Re: [mythtv-users] Migrating mysql to another server
On 4/13/05, Minh Duong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First how do I copy/restore my current data? http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-21.html#ss21.5 and there's all kinds of other good helpful info at http://www.mythtv.org Second, is it a good idea to use another machine? Thanks. No idea, I've never tried it. Did you search the mailing list archives? I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed in the past. Brad ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Probably Simple MythVideo Question
Hello, Dave Ansell wrote: Sorry, this is probably simple, but I am still confused after searching the archives and the Howto seems to be virtually empty on MythVideo. I have separate front and backends. Videos stored on the backend. Path configured (using frontend) in video manager. But no videos visible. How should this work?Do videos not stream like TV? No. Is it looking for a local path? So do I need to create an NFS share on the backend and mount on the frontend? Yes. Yes. Or what? Thanks, an appologies again if I missed the answers in an obvious place! This may help: http://mysettopbox.tv/linhes.html Regards. Cecil ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended procedure for unichrome on debian (epia cle266)
Hello, Torsten Schenkel wrote: Hi there, since I will get an lcd-tv with vga and dvi-x input very soon, I start thinking about abondoning the tv-out of the pvr350 in my epia box in favour of the integrated cle266 mpeg2 decoder. I didn't follow all the development closely but it seems the unichrome open source driver is the way to go with myth. From what I did find on the unichrome pages the procedure to install this driver is yet a bit heavy on self compiled X and stuff. Is there a procedure that avoids too much compiling (I don't want to swith to a self compiled XFree or Xorg)? Is there some HowTo out there you could point me to? If not, any help is welcome. When I succeed eventually I will put it into a HowTo myself. TIA, Torsten http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~glaweh/debian Regrads, Cecil ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] NFS and mythfrontend only
Maybe it's just my poor setup then, but I have to NFS mount my /video directory to play the videos. What I mean by videos are the RIP'd DVD's (filename.avi), not the recorded programs (filename.nuv) which ARE playable via the connection. Any thoughts? On 4/12/05, Mark Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for my own understanding then, how do remote frontends get access to the servers /video/* files? Via the connection to the backend. -- Mark Smith - Surrey, UK http://www.chez-moi.org.uk/ ___ 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] Recording New Battlestar series
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:36:45PM -0700, Fa Yoeu wrote: I only want to record the new battlestar galactica series. Is there a way I can specify this in myth? Essential, I want to record all battlestar galactica playing at anytime on channel scifi. When I tried this, I kept getting the old series recorded as well. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Yeah, myth's software was written to match on titles rather than things like the seriesid field which zap2it provides. You could do an sql query in myth's advanced query, or in tvwish, looking for. seriesid = 'SH710749' Or you could also do a query for battlestar galactica with; orignalairdate '2004-01-01' (Or similar, you may need some functions on the date there, I can't write those date queries in my head without testing..) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Migrating mysql to another server
Minh Duong wrote: My frontend/backend system is somewhat underpowered so I was wondering if anybody has mysql running on a machine that isn't the frontend or backend. It appears that I have to: 1) Get mysql running on another machine 2) Copy the mysql tables from my current machine 3) Edit mysql.txt in on my current machine to point to my new machine. 4) Stop mysqld on my current machine? First how do I copy/restore my current data? do a man mysqldump there's a one-liner in there in the 'examples' section... David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Migrating mysql to another server
I did it from the get-go that way, but what you have noted above is probably enough to work for a migration. You'll also need to re-run mythsetup and plug in the new values that are in mysql.txt You may also run into permissions problems, but I'm going to assume troubleshooting those won't be too hard, and if in the end you have problems that you can't google, post here and I'm sure a mysql geek can GRANT you the proper syntax. Cool On 4/13/05, Brad Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/13/05, Minh Duong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First how do I copy/restore my current data? http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-21.html#ss21.5 and there's all kinds of other good helpful info at http://www.mythtv.org Second, is it a good idea to use another machine? Thanks. No idea, I've never tried it. Did you search the mailing list archives? I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed in the past. Brad ___ 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] Migrating mysql to another server
Oh, as for backing up/restoring: mysqldump mythconverg.sql -d mythconverg And then restoring on the new mysql machine: mysql mythconverg.sql -p Password: Check the man page for mysqldump to ensure my syntax is correct ;) Good Luck! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [PATCH] Re: [mythtv-users] How well does commercial detection
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 10:41 pm, Chris Pinkham wrote: So I am resending Got both of these actually. sorry about the logjam Thank you for commiting the patch 1) in strict mode - treat frames as blank only if logo is absent I get this part of the patch and see why it may reduce false positives where we detect show as commercial, but also see where it may cause missing of the first and last commercials in a commercial break if the network displays their commercial through all blank frames before and after the commercial break. Did you experience any of this after applying this change? at least for me, the positives far outweigh the negatives happened in two shows out of fifty that i have on the drive right now but over all, even these shows detect better now than before. a) far fewer false positives b) it's consistent, and thus predictable c) it's a minor problem - it only misses a few seconds at the end of the comm block for only a couple of shows 2) more fixes for the long long issue Thought these were OK since they were in a sprintf not an arg(). Were these generating warnings somewhere? Remember this ? 2005-04-11 14:31:23.171 d : 102549 (00:04:00.56) (58) 2005-04-11 14:31:23.171 d : 107739 (00:05:00.59) (51) -^--^--- for some reason, if it was long long it would display a d and insert a 0 into the argument list, causing a frame shift - making all debug output useless basically this makes debug output work for me 3) fix for white frames triggering commercials So strict means black, non-strict means blank, correct? more or less -strict means blank that is also reasonably dim -non-strict means any blank 4) do not detect commercials less than 60 sec long, in the middle of a show I had a question about this part, but after looking over the code 4-5 times, I see what you're doing. Seems to make sense. I tested this quite a bit - b4 this patch i was getting tons of 1 second breaks - so this fixes this bug (of not honoring the min_comm_break_length) - but still allows for short commercials in the beginning of the show I've seen commercial longer than the 00:05:35, but I think I may have calculated wrong when I set the max to 485, that's 00:08:05 which is a bit too long. :) Did you try any values in between 335 and 485 or did you pick I have seen a few that are longer than 00:05:35 as well heck i saw an 11 minute break the other day It's just been my experience that if a block of 6 minutes or longer was marked, then quite often some of the actual show was being cut off. These look OK, I committed the patch to CVS, Thanks again and changed MAX_COMM_BREAK_LENGTH down to 395 for now. That's 00:06:35 so we can see how that goes. I don't want to take it much lower before 0.18. maybe make strict be 335 and non-strict be 395? I'll try to test with 395 to see if it's better or worse i was thinking about making this also an undocumented setting in the database: maxCommBreakLength= gContext-GetNumSetting(MaxCommBreakLength, MAX_COMM_BREAK_LENGTH); ttyl -- Risto Treksler Elkhorn Lodge Banff, Alberta, Canada ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended procedure for unichrome on debian (epia cle266)
Am Mittwoch, den 13.04.2005, 00:29 -0700 schrieb Cecil Watson: Hello, Torsten Schenkel wrote: Is there some HowTo out there you could point me to? If not, any help is welcome. When I succeed eventually I will put it into a HowTo myself. http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~glaweh/debian Thanks, missed that one, don't know how since google did find it this morning. Will try it. Is it all straight forward, i.e. dependencies will take care of libxvmc, libxine, etc., or is there some handwork needed? Torsten ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DCT-6200 Channel changing
I'm having some odd channel changing behavior and I'm not sure if it was caused by a recent mythtv CVS build I did or maybe a lib upgrade. Channel changing used to work fine. I did a CVS build of mythtv and the 1.0 of libiec61884 on the 12th. It used to be when it came time for a program to be recorded 6200ch would be called with the channel number, the channel would change, and all was well. Now when it's time to record a program the numbers on the 6200's display change briefly to the numbers of the channel being changed to, so it appears that the channel will be changed, but it doesn't actually change the channel. Running 6200ch manually does change the channel no problem. mythtv-setup has /usr/local/bin/6200ch for the remote channel changing command so that's all good. I noticed that when manually inputting numbers on the remote to change the channel you have to put in three numbers for it to change without having to press the enter button. For example, if you wanted to change to channel 3 without pressing 3 - enter you would have to press 0 - 0 - 3. It doesn't seem like that would be a problem since I can run '6200ch 3' and the channel changes. Strange. Any ideas? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] NFS and mythfrontend only
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Bruce Markey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When setting up a mythtvfront end only, aside from pointing frontend to the backend database, do I need to share out /video via NFS as well? No. -- bjm Thanks. Just for my own understanding then, how do remote frontends get access to the servers /video/* files? For more detail see the RemoteFrontends page on the wiki. I doubt this applies to 'videos' in the media library as xine and mplayer don't use the mythtv protocol. I suspect they will need nfs. I don't know about the Internal video player. Bruce - correct me if I'm wrong... (and kindly explain how xine/mplayer get hold of avi's via the backend so I can update that page...) David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV DVB-C
I'm from Holland too, I've got it working for the FTA channels, Haven't got the CI/CAM working yet. Scanning channels is a 'disaster'. Got it going by first using dvbscan and adding options to search the whole network and using max. timeouts. The found frequencies I then use in myth-tvsetup to scan the found frequencies of dvbscan. Using ythe frequency supplied by Casema, in my case, doesn't find the channels. The set-top boxes have the abilityto find them but myth or dvbscan don't. I use a KNC-ONE DVB-C adapter with a CI interface also from KNC-ONE. Hi Henk Can you give some more details on this? What did you exactly do to find the channels? I have a siemens card over here, but I can 't get anything out of it (probably the card is broken!). What is that card you are using, a clone of some other card? Does it have a CI on the card? Have you tried a CAM yet? Looking forward for some more information! Greets Peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Imgage quality difference playing recorded material
If I play a recorded show in xine the image quality is much better then playing it from mythtv. Why is this? Is there any good tweaks that can be made in mythtv? The show is recorded from my DVB card. And I've tested several different settings in mythtv but if anyone has any tips I would be most grateful. I'm viewing it on a monitor at 1024x768. Regards, Joakim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia
