Re: [mythtv-users] Stale NFS file handle - an epiphany
Chris Pinkham wrote: Chris Pinkham wrote: Thanks for the good descriptiong. I'll try to simulate here and get a fix into CVS if I can find an issue. I think I may already know what the issue is and how to prevent this. Excellent! Let me know what you find out. I'm currently running 0.16, so hopefully it's something I can relatively easily backport. If you're using 0.16, then was I was thinking doesn't apply and any change I might do (if this is still an issue in current CVS) won't be easily backported. The delete code underwent a few big changes right before 0.17. It may not even be an issue anymore with current CVS. I'll try to reproduce just in case. I was surprised - I'm not sure how deleting a file twice could cause NFS stale file handles... I'd suggest the lirc/delete could be a mis-diagnosis on your part Will, I think that this could be more of an NFS problem. What kernel version and filessystems are you using? (I'm assuming a remote backend so f/e and b/e) There were several odd xfs/nfs interactions around 2.6.6-2.6.10 that are now resolved in 2.6.11 Are you using automount? David PS NFS is a tremendous protocol but it can be a bit odd when the server goes away - you're not using wireless are you? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
Just gave this a shot, and I get picture size invalid (0x0) in the logs before the job fails. Looking at libavcodec utils.c, there is a function that returns that error and it seems to be returning it because it is passed 0 x 0 as the width and height. Also, to the poster that posted about changing the size of the picture coming out of the DCT-6200 via firewire: I used the menu option and changed it to 480p but it is still giving me a 1920x1080 picture. It hasn't shrunk at all. -Todd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Pinkham Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:40 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input.. The resolution of the video depends on the provider, I think. For me, in the SF Bay Area using Comcast, I'm getting 1940x1400 (1080i or what is that?) which comes to between 6.3 and 7.3 Gb per hour. My hope is that sometime soon the transcoding options will allow resize for sizes greater than 720x480 so that I can transcode this to 720p. Try the attached patch. This will let you set the size greater than 720x480 on the transcoding profiles. I'm not 100% sure what the max size the encoding libraries can handle though, so you might run into limits elsewhere. Let me know how it works out and if things work OK, we can get a similar mod into CVS. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Cannot schedule recordings or see TV, but card is working fine.
So from all the suggestions I received from the list I decided to go with the drop the database, uninstall mythtv, rmmod nearly all modules and then reverse it all... And it worked. Thanks! On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:09:56 -0700, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still nothing, any ideas? On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:06:42 -0700, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I have a very odd problem: If I am directly connected to the box, and I launch xawtv, I see a black screen, nothing shows. I don't have a mouse, but I can change the type of output (overlay, grabdisplay) through the xawtvrc file, but still a no go. HOWEVER, if I start a vncserver from the mythbox and remote vncviewer in from another workstation on my LAN, and then launch xawtv, I see the TV working just fine... If this also helps, here is another problem that is likely related: During the vncviewer session, if I go into schedule a program from the Guide, it acts as if it's going to work, but the tuner never shows a status of recording, and the S that appears normally in the guide never shows up, it's as if I don't save the record only this showing portion, but I do. Any ideas? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Error patching rc.sysinit FC2
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 20:33, Frutillar wrote: I am trying to patch my FC2 (2.6.10-1.770_FC2) system following Jarod´s instructions, but I get the errors below. I don´t understand enough of the patch process to understand where the problem is. ANY SUGGESTIONS? The patch is for udev systems (specifically, Fedora Core 3). Fedora Core 2 doesn't use udev, so don't use the patch, it wouldn't help anyway. :-) -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpppEleVdZ6L.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 23:11, Big Wave Dave wrote: So, I picked up a FireWire card to give this all a shot. Everything seems fine in Dmesg and FC3 recognized the card on boot. I compiled 6200ch and tried to run it, but it says it can't find it. Here's the output of plugreport and 6200ch: Host Adapter 0 == Node 0 GUID 0x001106003348 -- libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR Node 1 GUID 0x0012c9fffe372faa -- oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63 oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=0 channel=0, data_rate=2, overhead_id=0, payload=376 iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] contrib]# ./6200ch -v 704 node 1: vendor_id = 0x12c9 model_id = 0x620a Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus. If you haven't already, try 6200ch from cvs, there are a number of additional vendor IDs added after the 0.17 release. If that still doesn't work, adding the vendor ID for another box is trivial. -- 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/ pgpf1gWo57fzW.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
On Thursday 31 March 2005 00:16, Todd Tidwell wrote: [...] Also, to the poster that posted about changing the size of the picture coming out of the DCT-6200 via firewire: I used the menu option and changed it to 480p but it is still giving me a 1920x1080 picture. It hasn't shrunk at all. I believe the menu option only applies to component (and possibly DVI) output. FireWire just dumps the raw mpeg2, its up to the receiving end to deal with it. Otherwise, the box would have to be transcoding the HDTV stream before outputting it. -- 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/ pgpyNEskm6CEe.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] AC3 passthrough is failing in certain circumstances
I have a few video files that have Dolby AC3 encoding. When I try to play them with xine or gmplayer, they play back just fine in full 5.1 glory; however mplayer does not do likewise. mplayer will either spit out the following message and exit or display the message and continue playing the clip with no sound: ALSA lib setup.c:548:(add_elem) Cannot obtain info for CTL elem (MIXER,'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0,0,0): No such file or directory I've tried many different variations of -ac hwac3, and -ao alsa:default but all seem to either cause mplayer to exit or to play w/o sound. Now, the error message seems to indicate that there is no mixer control labeled IEC958 and that is true. The problem is that I cannot seem to find out why it is looking for that specific mixer. I have a 7NIF2 and am using the onboard soundcard. Absolutely everything else is working fine (2 channel and 5.1 surround on xine, 2 channel on mplayer; in recordings, videos, dvds, etc.). I'm running 0.17 from ATRPMs on FC3. Any ideas? Thanks! Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] backend still changing state, waiting..
Forgot to mention that the machine also doesn't auto shutdown either. I posted a while ago about this but got no replies so a bump ;-) Basically every now and then mythtv-0.17 fails to record, no error messages no attempts in the logs to record, program shows as scheduled but doesn't record. The one and only message is backend still changing state, waiting.. which is exactly at the time the program should have started to record? I don't know where to start on this, any help? Please? Thanks David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Installing mythvideo and mythdvd with VideoLAN client
We've published an article where we install mythvideo and mythdvd on an EPIA M10k mythtv system. We used VideoLAN Client as the player and have mpeg hardware acceleration working. The default setting for vlc wouldn't let it run under xv but we found a workaround. Its discussed in the article. -- Tim www.magicitx.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVB summer time
Jit V wrote: I'm using the on-air dvb stuff that is built into mythtv 0.17, rather than the tv_grab_dvb utility. How does this work and how do I use it?! Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
That would follow what I'm seeing. My TV reported a different resolution after the change, but not the firewire output. It's a same, though. That would have made my life a very, very happy place -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarod Wilson Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:54 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input.. On Thursday 31 March 2005 00:16, Todd Tidwell wrote: [...] Also, to the poster that posted about changing the size of the picture coming out of the DCT-6200 via firewire: I used the menu option and changed it to 480p but it is still giving me a 1920x1080 picture. It hasn't shrunk at all. I believe the menu option only applies to component (and possibly DVI) output. FireWire just dumps the raw mpeg2, its up to the receiving end to deal with it. Otherwise, the box would have to be transcoding the HDTV stream before outputting it. -- 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] MythMusic and only 2 audio channels - no surround?
Hi there, I have a surround setup, and I really enjoy that for TV and MythVideo. But MythMusic also plays music in all 5 speakers, and I'd like for MythMusic to just use 2 stereo speakers. I'm using a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and Alsa. If I have to choose, I'd rather have TV and Music both use 2 speakers than they both use 5, but I'd prefer TV to continue to use 5 speakers while Music uses 2. I use Xine for MythVideo, and the sound setup for Xine is separate from myth altogether so I suspect any settings will be local to MythTV and MythMusic. Anybody succeeded doing this that? How? Peter -- Peter Valdemar Mørch http://www.morch.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic and only 2 audio channels - no surround?
Peter Valdemar Mørch wrote: Hi there, I have a surround setup, and I really enjoy that for TV and MythVideo. But MythMusic also plays music in all 5 speakers, and I'd like for MythMusic to just use 2 stereo speakers. I'm using a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and Alsa. If I have to choose, I'd rather have TV and Music both use 2 speakers than they both use 5, but I'd prefer TV to continue to use 5 speakers while Music uses 2. I use Xine for MythVideo, and the sound setup for Xine is separate from myth altogether so I suspect any settings will be local to MythTV and MythMusic. Anybody succeeded doing this that? How? Peter Hi Peter, Check to see if alsamixer has got a '3D' or 'duplicate front' switch set I doubt it's mythmusic - it'll (probably) just send the stereo signal to the pcm channel. Also, another option, on my setup it all goes from the pc (via spdif) to an external hi-fi surround processor and I have to turn the pro-logic setting off on the processor to prevent it from trying to decode the stereo into 'surround sound'. what hardware setup do you have (ie soundcard - amplifiers) David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Programs will not schedule, but no error is generated, any ideas? (FC3 using Jarod's Howto)
I had this exact problem recently, with no replies. I'm suspecting a bug somewhere in our setups. I dropped the complete db, completely un-emerged (uninstalled) mythtv on all my boxes, and rmmod'd all modules relating to capture cards. I then reversed it, mod'd the card up, emerge mythtv, mysql -p mc.sql the db, and now it's all working again (this happened shortly after an upgrade to 0.17, but I also tried adding a second tuner around the same time, so I am not sure which is the culprit). Cool On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:02:53 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I just re-created the mythconverg DB using Jarod Wilson's great Howto guide, but now I can't schedule programs. The interface acts as if it is allowing the scheduled program to get posted, but when I check for upcomming recordings, no programs are displayed. If I use Mythweb, the same thing happens (no error from the interface, but the programs don't get scheduled) I am running Fedore Core 3 and I used Jarod's guide to set up the original install and everything worked perfectly until I added a remote frontend and goofed up mythconverg and then had to drop the table and re-create it from scratch. What I am looking for is information on where I might find any error logs that will tell me what the problem is or better yet, I suspect that I am not the first person to goof up an install and receive this error so if you know how to fix it, please drop me a line. Best regards, Paul- ___ 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] settop box with peritel output
Jakob Fix a crit : Bonjour, On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:09:23 +0200, Philippe Bgou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jakob, The cabling seems OK, although it might be done in a different way (I use a [S-video+ 1 audio jack] to SCART cable purchased at Carrefour to connect my VHS recorder to my Hauppauge PVR 350 video acquisition card. Because the SCART plug is directional, I had to exchange input and output pins) so would you say, S-video + 1 audio is to be preferred over the cabling shown? I wouldn't say it is THE solution, it will depend on the acquisition card you have. It works for me with the Hauppauge PVR 350 card and is not expensive (~ 8 ). This card has a S-Video input plug, which can be configured to either acquire a S-Video (luminance + chrominance separated) or composite signal. The latter is the one I use for connecting my VHS recorder, which outputs a composite video signal through the SCART connector. However a great function of myth is the ability to program recordings directly from the TV guide. How do you intend to do this with the freebox ? honestly, I don't know yet. I will mainly use my mythbox to watch dvb-s, and the freebox tv is just an added bonus. although, it has been pointed out to me that I'll have a problem changing channels if the freebox is not near the tv. well, an IR blaster may be a solution to this problem. how do you use your myth box? 1/ as a video recording tool (analog TV via antenna coaxial cable, VHS recorder for digitizing my old VHS tapes) 2/ as a video server over my home network: I have bought a Hauppauge MediaMVP because it is a small, very silent and easy to install device. The MediaMVP connects physically on one side to the TV (SCART connector again) and on the other side to the Ethernet network. It runs the mvpmc open source software :-) . Jakob Fix a crit : Hi, I am in the planning phase for my myth box (for quite some time ... :-) First some background: I am living in France, and ISPs here offer settop boxes for the ADSL connexions. I am with a provider called Free (http://adsl.free.fr) who offers the freebox which is as they say a triple play terminal, ie it provides me with 10MBit/s (the adverts say up to 20MBit/s) internet access, TV channels, and free voip telephone. For the tv functionality they provide a peritel output (I'm pretty sure it's not the correct term, and may be called differently elsewhere), it's this almost rectangular plug except that one of the short sides of the rectangle being slightly skewed. I read in a forum (http://forums.grenouille.com/index.php?showtopic=14658, it's in French but with lots of pictures) a way to connect the peritel output to a video acquisition card (the one shown is an external USB device from Dazzle). I'd like to know whether people on this list have experience with this kind of setup, and what kind of internal video acquisition cards they can recommend for this scenario. My current tv card is a Leadtek Winfast which only has a RCA connector. Unlike the intended purpose (to put the box underneath or on top of the telly), I'd like to connect it to my myth(ical) backend in the garage and watch the output on a frontend ... Thanks for any input. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] new tv_grab_au?
