[mythtv-users] Re: Time change causes problems
I have the same problem and I am in EST. Running mythfilldatabase repeatedly after setting the timezone correction for xmltv using mythtvsetup to any value does nothing. Nothing wrong with my system clock because it automatically corrected. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re-Compile With Non-Default Options
I'm not sure what the default gentoo e-builds for mytht include, but I just dropped the dime on an HDTV and may want to include the firewire support. My best guess is that means a manual re/compile. Is that true? How do I do that? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Time change causes problems
On Monday 04 April 2005 02:03 am, kmberry wrote: I have the same problem and I am in EST. Running mythfilldatabase repeatedly after setting the timezone correction for xmltv using mythtvsetup to any value does nothing. Nothing wrong with my system clock because it automatically corrected. Doesn't anybody here bother to read previous messages before posting? Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Time change causes problems
Lol, Today is my first day on this list (due to the TZ problem) and I was thinking the same thing -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Isaac Richards Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:06 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Time change causes problems On Monday 04 April 2005 02:03 am, kmberry wrote: I have the same problem and I am in EST. Running mythfilldatabase repeatedly after setting the timezone correction for xmltv using mythtvsetup to any value does nothing. Nothing wrong with my system clock because it automatically corrected. Doesn't anybody here bother to read previous messages before posting? Isaac ___ 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] Mythweb Duplicates Deactivated Default Behavior
The CookieDomain docs say that it has to be a string starting with a dot and containing at least one more internal dot. Since I access my myth machine as simply boots, I wasn't sure what to use here. Ahh, yeah, that might be an issue. Though in this case, boots would be the subdomain and your computer would add whatever search domain it's configured for as the master domain. I tried changing ServerName to boots.foo.local and setting CookieDomain to .foo.local, but that didn't help. remove the first dot -- it gets added as needed in the code. I noticed that Debian's apache2 has very few modules enabled by default. I've got just these ones enabled: actions cgi php4 userdir usertrack Am I missing something else crucial? Nope, nothing special needed (that I can think of) other than php. -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Optimizing MythTV for AMD64
On Sunday 03 April 2005 14:12, Robert Tsai wrote: Anyway, using libmpeg, I run at about 75-85% CPU. Turning off libmpeg, I am now down to about 50% CPU. In both cases, this is about 12% for XFree86. Perhaps by coincidence, this confirms your reported CPU numbers below (although we have different CPUs). Finally got around to trying HD playback on my own Athlon 64 system (only had it about 2 weeks now). Athlon 64 3500+, PCI-Ex GeForce 6600GT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, gcc 3.4. With ffmpeg decoding, I'm seeing a steady 75% cpu on 720p material. 1080i material with kernel deint bounces all over the place, from 50% up to 100%. Output is to a 21 CRT at 1600x1200. With libmpeg2 decoding, the cpu is pegged on 720p material, and there's some occasional stutter. The cpu usage on 1080i material fluctuates again, but this time, only between 50% and 85%. However, the playback is actually worse than ffmpeg, despite the lower cpu usage (occasional stutter). What kind of deinterlace algorithm are you using? I'm using Bob. (Would that even be relevant to this performance discussion?) Kernel deint here. In summary, turning off libmpeg has been good so I can confirm your results (although it sounds like I am more happy with that configuration change than you are). Make that three of us who have seen worse performance with libmpeg2 on A64. Also, on my box, the frontend reliably segfaults after exiting one recording and trying to view another. Need to investigate if this has already been fixed in cvs (been working with 0.17 here). -- 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/ pgpgGIpa7hEPZ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Optimizing MythTV for AMD64
On Monday 04 Apr 2005 08:17, Jarod Wilson wrote: Also, on my box, the frontend reliably segfaults after exiting one recording and trying to view another. Need to investigate if this has already been fixed in cvs (been working with 0.17 here). It was fixed, at least for me. Then I made the mistake of updating from CVS again this weekend and I can't even compile (yay). -- Stuart Morgan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythmusic Compile Error
I am having a problem with compiling mythmusic, it loooks like a flac library issue, but I have recompiled flac and I still get the error, it is: -- i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/include/SDL -D_REENTRANT -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\"/u sr\" -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_PLUGIN -I/usr/qt/3/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/cdda -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o flacdecoder.o flacdecoder.cpp cddecoder.cpp: In member function `void CdDecoder::flush(bool)': cddecoder.cpp:74: error: could not convert `(*(((Decoder*)this)-Decoder::output ()-AudioOutput::_vptr.AudioOutput + 24u))(((Decoder*)this)-Decoder::output(), ((CdDecoder*)this)-CdDecoder::output_buf, samples, -0x1ll)' to `bool' cddecoder.cpp: In member function `virtual bool CdDecoder::initialize()': cddecoder.cpp:141: error: 'class AudioOutput' has no member named 'SetSourceBitr ate' cddecoder.cpp: In member function `virtual void CdDecoder::run()': cddecoder.cpp:225: error: 'class AudioOutput' has no member named 'Drain' make[1]: *** [cddecoder.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs flacdecoder.cpp: In member function `void FlacDecoder::setFlacMetadata(const FLA C__StreamMetadata*)': flacdecoder.cpp:144: error: 'class AudioOutput' has no member named 'SetSourceBi trate' flacdecoder.cpp: In member function `void FlacDecoder::flush(bool)': flacdecoder.cpp:210: error: could not convert `(*(((Decoder*)this)-Decoder::out put()-AudioOutput::_vptr.AudioOutput + 24u))(((Decoder*)this)-Decoder::output( ), ((FlacDecoder*)this)-FlacDecoder::output_buf, samples, -0x1ll)' to ` bool' flacdecoder.cpp: In member function `virtual void FlacDecoder::run()': flacdecoder.cpp:349: error: 'class AudioOutput' has no member named 'Drain' make[1]: *** [flacdecoder.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mythmusic-0.17-r2/work/mythmusic-0. 17/mythmusic' make: *** [sub-mythmusic] Error 2 --- Maybe the problem function is in cddecoder, but I can not find any library by that name, or even close. I notice a cdda header file is included, but also can not find a lib of that name. Any help much apreciated. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] uc: FC3 And latest CVS Problem
Hi I apt upgraded my FC3, my FC3 uses the standard apt stable packages as specified on Jarod Wilsons page. When I upgraded my FC3 I got a new Xorg, however whenever I try to compile mythtv CVS I get an error saying it cannot find "-LXext" supposedly linking the X extensions, but I thought this package was part of the core implementation of Xorg? Anyone got any ideas? Confused, Tom The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s).For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored. Callsto QinetiQ may be recorded for quality control, regulatory and monitoring purposes. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] New Configure Problems
The new configure script is unable to detect several libs on my machine resulting in required features being disabled. In the following note that lirc support, xv support among others are disabled despite both being available on the system. (DVB is also disabled by default but I'm not sure if it should be with this new script?). ./configure --enable-xvmc --enable-dvb Warning: DVB location points into kernel (ok if kernel = 2.6.11) # Basic Settings Compile type release Compiler cache no DistCC no Install prefix /usr/local CPU x86_64 (AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+) Big Endian no MMX enabled yes Vector Builtins yes # Input Support Joystick menuyes lirc support no ivtv support yes FireWire support no DVB support yes [/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-2mdk/include] # Sound Output Support OSS support yes ALSA support yes aRts support yes JACK support yes # Video Output Support x11 support yes xrandr support yes xv support no XvMC support yes XvMC VLD support no OpenGL vsync no -- Stuart Morgan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Simple LiveTV Question
This is one of the things that has been bugging me since I've first started working with Myth a few weeks ago. When browsing the EPG, intuitively I think ENTER or SELECT should take you to the channel that's currently highlighted, and R or RECORD should bring up recording options. Even more intuitive would be if a show that is showing right now is highlighted, then ENTER would change to that channel, but if the show is in the future, ENTER would bring up recording options. Of cource the record button would bring up the record menu in all cases. As it is, the button that brings up the menu in live TV is the same button that changes to the currently highlighted channel in the EPG. To my simple mind, that's not very intuitive. I know there are some keybindings that you can change in MythWeb, and you can change mappings in lircrc, but (1)I can't seem to find keybindings in MythWeb for the EPG (2)I certainly don't think it's possible to make one key (ENTER, for example) do two different things depending on what's highlighted. If I'm missing something or if i'm out on my own in thinking this matters, please let me know. Myth is nearly infinitely configurable (the Linux way) so maybe I've just missed a way to fix this. Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 23:11:47 -0800 From: Mathew Mrosko [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Simple LiveTV Question To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Saturday 02 April 2005 02:54 pm, Jordack wrote: M When browsing the TV Guide on LiveTV I'll scroll through find a program I want and if I hey; Enter, Return, Space, Go(Remote) or play(Remote) they all bring up the same box.. The Record This Program' screen. I can't seem to figure out how to get it to change to the channel instead. I have to exit out of the Guide and enter the channel number. Any ideas? Jordack __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com -- Mathew Mrosko -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users End of mythtv-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 13 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Simple LiveTV Question
Okay I'll look for that this evening. Do you think it is in the keybindings in mythweb or is in in the setup area of the frontend interface? Thanks On Apr 4, 2005 8:03 AM, Ivor Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zach wrote: This is one of the things that has been bugging me since I've first started working with Myth a few weeks ago. When browsing the EPG, intuitively I think ENTER or SELECT should take you to the channel that's currently highlighted, and R or RECORD should bring up recording options. Even more intuitive would be if a show that is showing right now is highlighted, then ENTER would change to that channel, but if the show is in the future, ENTER would bring up recording options. Of cource the record button would bring up the record menu in all cases. As it is, the button that brings up the menu in live TV is the same button that changes to the currently highlighted channel in the EPG. To my simple mind, that's not very intuitive. I know there are some keybindings that you can change in MythWeb, and you can change mappings in lircrc, but (1)I can't seem to find keybindings in MythWeb for the EPG (2)I certainly don't think it's possible to make one key (ENTER, for example) do two different things depending on what's highlighted. If I'm missing something or if i'm out on my own in thinking this matters, please let me know. Myth is nearly infinitely configurable (the Linux way) so maybe I've just missed a way to fix this. Yup there's an option in the settings to change to the select changes channel behaviour you describe. I'm not in front of the machine so I can't tell you exactly where it is, but its in there somewhere! :) -- Ivor http://www.ivor.it ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVB recording length not accurate
Hi, I'm seeing some rather inconsistent recording lengths. Some recordings display the correct length and seek forward and backward correctly, however others display an incorrectly length - typically two and a half minutes (displayed) for 30 minutes (actual). Seeking forward and backward in such a recording is problematic - an attempt to seek forward by 30 seconds translates into a much larger actual seek. Bizarre thing is that it doesn't seem to affect all recordings. Not sure what the underlying factor could be - haven't had enough time to learn about it. Anyone else seen this? Any hints on how to debug it? Fairly new Mythtv 0.17 setup (only 2 weeks old) Gentoo Linux / Kernel 2.6.11-r4 Avermedia 771 DVB-T reciver card AMD Athlon 2200+ / 512Mb Thanks Richard ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythMusic skipping on OGG files
Hi all, I've just got MythTV installed happily, and am very pleased so far. I'm having a problem with MythMusic though - it seems to be reporting track lengths wrong (generally 20 seconds or so too long), and often skips ahead a few seconds at random while playing. Most of my music is in OGG format, so it may be something specific to this format, I'm not sure. Anyone come across anything like this? cheers, -- James Smith - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: How well does commercial detection work?
