x0 0x1 0x224 0x16 program number 2 has PID 0x 20 data 0x0 0x2 0x224 0x32 program number 3 has PID 0x 30 data 0x0 0x3 0x224 0x48 program number 4 has PID 0x 40 data 0x0 0x4 0x224 0x64 2005-03-05 09:19:03.877 Desired program not set yet 2005-03-05 09:19:03.879 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.933 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.935 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:03.989 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:04.043 Resyncing 2005-03-05 09:19:04.043 CreatePAT() 2005-03-05 09:19:04.043 PAT in input stream 2005-03-05 09:19:04.043 Program Association Table PSIP prefix(0x0) tableID(0x0) length(25) extension(0x21b) version(24) current(1) section(0) last_section(0) tsid: 539 programCount: 4 program number 1 has PID 0x 10 data 0x0 0x1 0x224 0x16 program number 2 has PID 0x 20 data 0x0 0x2 0x224 0x32 program number 3 has PID 0x 30 data 0x0 0x3 0x224 0x48 program number 4 has PID 0x 40 data 0x0 0x4 0x224 0x64 -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating
Re: [mythtv-users] HD2000/HD3000 and the DVB drivers
John, Speaking from personal experience, I believe that you can probably start tinkering with it, but depending on your configuration, linux distro., kernel version, etc. you will still probably have some minor inconveniences/bugs. I have Mythtv from CVS, V4L from CVS, DVB from CVS and kernel 2.6.11-rc5, and I'm having some minor success (I'm in Gilbert, AZ). These are my observations so far: - Mythtv has fairly good support for DVB. Mythtv auto detected my card, and allowed me to scan for channels available without having to do any configuration other then running through the setup. - The DVB drivers for the HD3000 seem adequate, but the process to build and install them took a little bit of work. This also caused problems with IVTV and I haven't yet been able to get them to co-exist. - I haven't tried ATSC yet, but I can't seem to find the local broadcast channels using QAM from my cable company (COX Phoenix). All I get are some strange spanish sports channel, the COX info channel (CLIC), and the PPV preview channel (none in HD) but they are digital. Justin On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 09:02 -0500, john roberts wrote: Can the new DVB drivers be used fo rthe HD2000/3000 cards? Can they be used for ATSC content in the US? I see a lot of talk about the DVB drivers and its uses outside the US - so I'm a bit confused. Are the DVB drivers and the extentions to MythTV ready for prime time? Or would you consider them in an alpha state? Thanks, -John -- Justin Schaub [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ff/rew not working
Exact same problem here.. it goes NUTS when i use any of the video playback functions - keyboard or remote. I'm using a geforce mx 4000 (440) with XvMC enabled because i'm on a lowly celeron 733 and i'm not sure if its XvMC or backend related.. I'm going to be rebuilding my backend using knoppmyth to see if that helps... (front end runs knoppmyth). I'm using firewire as my input, how about you? On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:42:04 -0500, Pete Stagman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I had seen another thread with a problem like this, but can't seem to find it in archives. After a clean install with 0.17 my FF/REW are doing strange things. They seem to add and remove save points and jump around to random times. This happens in liveTV as well as recordings. Everywhere else in myth the buttons do what they are supposed to do so it's not my lirc config. Anybody else having this problem or know the solution? Thanks, --Pete -- Lirc, FC3, and an Irblaster? www.lircsetup.com ___ 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] Commercial Skip
Chris Pinkham wrote: How about a configurable feature for Commercial flagging that will not save any 'supposed' commercials over xx minutes. I have been having good luck with commercial flagging lately but there is an occasional commercial that is flagged and is over 5 or 6 minutes and is bogus. I think most of my commercials are only a few minutes long so ignoring ones longer than that would cut out some bad commercial flagging. Along similar lines, I've had a commercial break that was 0:00 long. It ended up getting itself into a rather tight loop of skip 0:00 (actually went backwards a bit), play, see 0:00 break, skip, repeat. So another nice add would be a minimum commercial break length. The ALL commercial detection method should prevent commercial breaks less than 60 seconds (1 minute) and more than 485 seconds (1 minute 5 seonds) long. The other detection methods may still have cases where this can occur, I haven't spent as much time on them lately. I made a note to check them sometime, but if you're not using the ALL method, you should try it out since that is where the majority of detection effort is being put now. Hi, I've been using the All method since I upgraded to .17, and I still occasionally see short false positives (9 or 11 seconds). I think the idea of a user setting for min/max commercial break length would be kind of handy. Also, I see from the setup menu that it uses blank frame, scene change, and logo detection (and combinations) to find the breaks. Are any other methods used (and just not listed)? Specifically, I was thinking of volume level -- a lot of channels will ratchet up the volume during a commercial break. If it is possible to get an average volume level for the program, detecting big jumps/drops in volume could come in handy (along with the other methods currently being used). Of course, this may already be included ... That being said, the commercial detection in MythTV is very good ... one of the [many] reasons I don't like watching regular TV any more! thanks, Stephen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Autostart frontend ONLY on manual startup?
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:56:36 +1100, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone gave me their script which uses the following logic. - Start mythfront/back ends every time the box boots up. - At the same time as mythfrontend starts, start up irw in a script which redirects its stdout to a log file and waits for 10 minutes - When 10 minutes is up, check to see if the irw log file is empty. - If its not empty exit the script and do nothing - If it is empty then assume that there is nobody using mythtv (otherwise they would have pressed at least 1 button on the remote), kill mythfrontend and exit the script. - Now that mythfrontend is shut down the machine can go into its auto-shutdown routine whenever it's ready. I can send you the script if you want it. Sure, that'd be great. Please post to the whole list for posterity. :) Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 1hr show == 66 minutes?
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:41:35 -0500, Andrew Gallatin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Gallatin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When watching one hour HD shows recorded by my Air2PC, I've noticed that the progress meter claims the show is 1:05:29 long. This is off by roughly 10% from the real length of the show. The above behaviour seems to happen with NBC (Law and Order). Last night I recorded some things from CBS, and the OSD shows a length of around 54 minutes for a one hour show (Numbers pilot) when doing fast forward or rewind. And again, the commercial skip gets progressively further off as the show plays. So, NBC's shows are 10% too long, and CBS shows are 10% too small, which seems to mess up commercial skip. Is there some setting I have wrong? Is this a bug that others have seen? Please help. Thanks, Drew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I've been seeing this as well. I did a search on the forum, and found similar problems that seemed to be fixed by doing an error check on the mythconverg database, and then re-commercial flagging the shows. After doing all that, my problem did not go away, so I'm very curious to see what may fix this, as it has essentially broken the commercial flagging. BTW, I get variation now anywhere from 30 min to 1 1/2 hrs for a 1 hr show. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppage 350 .nuv to mpeg-2
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:05:41 +, Craig H Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Opening is not the issue. The quality is. I just downloaded VDub-MPEG2 and it looks just like every other MPEG2 player I have used. Is the quality also bad using mplayer or xine on Linux? Or is the problem just on Windows? -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation - Requesting Comments/Opinions
Matt Mencel wrote: Excellent...this what I'm looking for. To me MythTV means commercial free TV watching consumer empowerment, my kids ALWAYS have something recorded that's ok for them to watch. To some, it's the coolness or technology/geek factor of just how MythTV looks/works. To another it's something else. I think everyone has their own reasons for why they love MythTV, and it's that broad spectrum of opinions that I like to see. Excellent responses so far. I finally went back through that Broadcast Flag thread and there's some really good stuff in there as well. Question...where's the best place to go to find some of the latest projects that are being worked on for MythTV? TVWish looks cool, and I remember back a few weeks ago reading about someone who was working on a way to be able to stream your recorded programs to mobile devices like handhelds and cell phones. I think one of the big things I'm going to stress about MythTV is the innovation factor that Brad mentioned here. For someone with the ability to do it...being able to say, I wish I could do X with MythTV. and then going and making it happen...can't do that with Tivo! Thanks All... Matt Also, I *really* like being able to use MythWeb to schedule upcoming shows. As long as I have an internet connection, I can get at my MythTV box and not miss anything. Stephen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project?
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:43:06 -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: There are probably other programs out there, but if somebody wants to code this, I wrote a C program long ago that controls the x-10 serial controller on linux that could be used.Certainly for people who want to show off a home theatre effect it would be cool. The serial controller, unfortunately, does not let you bring lights down. If you ask it to set a given dimmer setting, it first makes the light full bright, then drops it down to the dimmer setting. So you can bring the lights down but only bring them full up fast. Different hardware is less restrictive. If anyone is interested in this sort of thing then I'm writing an automation server with which I'm planning to do pretty much everything people have asked for here. (Including integration with mythweb and myth itself at some point.) It's fully event based, written in C++ with embedded Python for scripting, and is GPL. It's still alpha at the moment and therefore unreleased, but it works in my house. Only does X10 at the moment, but plenty of other stuff planned. Please email me off list if you're interested in joining in with this. Cheers, Martin. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RE: How slow can we go, cpu wise? P2-333?
mindfuq at fairfieldi wrote [snip] I think adding an MPEG2 encoder would definitely increase performance as would an NVidia card but then it wouldn't be practically free anymore. A decent PVR-250 on special dealnews is $100 and an NVidia card is $40. A PVR-350 is an easy $150. Add any of those to practically ANY computer and you'd get decent performance. Your article stated that you are using a ATI TV Wonder VE PCI tuner, which has an mpeg2 chip onboard, if I understood the specs correctly. Unless I'm missing something, you have an MPEG2 encoder already. Mindfuq; Dude, don't I wish! No, I am pretty much certain that the ATI TV Wonder VE PCI tuner is bt878 uses bttv modules and is generally not a very good tuner. It is also a PITA to configure right because for some reason the kernel/bttv wants to force it to tuner=19 rather than the normal tuner=2. I have long since upgraded to dual PVR-250's that do have MPEG2 encoder chips. They are much nicer. Hey, but if I am wrong, feel free to show me what I've missed! I'd LOVE another card with MPEG2 encoding! Thanks! Andrew Lynch ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HELP about TV output
Hi, I did the overscan option. I went for TVOverScan upto 5.5, but nothing happened!!! Thanks in advance for your help. --a-- On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:29:30 -0500, Calvin Harrigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ashu Desai wrote: Hello guys, A newbie here. I wrote a couple of weeks back, and although a few guys tried to help me, it didnt work. My appeal again: I am running pvr-250 (980) on a P3-650 Mhz-640 Mb RAM computer. When I watch TV or the recording (since it's going to record the way it comes on TV), I get a blue line on the left side the the upper side. Someone suggested xattr thing with an at the end; but that didn't work. Someone also suggested modifying the /usr/bin/nVidia-Settings-1.0-6629 file but that didn't work either. I am at at brickwall now. Nothing works and I hate watching my myth tv now with that bar SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!! Any help is appreciated as always... Thanks, Ash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users What nvidia chipset does you setup use? If it's geforce 4 or greater, use the overscan option in the xorg.conf file. For example: Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nvidia VendorName Chaintech BoardName nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 Option RenderAccel 1 # TV Out Setup Option TVStandard NTSC-M Option TVOutFormat SVIDEO Option TVOverScan 0.5 EndSection Increase the value by .05 until the lines disappears. Calvin... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project?
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:51:25 +, Martin Ebourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:43:06 -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: There are probably other programs out there, but if somebody wants to code this, I wrote a C program long ago that controls the x-10 serial controller on linux that could be used.Certainly for people who want to show off a home theatre effect it would be cool. The serial controller, unfortunately, does not let you bring lights down. If you ask it to set a given dimmer setting, it first makes the light full bright, then drops it down to the dimmer setting. So you can bring the lights down but only bring them full up fast. Different hardware is less restrictive. If anyone is interested in this sort of thing then I'm writing an automation server with which I'm planning to do pretty much everything people have asked for here. (Including integration with mythweb and myth itself at some point.) It's fully event based, written in C++ with embedded Python for scripting, and is GPL. It's still alpha at the moment and therefore unreleased, but it works in my house. Only does X10 at the moment, but plenty of other stuff planned. With all the talk of home automation/integration, don't forget about MisterHouse, http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/. It's written in perl, and controls a variety of X10 devices. Might be a good place to look for ideas, or even wrap MisterHouse with the Myth menus and layout. Josh ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Can't change VIDIOC_S_FMT
I'm trying to set vidoe capture to 720x572, but it does not work. ivtvctl -f width=720,height=572 ioctl: VIDIOC_S_FMT Before: Type : Video Capture Width : 480 Height : 480 ioctl: VIDIOC_S_FMT failed After: Type : Video Capture Width : 480 Height : 480 what can here be wrong ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Script to refresh MythMusic database?