Hi all, I am new to MythTV and also xmltv. I had problems with an older version of tv_grab_au missing two complete stations here in regional Tasmania. Does anyone know of a newer (or working) version for this location? Any thoughts helpful, you may email it direct to me as an attachment if you like - craig.cooper at gmail dot com many thanks. Craig Cooper ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:48:28 -0800, Richard Sears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Matt - Thankfully I have customers such as Rush Limabugh, Oprah, Anthony Robbins, CNBC, State Street Bank, Motorola, SAIC, Sony and about 50,000 others Matt, I don't need your business. And yes, please do the traceroutes. Great, and since you're a veep not the president how well do you think the president will take it when he finds out you were attempting to troll a mailing list for illegal software. How do you think alll those big copyright holders are going to feel when they find that you've been violating the DMCA? Seriously, how DID you get you job? You've got about as much sense as turnip. Not only are you alienating the very people who could help you, you're doing so in such a manner as to leave a VERY public record of it with your company name attached to it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Hi, Maybe silly question, but what is "XvMC"? Would such a card offload the CPU when viewing an mpeg2 stream? Cheers, -Morten Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rnseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware Assistance" (In other words, XvMC) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rnseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TrnsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:53:38 -0800, Richard Sears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: self employed for the last 16 years and a all by 37. As far as blowing my boss - notice the part about being self employed. U so where does you sig come into play? I smell a rat. I think someones trying to impress a bunch of folks who really aren't impressed by a long list of accomplishments and getting caught up in thei own lies. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Colour Bands on video after 0.17 upgrade
Have finally got the bleeding QT installed in order to let 0.17 work on FC1. However, watching existing (ie pre upgrade) recordings, live TV, or DVDs in Xine shows bands vertically on the screen with general colour corruption. The desktop / myth menu screens all look fine. Does anyone have any ideas what could have gone wrong? / changed Thanks very much in advance ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] pvr 350 freeze solved, but...
Hi All, I got the freezing problem solved: It turns out that in setup, the video source was set (innocuously) to 'television'. When I switched it to tuner0, hey presto, no freezing. Unfortunately, I can't switch channels. Haven't looked in just why yet since I'm away from that machine, but I've seen other posts about this. Stu -- ___ Stuart M. Pomerantz Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center s m p 'at' p s c . e d u http://www.psc.edu/~smp ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Colour Bands on video after 0.17 upgrade
Don't know if this helps shed any light, but the little preview video in the recordings Menu don't seem to be suffering the same corruption... Rowan wrote: Have finally got the bleeding QT installed in order to let 0.17 work on FC1. However, watching existing (ie pre upgrade) recordings, live TV, or DVDs in Xine shows bands vertically on the screen with general colour corruption. The desktop / myth menu screens all look fine. Does anyone have any ideas what could have gone wrong? / changed Thanks very much in advance ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVB summer time
Jit V wrote: I'm using the on-air dvb stuff that is built into mythtv 0.17, rather than the tv_grab_dvb utility. How does this work and how do I use it?! When you view the details of a particular channel in mythsetup, there should be a checkbox that says something like 'use on-air guide'. Just make sure that it's enabled - you also need to make sure that the setting for 'use dvb card on demand' is set to off - i.e. the backend always has access to the dvb card. You might have to restart the backend now. Then it's just a case of waiting - within five mins or so, you're guide data will just magically appear. No need to run mythfilldatabase etc - so take it out of the mythfrontend configuration or any cronjobs that you might have setup. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Hi, Thanks. I figured out that I didn't have the DVB on air guide setting in settings.pro, added that and recompiled and it's working nicely. Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users]Tips for fixing prebuffering pause and WriteAudio: buffer underrun
I seem to have all of my install mistakes corrected, except for one. When I play recorded content all is well. But when I play live TV, I get many *prebuffering* *pause* messages, and an occasional WriteAudio: buffer underrun. The video stutters during the *prebuffering* messages. Did u compile with opengl-vsync on? Once that disabled, playback is fine on my machine... Regards. Tj ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
--- Morten Rønseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Maybe silly question, but what is XvMC? Would such a card offload the CPU when viewing an mpeg2 stream? Cheers, -Morten Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not MPEG2 Decoding, it's more MPEG2 Hardware Assistance (In other words, XvMC) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users XvMC is XVideo-MotionCompensation, and yes it takes some of the load off the CPU. It may just be me, but I have had problems getting XvMC to work correctly in myth so I'm currently not using it. In my case it seems that if I use agpgart or NvAGP and XvMC the system becomes unstable, hard lockups, screen freezing, etc. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] new tv_grab_au?
Need more info. What version are you using? Where did you get it from? What channels are missing? DVB or analogue? That said, it wouldn't be too hard to hack the ninemsn grabber to pickup Tassie. Ross On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:07:39 +1000, Craig Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am new to MythTV and also xmltv. I had problems with an older version of tv_grab_au missing two complete stations here in regional Tasmania. Does anyone know of a newer (or working) version for this location? Any thoughts helpful, you may email it direct to me as an attachment if you like - craig.cooper at gmail dot com many thanks. Craig Cooper ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Fw: LIRC is killing me!!!
J. Scott wrote: Bingo, Todd- Thanks a million! Here are the steps I took, for the benefit of others... 1. I removed all of the lirc references from my modprobe.conf file 2. I edited one line in /etc/init.d/lircd (approximately the 10th line) I replaced the line: daemon lircd $LIRCD_OPTIONS With: daemon lircd --driver=mp3anywhere --device=/dev/ttyS0 Everything works perfectly now. This was a real doozie. I spent several days trying to figure this one out. Jarod's guide is pretty confusing on this point. It reads to me that any device plugged into the serial port needs to have lirc_serial in the modprobe.conf file. This is absolutely not true. That said, Jarod's guide is a life saver! -Original Message from Todd Bowman [EMAIL PROTECTED]- J. Scott wrote: I am pulling my hair out over lirc! This is my third mythTV install- you'd think I'd have it down by now, but for some reason I can't get it working. I've googled everything I can think of, but couldn't find my answer. I had the same type of problem. I had to remove lirc_atiusb and lirc_dev from my modprobe.conf and also add them to the hot_plug's blacklist. The kernel was grabbing the devices and lirc daemon would die because it could not access them. - James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Damon's tv_grab_au modifications for DVB
Hi, I want to modify Damon's tv_grab_au to replicate channels to fill TEN 1/2/3, Seven 1/2/3, from the listings of the respective channels. I know some perl, and have set up the channel strings for it, but I'm guessing I need to add something so it will write program info for each channel instead of the first one it matches in the if statements. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Nathan Manzi signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FC3 and learning remote
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:54:02 -0400, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using a learning remote instead of going the lirc route. Worked fine on FC1 but on FC3 not so perfect. The keyboard works perfectly but when using the remote (an HTR-2) only the first key press of each button works, subsequent presses do nothing although you can see that the remote is sending. It's got me baffled, tried relearning, resetting the remote, rebooting but always the same result. (snip) I had this problem when I moved from Mandrake 9 to FC3. Also had the problem where a keypress on the remote will cause it to repeat until I hit a key on the actual keyboard. I can't tell you how I've fixed it, but I have. I usually hit too many buttons at once to tell you which one did the trick. Try playing around in the KDE control center with the keyboard repeat settings. I think the restore defaults button is the key. Try that, then apply, and maybe a reboot. If that doesn't work, just keep trying different things. After about an hour, you'll get it to work and not know why -- it always does for me. :) Good luck. -rac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stale NFS file handle - an epiphany
David wrote: I was surprised - I'm not sure how deleting a file twice could cause NFS stale file handles... I'd suggest the lirc/delete could be a mis-diagnosis on your part Will, I think that this could be more of an NFS problem. Perhaps. I'm still not convinced that it's *not* the problem, but FWIW, I have been unable to manually do a double delete with my keyboard. What kernel version and filessystems are you using? (I'm assuming a remote backend so f/e and b/e) There were several odd xfs/nfs interactions around 2.6.6-2.6.10 that are now resolved in 2.6.11 Are you using automount? My NFS server is running 2.6.9 with NFSv3 The filesystem for my store is indeed xfs. My mythfrontend and mythbackend are both in the same unit (Asus Pundit). However, I record all my shows to an NFS store (since the pundit can only hold 1 HD). What sort of odd interactions are present with this combination? If you could provide some reference to this issue, that'd be great. David PS NFS is a tremendous protocol but it can be a bit odd when the server goes away - you're not using wireless are you? Not wireless. Wired 100MBit LAN. Should be pretty reliable. Thanks -WD ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:28:43 -0500, Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:53:38 -0800, Richard Sears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: self employed for the last 16 years and a all by 37. As far as blowing my boss - notice the part about being self employed. U so where does you sig come into play? I smell a rat. I think someones trying to impress a bunch of folks who really aren't impressed by a long list of accomplishments and getting caught up in thei own lies. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I think there are a bunch of people on this list just going around trying to pick a fight. What the hell. This list has been useful to me in the past. Specifically, Donavan, you've given me good advice here before, but the other people in this thread just seem to be picking a fight, and it baffles me as to why. When I first read the initial post, I thought. Xine, thats what this guy needs. Of course, the first response here said that, so I just went along about my business. I had no idea that he was referring to DeCSS, but others apparently did, so good for them. Anthony, why did you bother to even respond? I barely have enough time to answer perteinent questions on the list for which I have some input, let alone taking the time to flame people. And while you may want people like Richard off of this list, I'm absolutely sure your actions will prevent a number of other people who read this list from posting their questions for fear of not wording it right or getting flamed. Their questions might be something you have an actual answer to, but we will never know, since they'll be afraid to post. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Pundit-R VGA to SCART ... any experience
Folks, Does anyone have any experience of the configuration of the Pundit-R with VGA-SCART output? I've made up the lead as per the instructions at http://ryoandr.free.fr/english.html but I can't get it working for the life of me. To add insult to injury the quality of the other channels is degraded when the lead is in toogrrr. Configuration is patched fglrx drivers, 3.12 in a Debian testing system. Philips 34 PAL widescreen TV. If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it! Regards DAVE ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:21:09 +, Keith Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Donavan - Don't seed the list with inaccurate information. Watching DVDs on a linux box is not a violation of any law including the DMCA. This is a waste of everyone's time - Issac should dump everyone of you from this list for acting like a bunch of school yard bullies! Grow Up! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Visit us at Grants Pass http://www.visitgrantspass.org _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users No, Donavan is right. Using DeCSS on encrypted DVDs is a violation of the DMCA. Its just that I don't care. The DMCA is a bad law and I will not obey it where it confilcts with my fair use rights. Now, you are correct that no one has yet challenged the DMCA in court regarding its encroachment on my fair use rights to view DVDs that I own, so we don't that yet. Of course Issac would note that DeCSS is not any part of Myth and is not assoicate d with Myth in any way. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] KDE Crashes
Hello All- Has anyone out there had their myth box reboot. My machine boots all the way and gets 70% or so into KDE, ready to launch myth frontend, and does a hard reset..ARRGH Any thoughts, Ed ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stale NFS file handle - an epiphany (probably solved)
Will Dormann wrote: My NFS server is running 2.6.9 with NFSv3 The filesystem for my store is indeed xfs. In that case... upgrade the kernel to 2.6.11.2 (no later) Now :) There were quite a few issues around that time to do with xfs/nfs. search lkml for XFS: inode with st_mode == 0 (though that went off-list for some reason) also try 2.6.9: NFS (+XFS) Problem - Clients getting Stale filehandles. grin A test is to issue an 'ls' in the myth directory *on the server* whilst the stale handle persists - it should recover. David PS the reason for sticking at 2.6.11.2 is that it works for me and I saw a message Re: Possible XFS bug on 2.6.11.5 so stick with it for now... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how can I tell which nvidia drivers are available?