Chris, I recorded The Toy the other night on ABC's SD channel, I was hoping that the commercial detection would work much better since the movie was full-frame instead of the bordered stuff I have been recording lately (I don't know if the commercial detection works well with it). I tried running it under blank frame with and without strict detection and also with the all method. I even updated to last nights CVS and reran with a CommBlankFrameMaxDiff = 30. Same result... The best set of commercial breaks started out within 2-5 seconds of the start and end of the first commercial break and reach 67-69 seconds towards the end of the movie. It seems like the commercial detection never starts and stops on a blank frame, it should right? Do you have any suggestions as to what I can try to get the detection more accurate? I don't think it's related to noise since I'm using DVB and my signal strength is over 90% on all channels. Does anyone else experience this issue? Thanks, -Greg --- Running Conditions --- 939pin Athlon64 3200+ OS - Standard Issue Debian (32-bit) MythTV - CVS Version (4/3/2005) Capture Card - pcHDTV HD-3000 Drivers - Using DVB (kernel 2.6.12) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: High-Definition Playback performance data
We should try to build a list of all the things that can go wrong in making HD work smoothly. There are many. They include: a) Right drivers for card with your kernel b) Proper AGP bus speed and AGP interface driver in use c) Proper user of openGL sync for retrace d) Proper settings for deinterlace and, if used, xvmc e) Proper sound settings and handling of 5.1 sound and multiple streams f) Real time scheduling of playback thread g) Making sure disk or network speed is adequate h) Nothing else sucking up CPU on the machine And of course having the right cards and memory itself. I found a couple of things this weekend while screwing around with my machine. 1. Getting the RTC working correctly. I couldn't find it documented anywhere but when I ran mythfrontend -v all and went through all the output I noticed that it was falling back on a different method for syncing because something was not right with the RTC (also, I noticed that mplayer was saying stuff about can't use the RTC). Anyway, I did some googling and found that if you enable the HPET in your kernel it'll conflict with the RTC. I recompiled without it and behold both programs use the RTC now! I've noticed an improvement in audio-video sync. 2. Forcing the nvidia drivers to use the NvAGP 1 value. I read that it improves performance so I stuck it in the XF86Config file but then I started getting those messages in syslog about AGPGART is loaded can't use NvAGP. This is also due to compiling in the AGP support in the kernel. I recompiled without it and behold glxgears gives me about 1000 more fps! Anyway, I just thought I'd share since I was able to gain some quality and speed in those two areas. As far as performance I get theses numbers: Standard Definition Digital - Anywhere from 15% - 45% cpu High Definition Digital - Anywhere from 65% - 100% cpu (always smooth) I'm not using XvMC since there has been so much talk of hard lock ups and stuff I have been too scared to give it a try. -Greg --- Running Conditions --- 939pin Athlon64 3200+ OS - Standard Issue Debian (32-bit) MythTV - CVS Version (4/3/2005) Capture Card - pcHDTV HD-3000 Drivers - Using DVB (kernel 2.6.12) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Configure Problems
On Monday 04 Apr 2005 12:20, Stuart Morgan wrote: The new configure script is unable to detect several libs on my machine resulting in required features being disabled. In the following note that lirc support, xv support among others are disabled despite both being available on the system. (DVB is also disabled by default but I'm not sure if it should be with this new script?). Just a followup - the configure script is failing to find the libraries as the paths have been hardcoded. On my 64bit system for example, libraries are under /usr/lib64/ not /usr/lib/. -- Stuart Morgan http://www.tase.co.uk ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge 350 not initializing.
Rudi, As a quick and dirty work around I have to manually initialize the card with: # /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl # mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 After that I can record and watch live tv. I have to do this every time I reboot. This is a fairly new problem since I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 and the corresponding ivtv packages in atrpm.net repository. Pat Hello Pat! I try to set up MythTV on my Epia Nehemiah board with Arch Linux current. The kernel is a plane 2.6.11.4 with quite up to date (well two weeks old) v4l pathes. Compiled the (latest?) ivtv 0.3.2p, which shows the same symptom as an older 0.3.2h. My theory up till now was that I own a TV-Card with an unusual tuner, which is not initialized correctly with ivtv, but after your answer I am not sure anymore. Can you remember the setup which worked for you? Rudi On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 03:51:58PM -0400, Patrick Davila wrote: Rudi, Something must have been broken. Either the driver or the patched fedora kernel. How did you do your install? Do you use FC3 and the same software versions as me? Do you use Axel's repository. My card is about a 1 year old and behaves exactly as yours. It works fine in windows. Works the first time after restarting in linux. I'm thinking about just compiling the driver from source. Can anyone recommend which version of the driver to use? I assume the latest CVS version? Thanks Pat -- Patrick Davila http://thelinuxlink.net/tllts/ - The Linux Link Tech Show Registered Linux user #252063 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Video input not working
Title: Video input not working I'm following Jarod's HOWTO to setup MythTV. I've got up to the point of configuring IVTV. The various commands to check it are working fine. My PVR-350 is connected to Video0. However, I tried opening Xawtv to see if I was getting a signal from the cable. I get the following error message. This is xawtv-3.93, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at) /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217728;index=1;name=44.1 kHz;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217729;index=1;name=Layer 1;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217730;index=1;name=[L1/L2] Free fmt;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217731;index=1;name=Stereo;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217732;index=1;name=Subbands 4-31/bound=4;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217733;index=1;name=None;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217734;index=1;name=CRC off;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217735;index=1;name=Copyright off;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217736;index=1;name=Copy;reserved=4294967280): Invalid argument Segmentation fault I've also tried TVTime, but something's not quite right. Any suggestions? Jeremy DeStefano ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase full refresh
Hi, I was bit by the QT 3.3.4 bug + daylight savings, and have it fixed up with one of the posted workarounds. The problem is that I cant figure out how to do a full refresh of mythfilldatabase. If I run it with: --refresh-today or --refresh-second I got updated data for those days, but days 3 - N are wrong. I dont see a command for refresh-all or anything like that, is there? Thanks, William ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase full refresh
The way I did was running mythtv-setup, and blowing my sources, and then rechoosing them. Next time I ran mythfilldatabase, I got it all.On Apr 4, 2005 9:22 AM, Bill Oberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was bit by the QT 3.3.4 bug + daylight savings, and have it fixed up with one of the posted workarounds. The problem is that I can't figure out how to do a full refresh of mythfilldatabase. If I run it with: --refresh-today or --refresh-second I got updated data for those days, but days 3 - N are wrong. I don't see a command for "refresh-all" or anything like that, is there? Thanks, William ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-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 skipping on OGG files
On 04/04/2005, at 10:15 PM, James Smith wrote: Hi all, I've just got MythTV installed happily, and am very pleased so far. I'm having a problem with MythMusic though - it seems to be reporting track lengths wrong (generally 20 seconds or so too long), and often skips ahead a few seconds at random while playing. Most of my music is in OGG format, so it may be something specific to this format, I'm not sure. Anyone come across anything like this? My post of a few days ago (MythMusic playback speed too fast) is probably related - I'm seeing a similar thing for mp3 playback minus the skipping (they just play fast and end early). But I'm pretty sure it's been happening for a few OGG's in the collection too. But I haven't had any replies as yet, so I assume either (a) this is something fairly obscure or (b) not many people are using MythMusic. Which would be a pity, since it has a lot of potential. Cheers, Matthew. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MySQL problem - Help urgently needed
Hi all, Could someone please save me from having to use Freevo :-) I cannot access mysql due to the NOTORIOUS ERROR 1045. I cannot access anything to do with mysql, password or not... I recently removed and reinstalled all rpms from original FC3 DVD, but that did not solve the problem. This sounds like a misconfiguration of mysql, but I need to know what directories/files I need to manually remove so as to replace them with clean rpm ones. Any help greatly appreciated, as I cannot pass step 2 of the install (out of a lot of steps). Cheers, Craig Cooper ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase full refresh
On Apr 4, 2005 9:22 AM, Bill Oberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got updated data for those days, but days 3 - N are wrong. I don't see a command for refresh-all or anything like that, is there? I assume you're using the DataDirect stuff? If so, there is a way to refresh everything, but it's disabled by default (I think Isaac didn't want to add too much unnecessary load to the DD servers). There's an option in the code for --dd-grab-all , which will grab all the data available for your lineup, replacing whatever's in the database. But, as I said, it's not enabled by default. You'd have to uncomment the relevant code in the source (sorry, I forget where exactly), and recompile. Hm, something else occurs to me... I have not tried this. But it might be as simple as: mysql DELETE FROM program; And then run mythfilldatabase. But again, I have not tried this. Take a backup first. ;) Anyone else want to jump in and let us know if we can just delete the contents of the program table? :) -- aaron ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythweb - MythVideo on the web
On 01 Apr 2005 02:50:37 -0500, jondz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 02:45, jondz wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 00:10, Sammo wrote: MythVideo is great, I really like the feature to search IMDB for posters and movie information. Is it possible to search IMDB from within MythWeb? Currently I can click on Edit Video Info to manually enter info (but can't even manually add poster images). If it's not possible to do that in the current MythWeb, is there a way to do it remotely through ssh? I know there's the mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/imdb.pl file which retrieves the info etc, but I don't know how to put it into the Myth databse. If all the above fails, what would be the fastest way to get movie info/images for a large number of videos? Thanks mythtv-users for all your support! I recall doing this, ftp or sftp an image thru where mythtv directory stores the video images; then on the MythVideo utilities right arrow, then select the image on one of the options there. I sortof recall putting movie info thru mythweb but assigning the image on mythvideo (or maybe both can be done on mythweb?). Sorry can't be more specific as I've got the disk crash and trying to recover my mythtv box... More to this, (reading my sql text dump) if you can't recall where the video artwork are located, check out (in mysql) select * from settings where value = 'VideoArtworkDir' jondz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Probably not what you where thinking of but... I thought about this for a while beforehand, and in the end decided that instead of messing about with IMDB, a screenshot of the video (ala recorded programs style screenshot) would suffice, so I added a bit of php code and a clickable link in mythweb to autogenerate thumbnail screenshots of each video. Only takes the system about 10 seconds to do 50 or so thumbnails. The code is by no means pefect though and needs more work, but bascially uses mplayer to do the screenshots. -- Regards, ~CM ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Going Nuts re: Nvidia Setup