On 13/04/2005, at 12:35 AM, James Stembridge wrote: On Apr 12, 2005 11:58 AM, Matthew Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so although TV worked out of the box it was pegging the CPU until I did a recompile (takes 2.5 hours :/). Why compile on the epia? I just compile deb's on my desktop, transfer them over to the mythtv box and install. Much quicker :) It certainly would be a good idea to do that - if I had another x86 box to compile on ;) My home PC is a PowerBook and I'm not brave enough to attempt a cross-compilation setup with gcc (if that's even possible). Matthew. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Aus XMLTV grabber
Hi all, I've made some changes to the new Australian XMLTV grabber I've written. To make it work with myth you need to apply a patch to mythfilldatabase and set the TimeOffset to 'Auto' (or your time zone). I've tested this myself now :). In other news, there seems to be only 2 days of data in that Aus TV guide at the moment. How often does the data drop down this low? Links: TV Guide: http://tvguide.org.au/ Grabber: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/xmltv/tv_grab_au_tuhs Myth Patch: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/124771 Be well, Will:-} P.S. You could also try getting the grabber to work without the myth patch. You'll need to make mythfilldatabase use the tv_grab_au_tuhs --force-explicit-timezone option. I haven't tested that particular option though. -- Dr William Uther National ICT Australia Phone: +61 2 9385 6357 Computer Science and Engineering Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of New South Wales Web: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/ Sydney, Australia ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] automatic transcode messes up time index
Norman Lyon wrote: Has anyone seen a problem where the auto-transcode (or possibly the manual transcode) messes up the time index for the recorded programs? I can playback just fine, but if I try to move forward 30 seconds, I may see a 40+ minute forward. skipping to the end of the commercial is sometimes worse. I'm recording rtjpeg (from a BT878 card), detecting commercials, and auto-transcoding to mpeg4 right now. If I try to watch a program after it's been comercial flagged but before the transcode's done, no problem. It's only a problem after the transcode has completed. Yes, I have this problem, too; although I only do manual transcodes. In addition, attempting to start playback from a 'bookmark' results in a black screen. In From: Lloyd Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mythtv-users] problems seeking Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:09:09 -0700 Lloyd describes a similar problem. I've also noticed that the frontend has trouble (re-)generating thumbnails for recordings that have been transcoded to mpeg4. Below are my attempts at debugging this problem. I'm running mythtv 0.17, installed from atrpms-stable (most recent version available there), on Fedora Core 3 (kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC3smp; same results with previous FC3 kernels). The first log is from mythfrontend -verbose playback. I ran the frontend, and played one of my transcoded-to-mpeg4 recordings; after a few moments I pressed 'right-arrow' to skip forward. The Waited too long for decoder to pause continue (although I've sometimes seen timeouts). 2005-04-13 12:46:12.144 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-04-13 12:46:12.146 Enabled verbose msgs : important general playback 2005-04-13 12:46:13.153 Switching to square mode (Titivillus) mythtv: could not connect to socket 2005-04-13 12:46:14.103 Joystick disabled. mythtv: Connection refused lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2005-04-13 12:46:14.206 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-04-13 12:46:14.275 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-13 12:46:14.275 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-13 12:46:15.701 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.108.51:5060 NAT address 192.168.108.51 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2005-04-13 12:46:23.555 All Programs 2005-04-13 12:46:25.756 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.108.51:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-04-13 12:46:25.764 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 12:46:38.600 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 25, 480) -Interlaced Scan 2005-04-13 12:46:38.602 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan video_height: 480 fps: 25 2005-04-13 12:46:38.741 Estimated bitrate = 0 2005-04-13 12:46:38.747 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-04-13 12:46:38.748 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-04-13 12:46:38.763 Over/underscan. V: 0.05, H: 0.05, XOff: 0, YOff: 0 2005-04-13 12:46:38.769 Using XV port 171 2005-04-13 12:46:38.776 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff: 1600, disphoff: 1200 2005-04-13 12:46:38.776 Image size. imgx 24, imgy: 24, imgw: 432, imgh: 432 2005-04-13 12:46:39.408 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2005-04-13 12:46:39.410 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-04-13 12:46:39.416 Using deinterlace method kerneldeint 2005-04-13 12:46:39.416 nVidiaVideoSync: Could not open device /dev/nvidia0, Permission denied 2005-04-13 12:46:39.416 DRMVideoSync: Could not open device /dev/dri/card0, No such file or directory 2005-04-13 12:46:39.416 RTCVideoSync: Could not set RTC frequency, Permission denied. 2005-04-13 12:46:39.418 Using video as timebase 2005-04-13 12:46:39.418 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait 2005-04-13 12:46:39.418 Refresh rate: 1, frame interval: 4 2005-04-13 12:46:39.418 waiting for prebuffer... 2005-04-13 12:46:39.737 A/V diverged by 3.29745 frames, extending frame to keep audio in sync 2005-04-13 12:46:39.817 A/V diverged by 3.74183 frames, extending frame to keep audio in sync 2005-04-13 12:46:39.897 A/V diverged by 3.8376 frames, extending frame to keep audio in sync 2005-04-13 12:46:39.977 A/V diverged by 3.48445 frames, extending frame to keep audio in sync 2005-04-13 12:46:43.338 DoFastForward: Not enough info in positionMap, we need frame 840 but highest we have is 0 2005-04-13 12:46:43.342 SyncPositionMap prerecorded, from DB: 1 entries 2005-04-13 12:46:43.343 DoFastForward: Still Not enough info in positionMap, we need frame 840 but highest we have is 0. Will seek frame-by-frame 2005-04-13 12:46:53.394 Waited too long for decoder to pause 2005-04-13 12:46:54.397 Waited too long for decoder to pause 2005-04-13 12:46:55.400 Waited too long for decoder to pause 2005-04-13 12:46:56.402 Waited too long for decoder to pause 2005-04-13 12:46:57.403 Waited too long for decoder to pause 2005-04-13 12:46:58.405 Waited too long for decoder to pause 2005-04-13 12:46:59.407 Waited too
[mythtv-users] Sound Problems with Material Transcoded from Digital TV
Guys, I am using the Dvico HDTVLite to record standard def stuff. This works fine, however if I transcode the material to mpeg4, the sound becomes "static" Anyone else seen this problem? M. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Small quiet HDTV frontend
On 4/12/2005 6:27 PM, Phil K wrote: Hi David, Just wondering what the progress is on your instructions for this box you have shown on mythhd.info. I've been looking for a frontend HD box for quite sometime and been messing with ModeLines for my HDTV for months now. Macmini looked great but then seems not to have enough horsepower. This board you got looks pretty sweet and I was wondering if you have any prelim stuff on it. Anyhow...Let me know and I appreciate anything in advanced. Made some progress, but still working on the modelines for the HDTV encoder. This is the last part I need to get working. I won't be able to spend much more time on it until this weekend though. Or on another know, you know of any MicroAtx boards that might work with a P4 3.0 gig Northwood? The last time I looked (a couple of months ago) there were still several made. The thing to look for is if the chipset supports 400MHz FSB. At least most of the Intel chipsets seem to still support 400MHz (while adding 533 and/or 800). Not sure about SiS or Via chipsets. -- David HDTV frontend I'm working on (new picture of back, mythmon source) http://mythhd.info ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Writing manual cutlist back to commercialcutlist?
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: snip This was a question I asked not too long ago. Chris replied and the basic gist is: The cutlist and commercial flag list are independent If a cutlist exists, it overrides the commercial flag list So, when you hit z to load the commercial flag list into the cut list, any cut points you manually defined will be lost. That being said, I *think* if you do accidently overwrite your manual cutlist by loading the commercial skip list, you may be able to get your manual cut list back by escaping from the editor (ESC on keyboard, I don't know about remote) rather than doing a regular exit (menu). Anywho, Chris said the ability to modify the commercial flags is on his TODO list but doesn't know when it will be available. -- 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
[mythtv-users] SP13000 + Haupauge PVR 500
Hello, This is my first post, so please bear with me if it is full of questions with obvious answers... I want to build me a new box that will have to server as PVR, and as media server (host my music collection in other words). I was thinking of buying this one: http://www.tranquilpc.co.uk/T2e_SP13000.htm And add a haupauge PVR 500 card to it. Then I'd add linux and mythtv I've searched the archives of this list, and thus got the impression this would work. First question: Am I correct? What I basically would need is how to get the CN400 northbridge on the motherboard working, and how to get the PVR 500 working. In mails I found in the archive of this list a guide was mentioned on how to get the PVR 500 working. I could not find an other reference to this. Thus: Second question: What's involved in getting the PVR 500 working. Are the results good? Thanks in advance, Krist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Solothurn, Switzerland ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Play Music and ALSA
On 4/12/2005 6:53 PM, Bryan Brannigan wrote: Does anyone know if this patch was included in the .17 release? Looks like no-one else has replied yet, so I'll answer this part. I have good news and bad news. The bad news is mythmusic doesn't support native ALSA. The good news is there is a patch available to do it (see: http://www.wildgooses.com/downloads/mythmusic_audio2.tar.gz ). You will need to be running the current CVS in order to use it though. Hopefully it will be added to the current CVS soon. I am using it and it works for me. Yes, it is in the 0.17 release. It was committed Jan 26th, 2005. -- David HDTV frontend I'm working on (new picture of back, mythmon source) http://mythhd.info ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] NFS and mythfrontend only
yes, you do need to share your video and image section via smb or nfs.. When setting up a mythtvfront end only, aside from pointing frontend to the backend database, do I need to share out /video via NFS as well? 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 mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend locks after 30 minutes on live TV
I'm using a PVR-250. Two of them, but I don't think it should matter. I'm using ivtv-0.2.0-rc3f. Any insight is appreciated. -Khanh -Original Message- From: Colin Smillie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 8:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend locks after 30 minutes on live TV On Apr 11, 2005 4:18 PM, Khanh Tran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After about 30 minutes of live TV, Mythfrontend freezes. I can exit back to the menu and start watch live TV again, but that's annoying. I've coped the log below, which keep repeating until I exit back to the menu. Any help is appreciated. I'm using 0.16 compiled from source. 2005-04-11 14:28:33 ReadStringList timeout (quick). Remote encoder not responding. ASSERT: i = nodes in /usr/local/lib/qt3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) QSocketDevice::writeBlock: Invalid socket 2005-04-11 14:28:34 Error writing stringlist Remote encoder not responding. Which tuner card are you using? I believe I've seen this problem in the last with my PVR-350 and an older version of ivtv. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] No TV sound (which module?)