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:07:13 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've seen people using different drivers for nvidia, some are using 6629, I've seen mention of 7167, and so on. I just bought a GeForce4 MX440 and I'm wondering how do I find out what the available drivers are, and which is most recommended for this particular model? It's the NV18 hardware. This is the same card I have - I'm using the 7167 drivers from atrpms. There were problems getting it working though. You need to make sure you have the latest nvidia-graphics-helpers and run nvidia-graphics-switch after the rpms are installed. I have the following nvidia rpms installed: nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-4.rhfc3.at nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.10-10.at nvidia-graphics7167-1.0_7167-67.rhfc3.at nvidia-graphics7167-kmdl-2.6.10-1.770_FC3-1.0_7167-67.rhfc3.at nvidia-graphics7167-libs-1.0_7167-67.rhfc3.at I'm using FC3, the 770_FC3smp kernel. You will obviously need a different nvidia-graphics7167-kmdl Regards, Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Error patching rc.sysinit FC2
On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:47 am, Jarod Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 20:33, Frutillar wrote: I am trying to patch my FC2 (2.6.10-1.770_FC2) system following Jarods instructions, but I get the errors below. I dont understand enough of the patch process to understand where the problem is. ANY SUGGESTIONS? The patch is for udev systems (specifically, Fedora Core 3). Fedora Core 2 doesn't use udev, so don't use the patch, it wouldn't help anyway. :-) Good to know, cuz I installed udev. I guess I will remove it. This also means that I still have a problem. When I reboot, I have to manually modprobe lirc_i2c and then start the lircd service before I can use it. Any suggestions how I can resolve this? Thanks!! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Dead Myth Box and WriteAudio: buffer underrun
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:43:09 -0500, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I'm not sure if they're directly related, but I'm having issues with Myth freezing my entire FE/BE box. It has frozen (but will not always) when: -I FF, RW, Pause or Play -Auto-skipping a commercial -Finishing-up playback of a recorded show These will often work, but way too often (read: more than once a month) not. I finally started piping output of mythFE and BE to a log and got the following right before a system freeze: 2005-03-30 23:27:28.844 Video timing method: SGI OpenGL 2005-03-31 00:25:26.258 prebuffering pause 2005-03-31 00:25:26.293 WriteAudio: buffer underrun The specs: 3800+ AMD 64 1G RAM nForce 250 board 3 x 250G SATA drives Turtle Beach sound card using spdif Myth 0.17, no XvMC Any ideas how to fix? Ok, I've gotten more of those messages when the box didn't freeze so i'm thinking they're not related. Any chance this could be happening when the box gets too hot? It only seems to happen when we're watch a recording or live tv. Often this means the box is recording a new show, commercial flagging one that has just completed and also playing back whatever we're watching. The CPU does run a little hot (55c), but still significantly lower than the max (70c). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stale NFS file handle - an epiphany
At 9:08 AM +0100 3/31/05, David wrote: I was surprised - I'm not sure how deleting a file twice could cause NFS stale file handles... I agree with David on this. Stale handle errors should only occur if there is a problem at the NFS level. Are you sure NFS statd and lockd are running on the machine serving the NFS volume? NFS is known for running almost-normally when either of these is off for some reason. -- Dan Wilga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Administrator http://www.mtholyoke.edu Mount Holyoke CollegeTel: 413-538-3027 South Hadley, MA 01075Who left the cake out in the rain? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] 0.17 + HD-3000 = Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
I'm using MythTV 0.17 (from ATrpms) with a pcHDTV HD-3000 card and the dvb drivers (version 2.0 from pcHDTV's site). I followed directions from various guides and believe that I have things configured correctly, but if I attempt to view live TV using the HD-3000 card, I get no video and the following errors: X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8 Major opcode: 141 Minor opcode: 14 Resource id: 0x1ba 2005-03-29 21:56:23.549 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it. You likely won't get any video. 2005-03-29 21:56:23.760 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-03-29 21:56:23.774 Enable DPMS 2005-03-29 21:56:23.781 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-29 21:56:23.851 Disable DPMS 2005-03-29 21:56:28.861 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-03-29 21:56:33.862 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-03-29 21:56:38.863 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-03-29 21:56:38.863 Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read, aborting. (repeat ad nauseum...) I'm using the latest nVidia drivers (1.0-7167) for my GeForce 6800GT/AGP and have made sure that GLX is configured and loaded properly (bzflag is a GREAT test case!). I've tried both with and without XvMC acceleration turned on...same result. Has anyone else seen this problem and been able to get around it, and if so, can you please post your solution? Also, a couple more questions for anyone that might have an answer (please respond to any that you know about): * The HD-3000 card does both SD (NTSC) and HD (ATSC) reception. I _believe_ that there's only one tuner, though, not two...is that correct (that's too bad)? Has anyone been successful using a single HD-3000 for both NTSC and ATSC in MythTV? If so, can you enlighten me as to your MythTV setup, specifically the Capture Card settings? * The latest nVidia cards (at least the 6800 and 6600 that I just bought) advertise MPEG _encode_ and decode support (see http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce6_techspecs.html under PureVideo). Does anyone know of the ENCODE support has been looked at in the Linux environment? Might it be a way to do MPEG-2 encoding for NTSC tuner cards (such as the HD-3000) which don't have built-in hardware encoding? Pointers gladly followed... Thanks, Alan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
Anthony, why did you bother to even respond? I barely have enough time to answer perteinent questions on the list for which I have some input. Because of his credentials of course. I mean.. I have to respond... right ;) I responded because I thought the guy had a technical problem playing DVDs and I asked him for more information. I honestly wasn't trying to be rude at _all_.( tough love baby ) Hell, I even threw an Office Space joke in there. I get a little upset that people include credentials in their sigs. Sometimes my beliefs that we should all be presented as equals on the list, and earn respect _here_ gets the best of me. If that part seemed rude... well, delete your sig then. Issac, I think no credentials in sigs would be a great policy for the list. Really just clutters things up because most people _still_ top post! The best guess I had was that he wanted DVD menu support because of him saying.. just like I do with my Denon DVD player. However, I sometimes find that prodding for more information is more productive then guessing. In this case I was absolutely right. My guess wasn't even in the ball park, because the information provided was completely and utterly misleading. let alone taking the time to flame people. If _that_ was a flame we all need to lighten up a bit. If we can't joke and make light of our human flaws and quirks, and harass each other about them... we're all in serious trouble. So everyone.. stop being so freaking serious. Especially you Power Trip Dick ( i get that one free because you called me an idiot!! ) So lets get back to MythTV already. How did the Xine suggestion work out for you? -- Anthony Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Dead Myth Box and WriteAudio: buffer underrun
Michael, 55c IS quite hot. You're not overclocking are you? If possible, can you experment with ways to cool that CPU better, possibly with any/all of: * Underclocking your CPU (run it at 2.0-2.2 GHz, for example) * Different CPU cooler * Different case fan * Taking off the case cover and turning a small desktop fan to blow across the mobo/CPU (all at your own risk, of course!) Then re-try some of your operations that caused failure. Also, look for things like too-aggressive memory settings (CAS 2 when your memory needs CAS-3, for example). Good luck! Alan Michael Haan wrote: Ok, I've gotten more of those messages when the box didn't freeze so i'm thinking they're not related. Any chance this could be happening when the box gets too hot? It only seems to happen when we're watch a recording or live tv. Often this means the box is recording a new show, commercial flagging one that has just completed and also playing back whatever we're watching. The CPU does run a little hot (55c), but still significantly lower than the max (70c). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes
Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/21/05 11:35 AM Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/21/05 11:57 AM Really? Is there any confirm (or reasonably imply) that this is true before I go buy another keyboard (not that $29 is over the top, just don't need extra keyboards laying around)? Replying to a fairly old thread, but here's what I've determined. I purchased the AirBoard wireless keyboard - just like this one: http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/keyboard/sk7100.asp It's model SK-7100. I have 4 learning, programmable remotes: 1 Onkyo, 1 MX-500, 1 MX-700 and 1 RS-2116. Each one of them learned everything I could throw at it with this keyboard. I even found out by accident when my mythfrontend core dumped (or seg faulted, can't remember which), that if I have a command line session open and the focus went to that window (it happened three times last night to me), I could even hit the up arrow on each of them (until my mythfrontend script came up in the history), hit the enter or select button, I could just restart mythfrontend. I've since put in a cronjob to restart if it crashes, but I accidentally discovered this, so I'm reporting it. No LIRC. Just a keyboard/mount wireless interface. Everything even works when going through a Xantech IR repeater. No extra IR stuf, no extra cables. The $29 was money well spent. I spent last night and this morning teaching my wife and daughters about the new functionality, and they picked up on it in about 2 minutes. FAF has skyrocketed. No more keyboard to use except by geeky dad. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
Try this one: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-051depa=1 One of the regulars on the KnoppMyth forums recommended this one as part of his sub $600 MythTV box. On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:48 am, Mark Gardner wrote: What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
Mark, I use the ChainTech 7nif2 MB. Onboard S-Video out, Sound, Ethernet. It worked right out of the box for me. I could not be happier with it. I think it was about $85. Chris. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:48:55 -0700, Mark Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... so here's the question I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some hardware i have around AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power) PVR 350 512 DDR Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... Thanks in Advance. -- _\ | /_ (@ @) -oOOo-(_)-oOOo- ~Mark ~Gardner ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic and only 2 audio channels - no surround?