Here is my nvidia xorg.conf. I have confirmed that the Horiz and Vertical rates are correct per my Dell monitor. # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like .txt or .db). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath unix/:7100 EndSection Section Module Load dbe Load extmod Load fbdevhw Load glx Load record Load freetype Load type1 Load v41 # Load dri EndSection Section ServerFlags Option AllowMouseOpenFail yes EndSection Section InputDevice # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option Xleds 1 2 3 # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option XkbDisable # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option XkbModel pc102 # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option XkbModel microsoft # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option XkbLayout de # or: # Option XkbLayout de # Option XkbVariant nodeadkeys # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option XkbOptions ctrl:swapcaps # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option XkbOptions ctrl:nocaps # Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Emulate3Buttons no EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelName Unknown monitor HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 Option dpms EndSection Section Device # Option ConnectedMonitor CRT-0 Identifier Videocard0 Driver nvidia VendorName Videocard vendor BoardName NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic) EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 Monitor Monitor0 DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection Section DRI Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection On Apr 3, 2005 10:37 PM, Dewey Smolka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I hope this is not a stupid question, but is there any chance thenvidia xorg.conf you're using is to drive TV only?Have you triedhooking up the S-video and seeing if it works?If you're not planning on going out to tv just yet, you might as wellkeep your working xorg until you get the system configured andrunning. Editing the xorg.conf file is not that hard as long as youfollow directions, but it's also possible to fry your hardware if youmake mistakes in modelines.On Apr 3, 2005 9:21 PM, Larry K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All,I have been struggling to get my nvidia environment set up according to Jarod's guide.Let me start by saying that altho I am relatively new to the Linux world, I have a pretty solid foundation to build on.However, this little project is doing very little for my self-esteem.:)Here is my system:Nforce2 Crush 18G IGP chipset +Southbridge MCPAthlon XP 2500+Geforce4 MX 440 AGP (S-video TV-out)FC core 3 kernel 2.6.10-1.770Nvidia 6629 driverDell Flat Panel 1703FP VGA (analog)When I run KDE with the default xorg.conf file (nv driver), things appear to work correctly on the Dell monitor.Having succeeded with that, I tried installing the nvidia xorg.conf, which is where the problems begin.When the KDE desktop opens, the icons are not painted correctly, and when I click on things, the display is *somewhat* garbled.I can normally see things well enough to do a shutdown, but that's about it.I have experimented with about 1E10 permutation of settings, with varying degrees of limited success.I have tried various settings of the NvAGP option, to no avail. I have disabled ACPI in the system BIOS.I tried the mem=nopentium switch as described in the nvidia readme Appendix F.I read about blacklisting AGPGART via /etc/hotplug/blacklist, but didnt get too far with that one..When I cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status, it sometimes says that AGP is not enabled, or some such message.At other times, that nvidia directory is not even there at all.dmesg normally reports something like this:agpgart:Detected NVIDIA nForce2 chipsetagpgart: Maximum memoryetc./var/log/messages reports something
Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone using commercial detection in the UK with success?
On Apr 1, 2005 8:56 AM, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Christall wrote: Anyone in the UK using detection with success? and if so, what channels! (and why?!) sucess - yes, but very limited! There's no way I could ever rely on it. I think the logo detection method is the only way that works for me on certain sky channels. I just jump forward 4 minutes by pressing 4, right arrow David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The only commercial detection that is working sucessfully for me in the UK is the aspect ratio change that happens on certain channels (Five, The Simpsons, for example) whereby the show is transmitted in 4:3 with the commercials in 16:9 The strange thing is, when I used to record shows with my PVR250 the commercial detection was very good. When I switched to DVB it never got it right ?? I thought that the cleaner signal would have improved its accuracy, obviously I was wrong ;) -- Regards, ~CM ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythweb Duplicates Deactivated Default Behavior
Chris Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The CookieDomain docs say that it has to be a string starting with a dot and containing at least one more internal dot. Since I access my myth machine as simply boots, I wasn't sure what to use here. Ahh, yeah, that might be an issue. Though in this case, boots would be the subdomain and your computer would add whatever search domain it's configured for as the master domain. Hmm, I don't use a search domain. I tried changing ServerName to boots.foo.local and setting CookieDomain to .foo.local, but that didn't help. remove the first dot -- it gets added as needed in the code. Without the first dot: Syntax error on line 14 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/mythjdc.conf: CookieDomain values must begin with a dot Trial and error isn't working. I've set the apache LogLevel to debug, and turned on logging of cookies, but still nothing is being logged. Not sure how to debug further. Dan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase full refresh
I think the easiest way might be to run the mythtvsetup and when it asks if you want to keep all channels select no (keep capture card settings when it asks), then reset up your capture card to point your input sources and just re-verify all is well, exit setup and then re-run mythfilldatabase -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aaron Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:39 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase full refresh On Apr 4, 2005 9:22 AM, Bill Oberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got updated data for those days, but days 3 - N are wrong. I don't see a command for refresh-all or anything like that, is there? I assume you're using the DataDirect stuff? If so, there is a way to refresh everything, but it's disabled by default (I think Isaac didn't want to add too much unnecessary load to the DD servers). There's an option in the code for --dd-grab-all , which will grab all the data available for your lineup, replacing whatever's in the database. But, as I said, it's not enabled by default. You'd have to uncomment the relevant code in the source (sorry, I forget where exactly), and recompile. Hm, something else occurs to me... I have not tried this. But it might be as simple as: mysql DELETE FROM program; And then run mythfilldatabase. But again, I have not tried this. Take a backup first. ;) Anyone else want to jump in and let us know if we can just delete the contents of the program table? :) -- aaron ___ 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] datadirect hack problem
I did the datadirect.cpp hack to fix my daylight savings problem, see: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/122546 I've come to the same conclusion. I've temporarily fixed mine by changing line 78 in datadirect.cpp from: int timesecs = basedt.secsTo(UTCdt); to: int timesecs = basedt.secsTo(UTCdt) + 3600; // add one hour Times are all correct now. And, it seemed like it worked, but there is a problem. I lose all listings from 11:00 PM to midnight. I also saw postings in that thread about downgrading QT from 3.3.4 to 3.3.3. Im a little bit nervous about doing that, as quite a bit of things depend on this library. Is there an official solution yet? Thanks! william ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic skipping on OGG files
HI! James Smith wrote: I've just got MythTV installed happily, and am very pleased so far. I'm having a problem with MythMusic though - it seems to be reporting track lengths wrong (generally 20 seconds or so too long), and often skips ahead a few seconds at random while playing. Most of my music is in OGG format, so it may be something specific to this format, I'm not sure. Anyone come across anything like this? I haven't checked the track length, yet, but every now and then (about every half hour of playing), I get a 1 second pause. This is not reproducable. I am playing OGG files over NFS (rsize=8192,wsize=8192,tcp,intr). First I had FC1 with WLAN and thought this is the cause. But now I have FC3 and 100 MBit LAN and this still happens, just maybe a little less frequent. Thomas ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv playback problem with NVIDIA videoa cceleration - HELP! (still unsolved)
Jarod Wilson wrote: [ stuff about XvMC in ATrpms packages not working w/71xx nvidia driver ] On Tuesday 29 March 2005 01:53, Jarod Wilson wrote: So does it work in mythtv now, or not? NO it doesnt! :):) Same problem. All the rendering stuff was working all along its the first thing I checked when Mythtv didnt work! Any word on this oh atrpm gurus? Was gonna try to see for myself this evening, but for whatever reason, I can't even get X to actually work with 7167 on my main HD playback box at the moment... Will try again tomorrow night with another box. If I get that problem myself, I'll rebuild Myth against the 7167 libs and try again. Okay, finally got back to this. Just got 7174 playing nice on my Athlon XP 1800. It definitely lowers cpu usage for HDTV playback, though still not enough that I can watch 1080i programming w/a deint filter enabled on this lowly box without stutter (plays well enough w/no deint filter, but lots of motion jaggies). Will try again when I swap my GF 6200 back in there, currently has a GF4MX... Interesting - I have an Athlon XP 1700+ cranked up to 2000+, and for the life of me I can't get HD playback without stutter, even with the 7174 driver (I'm using XvMC, too!). I _think_ it MIGHT be the onboard audio (i810-like) that's the culpret, but I can't be sure. MythTV doesn't seem to log much useful audio info, even with -v all turned on in the frontend. Ah yes, as for the XvMC thing, I'm getting no-go also: Using XvMC version: 1.0 XvMC found and using IDCT surface 2005-04-01 23:57:23.224 Using XV port 105 Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module is version 0.7174.0, but this library is version 1.0.6629. Please be sure that your kernel module and all NVIDIA driver files have the same driver version. Unable to create XvMC Context return status:11 BadAlloc 2005-04-01 23:57:44.760 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-04-01 23:57:44.760 Decoder not alive, and trying to play.. 2005-04-01 23:57:44.860 Changing from None to None That happens even after yanking all traces of 6629 from the system, so it would seem 6629's libXvMC is staticly linked to libmyth, or something like that. I'm kicking off a rebuild of myth against 7174 before hitting the sack, we'll see what we can see tomorrow... Yes, MythTV needs to be recompiled. I don't _think_ it's a static vs. dynamic issue, though. I think the nVidia headers must force this to spit out if the version of the library isn't the same as the version of the includes that were used to build the executable. I had to do likewise with the Xine-HD app. that was supplied by pcHTV for use with their HD-3000 card. Alan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] widescreen TV out
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 10:22:27AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Thanks; you're right. I trided that anyway and got it working on Saturday. Once I put it my TV size (DisplaySize 660 370), turned off aspect ratio override in Myth and put the TV in zoom mode, it works fine. (Without zoom on the TV, it thinks it's a 4:3 picture and everybody's thin; zoom stretches it horizontally to fill the screen.) This works, but I have to change to 'full' mode manually each time I switch to the Myth input on the TV, because it thinks it's a 4:3 picture. (The TV allows you to set your default mode for a 4:3 picture, but only among a couple of options, neither of which is right.) Seems that I need to tell the TV that it's a widescreen picture. I gather that widescreen signalling in the picture should do that. Is it possible to configure the NVidia driver to output that? I should just get around to connecting via VGA/RGBHV, which should make this moot. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] app for determine HD resolution?