It detects my sound card properly. I ran alsaconf but decided not to edit the modprobe file (seems like all mixers disappeard after that, so I rebooted). My modprobe file was generated automatically when installing, and sound is working fine (except when watching TV with MythTV). TV audio worked on my last FC3 install! (to days ago) Soundcard: onboard nForce 2 Capture card: Pinnacle PCTV STEREO (cable from capture card to sound card). Mixer is configured following MythTV.org's docs. intel8x0 nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) On Apr 12, 2005 11:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last night I typed modprobe capacity and I suddenly got sound (only on the left channel though). Is this the right module to load? Are all the necessary modules loaded (check my modprobe.conf file below). If not, what do I add to my modprobe file? I think you should provide more details on your sound card. Also are you running alsaconf? What is it detecting your sound card as? I have an Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller and my modprobe is basically: # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.7 --- alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- Hope that helps. Colin ___ 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] Recording New Battlestar series
You might be able to fake that you have all the old recordings by manipulating the database. Is it worth it? Probably not. You're better off going through mythweb and setting all season 1 Battlestar's to not record (great series BTW). You can go as far into the future as you have data for (for me that's 10 days). I only want to record the new battlestar galactica series. Is there a way I can specify this in myth? Essential, I want to record all battlestar galactica playing at anytime on channel scifi. When I tried this, I kept getting the old series recorded as well. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV DVB-C
Hi Peter, KNC-ONE also produces the Therratec cards, I think some other brands to. Download the dvb-appdvb-20050303.tar.bz2 or linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0.tar.bz2 there is a directory apps/scan 'make'. You then have the executable scan, sometimes called dvbscan. In the directory dvb-c copy one of the files to nl-casema, or whatever suits. Modify frequency to one your Cablecompany uses for their settopboxes, 37200 is Casema; change symbolrate to 6875000, I think all Dutch providers use the same. scan -n -5 dvb-c/nl-casema channels.dvbc If you have a current xine version, with dvb option, then copy channels.dvbc to ~/.xine/channels.conf xine dvb://Nederland 1 would give you what you want. Henk Schoneveld Myth channels depends on which version you are using .16 .17 CVS ?? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SP13000 + Haupauge PVR 500
Krist van Besien wrote: Hello, This is my first post, so please bear with me if it is full of questions with obvious answers... I want to build me a new box that will have to server as PVR, and as media server (host my music collection in other words). I was thinking of buying this one: http://www.tranquilpc.co.uk/T2e_SP13000.htm And add a haupauge PVR 500 card to it. Then I'd add linux and mythtv I've searched the archives of this list, and thus got the impression this would work. First question: Am I correct? What I basically would need is how to get the CN400 northbridge on the motherboard working, and how to get the PVR 500 working. In mails I found in the archive of this list a guide was mentioned on how to get the PVR 500 working. I could not find an other reference to this. Thus: Second question: What's involved in getting the PVR 500 working. Are the results good? Thanks in advance, Krist not to discourage you away from via/epia but you might want to read the endless threads on this subject.. recently one named gave up on the Epia using one for a frontend/backend system really isnt ideal because of the DMA issues VIA chips suffer under linux.. --John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Remove keyword recoding
A while ago I put in the keyword documentary to get Mythtv to record all documentaries. However, this quickly filled up my HD and I removed the keyword. Now, the problem is that mythtv is still recording all documentaries! I've tried to look in the mysql database, but I've been unable to find any trace of the keyword. Can anyone help me with where this keyword could still be stored so I can remove it? It is getting tiresome to have to delete all documentaries every other day to prevent my disk from filling up (another question is why mythtv doesn't detect a full disk condition and stops recording). Thanks! -- Kristian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Remove keyword recoding
Kristian Eide schreef: A while ago I put in the keyword documentary to get Mythtv to record all documentaries. However, this quickly filled up my HD and I removed the keyword. Now, the problem is that mythtv is still recording all documentaries! I've tried to look in the mysql database, but I've been unable to find any trace of the keyword. Can anyone help me with where this keyword could still be stored so I can remove it? It is getting tiresome to have to delete all documentaries every other day to prevent my disk from filling up (another question is why mythtv doesn't detect a full disk condition and stops recording). Thanks! Locate the first planned recording that complies with the rule, if you disable that one all the other recordings will be cancelled as well. Regards, Jos ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] unknown socket error with Xbox frontend
I'm trying to get the python version of mythfrontend (xbmcmythtv) working on my Xbox. I feel like I'm _very_ nearly there. I can view a the program guide, a list of recordings and I can select one to see more detail and a still image of it. However, when I come to play the recording I hear the XBox disk stir but then nothing happens. No error messages on screen, nothing moves, nada. It just stays there on the detail program screen. In the backend log I see this: 2005-04-13 23:59:30.538 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-04-13 23:59:30.539 adding: xbox as a client (events: 0) 2005-04-13 23:59:30.545 unknown socket 2005-04-13 23:59:38.841 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-04-13 23:59:38.843 adding: xbox as a client (events: 0) 2005-04-13 23:59:42.097 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer 2005-04-13 23:59:42.099 adding: xbox as a remote file transfer 2005-04-13 23:59:42.174 unknown socket 2005-04-13 23:59:43.699 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-04-13 23:59:43.700 adding: xbox as a client (events: 0) 2005-04-13 23:59:43.715 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer 2005-04-13 23:59:43.716 adding: xbox as a remote file transfer 2005-04-13 23:59:46.129 unknown socket I'm assuming that the problem is the unknown socket line, but I have no idea what it means nor what I need to do to get this working. I've checked the archives but whilst this is mentioned I couldn't see what the solutions were. Can anyone help? Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Remove keyword recoding
On 4/13/05, Jos Hoekstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Locate the first planned recording that complies with the rule, if you disable that one all the other recordings will be cancelled as well. And another option is to make it inactive, which I like as a way of seeing what else is on, and then I can manually override if I want to record something. (I use that option a lot with sporting events: leave it inactive, and then, depending on what else is on, etc., override if I want it recorded). Scott -- Scott Rollins, Arnprior, ON ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythfrontend hangs when using Next to go to next screen
Fedora Core 3, Latest ATrpms, AverTV Studio card (bttv driver) When I start up mythfrontend and go to the Setup menu, I get the first screen (with the name of the database and the login/password entries). When I hit Next, mythfrontend just hangs and I have to kill it. Mythbackend is running. Here is the output from mythfrontend: 2005-04-12 23:10:52.117 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-04-12 23:10:52.118 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-04-12 23:10:53.522 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.) 2005-04-12 23:10:55.211 Joystick disabled. 2005-04-12 23:10:55.289 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-04-12 23:10:55.344 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-12 23:10:55.346 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-12 23:10:55.877 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.3:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.3 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set Does the SIP error mean anything related to this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Digital Audio out with Via chipset
Hey folks. Has anyone ever used the spdif digital audio output on a motherboard? I have an asus a8v deluxe that uses a Via8237 audio chipset. I would like to use the digital out but the Myth volume controls are not working on the digital out. It works fine using the analog IE: using the myth volume up and down changes the level. But when I use the digital I get the full volume and no way to control it. I believe this is due to not having a fancy pants asoundrc file that is specific to the sound card I am using but I cant find one anywhere. If anyone has done this before I would appreciate any help you may be able to give me. Thanks Brian. Brian Boyle Technical Director Toronto 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] image001.jpg___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend hangs when using Next to go to next screen
I'm pretty sure this is the problem I reported to the list on March 16th. SIP doesn't have anything to do with it. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/118659?search_string=widgets;#118659 Andy On 4/13/05, Scott Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fedora Core 3, Latest ATrpms, AverTV Studio card (bttv driver) When I start up mythfrontend and go to the Setup menu, I get the first screen (with the name of the database and the login/password entries). When I hit Next, mythfrontend just hangs and I have to kill it. Mythbackend is running. Here is the output from mythfrontend: 2005-04-12 23:10:52.117 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-04-12 23:10:52.118 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-04-12 23:10:53.522 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.) 2005-04-12 23:10:55.211 Joystick disabled. 2005-04-12 23:10:55.289 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-04-12 23:10:55.344 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-12 23:10:55.346 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-12 23:10:55.877 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.3:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.3 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set Does the SIP error mean anything related to this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stupid question about MythDVD and ripping
On 4/12/05, thor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 12 April 2005 02:04 pm, Michael Haan wrote: As I remember it, that's what I did (well, I pushed 0 on the keyboard) and it said something about there being nothing to do. ___ updatedb locate mtd.log cat /wherever/it/is/mtd.log - thor Directory it was trying to rip to didn't exist. Next question - do I have to do anything special to get the IMDB functionality working? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Hauppauge 150 or 250
Hi Guys, I'm trying to figure out what is the difference between the PVR-150 and PVR-250 (except about $25)... Do both of them supported by myth ? (the 250 I know is - what about the 150 ?) Thanks for your help, Tom. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend hangs when using Next to go to next screen
This is QT thing. The update put newer versions there that break the button. options: 1) use alt-enter ( works for some reason on the buttons 2) downgrade ( --oldpackage ) to the older version of QT Mark Quoting Andrew Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm pretty sure this is the problem I reported to the list on March 16th. SIP doesn't have anything to do with it. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/118659?search_string=widgets;#118659 Andy On 4/13/05, Scott Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fedora Core 3, Latest ATrpms, AverTV Studio card (bttv driver) When I start up mythfrontend and go to the Setup menu, I get the first screen (with the name of the database and the login/password entries). When I hit Next, mythfrontend just hangs and I have to kill it. Mythbackend is running. Here is the output from mythfrontend: 2005-04-12 23:10:52.117 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-04-12 23:10:52.118 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-04-12 23:10:53.522 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.) 2005-04-12 23:10:55.211 Joystick disabled. 2005-04-12 23:10:55.289 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-04-12 23:10:55.344 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-12 23:10:55.346 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-04-12 23:10:55.877 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.3:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.3 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set Does the SIP error mean anything related to this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users 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] Hauppauge 150 or 250
Tomer Sivilya wrote: Hi Guys, I'm trying to figure out what is the difference between the PVR-150 and PVR-250 (except about $25)... Do both of them supported by myth ? (the 250 I know is - what about the 150 ?) Thanks for your help, Tom. From a user point of view, there is not much difference between the cards. Both work in Myth. The driver support is much newer for the 150. This means there are still some problems being worked out with it. It's getting *much* better - But if you really don't bleed over $25, get the 250. For anyone else already trying this: Grab 0.3.2v Apply http://www.ivtv.tv/patches/ivtv-0.3.2v-freez_fixes.diff Enjoy: SVideo COLOR! VBI (CC and Teletext) Less prone to encoder crashes Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia
On Apr 13, 2005, at 5:49 AM, Matthew Phillips wrote: On 13/04/2005, at 12:35 AM, James Stembridge wrote: On Apr 12, 2005 11:58 AM, Matthew Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so although TV worked out of the box it was pegging the CPU until I did a recompile (takes 2.5 hours :/). Why compile on the epia? I just compile deb's on my desktop, transfer them over to the mythtv box and install. Much quicker :) It certainly would be a good idea to do that - if I had another x86 box to compile on ;) My home PC is a PowerBook and I'm not brave enough to attempt a cross-compilation setup with gcc (if that's even possible). I can't remember what package it was, but I've had trouble compiling things for my epia on my desktop machine. The issue was that I compile for epia with -march=c3, and the offending package built a utility for itself, and then failed running it since the desktop didn't have the c3 magic. I'm sure there's a better way around this, assuming the offending package supports cross compiling, but being the lazy person I am, I just build everything for my frontend on my frontend. Sort of computer assisted procrastination. Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose there are fewer DMA contentions), but I have had more than my fair share of video problems. Part of the problem is possibly caused by a problem with my TV (some picture distortion), but also video stuttering problems with live tv, which seem to be XvMC related. I haven't applied all the patches to .17, but I think I read there are XvMC VLD changes in CVS I don't have that are related, so I'm crossing my fingers and waiting for .18. I'm not giving up on my M10K yet, but if I knew then what I know now, it's not the way I would have started. -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia
On 4/13/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The issue was that I compile for epia with -march=c3, and the offending package built a utility for itself, and then failed running it since the desktop didn't have the c3 magic. Does using -march-c3 make any noticable performance difference? I just use standard debian packages (which afaik will work on an i386), even my kernel is just a standard i686 version. Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose there are fewer DMA contentions), I have a disk and haven't see any issues. How might they manifest themselves? The only stability problem I've had was lockups caused by the longhaul cpufreq module, since I've stopped using that it seems pretty solid. James. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
Hi there, I've been interested in this topic for quite some time now. I've even posted to the list regarding something very similar a few months back, however it was met with mixed results. I'm the author of MythRecommend (http://ipso.snappymail.ca:8080/mythrecommend/) which has been around for a fair amount of time now, and out of the 120 unique people who use it, they record 2275 unique programs in total. The top 345 shows are watched by over half of the people. So I think a system where commercial cut lists could be exchanged seamlessly would be a huge help. I'm willing to volunteer my time to work on a centralized repository similar to what MythRecommend has that can handle commercial cut lists. Thats the easy part though, the hard part is getting Myth to do its part. Here is a snippet of the most popular shows, and how many unique clients record them. title | count ---+--- The Simpsons |67 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart |48 Futurama |41 MythBusters |39 Desperate Housewives |36 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |34 Scrubs |34 South Park |31 Stargate SG-1 |31 Star Trek: Enterprise |30 Family Guy |30 Lost |29 CSI: NY |26 Stargate Atlantis |26 The Apprentice |25 CSI: Miami |24 Aqua Teen Hungerforce |23 Malcolm in the Middle |22 Arrested Development |21 ER |21 Law Order: Special Victims Unit |20 24 |19 Law Order |19 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition |18 Good Eats |17 Joey |17 The West Wing |17 Nova |16 Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law |16 Sealab 2021 |16 Everybody Loves Raymond |15 Frontline |15 King of the Hill |15 Battlestar Galactica |15 Will Grace |15 That '70s Show |15 Sex and the City |15 Star Trek: Voyager |14 American Chopper |14 Friends |14 60 Minutes |14 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |14 Survivor: Vanuatu%2c Islands of Fire |14 Chappelle's Show |13 Law Order: Criminal Intent
[mythtv-users] configure did not detect my cpu
*** WARNING *** Your CPU was not detected properly: uname -m: i586 uname -p: model name: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow k6_mtrr If you are using a recent CVS checkout, please e-mail the above to mythtv-users@mythtv.org With the subject configure did not detect my cpu ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio out with Via chipset
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 11:17:10AM -0500, Brian Boyle wrote: Has anyone ever used the spdif digital audio output on a motherboard? I have an asus a8v deluxe that uses a Via8237 audio chipset. I would like to use the digital out but the Myth volume controls are not working on the digital out. It works fine using the analog IE: using the myth volume up and down changes the level. But when I use the digital I get the full volume and no way to control it. I believe this is due to not having a fancy pants asoundrc file that is specific to the sound card I am using but I can't find one anywhere. If anyone has done this before I would appreciate any help you may be able to give me. I have a Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 motherboard with the same audio chipset. The digital out works fine, but as you say the volume control (neither Myth interval volume control, nor external ALSA programs) doesn't seem to be working. In my setup, however, I don't think I'm getting full volume either (I always have to crank up my audio receiver). I also don't have any kind of asoundrc file anywhere, so I'm willing to believe I have an incomplete setup. Pretty low on my list of things to get working, though. --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SP13000 + Haupauge PVR 500
On 4/13/05, John Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Krist van Besien wrote: Hello, This is my first post, so please bear with me if it is full of questions with obvious answers... I want to build me a new box that will have to server as PVR, and as media server (host my music collection in other words). I was thinking of buying this one: http://www.tranquilpc.co.uk/T2e_SP13000.htm And add a haupauge PVR 500 card to it. Then I'd add linux and mythtv I've searched the archives of this list, and thus got the impression this would work. First question: Am I correct? What I basically would need is how to get the CN400 northbridge on the motherboard working, and how to get the PVR 500 working. In mails I found in the archive of this list a guide was mentioned on how to get the PVR 500 working. I could not find an other reference to this. Thus: Second question: What's involved in getting the PVR 500 working. Are the results good? Thanks in advance, Krist not to discourage you away from via/epia but you might want to read the endless threads on this subject.. recently one named gave up on the Epia using one for a frontend/backend system really isnt ideal because of the DMA issues VIA chips suffer under linux.. --John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The thinking on the gave up on Epia thread says that you should plan on building your system from source. At least some of the problems people report are due to binary kernels that use cpu features not present in the VIA cpu. One writer suggested the DMA problem may be due to this. I can't say as I've not experienced the problem. I've not been able to get a PVR500 working on Epia. That was a couple weeks ago and things are changing fast with the ivtv driver. I read a message yesterday that said the latest ivtv plus the latest firmware from Hauppauge worked. YMMV. -- Tim www.magicitx.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio out with Via chipset
Herman Kuiper wrote: Hi, Has anyone ever used the spdif digital audio output on a motherboard? I have an asus a8v deluxe that uses a Via8237 audio chipset. I would like to use the digital out but the Myth volume controls are not working on the digital out. It works fine using the analog IE: using the myth volume up and down changes the level. But when I use the digital I get the full volume and no way to control it. I'm thought S/PDIF is always at maximum volume (or better: there is no volume). At least my EPIA is also always on fixed volume, and I use my amps volumeknob to change the level. since SPDIF sends the raw PCM stream, I'd guess the only way to adjust the volume would be to resample or scale the bits on the fly - sounds unlikely. I could easily be wrong :) I'm sending SPDIF to my amp - which has a remote control volume knob... David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio out with Via chipset
are not working on the digital out. It works fine using the analog IE: using the myth volume up and down changes the level. But when I use the digital I get the full volume and no way to control it. I'm thought S/PDIF is always at maximum volume (or better: there is no volume). At least my EPIA is also always on fixed volume, and I use my amps volumeknob to change the level. since SPDIF sends the raw PCM stream, I'd guess the only way to adjust the volume would be to resample or scale the bits on the fly - sounds unlikely. I could easily be wrong :) I'm sending SPDIF to my amp - which has a remote control volume knob... I'm using SPDIF on the Soundblaster Audigy. Controlled by ALSA. Volume control works for me. I don't have to mess with the amp. The driver probably just changes the amplitude before converting it to a digital stream out the SPDIF. - James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge 150 or 250
Cory Papenfuss wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Allan Stirling wrote: Tomer Sivilya wrote: Hi Guys, I'm trying to figure out what is the difference between the PVR-150 and PVR-250 (except about $25)... Do both of them supported by myth ? (the 250 I know is - what about the 150 ?) Thanks for your help, Tom. From a user point of view, there is not much difference between the cards. Both work in Myth. The driver support is much newer for the 150. This means there are still some problems being worked out with it. It's getting *much* better - But if you really don't bleed over $25, get the 250. The -150 uses a different and newer video capture chip than the -250/350 (cx88 vs. saa7115). I'm curious to see if there's any difference in capture resolution in the -250 vs. the -150. Actually, it's not quite that simple. The 150 you're talking about is not a 150. It's a 250 blackbird. The 150/500 uses a cx25840 as a capture chip - And the native PCI interface of the cx23416. The blackbird uses the CX88 as a PCI interface and for it's A-D, etc and just uses the cx23415/6? as a dumb peripheral. Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio out with Via chipset
James Armstrong wrote: since SPDIF sends the raw PCM stream, I'd guess the only way to adjust the volume would be to resample or scale the bits on the fly - sounds unlikely. I could easily be wrong :) I'm sending SPDIF to my amp - which has a remote control volume knob... I'm using SPDIF on the Soundblaster Audigy. Controlled by ALSA. Volume control works for me. I don't have to mess with the amp. The driver probably just changes the amplitude before converting it to a digital stream out the SPDIF. - James Interesting. I expected that playing a .wav file (eg) would result in a pcm stream that doesn't hit analogue. Is it a DTS decoder? Does the alsa spdif volume control work when you send a DTS stream from xine? just curious... David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording New Battlestar series
Larry Symms wrote: You might be able to fake that you have all the old recordings by manipulating the database. Is it worth it? Probably not. You're better off going through mythweb and setting all season 1 Battlestar's to not record (great series BTW). You can go as far into the future as you have data for (for me that's 10 days). I only want to record the new battlestar galactica series. Is there a way I can specify this in myth? Essential, I want to record all battlestar galactica playing at anytime on channel scifi. When I tried this, I kept getting the old series recorded as well. Growf. Top posting. Anyway, I think the OP may have been referring to the old BSG - The original series. Which aired for quite some time, so adding all those might be time consuming. Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording New Battlestar series
Allan Stirling wrote: Larry Symms wrote: You might be able to fake that you have all the old recordings by manipulating the database. Is it worth it? Probably not. You're better off going through mythweb and setting all season 1 Battlestar's to not record (great series BTW). You can go as far into the future as you have data for (for me that's 10 days). I only want to record the new battlestar galactica series. Is there a way I can specify this in myth? Essential, I want to record all battlestar galactica playing at anytime on channel scifi. When I tried this, I kept getting the old series recorded as well. Growf. Top posting. Anyway, I think the OP may have been referring to the old BSG - The original series. Which aired for quite some time, so adding all those might be time consuming. Cheers, Allan. Sorry I'm new... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
Mike Benoit wrote: Hi there, I've been interested in this topic for quite some time now. I've even posted to the list regarding something very similar a few months back, however it was met with mixed results. I'm the author of MythRecommend (http://ipso.snappymail.ca:8080/mythrecommend/) which has been around for a fair amount of time now, and out of the 120 unique people who use it, they record 2275 unique programs in total. The top 345 shows are watched by over half of the people. So I think a system where commercial cut lists could be exchanged seamlessly would be a huge help. I'm willing to volunteer my time to work on a centralized repository similar to what MythRecommend has that can handle commercial cut lists. Thats the easy part though, the hard part is getting Myth to do its part. Here is a snippet of the most popular shows, and how many unique clients record them. title | count ---+--- The Simpsons | 67 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | 48 Futurama | 41 MythBusters | 39 Desperate Housewives | 36 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation| 34 Scrubs| 34 South Park| 31 Stargate SG-1 | 31 Star Trek: Enterprise | 30 Family Guy| 30 Lost | 29 CSI: NY | 26 Stargate Atlantis | 26 The Apprentice| 25 CSI: Miami| 24 Aqua Teen Hungerforce | 23 Malcolm in the Middle | 22 Arrested Development | 21 ER| 21 Law Order: Special Victims Unit | 20 24| 19 Law Order | 19 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition| 18 Good Eats | 17 Joey | 17 The West Wing | 17 Nova | 16 Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law | 16 Sealab 2021 | 16 Everybody Loves Raymond | 15 Frontline | 15 King of the Hill | 15 Battlestar Galactica | 15 Will Grace | 15 That '70s Show| 15 Sex and the City | 15 Star Trek: Voyager| 14 American Chopper | 14 Friends | 14 60 Minutes| 14 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine| 14 Survivor: Vanuatu%2c Islands of Fire | 14 Chappelle's Show | 13 Law Order: Criminal Intent | 13 Father of the
Re: [mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia
On 4/13/05, MagicITX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/13/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 13, 2005, at 5:49 AM, Matthew Phillips wrote: On 13/04/2005, at 12:35 AM, James Stembridge wrote: On Apr 12, 2005 11:58 AM, Matthew Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so although TV worked out of the box it was pegging the CPU until I did a recompile (takes 2.5 hours :/). Why compile on the epia? I just compile deb's on my desktop, transfer them over to the mythtv box and install. Much quicker :) It certainly would be a good idea to do that - if I had another x86 box to compile on ;) My home PC is a PowerBook and I'm not brave enough to attempt a cross-compilation setup with gcc (if that's even possible). I can't remember what package it was, but I've had trouble compiling things for my epia on my desktop machine. The issue was that I compile for epia with -march=c3, and the offending package built a utility for itself, and then failed running it since the desktop didn't have the c3 magic. I'm sure there's a better way around this, assuming the offending package supports cross compiling, but being the lazy person I am, I just build everything for my frontend on my frontend. Sort of computer assisted procrastination. Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose there are fewer DMA contentions), but I have had more than my fair share of video problems. Part of the problem is possibly caused by a problem with my TV (some picture distortion), but also video stuttering problems with live tv, which seem to be XvMC related. I haven't applied all the patches to .17, but I think I read there are XvMC VLD changes in CVS I don't have that are related, so I'm crossing my fingers and waiting for .18. I'm not giving up on my M10K yet, but if I knew then what I know now, it's not the way I would have started. -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users You can do a fresh Gentoo stage 1 install on an M10k in a couple days. Most of that is machine time so it doesn't tie you up. The plus is once its done you know your system will work. -- Tim www.magicitx.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Don't give up on that epia just yet http://slashdot.org/articles/05/04/13/158226.shtml?tid=152tid=104 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SP13000 + Haupauge PVR 500