David myth-at-dgreaves.com |Lists| wrote: Check to see if alsamixer has got a '3D' or 'duplicate front' switch set I doubt it's mythmusic - it'll (probably) just send the stereo signal to the pcm channel. Also, another option, on my setup it all goes from the pc (via spdif) to an external hi-fi surround processor and I have to turn the pro-logic setting off on the processor to prevent it from trying to decode the stereo into 'surround sound'. what hardware setup do you have (ie soundcard - amplifiers) I'm using a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and Alsa on a Creative Labs Gigaworks 750 7.1 speaker system. I've tried configuring Xine and mplayer to just send out 2.0 stereo (an mp3 music file), and yes, the sound comes out of all speakers, not just the front ones. Now I don't know where the upmixing is done. If I set the ALSA 'Center' and 'Surround' settings to 0 with: amixer set Center 0 amixer set Surround 0 , the sound only comes from the two front speakers. But then that is true regardless of whether the source is 2.0 or 5.1. :-( So it seems 2.0 stereo is upmixed to 5.1 in or before ALSA.. But where? Isn't this a good diagram: MPlayer \ --- -- +---| Alsa |---| snd-emu10k1 |---| Audigy2 HW |---|GW 750| Xine/ --- -- Since I can adjust the center and rear speaker volumes in alsamixer, and it then works/applies for both xine and mplayer, then my guess is that the upmixing is taking place in ALSA, right? Or is that done in both MPlayer and Xine? If its taking place in ALSA, how do I disable it? minor_question Where do I find any documentation for what the different controls actually precisely mean? Such as 'LFE', 'PCM' etc? Anyway, the '3D Control - Switch' is off. And what all the alsa.conf settings mean? /minor_question Here is the modules.conf section from alsaconf and the output from `amixer`: # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.0rc2 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- amixer output: Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 60 [60%] Front Right: Playback 60 [60%] Simple mixer control 'Tone',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Bass',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Mono: 20 [50%] Front Left: Front Right: Simple mixer control 'Treble',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Mono: 20 [50%] Front Left: Front Right: Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 48 [48%] Capture 48 [48%] Front Right: Playback 48 [48%] Capture 48 [48%] Simple mixer control 'PCM Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'PCM Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'PCM LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'PCM Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Music',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:48:55 -0700, Mark Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... so here's the question I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some hardware i have around AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power) PVR 350 512 DDR Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... Mark, i've had good success with the Chaintech 7NIF2 motherboard and Myth (KnoppMyth R5A12). i have an Athlon XP +2700, which is socket A. i'm not sure what the Duron is... it has onboard svideo, vga, audio, lan and the nforce2 chipset. my only complaint is that i thought it had SPDIF connectors onboard (it appears to) but i couldn't find an adaptor to allow for passthrough. i finally contacted Chaintech and asked about it and they said: 7NIF2 S/PDIF feature is for manufacture option, so that board you have is not support S/PDIF feature.. so you might want to look at the 7NIF4 which i believe is the replacement board for the 7NIF2. http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/ this board is a micro-ATX and only has three PCI slots + AGP. if you want the SP/DIF option you may have to give up a slot. and if you don't already have a capture card i'd recommend the pvr-250 over the 350 as it's cheaper and you're looking at motherboards with svideo out so you don't really need the 350. andy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
You called me a dumb f**k..? Just to set the record straight - former US Marine, CCNA, CSE, MCP, F5SE, CFI, CFII, COMM ASMEL, Rotor, FAA Accident Prevention Counselor, Current President of two school boards, president of my flying club, self employed for the last 16 years and a millionaire - all by 37. You're a CFII? As a member of the GA community, it saddens me to learn that I have to share my airpsace with someone with your demeanor. Most pilots I know are nice, courteous, gracious, want to help others out, and can take constructive criticism. I feel sorry for your students, past and present. Anyway, enough filling up the listserv with this junk. I think you found your answer to you question, and we all now know how wealthy, smart, sophisticated, and awesome you truly are. To each his own... enjoy MythTV. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not MPEG2 Decoding, it's more MPEG2 Hardware Assistance (In other words, XvMC) Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under Linux. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Dead Myth Box and WriteAudio: buffer underrun
I'm not overclocked. I took the case off last night and was planning to do as you suggest - run that way with another fan to help air it out. As an additional data point, the other night while trying to troubleshoot this I shut the box down to pull a card and then re-inserted a few minutes later. When the box came back up (some 10-15 minutes later), everything worked like a charm. Maybe this overheat thing is the trick. I'll let you know. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:06:11 -0800, Alan Hagge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael, 55c IS quite hot. You're not overclocking are you? If possible, can you experment with ways to cool that CPU better, possibly with any/all of: * Underclocking your CPU (run it at 2.0-2.2 GHz, for example) * Different CPU cooler * Different case fan * Taking off the case cover and turning a small desktop fan to blow across the mobo/CPU (all at your own risk, of course!) Then re-try some of your operations that caused failure. Also, look for things like too-aggressive memory settings (CAS 2 when your memory needs CAS-3, for example). Good luck! Alan Michael Haan wrote: Ok, I've gotten more of those messages when the box didn't freeze so i'm thinking they're not related. Any chance this could be happening when the box gets too hot? It only seems to happen when we're watch a recording or live tv. Often this means the box is recording a new show, commercial flagging one that has just completed and also playing back whatever we're watching. The CPU does run a little hot (55c), but still significantly lower than the max (70c). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic and only 2 audio channels - no surround?
Peter Valdemar Morch wrote: David myth-at-dgreaves.com |Lists| wrote: Check to see if alsamixer has got a '3D' or 'duplicate front' switch set I doubt it's mythmusic - it'll (probably) just send the stereo signal to the pcm channel. Also, another option, on my setup it all goes from the pc (via spdif) to an external hi-fi surround processor and I have to turn the pro-logic setting off on the processor to prevent it from trying to decode the stereo into 'surround sound'. what hardware setup do you have (ie soundcard - amplifiers) I'm using a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and Alsa on a Creative Labs Gigaworks 750 7.1 speaker system. OK. I've tried configuring Xine and mplayer to just send out 2.0 stereo (an mp3 music file), and yes, the sound comes out of all speakers, not just the front ones. Now I don't know where the upmixing is done. If I set the ALSA 'Center' and 'Surround' settings to 0 with: amixer set Center 0 amixer set Surround 0 , the sound only comes from the two front speakers. But then that is true regardless of whether the source is 2.0 or 5.1. :-( So it seems 2.0 stereo is upmixed to 5.1 in or before ALSA.. But where? Isn't this a good diagram: MPlayer \ --- -- +---| Alsa |---| snd-emu10k1 |---| Audigy2 HW |---|GW 750| Xine/ --- -- Since I can adjust the center and rear speaker volumes in alsamixer, and it then works/applies for both xine and mplayer, then my guess is that the upmixing is taking place in ALSA, right? Or is that done in both MPlayer and Xine? If its taking place in ALSA, how do I disable it? minor_question Where do I find any documentation for what the different controls actually precisely mean? Such as 'LFE', 'PCM' etc? Anyway, the '3D Control - Switch' is off. And what all the alsa.conf settings mean? /minor_question no easy reference that I know of... LFE - Low Frequency Effects (subwoofer rumbles) PCM - pulse coded modulation - erm, digital (CD/wav) audio format amixer output: all looks OK. try: http://www.alsa-project.org/~james/speaker-test/ David David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:53:38 -0800, Richard Sears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your right Jim, While we're having a flame war... :-D You'd think that some of that million dollars could be spent on a highschool education, since clearly you don't know the difference between your and you're. Here's a hint: the one with the apostrophe has a verb, and the other doesn't. This just keep getting better and better by the minute. Its rather interesting that a flame war can be started in a few short e-mails. You called me a dumb f**k..? Just to set the record straight - former US Marine, CCNA, CSE, MCP, F5SE, CFI, CFII, COMM ASMEL, Rotor, FAA Accident Prevention Counselor, Current President of two school boards, president of my flying club, self employed for the last 16 years and a millionaire - all by 37. As far as blowing my boss - notice the part about being self employed..? While I am good at many things, self fellatio is not one of them. If thats a dumb f**k - I gladly accept that title. :-) Geeze I love the internet !! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stale NFS file handle - an epiphany
Dan Wilga wrote: Are you sure NFS statd and lockd are running on the machine serving the NFS volume? NFS is known for running almost-normally when either of these is off for some reason. rpc.statd is running on the NFS server. I'm not so sure about lockd. ps aux lists [lockd].That's what you're talking about, right? I guess I could try the ls trick on the server to see if that happens to fix anything. Or just go for the 2.6.11.2 kernel as suggested. (Thanks David!) -WD ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Flickering video
Dear mythians, I'm running mythtv 0.17 on an up-to-date gentoo linux using kernel 2.9.11 and ivtv 0.2.0_rc3-r3. I use a PVR 350 to catch the TV signal, and am living in PAL country. My system runs a P4 2.4 GHz on an Intel motherboard featuring the 865G chipset (i810 graphics). I'm experiencing flickering video: most of the screen flickers between a white-green- reddish box (mostly white, some stripes and black boxes in the middle) and the actual image. The OSD seems to be working fine. I was previously recording with a LiveTV profile with w480xh480. Then, the lower 40% of the image was flickering. As soon as I increased the height to 576 (to match PAL and to maybe stop the flickering), all but the topmost 5-10% of the video started flickering. I don't see any of this when running mplayer. However, when I run mythfrontend, watch TV, switch back to the menu and then start mplayer, mplayer shows the same flickering until I shut down mythfrontend and restart mplayer. The flickering is then gone again. Has anybody else experienced this? I had neat video and audio before I made a number of updates (among them: new kernel, new xorg-x11, new ivtv release) and some (unimportant) config changes. Unfortunately, I made too many changes at once to recall them all (ahhh...newbie mistake :-)). Thanks Andreas ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Master Backend Override Confusion
I just added a third tuner to my system and while I have been using myth for some time now, this darn Master Backend Override switch is confusing me. I have 3 PCs all with 1 tuner card: System1 - Master. Frontend/Backend, has large disk allowing NFS. System2 - Slave. Diskless Frontend/Backend connects to Master via NFS. System3 - Slave. Diskless Frontend/Backend connects to Master via NFS. From what I understand, the Backend that created the recording also streams the given recording to Frontends local and remote. In the event that the Backend that created the recording is unavailable, the Master Backend will look for the file and, if found, stream the file to Frontends if Master Backend Override is enabled. If everything is correct so far, here are my questions: Should Master Backend Override only be enabled on the Master? Are there any ways to minimize network traffic? I would rather have my Master system stream all recordings. Otherwise it sounds possible that a Slave could read the file via NFS, then stream the file to a remote Frontend thus doubling the network traffic for streaming 1 recording. Thanks for your help. ---Dan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] configure did not detect my cpu
*** WARNING *** Your CPU was not detected properly: uname -m: i686 uname -p: unknown model name : Transmea(m) Crusoe(m) Processor TM5600 flags : fpu vme de pse sc msr cx8 cmov mmx longrun A quick google indicates that there are gcc optimization to be had for this CPU but I'm on my way to lunch... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stale NFS file handle - an epiphany
Will Dormann wrote: I guess I could try the ls trick on the server to see if that happens to fix anything. Or just go for the 2.6.11.2 kernel as suggested. (Thanks David!) I _think_ filesystem corruption was reported around this problem - I'd upgrade (well, actually, I *did* upgrade!) David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching regular DVD's on MythTV