Does anybody know of an app which will do any or all of: * Show the resolution (H x V or 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, etc.) of a specified dvb channel (ATSC) * Show the resolution of a specified .nuv file? * Show the bandwidth (bps) of a given ATSC channel I'm trying to determine just what my system can playback without stutter. It seems to do OK on some HD content, but not others, and I suspect the difference is either the format of the channel or possibly the number of subchannels (ie. the total bandwidth) on a channel. Thanks, Alan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: datadirect hack problem
Bill Oberman wrote: I did the datadirect.cpp hack to fix my daylight savings problem, see: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/122546 [...] And, it seemed like it worked, but there is a problem. I lose all listings from 11:00 PM to midnight. FWIW, I applied your hack and I do not have this problem. Bolek ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] datadirect hack problem
And, it seemed like it worked, but there is a problem. I lose all listings from 11:00 PM to midnight. I also saw postings in that thread about downgrading QT from 3.3.4 to 3.3.3. I'm a little bit nervous about doing that, as quite a bit of things depend on this library. Is there an official solution yet? Thanks! I tried the downgrade qt to 3.3.3 route, then reinstalled mythtv-cvs from ebuild. I forced an update of today using mythfilldatabase. I think it's broken in the opposite direction. It moved Wheel of Fortune from 6pm to 8pm (I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be on at 7pm). (reason I know is because a friend of mine will be on the wheel this week, so I wanted to be sure I recorded itbut it keeps moving!) Did cvs change to account for the 3.3.4 version of qt? and if so, doesn't that break everyone running 3.3.4? (if it is fixed for 3.3.4, I'll just re-upgrade, but I thought I would check and see if that is the case before doing all that compiling again) - Jeff -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some (100) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Old Grey Hauppauge Remote + Watch Video
i got the file for the new black and grey remote from jarod too, and i had to change a couple of the keys for mplayer to work with the remote. go through the file and make sure the button names match those in your lircd.conf file. Paul Harvey wrote: On Apr 3, 2005 4:46 PM, Jonathan Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked through the lirc key map file from http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc and it all looks right. The remote works fine, it does rewinding fast forwarding and everything but when I go to watch a video in the Watch Video section my remote doesnt function. It wont fast forward, pause, anything. I have to use my keyboard to do anything. Whats the problem? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The keys in mplayer or xine are much different from Myth... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Please help cannot burn CD...
I am running my MSI Mega PC 651 Box with KnoppMyth R4V5 + PVR 350 + NVIDIA. Everything works fine, including MythMusic, cd ripping and playing of an audio cd. Except one: one problem I have, where I cannot find any solution: I cannot write MP3 CDs from within my Play List Manager in MythMusic. When I choose to Create MP3 CD from Playlist Myth says Couldn't create CD. No more Information. No negative Logentries. The only information about the insertet CD is in the Kernel log: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! I assumed this as clear, because of the empty CD-R inside the drive. I also checked my startup log, which says: Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: Vendor: ATAPI Model: COMBO48XMAX Rev: 0.C5 Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Mar 24 23:41:04 mythtvbase kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 So my CD-Writer is recognised correctly a SCSI Device at 0,0,0. Myth-Recording-Settings are CD-Writing enabled Device 0,0,0 Disk Size 700MB/80Min (=inserted CD) Enable directories on MP3 creation is true CD-Writing Speed: Auto (I tried all manual values too) Regards Vuko ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] app for determine HD resolution?
On Apr 4, 2005 9:38 AM, Alan Hagge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know of an app which will do any or all of: * Show the resolution (H x V or 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, etc.) of a specified dvb channel (ATSC) * Show the resolution of a specified .nuv file? * Show the bandwidth (bps) of a given ATSC channel I'm trying to determine just what my system can playback without stutter. It seems to do OK on some HD content, but not others, and I suspect the difference is either the format of the channel or possibly the number of subchannels (ie. the total bandwidth) on a channel. Alan, I believe that the mythbackend log tells you the resolution of a channel when you switch to that channel. Try this: 1. Start mythbackend 2. # tail -f /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log 3. Run mythfrontend, watch live TV and change channels 4. Watch the output of 2 for the resolution of a channel as you switch to it Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
On a frontend only machine, ( no capture card ) what is the best option for a remote control? Are there any inexpensive options to add a remote control to a PC that interfaces well with lirc/mythtv? Recomendations? Experiences? Thank you, Mark This message was sent using OnNow Hosting Webmail. Hosting and email starting at $4.99/mo http://www.onnow.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Media Monitor not monitoring my cdrom device
Hi all I have 'Monitor CD/DVD' enabled in my preferences, but it is not working. When mythfrontend starts up, it says: 2005-04-02 09:14:53.387 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-04-02 09:14:53.420 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-02 09:14:53.420 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-02 09:14:54.267 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-02 09:15:55.556 Starting media monitor. It does not tell me that is is adding /dev/cdrom (or any other device) to be monitored. Does anyone know how to fix this/tell it what device to monitor? Chris -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tried everything, and nothing works
On Apr 3, 2005 4:59 PM, Dave Fade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, trying to get mythtv to work on FC3. Used the wilsonet tutorial to install everything. TV card works, tried it out w/ tv time. The problem is, when i got to Watch TV, it goes to a black screen, and nothing happens. The error about the slashes is not the problem. Here is the output of the shell window where i execute the mythfrontend. snip Hey, I had an issue similar to this. It turns out that I mistyped a line in my modprobe.conf file. Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] ERROR: file I/O problem in 'safe_read()': Invalid argument
Hi Folks, I know there has been a lot of discussion about this problem already, but I have yet to see any workarounds or indeed solutions. This is the issue some of us find when watching in LiveTV mode. All is well for a period of time and then the backend crashes out. Restarting the backend and requesting LiveTV again sets things back on course until the next crash. For me this is the only remaining critical issue. I can, sadly, recreate this issue at will .. I just have to watch TV for about 20 mins or so, maybe less. Can someone in the know please give me stuff to check for, I am eager to help fix this. Andy M PS The subject line is the only clue you get from the mythbackend log (even in -v all mode) that something is amiss. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
I'm looking at using a wireless keyboard for this. It was discussed here last week that there are learning remotes that can learn the keyboard's IR codes. With this approach you don't need new hardware on the system or additional software. You can use the remote for normal stuff and still have a keyboard handy when needed. On Apr 4, 2005 8:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a frontend only machine, ( no capture card ) what is the best option for a remote control? Are there any inexpensive options to add a remote control to a PC that interfaces well with lirc/mythtv? Recomendations? Experiences? Thank you, Mark This message was sent using OnNow Hosting Webmail. Hosting and email starting at $4.99/mo http://www.onnow.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Tim www.magicitx.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythweb Duplicates Deactivated Default Behavior
Syntax error on line 14 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/mythjdc.conf: CookieDomain values must begin with a dot in config/conf.php, set server_domain to your domain. Do not mess with any of the php stuff directly. -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Digital Broadcast Bitrates?
Hi all, Could anyone share what bitrates they typically see when capturing pure digital SD and HD signals such as via HD3000, DVB-S, or cable STB ala firewire? I found quite a bit of info in the archives regarding resolutions that are seen, but not much mention of the bitrates. Really I'm trying to figure out what kind of file sizes would be typical of such recordings, to plan for drive space and other hardware considerations. Thanks, -- Joel ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] remote *receiver* ?