On 4/13/05, Krist van Besien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, This is my first post, so please bear with me if it is full of questions with obvious answers... Welcome to the list. I want to build me a new box that will have to server as PVR, and as media server (host my music collection in other words). I was thinking of buying this one: http://www.tranquilpc.co.uk/T2e_SP13000.htm Looks like some other folks have already responded about this. I don't know much about them, as I use a regular old Dell P4 1.8Ghz as my combined Backend/Frontend. And add a haupauge PVR 500 card to it. Then I'd add linux and mythtv I started off a few months ago with a single PVR250. I then added a second with a remote, and just this week installed a PVR500, for a total of four tuners. I initially had some trouble with the 500, but after help from folks on the list, Jarod's guide, upgrading my BIOS, and playing musical chairs with the PCI slots, I have them all working together now. I've searched the archives of this list, and thus got the impression this would work. First question: Am I correct? What I basically would need is how to get the CN400 northbridge on the motherboard working, and how to get the PVR 500 working. In mails I found in the archive of this list a guide was mentioned on how to get the PVR 500 working. I could not find an other reference to this. You're probably thinking of Jarod's guide, which has been very helpful to me and many others. You can find it at http://www.wilsonet.com/. It can take you from start to finish on a MythTV project, and he recently added PVR150/500 instructions. Thus: Second question: What's involved in getting the PVR 500 working. Are the results good? As I mentioned above, it took me a few hours (over the course of a few days) to get mine working properly, but the results are just as good as with the PVR250s. I have heard of some folks still having issues with the D492 revision of the card, mine is a D592. You might want to steer clear of the D492 if possible, just in case... Thanks in advance, Krist You're welcome. -- Garry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Remove keyword recoding
Kristian Eide wrote: A while ago I put in the keyword documentary to get Mythtv to record all documentaries. However, this quickly filled up my HD and I removed the keyword. Now, the problem is that mythtv is still recording all documentaries! I've tried to look in the mysql database, but I've been unable to find any trace of the keyword. To remove this, go to Manage Recordings-Set Priorities and look for documentary (Keyword Search) (or whatever matches exactly how you did this =). Press Enter and change the rule to Do not record this program. When you set a search rule, it becomes a new rule stored with the information it needs along with all the other rules. The keyword list is used to remember the words you've entered before when you go back to the search pages again. Changing or deleting the words on this list doesn't afftect the rules. Can anyone help me with where this keyword could still be stored so I can remove it? It is getting tiresome to have to delete all documentaries every other day to prevent my disk from filling up (another question is why mythtv doesn't detect a full disk condition and stops recording). It sure does but maybe you don't have auto expire set up properly. Go to Setup-TV Settings-General third page to set your auto expire parameters and choices. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stupid question about MythDVD and ripping
[snip] Directory it was trying to rip to didn't exist. Next question - do I have to do anything special to get the IMDB functionality working? Probably not, unless you consider network setup to be special. You should have a working net connection on your box to fill your mythtv database... For me, the IMDB functionality was not very intuitive. You'll need to go into Setup, in the Mythvideo area IIRC, select the movies that you've ripped, and then press OK or maybe spacebar on the keyboard to bring up a menu. From that menu you can search for the movie in IMDB. Sometimes they are not found, and you'll need to enter the IMDB number manually. For this I just ALT-TAB to a browser, go to imdb.com, search for my movie, and grab the number from the end of the address field. I'm not sure where the perl scripts are that grab the IMDB data, if you search the docs or the list archives you should find it fairly quickly. If you run into issues, I would first check to be sure that the paths to the scripts are setup correctly. They worked for me with the default paths. -- Garry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
I'm not a C programmer, so implementing MythRecommend directly in to MythTV isn't something I have the time to do at this point. Coding the client/server scripts though is what I do all day long, so its pretty quick. Though, I'm sure a Myth developer could implement MythRecommend in to MythTV in no time flat, the scripts store the data in the local mythconverg database, so its just a matter of running a simple query and making the interface to it. Regardless though, MythRecommend and a distributed commercial flagging system are completely different and should be treated as such. In my opinion a start would be to figure out some sort of finger printing system, or some method of sharing cutlists that will work on the same program across different stations or that takes in to account that not every mythtv box will start recording at the exact second. Once we have that, creating a centralized system to share said cutlists is the easy part. On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 13:13 -0400, Mario Limonciello wrote: Mike Benoit wrote: Hi there, I've been interested in this topic for quite some time now. I've even posted to the list regarding something very similar a few months back, however it was met with mixed results. I'm the author of MythRecommend (http://ipso.snappymail.ca:8080/mythrecommend/) which has been around for a fair amount of time now, and out of the 120 unique people who use it, they record 2275 unique programs in total. The top 345 shows are watched by over half of the people. So I think a system where commercial cut lists could be exchanged seamlessly would be a huge help. I'm willing to volunteer my time to work on a centralized repository similar to what MythRecommend has that can handle commercial cut lists. Thats the easy part though, the hard part is getting Myth to do its part. Here is a snippet of the most popular shows, and how many unique clients record them. title | count ---+--- The Simpsons |67 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart |48 Futurama |41 MythBusters |39 Desperate Housewives |36 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |34 Scrubs |34 South Park |31 Stargate SG-1 |31 Star Trek: Enterprise |30 Family Guy |30 Lost |29 CSI: NY |26 Stargate Atlantis |26 The Apprentice |25 CSI: Miami |24 Aqua Teen Hungerforce |23 Malcolm in the Middle |22 Arrested Development |21 ER |21 Law Order: Special Victims Unit |20 24 |19 Law Order |19 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition |18 Good Eats |17 Joey |17 The West Wing |17 Nova |16 Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law |16 Sealab 2021 |16 Everybody Loves Raymond |15 Frontline
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording New Battlestar series
Fa Yoeu wrote: I only want to record the new battlestar galactica series. Is there a way I can specify this in myth? Essential, I want to record all battlestar galactica playing at anytime on channel scifi. When I tried this, I kept getting the old series recorded as well. Go to Schedule Recordings-Custom Record then cut'n'paste this into the text box: program.title = Battlestar Galactica AND program.originalairdate 20050101 Pressing Test should show you just the episodes from this year (I see an episode 102 from Jan 14 and 103 from Jan 21 so I assume the first episode would be Jan 7 ;-). If this is correct, give it a rule name and click Record. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
In my opinion a start would be to figure out some sort of finger printing system, or some method of sharing cutlists that will work on the same program across different stations or that takes in to account that not every mythtv box will start recording at the exact second. Once we have that, creating a centralized system to share said cutlists is the easy part. Another consideration is going to be the different resolutions people record at. If everyone used the same resolution you could choos e a few place son teh screen (like a real fingerprint sort of) and get a difference from a particular pixel or set of pixels (this should eleminate the contrast and sharpness settings). Then just create a sort of MD5 type algorthm for frames or something so you aren't passing the actual screen shots and thus copyrighted material. The you could look for a series of frames that each match the algorithm's results in the database for the specific cut point. All that said with different resolutions you get even more hairy than what I have described, which is admittedly more complex than it might have to be. How do you compare different resolutions for the same picture? I'm sure it can be done. John -- I have plenty of Gmail invites. Ask me if you'd like one. G Mail rocks for email lists. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording New Battlestar series
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:36:10AM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote: Fa Yoeu wrote: I only want to record the new battlestar galactica series. Is there a way I can specify this in myth? Essential, I want to record all battlestar galactica playing at anytime on channel scifi. When I tried this, I kept getting the old series recorded as well. Go to Schedule Recordings-Custom Record then cut'n'paste this into the text box: program.title = Battlestar Galactica AND program.originalairdate 20050101 Pressing Test should show you just the episodes from this year (I see an episode 102 from Jan 14 and 103 from Jan 21 so I assume the first episode would be Jan 7 ;-). If this is correct, give it a rule name and click Record. -- bjm As I noted when I gave the same answer, this series started in late 2004, so you will want to use an earlier date, or use the seriesid query. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythVideo Question
Hi All, I have some movies that are in 2 files (cd1 cd2.) I've got them playing no problem, with the second file starting at the end of the first, but I was wondering if there was a way to only show the first file in the listings. That way there would be only one movie poster for any given movie, instead 2 for some and 1 for others. I've tried playing with the Browsable setting but it doesn't seem to make a difference? TIA, Chris Clarke ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Question
On 4/13/05, Chris Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have some movies that are in 2 files (cd1 cd2.) I've got them playing no problem, with the second file starting at the end of the first, but I was wondering if there was a way to only show the first file in the listings. That way there would be only one movie poster for any given movie, instead 2 for some and 1 for others. I've tried playing with the Browsable setting but it doesn't seem to make a difference? TIA, Chris Clarke I don't have my MythBox in front of me, but there is a setting to customize the videos that are shown. You will need to set the default filter to only show browseable videos. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Patents again
On Wednesday 13 April 2005 12:08, Brian May wrote: Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Saturday 09 April 2005 13:12, Colin Smillie wrote: On Apr 8, 2005 3:13 PM, Robert Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patent No. 6,674,960 (The one in question, which relates to recording to a hard-drive) was filed in 2002, that's 10 years after Hauppauge make a system for doing so. Therefore Patent No. 6,674,960 is moot under the terms of Prior Art, if I recall correctly. Not quite a mute point, the patent would still need to be over turned. Last I heard the average cost to over turn a patent was somewhere around $2M in legal fees, in most cases not replayable. It alot of smaller companies will be forced to pay a settlement rather than fighting. ...but there are some big players now in the DVR market. It might be worth it for a big player like Comcast to get the patent overturned. Like Microsoft and their Media Center? (i don't think Forgent is part of MS, but I could be wrong..) Right; but somehow, I get the feeling that MS would be more likely to license the bogus patent than to try and overturn it, but that's just my gut feeling. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
Another consideration is going to be the different resolutions people record at. If everyone used the same resolution you could choos e a few place son teh screen (like a real fingerprint sort of) and get a difference from a particular pixel or set of pixels (this should eleminate the contrast and sharpness settings). Then just create a sort of MD5 type algorthm for frames or something so you aren't passing the actual screen shots and thus copyrighted material. The you could look for a series of frames that each match the algorithm's results in the database for the specific cut point. Someone might be interested in looking at the gqview image-similarity code. I don't know how much it will help, but it *is* capable of comparing and showing similarity between flat different-res images at different percentages (and it's quite accurate at its high setting). On the other hand, it's rather slow to generate the similarity vectors, so it would be virtually useless for use in matching an existing fingerprint to a show to import a cutlist. -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: recording HD content
On Wednesday 13 April 2005 0:51, Brad Templeton wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:27:08PM -0700, Ian Forde wrote: On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:16 -0700, John Sturgeon wrote: Ian Forde wrote: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/110105? search_string=Ian%20firewire%20caputo;#110105 And the specific FCC regulation we were talking about is available at http://makunu.com/browse/show/37812 Besides, the broadcast flag wasn't part of the topic (in my mind, at least) until you brought it up... Indeed, you're both right that the broadcast flag is not directly germane as it applies to broadcast digital TV and this is a regulation on cable providers, but I believe you are missing the fact that this is part of an equivalent set of regulations that mirror the effect of the broadcast flag in the cable world. You will find the regulation you cite above loaded with copy protection rules. As I read it, the rules are not out to give plain old computers like MythTV access to in the clear HD streams over 1394. Incorrect. The FCC regs explicitly state that any device advertised as digital cable ready or digital cable compatible must have an enabled 1394 port (unless grandfathered), and must output the unmodified digital stream for any broadcast-equivalent signal over said port. That means if you can get NBC-HD OTA, then if your digital cable provider carries the same NBC-HD station, they must output the unencrypted HD stream for that station over firewire. They may not down-resolution the content for OTA equivalent stations, either. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180?