Hi, I have a Myth box running in my living room (with no keyboard). I maintain my music collection, updating tags, etc. from another machine on the network. After making changes to mp3 or flac tags, they don't show up in MythMusic until I dump the database and rescan. I ssh to my Myth box and then: mysql -u root mythconverg delete from musicmetadata; exit; Then I go into the living room and run a rescan. This takes a while becasue I have a large music collection (~8000 songs). So my first question is, does anyone know a way to rescan the database from a terminal window? My next question is, does anybody have a script, or would be willing to write one, that will do these two steps? It would be great to have a cron job run at 4 am everyday to update any changes from the previous day. Unfortunately, I know nothing about scripting, or mySQL, or I'd write it myself. Thanks, Jon -- Jon Hoyt jon at efn.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Conflict resolution between HD3000's NTSC and ATSC tuners?
I recently setup my HD3000 card, and its working well in both the ATSC and NTSC modes. To make this work in mythtv, I setup the HD3000 card to look like two different capture cards. My myth setup currently has one capture card entry for the ATSC mode (which points to /dev/dtv0), and a second for NTSC mode (which points to /dev/video0). Since the two capture card entries use the same hardware, they obviously can't be used at the same time. Is there any way to get MythTV to understand this, so it won't try recording two simultaneous shows with the same capture card? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
Hi I've just built a new system around an AMD 64 3200 processor. Did a new installation of Redhat Fedora Core 3 (64 bit distro) and was then hoping to follow Jarrod's installation guide. So, did the installation of atrpms using: rpm -Uvh http://atrpms.net/dist/fc3/atrpms-kickstart/atrpms-kickstart-25-1.rhfc3.at.x86_64.rpm and then edited /etc/apt/sources.list to change rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 core updates rpm http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/3/en/i386 at-stable to rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/x86_64 core updates rpm http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/3/en/x86_64 at-stable I then do apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and get the following: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: 4Suite: Depends: libc.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) GConf2#2.8.1-1: Depends: libatk-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) Depends: libdl.so.2()(64bit) Depends: libglib-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libgmodule-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libgobject-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libgthread-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libm.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libpango-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpangox-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpangoxft-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libxml2.so.2()(64bit) Depends: libz.so.1()(64bit) HelixPlayer: Depends: libbluecurve.so Depends: libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 Depends: libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 Depends: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 ImageMagick#6.0.7.1-4: Depends: libbz2.so.1 Depends: libjpeg.so.62 Depends: libtiff.so.3 ImageMagick-c++: Depends: libgcc_s.so.1 Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) MAKEDEV: Depends: libc.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) Depends: libselinux.so.1()(64bit) etc, etc (this goes on for a long time) Should I be doing this another way for an AMD-64 installation? Thanks in advance Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Channel Changer Script error
Hello!
I ran a myth box for ~20 months; did a couple of upgrades, some went
very well, some went harder. When 0.17 came out, I decided to bite the
bullet, and reinstall the box and go from RH9 to FC3. Numerous rpm/apt
difficulties led to this decision (I'd unwisely 'forced' some things,
and the upgrade to 0.17 went very poorly).
Anyway, I have a DirecTV receiver (circa Q1 2000), and hacked a found
script to work with my box (needed to do some slight bit fiddling to get
it to work). I saved that script, since I knew it was fiddled, and knew
it worked. I've not changed the Serial-DirecTV-low-speed-data cable.
Well, everything has gone well (ok, not great, but the excellent guide
of Jarod, et el let me work through them all (I was one of the lucky
ones snagged by the NVidia GF4 MX 440 bug (permanent logo display), so I
got a MX 5200 card),.
However, my problem is this: I cannot get the channel changer script to
work! And the urls' I kept from the effort 20 months ago have dried up
on me. Worse, I don't know enough about the issue to give google a
question to give me an answer.
Here's the script: Note: I'm not a PERL guy, so I can do only simple
things myself in the language, like find the line where the error occurs
via printfs:
changechannel---
#!/usr/bin/perl
# This is only the necessary parts of the original script (found in the
link bellow) necessary to change the channels in the box.
# dss_control: Remote control of a Sony DSS unit via the serial port
# By Josh Wilmes (http://www.hitchhiker.org/dss)
# Based on info from http://www.isd.net/mevenmo/audiovideo.html
#
# I take no responsibility for any damage this script might cause.
# Feel free to modify and redistribute this as you see fit, but please
retain
# the comments above.
# Modified 12-05-02 by Jason Richmond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to control
RCA DirecTV reciever.
#Usage:
# RCA.pl channel number
#Notes:
# Com port is set to COM 2 (cua1)
# Just make this file executable (chmod 755) and call it.
$|=1;
use POSIX qw(:termios_h);
use FileHandle;
$verbose=1;
%pkt_decode=(0xF0 = START PKT,
0xF1 = ERR 1,
0xF2 = GOT EXTENDED,
0xF4 = END PKT,
0xF5 = ERR 2,
0xFB = PROMPT);
%terminal=(0xF1 = -1,
0xF4 = 1,
0xF5 = -1);
%cmds=(on = \on,
off = \off,
get_channel = \get_channel,
text = \text,
scroll = \scroll,
hide = \hide,
show = \show,
get_signal = \get_signal,
channel = \change_channel,
key = \key,
verbose = \toggle_verbose
);
# done
%keymap=(right = 0xa8,
left = 0xa9,
up = 0xa6,
down = 0xa7,
favorite = 0x9e,
select = 0xc3,
exit = 0xf9,
9 = 0xc6,
8 = 0xc7,
7 = 0xc8,
6 = 0xc9,
5 = 0xca,
4 = 0xcb,
3 = 0xcc,
2 = 0xcd,
1 = 0xce,
0 = 0xcf,
ch_up = 0xd2,
ch_dn = 0xd3,
power = 0xd5,
jump = 0xac,
guide = 0xe5,
menu = 0xf7);
printf( Here\n);
my $serial=init_serial(/dev/cua0,9600);
printf( There\n);
[EMAIL PROTECTED] = split //, join '', @ARGV;
foreach (@ARGV) {
printf($_);
change_channel($_);
}
exit(0);
sub change_channel {
my ($channel)[EMAIL PROTECTED];
$_=sprintf(%4.4x,$channel);
($n1,$n2)=/(..)(..)/;
simple_command(0x46,$n1,$n2,0x0);
}
sub simple_command {
if (defined(dss_command(@_))) {
return(1);
} else {
return(undef);
}
}
##looks right
sub dss_command {
sendbytes(0xFA,@_);
return get_reply();
}
sub sendbytes {
(@send)[EMAIL PROTECTED];
foreach (@send) { s/^0x//g; $_=hex($_); }
print SEND: if ($verbose);
foreach $num (@send) {
$str=pack('C',$num);
printf(0x%X [%s] , $num, $str) if ($verbose);
syswrite($serial,$str,length($str));
}
print \n if ($verbose);
}
sub get_reply {
my $starttime=time();
my ($last,$ok,@ret);
print RECV: if ($verbose);
while (1) {
$ret=sysread($serial,$buf,1);
$str=sprintf(0x%2.2X, ord($buf));
# busy wait bad!
die (Error ($str)\n) if (time() - $starttime 8);
next if $str eq 0x00;
if ($pkt_decode{$str}) {
print $str if ($verbose);
print [$pkt_decode{$str}] if ($verbose);
} else {
$_=$str; s/^0x//g; $_=hex($_);
printf($str(%3.3s) ,$_) if ($verbose);
push (@ret,$_);
}
$ok=1 if ($terminal{$str} 0);
last if ($terminal{$str});
last if ($last eq 0xFB $str eq 0xFB);
$last=$str;
}
print \n\n if ($verbose);
return @ret if ($ok);
return undef;
}
sub init_serial {
printf(step1\n);
my($port,$baud)[EMAIL PROTECTED];
my($termios,$cflag,$lflag,$iflag,$oflag);
my($voice);
my $serial=new FileHandle(+$port) || die Could not open $port: $!\n;
$termios = POSIX::Termios-new();
printf(step2\n);
$termios-getattr($serial-fileno()) || die getattr:
Re: [mythtv-users] HD2000/HD3000 and the DVB drivers
I generally agree that the DVB drivers do work with the HD3000, but they are not 100% reliable compared to the 'official' pcHDTV drivers. Comments I have on the DVB drivers with HD3000 in MythTv (in the US): - Guide data integration is not as plug-and-play as it is with the pcHDTV drivers because the DVB drivers don't use the same numbering convention as we are used to in the US. You have to utilize the myth setup channel scanning feature to add channels. Some creativity is needed to map the guide data to the DVB channels. - Scanning for and adding ATSC channels is a bit cumbersome (lots of menus to go through - channel scan freezes sometimes) - I left the PC on the same channel overnight, and the next day the channel was all garbled (exiting live tv and entering it again fixed the glitch) - SNR (signal noise ratio) values are buggy (they don't start at 0%) I originally tried out the DVB drivers because I was having lock-up problems with MythTV, but I found out that the driver wasn't causing the lock-ups. After experiencing the reliability issues with DVB drivers, I reverted back to the official pchdtv drivers. YMMV I also don't need QAM since I'm only using OTA ATSC, so I can wait a while before making the DVB plunge. -f John, Speaking from personal experience, I believe that you can probably start tinkering with it, but depending on your configuration, linux distro., kernel version, etc. you will still probably have some minor inconveniences/bugs. I have Mythtv from CVS, V4L from CVS, DVB from CVS and kernel 2.6.11-rc5, and I'm having some minor success (I'm in Gilbert, AZ). These are my observations so far: - Mythtv has fairly good support for DVB. Mythtv auto detected my card, and allowed me to scan for channels available without having to do any configuration other then running through the setup. - The DVB drivers for the HD3000 seem adequate, but the process to build and install them took a little bit of work. This also caused problems with IVTV and I haven't yet been able to get them to co-exist. - I haven't tried ATSC yet, but I can't seem to find the local broadcast channels using QAM from my cable company (COX Phoenix). All I get are some strange spanish sports channel, the COX info channel (CLIC), and the PPV preview channel (none in HD) but they are digital. Justin On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 09:02 -0500, john roberts wrote: Can the new DVB drivers be used fo rthe HD2000/3000 cards? Can they be used for ATSC content in the US? I see a lot of talk about the DVB drivers and its uses outside the US - so I'm a bit confused. Are the DVB drivers and the extentions to MythTV ready for prime time? Or would you consider them in an alpha state? Thanks, -John -- Justin Schaub [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
While the commercial detection is very good (perhaps my favourite feature), I have noticed that since the upgrade to .17 (and using the All method), it tends to skip over the last 5 or 6 minutes of many shows I watch. Big candidates for this include Carson Daly, and The Daily Show. Both of these shows go for a final 2 minute commercial break, then come back for a final 30 - 90 second goodye, then the credits roll and there's commercials again. In almost every recording of Daily Show, it skips right over the last 5 or 6 mins of the recording, right to the end of the show, and sometimes hangs up MythTV requiring a kill and restart of Myth :( It seems to be, if commercial skip skips to the end of the recording, freezing is highly likely (on my system). Add to this the inability to skip back before a commercial (since it does the auto-leap forward repeatedly if you try to jump back over a flagged break) and I pretty much have to stop playing the show, start it from the start, turn off the auto-skip then jump to the end of the show to see the final bit. Sometimes with a complete Myth restart in there. I am not complaining, just adding to the info in this thread. I continue to be blown away by MythTV and wish I had the chops to be able to contribute in some way, but I am no developer. Much respect is due to everyone who contributes to this project. Robin On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:39:04 -0400, stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Pinkham wrote: How about a configurable feature for Commercial flagging that will not save any 'supposed' commercials over xx minutes. I have been having good luck with commercial flagging lately but there is an occasional commercial that is flagged and is over 5 or 6 minutes and is bogus. I think most of my commercials are only a few minutes long so ignoring ones longer than that would cut out some bad commercial flagging. Along similar lines, I've had a commercial break that was 0:00 long. It ended up getting itself into a rather tight loop of skip 0:00 (actually went backwards a bit), play, see 0:00 break, skip, repeat. So another nice add would be a minimum commercial break length. The ALL commercial detection method should prevent commercial breaks less than 60 seconds (1 minute) and more than 485 seconds (1 minute 5 seonds) long. The other detection methods may still have cases where this can occur, I haven't spent as much time on them lately. I made a note to check them sometime, but if you're not using the ALL method, you should try it out since that is where the majority of detection effort is being put now. Hi, I've been using the All method since I upgraded to .17, and I still occasionally see short false positives (9 or 11 seconds). I think the idea of a user setting for min/max commercial break length would be kind of handy. Also, I see from the setup menu that it uses blank frame, scene change, and logo detection (and combinations) to find the breaks. Are any other methods used (and just not listed)? Specifically, I was thinking of volume level -- a lot of channels will ratchet up the volume during a commercial break. If it is possible to get an average volume level for the program, detecting big jumps/drops in volume could come in handy (along with the other methods currently being used). Of course, this may already be included ... That being said, the commercial detection in MythTV is very good ... one of the [many] reasons I don't like watching regular TV any more! thanks, Stephen ___ 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] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
Just come across this on Bugzilla: http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=334#c2 I assume this is still the case? If I do a manual installation of MythTV from the RPM's http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de/fedora/3/en/x86_64/RPMS.at-good/ does anyone have a list of all dependencies somwhere? Cheers Mike Quoting Mike Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi I've just built a new system around an AMD 64 3200 processor. Did a new installation of Redhat Fedora Core 3 (64 bit distro) and was then hoping to follow Jarrod's installation guide. So, did the installation of atrpms using: rpm -Uvh http://atrpms.net/dist/fc3/atrpms-kickstart/atrpms-kickstart-25-1.rhfc3.at.x86_64.rpm and then edited /etc/apt/sources.list to change rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 core updates rpm http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/3/en/i386 at-stable to rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/x86_64 core updates rpm http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/3/en/x86_64 at-stable I then do apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and get the following: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: 4Suite: Depends: libc.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) GConf2#2.8.1-1: Depends: libatk-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) Depends: libdl.so.2()(64bit) Depends: libglib-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libgmodule-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libgobject-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libgthread-2.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libm.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libpango-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpangox-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpangoxft-1.0.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0()(64bit) Depends: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libxml2.so.2()(64bit) Depends: libz.so.1()(64bit) HelixPlayer: Depends: libbluecurve.so Depends: libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 Depends: libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 Depends: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 ImageMagick#6.0.7.1-4: Depends: libbz2.so.1 Depends: libjpeg.so.62 Depends: libtiff.so.3 ImageMagick-c++: Depends: libgcc_s.so.1 Depends: libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) MAKEDEV: Depends: libc.so.6()(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) Depends: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) Depends: libselinux.so.1()(64bit) etc, etc (this goes on for a long time) Should I be doing this another way for an AMD-64 installation? Thanks in advance Mike ___ 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] Channel 7/SBS AU, Can't Tune DVB-T, What the FEC?