On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 10:25:30PM -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: I feel like I'm being really dense or something. The only other thing I can think of is that people just buy some cheap wireless keyboard and configure a remote to send signals to the keyboard's IR receiver. Yep. Do this on all my frontend only machines now. Awesome as I've eliminated the need for lirc and have full functionality. That would be full myth/xine/mplayer functionality, right? Doesn't this wireless-keyboard approach eliminate possibility of binding remote control keys for activity unrelated to the application holding focus (unless you can bind them to keys first processed by the window manager before your application sees them)? Is this pros/cons summary correct? - Wireless keyboard receiver. The advantage is no extra configuration required beyond that of remote control; the frontend thinks it's a normal keyboard. The disadvantage is that you are confined to whatever application has focus at the moment (mythfrontend, xine, etc.). This means you can't program non-myth/xine stuff to happen, unless you can bind keys that get processed by your window manager before mythfrontend/xine/whatever see them. - LIRC. Requires more software installation/configuration (LIRC) and a serial port, but I imagine is more flexible because LIRC sees the remote control commands before any other applications see them? Thanks, --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data
is this using Xv or XvMC? --John I've lost track of the thread where I said something about trying a GeForce 6200 in place of a GeForce 4 MX with an Athlon XP 1800 system, to see if that would give any significant playback performance boost with High Definition recordings. Well, the answer is no, not really, but a bit of a cpu upgrade sure helped. Here's a quick summary of my findings today (from memory though, wish I'd actually written it all down). In all cases, I'm using libmpeg2 for decode. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GF4MX, 6629 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, cpu around 85% used. -Able to play back 1080i without a deint filter, cpu around 95% used. -Stutter every second or two on 1080i with deint filter on, cpu completely pegged. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GF4MX, 7174 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, cpu around 70% used. -Able to play back 1080i without deint, cpu around 85% used. -Stutter every few seconds on 1080i w/deint filter on, cpu pegged. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GeForce 6200, 7174 nvidia driver: -Maybe slightly better, but no significant difference from the GF4MX. Athlon XP 2600 w/AGP GF4MX, 7174 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, can't remember cpu usage. -Able to play back 1080i w/no deint, can't remember cpu usage. -Able to play back 1080i w/kernel deint filter enabled, cpu usage fluctuates between 80 and 95%. I've decided to stick with the 2600 and GF4MX, and my secondary Myth box can now handle 1080i programming without a problem. I'll get the missing cpu utilization numbers one of these days... ___ 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] XvMC - less stable on 0.17 and latest CVS compared to 0.16
Will Dormann wrote: Hi all, Has anybody noticed stability problems with XvMC and 0.17 or later? When I fast forward a lot or press the pause button and let it go for a while, when I unpause it my machine is locks up. I should mention that I have *no* hard lockup problems with 0.16 What made me test the CVS version is that I recently realized that Live TV doesn't seem to play well with XvMC enabled on 0.16. I'm using Bob Deinterlacing with this patch: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/87191 The OSD flickers, which I can mostly live with. But it seems that if the OSD is on the screen for too long, it can cause the video to go corrupt. What seems to trigger this is watching Live TV, then changing channels. It looks like having the OSD up while changing channels causes mythfrontend to hang. I can exit X and restart it to get up and running again, though. (Compared to 0.17 where I have to hit the power switch) I have the same issues as well.. i had to disable it.. --John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/05 11:24 AM On a frontend only machine, ( no capture card ) what is the best option for a remote control? Are there any inexpensive options to add a remote control to a PC that interfaces well with lirc/mythtv? Recomendations? Experiences? Thank you, Mark I *highly* recommend a wireless keyboard like an airboard, coupled with a learning remote. I messed around with LIRC for a while, and got it working fairly good. But there were occasions where I wanted to have a keyboard (like if Myth segfaulted or the machine went otherwise unresponsive), and since plugging in a keyboard or mouse while the system is powered on is generally a no-no, I always had to ssh in to the box, shut it down, plug the keyboard in, fire it back up, etc. Then I have no reason to have the keyboard. I like LIRC, I just don't want to have to deal with it on a system like Myth where there will be all sorts and ages of people using it. Once LIRC gets every issue ironed out and I don't need to worry about compiling from source or adding in patches that may or may not fix my problem, I may try it again. I rarely have focus problems. The myth developers have done a pretty good job of handing focus back to where it belongs. At least I think they are the ones doing it. Once I figure out the jump points in myth and remap some of the xine keys, I'll be extremely happy with that solution. The IR receivers for the keyboards even work with the Xantech and other IR repeater systems out there! Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, Chris. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
oh yeah, go the gyration. its small, RF, and works well. (it does chew the battereis tho') On Apr 4, 2005 6:20 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, 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
Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
Chris Gardner wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? I have this one. Works great. Bought it on newegg before but couldn't find it on their site now: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/str8buy/skwi10keyenl.html The range is phenominal and I can use it from all over the room without issue. I believe this is also an IR model which others have used with learning remotes to learn keyboard commands but I haven't done that. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but my Gyration always lost RF sync with the receiver. I might have too much RF interference from other electronic stuff I have. I ditched the whole thing and just use a universal remote and LIRC. -Khanh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryszard Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:26 PM To: Chris Gardner; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments oh yeah, go the gyration. its small, RF, and works well. (it does chew the battereis tho') On Apr 4, 2005 6:20 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, 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 mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVD playback slightly jerky
On Saturday 02 April 2005 16:55, leith wrote: TV Playback and recording playback is perfect. DVD playback has no audio syncing issues at all, but it seems as there is a frame jerk every so often that keeps the video on track with things. it is a slight jerk, but it is noticeable. It does not ruin the experience, but it is not optimal. any ideas on where to start with this? I am using mythTV's default mplayer command to play the DVD, and I have my mythTV box connected to my LCD tv using DVI through a nvidia FX5200 dvi output. it seems like this issue would be simple to resolve, I just need to know where to start. Is your DVD drive on the same IDE controller as any of the following: - drive containing OS root - drive containing swap partition - drive containing Myth recording partition If so, it's possible that moving the DVD drive to a separate controller might help. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] can't find mythtvsetup
Thanks Joe. I found it. Do you see more difficulty if I go on this path for my installation setup. Or rpms are recommended way for easy installation? -Ashish On Apr 3, 2005 9:22 PM, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:--- Ashish Ranjan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I downloaded mythtv 0.17 from mythtv.org. After successful compilation and install of package i don't find mythtvsetup program. I am on redhat 9.2. Any help would be highly appreciated. thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-usersThe mythtvsetup program is a feature of the RPMs fromATrpms.If you haven't installed them (you do saythat you installed from mythtv.org, hence thetarballs), then you likely don't have mythtvsetup.http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc9.1(The filename is setup, and it's in the setupdirectory where you compiled MythTV from).__Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates.http://personals.yahoo.com___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media Monitor not monitoring my cdrom device
Chris Picton wrote: Hi all I have 'Monitor CD/DVD' enabled in my preferences, but it is not working. Does anyone know how to fix this/tell it what device to monitor? Chris You need to add the devices to your /etc/fstab, like so: /dev/sr0/mnt/cdrom autonoauto,user,ro Obviously, replace /dev/sr0 with the name of your CD / DVD rom drive. Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/05 12:28 PM Ryszard On Apr 4, 2005 6:20 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, Chris. oh yeah, go the gyration. its small, RF, and works well. (it does chew the battereis tho') I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but my Gyration always lost RF sync with the receiver. I might have too much RF interference from other electronic stuff I have. I ditched the whole thing and just use a universal remote and LIRC. -Khanh Fixed the top posting... I had a gyration too. It worked, but I got sick of replacing the batteries. It also lost sync at the most inconvenient times, like when I was showing the system off to my in-laws. Tried the LIRC route before that, much better results than Gyration, but only because of the sync issues. An airboard + RS 15-2116 is awesome. I have one of those, plus a couple other programmables. I just picked up another MX-500 off ebay for fairly cheap, cloned it last night and now I've got the exact same remote in my bedroom as in the guest bedroom. It took me all of 30 seconds to clone the remote. And all function keys are identical. Now if I could only find 4 or 5 more of those... Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
Slightly off topic, has anyone used the Logitech Mediaplay cordless mouse with MythTV? Combining remote buttons with the mouse would save some table space, as well as be just plain cool... PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/05 12:28 PM Ryszard On Apr 4, 2005 6:20 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, Chris. oh yeah, go the gyration. its small, RF, and works well. (it does chew the battereis tho') I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but my Gyration always lost RF sync with the receiver. I might have too much RF interference from other electronic stuff I have. I ditched the whole thing and just use a universal remote and LIRC. -Khanh Fixed the top posting... I had a gyration too. It worked, but I got sick of replacing the batteries. It also lost sync at the most inconvenient times, like when I was showing the system off to my in-laws. Tried the LIRC route before that, much better results than Gyration, but only because of the sync issues. An airboard + RS 15-2116 is awesome. I have one of those, plus a couple other programmables. I just picked up another MX-500 off ebay for fairly cheap, cloned it last night and now I've got the exact same remote in my bedroom as in the guest bedroom. It took me all of 30 seconds to clone the remote. And all function keys are identical. Now if I could only find 4 or 5 more of those... Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Dr. Matthew J. Sullivan Bioinformatics Systems Architect Conway Institute Belfield Campus University College Dublin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a frontend only machine, ( no capture card ) what is the best option for a remote control? Are there any inexpensive options to add a remote control to a PC that interfaces well with lirc/mythtv? Recomendations? Experiences? If you can solder and can figure out what shops sell transistors then you can make your own serial receiver. So easy it's not funny. David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] 1.6b XBox (Xebian Myth0.17) won't playback recordings
After seeing some people have success with using the 1.6 XBoxes as frontends, I took the plunge and picked one up. After a disasterous attempted soft-mod (note to self, 3AM is not the correct time to be answering questions such as do you want to format your hard drive?) I got a chip installed, and everything seems to be going ok. The xebian install disc hung right after boot with a little bit of text and a single green pixel. Being a Gentoo bigot, I tried Gentoox, but compiling stuff on the xbox was just to painful for me to deal with. Anyway, after seeing a tip about using xromwell.xbe to launch the Xebian disc, I managed to get Xebian installed. I added the sarge/myth stuff to the sources file, and did an apt-get update apt-get install mythtv-frontend. Everything went well, I had to set the window sizes manually in the mythfrontend (I used something like 590x435 with 25 offsets and 5% overscan) and with a little monkeying I got the remote working too. Only problem is that I can't view recordings. When I go to the screen with a live preview, it goest to a black screen, then the console, then the grey default X screen, then boots me back to the recordings screen. If I shut off live previews, I can then pick a recording and start it, which results in the same sequence of black screen, console, grey screen, back to previous screen. The console has a message like agpgart: Unsupported NVidia chipset (device id: ), you might want to try agp_try_unsupported=1 Google didn't have any advice :/ Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this? Or does 1.6b just not work, and I misread some other posters? For the time being, I'm using the XBMC MythTV scripts to watch stuff, but it's not as nice as using a real full frontend... Thanks in advance. Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC - less stable on 0.17 and latest CVS compared to 0.16