Anybody know anything about this ATSC HD tuner card? Looks like it should be out within the month (might even be out now) for around US $90.00 (!) retail. http://www.aver.com/products/tvtuner_avertvhd_mce_a180.shtml Anybody have one? Know what chipset? Based on their other cards, I'd guess AVerMedia's using a Conextant chipset, but I haven't been able to confirm this. If so it'd be very similar to a pcHDTV HD-3000 card. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180?
On 4/13/05, Alan Hagge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody know anything about this ATSC HD tuner card? Looks like it should be out within the month (might even be out now) for around US $90.00 (!) retail. http://www.aver.com/products/tvtuner_avertvhd_mce_a180.shtml Anybody have one? Know what chipset? Based on their other cards, I'd guess AVerMedia's using a Conextant chipset, but I haven't been able to confirm this. If so it'd be very similar to a pcHDTV HD-3000 card. Wow! I hope it pans out as something useful to us - it's $77 @ buy.com! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Double-Transcoding (was: Writing manual cutlist back to commercial cutlist?)
Robin Smith wrote: Furthermore, if you then transcode with the cutlist you can physically remove those parts of the original file, shrinking the size and thus taking up less of your valuable storage space. What happens if the recording is automatically transcoded down to MPEG4, then you create a cutlist, and finally transcode again to remove the commercials. Does if transcode the whole recording over again, or just cut out the commercials? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I know this is a high traffic list... --Ajay ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] URC-9960 + Hauppauge WinTV Radio + MythTV
Has anyone used the URC-9660 (AllForOne Kameleon 8-in-1) with the Hauppauge IR receiver? I did see some information on using VCR code 0081 (or something like that), but I'd really like to use one of the DVD codes, so I get the Audio and Subtitle buttons (in addition to having the menu/arrow buttons and playback buttons on the screen at the same time) any tips? i found a few codes that got close to working (they even had all the buttons sending ... some remote codes disable certain buttons), but i haven't gotten lirc to work with them properly ... the code i was most hopeful about was DVD code 0864 (Sony DVD/VCR combo, iirc) ... my problem was that the 1 button, 5 button, and EXIT button sent the same code (0xABE)! how can that work?! is there a way around this w/o JP-1 (the cable's in the mail) and (preferrably) without Keymover? Thx, -g- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia
I don't use EPIA for myth but I don know that the C3 is not a single core and some C3 processors actually compile better as i586... So does this mean there's a mini-ITX board for sale, or were you just getting discouraged? -- Thanks, Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 4/13/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 13, 2005, at 11:15 AM, James Stembridge wrote: On 4/13/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The issue was that I compile for epia with -march=c3, and the offending package built a utility for itself, and then failed running it since the desktop didn't have the c3 magic. Does using -march-c3 make any noticable performance difference? Dunno, I've never done it any other way. I just figured since I was compiling from source anyways, I would set the appropriate arch. I just use standard debian packages (which afaik will work on an i386), even my kernel is just a standard i686 version. I started with Debian sarge. Trying to work through my tv out problems, I switched to a self compiled Xorg, and not being a deb wizard, I then had to compile everything that depended on X. I'm sure if I took the time, I could have found a deb for Xorg 6.8.2, and learned how to use deb sources so I could do the unichrome patches. Or even just found unichrome debs. But even though it has been frustrating, sometimes I like to build the stuff myself so I know more about how it works. Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose there are fewer DMA contentions), I have a disk and haven't see any issues. How might they manifest themselves? The only stability problem I've had was lockups caused by the longhaul cpufreq module, since I've stopped using that it seems pretty solid. I never installed longhaul, and I've never had DMA issues. I'm just referring to the constant stream of via dma complaints, system lockups I believe. I imagine you could be right, that longhaul has a large part in it. Also, I know the ivtv people recently discovered they had been letting a bad default value exist for dma timeouts, and this somehow affected via more than other chipsets (via chipsets had a different default dma timeout value?). But, since I don't seem to have any dma issues, I'm just worrying about the problems I do have. I'm thinking .18 will fix my XvMC VLD, and then I need to find a job, so I can pay someone to come and tune up my TV! -Michael ___ 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] DCT-6200 Channel changing
sounds like your cable company may have changed things... throw a patch on 6200ch at the begining that makes sure the channel is three digits and adds neccesary zeros On 4/13/05, Michael Eldridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some odd channel changing behavior and I'm not sure if it was caused by a recent mythtv CVS build I did or maybe a lib upgrade. Channel changing used to work fine. I did a CVS build of mythtv and the 1.0 of libiec61884 on the 12th. It used to be when it came time for a program to be recorded 6200ch would be called with the channel number, the channel would change, and all was well. Now when it's time to record a program the numbers on the 6200's display change briefly to the numbers of the channel being changed to, so it appears that the channel will be changed, but it doesn't actually change the channel. Running 6200ch manually does change the channel no problem. mythtv-setup has /usr/local/bin/6200ch for the remote channel changing command so that's all good. I noticed that when manually inputting numbers on the remote to change the channel you have to put in three numbers for it to change without having to press the enter button. For example, if you wanted to change to channel 3 without pressing 3 - enter you would have to press 0 - 0 - 3. It doesn't seem like that would be a problem since I can run '6200ch 3' and the channel changes. Strange. Any ideas? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Thanks, Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Audio - one channel doesn't play sounds
Thanks for the advice, but the problem seems to be elsewhere.
I followed your advice and pulled a Sound Blaster Live from one of my
other computers. I disabled the on-board audio and installed the SB in
my Myth box (including editing the /etc/modprobe.conf for a 'emu10k1')
but no luck.
I still get the same intermittent problem with some channels some of the
time. It happens most of the time with channel 15, but I also got a
video-only recording last night on channel 21 (a CBS affiliate).
We'll see what happens with 0.18...
Claude
Graham Dunn wrote :
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:48:19AM -0400, Claude Boucher wrote:
I use the on-board audio of my MoBo (an Asus A7N8X-VM/400) which uses
the snd-intel8x0 driver with the following configuration in
/etc/modprobe.conf
- CODE -
[...]
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
[...]
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore /dev/null 21 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store /dev/null 21 || : ; };
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
- CODE -
I had the same problem with my onboard sound and snd-intel8x0 under
alsa. Only one channel would play back.
What should be my next troubleshooting steps ?
My troubleshooting step consisted of purchasing an inexpensive sound
blaster. Problem solved.
I really think there's something off with that driver on some onboard
sound cards.
Graham
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[mythtv-users] nxtvepg error message...
Hallo, whn i start nxtvepg i get this message: nxtvepg Failed to initialise the Tk library at '/usr/lib/tk8.4' - exiting. Tk error message: this isn't a Tk applicationunknown color name Black Any ideas for my Debian Sarge box? Christian SPITFIRE Borchmann http://www.borchi.de ICQ #30405670 MSM [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM wwspitfire PGP-Key-ID: 0x1475C0980E0B5B40 PGP-Key-File: http://www.borchi.de/pgp/christian_borchmann.asc PGP-Fingerprint: 8740 DD6E 4E7B 91D1 EA73 A0C6 1475 C098 0E0B 5B40 Linux-User #374732 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Trinken für den Frieden - Schmiedet Schwerter zu Zapfhähnen !!! pgpWjCvxFgiQ6.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Audio - one channel doesn't play sounds
On 4/13/05, Claude Boucher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the advice, but the problem seems to be elsewhere.
I followed your advice and pulled a Sound Blaster Live from one of my
other computers. I disabled the on-board audio and installed the SB in
my Myth box (including editing the /etc/modprobe.conf for a 'emu10k1')
but no luck.
I still get the same intermittent problem with some channels some of the
time. It happens most of the time with channel 15, but I also got a
video-only recording last night on channel 21 (a CBS affiliate).
We'll see what happens with 0.18...
Claude
Graham Dunn wrote :
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:48:19AM -0400, Claude Boucher wrote:
I use the on-board audio of my MoBo (an Asus A7N8X-VM/400) which uses
the snd-intel8x0 driver with the following configuration in
/etc/modprobe.conf
- CODE -
[...]
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
[...]
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore /dev/null 21 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store /dev/null 21 || : ; };
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
- CODE -
I had the same problem with my onboard sound and snd-intel8x0 under
alsa. Only one channel would play back.
What should be my next troubleshooting steps ?
My troubleshooting step consisted of purchasing an inexpensive sound
blaster. Problem solved.
I really think there's something off with that driver on some onboard
sound cards.
Graham
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If the sound card is playing two channel audio then it probably isn't
an alsa issue. Try a few different ivtv driver versions and see if it
changes, or at least play the recordings on different hardware to rule
out a cature problem.
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[mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 Tuner Comparison
The Tech Report just did a comparison of the PVR-150, ATI's TV Wonder Elite, and the eVGA NVTV. The 150 came in last in picture and the eVGA card came in first in picture quality. Does that card work in Linux? Both my Windows MCE w/PVR-150 using friend and I (MythTV with PVR-250) have been pretty disappointed in the image quality of our boxes so if I can switch cards and get a better picture, I'd love to do so. http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/tuner-comparo/index.x?pg=1 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] unknown socket error with Xbox frontend
You may want to double and triple check your settings. I had a case where the path to my recordings share on my backend was incorrect. For example, the default path includes the hostname: \\%h\your_recordings_share I have no idea where it gets that hostname from, but it was getting putting the hostname for that path but it some how wasn't able to connect that with a correct ip address and was therefore not able to access any recordings. Replacing %h with the actual ip address fixed that. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Audio - one channel doesn't play sounds
Both sound cards are fine. I get correct sound from all MP3s, DVDs, CDs. Live and recorded television is usually fine, except for the problem I mentioned earlier. And the bad recording from last night doesn't play on my windows box or on a bootable KnoppMyth front end (v. 5A12) on a second computer. I will check out the newer versions of ivtv. As you guessed correctly, I use an older (0.32q, which I picked up at ATrpms.net) version of the driver. Claude Craig Partin wrote : If the sound card is playing two channel audio then it probably isn't an alsa issue. Try a few different ivtv driver versions and see if it changes, or at least play the recordings on different hardware to rule out a cature problem. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR500 in a Pundit?