I am unable to tune both SBS and Seven in Brisbane. I just upgraded to 0.17 (hence why I am still awake at 3:30am) and managed to get ten, nine and abc running, but not seven or SBS. I never had SBS going on 0.16 but never investigated why, though seven was working just dandy. From what I can tell, these two channels both use a FEC of 2/3 where as the others use 3/4. Which of the parameters in the scanning screen should I tweak to get these running? I am using http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=52 for my frequency data (as I did with 0.16) and http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=76 for my FEC info. The following is the output when I run mythtvsetup. 2005-03-06 03:30:36.335 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-03-06 03:30:36.414 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T. 2005-03-06 03:30:36.414 DVB#1 DVB Signal Monitor Starting 2005-03-06 03:30:36.872 DVB#1 Signal Locked 2005-03-06 03:30:38.073 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr d5d5 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:30:38.073 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. 2005-03-06 03:30:45.917 DVB#1 WARNING - Your frequency setting (0) is out of range. (min/max:17400/86200) 2005-03-06 03:30:45.917 DVB#1 WARNING - Unsupported bandwidth parameter. 2005-03-06 03:30:46.680 DVB#1 Signal Lost 2005-03-06 03:30:47.128 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:30:50.447 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:30:53.767 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:30:57.086 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:00.412 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:03.733 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:07.053 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:10.372 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:13.692 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:17.011 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:20.331 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:23.665 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:27.017 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:30.355 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:33.681 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:37.006 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:40.342 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:43.687 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:47.064 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:50.407 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:53.738 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:31:57.089 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:00.420 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:03.781 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:07.101 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:10.420 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:13.739 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:17.089 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:20.444 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:23.794 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:27.119 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:30.443 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:33.774 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:37.106 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:38.571 DVB#1 WARNING - Status: NO LOCK! 2005-03-06 03:32:40.029 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr d4d4 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:40.473 DVB#1 Signal Locked 2005-03-06 03:32:40.992 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. Setting currenTID = 2 2005-03-06 03:32:44.962 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:45.523 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. Setting currenTID = 3 2005-03-06 03:32:50.798 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr c3c3 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:51.358 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. Setting currenTID = 4 2005-03-06 03:32:55.843 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr d5d5 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:55.843 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. Setting currenTID = 5 2005-03-06 03:32:57.891 DVB#1 DVB signal dc3 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-03-06 03:32:58.451 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. Setting currenTID = 6 2005-03-06 03:32:58.457 Closing DVB channel 2005-03-06 03:32:58.583 DVB#1 DVB Signal Monitor Stopped Cheers Whytey -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Re: [mythtv-users] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 11:38, Mike Ryan wrote: Hi [snip] Should I be doing this another way for an AMD-64 installation? Yes, add atrpms as a yum source to yum or add it to up2date's source file. OR install smart from atrpms. All are viable options until the APT group gets around to fixing the amd64 issues. Reading atrpms.net's install page http://atrpms.net/install.html has information on configuring YUM Thanks in advance Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Edward Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website http://www.outoforder.cc/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
Is there any way to control commercial skip on a per-show or per-channel basis? I get false positives on some PBS shows where I know there aren't any commercials. In the channel editor you can specify that a channel doesn't have commercials. And in the scheduled recording editor, you can turn on/off commercial flagging on a per-show basis. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3
Have you set `/usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4`? With my MythTV, FC3, PVR-350 machine this is necessary. Though since you have video running I assume this is correct. However, it is possible to not set -p 4 and use the ptune-ui.pl script to do this manually I think. Andrew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 7:07 AM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3 Hi all, I've been going round and round with this issue and am out of ideas. I am trying to get MythTV to work with a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, Fedora Core 3, 2.6.10-1.766_FC3. The IVTV drivers appear fine, I can get a video signal in and play it out into a TV just fine and change channels with the ptune-ui.pl module. I'm having a little trouble getting MythTV to start up. I get it running and when I select watch tv, I get a blank screen. When I try to record a show, it appears to attempt to do so but I get the following in the mythbackend.log: My mythtv version is 0.17-48. I have a registration on zap2it.com and I get the listings downloaded with mythfilldatabase. Front end and back end are on same system. I'm not quite a linux expert but have a good working knowledge of unix/linux operating systems - I'm more or less doing this as a learning experience. 2005-03-05 09:00:26.517 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:27.424 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:29.003 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.216 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.429 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.643 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.856 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:30.066 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/tmp/ringbuf1.nuv 2005-03-05 09:00:30.088 LiveTV not successfully started 2005-03-05 09:00:30.112 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-03-05 09:00:30.115 Changing from None to None 2005-03-05 09:00:30.153 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:30.311 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:31.600 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:32.135 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:32.193 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-03 21:35:51.169 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote ringbuffer 2005-03-03 21:35:51.185 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-03-03 21:35:51.263 Unknown video codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.267 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:35:51.270 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.272 Assuming RTjpeg for now. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.275 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.321 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument 2005-03-03 21:35:51.348 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped 2005-03-03 21:35:52.829 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:35:52.835 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-03-03 21:35:52.981 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:35:52.992 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-03-03 21:37:21.843 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:37:21.859 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-03-03 21:37:22.271 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-03-03 21:37:22.277 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 1) 2005-03-03 21:38:22.324 Reschedule requested for id 2. 2005-03-03 21:38:23.222 Scheduled 2 items in 0.9 = 0.51 match + 0.38 place 2005-03-03 21:38:23.394 Started recording The Apprentice on channel: 1006 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-03-03 21:38:24.027 Changing from None to RecordingOnly 2005-03-03 21:38:24.345 Unknown video codec 2005-03-03 21:38:24.349 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:38:24.352 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. 2005-03-03 21:38:24.354 Assuming RTjpeg for now. 2005-03-03 21:38:24.358 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec 2005-03-03 21:38:25.526 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument 2005-03-03 21:38:25.546 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped And on the front end, I get: 2005-03-05 09:00:26.517 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:27.424 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-05 09:00:29.003 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.216 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.429 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.643 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:29.856 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-03-05 09:00:30.066 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). Couldn't read file:
[mythtv-users] Livetv PVR350 poor quality
I'm trying now for a few months to get the live tv right with X
Watching live tv is not sharp. Everything else like mythvideo and even the
menus have a very good quality.
The input cable is checked and good. I'm using the pvr-out cable with
scart in to the analoge tv-set.
In the settings i've set the setting pvr-350 output on.
The system is running on FC2 and i used Jarod's guide.
here is my config
modprobe.conf:
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias eth0 e100
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore /dev/null 21 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store /dev/null 21 || : ; };
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6629
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
lirc_i2c
options tda9887 debug=3
options msp3400 once=1 debug=1 standard=0x03
#options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0
options ivtv tda9887=0 ivtv_std=2
rpm -q -a | egrep -e (ivtv|kernel)
ivtv-0.2.0-64_rc3f.rhfc2.at
ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at
ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at
perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc2.at
ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.12_FC2-0.2.0-64_rc3f.rhfc2.at
kernel-source-2.6.5-1.358
kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.131_FC2
ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at
ivtvdev-0.8-1.rhfc2.at
kernel-2.6.10-1.12_FC2
who can help me with this. i'm getting frustrated
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Re: [mythtv-users] Problem with mythtranscode
'/mnt/monster/store/1006_20050305125500_20050305144500.nuv': Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 720x576, 25.00 fps, 15000 kb/s Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s Only MP2 audio is currently supported mythtranscode: mpeg2trans.cpp:375: uint32_t MPEG2trans::process_mp2_audio(AVPacket*): Assertion `0' failed. Aborted Haven't touched that part of the transcoder, so I'm not sure. Can you search for the following line in mythtv/programs/mpeg2trans.cpp and change it: cerr Only MP2 audio is currently supported\n; Change it to this: cerr Only MP2 audio is currently supported, unknown type: buf[1] endl; Then recompile and try to transcode again. That should print out the code that it is checking to see if is mp2. Maybe it needs to check for more codes than the one it checks for now. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
I've been using the All method since I upgraded to .17, and I still occasionally see short false positives (9 or 11 seconds). I think the idea of a user setting for min/max commercial break length would be kind of handy. This can occur even with ALL if the following are true: * You're using software encoding * You watch the recording before the post-recording mythcommflag job is completed. When using software encoding, Myth flags blank frames during the recording process. Then when the recording finishes, it does a quick routine to generate the commercial break list from the blank frames. Then a job is queued up in the JobQueue to run mythcommflag which runs the full scan on the video and uses the other detection info to get better detection. Also, I see from the setup menu that it uses blank frame, scene change, and logo detection (and combinations) to find the breaks. Are any other methods used (and just not listed)? Specifically, I was thinking of volume level -- a lot of channels will ratchet up the volume during a Currently the only other thing that ALL uses is aspect ratio change detection and letter/pillarbox detection. I plan on adding more detection methods, some related to sound, but I am sidetracked on a few other things right now. I'm trying some better edge logo detection code right now since the current code doesn't work as well for some logos. Once that is working, I plan on using part of that code to detect the rating symbols that stations in the U.S. have to display. Lots of other things could be used as well. That being said, the commercial detection in MythTV is very good ... one of the [many] reasons I don't like watching regular TV any more! Thanks. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ff/rew not working
Quoting Byron Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Exact same problem here.. it goes NUTS when i use any of the video playback functions - keyboard or remote. I'm using a geforce mx 4000 (440) with XvMC enabled because i'm on a lowly celeron 733 and i'm not sure if its XvMC or backend related.. I'm going to be rebuilding my backend using knoppmyth to see if that helps... (front end runs knoppmyth). I'm using firewire as my input, how about you? I am using DVB in 0.17 and am having problems with both my 0.17 linux frontend and my Dec 2004 CVS Mac OS X frontend. They both fast forward a certain distance then return to the beginning of the show. If I keep holding ff then every time it gets a bit further before returning to the beginning! The increase playback speed works fine however (I am using this to replace ff/rw now) Is this what you are seeing? Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [DESPARATE] Is anyone using an ATI TVout with Xorg 6.8?