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, John Kuhn wrote: Will Dormann wrote: Hi all, Has anybody noticed stability problems with XvMC and 0.17 or later? When I fast forward a lot or press the pause button and let it go for a while, when I unpause it my machine is locks up. I should mention that I have *no* hard lockup problems with 0.16 What made me test the CVS version is that I recently realized that Live TV doesn't seem to play well with XvMC enabled on 0.16. I'm using Bob Deinterlacing with this patch: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/87191 The OSD flickers, which I can mostly live with. But it seems that if the OSD is on the screen for too long, it can cause the video to go corrupt. What seems to trigger this is watching Live TV, then changing channels. It looks like having the OSD up while changing channels causes mythfrontend to hang. I can exit X and restart it to get up and running again, though. (Compared to 0.17 where I have to hit the power switch) I have the same issues as well.. i had to disable it.. --John 0.17 had some serious problems with XvMC. Using recent CVS's tho has been much better for XvMC stability again. I use it all the time again. Brian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data
--- Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We should try to build a list of all the things that can go wrong in making HD work smoothly. There are many. They include: a) Right drivers for card with your kernel b) Proper AGP bus speed and AGP interface driver in use c) Proper user of openGL sync for retrace d) Proper settings for deinterlace and, if used, xvmc e) Proper sound settings and handling of 5.1 sound and multiple streams f) Real time scheduling of playback thread g) Making sure disk or network speed is adequate h) Nothing else sucking up CPU on the machine And of course having the right cards and memory itself. To this list you may want to add CPU architecture. As much as I love my Athlons, I never got good HDTV performance until I switched my Myth box to a P4 w/HT. __ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
I'm using the remote from my 250. The 250 is in a server under the stairs so I couldn't use the remote there. I used the receiver that came with it to make one of the do it yourself serial receivers. Works fine. You can also use it with one of the Packard Bell receivers you see on Ebay all the time. Louis David wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a frontend only machine, ( no capture card ) what is the best option for a remote control? Are there any inexpensive options to add a remote control to a PC that interfaces well with lirc/mythtv? Recomendations? Experiences? If you can solder and can figure out what shops sell transistors then you can make your own serial receiver. So easy it's not funny. David ___ 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] Wireless Keyboard Comments
Tried that. The wife hated it so went back to a remote. Louis Chris Gardner wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, 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
Re: [mythtv-users] Optimizing MythTV for AMD64
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Brad Templeton wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:53:46PM -0600, Brian Foddy wrote: I would think a larger portion of HD TVs are 1080i native. The older generation of Rear Projection analog TVs were almost all 1080i native. Mine can do both, but 720p is up/down (however you view it) scaled to 1080i. Given these tvs have been on the market for many years, I'd think they may still outnumber the new plasma and DLP tvs. I presume you mean CRT projection TVs. The question is, do the CRTs inside these really have the ability to display 1080 lines? In my own shopping comparisons, I did not find the CRT projection TVs to produce as sharp an image (even with the artificial sharpenings off, though I could not do this in every case) as the 720 and 768 line microdisplay TVs. However, there can be other reasons for this. The direct CRT TVs, which are pretty rare, like the fancy Sony XBR, really do have 1080 lines and even more, and of course our computer monitors mostly have more as well. Of course, people are buying microdisplays for other reasons -- size, weight, contrast, stability, and maybe they really are giving up resolution. Based on what I see on the floors of TV stores, microdisplays, though more expensive, seem to be dominating. I meant the usual 40-60 rear projection TVs. I wouldn't call them CRTs as they aren't the standard CRT/TV tube. Maybe by volume, the smaller desktop hi-res TVs may be surpassed them, but there are a lot of people with them. They are big and cheap... Brian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
Tis would be great. Especially as I have a grey Hauppauge remote doing nothing. Anyone care to tell how to build a receiver, or point to a how to on it? Thank you, Mark Quoting David [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a frontend only machine, ( no capture card ) what is the best option for a remote control? Are there any inexpensive options to add a remote control to a PC that interfaces well with lirc/mythtv? Recomendations? Experiences? If you can solder and can figure out what shops sell transistors then you can make your own serial receiver. So easy it's not funny. David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users This message was sent using OnNow Hosting Webmail. Hosting and email starting at $4.99/mo http://www.onnow.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] heads up: dropping RH7.3 mythtv rpms
Subject says it all. It has become too much of a burden to support it, mythtv requires a qt that doesn't even build anymore on RH7.3. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net pgpMDrvYM8SgT.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Blurred motion (ATI Radeon 9200SE)
Hi All, I'm struggling with blurred motion everything appears time until you get high speed motion (moving cars) or scrolling text on the screen. I am sure this is to do with the frame rate but I have the ATI fglrx modules/drivers built and running against a 2.6.11.2 kernel so not really sure where to start. If anyone can point in the direction to start diagnosis I'd appreciate it. It's the same wether it's live/recorded (I know there's no real difference) Basic stats: Althlon XP 2200+ 756MB Memory UDMA100 H/Disk ATI Technologies RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] Display Output by S-Video to Panasonic 32 TV X Resolution 1024x768 (lower resolutions produce waves on the images) Mythtv Install: mythtv-suite-0.17-50.at on Fedora Core 3 2 x Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP DVB-T Regards, Neil Vince ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media Monitor not monitoring my cdrom device
On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 17:42 +0100, Allan Stirling wrote: Chris Picton wrote: Hi all I have 'Monitor CD/DVD' enabled in my preferences, but it is not working. Does anyone know how to fix this/tell it what device to monitor? Chris You need to add the devices to your /etc/fstab, like so: /dev/sr0/mnt/cdrom autonoauto,user,ro I already have that: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,ro 0 0 Is there anything else I could look for? Thanks Chris -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Care to share how to make the receiver? You can start at: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html Regards Chris -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC - less stable on 0.17 and latest CVS compared to 0.16
John Kuhn wrote: I have the same issues as well.. i had to disable it.. Thanks for the input. Even 0.17CVS with XV doesn't match the quality of 0.16 with XvMC on my system. There's a slight amount of jitter with the former. I guess I'll stick with 0.16. I'm learning to live with the flashing OSD. :) The TV out quality is fantastic, and the system is very reliable. -WD ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ERROR: file I/O problem in 'safe_read()': Invalid argument
There currently isn't a fix for this problem. I am in the same boat as you. It is the only thing keeping mythtv from being wife ready. The best work around to date is to ceate a large livetv buffer. I have mine set to 10gb. Then remember to change channels every once in a while and to pop out to the menu before going to bed or leaving for long periods of time. I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Ken On Apr 4, 2005 11:35 AM, Andrew Meredith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks, I know there has been a lot of discussion about this problem already, but I have yet to see any workarounds or indeed solutions. This is the issue some of us find when watching in LiveTV mode. All is well for a period of time and then the backend crashes out. Restarting the backend and requesting LiveTV again sets things back on course until the next crash. For me this is the only remaining critical issue. I can, sadly, recreate this issue at will .. I just have to watch TV for about 20 mins or so, maybe less. Can someone in the know please give me stuff to check for, I am eager to help fix this. Andy M PS The subject line is the only clue you get from the mythbackend log (even in -v all mode) that something is amiss. ___ 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] frontend only remote?
Don't forget about the ATi Remote Wonder, it has worked very nicely for me. On Apr 4, 2005 10:30 AM, Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Care to share how to make the receiver? You can start at: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html Regards Chris -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Kane Tse http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media Monitor not monitoring my cdrom device
I have 'Monitor CD/DVD' enabled in my preferences, but it is not working. Does anyone know how to fix this/tell it what device to monitor? Chris You need to add the devices to your /etc/fstab, like so: /dev/sr0/mnt/cdrom autonoauto,user,ro I already have that: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,ro 0 0 Ok On my system, it seems that the FS type must be iso9660, not auto. If I change the FS type to iso9660 in the above line, then it works fine. However, this means I cannot use my UDF formatted disks, as the kernel won't mount them. Hmmm -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
I would love to hear some options on this. It is pretty cheap and might be a good solution. Does it work with FC3? Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don't forget about the ATi Remote Wonder, it has worked very nicely for me. On Apr 4, 2005 10:30 AM, Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Care to share how to make the receiver? You can start at: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html Regards Chris -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Kane Tse http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users This message was sent using OnNow Hosting Webmail. Hosting and email starting at $4.99/mo http://www.onnow.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
On Monday 04 April 2005 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tis would be great. Especially as I have a grey Hauppauge remote doing nothing. Anyone care to tell how to build a receiver, or point to a how to on it? http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/?partType=sectionpartName=introduction Stef ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
How about the Snapstream Firfly? I see USB versions that look pretty good. Any experiences with this remote? Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don't forget about the ATi Remote Wonder, it has worked very nicely for me. On Apr 4, 2005 10:30 AM, Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Care to share how to make the receiver? You can start at: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html Regards Chris -- Chris Picton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Kane Tse http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users This message was sent using OnNow Hosting Webmail. Hosting and email starting at $4.99/mo http://www.onnow.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Optimizing MythTV for AMD64
I would think a larger portion of HD TVs are 1080i native. This may be true, but the vast majority of non-CRT based HDTV's are 720p native: plasma, DLP, and LCD are mostly 720p. I expect the proportion of CRT's to all HDTV displays will go down over time as people want larger, thinner displays. Interlacing doesn't make sense for anything other than CRT technology, because nothing else scans like CRT (which leads into one of my big beefs about display technology driving video formats; stupid, stupid...), which means that displays are more likely to be 1080p native than 1080i in the future as CRT's go the way of the Dodo. Cheers, Kyle ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Use internal player for mpeg files
Adam, I'm also trying to get video's working wit PVR350. I've tried the Internal player, but i've no picture. What are your settings. Thanks Patrick -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Adam Siegel Verzonden: zondag 3 april 2005 21:46 Aan: Discussion about mythtv Onderwerp: Re: [mythtv-users] Use internal player for mpeg files Adam Siegel wrote: Is it possible to use the mythtv internal player to just play an mpeg file. I have mpeg files in my video collection, but am forced to use mplayer. I have a PVR-350. When I use the ivtv driver for mplayer, I can't get the audio and video to sync. When I use the x11 driver optimized for ivtv the audio and video are in sync, but the picture is not very smooth. I thought .nuv files where pretty much mpeg files anyway. Thanks for any advice. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I just discovered you can use the word Internal for the player under the video setup. However, when I do this the video works, but I do not get any audio. ___ 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] frontend only remote?