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:13:13 -0600, Jason Werpy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there are a bunch of people on this list just going around trying to pick a fight. What the hell. This list has been useful to me in the past. Specifically, Donavan, you've given me good advice here before, but the other people in this thread just seem to be picking a fight, and it baffles me as to why. When I first read the initial post, I thought. Xine, thats what this guy needs. Of course, the first response here said that, so I just went along about my business. I had no idea that he was referring to DeCSS, but others apparently did, so good for them. You and I thought the same thing. And I'd be 100% behind leave the guy alone idea, had he not lobbed the first flame. That being said, flame wars are silly (even though I've been in/started a few). My last post was more of a I smell a troll then anything else. Maybe this can be taken as a life lesson? Don't poke a stick into a hornets nest. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:51:19 -0800, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 23:11, Big Wave Dave wrote: So, I picked up a FireWire card to give this all a shot. Everything seems fine in Dmesg and FC3 recognized the card on boot. I compiled 6200ch and tried to run it, but it says it can't find it. Here's the output of plugreport and 6200ch: Host Adapter 0 == Node 0 GUID 0x001106003348 -- libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR Node 1 GUID 0x0012c9fffe372faa -- oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63 oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=0 channel=0, data_rate=2, overhead_id=0, payload=376 iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] contrib]# ./6200ch -v 704 node 1: vendor_id = 0x12c9 model_id = 0x620a Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus. If you haven't already, try 6200ch from cvs, there are a number of additional vendor IDs added after the 0.17 release. If that still doesn't work, adding the vendor ID for another box is trivial. I downloaded the latest from CVS. However it still didn't work. So... I just added my vendor_id and one other line, and now it works like a charm! Perhaps someone should add my vendor_id to CVS? It is listed above, and was for a DCT-6200/2005 for Comcast in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thanks, Dave Are Your Friends Lemmings? -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] see same image from webcam on mythphone
i don't hear any sound either. We can't communicate with sound. I've checked input etc.. and this is working fine. Looks like there novideo or soundtransmitted Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Paul VolkaertsVerzonden: dinsdag 29 maart 2005 23:42Aan: Discussion about mythtvOnderwerp: RE: [mythtv-users] see same image from webcam on mythphone I have not idea, maybe a bug has crept in, I rarely use for audio-only calls. I will take a look. i've succesfully installed my logitech USB webcam on FC2. It is found during boot on video0. When i make contact with an other user (no webcam) is see my own webcame twice. what can this be. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Ok, thanks all! So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use. But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI card be a good choice? How hard is it to get TV out going? I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its just beyond me. Thanks again, this list is great help! Cheers, -Morten Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rnseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware Assistance" (In other words, XvMC) Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under Linux. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rnseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Trnsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:48:55 -0700, Mark Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... I'll also chime in and reccomend the 7NIF2. As others have mentioned the lack of SPDIF on board might be an issue, however in all other respects it's a great choice. The TV-Out quality is fantastic and having it on the backplane is a nice plus. I've also used one of these boards to drive a HDTV LCD for a bit without issue. Your choice of Suse 9.3 should be fine. I run 9.2 Pro on all of my machines now. Just install apt-get and add snowmans repository and you should be able to get all the depencies for Myth as binaries. Also, grab the LSB init script for the backend from the contrib directory it was built with Suse in mind. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/21/05 11:35 AM Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/21/05 11:57 AM Really? Is there any confirm (or reasonably imply) that this is true before I go buy another keyboard (not that $29 is over the top, just don't need extra keyboards laying around)? Replying to a fairly old thread, but here's what I've determined. I purchased the AirBoard wireless keyboard - just like this one: http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/keyboard/sk7100.asp It's model SK-7100. I have 4 learning, programmable remotes: 1 Onkyo, 1 MX-500, 1 MX-700 and 1 RS-2116. Each one of them learned everything I could throw at it with this keyboard. I even found out by accident when my mythfrontend core dumped (or seg faulted, can't remember which), that if I have a command line session open and the focus went to that window (it happened three times last night to me), I could even hit the up arrow on each of them (until my mythfrontend script came up in the history), hit the enter or select button, I could just restart mythfrontend. I've since put in a cronjob to restart if it crashes, but I accidentally discovered this, so I'm reporting it. I've used airboards (2) with Marantz learning remotes since about 1998, long before myth. They are lightweight, easy to hold, have far and away the best pointing device of any wireless keyboard I tried (lots =) and the range and angle are incredible. Because the remote is just sending keys as if from the keyboard, you could do anything that the keyboard could do. My remotes have macros so I used to create macros to do some small common commanline tasks outside of the video apps that the remote was normally used for. However, most of the time you eventually pick up keyboard anyway when doing commandline stuff so I really don't bother with this anymore. One of the most obvoius limitations of using a remote with an X desktop is that there is no good way to control the mouse but this is not a problem in a mouseless app like myth. No LIRC. Just a keyboard/mount wireless interface. Everything even works when going through a Xantech IR repeater. No extra IR stuf, no extra cables. LIRC is a blind spot for me. Never used it, don't foresee using it. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:27:23 -0800, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 14:17, Big Wave Dave wrote: Hello all.. I just picked up a DCT6200/2005 from Comcast. I have seen that there is a channel changing script, which works over firewire. I have also seen that you can capture over the firewire, directly into MythTV. -I am looking for gotchas or tips. One gotcha that got me: I think my cable co. pushed down a firmware update at some point that caused my box to power-cycle. Upon coming back up, it had a different FireWire bus node, and thus Myth couldn't find it anymore. Missed last week's 24 and CSI:Miami because of it... :-\ Aside from that, its been rock-solid. When running ./test-mpeg2 -r 1 testing.ts it captures 0 bytes UNLESS it is on an actual HD chanel. Does this mean I can only capture HD channels over firewire? Or is this utility only useful in testing HD capture? Thanks, Dave Are Your Friends Lemmings? -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3
This is somewhat off-topic, but I was wondering if this would be an OK solution to upgrading FC2 to FC3. I have messed up something in my FC2 install, so I figured now would be a good time to upgrade. My plan is to dump the mythconverg database and store it somewhere safe, delete everything but the /video partition, and do a fresh install of FC3. Then I should be able to put the database back in place (once everything else is installed of course) and it should all hopefully work as it did before with no loss of recordings. Is this a proper assumption, or am I missing something here? Thanks for any help you can give, Nate Thompson ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:22, Donavan Stanley wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:48:55 -0700, Mark Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... I'll also chime in and reccomend the 7NIF2. As others have mentioned the lack of SPDIF on board might be an issue, however in all other respects it's a great choice. The TV-Out quality is fantastic and having it on the backplane is a nice plus. I've also used one of these boards to drive a HDTV LCD for a bit without issue. One caveat about the 7NIF2: though most folks have had good experiences, I bought one in November, and they appear to have updated the graphics chipset. The TV-out for me just plain sucks. Much worse then my old AGP GF4-MX 420. At first I chalked it up to the newer NV18 TV encoder that it uses (previous revisions used the NV17), but I've other folks swear that they don't have a problem with their NV18 TV-out. I dunno, maybe I just got a bad board. Everything else on the board seems to be great (though, I can't seem to get my mixer to control the volume -- don't know if it's the board or my configuration). -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
Everything else on the board seems to be great (though, I can't seem to get my mixer to control the volume -- don't know if it's the board or my configuration). I've got the same problem with my 7nif2 using Knoppmyth R5A12. May be the board. Chris. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Morten, Depends a lot on your primary use. I don't think many 5500 (and higher) cards are passively cooled, so they'll probably be louder than a passively-cooled 5200. If all you want to do is (HD)TV playback, the 5200 seems to be a great choice (based on others' comments). If you want to do more, then a 5500 (or better) might be the ticket. For example: For ME, I wanted a QUIET card (for MythTV watching), but one with enough power to run recent games well. I wound up going with an MSI GeForce 6600GT/AGP model NX6600GT-VTD128 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-150depa=0). I CAN vouch for the quietness (it's completely swamped by my case/PS fans), but I don't yet have MythTV fully operational, so I can't comment on the speed/capabilities. I don't play a lot of commercial games, but it's great for Racer (http://www.racer.nl/). Personally, I'd DEFINITELY stick to nVidia cards under Linux, at least for now. From other posts, ATI is still a ways behind on their Linux drivers. So think about what you want it for and go from there... Good luck, Alan Morten Rønseth wrote: Ok, thanks all! So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use. But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI card be a good choice? How hard is it to get TV out going? I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its just beyond me. Thanks again, this list is great help! Cheers, -Morten Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not MPEG2 Decoding, it's more MPEG2 Hardware Assistance (In other words, XvMC) Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under Linux. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ 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] Motherboard Recomendation
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:54:20 -0500, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everything else on the board seems to be great (though, I can't seem to get my mixer to control the volume -- don't know if it's the board or my configuration). I've got the same problem with my 7nif2 using Knoppmyth R5A12. May be the board. now that i think about it, i have the same prob. while configuring i was only listening via headphones connected to the line out. the sound was either on or off using the keyboard controls in Myth although the graphic (progress bar?) looked like the sound was increasing/decreasing. i assumed it was because i was just connected to headphones. i haven't quite got my MythBox working through the tv yet so i haven't tried sound out. i will be running it through my reciever so sound being either on or off may not matter in my situation. but once i get this system working correctly i'll be building another one that has SPDIF out. :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Big Wave Dave Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:30 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input.. On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:27:23 -0800, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 14:17, Big Wave Dave wrote: Hello all.. I just picked up a DCT6200/2005 from Comcast. I have seen that there is a channel changing script, which works over firewire. I have also seen that you can capture over the firewire, directly into MythTV. -I am looking for gotchas or tips. One gotcha that got me: I think my cable co. pushed down a firmware update at some point that caused my box to power-cycle. Upon coming back up, it had a different FireWire bus node, and thus Myth couldn't find it anymore. Missed last week's 24 and CSI:Miami because of it... :-\ Aside from that, its been rock-solid. When running ./test-mpeg2 -r 1 testing.ts it captures 0 bytes UNLESS it is on an actual HD chanel. Does this mean I can only capture HD channels over firewire? Or is this utility only useful in testing HD capture? Thanks, Dave Are Your Friends Lemmings? -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Well, Try hitting control-c and then trying it again and again and see if you get input from the other channels. The DCT-6200s seem to go one or two wayssome of them have to use Broadcast connections which seems to mean that test-mpeg2 only works every 4th or 5th time. I'm in the bay area as well and I'm getting 2-80 and 702-722. -Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Parental control settings for videos getting dumped
Anyone? How can the partental controls be made continouse agsint all frontends? On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:15:57 -0800, Griffon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there I hope somebody can shed some light on how the parental controls are supposed to work. I have set my video files up a couple times now and and all is well accept for if my frontend reboots it dumps all the settings on the individual files. Is this supposed to happen, in as the level is only stored on the frontend or can this be set so it's setting to the backend and all frontend instances will see the same security settings? I also noticed that mythweb video file filtering dosn't seem to respect parental control settings but then it maybe related the above issue... Is this just a config thing that I'm missing somwhere? Thanks! -- -Griffon -- -Griffon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Buffering Video On Playback?