We've just upgraded our Mythbox from SuSE 9.1 to 9.1. We had *enough* trouble trying to get TVout on our Radeon 9200SE clone to work in the first place; ATI's 3.14.6 drivers will do TVout just fine (in fact, we scarcely had any trouble on the TVout side -- the card syncs up from boot, automagically), but they don't seem to do Xv overlay properly. All we get is a navy blue panel on the screen, where the video is supposed to be, no matter how we set up the configuration file. Notably, *those* drivers won't work with a configuration file which works just fine on ATI's 3.9.0 drivers. Well, come along 9.2, and now we've got Xorg 6.8.1, instead. And there are two ATI driver releases for it: 8.8.25 and 8.10.19. Both give me the Big Blue Band. I've tried playing with several config file options I found in postings on the net, including PseudoColorVisuals (which was already off), and XaaNoOffScreenPixmaps (which the driver ignores). No luck. My sister is at the end of my rope (it's her box). I'm about to rip Xorg out by the roots, and go back to the 4.3.99 that was in 9.1 (which will not be especially pleasant), unless anyone has the magic bullet. I'll listen happily to suggestions, but I'd really like to hear Sure; I'm doing this: here's my config file. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth[EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth AssociatesThe Things I Think'87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system adminstrator. Or two. --me ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
feature), I have noticed that since the upgrade to .17 (and using the All method), it tends to skip over the last 5 or 6 minutes of many shows I watch. Big candidates for this include Carson Daly, and The Daily Show. Both of these shows go for a final 2 minute commercial break, then come back for a final 30 - 90 second goodye, then the credits roll and there's commercials again. Part of this is due to the fact that it assumes that show segments must be at least 65 seconds long. I've seen what you're talking about once or twice, but if I crank that number down, then you will get missdetection at other points because of the way the scoring works. I believe that what I'm going to have to do is to allow the minimum show length to be less when within the last 10 minutes of a show. In almost every recording of Daily Show, it skips right over the last 5 or 6 mins of the recording, right to the end of the show, and sometimes hangs up MythTV requiring a kill and restart of Myth :( I record The Daily Show, but only the first 15 or so minutes (don't care about the interviews). :) I'll modify my schedule so I can get a sample or two of this to see if I can work something out. It seems to be, if commercial skip skips to the end of the recording, freezing is highly likely (on my system). Add to this the inability In a lot of cases, this wasn't a freeze, it was a slow seek. When using the ALL method in 0.17, if the last commercial break ran right to the end of the recording, the flagger would set the END mark at the next to last frame of the recording. Myth's player and editor code will not let you seek to within 2 seconds of the end of a recording. If you tried skipping the last commercial break which went to the very (real) end of the recording, the player would not be able to seek to that point, so behind the scenes, it would play through to that point, then resume normal play. If the last break was 5 minutes long, then on some people's systems, it could take 15-20 seconds to play through so it would appear to freeze the frontend. I have a fix for this in my CVS tree but haven't had a chance to commit it because I have been busy with work this week and I need to separate out that code from some other mods in my tree that aren't ready for CVS quite yet. I never let recordings get to the end anyway, it's usually easy to tell if the what last played was the last part of the show so I just hit 'D' to exit and Delete. Reguarding auto- skip, see below. to skip back before a commercial (since it does the auto-leap forward repeatedly if you try to jump back over a flagged break) and I pretty much have to stop playing the show, start it from the start, turn off the auto-skip then jump to the end of the show to see the final bit. Sometimes with a complete Myth restart in there. I wrote the commercial detection code in Myth and never even use Auto-Skip. The current flagging code works probably 95% or more of the time on the main shows my wife and I watch but I still don't use Auto-Skip. The only Myth auto-skips is when I create a cutlist from the commercial flagging markers and make sure they're right. Part of the reason is probably that I like to see when it goes wrong so I can try to think of why and fix it, and when it does get it right, I sometimes turn to my wife and say Perfect Skip! -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] iPaq NetRemote???
There is an app called NetRemote for windows which allows you to use a PDA with WLAN (or a tablet PC, desktop with touchscreen/mouse, etc on the LAN) to control multimedia apps on yoru HTPC. Is there any project for linux which replicates this? Maybe even if we had a java based mythtv remote control this would be useable as a stopgap? Or a java based lirc server which generated lirc network packets from software button pressess? I imagine a day when we have a two-way remote control, giving program guide/recorded show listings on the PDA screen, as well as mythmusic and mythvideo selections, and then allowing full control of the mythfrontend running on your HTPC. Has anyone thought much about this? Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythDVD woes (mplayer vs xine)
Not being satisfied with the lack of dvd menu support in mplayer I opted to apt-get xine and integrate it as the replacement player for dvds in Myth. However, unlike with mplayer which appeared seamlessly when loading, xine kicks back to the desktop whilst loading before jumping into full screen mode. Is this a problem that everyone experiences with using it as an alternative?? A further problem I have experienced sporadically, is when quitting out of xine, myth is not refocused correctly. I've looked through previous posts and not found any reference to such issues, but I can't find another way around the problem. Cheers Rich This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] recommendations to solve a frontend problem
Currently I have a combined front/backend computer in the living room running Knoppmyth. I am using an SBlive with all audio output through the spdif connection to spdif connection on the Creative Labs Desktop Theatre 5.1 (DTT) sound system. The computer is hooked up to our tv via svideo. I recently purchased a Hauppauge MediaMVP that I'd like to put in the living room in place of the computer. However I have one problem I don't know how to solve, basically how to deal with audio. The MediaMVP only has stero outputs, I know I could just run the stereo outputs into a single analog input on the DTT system and use the button that takes stereo and converts it to four channel sound and use the spdif input for plugging in my settop dvd player. However I am hoping there is another/better way... suggestions? -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox - praise
Thanks.. I wanted to know about the picture before I went and purchased the remote. My experience with VNC on Debian is that you cannot control the console, but can control what I call virtual desktops ? -- N On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:47:10 -0500, Brian Meehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I chose NFS storage, so your mileage may vary. The picture is snappy, though, and the menus work nicely. Before I had the remote, I also installed VNC server on the xbox so I could configure the menu. Even that wasn't too much. An Xbox remote kit can be found on ebay for next to nothing. I got the 44 button one for $4.04 plus $7 shipping. I'll have to try out the Myth config for XBMC - I do like that as well. On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:36:27 -0800, Nav Jagpal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm told the installer to use the local hard disk for storage, and it seems to be going through the motions now. I'm not really sure why the Mythtv needs local storage anyways I guess for the picture viewer stuff. So I see that the DVD remote is required for MythTV on XBOX.. I don't have one yet, and am wondering if it's really worth it. I have been using the mythtv addon for XBMC for awhile, and it seems pretty good.. Only thing that's really missing is watching/pausing live TV... What is everyone's experience with MythTV on XBox? Is watching live TV doable? Can the XBOX keep up? -- ___ 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 - No Sound
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 01:41, James Emmrich wrote: Thanks greg! Im using fedora 3 so im not sure of the differences... however i tried what you said and after a few reboots with different places i found it. I deleted that file like you said, then i went: cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.766_FC3/updates/drivers/media/video/msp3400-ivtv.ko /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.766_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko Be sure that works correctly on reboot, because you should have had to do a modprobe after that copy, before the cat would work. -- greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ff/rew not working
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:15:52 +, Chris Birkinshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Byron Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Exact same problem here.. it goes NUTS when i use any of the video playback functions - keyboard or remote. I'm using a geforce mx 4000 (440) with XvMC enabled because i'm on a lowly celeron 733 and i'm not sure if its XvMC or backend related.. I'm going to be rebuilding my backend using knoppmyth to see if that helps... (front end runs knoppmyth). I'm using firewire as my input, how about you? I am using DVB in 0.17 and am having problems with both my 0.17 linux frontend and my Dec 2004 CVS Mac OS X frontend. They both fast forward a certain distance then return to the beginning of the show. If I keep holding ff then every time it gets a bit further before returning to the beginning! The increase playback speed works fine however (I am using this to replace ff/rw now) Is this what you are seeing? H, haven't tried the increase speed yet. I'll give it a try. --Pete Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Lirc, FC3, and an Irblaster? www.lircsetup.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ff/rew not working
One question, do you guys have a SWITCH or a HUB for your backend? I'm just wondering if that is causing issues (half duplex network may be causing commands to be lost or something) However its suspicious we are all getting this. -byron On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:55:05 -0500, Pete Stagman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:15:52 +, Chris Birkinshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Byron Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Exact same problem here.. it goes NUTS when i use any of the video playback functions - keyboard or remote. I'm using a geforce mx 4000 (440) with XvMC enabled because i'm on a lowly celeron 733 and i'm not sure if its XvMC or backend related.. I'm going to be rebuilding my backend using knoppmyth to see if that helps... (front end runs knoppmyth). I'm using firewire as my input, how about you? I am using DVB in 0.17 and am having problems with both my 0.17 linux frontend and my Dec 2004 CVS Mac OS X frontend. They both fast forward a certain distance then return to the beginning of the show. If I keep holding ff then every time it gets a bit further before returning to the beginning! The increase playback speed works fine however (I am using this to replace ff/rw now) Is this what you are seeing? H, haven't tried the increase speed yet. I'll give it a try. --Pete Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Lirc, FC3, and an Irblaster? www.lircsetup.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] EPIA + mythtv can my hardware cope with both front and back end?
Op vrijdag 04 maart 2005 12:36, schreef jerome lacoste: - VIA EPIA M (nehemiah core) board - a Terratec Cinergy 600 TV (saa7134 driver) snip I have no problem watching TV (xawtv / tvtime) but mythbackend goes 95% when watching live TV. I'm sorry but what is your recording resolution? I don't think that hardware will pull the default 480x480 even in RTJPEG mode. The Cinergy 600 needs software encoding (unless I'm doing something really wrong). The VIA Nehemiah isn't all that fast, it will probably only work with some hardware encoder like the Hauppauge PVR-x50 series. Henk Poley ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 - No Sound
Weird, i never did any modprobes other than the modprobe.conf file, i reboot and it works.. Being that i never modprobed does that mean the old copy might still be attached to the kernel? James greg wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 01:41, James Emmrich wrote: Thanks greg! Im using fedora 3 so im not sure of the differences... however i tried what you said and after a few reboots with different places i found it. I deleted that file like you said, then i went: cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.766_FC3/updates/drivers/media/video/msp3400-ivtv.ko /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.766_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko Be sure that works correctly on reboot, because you should have had to do a modprobe after that copy, before the cat would work. ___ 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] iPaq NetRemote???