Stef Coene wrote: On Monday 04 April 2005 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tis would be great. Especially as I have a grey Hauppauge remote doing nothing. Anyone care to tell how to build a receiver, or point to a how to on it? http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/?partType=sectionpartName=introduction Stef Cool I was just writing this: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/HardWare_2fRemoteControls_2fHomeMadeSerialReceiver I'll put that link in too... David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data
Jarod, This is all GREAT information, especially for folks looking to purchase/upgrade hardware to use MythTV. Hopefully you'll find time to organize this, HTML-ize (table format?) it and put if up on your website. As John Kuhn pointed out, it'd be fantastic if you could re-do the tests with XvMC turned on (or off, depending on which these were done with...). Perhaps others could add their data points as well. I'll be glad to as soon as I get a bit more experience with things, so that I can trust my numbers a bit more... Alan Jarod Wilson wrote: I've lost track of the thread where I said something about trying a GeForce 6200 in place of a GeForce 4 MX with an Athlon XP 1800 system, to see if that would give any significant playback performance boost with High Definition recordings. Well, the answer is no, not really, but a bit of a cpu upgrade sure helped. Here's a quick summary of my findings today (from memory though, wish I'd actually written it all down). In all cases, I'm using libmpeg2 for decode. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GF4MX, 6629 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, cpu around 85% used. -Able to play back 1080i without a deint filter, cpu around 95% used. -Stutter every second or two on 1080i with deint filter on, cpu completely pegged. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GF4MX, 7174 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, cpu around 70% used. -Able to play back 1080i without deint, cpu around 85% used. -Stutter every few seconds on 1080i w/deint filter on, cpu pegged. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GeForce 6200, 7174 nvidia driver: -Maybe slightly better, but no significant difference from the GF4MX. Athlon XP 2600 w/AGP GF4MX, 7174 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, can't remember cpu usage. -Able to play back 1080i w/no deint, can't remember cpu usage. -Able to play back 1080i w/kernel deint filter enabled, cpu usage fluctuates between 80 and 95%. I've decided to stick with the 2600 and GF4MX, and my secondary Myth box can now handle 1080i programming without a problem. I'll get the missing cpu utilization numbers one of these days... ___ 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] frontend only remote?
On 4/4/2005 1:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don't forget about the ATi Remote Wonder, it has worked very nicely for me. I would love to hear some options on this. It is pretty cheap and might be a good solution. Does it work with FC3? Repaired top posting so we know what you are asking. Yes, the ATI remote wonder works with FC3 (and FC2). The drivers have been included in the kernel since 2.6.something (2.6.5 maybe?) The default keymap is not optimal for mythtv. It is a standard input driver so you can change the buttons using xmodmap (I hear), or you can do what I did and modify the driver source. This isn't as flexible though, you will need to recompile every time you make a change. Here is a link to an old diff that I made. I think it is against 2.6.9. I haven't used it in a while so it may not apply, but you should be able to get an idea of how to modify it. http://thegeorges.us/mythtv/ati_remote.diff Also, it is an RF remote so it *should* work in better than an IR remote. But it doesn't for me. I must have too much RF in my living room, because I would always have to point the remote in a certain way (and I am only about 8 feet from the receiver). -- David HDTV capable frontend I am working on (now with a picture) http://mythhd.info ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments
no flame from me. i've got my receiver sitting next to an 802.11g AP and a bluetooth dongle, and across the room from a cordless phone. i had to change teh channel on the gyration once, but other than that, no problems. (except getting used to typing on a small keyboard.. ;-) ) On Apr 4, 2005 6:28 PM, Khanh Tran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but my Gyration always lost RF sync with the receiver. I might have too much RF interference from other electronic stuff I have. I ditched the whole thing and just use a universal remote and LIRC. -Khanh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryszard Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:26 PM To: Chris Gardner; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments oh yeah, go the gyration. its small, RF, and works well. (it does chew the battereis tho') On Apr 4, 2005 6:20 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going the wireless keyboard route for my MythTV setup. What are people using? Any recommendations? Any problems? Thanks, 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 mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Time change causes problems
On Apr 3, 2005 4:40 PM, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also on Gentoo, so I tried just rolling back to the old version of QT (3.3.3). However, this doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. Do I need to do something more? Same here, I went back to 3.3.3 on Gentoo, and it didn't solve the problem, so I modified datadirect.cpp, rebuilding myth now. Not sure why going back from 3.3.4-r2 to 3.3.3 didn't solve the problem though ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv playback problem with NVIDIA videoa cceleration - HELP! (still unsolved)
Jarod Wilson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 14:52, Jarod Wilson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 07:35, Brian Stults wrote: Jarod Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:52, Jarod Wilson wrote: Can't wait to bench my new workstation -- Athlon 64 3500, PCI-Exp. GeForce 6600GT. :-) For the record, just did bench it. Kinda snappy: 31203 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6240.600 FPS 3 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6222.200 FPS 30740 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6148.000 FPS 31442 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6288.400 FPS That's w/the 7167 drivers on RHEL4 x86_64. And now with 7174, same box: 35696 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7139.200 FPS 35680 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7136.000 FPS Hopefully, 7174 has rectified all the issues that made 7167 somewhat still-born for so many folks... I've never used glxgears before, so I decided to give it a whirl on my frontend. I get *much* smaller numbers: 3057 frames in 5.0 seconds = 611.400 FPS 3172 frames in 5.0 seconds = 634.400 FPS 3162 frames in 5.0 seconds = 632.400 FPS 3173 frames in 5.0 seconds = 634.600 FPS Of course, my system is very different from yours, so I'm curious which particular difference between the systems makes the most difference in the rendering speed. I suspect the two most relevant factors are CPU and GPU. First, I only have an Athlon XP 2400. Second, my mobo is a 7NIF2, so I'm using the integrated MX 440. Do both of these have a big influence, or would you say one is more important than the other? I believe the video card should have a bigger impact. I have yet to test my 7NIF2 box, I'll play with that over the weekend though. I'm still not certain exactly what to expect where. My 2.8GHz HT-P4 workstation w/a GF FX 5200 only clocks around 1100fps. But then another system with a GF4Ti cranks out over 4000fps. The P4 has no problem keeping up with HDTV though. Just benched my 7NIF2 box. Athlon XP 1800 cpu and I'm currently using an AGP card (gives better performance w/HDTV playback), clocks in around 1100fps w/the 7174 driver, was around 900fps w/6629. I'm guessing I'd be right in your ballpark using onboard video, since shared mem is slower. Of course, OpenGL performance isn't directly relational to a system's ability to play back video anyhow, but not a bad way to see if the card is being fed as fast as possible. I seem to recall Brandon Beattie's site mentioning a high-end nVidia card and a GF4MX having roughly the same video decode ability, their only difference really being in the 3D arena. Whether that's completely accurate anymore when a GF4MX is compared with the GF 6 series' decode performance, I have yet to find out, but should this weekend... Wow! I really appreciate you looking into this. It will definitely help as I decide on the hardware for my next frontend. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Time change causes problems
Asher Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/05 2:30 PM On Apr 3, 2005 4:40 PM, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also on Gentoo, so I tried just rolling back to the old version of QT (3.3.3). However, this doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. Do I need to do something more? Same here, I went back to 3.3.3 on Gentoo, and it didn't solve the problem, so I modified datadirect.cpp, rebuilding myth now. Not sure why going back from 3.3.4-r2 to 3.3.3 didn't solve the problem though I ended up making the change to recording early/late (-60/+60) as was suggested somewhere else on the list. Does anyone know of anything planned in the Qt area that may fix this? Is this where the problem lies for sure? It seems like it's helping almost everyone (except a few), but I can't imagine that this is going to stay this way until October comes. Is this affecting anyone on British Summer Time, or is it only us blokes in the US having the problem? (i.e. - getting our listing info from datadirect?) Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How well does commercial detection work?