Anyone? Is there know way to set additional buffering? On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:37:28 -0800, Griffon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George had asked about this a while back but I couldn't find a response. Since I'm seeing similar issues I thought I would repose the original question. Basically is there a way to set a larger buffer for video playback to iron out the hiccups (most noticeable with dvd rips streaming off the NFS backend) My backend is a P4 1.7 and my front end is IBM T40 laptop 1.5M so it seems to be network rather then horse power issue. I'm using the recomdned mount config line in the docs Any thoughts? Seems like full speed G should be enough for at least single streams. Thansk! -- -Griffon Hi, Ive been playing with a wifi (802.1G) laptop running mythfrontend. It /amost/ works, but occasionly you get a little stutter. I assume this is because the wifi is dropping out a little. Because it works most of the time, I have concluded that the bandwidth of the wifi is at least enough to stream myth shows (from DVB). Can you set Myth to read ahead a little and buffer it, to compensate for small temporary dropouts in the connection? all it would have to do would be to read at (say) 110% speed, and dip into the buffer when needed. As an aside, can mplayer be made to do this? thanks g -- -Griffon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes
This is SUCH a great idea. I was thinking of getting an I/R keyboard and trying to use the receiver with LIRC, but this is truly ingenious and gets around it completely. I have an older Radio Shack RS15-1994 learning remote, so I should be all set on that end. By the way, for anyone else who might be looking for a programmable remote, I HIGHLY recommend you check out: http://www.hifi-remote.com/ . They have a PC-based (Windows OR Linux, uses Java) system (http://controlremote.sourceforge.net) for programming the relatively inexpensive (as cheap as $19.99 for the RS15-2102) One-For-All line of remotes, allowing you to upload/download your configuration from your PC. * No more strugging with inputting the exactly correct key sequences on your remote. * No more worrying about losing your programming 'cause it took too long to change your batteries. * Macro keys (multiple operations from a single keystroke), allowing you to turn on and configure your equipment with a single keypress * And it offers capabilities that CAN'T be done with only the remote (like a SHIFT- function to essentially give you almost twice as many programmable keys). All for free. And no, I'm in no way affiliated. Just a VERY happy user. But like MythTV, it's not very user-friendly (yet), so plan to spend some time learning... Alan PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: I purchased the AirBoard wireless keyboard - just like this one: http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/keyboard/sk7100.asp It's model SK-7100. I have 4 learning, programmable remotes: 1 Onkyo, 1 MX-500, 1 MX-700 and 1 RS-2116. Each one of them learned everything I could throw at it with this keyboard. I even found out by accident when my mythfrontend core dumped (or seg faulted, can't remember which), that if I have a command line session open and the focus went to that window (it happened three times last night to me), I could even hit the up arrow on each of them (until my mythfrontend script came up in the history), hit the enter or select button, I could just restart mythfrontend. I've since put in a cronjob to restart if it crashes, but I accidentally discovered this, so I'm reporting it. No LIRC. Just a keyboard/mount wireless interface. Everything even works when going through a Xantech IR repeater. No extra IR stuf, no extra cables. The $29 was money well spent. I spent last night and this morning teaching my wife and daughters about the new functionality, and they picked up on it in about 2 minutes. FAF has skyrocketed. No more keyboard to use except by geeky dad. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I haven't had any problems with this -- Bryan Halter [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP 0x55AB8EA4 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] Via EPIA, Unichrome, TV-out: Interlacing?
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:10:10 -0800 (PST), Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go into 'Setup - TV Settings - Playback' and check 'Deinterlace playback' then select 'Bob (2x framerate)' from the dropdown menu. --- Jon Whitear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Via EPIA M10K front end with Unichrome drivers, using xvmc VLD. In live TV, fast horizontal pans (e.g. Simpsons opening sequence) are a blur, which I take to mean that some form of de-interlacing is taking place. I don't have any interlacing configured in mythfrontend. This worked great for removing the motion blur from liveTv and recordings, but I've just noticed it won't play transcoded files - I get a mainly green picture, and loads of A/V sync messages. (Basically won't play any non-interlaced video, e.g. run 'mythtv DVD_RIP.mpg' and get the same result). Using another deinterlace method does work - but it uses a lot more CPU, and the picture does not seem as sharp. Any ideas how to resolve this? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
I just picked up a DCT6200/2005 from Comcast. I have seen that there is a channel changing script, which works over firewire. I have also seen that you can capture over the firewire, directly into MythTV. -I am looking for gotchas or tips. One gotcha that got me: I think my cable co. pushed down a firmware update at some point that caused my box to power-cycle. Upon coming back up, it had a different FireWire bus node, and thus Myth couldn't find it anymore. Missed last week's 24 and CSI:Miami because of it... :-\ Aside from that, its been rock-solid. When running ./test-mpeg2 -r 1 testing.ts it captures 0 bytes UNLESS it is on an actual HD chanel. Does this mean I can only capture HD channels over firewire? Or is this utility only useful in testing HD capture? Thanks, Dave Well, Try hitting control-c and then trying it again and again and see if you get input from the other channels. The DCT-6200s seem to go one or two wayssome of them have to use Broadcast connections which seems to mean that test-mpeg2 only works every 4th or 5th time. I'm in the bay area as well and I'm getting 2-80 and 702-722. -Todd Interesting. So is that more of a bug with the 6200, or is it a but with test-mpeg2 not being able to compensate the broadcast connection. Basically I'm trying to figure out if this is the route (using firewire) that I want to take... If I can only get 2-80 and 702-722 for now, but the mpeg2ts is going to be improving and I'll get more channels in a few months... then I'd obviously stick with firewire. However, if its an inherent and unresolvable issue, I might just go with the PVR-150MCE. Dave Are Your Friends Lemmings? -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
I just changed my clock to be UTC in hopes that it will prevent any problems before they happen. I'm going to leave mine on right through the change, we'll see what it does - Jeff On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:19:50 -0500, Bryan Halter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I haven't had any problems with this -- Bryan Halter [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP 0x55AB8EA4 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Air2PC, TS mode recording, bad files
I did some searching through the archives and didn't find anything about what I'm experiencing so I apologize if it has been covered. With my Air2PC(OTA mode) the recordings that come out in transport stream mode are not recognized by a couple applications as being valid (like TSReader). Any suggestions? Thanks, Travis ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How do you tune subchannels in QAM?
I think quite a few of us working with the hd3000 are having the same problem and are looking for solutions. I've posted both here and in the hd3000 forum but it seems like no one has been able to find a solution to this problem yet. I haven't posted to myth-dev yet, but maybe thats the place where we may find someone who knows the answer to our question, as i think it is a problem with how mythtvsetup is handling the hd3000-dvb. For example, when i run dvbscan -cvvv no channel information is given, but i've seen examples with OTA ATSC streams where channel information is explicitly supplied in the stream. Mythtv may be looking for this and since it doesn't come through, myth assumes the channels are 'unable to tune'. -Adam for reference: http://www.xmission.com/~pchdtv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=639 http://www.xmission.com/~pchdtv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=634 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/121772 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/120911 http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PcHDTV On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:37:23 -0500, Marc Tousignant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I tell myth to identify 82-1 and 82-2 as two channels? I am unable to locate information on this on in the archive and http://www.digitalregime.com/mythdvb/setup/ provides no assistance on this. I don't have a 3k card, I have an Air2PC, However, I would expect this to be the same. In mythtv-setup, run a DVB-scan. It will then add the channels, likely as 821 and 822. You can either leave it that way (which makes entering channels MUCH easier) or you can change it, like I did, so I have to co-exist with non-HD channels, to 82_1 and 82_2 in the list. It's impossible to hand enter without a real keyboard, but they show up consecutively in the list, and I can flip through them.. That's the problem. The scan fails to tune any channel. It locks on all the Digital channels but reports failed to tune or a timed out message then proceeds to the next channel. Dvbstream works just fine with capturing the TS and dtvstream will split them by program. However this negates the purpose of the PVR. Granted my pvr-350 is working fine for the analog channels. I'm hoping someone can help me by telling me how to enter the channels manually or point me to a patch that will allow me to select PID's in setup.. Even thou I am using the DVB driver and using DVB as the input type myth says that the card is using video for linux and will not diplay the DVB setup page. The VL page where I can manually enter the frequency for the channel lacks places to designate PID's all it has is the Freq and color contrast brightness etc adjustments. In other words I do not get to see these pages http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/images/chaned_dvb.jpg http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/images/tchaned_pid.jpg These are found on the guide found here http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html ___ 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] Motherboard Recomendation
Mark Gardner wrote: I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... so here's the question I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some hardware i have around AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power) PVR 350 512 DDR Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... Thanks in Advance. Hi Mark, I use the MSI K7N2GM2-LSR motherboard which is currently $61.50 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-477depa=0 It has the nForce2 chipset and comes with the TV-out bracket (s-video composite). You can use the bios to reconfigure the 3 audio jacks (Line-in, Line-out, Mic.) to be 4 or 6 channel audio; if your surround sound system requires this. (I haven't tried it; you *may* need to use their MS Windows utilities to configure this particular option.) The board doesn't come with an S/PDIF bracket, but you can buy one (RCA optical fiber) at CensusPC for $12.00: http://www.censuspc.com/cart/product.php?productid=182cat=46page=2 Installing FC3 was fine, everything just worked. Also, installing Myth in accordance with Jarod's guide worked out very well. I also have a PVR-350 and have tried both it's TV-out and the on-board nForce TV-out. I like the PVR-350's TV output much better (on my standard def TV the picture quality is higher) but I have to admit that I didn't try too hard to see if I could tweak the nVidia video quality. Having said that, X looks worse on the PVR-350 vs. the on-board nForce TV-out... I use the PVR-350's TV-out anyway though, as my box is 100% dedicated to TV watching so I don't play games, etc. with this unit. HTH -Rei. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