I use x2x to control my TV machine from our laptops. Just move the mouse off the right (or left) side of the screen and your keys/mouse are controlling the remote machine. I have used a VNC viewer on my laptop, other machines and my Palm PDA to control it as well, but x2x from the laptop is the best. The laptop sits on the couch arm beside me. I just use the real remote to turn the TV on/off. From: Chris Birkinshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/03/05 Sat PM 01:25:29 EST To: 'Discussion about mythtv' mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] iPaq NetRemote??? There is an app called NetRemote for windows which allows you to use a PDA with WLAN (or a tablet PC, desktop with touchscreen/mouse, etc on the LAN) to control multimedia apps on yoru HTPC. Is there any project for linux which replicates this? Maybe even if we had a java based mythtv remote control this would be useable as a stopgap? Or a java based lirc server which generated lirc network packets from software button pressess? I imagine a day when we have a two-way remote control, giving program guide/recorded show listings on the PDA screen, as well as mythmusic and mythvideo selections, and then allowing full control of the mythfrontend running on your HTPC. Has anyone thought much about this? Chris This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ 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
AW: [mythtv-users] [DESPARATE] Is anyone using an ATI TVout with Xorg6.8?
Well, come along 9.2, and now we've got Xorg 6.8.1, instead. And there are two ATI driver releases for it: 8.8.25 and 8.10.19. Both give me the Big Blue Band. I'm about to rip Xorg out by the roots, and go back to the 4.3.99 that was in 9.1 (which will not be especially pleasant), unless anyone has the magic bullet. I'll listen happily to suggestions, but I'd really like to hear Sure; I'm doing this: here's my config file. :-) Ok, here you are: Sure, I'm doing this (just watching Return of the King right now :-)), ATI 9200SE Graphics Card. Driver: I'm using the open source gatos drivers, not ati binaries; the binaries at http://mabene.icomedias.com/gatos-stuff/ should work for 6.8.1 as well as for 6.8.0. Section Device Identifier ATI Radeon 9200 SE Driver radeon Option TVOutput PAL EndSection Bye, Martin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 12:51 -0500, Edward Rudd wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 11:38, Mike Ryan wrote: Hi [snip] Should I be doing this another way for an AMD-64 installation? Yes, add atrpms as a yum source to yum or add it to up2date's source file. OR install smart from atrpms. All are viable options until the APT group gets around to fixing the amd64 issues. Reading atrpms.net's install page http://atrpms.net/install.html has information on configuring YUM Yep - I finally got around to fixing yum on my AMD64 box last night. It was a little tricky. From memory... 1. Add a source for atrpms to /etc/yum.repos.d/ At this point, a simple 'yum update' didn't work. Sooo... 2. yum install python24 pythonabi 3. Download yum from atrpms 4. rpm -e yum 5. rpm -i downloaded yum from atrpms (you may need to have atrpms- package-config installed for this step to work) 6. yum update Wait a *WHILE*. 7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770 kernel). 8. Reboot 9. Download stock redhat 770 kernel (which you could also do while waiting for the yum update to complete earlier) 10. rpm -e atrpms 770_14 kernel) 11. rpm -i downloaded fedora 770 kernel) 12. Check /etc/grub.conf 13. yum update (just in case) 14. reboot 15. Continue on your way with Jarod's guide. Jarod, if you're reading this, you might want to include parts of this in the doc... of course, someone might want to recheck this! -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How I got great quality TV-out on my nVidia MX4000
I recently added an nVidia graphics card to my Asus Pundit, in hopes of improving the TV-out quality. The onboard SIS chip isn't bad, but I figured I could do better. After tweaking settings for quite a bit, here's how I achieved what I believe to be the optimal output. I have an SDTV connected to the card via S-Video, FWIW. Some of these settings may be redundant and/or unnecessary, but I'm just relaying all the steps I've taken. 1) Install nVidia 6229 drivers 2) Recompile MythTV (0.16) with support for XvMC and OpenGL (via settings.pro) 3) Modify your ~/.nvidia-settings-rc with the following values. You may need to run nvidia-settings once to create this file initially. 0/SyncToVBlank=1 0/TVOverScan[TV-0]=125 0/TVFlickerFilter[TV-0]=1 0/TVSaturation[TV-0]=156 0/XVideoOverlaySaturation=4250 0/XVideoOverlayContrast=4096 0/XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank=1 0/XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank=1 4) Modify the XF86Config file with the following: Add to Monitor section: ModeLine coryntscpi 28.6 720 760 824 912 480 484 492 525 interlace Add to Device section: Option NoLogo true Option HWCursor true Option RenderAccel true Add to Screen section: DefaultDepth 24 Option TVStandard NTSC-M Option ConnectedMonitor TV Option TVOutFormat SVIDEO Option TVOverScan 0.8 Add to Display subsection: Modes coryntscpi 5) In the MythFrontend Setup screen for TV Playback, enable: - Deinterlace - Mode: Bob (2x) - Use Video for Timebase - XvMC Playback That's it. With these settings, I get great image quality, great motion, and great smoothness (no jitter in scrollers across the bottom of the screen, for example).X CPU usage is between 1-2% during playback. I don't see any interlacing artifacts in high-motion scenes. The special modeline is required to get good resolution with Bob Deinterlacing. With the standard modeline and 640x480 resolution, I seem to lose about 1/2 of my vertical resolution when enabling Bob Deinterlacing or XvMC. You can temporarily add --verbose playback to the mythfrontend command line to troubleshoot your playback. I see the following in mine: -- This means XvMC is working -- 2005-03-05 13:56:48 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 720, h 1, c 1, i 2, m 0,sw 0, sh 10 5, disp, p= 105, 4800 =p, port, surfNum) 2005-03-05 13:56:48 Trying XvMC port 105 2005-03-05 13:56:48 Found a suitable XvMC surface 0 2005-03-05 13:56:48 Using XV port 105 -- This means XvMC is working -- -- This means Bob Deinterlacing is working -- 2005-03-05 13:56:48 XvMC will use bob deinterlacing 2005-03-05 13:56:48 Using deinterlace method bobdeint -- This means Bob Deinterlacing is working -- -- This means OpenGL Vsync + Video Timebase is working -- 2005-03-05 13:56:48 Using video as timebase 2005-03-05 13:56:48 Video timing method: SGI OpenGL -- This means OpenGL Vsync + Video Timebase is working -- -- -WD ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [DESPARATE] Is anyone using an ATI TVout with Xorg6.8?
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 08:12:20PM +0100, Bene Martin wrote: Sure, I'm doing this (just watching Return of the King right now :-)), ATI 9200SE Graphics Card. Driver: I'm using the open source gatos drivers, not ati binaries; the binaries at http://mabene.icomedias.com/gatos-stuff/ should work for 6.8.1 as well as for 6.8.0. Section Device Identifier ATI Radeon 9200 SE Driver radeon Option TVOutput PAL EndSection Bless you my son. I didn't realize anyone had GATOS in binary with theater-out compiled in. I'll try that this afternoon. Thanks. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth[EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth AssociatesThe Things I Think'87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system adminstrator. Or two. --me ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV
Can MythTV record DV files using the IEEE-1394 port? Would they be in NUV files and would they need to be transcoded? If they are in NUV files is there a transcoder to DV? Thanks Rich Shumaker ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:22:04AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: 7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770 kernel). Eeeck! Can you double check this? Please send me the oops (in PM possibly) Thanks! -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net pgpVMN528N4ca.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial Skip
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 01:24:32PM -0500, Chris Pinkham wrote: Part of this is due to the fact that it assumes that show segments must be at least 65 seconds long. I've seen what you're talking about once or twice, but if I crank that number down, then you will get missdetection at other points because of the way the scoring works. I believe that what I'm going to have to do is to allow the minimum show length to be less when within the last 10 minutes of a show. Even smaller margin that that. Lots of shows have a teaser at end of show and at start of show that is quite short. They also have the scenes from next week which is a real doozey when it comes to automatic detection since they look a lot like a commercial, sort of _are_ a commercial, but people consider them part of the show. I would say allow short breaks of program in the first 5 and last 5. The start of programs is of course also challenging because you have teasers, starting music etc. As for the commercial break must be a minute long heuristic, that's a good one -- except on sports, there you will see shorter breaks during pitching changes, gaps in the game etc. You can usually detect if a show is sports from the category. In almost every recording of Daily Show, it skips right over the last 5 or 6 mins of the recording, right to the end of the show, and sometimes hangs up MythTV requiring a kill and restart of Myth :( I record The Daily Show, but only the first 15 or so minutes (don't care about the interviews). :) I'll modify my schedule so I can get a sample or two of this to see if I can work something out. Actually, it is because of skipping the interview that this is a problem. I know it goofs on this show, and so when I get bored with the interview I hit End (goes to start of commercial break) and then hit it again for the moment of zen and.. D'oh! -- it quits the recording. I would probably also recommend for the player that hitting End when it would terminate the recording give an error pop-up. If I want to quit the recording, I'll do that manually with D or Escape. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound
Finished my new myth install last night, and there's no sound. The simple explanation might be that I didn't install alsa, trying instead to get it to work with just the nvidia driver. So, I emerge'd alsa-tools (it's a gentoo system) and loaded alsa (/etc/init.d/alsasound start), and adjusted my sound settings using alsamixer - but nothing. Now, I don't have alsa in my USE flags, so mayber that's it, but I'm not sure what else to try next to get this working. Anyone? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 20:45 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:22:04AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote:
7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this
point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the
nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770
kernel).
Eeeck! Can you double check this? Please send me the oops (in PM
possibly)
Here ya go!
-I
Mar 5 02:45:05 tatooine kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] enabled at IRQ
16
Mar 5 02:45:05 tatooine kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt :01:00.0[A] - GSI 16
(level, low) - IRQ 225
Mar 5 02:45:05 tatooine kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 NVIDIA
Kernel Module 1.0-6629 Wed Nov 3 11:43:48 PST 2004
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at
:00:00.0.
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at :00:00.0
into 8x mode
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at :01:00.0
into 8x mode
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at
:00:00.0.