I could also mention Jeopardy!. Commercial detection is flawless for my recordings of Jeopardy!, with the one exception being that it misses the end of the commercial break before Final Jeopardy. So my wife and I have to remember to NOT skip that break, or we end up at the end of the show. Just a follow-up on commercial flagging on Jeopardy! I think I've figured out why the show is consistently flagging well, but consistently dropping the 'Final Jeopardy' portion of the show. It turns out, at least on my local channel, that all of the program segments show the local station and/or network logo, EXCEPT for the Final Jeopardy portion of the program. I assume that in general if the 'All' method is used that it would not fail to catch the new segment solely on the lack on logo, but I don't know that for certain. It may just be that the commercials are 'difficult' to catch on this program and that they can't be found without the logo. If this is interesting enough I can post a comm flag log somewhere to be looked at. If not, I won't worry about it for now. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 02:16:13PM -0400, David George wrote: On 4/4/2005 1:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don't forget about the ATi Remote Wonder, it has worked very nicely for me. Also, it is an RF remote so it *should* work in better than an IR remote. But it doesn't for me. I must have too much RF in my living room, because I would always have to point the remote in a certain way (and I am only about 8 feet from the receiver). This remote will also work under lirc. I started from a KnoppMyth R5A12 install (you have to have the source for your kernel) apt-get install lirc-modules-source cd /usr/src tar jxvf lirc-0.7.0.tar.bz2 cd lirc-0.7.0 ./setup Run through the menu configuration, pick your remote, etc. it'll make the modules and binaries and install. make sure the lirc_atiusb module is getting loaded in /etc/modules.conf (check your /etc/modutils/aliases under debian)... Add lircd to the startup file of your choice (I used /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh). Testing: All the lircd.confs I found didn't work with my Remote Wonder, so I had to trudge through irrecord. results at http://www.kurai.org/~gdunn/lircd.conf run lircd --nodaemon, look to make sure it's loading the right remote driver. run irw in another window, hit some keys on the remote and make sure you're seeing the correct remote identification and the proper key translation (from the names you defined in lircd.conf). It's a nice solid remote, but I'm not sure it was worth the hassle. Graham ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] View all upcoming movies without duplicates?
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Bruce Markey wrote: John Patrick Poet wrote: ... I just submitted a patch to the dev list which uses the 1/2 keys to switch between the normal All view and a Unique view. This works for Movies, Categories and Channels. Not being a SQL expert, the above example was very usefull. Thanks Bruce. Got it. I won't be able to get to this quite yet. I want to add the titleSort hacXXX enhancement. I also think this would be useful for People Search as large results are usually many showings of the same movies. May not hurt to have it available for other searches. Still wouldn't make sense for Time, and New Title is already unique. Per-channel sort by title sounds interesting. -- bjm Cool. Anyone who wants to use it now, can just apply it themselves. John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
OT: Gyration receiver reset? (was: e: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboard Comments)
On Monday 04 April 2005 12:25, Ryszard wrote: oh yeah, go the gyration. its small, RF, and works well. (it does chew the battereis tho') BTW, for you folks with a Gyration, do you find that you have to re-teach the receiver any time you reboot? I do. Everything seems to work fine accessing BIOS-driven USB functions (i.e., GRUB screen, BIOS setup), but as soon as the kernel USB HID layer takes over, it seems to reset the receiver so that I have to re-do the RF teach in order to get it to respond to the keyboard or mouse. Then everything is fine until the next reboot... This on FC1 with ATrpms 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl_52.rhfc1.at kernel Any ideas? -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data
On Monday 04 April 2005 08:57, John Kuhn wrote: is this using Xv or XvMC? Xv in all cases. I plan to play with XvMC a bit later this week, now that I've recompiled against the nvidia 7174 XvMC libs... I've lost track of the thread where I said something about trying a GeForce 6200 in place of a GeForce 4 MX with an Athlon XP 1800 system, to see if that would give any significant playback performance boost with High Definition recordings. Well, the answer is no, not really, but a bit of a cpu upgrade sure helped. Here's a quick summary of my findings today (from memory though, wish I'd actually written it all down). In all cases, I'm using libmpeg2 for decode. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GF4MX, 6629 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, cpu around 85% used. -Able to play back 1080i without a deint filter, cpu around 95% used. -Stutter every second or two on 1080i with deint filter on, cpu completely pegged. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GF4MX, 7174 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, cpu around 70% used. -Able to play back 1080i without deint, cpu around 85% used. -Stutter every few seconds on 1080i w/deint filter on, cpu pegged. Athlon XP 1800 w/AGP GeForce 6200, 7174 nvidia driver: -Maybe slightly better, but no significant difference from the GF4MX. Athlon XP 2600 w/AGP GF4MX, 7174 nvidia driver: -Able to play back 720p, can't remember cpu usage. -Able to play back 1080i w/no deint, can't remember cpu usage. -Able to play back 1080i w/kernel deint filter enabled, cpu usage fluctuates between 80 and 95%. I've decided to stick with the 2600 and GF4MX, and my secondary Myth box can now handle 1080i programming without a problem. I'll get the missing cpu utilization numbers one of these days... -- 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/ pgpAMl01co6HS.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
On Apr 4, 2005 2:05 PM, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stef Coene wrote: On Monday 04 April 2005 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tis would be great. Especially as I have a grey Hauppauge remote doing nothing. Anyone care to tell how to build a receiver, or point to a how to on it? http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/?partType=sectionpartName=introduction Stef Cool I was just writing this: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/HardWare_2fRemoteControls_2fHomeMadeSerialReceiver Nive job. I like the idea of the 1/8 phono jack. I use the same setup but the hardware is in a DB9F/RJ45F casing. That way you can use RJ45 cable to run to your frontend(/backend.) My frontend is in my office, not far from the TV (when drilling holes tru walls :) I use 15' of s-video/audio cable plus that rj45 cable to my tv. cyth ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] C-Band Satellite with Myth?
Has anyone setup myth to work with a C-band satellite system? In some ways the pictures on ordinary channels are better there, but then a lot of channels have moved away from C-band. The reason the pictures are better, of course, is its an uncompressed signal, at least for the older videocipher II encrypted channels. By setup I mean you'd want the guide to work and myth to somehow handle entering the channel data so the dish moves and all that. -- Robert Denier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005) University of Missouri-Rolla http://www.finiteinfinity.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Time change causes problems
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 11:06:56PM -0600, Jim Turpin wrote: I tried the Phoenix time zone in attempt as a temporary fix to the QT problem. However it sets my time an hour early. Which I guess is tolerable until there's a patch for QT (which I hope is soon Coming). I tried to roll back Qt and Qt-Mysql, but there were so many dependencies it didn't seem like a wise choice. I'm in Mountain Time, and I temporarily switched to GMT+6, which is working for now. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 pgpbhOyKpdiEH.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Time change causes problems
On Apr 4, 2005 12:03 PM, Andrew McNabb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 11:06:56PM -0600, Jim Turpin wrote: I tried the Phoenix time zone in attempt as a temporary fix to the QT problem. However it sets my time an hour early. Which I guess is tolerable until there's a patch for QT (which I hope is soon Coming). I tried to roll back Qt and Qt-Mysql, but there were so many dependencies it didn't seem like a wise choice. I'm in Mountain Time, and I temporarily switched to GMT+6, which is working for now. -- Shouldn't that be GMT -6? 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] Time change causes problems
Did you rebuild mythtv and run mythfilldatabase again? That fixed the problem for me on gentoo I had to pull some strings to make mythfilldatabase allow the --dd-grab-all to work, but it's beautiful now - Jeff On Apr 4, 2005 2:30 PM, Asher Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 3, 2005 4:40 PM, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also on Gentoo, so I tried just rolling back to the old version of QT (3.3.3). However, this doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. Do I need to do something more? Same here, I went back to 3.3.3 on Gentoo, and it didn't solve the problem, so I modified datadirect.cpp, rebuilding myth now. Not sure why going back from 3.3.4-r2 to 3.3.3 didn't solve the problem though ___ 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] Time change causes problems
Jeff Simpson wrote: Did you rebuild mythtv and run mythfilldatabase again? That fixed the problem for me on gentoo I had to pull some strings to make mythfilldatabase allow the --dd-grab-all to work, but it's beautiful now - Jeff On Apr 4, 2005 2:30 PM, Asher Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 3, 2005 4:40 PM, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also on Gentoo, so I tried just rolling back to the old version of QT (3.3.3). However, this doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. Do I need to do something more? Same here, I went back to 3.3.3 on Gentoo, and it didn't solve the problem, so I modified datadirect.cpp, rebuilding myth now. Not sure why going back from 3.3.4-r2 to 3.3.3 didn't solve the problem though I'm guessing the following from the commits mailing list is the fix for the problem. Changes committed by ijr on Mon Apr 4 16:47:37 2005 Modified Files: in mythtv/libs/libmyth: util.cpp util.h in mythtv/libs/libmythtv: datadirect.cpp siparser.cpp in mythtv/programs/mythfilldatabase: filldata.cpp Log Message: Workaround for Qt 3.3.4 breakage in QDateTime. -- Michael J. Lynch What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Time change causes problems
On Apr 4, 2005 3:11 PM, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you rebuild mythtv and run mythfilldatabase again? That fixed the problem for me on gentoo I had to pull some strings to make mythfilldatabase allow the --dd-grab-all to work, but it's beautiful now - Jeff On Apr 4, 2005 2:30 PM, Asher Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 3, 2005 4:40 PM, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also on Gentoo, so I tried just rolling back to the old version of QT (3.3.3). However, this doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. Do I need to do something more? Same here, I went back to 3.3.3 on Gentoo, and it didn't solve the problem, so I modified datadirect.cpp, rebuilding myth now. Not sure why going back from 3.3.4-r2 to 3.3.3 didn't solve the problem though ___ 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 On Gentoo you don't have to rebuild mythtv. Just emerge qt-3.3.3 and then clear the programs from the database by running mythsetup and having it clear the channel information. Then setup your channel info again and run mythfilldatabase. This fixed it for me. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Time change causes problems
I'm guessing the following from the commits mailing list is the fix for the problem. Changes committed by ijr on Mon Apr 4 16:47:37 2005 Modified Files: in mythtv/libs/libmyth: util.cpp util.h in mythtv/libs/libmythtv: datadirect.cpp siparser.cpp in mythtv/programs/mythfilldatabase: filldata.cpp Log Message: Workaround for Qt 3.3.4 breakage in QDateTime. So does anyone know if that will still work with qt 3.3.4 after that update? Is this more or less a permanent solution, or is it still going to break again in the fall? I've already fixed my db, downgraded qt and upgraded myth. (before that commit today, I guess). Should I bother to update again, or wait until things are more fixed? (also - do we know that it's a bug in QT, or is it the fact that they fixed it that's now a myth bug?) -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have a metric ton ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