I do not think that extra RAM will have any effect. I also tried and gave up on a Radeon 7000 card (with FC1). I then got a nVidia GeForce4 MX440 which works without problems. I have helped somebody with a MythTV with a nVidia FX5200 which worked with the same setup as the MX440. Just a matter of using the "nvidia" driver, setting a number of Options which are described in nVidias documentation on the web, loading some modules and turning off all kinds of screen savers. Best regards Niels Dybdahl - Original Message - From: Morten Rønseth To: Discussion about mythtv Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card Ok, thanks all!So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use.But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI card be a good choice?How hard is it to get TV out going?I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its just beyond me.Thanks again, this list is great help!Cheers,-MortenJoseph A. Caputo wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware Assistance" (In other words, XvMC) Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under Linux. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
Well if ntp isn't running, will linux adjust automatically for daylight savings time? I mean i have a client that runs at startup and thats it. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:24:23 -0500, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just changed my clock to be UTC in hopes that it will prevent any problems before they happen. I'm going to leave mine on right through the change, we'll see what it does - Jeff On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:19:50 -0500, Bryan Halter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I haven't had any problems with this -- Bryan Halter [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP 0x55AB8EA4 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Question about diskless system
I've seen from time to time folks talking about using a diskless setup, but I'm having problems seeing what their results are like. I just set up an old piece of hardware to see if I could do it (since the spare hard drive I have is VERY noisy). It appears to work as a front-end, but it's slow when skipping ahead or back. This also could be due to the fact that I'm playing back 720x480 on an Athlon 650. Does anyone have performance data to provide on their diskless setups? If I were to rebuild to a Celeron D 2.5G and add a 878 grabber, would I still be able to use this diskless setup and be happy with performance as both front-end and a diskless backend (streaming to my other backend/database/etc)? For my config's sake, my primary backend is providing the NFS root image, and I'm using the noisy hard drive to provide the etherboot zlilo image to netboot off a PCI NIC (the on-board NIC is too flaky to use). If I don't want swap space or anything else on the hard drive, and I'm running XFCE (stripped debian build) is 256MB enough, or should I keep it at 512MB just to be safe? Or is there a good reason why I should throw swap onto the noisy drive and just hope that the 'hdparm -S' timeout keeps the drive dpun down (with either 256 or 512MB)? Thanks, Norman ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Big Wave Dave Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:22 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input.. I just picked up a DCT6200/2005 from Comcast. I have seen that there is a channel changing script, which works over firewire. I have also seen that you can capture over the firewire, directly into MythTV. -I am looking for gotchas or tips. One gotcha that got me: I think my cable co. pushed down a firmware update at some point that caused my box to power-cycle. Upon coming back up, it had a different FireWire bus node, and thus Myth couldn't find it anymore. Missed last week's 24 and CSI:Miami because of it... :-\ Aside from that, its been rock-solid. When running ./test-mpeg2 -r 1 testing.ts it captures 0 bytes UNLESS it is on an actual HD chanel. Does this mean I can only capture HD channels over firewire? Or is this utility only useful in testing HD capture? Thanks, Dave Well, Try hitting control-c and then trying it again and again and see if you get input from the other channels. The DCT-6200s seem to go one or two wayssome of them have to use Broadcast connections which seems to mean that test-mpeg2 only works every 4th or 5th time. I'm in the bay area as well and I'm getting 2-80 and 702-722. -Todd Interesting. So is that more of a bug with the 6200, or is it a but with test-mpeg2 not being able to compensate the broadcast connection. Basically I'm trying to figure out if this is the route (using firewire) that I want to take... If I can only get 2-80 and 702-722 for now, but the mpeg2ts is going to be improving and I'll get more channels in a few months... then I'd obviously stick with firewire. However, if its an inherent and unresolvable issue, I might just go with the PVR-150MCE. Dave Are Your Friends Lemmings? -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users [Todd Tidwell] I'd recommend buying the 150 or 500 from Hauppauge for now. The mpegts stuff is nice, but it's a bit limited right now and you could get all your channels with a 150 and play with the firewire until you get it where you want it. -Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV does not access hardware decoding (VIA XvMC)? But Xine does!
Hello list, I am heading to install a TV and PVR on a VIA Epia ME6000 and using onboard hardware acceleration (CLE 266). I use a DVB-T capture card (TechniSat AirStar 2TV). I installed Fedora Core 2 with kernel 2.6.10-1.8_FC2. I applied the kernel-via-drm from Terry Barnabys site (http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/fc2/) and most of the new xorg-x11 rpms from here: http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia/FC2/RPMS/ I have installed xine-lib-1.0.0-999.1.beam.rc7.fc2.i386.rpm from http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/ (after I have solved the dependencies). Now Xine is able to play DVD very well and using hw acc. But I still struggle with MythTV 0.17. The CPU usage is very high (mythfrontend ~50%, total ~92%) and I get a very choppy life stream when watching TV. I have compiled it with XvMC support, enabled XvMC_VLD support in settings.pro (and NOT nvidia-XvMC) In mythfrontends settings I can select use hardware XvMC MPEG Decoding and Use HW XVMC VLC Decoding (Via only) I have already tried all sorts of combination (one or the other on, both on or none) and there is no difference in performance and log messages. When I start live TV in mythfrontend I get no messages in console that XvMC is being used. First I was asking in the Unichrome list (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6926603forum_id=38837) but then I was told it is a Myth issue... So find much more details (logs, settings, suggestions, results,...) there. Does anyone have an idea what I did wrong?? Thanks for help Raimund ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
Wish I had known about the S/PDIF bracket for the 7NIF2 and MSI boards. I picked the Abit AN7 for the S/PDIF (and it uses the slightly better audio codec, Realtek ALC658 compared to the RealtekALC650) and picked up a FX5200 video card. Dan On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:35:41 -0800, Rei Toi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Gardner wrote: I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... so here's the question I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some hardware i have around AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power) PVR 350 512 DDR Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... Thanks in Advance. Hi Mark, I use the MSI K7N2GM2-LSR motherboard which is currently $61.50 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-477depa=0 It has the nForce2 chipset and comes with the TV-out bracket (s-video composite). You can use the bios to reconfigure the 3 audio jacks (Line-in, Line-out, Mic.) to be 4 or 6 channel audio; if your surround sound system requires this. (I haven't tried it; you *may* need to use their MS Windows utilities to configure this particular option.) The board doesn't come with an S/PDIF bracket, but you can buy one (RCA optical fiber) at CensusPC for $12.00: http://www.censuspc.com/cart/product.php?productid=182cat=46page=2 Installing FC3 was fine, everything just worked. Also, installing Myth in accordance with Jarod's guide worked out very well. I also have a PVR-350 and have tried both it's TV-out and the on-board nForce TV-out. I like the PVR-350's TV output much better (on my standard def TV the picture quality is higher) but I have to admit that I didn't try too hard to see if I could tweak the nVidia video quality. Having said that, X looks worse on the PVR-350 vs. the on-board nForce TV-out... I use the PVR-350's TV-out anyway though, as my box is 100% dedicated to TV watching so I don't play games, etc. with this unit. HTH -Rei. ___ 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] How do you tune subchannels in QAM?
I think I figured it out Since I knew C82 program 1 was my local PBS I located the correct frequency for this channel in dtv_multiplex INSERT INTO dtv_multiplex (mplexid, sourceid, transportid, networkid, frequency, inversion, symbolrate, fec, polarity, modulation, bandwidth, lp_code_rate, transmission_mode, guard_interval, visible, constellation, hierarchy, hp_code_rate, sistandard, serviceversion, updatetimestamp) VALUES (89,1,NULL,NULL,57300,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'qam_256','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',33,20050331082612); Using this knowledge I then changed the mplexid of the correct listing to 89 in channel. INSERT INTO channel (chanid, channum, freqid, sourceid, callsign, name, icon, finetune, videofilters, xmltvid, recpriority, contrast, brightness, colour, hue, tvformat, commfree, visible, outputfilters, useonairguide, mplexid, serviceid, atscsrcid) VALUES (1802,'802','802',1,'WGBHDT','WGBHDT (WGBH-DT)','none',NULL,'','28055',0,32768,32768,32768,32768,'Default',0,1,'',0,89,NULL,NULL); Starting mythbackend I then saw 2005-03-31 13:55:09.792 SIParser: About to do a reset 2005-03-31 13:55:09.792 SIParser: Closing all PIDs 2005-03-31 13:55:09.792 SIParser: Using DelAllPids from SIParser which does nothing 2005-03-31 13:55:09.792 SIParser: Resetting all Table Handlers 2005-03-31 13:55:09.792 SIParser: SIParser Reset due to channel change 2005-03-31 13:55:09.793 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-03-31 13:55:09.793 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV. 2005-03-31 13:55:09.793 DVB#0 Trying to tune to channel 802. 2005-03-31 13:55:09.793 SIParser: Starting DVB Section Reader thread 2005-03-31 13:55:09.793 SIParser: Starting SIScanner 2005-03-31 13:55:09.794 DVB#0 Mod: 2005-03-31 13:55:09.794 SIParser: About to do a reset 2005-03-31 13:55:09.794 SIParser: Closing all PIDs 2005-03-31 13:55:09.795 SIParser: Resetting all Table Handlers 2005-03-31 13:55:09.795 SIParser: SIParser Reset due to channel change 2005-03-31 13:55:09.795 DVB#0 Waiting for frontend event after tune. 2005-03-31 13:55:10.055 DVB#0 DVB signal 977 | snr fde1 | ber 0 | unc 0 2005-03-31 13:55:10.055 DVB#0 Status: LOCK. 2005-03-31 13:55:10.055 SIParser: Requesting PAT 2005-03-31 13:55:10.055 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked 2005-03-31 13:55:10.055 SIParser: Adding a PMT (0) to the request list 2005-03-31 13:55:10.796 SIParser: Table[0]-RequirePIDs() == true 2005-03-31 13:55:10.797 SIParser: Adding PID 0 Filter 0 Mask ff Buffer 40960 2005-03-31 13:55:10.797 SIParser: Table[2]-RequirePIDs() == true 2005-03-31 13:55:10.797 SIParser: Adding PID 1ffb Filter ff Mask 0 Buffer 40960 2005-03-31 13:55:10.798 SIParser: Table[3]-RequirePIDs() == true 2005-03-31 13:55:10.798 SIParser: Adding PID 1ffb Filter ff Mask 0 Buffer 40960 2005-03-31 13:55:11.150 SIParser: PAT Version = 2 2005-03-31 13:55:11.150 SIParser: Tuned to TransportID: 32950 2005-03-31 13:55:11.150 SIParser: Services on this Transport: 1 2 2005-03-31 13:55:11.150 SIParser: Table[0]-Complete() == true 2005-03-31 13:55:11.150 SIParser: Table[1]-RequirePIDs() == true 2005-03-31 13:55:11.150 SIParser: Adding PID 0 Filter 2 Mask ff Buffer 40960 2005-03-31 13:55:16.059 DVB#0 Timeout Getting PMT 2005-03-31 13:55:16.059 DVB#0 ERROR - Tuning for channel #802 failed. Taking a guess I then went back and changed the serviceid to 1 because it was subchannel 1 INSERT INTO channel (chanid, channum, freqid, sourceid, callsign, name, icon, finetune, videofilters, xmltvid, recpriority, contrast, brightness, colour, hue, tvformat, commfree, visible, outputfilters, useonairguide, mplexid, serviceid, atscsrcid) VALUES (1802,'802','802',1,'WGBHDT','WGBHDT (WGBH-DT)','none',NULL,'','28055',0,32768,32768,32768,32768,'Default',0,1,'',0,89,1,NULL); Now I am getting this in mythbackend on start 2005-03-31 13:59:22.477 SIParser: About to do a reset 2005-03-31 13:59:22.477 SIParser: Closing all PIDs 2005-03-31 13:59:22.477 SIParser: Using DelAllPids from SIParser which does nothing 2005-03-31 13:59:22.477 SIParser: Resetting all Table Handlers 2005-03-31 13:59:22.477 SIParser: SIParser Reset due to channel change 2005-03-31 13:59:22.478 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-03-31 13:59:22.478 SIParser: Starting DVB Section Reader thread 2005-03-31 13:59:22.478 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV. 2005-03-31 13:59:22.478 DVB#0 Trying to tune to channel 802. 2005-03-31 13:59:22.478 SIParser: Starting SIScanner 2005-03-31 13:59:22.479 DVB#0 Mod: 2005-03-31 13:59:22.479 SIParser: About to do a reset 2005-03-31 13:59:22.480 SIParser: Closing all PIDs 2005-03-31 13:59:22.480 SIParser: Resetting all Table Handlers 2005-03-31 13:59:22.480 SIParser: SIParser Reset due to channel change 2005-03-31 13:59:22.480 DVB#0 Waiting for frontend event after tune. 2005-03-31 13:59:22.740 DVB#0 DVB signal 977 | snr fdc9 | ber 0 | unc 0 2005-03-31 13:59:22.740 DVB#0 Status: LOCK. 2005-03-31