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at :00:00.0
into 8x mode
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at :01:00.0
into 8x mode
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at RIP:
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: 8020d986{strlcpy+13}
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: PML4 14d06067 PGD 14cce067 PMD 0
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: Oops: [1]
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: CPU 0
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: Modules linked in: nvidia(U) ivtv(U)
saa7115(U) msp3400(U) nfsd exportfs md5 ipv6 autofs4 nfs lockd rfcomm l2cap
bluetooth sunrpc xfs dm_mod video button battery ac raw1394 dv1394 ohci1394
ieee1394 ohci_hcd ehci_hcd tuner cx8800 v4l1_compat v4l2_common cx88_dvb cx8802
mt352 cx88xx i2c_algo_bit ir_common btcx_risc tveeprom videodev video_buf_dvb
dvb_core video_buf cx22702 i2c_core dvb_pll nvsound(U) snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore
snd_page_alloc forcedeth ext3 jbd sata_nv libata sd_mod scsi_mod
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: Pid: 5939, comm: X Tainted: P
2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: RIP: 0010:[8020d986]
8020d986{strlcpy+13}
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: RSP: 0018:010014cdd950 EFLAGS: 00010286
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: RAX: RBX: 80685600
RCX:
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: RDX: 0020 RSI:
RDI:
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: RBP: 010017a2f880 R08: 010017a2f890
R09: 010017a2f880
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: R10: 0181 R11: 3246
R12: 010014322000
Mar 5 02:45:06 tatooine kernel: R13: 01001e20d000 R14: 01001f2e5800
R15: 010013ae0d40
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: FS: 002a9588a5e0()
GS:804fea00() knlGS:f7fea6c0
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: CS: 0010 DS: ES: CR0:
8005003b
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: CR2: CR3: 00101000
CR4: 06e0
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: Process X (pid: 5939, threadinfo
010014cdc000, task 01001030)
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: Stack: a032e42b 0100151d12c8
01001f1b66b0 000e
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:0246 0100153d61e8
01001f846fa8 0246
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:803c7601 010014cdde88
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: Call
Trace:a032e42b{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+502}
a0329378{:v4l1_compat:v4l_compat_translate_ioctl+435}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a032e235{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+0} 8018c30e{__getblk+41}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a005a021{:ext3:ext3_mark_iloc_dirty+802}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a0040700{:jbd:journal_stop+1133}
a0060b54{:ext3:__ext3_journal_stop+31}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a0059018{:ext3:ext3_ordered_commit_write+160}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
80161b28{generic_file_buffered_write+1041}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
8034aa3f{__wait_on_bit_lock+94}
801a664b{inode_update_time+147}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:80164292{__rmqueue+217}
8015ffc6{find_get_page+138}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:801a3195{__d_lookup+372}
a02d1924{:video_buf:videobuf_queue_init+44}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a032eba4{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+2415}
801efeab{dummy_inode_permission+0}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a032e235{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+0}
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 12:04 -0800, Ian Forde wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 20:45 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote: On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:22:04AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: 7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770 kernel). Eeeck! Can you double check this? Please send me the oops (in PM possibly) Here ya go! Heh - sorry - for about the reply-to field. I'll see if I can double- check it... -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] watch tv on video0 and record on video1
Is it possible to record only on /dev/video1 and watch tv on /dev/video1 I've the following setup /dev/video0 - PVR350 /dev/video1 - BT878 The only thing i want is that mythtv always record on /dev/video1. Is this possible. Thanks patrick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] The nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)
Hi all, I'm running a MythTV 0.17 box on Gentoo, and I'm getting closer and closer to nirvana. I can now play music, view pics, view movies, record TV, and all that good stuff. One of the few remaining issues for me is using all of my TV's screen real-estate. If I use the 'nvidia-settings' tool, I can set up the overscan so that the image completely fills my TV. Unfortunately, it doesn't last. Especially if I use MythGame to launch an external application that resizes things (StepMania and TuxRacer for example). When I return to Myth the screen is no longer maximized. I've found that the only way to reliably get the screen maximized again is to quit Myth, fire up the nvidia-settings GUI, twiddle the size slider, then quit the GUI. Even running 'nvidia-settings --load-config-only' doesn't do it. This is a real pain, because I'm mostly using the remote, and although pulling out the keyboard isn't too big a pain, finding a surface to use the mouse on is a real annoyance. I know this isn't a Myth issue, it's poor design on nVidia's part, but how are other people dealing with nvidia-settings? Does anybody have a way to re-maximize the display without leaving Myth, or at least without having to bring up the GUI? Ben ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound
Hi, I'm running FC3, so the package names may well be different. I could set mixer levels, had /dev/dsp, etc. but had the same problem re no sound. It turned out I only had alsa-utils install and was missing alsa-driver. I'd do a double check of the Gentoo ALSA packages. alsa-tools sounds much like alsa-utils. Regards, Mark On Saturday 05 Mar 2005 19:58, Michael Haan wrote: Finished my new myth install last night, and there's no sound. The simple explanation might be that I didn't install alsa, trying instead to get it to work with just the nvidia driver. So, I emerge'd alsa-tools (it's a gentoo system) and loaded alsa (/etc/init.d/alsasound start), and adjusted my sound settings using alsamixer - but nothing. Now, I don't have alsa in my USE flags, so mayber that's it, but I'm not sure what else to try next to get this working. Anyone? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV
MythTV isn't for DV if you mean from a DV source such as a camcorder or other video format other than tv sources.. there are tons of great applications for linux to use with camcorder video editing. -byron On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:04:07 -0500, Rich Shumaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can MythTV record DV files using the IEEE-1394 port? Would they be in NUV files and would they need to be transcoded? If they are in NUV files is there a transcoder to DV? Thanks Rich Shumaker ___ 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 nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)
Ben Giddings wrote: I know this isn't a Myth issue, it's poor design on nVidia's part, but how are other people dealing with nvidia-settings? Does anybody have a way to re-maximize the display without leaving Myth, or at least without having to bring up the GUI? Ah yes, I've run into this myself. I'm curious if anybody has a good solution. The only time I run into this is if I switch to a text mode terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2, for example) and then switch back. Overscan settings are gone. Some older nvidia drivers did not have this problem. MythGame in SDL mode does cause the video modes to switch, and the overscan is lost when I exit. However, if I use mythgame in OpenGL mode, the nvidia driver doesn't switch modes. This means that under normal usage, my MythTV machine always retains the proper overscan settings. Give OpenGL mode a shot. If I'm monkeying with the keyboard to swtich to a text terminal, then it's not all that hard to hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and then Ctrl-D to have X start back up again in the proper mode. -- -WD ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 - No Sound
Oh, you rebooted between deleting it and running cat, that will work to. On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 13:07, James Emmrich wrote: Weird, i never did any modprobes other than the modprobe.conf file, i reboot and it works.. Being that i never modprobed does that mean the old copy might still be attached to the kernel? James greg wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 01:41, James Emmrich wrote: Thanks greg! Im using fedora 3 so im not sure of the differences... however i tried what you said and after a few reboots with different places i found it. I deleted that file like you said, then i went: cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.766_FC3/updates/drivers/media/video/msp3400-ivtv.ko /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.766_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko Be sure that works correctly on reboot, because you should have had to do a modprobe after that copy, before the cat would work. ___ 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 -- greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound
What kind of tuner/decoder/encoder card are you using? what driver? On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 13:58, Michael Haan wrote: Finished my new myth install last night, and there's no sound. The simple explanation might be that I didn't install alsa, trying instead to get it to work with just the nvidia driver. So, I emerge'd alsa-tools (it's a gentoo system) and loaded alsa (/etc/init.d/alsasound start), and adjusted my sound settings using alsamixer - but nothing. Now, I don't have alsa in my USE flags, so mayber that's it, but I'm not sure what else to try next to get this working. Anyone? __ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 12:06 -0800, Ian Forde wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 12:04 -0800, Ian Forde wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 20:45 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote: On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:22:04AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: 7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770 kernel). Eeeck! Can you double check this? Please send me the oops (in PM possibly) Here ya go! Heh - sorry - for about the reply-to field. I'll see if I can double- check it... Confirmed. NVidia driver 6629 causes a kernel oops when X is started on kernel-2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at on x86-64... -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] watch tv on video0 and record on video1
Is it possible to record only on /dev/video1 and watch tv on /dev/video1 I've the following setup /dev/video0 - PVR350 /dev/video1 - BT878 The only thing i want is that mythtv always record on /dev/video1. Is this possible. Thanks patrick I haven't upgraded recently, but as far as 0.16 it can't be done as cut and dry as you want, but there is something close. You can clear your card info in the backend setup, and add them in the order that you would like them to be used for recordings (so add your bt card first). Then enable the option to avoid conflicts between live tv and recording (sorry I forget where it is). This way it will record on your bt card first, and then your pvr second, and live tv will use the pvr first and bt card second. So as long as you're only recording on one and watching on one (no pip) then it will do what you're looking for. new feature idea I've been thinking that Myth needs a feature like this, card pooling would be a good name for it I guess. Right now it is basically one pool with recording and live tv pulling from it, optionally from either end to avoid conflicts. So the idea is that you could assign each of your cards to be used for recording only, live tv only, or both/any. A step further for live tv would be to have some kind of permissions so that you could limit a card to one or more specific frontends. This could also be useful for reducing network traffic by keeping a card available to a local frontend only. /new feature idea Of course I am just throwing this out as an idea, with the hope that a dev likes it too. ;) -- Joel ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV
Man. I seem to get spanked for this question everywhere. So two places I post up this basic question considering Myth just got IEEE-1394(firewire) support and in both places I get the same negative response. MythTV isn't for DV. Go away. Use something else. Wasn't Myth originally designed as a convergence box. Aren't home movies and camcorder dumping for family movies a thing a convergence box would do? Allowing you to create a DVD from your fun filled adventures in wonderland. I know how to dump to the MythTV system via SVid and RCA audio. But IEEE-1394 is a simple plug for both audio and video. Also the quality remains the same, digital to digital. It would be cool to dump from tape into Myth and let Myth do the rest. Like transcode to Mpeg-2. Allow you to create a DVD. Watch your fun filled adventures on multiple TV's around the house. Oh and for people that like to experiment it would be cool to record multiple video streams in DV onto a single server for a front end editor to use. Or for a front end viewer to look at. I was going to ask if MythTV might include a video editor in the future. Besides basic truncation of the file. I think I should not ask it anymore considering how well this question was received. So who wants to slap me next for asking a question that seems to make sense in the modern age. I think I will just go to the corner for a while and think about the world. So I can use MythTV to watch and record tv, listen to music, look at images, make DVD's, play games, watch and listen to streaming video and music, get news, check the weather, make phone calls, and play games BUT don't think about viewing DV or possibly editing it cuz that would be CRAZY talk. Rich Shumaker Byron Miller wrote: MythTV isn't for DV if you mean from a DV source such as a camcorder or other video format other than tv sources.. there are tons of great applications for linux to use with camcorder video editing. -byron On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:04:07 -0500, Rich Shumaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can MythTV record DV files using the IEEE-1394 port? Would they be in NUV files and would they need to be transcoded? If they are in NUV files is there a transcoder to DV? Thanks Rich Shumaker ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] EPIA + mythtv can my hardware cope with both front and back end?
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:02:55 +0100, Henk Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op vrijdag 04 maart 2005 12:36, schreef jerome lacoste: - VIA EPIA M (nehemiah core) board - a Terratec Cinergy 600 TV (saa7134 driver) snip I have no problem watching TV (xawtv / tvtime) but mythbackend goes 95% when watching live TV. I'm sorry but what is your recording resolution? I don't think that hardware will pull the default 480x480 even in RTJPEG mode. The Cinergy 600 needs software encoding (unless I'm doing something really wrong). The VIA Nehemiah isn't all that fast, it will probably only work with some hardware encoder like the Hauppauge PVR-x50 series. I bought a PVR350 today... You probably will see me again in some days with different problems :) Thanks for you help Jerome ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend can't connect to database
I have the same issues. I'm not sure how to troublesolve them either and I posted it to the list as well with no responce. I too am running CVS from a few days ago. There's a thread on the mythtv-dev list on this. They're working on it. There's at least one patch. I don't think it's been committed to cvs. You might try it. I'm sure they'd appreciate the help. sean ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV
Rich Shumaker wrote: Man. I seem to get spanked for this question everywhere. So two places I post up this basic question considering Myth just got IEEE-1394(firewire) support and in both places I get the same negative response. MythTV isn't for DV. Go away. Use something else. I don't think I said go away... I was just suggesting the right tool for the right job. As was the person that replied to this. Wasn't Myth originally designed as a convergence box. Yes. Aren't home movies and camcorder dumping for family movies a thing a convergence box would do? I don't think many folks think of a convergence box as something to edit your home movies on... Allowing you to create a DVD from your fun filled adventures in wonderland. I know how to dump to the MythTV system via SVid and RCA audio. But IEEE-1394 is a simple plug for both audio and video. Also the quality remains the same, digital to digital. It would be cool to dump from tape into Myth and let Myth do the rest. Like transcode to Mpeg-2. Allow you to create a DVD. Watch your fun filled adventures on multiple TV's around the house. Oh and for people that like to experiment it would be cool to record multiple video streams in DV onto a single server for a front end editor to use. Or for a front end viewer to look at. I was going to ask if MythTV might include a video editor in the future. Besides basic truncation of the file. I think I should not ask it anymore considering how well this question was received. Perhaps it may, if one of the developers chooses to included that feature. Again, right tool for the right job. So who wants to slap me next for asking a question that seems to make sense in the modern age. I think I will just go to the corner for a while and think about the world. With an attitude like this, who knows... So I can use MythTV to watch and record tv, listen to music, look at images, make DVD's, play games, watch and listen to streaming video and music, get news, check the weather, make phone calls, and play games BUT don't think about viewing DV or possibly editing it cuz that would be CRAZY talk. Rich Shumaker Byron Miller wrote: MythTV isn't for DV if you mean from a DV source such as a camcorder or other video format other than tv sources.. there are tons of great applications for linux to use with camcorder video editing. -byron On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:04:07 -0500, Rich Shumaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can MythTV record DV files using the IEEE-1394 port? Would they be in NUV files and would they need to be transcoded? If they are in NUV files is there a transcoder to DV? Thanks Rich Shumaker Regards, Cecil ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3
On Saturday 05 March 2005 06:06, Charles Mills wrote: Hi all, I've been going round and round with this issue and am out of ideas. I am trying to get MythTV to work with a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, Fedora Core 3, 2.6.10-1.766_FC3. The IVTV drivers appear fine, I can get a video signal in and play it out into a TV just fine and change channels with the ptune-ui.pl module. You've got ivtv working just fine then, but... I'm having a little trouble getting MythTV to start up. I get it running and when I select watch tv, I get a blank screen. When I try to record a show, it appears to attempt to do so but I get the following in the mythbackend.log: [...] 2005-03-03 21:35:51.263 Unknown video codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.267 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:35:51.270 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.272 Assuming RTjpeg for now. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.275 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.321 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back The above errors lead me to believe maybe you configured your card incorrectly in setup, and specified it as a dumb v4l device instead of a PVR-x50 w/hardware encoder. You shouldn't see RTjpeg in your logs, only mpeg2. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ pgpyg341KB7hC.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DirectTV and Changing Channels on the Front End.