As I'm probably about to replace the PVR250 in my Pundit I have to decide between a new 250, a 150 (or 150MCE or 150LP), or a 500. Has anyone used a 500 in a Pundit (old or new)? Is it a tight fit? The 250 fits but there is less than 1mm between the edge of the card and the metal case... / Niklas ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 Tuner Comparison
There is also another comparison at http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2393 They gave the 250 a very good rating (2nd out of 6). # Endaf Matt Grommes wrote: The Tech Report just did a comparison of the PVR-150, ATI's TV Wonder Elite, and the eVGA NVTV. The 150 came in last in picture and the eVGA card came in first in picture quality. Does that card work in Linux? Both my Windows MCE w/PVR-150 using friend and I (MythTV with PVR-250) have been pretty disappointed in the image quality of our boxes so if I can switch cards and get a better picture, I'd love to do so. http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/tuner-comparo/index.x?pg=1 ___ 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] Podcasting Idea
Ross Campbell wrote: What I was thinking is that you could use myth to record a local fm station broadcast, then skip the commercials before loading it into an ipod. (Maybe Chris Pinkham's code has an audio component?). One of the stations I listen to has literally, 10 minutes of programing and 5 minutes of commercials for each 15 minute block. well, MythFM doesn't AFAIK take advantage of any of the MythTV backed to schedule or record audio, and I don't think commercial detection on an audio stream would be straightforward at all. ... but how many of us find ourselves wishing we could rewind live radio in the car? ;) Rewind radio? Not me, but as a spoiled MythTV user, I hate commercials. Some existing podcasts are full of ads because they are technically rebroadcasts of a streaming show (worst offender: Inside Mac Radio with the SAME ads every week for the Army, ipodderX, Dr. Mac, etc...). More successful podcasts are now starting to do ads occasionally. Short of editing this with an audio editor like Audacity, these are a pain to get around. None of this is a Myth issue, though, so it's wa off topic. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RE: Podcasting Idea
Anyway, I read an article the other day about how people with ipods are recording radio station and other types of broadcasts and then loading them into their ipod to listen to later. That's not really what podcasting is. Podcasting involves people making their own little radio shows. It's all about this new, independent, not-quite-underground-anymore community that makes shows. You subscribe to an XML feed and use a small client app to monitor this XML feed and download new shows as they are available. It really has nothing to do with normal corporate radio. It's *not* just a TiVo kind of thing for radio. So, I would take this idea to suggest a podcast aggregator plugin for Myth, or more likely just an extension to mythmusic to grab down shows by monitoring RSS 2.0 XML feeds. -Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Question
On 4/13/05, Sasha Z [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some reason that you don't just rejoin the files? it's trivially easy in virtualdub, and you can batch them up to go eat a sandwich. Rejoining the files does indeed work well, assuming they are avi's at least. Personally I use avimerge which is part of transcode. Unfortunately I have yet to find a suitable solution for ogm's. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge 150 or 250
Cory Papenfuss wrote: It really boils down to which chip acts as the logic glue for the PCI bus. The -150 uses the well-documented cx25840 as the PCI bus arbitrator, with the cx23416 tacked on the general-purpose I/O pins. The blackbird uses them in the other order... the 23416 is the PCI interface and the capture chip is glued on as a general-purpose I/O to it. I think that's more or less correct... Okay :) I have 2 PVR150s, so I should know this. You probably don't really care, but... The cx23416 provides the PCI interface on the -150. In this way, it's the same as the PVR-250. The cx25840 is a Audio / Video format decoder. This does the A-D, VBI, sync and scaling magic. On the blackbird 250 design, it goes PCI - CX88xxx - cx23416 as you say, on the GPIO pins. The CX88xxx is also used as the A-D, etc. I'd still like to see a resolution comparison. My -250's crap out at about 400 lines, so capturing over about 540x480 is pointless. I'm afraid I can't easily do that, since it would mean pulling the card from the Myth box, and the boss would get annoyed. :) Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 Tuner Comparison
Matt Grommes wrote: The Tech Report just did a comparison of the PVR-150, ATI's TV Wonder Elite, and the eVGA NVTV. The 150 came in last in picture and the eVGA card came in first in picture quality. Does that card work in Linux? Both my Windows MCE w/PVR-150 using friend and I (MythTV with PVR-250) have been pretty disappointed in the image quality of our boxes so if I can switch cards and get a better picture, I'd love to do so. http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/tuner-comparo/index.x?pg=1 The only quality tests are taking the video signal from an XBox, putting it through a RF modulator, then demodulating it using the tuner? What's wrong with in addition just connecting a normal SVideo cable between a DVD player and the input on the card? Couldn't get the cables? The adaptive comb filter can choose between 2D and 3D filters depending on which is ideal given the source content. However, the comb filter can only be used for composite and coaxial video input, not S-Video Okay... Someone needs to explain to these guys how video works. They seem to be saying it's a shame the comb filter doesn't work on SVideo. Sheesh. Cheers, Allan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] RE: Podcasting Idea
So, I would take this idea to suggest a podcast aggregator plugin for Myth, or more likely just an extension to mythmusic to grab down shows by monitoring RSS 2.0 XML feeds. By the way, MythStream already support podcast feed downloading and playing within mythtv. http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~moongies/streamtuned.html But... what kind of 'podcasts' would the *average* PVR user really want to listen to? I've read some sites talking about the future of watching TV remotely with friends and family, but I can't see how time shifting and local differences in broadcasts and commerical timing would ever make this useful. Then, I thought about, what about a MST3K type 'directors' narration' by random users? Would I fire up audio commentary from some random person while I watch TV? Probably not. A friend/family member/celebrity? Maybe... but the again, there are the issues of audio mixing and recording and audio time sync. How do you sync audio to a mythtv recording that could have started sooner or later, or been transcoded/cut? Seems nearly impossible to easily sync up to me (but I welcome anyone to prove me otherwise :). So, that leaves me with brief audio reviews of episodes or movies. I *WOULD* be interested in having the option to listen to selections of 30 to 60 seconds of downloadable audio review and be willing to rate the review with the 0-9 buttons on the remote during the review, and I *might* be willing to submit my own audio review after watching shows if a MIC was handy... -Ross ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Storage space and PVR-250
I just set up a mythtv box using a pvr-250 as the capture card. I scheduled a recording of a 1/2 hour tv show, and it worked well. When I played back the recording it looked great. So far so good. However that 1/2 hour recording takes up 13gb on my disk. I would like to find a more efficient way to store recordings even if I have to sacrifice some quality. How do I set up mythtv to reencode the recordings to a more space efficient format? Which format should I use? I want to be able to view the recordings across an 802.11b wireless link. Thanks Derek Tattersall ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
Mike Benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm the author of MythRecommend (http://ipso.snappymail.ca:8080/mythrecommend/) which has been around for a fair amount of time now, and out of the 120 unique people who use it, they record 2275 unique programs in total. The top 345 shows are watched by over half of the people. --PART I-- i found the article that explains why it is crucial to have something like mythrecommend built right in I know it's long, but honestly it's a good read. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail_pr.html http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/images.html?issue=12.10topic=tailimg=2 for myth, in the above graph, x axis would be shows ranked by popularity y-axis would be the percentage of people who watch sub in 345 for 39,000, (at this point, y=50) the argument is that the area under the curve to the right of the line is actually greater than the area under the curve to the left of the line in your case there were 1930 shows in the long tail i am willing to bet that: if more people used your script, then the long tail would get longer, but there wouldn't be many more than 345 shows that more than half the people watch this is good news and bad news for any commercial fingerprinting scheme - good - we know which shows to fingerprint (if it can be done ;) the 345 hit shows that lie to the left - bad - even though more than half of the people watch these shows, they might only make up 10% of television viewing ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
Mike Benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm not a C programmer, so implementing MythRecommend directly in to MythTV isn't something I have the time to do at this point. Coding the client/server scripts though is what I do all day long, so its pretty quick. Though, I'm sure a Myth developer could implement MythRecommend in to MythTV in no time flat, the scripts store the data in the local mythconverg database, so its just a matter of running a simple query and making the interface to it. --PART II-- mythtv needs to draw people down the long tail from popular shows -to- obscure but related shows i haven't used the mythrecommend script recently so i forget whether the perl script already does that by genre - ie. recommend other *less known comedies* for Simpsons viewers - so, don't recommend CSI or Futurama, even if Simpsons watchers watch them Basically, how do you picture the myth interface for this? 1) have a mythrecommend module accessible by: manage recordings - schedule recordings - recommended shows - this kind of misses the point though, since you have to go out of the way to do it I think that for it to be effective the interface must be done on a per episode basis --so option number 1) is out-- 2) put it somewhere in the set recording options screen - where you currently have list upcoming episodes and program details - make option for list recommended shows? 3) or put it under the context menu of the episode -recording options - recommended shows - or even put it right uner recording options and job options either option 2 or 3 would bring up a kind of - a program finder that only lists recommended shows ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Storage space and PVR-250
On 4/13/05, Derek Tattersall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just set up a mythtv box using a pvr-250 as the capture card. I scheduled a recording of a 1/2 hour tv show, and it worked well. When I played back the recording it looked great. So far so good. However that 1/2 hour recording takes up 13gb on my disk. I would like to find a more efficient way to store recordings even if I have to sacrifice some quality. How do I set up mythtv to reencode the recordings to a more space efficient format? Which format should I use? I want to be able to view the recordings across an 802.11b wireless link. Thanks Derek Tattersall Search the docs and the archives for transcoding options. I'm still learning about this myself, so I can't offer much more than that. However, I can tell you that my PVR-250s and PVR-500 encode at about 2.2Gb/hour, so you might have an issue that is causing your files to be too large. As for the wireless, from everything that I've read it sounds like you really don't want to use anything less than 802.11g. -- Garry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Storage space and PVR-250
As for the wireless, from everything that I've read it sounds like you really don't want to use anything less than 802.11g. So, I tried this last night from a linux laptop with 802.11g and found it too choppy for LiveTV (could have been sub-optimal signal strength/speed at my end...) I record everything at 720X480 at a rate that equates to just over 2gb/hr. I did some quick fiddling around and found that my transcoded shows *almost* played perfectly, and I could get seamless playback by time-stretching down to about 85%, so I expect that you could change your recording settings to make them more wireless friendly. What settings would you need to get it working at 802.11b speeds? ... and it's not a speed demon laptop and doesn't have very fancy accelerated graphics (does support XV tho.) Anyone else have datapoints for wireless frontends? -Ross ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Interlaced vs. noninterlaced: getting perfect output smoothness
As far as I can understand it, there are two ways of getting perfect video output on SDTV using an svideo input. One is using an interlaced mode with a 59.94-ish Hz refresh, and the other is with a progressive mode with a 29.97-ish Hz refresh but with bob 2x deinterlacing. So I've spent the last few hours trying to tweak my output, and here's where I've gotten: 1) Interlaced modes have better picture quality, but I can't seem to get the refresh quite right, so there's some jitter where frame drawing doesn't line up to the refresh, and I spent about 1.5 hrs just hand putzing with the modeline to try and get the pixel clock just right. I got close, but never quite there. Bottom crawlers (tickers, news, etc) are my standard for smoothness, and I want flawless playback. 2) The noninterlaced mode with bob2x has an annoying verticle jitter of something just under one pixel. I know you'll tell me I can't shift an image less than one pixel, but it seems to be happening. On some parts of a line, the next line will appear in the proper place. Elsewhere, it'll spill over into the next line and appear to jitter. The OSD and the video both seem to jitter at the same rate. From a long distance this isn't too bad, but it gives me a headache after a while. It is almost as smooth as butter, with very rare pauses, so I assume the refresh rate is closer to correct. I'm using an FX5200 via svideo to an NTSC SDTV RCA 25 display. I'm trying to clear a progressive HDTV purchase, but am not having much luck. For X options, I've turned on renderaccel, hardware cursor, and have opengl timing (apparently) working ok. Any thoughts on final tuning? Is there a good way to adjust the clock real time, and not have to edit the xorg.conf and restart the x server all the time? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Storage space and PVR-250
Try this: Go into the default recording profile for the PVR250 and set your resolution to 352x480 and your encoder bitrate to 2200 kbit/second. That's about the absolute minimum bitrate/resolution combo I've found to be usable for standard TV. YMMV. Record something and try watching it over your 802.11b link. If the playback is jerky, then you'll probably need to upgrade to 802.11g or faster, regardless of whether you like the picture quality or not. If the playback is smooth, but you can't stand the picture quality, try increasing the bitrate without increasing the resolution and see if you can find a setting that works for you. If you must increase the resolution (to, say, 480x480), then you will have to substantially increase the bitrate (eg., I use at least 4500 kbps/sec at 480x480 or better). The more you must increase the bitrate, the less the chance that 802.11b is going to work for you. Good luck! Bill Derek Tattersall wrote: I just set up a mythtv box using a pvr-250 as the capture card. I scheduled a recording of a 1/2 hour tv show, and it worked well. When I played back the recording it looked great. So far so good. However that 1/2 hour recording takes up 13gb on my disk. I would like to find a more efficient way to store recordings even if I have to sacrifice some quality. How do I set up mythtv to reencode the recordings to a more space efficient format? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How do recording profiles work for HDTV?