[mythtv-users] Odd sync problem on ffmpeg convert of NUV files
So I am trying to convert some PBS programs from the HD-3000 recorded NUVs to DVD MPEG2 format. I installed nuvexport to make my life a little easier, and it works on converting my recordings to MPEG4, which I believe is using transcode and not ffmpeg. The convert to DVD however is a problem. It looks like FFMPEG is not working correctly because the resulting file is corrupted in that there is a color frame sync problem (for lack of a better term). It hard to describe it, so check out this sample : http://webpages.charter.net/jk9898/ Suggestions? MythTV 0.17 ffmpeg is version 0.4.9pre1, build 4732 -Ack ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
Assuming your system timezone (TZ) variable is set correctly, you shouldn't need to do anything for the time shift. Doesn't matter if NTP is running or not, as it internally works on UTC time only. To the user who changed their system clock to UTC manually, unless you override the TZ variable for mythtv, you could be heading for trouble by trying to out-smart the already smart system. Brian On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ 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] S-video widescreen - both in and out
I have a box running Myth 0.17 with a NVidia MX4000 card, 2 DVB-T cards and a PVR350. I've currently doing video out by S-Video (may move to vga/SCART later but thats not convenient right now). Quality is suprisingly good. The TV picks the signal up and widescreens it (I can select this and have a centreboxed 4:3 image instead). Experimentation appears to show that the NVidia TV-out is only happy with a standard 4:3 resolution - I tried to set up a 16:9 aspect ratio display and I get messages that those modes don't work with TV-Out. So I am getting stretched pixels. Is there any appropriate setting set that would allow Myth to know about/correct for the image stretching - widescreen uis getting letterboxed and stretched so I'm seeing some really wide people! Alternatively anyone know a way of talking the NVidia stuff into handling a wider aspect ratio output so I can get something close to square pixels? On the input, I have the PVR-350 hooked to a sky box which habitually outputs in a 16:9 format. The PVR350 card is compressing those into a 4:3 ratio - and the settings within Myth do not let me set anything corresponding to PAL widescreen pixel sizes. Any indicators as to the best way to deal with this would be great. Cheers Nigel. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
there's a seperate TZ for myth? I have my timezone set for gentoo properly already, i think (times appear correct at the console when I type date and hwclock shows the time in GMT). -Jeff On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:18:27 -0600 (CST), Brian Foddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming your system timezone (TZ) variable is set correctly, you shouldn't need to do anything for the time shift. Doesn't matter if NTP is running or not, as it internally works on UTC time only. To the user who changed their system clock to UTC manually, unless you override the TZ variable for mythtv, you could be heading for trouble by trying to out-smart the already smart system. Brian On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ 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 -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
I heard there are several problems with ALSA 1.0.8. I am having to revert back to 1.0.7 because of a problem with Xine. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-310644-highlight-sigsegv+xine.html Dan On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:17:14 -0500, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:54, Chris Gardner wrote: Everything else on the board seems to be great (though, I can't seem to get my mixer to control the volume -- don't know if it's the board or my configuration). I've got the same problem with my 7nif2 using Knoppmyth R5A12. May be the board. Nice to know it's not just me. I've been toying with the idea of temporarily installing Winblows just to see what happens. Or, maybe I'll try the latest Knoppix w/2.6 kernel (I'm still running FC1 w/a 2.4.22 kernel). Could be my ALSA version, too. I'm running 1.0.6a; latest stable release is 1.0.8. -JAC ___ 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] old video card from a VAIO
I've got an old video card/tuner combo card from a Sony VAIO desktop that I'm considering using just for fun to see if I can get MythTV working. I'm fairly certain it's a really old ATI all in wonder card, and before you start yelling at me :) the card is listed on the bttv gallery http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/bttv/bttv-gallery.html (do a find for 'all in wonder') and is from around the same time period. So since people always respond to AIW questions by saying MythTV uses the bttv drivers, it appears as if this card works with them. Additionally people have said the AIW can't be used for display and as a tuner at the same time, but since I have digital cable, am I correct in saying that the digital cable box actually acts as my TV-tuner, so the video card really only has to have TV-out since it won't be using the tuner? Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about using this card for MythTV... I know the suggestion will probably be to go out and buy the cheapest new card I can find, but I'm just doing this for fun and trying to use entirely parts I already have. -Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] old video card from a VAIO
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:34:22 -0600, Mike Angstadt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got an old video card/tuner combo card from a Sony VAIO desktop that I'm considering using just for fun to see if I can get MythTV working. I'm fairly certain it's a really old ATI all in wonder card, and before you start yelling at me :) the card is listed on the bttv gallery http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/bttv/bttv-gallery.html (do a find for 'all in wonder') and is from around the same time period. So since people always respond to AIW questions by saying MythTV uses the bttv drivers, it appears as if this card works with them. Additionally people have said the AIW can't be used for display and as a tuner at the same time, but since I have digital cable, am I correct in saying that the digital cable box actually acts as my TV-tuner, so the video card really only has to have TV-out since it won't be using the tuner? Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about using this card for MythTV... I know the suggestion will probably be to go out and buy the cheapest new card I can find, but I'm just doing this for fun and trying to use entirely parts I already have. -Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The digital cable box does act as the tuner, but you'll still need some way to get the video into the computer. I don't believe the all in wonder has composite input (I may be wrong). Having said that, even if it does have the composite input, chances are if people said you can't use the tuner and display at the same time, the same probably applies to the video input and display. I had an old AIW card that I wanted to use just for TV out before I discovered mythtv. It supposedly worked with the Gatos drivers, but I was never able to get it to work. I know you said not to just suggest getting something else, but seriously, decide what your time is worth and know when to give up and throw the old card out - I spent weeks fiddling with my AIW card, and I would have been much happier had I just gone out and picked up a $20 nVidia card that had tvout and a $60 PVR card. - Jeff -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation
this is the board I use. No complaints. I think what it comes down to is tons of people like the nForce2 chipset :) On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:06:42 -0600, Dan Littlejohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wish I had known about the S/PDIF bracket for the 7NIF2 and MSI boards. I picked the Abit AN7 for the S/PDIF (and it uses the slightly better audio codec, Realtek ALC658 compared to the RealtekALC650) and picked up a FX5200 video card. Dan On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:35:41 -0800, Rei Toi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Gardner wrote: I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... so here's the question I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some hardware i have around AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power) PVR 350 512 DDR Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work Onboard video a plus but not required... Thanks in Advance. Hi Mark, I use the MSI K7N2GM2-LSR motherboard which is currently $61.50 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-477depa=0 It has the nForce2 chipset and comes with the TV-out bracket (s-video composite). You can use the bios to reconfigure the 3 audio jacks (Line-in, Line-out, Mic.) to be 4 or 6 channel audio; if your surround sound system requires this. (I haven't tried it; you *may* need to use their MS Windows utilities to configure this particular option.) The board doesn't come with an S/PDIF bracket, but you can buy one (RCA optical fiber) at CensusPC for $12.00: http://www.censuspc.com/cart/product.php?productid=182cat=46page=2 Installing FC3 was fine, everything just worked. Also, installing Myth in accordance with Jarod's guide worked out very well. I also have a PVR-350 and have tried both it's TV-out and the on-board nForce TV-out. I like the PVR-350's TV output much better (on my standard def TV the picture quality is higher) but I have to admit that I didn't try too hard to see if I could tweak the nVidia video quality. Having said that, X looks worse on the PVR-350 vs. the on-board nForce TV-out... I use the PVR-350's TV-out anyway though, as my box is 100% dedicated to TV watching so I don't play games, etc. with this unit. HTH -Rei. ___ 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] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
On Thursday 31 March 2005 20:06, Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? I don't think that's needed. But I had a problem this weekend with daylight savings (here in Belgium we switched last sunday morning). The script I use (tv_grab_be_tvb) to pull the channel information from the net ran at 1 o'clock. It inserted the time information as UTC +1. But after 2 o'clock the timezone was UTC+2. The system was running in UTC +2, but the information in the database was still for UTC +1. So all time information was 1 hour off. All schedules were recording at the wrong time. My solution is to run the update script at 4 o'clock so it wil run after the time changed. Stef ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
On March 31, 2005 02:06 pm, Chris Clarke wrote: Hi All, Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? TIA, Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Last year I was recording a movie overnight during the daylight savings time change. I ended up losing the last hour of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] old video card from a VAIO
I had one of those cards back in the day, they came in the first sony PC's and have the piggyback board for A/V connections, right? I never did use it in my mythbox because I gave the card away. All I know about all-in-wonders is the mythtv.org documentation says they have driver issues. You would still be using the TVin part of the card as well, to tune channel 3(or 4) from the cable box and record. Then yes, the TVout to display on the TV. -Kenneth On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:34:22 -0600, Mike Angstadt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got an old video card/tuner combo card from a Sony VAIO desktop that I'm considering using just for fun to see if I can get MythTV working. I'm fairly certain it's a really old ATI all in wonder card, and before you start yelling at me :) the card is listed on the bttv gallery http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/bttv/bttv-gallery.html (do a find for 'all in wonder') and is from around the same time period. So since people always respond to AIW questions by saying MythTV uses the bttv drivers, it appears as if this card works with them. Additionally people have said the AIW can't be used for display and as a tuner at the same time, but since I have digital cable, am I correct in saying that the digital cable box actually acts as my TV-tuner, so the video card really only has to have TV-out since it won't be using the tuner? Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about using this card for MythTV... I know the suggestion will probably be to go out and buy the cheapest new card I can find, but I'm just doing this for fun and trying to use entirely parts I already have. -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