Just a follow up. I plugged in the DTV reciever into my front end via the low speed port. I can change the channel at the command line running the perl script from this site: http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page=DirecTVSetUP then I headed over to http://www.lircsetup.com/lirc/blaster/index.php which said that myth automajically will change the channel if it knows what script to run. Now that I have the script to change the channel on the frontend, I did as I was told on those directions, going to Input Connections to make the changes. However, when I go there, myth frontend segfaults. Anyone have any input on what I should do? My setup: Backend with pvr-250 on fc3 Frontend with irman, using the pvr remote, and the DTV box connected via serial port on fc3 hondaman wrote: Its a Hughes HAH-SA I verified I can control it with the low speed data port using the program at dtvcontrol.com Dean Vanden Heuvel wrote: what model DirecTV box? hondaman wrote: Ok. Been fighting with this whole setup for a while now, and im making progress. The problem I cant overcome now is how do I change the channel for Direct TV? My setup: Backend computer running fc3, pvr-250, and a serial-to-rj12 cable from the DTV reciever (data port) to the serial port on the backend.. Front end computer using irman and the new grey/black pvr-250 remote. What do I need to do to change the channels? Is there some kind of special program I need? Some extra configuration? Plug the data port on the reciever into my front end? I dont know what to do. Thanks again for all your help! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ 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] I think mythweb 0.17 is killing mythbackend
Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:33:44PM -0700, Shawn Asmussen wrote: Since we were on the subject, I decided to give mythweb another shot tonight. My mythbackend had been running for 11 days, without any troubles. I went into mythweb, and deleted 1 show, and my mythbackend process immediately died. There wasn't anything in the log to indicate any problems. After I started mythbackend back up, I tried deleting a few more shows, but I couldn't get it to die again. Maybe whatever the problem is, it's not likely to occur until after mythbackend has been running for a while. Or maybe it was just random chance. I don't really know. But, since I do seem to be able to produce the problem on purpose at least occasionally, maybe I'll recompile with the debug options on and try to get some gdb debug info to submit. It'll have to wait until at least next week though, since I'm moving this weekend, and won't have much free time until after that's done. I've had similar problems with the backend crashing all the time, and it all seems to be centered around the recorded_programs.php script. I have since renamed it and have NOT used it and the backend has been working flawlessly for over a week. I just haven't had the time to find out exactly what it is that is making it crash. I believe there were a few threads that pointed to it being whatever section talks to the backend and creates the snapshot images of a recording. At any rate, NOT using that script seems to have solved my issues for now. I think that might be the problem I am seeing. I have submitted BT. for the crashes but it apear to happen after a video is finished but before comerical detection kicks in. I might be something with the creation of those images as some on my shows don't have .png files associated with the show but I have the system setup to generate those for each so as I just have the front end display them instead of the mini video. Robert ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HD3000 FC3 Install guide
Original Message Follows From: Eric Gilbert lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; [snip] Aha. /etc/hotplug/blacklist didn't work. The kernel inserted the module before udev. But I mv cx88_blackbird and cx8800 out of /lib/modules. dmesg now gives: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.4 loaded cx2388x: snapshot date 2005-03-03 cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected] ACPI: PCI interrupt :02:00.2[A] -gt; GSI 20 (level, low) -gt; IRQ 225 cx88[0]/2: found at :02:00.2, rev: 5, irq: 225, latency: 32, mmio: 0xf100 cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]). DVB: registering frontend 0 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)... hmm, I don't see anything about firmware being loaded. try setting up azap from the dvb-apps to try this outside of myth so you can see some slightly more helpful error messages. Did that. [EMAIL PROTECTED] .azap]$ azap wcbs using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 72500 Hz video pid 0x, audio pid 0x status 00 | signal 3999 | snr dfbb | ber | unc | status 1f | signal ad0d | snr f529 | ber | unc | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal b22c | snr f53d | ber | unc | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal ad0d | snr f4eb | ber | unc | FE_HAS_LOCK .. /var/log/messages at the time I ran azap: mediaserver kernel: or51132: Waiting for firmware upload(dvb-fe-or51132-vsb.fw)... mediaserver kernel: or51132: Version: 10001134-1943 (113-4-194-3) mediaserver kernel: or51132: Firmware upload complete. Perhaps mythtvsetup doesn't load the firmware? Is there a way to load firmware directly? I did try mythtvsetup after running azap, thinking maybe the firmware drivers stayed loaded. Maybe they did stay loaded or they didn't, but the same error message from mythtvsetup - and no log entries. I see ffrf has reverted back to the pcHDTV drivers. I may do that, though I never could get those to work with mythtv either! sean sean ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3
Jarod, Thanks - I saw that in an earlier thread and double-checked it. I am selecting the PVR-X50 specific setting in the setup which has me puzzled. I'm thinking I missed a step somewhere along the way but can't figure out where. Could there be something somewhere that I set incorrectly to cause it to override this? Chuck millscl at gmail dot com On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:37:32 -0800, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 05 March 2005 06:06, Charles Mills wrote: Hi all, I've been going round and round with this issue and am out of ideas. I am trying to get MythTV to work with a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, Fedora Core 3, 2.6.10-1.766_FC3. The IVTV drivers appear fine, I can get a video signal in and play it out into a TV just fine and change channels with the ptune-ui.pl module. You've got ivtv working just fine then, but... I'm having a little trouble getting MythTV to start up. I get it running and when I select watch tv, I get a blank screen. When I try to record a show, it appears to attempt to do so but I get the following in the mythbackend.log: [...] 2005-03-03 21:35:51.263 Unknown video codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.267 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:35:51.270 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.272 Assuming RTjpeg for now. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.275 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec 2005-03-03 21:35:51.321 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back The above errors lead me to believe maybe you configured your card incorrectly in setup, and specified it as a dumb v4l device instead of a PVR-x50 w/hardware encoder. You shouldn't see RTjpeg in your logs, only mpeg2. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ ___ 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] MythDVD woes (mplayer vs xine)
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 06:33:17PM +, Richard Holroyd wrote: Not being satisfied with the lack of dvd menu support in mplayer I opted to apt-get xine and integrate it as the replacement player for dvds in Myth. However, unlike with mplayer which appeared seamlessly when loading, xine kicks back to the desktop whilst loading before jumping into full screen mode. Is this a problem that everyone experiences with using it as an alternative?? Do --no-splash and/or --no-logo not do the trick for you (see xine -h)? A further problem I have experienced sporadically, is when quitting out of xine, myth is not refocused correctly. Seems like a window-manager-configuration problem to me. Why run a window manager at all? I know there have been lots of posts about using ratpoison, fvwm2, etc., but my .Xsession just says: #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid black [some other irrelevant junk] ... mythfrontend [end] When I start xine/mplayer, they always seem to be on top, and when I quit them, mythfrontend has the focus again (being the only application left running). When mythfrontend exits, I'm back at the tty1 command prompt. --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
Ian Thanks for that - seemed to move me a little bit further. I now have all the latest packages installed and am running from the stock Fedora kernel. However, apt-get still complains about an insane number of unmet dependencies if I try apt-get install mythtv-suite, so I didn't pursue that line. I also tried yum install mythtv-suite. This came up with a number of messages about Processing Dependencies (which I think is normal), but then craps out with: -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: qt-MySQL is needed by package libmyth Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Term::ReadKey) = 2.14 is needed by package perl-Term-ProgressBar Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Term::ReadKey) is needed by package perl-XMLTV Error: Missing Dependency: kakasi-dict is needed by package perl-Text-Kakasi Error: Missing Dependency: libkakasi.so.2()(64bit) is needed by package perl-Text-Kakasi Anyone got any suggestions? Cheers Mike Quoting Ian Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 12:51 -0500, Edward Rudd wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 11:38, Mike Ryan wrote: Hi [snip] Should I be doing this another way for an AMD-64 installation? Yes, add atrpms as a yum source to yum or add it to up2date's source file. OR install smart from atrpms. All are viable options until the APT group gets around to fixing the amd64 issues. Reading atrpms.net's install page http://atrpms.net/install.html has information on configuring YUM Yep - I finally got around to fixing yum on my AMD64 box last night. It was a little tricky. From memory... 1. Add a source for atrpms to /etc/yum.repos.d/ At this point, a simple 'yum update' didn't work. Sooo... 2. yum install python24 pythonabi 3. Download yum from atrpms 4. rpm -e yum 5. rpm -i downloaded yum from atrpms (you may need to have atrpms- package-config installed for this step to work) 6. yum update Wait a *WHILE*. 7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770 kernel). 8. Reboot 9. Download stock redhat 770 kernel (which you could also do while waiting for the yum update to complete earlier) 10. rpm -e atrpms 770_14 kernel) 11. rpm -i downloaded fedora 770 kernel) 12. Check /etc/grub.conf 13. yum update (just in case) 14. reboot 15. Continue on your way with Jarod's guide. Jarod, if you're reading this, you might want to include parts of this in the doc... of course, someone might want to recheck this! -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 22:18 +, Mike Ryan wrote: Ian Thanks for that - seemed to move me a little bit further. I now have all the latest packages installed and am running from the stock Fedora kernel. Glad to help... However, apt-get still complains about an insane number of unmet dependencies if I try apt-get install mythtv-suite, so I didn't pursue that line. Fair enough. I build myth from CVS, so I didn't test that far... I also tried yum install mythtv-suite. This came up with a number of messages about Processing Dependencies (which I think is normal), but then craps out with: -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: qt-MySQL is needed by package libmyth Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Term::ReadKey) = 2.14 is needed by package perl-Term-ProgressBar Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Term::ReadKey) is needed by package perl-XMLTV Error: Missing Dependency: kakasi-dict is needed by package perl-Text-Kakasi Error: Missing Dependency: libkakasi.so.2()(64bit) is needed by package perl-Text-Kakasi Actually, since I've got another amd64 box, I'm testing that right now. Since I build myth from CVS, I'll be removing myth right after. I just want the dependencies... Uhhh... it looks like it's working just fine so far... one thing you might want to try is to do it in steps. yum install perl-Term-ReadKey yum install kakasi kakasi-dict yum install qt-MySQL In fact, I know I distinctly did a 'yum install qt-MySQL' before doing the 'yum install mythtv-suite', so that might make the difference... -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [Opinion] FC3 really sucks for mythtv use
Hi everyone, I wanted to pass along my results with FC3 and it's new udev system. I have to warn everyone who is not a linux guru to avoid FC3 at all costs. FC2 works great and should be used instead. After a complete wipe and virgin install of FC3 and following Jarods guide I wound up with a pretty much unusable system. The first and biggest problems is that my 2nd PVR-250 would never work. Any attempt to read from that device (video1)would crash the system. I was completely unable to get that to work. The device errors out while loading from a modprobe. The backend would crash for no reason and with no error output at least 2 times a day. Also other services like dovecot and postfix would not work either. I use this machine to fetch and filter my mail too. (spamassassin and clamav) After fighting this thing for 3 weeks I blew it all away and did a virgin install of FC2 using Jarods older FC2 guide (Thanks for keeping it around Jarod). FC2 came right up, everything loads correctly (other than lircd which I fixed with an entry in rc.local). The video devices are both present and work. The mail services came up with the defaults and have worked perfectly since. The backend has been running flawlessly for 10 days now. I am not a guru but neither am I a novice so unless you like frustration, stick with FC2 and request that the repository owners (hey atrpms, are you listening?) continue to maintain that release. If you use Jarods guide you will definately want to install synaptic to find the latest kernel and modules available. Of course your milage may vary but looking at how many people have problems with fc3 I would say my results are pretty typical. Good luck and safe computing, Bill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HD3000 FC3 Install guide
[snip] mediaserver kernel: or51132: Waiting for firmware upload(dvb-fe-or51132-vsb.fw)... mediaserver kernel: or51132: Version: 10001134-1943 (113-4-194-3) mediaserver kernel: or51132: Firmware upload complete. Perhaps mythtvsetup doesn't load the firmware? Is there a way to load firmware directly? I did try mythtvsetup after running azap, thinking maybe the firmware drivers stayed loaded. Maybe they did stay loaded or they didn't, but the same error message from mythtvsetup - and no log entries. so you are still getting: Card Name: Could not get card info for card #0! Card Type:No such file or directory I thought this was related to the firmware not being loaded but now I'm not so sure, this is getting out of my realm of knowledge, perhaps the dev list could lend more information about that error. I was having problems with the pcHDTV drivers and Myth, due to some reception issues I have I really needed to record in TS mode instead of PS mode... which is only available with the DVB drivers in Myth .. Good luck, Eric ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 12:04:39PM -0800, Ian Forde wrote:
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 20:45 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:22:04AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote:
7. Fix /etc/grub.conf to *NOT* boot the new 770_14 kernel. ( At this
point, the kernel installed (770_14) would cause kernel oopses with the
nvidia video driver, so I had to replace it with the stock Fedora 770
kernel).