I have an HD-3000 combined frontend/backend system recording OTA broadcasts. I'm trying to set things up to automatically transcode certain shows to save hard drive space. I've read the Myth docs: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.5 http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-21.html#ss21.13 but I still have some questions. In my Recording Profiles menu, I have the following options: Hardware HDTV Default Live TV High Quality Low Quality Transcoders From RTjpeg/MPEG4 From MPEG2 All 6 of these sub-options have essentially the same flow: Resolution (default 480x480) Video Codec (MP4, RTjpeg) Codec parameters (2200kbps, etc.) Audio Codec (MP3 or uncompressed) Codec parameters (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz) Volume, etc. This is what I tried: - I set up a recording to use the Low Quality recording profile, with commercial flagging disabled, and to automaticalliy transcode. - I configured Low Quality with MPEG4 at 1100kbps with uncompressed audio. The result for a 1920x1080i HD broadcast was a recording of 6GB (usually they are about 7.2GB). This looks more like 2200kbps, scaled up from 640x480, and nowhere near the 1100kbps that I had configured into Low Quality. I think what happened is that the Hardware HDTV profile is completely ignored since there is no real encoding to be done for HDTV. Then, since the HDTV stream is already in MPEG2 (or RTjpeg/MPEG4, it doesn't matter for my reasoning), Myth just picks the Transcoders profile corresponding to the format of the HDTV stream and uses those parameters (which are still at their default 2200kbps values). If my reasoning is correct, does that mean an HD-3000-only system cannot transcode different shows at different qualities, and that the recording profiles set up in that show's recording schedule is basically ignored (only the global Transcoders profiles are available, which is selected based on what is in the HDTV stream)? I found this threads that looks somewhat related to what I'm trying to do, but it's pretty old, and I can't extract sufficient meaning out of it: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/112818 How am I supposed to fit all this together? How exactly are the Hardware HDTV and Transcoders recording profiles used? I have a feeling the docs are biased towards hardware encoders (e.g., PVR-x50 cards) ... Thanks, --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] pcHDTV HD3000 for standard broadcast also?
Hello, This is my first post to the list. I did a search, but didn't really come up with a clear answer. Basically, at this point I don't have HDTV (signal or TV), and am wondering if I can use one of these as my only tuner, or if I need a specifically SDTV tuner as well. Thanks for your time! John Friesen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Need advice with 'Pixelization
I'm somewhat perplexed, so I figured I'd post here and see if anyone has solved this issue already. A search of the database does not produce anything that looks like what I am seeing. In brief, I have the following system: Athlon 2500 256MB RAM 160GB DMA HD PVR-250 I have only had the system working for about a week, but already I notice that when I watch live TV, or play back a recording, I notice areas of what I call pixelization where there is sudden or significant movement in the image. The image does not stutter or act jerky, to the extent that the entire image does not seem affected by this issue. The problem appears in isolated areas, and then as the motion in that ares of the image subsides, the pixelization subsides as well. If I had to guess, it's almost as if the PVR could not encode the movement sufficiently to make it appear smooth during playback. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might cause this? Thanks, Larry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pcHDTV HD3000 for standard broadcast also?
John Friesen wrote: Basically, at this point I don't have HDTV (signal or TV), and am wondering if I can use one of these as my only tuner, or if I need a specifically SDTV tuner as well. Yes. The HD3000 supports standard NTSC in addition to HDTV ATSC. I use it with tvtime for such but I still can't get it to work with MythTV. That may change for the better with kernel 2.6.12 in the next month. Also, with standard NTSC, the cx88 driver doesn't yet support digital audio capture nor closed captioning. I sincerely hope the driver developers figure out how to implement these soon. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 2 programs in a row, same channel, 2nd not being recorded
On 11 Apr 2005 05:09:33 -, Druid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running myth on an amd64 machine wuth Ubuntu Hoary installed, and myth compiled from cvs on 4/4 with gcc-3.4. I'm recording with an Air2pc card using an OTA antenna. Tonight I set up myth to record Desprete House Wives, and Grey's Anatomy. on my abc affiliate at 9pm and 10:02 pm I think. the database correctly showed both as scheduled. However after recording DHW, myth closed the recorder and didn't record GA. when I noticed this and restarted the backend, GA did start to record. here is the console output from mythbackend: snip I tried searching the archives, because I think I remember seeing a problem like this mentioned before, but couldn't find a relevant post. Is this a known problem? is there a solution? Don't know about it being a known problem but I keep having my box fail to record with a message about the backend still changing state. Using totally different hardware and software and not had a single answer to any of my posts about it though so dunno. Not really a lot of help really, don't really know why I replyed. Druid ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I just had this happen to me again tonight recording Alias and then Eyes on ABC. This is with a cvs build from yesterday. I'm in the process of building a backend only machine with a air2pc, hd3000, and cablebox firewire, so hopefully I can pick different tuners for each showing in the future, and that will fix this. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercialfingerprinting
John Williams wrote: Another consideration is going to be the different resolutions people record at. If everyone used the same resolution you could choos e a few place son teh screen (like a real fingerprint sort of) and get a difference from a particular pixel or set of pixels (this should eleminate the contrast and sharpness settings). Then just create a sort of MD5 type algorthm for frames or something so you aren't passing the actual screen shots and thus copyrighted material. The you could look for a series of frames that each match the algorithm's results in the database for the specific cut point. Not sure you'd want to compare pictures to pictures. Perhaps it would be better to record cutlists and fixes, and compare your cutlist to these. In other words, if user A had an autogenerated cutlist I, fixed the errors to make II, and both lists were stored, then user B would compare their cutlist to I, and if it matched, apply cutlist II instead. One to one, that wouldn't work too well, but if 500 people also had I, and 200 had went ahead and fixed it themselves to II, then you'd have a pretty good chance that II would work for you. Also, you'd need to compare only the show portion, because some channels may have 4 minute breaks and others 6 for the first break, and the opposite on the second, or spend more time on commercials between shows and less during them, but most shows have set commercial break points, so the parts that are the actual show would be the same length (maybe give or take a few seconds). In other words, don't record cutlists as commercial cut at 5:42 until 9:46, commercial cut at 15:20 until 21:20 and so on, but instead record Program data segment 1 length 5:42, program segment 2 length 5:36 and so on. When comparing, you'd compare the segment lengths you have to the segment lengths others had, then look up the modified segment lists those users made and sanity check them against what you have (with presumably less stringent checking, as obviously it was missed the first time). Also, for shows that are broken at different places by different stations (I see that a lot with older re-runs like original series Star Trek), people watching version 1 would match lists by other viewers watching version 1, and people watching version 2 would match lists by others watching version 2, and so on. Of course, some shows may be split any which way, in which case you can't get a match on them. In those cases, though, you are no worse off than you are now. Jeff. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Database error
Hello Mythgroup, I recently tried to upgrade my installation of myth cause I noticed that the new stuff is all packaged nice (in three packages). Anyway, I built it from CVS like normal... uninstalled my old one first and install the new one. When I run mythbackend I get the following error: 2005-04-13 20:23:58.545 New DB connection, total: 12005-04-13 20:23:58.547 Setting Lock for Database Schema upgrade. If you see a long pause here it means the Schema is already locked and is being upgraded by another Myth process.2005-04-13 20:23:58.548 New DB connection, total: 22005-04-13 20:23:58.549 Upgrading to schema version 10792005-04-13 20:23:58.549 DB Error (Performing database upgrade):Query was: ALTER TABLE capturecard ADD COLUMN dvb_hw_decoder INT DEFAULT '0';Error was: Driver error was [2/1060]:QMYSQL3: Unable to execute queryDatabase error was:Duplicate column name 'dvb_hw_decoder' new version: 10792005-04-13 20:23:58.550 Database Schema upgrade FAILED, unlocking.2005-04-13 20:23:58.550 Couldn't upgrade database to new schema I'm brand new to mysql and learned a little off the web (basically how to look at tables). I checked out the capturecard table and it looks like that dvb_hw_decoder does exist. Any idea how I can fix it without trashing my DB? Thanks, -Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Need advice with 'Pixelization
I see the same pixelization, and I'm capturing at 720x480, with a bitrate between 5000 and 6500. I'm inclined to believe that it's the MPEG-2 generated by the PVR-250 that is the cause, but my knowledge of MPEG-2 isn't enough for me to even begin to offer an explanation. The only thing that I can think of is that there's so much movement (or change) in the scene, that the delta frame (I forget what letter it is called, but it's definitely not the I-frame) ends up with the blockiness. In my case though, the cable TV coax coming into my apartment is pretty crappy (there's ingress according to the Comcast tech, but it's my landlord responsible for the line, not Comcast, so I have to live with it). I haven't brought the RF analyzer home from work yet, but I know that my signal is around 30dBmV, which is on the crap side. I get some artifacts in MythTV, and occasionally, if I watch something on the TV (not in Myth), I end up with a staticy (is that even a word?) picture, or wavy lines in it. I also get the odd dropped frame. I attribute the blockiness to these factors (in my case, anyway). -- Joe --- Ian Trider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, the MythTV defaults for bitrate are way too low. You need (if recording at 480x480) roughly 5000kbit/s for a good image. Also, you might be seeing interlacing artefacts if you are playing back on a computer monitor/standard video card graphics out and aren't deinterlacing -- make sure Deinterlace playback is enabled in the settings. On 4/13/05, Larry K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me add that I am not doing HD, and I am taking all the mythtv defaults for bitrates, etc. On 4/13/05, Larry K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm somewhat perplexed, so I figured I'd post here and see if anyone has solved this issue already. A search of the database does not produce anything that looks like what I am seeing. In brief, I have the following system: Athlon 2500 256MB RAM 160GB DMA HD PVR-250 I have only had the system working for about a week, but already I notice that when I watch live TV, or play back a recording, I notice areas of what I call pixelization where there is sudden or significant movement in the image. The image does not stutter or act jerky, to the extent that the entire image does not seem affected by this issue. The problem appears in isolated areas, and then as the motion in that ares of the image subsides, the pixelization subsides as well. If I had to guess, it's almost as if the PVR could not encode the movement sufficiently to make it appear smooth during playback. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might cause this? Thanks, Larry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Ian Trider [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