Eeeck! Can you double check this? Please send me the oops (in PM
possibly)
Here ya go!
-I
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: Call
Trace:a032e42b{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+502}
a0329378{:v4l1_compat:v4l_compat_translate_ioctl+435}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a032e235{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+0} 8018c30e{__getblk+41}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a005a021{:ext3:ext3_mark_iloc_dirty+802}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a0040700{:jbd:journal_stop+1133}
a0060b54{:ext3:__ext3_journal_stop+31}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a0059018{:ext3:ext3_ordered_commit_write+160}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
80161b28{generic_file_buffered_write+1041}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
8034aa3f{__wait_on_bit_lock+94}
801a664b{inode_update_time+147}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:80164292{__rmqueue+217}
8015ffc6{find_get_page+138}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:801a3195{__d_lookup+372}
a02d1924{:video_buf:videobuf_queue_init+44}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a032eba4{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+2415}
801efeab{dummy_inode_permission+0}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
a032e235{:cx8800:video_do_ioctl+0}
a02f6374{:videodev:video_usercopy+277}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
8020fe8d{strncpy_from_user+72} 8019c982{sys_ioctl+834}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:8010e856{system_call+126}
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel:
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: Code: f2 ae 48 85 d2 48 f7 d1 48 8d 41 ff 74
13 48 8d 4a ff 48 39
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: RIP 8020d986{strlcpy+13} RSP
010014cdd950
Mar 5 02:45:07 tatooine kernel: CR2:
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 01:02:44PM -0800, Ian Forde wrote:
Confirmed. NVidia driver 6629 causes a kernel oops when X is started on
kernel-2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at on x86-64...
The differences between 770 and 770_14 are mainly
o 4kstacks vs 8kstacks and
o newer v4l snapshot in 770_14
Looks like the latter hit you (or are you using cx88-kmdl?).
Edward Rudd already sent me some suggestions to fixing the nvidia
kmdls, but in order to outrule the v4l patches, could you try with
cx88/v4l kmdls in both 770 and 770_14? If you use the kmdls both
kernels should have equivalent v4l functionality, so if the oopses
stop (or come in both kernels), we know it was (is) v4l.
Thanks!
--
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Re: [mythtv-users] [Opinion] FC3 really sucks for mythtv use
I am not a guru either (in fact, I'm about a green as a user gets), and I have had zero probelms with FC3. I think you warning all people off it because it didn't work for you is a bit premature, especially given the fact that a sizeable portion of the people on this list use FC3 and have virtually no problems with it. Glad you found something that works for you though. On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:31:59 -0500, William [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I wanted to pass along my results with FC3 and it's new udev system. I have to warn everyone who is not a linux guru to avoid FC3 at all costs. FC2 works great and should be used instead. After a complete wipe and virgin install of FC3 and following Jarods guide I wound up with a pretty much unusable system. The first and biggest problems is that my 2nd PVR-250 would never work. Any attempt to read from that device (video1)would crash the system. I was completely unable to get that to work. The device errors out while loading from a modprobe. The backend would crash for no reason and with no error output at least 2 times a day. Also other services like dovecot and postfix would not work either. I use this machine to fetch and filter my mail too. (spamassassin and clamav) After fighting this thing for 3 weeks I blew it all away and did a virgin install of FC2 using Jarods older FC2 guide (Thanks for keeping it around Jarod). FC2 came right up, everything loads correctly (other than lircd which I fixed with an entry in rc.local). The video devices are both present and work. The mail services came up with the defaults and have worked perfectly since. The backend has been running flawlessly for 10 days now. I am not a guru but neither am I a novice so unless you like frustration, stick with FC2 and request that the repository owners (hey atrpms, are you listening?) continue to maintain that release. If you use Jarods guide you will definately want to install synaptic to find the latest kernel and modules available. Of course your milage may vary but looking at how many people have problems with fc3 I would say my results are pretty typical. Good luck and safe computing, Bill ___ 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] Re: FC3 really sucks for mythtv use
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 05:31:59PM -0500, William wrote: Hi everyone, I wanted to pass along my results with FC3 and it's new udev system. I have to warn everyone who is not a linux guru to avoid FC3 at all costs. FC2 works great and should be used instead. After a complete wipe and virgin install of FC3 and following Jarods guide I wound up with a pretty much unusable system. The first and biggest problems is that my 2nd PVR-250 would never work. Any attempt to read from that device (video1)would crash the system. I was completely unable to get that to work. The device errors out while loading from a modprobe. The backend would crash for no reason and with no error output at least 2 times a day. Also other services like dovecot and postfix would not work either. I use this machine to fetch and filter my mail too. (spamassassin and clamav) After fighting this thing for 3 weeks I blew it all away and did a virgin install of FC2 using Jarods older FC2 guide (Thanks for keeping it around Jarod). FC2 came right up, everything loads correctly (other than lircd which I fixed with an entry in rc.local). The video devices are both present and work. The mail services came up with the defaults and have worked perfectly since. The backend has been running flawlessly for 10 days now. I am not a guru but neither am I a novice so unless you like frustration, stick with FC2 and request that the repository owners (hey atrpms, are you listening?) continue to maintain that release. ATrpms even half-harted maintains mythtv for four releases before FC2, so FC2 won't be dropped that soon ... If you use Jarods guide you will definately want to install synaptic to find the latest kernel and modules available. Of course your milage may vary but looking at how many people have problems with fc3 I would say my results are pretty typical. But note that other than udev kernels for FC2 and FC3 are identical, and udev is only responsible for (not) loading the modules, which is not difficult to get done in rc.local as a last resort (see also Jarod's guide). Dovecot and friends also work great for O(1000) accounts over here. So something must have been wrong in your setup. Don't get me wrong, I also dislike udev, I don't really see what that buys us, especially when the dev accessing - module loading idiom is blasted. But unfortunately the Linux gods have spoken and any newer distro will be udevied. :/ -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net pgp94rF9uHnPy.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
Thanks again! I tried that, but yum doesn't seem to be aware of these as package names: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum install perl-Term-ReadKey Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Match for argument: perl-Term-ReadKey Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum install kakasi kakasi-dict Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Match for argument: kakasi No Match for argument: kakasi-dict Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum install qt-MySQL Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Match for argument: qt-MySQL Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# I tried searching for it as well without any joy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum search qt-MySQL Searching Packages: Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Matches found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum whatprovides qt-MySQL Searching Packages: Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 Importing Additional filelist information for packages at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Matches found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# What am I like trying to do this on a Sat night? Ho, hum! Cheers Mike Quoting Ian Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 22:18 +, Mike Ryan wrote: Ian Thanks for that - seemed to move me a little bit further. I now have all the latest packages installed and am running from the stock Fedora kernel. Glad to help... However, apt-get still complains about an insane number of unmet dependencies if I try apt-get install mythtv-suite, so I didn't pursue that line. Fair enough. I build myth from CVS, so I didn't test that far... I also tried yum install mythtv-suite. This came up with a number of messages about Processing Dependencies (which I think is normal), but then craps out with: -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: qt-MySQL is needed by package libmyth Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Term::ReadKey) = 2.14 is needed by package perl-Term-ProgressBar Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Term::ReadKey) is needed by package perl-XMLTV Error: Missing Dependency: kakasi-dict is needed by package perl-Text-Kakasi Error: Missing Dependency: libkakasi.so.2()(64bit) is needed by package perl-Text-Kakasi Actually, since I've got another amd64 box, I'm testing that right now. Since I build myth from CVS, I'll be removing myth right after. I just want the dependencies... Uhhh... it looks like it's working just fine so far... one thing you might want to try is to do it in steps. yum install perl-Term-ReadKey yum install kakasi kakasi-dict yum install qt-MySQL In fact, I know I distinctly did a 'yum install qt-MySQL' before doing the 'yum install mythtv-suite', so that might make the difference... -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Opinion] FC3 really sucks for mythtv use
I'll add my comment, Although im not a guru myself, and still pretty new to linux when it comes to configuring/compiling and editing my rpm sources... I do run fedora core 3 without much error. Ive been working on this thing for 3 days straight tho, its now to the point im fustrated so much i cant sleep all i think is gotta-get-myth-working and in between reading the mail archive listings lol jarods howto is pretty good, a bit tough to follow as he supports a few cards and configs (it would be awesome if it was a wiki style) however flowed thru the article with minor hickups due to kernel version errors (an error over looked on my part). Now as for fedora as a myth box, im not sure yet, I still have to get beyond watching 1 second of video till prebuffering issues kick in. I like fedora, and for everything that i do and have done so far it works great! Fedora almost seems to take a lot of heat as an unstable distro, well from the people i talk to anyways, but personally id recommend it to anyone, desktop or mythbox (at the moment :D ). James William wrote: Hi everyone, I wanted to pass along my results with FC3 and it's new udev system. I have to warn everyone who is not a linux guru to avoid FC3 at all costs. FC2 works great and should be used instead. After a complete wipe and virgin install of FC3 and following Jarods guide I wound up with a pretty much unusable system. The first and biggest problems is that my 2nd PVR-250 would never work. Any attempt to read from that device (video1)would crash the system. I was completely unable to get that to work. The device errors out while loading from a modprobe. The backend would crash for no reason and with no error output at least 2 times a day. Also other services like dovecot and postfix would not work either. I use this machine to fetch and filter my mail too. (spamassassin and clamav) After fighting this thing for 3 weeks I blew it all away and did a virgin install of FC2 using Jarods older FC2 guide (Thanks for keeping it around Jarod). FC2 came right up, everything loads correctly (other than lircd which I fixed with an entry in rc.local). The video devices are both present and work. The mail services came up with the defaults and have worked perfectly since. The backend has been running flawlessly for 10 days now. I am not a guru but neither am I a novice so unless you like frustration, stick with FC2 and request that the repository owners (hey atrpms, are you listening?) continue to maintain that release. If you use Jarods guide you will definately want to install synaptic to find the latest kernel and modules available. Of course your milage may vary but looking at how many people have problems with fc3 I would say my results are pretty typical. Good luck and safe computing, Bill ___ 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] AMD64 FC3 MythTV 0.17 installation
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 22:48 +, Mike Ryan wrote: Thanks again! I tried that, but yum doesn't seem to be aware of these as package names: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum install perl-Term-ReadKey Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Match for argument: perl-Term-ReadKey Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum install kakasi kakasi-dict Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Match for argument: kakasi No Match for argument: kakasi-dict Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum install qt-MySQL Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Match for argument: qt-MySQL Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# I tried searching for it as well without any joy: Hmm... check your yum config again... also, you should be able to manually install perl-TermReadKey (these wasn't supposed to be an extra dash - sorry about that) and qt-MySQL. After that, try the yum install again... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum search qt-MySQL Searching Packages: Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Matches found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum whatprovides qt-MySQL Searching Packages: Setting up Repos at-stable 100% |=| 951 B00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files at-stable : ## 1215/1215 Importing Additional filelist information for packages at-stable : ## 1215/1215 No Matches found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# What am I like trying to do this on a Sat night? Ho, hum! Heh - Saturday afternoon in sunny Northern California here... I really should go outside... ;) -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
