Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend mysteriously dying
On 4/21/05, Bryan Brannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I seem to have a similar problem that looks like it's being caused by a hard drive starting to fail. Check your messages log or syslog for hard drive related errors. It's a brand new system, so I hope it's not that. Cannot find any trace of that in the logs... Jeroen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] videomenu.xml - ??
I'm trying to get the music-videos-shuffle thing working. I googled around a bit, and settled on the add-an-option-to-videomenu.xml solution that's been mentioned here before. I've run into a slight problem, though -- I've been poking around for weeks and I can't find that menu anywhere on my frontend. I'm running a recent 0.17, and I can't find my "shuffle music videos" button, nor can I find a menu that looks like videomenu.xml -- at least, I can't find the "video manager" button that's also listed in videomenu. Was this file deprecated? Am I doing something totally wrong? Where should I see a new option show up? And what's the "video manager"? I can see all my videos in mythvideo, but I've tried pushing "menu" in browse, list, and gallery modes and no dice. I could put it in library.xml, but it seems like the sort of thing that should be in the video system somewhere rather than wandering around on its own. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 113
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XBox DVD remote configuration - How do I > stop thefluxbox menu from popping up? > To: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Discussion about mythtv > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > On 4/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> After a few trials, I managed to get XBox Myth installed, and it works > >> incredibly well, except for one small problem, and I don't know where to > >> look to fix it. > ...Snip... > >> One last question, then I'll stop bothering everyone. Is there some > >> mailing list or something for XBox Myth discussion? I see on the > >> http://bit.blkbk.com/ main page that there used to be a forum of some > >> sort. Have people moved somewhere else? I keep running into niggling > >> little issues that I'm sure have been rehashed by people again and > >> again, > >> but I have a hard time finding indepth xbox mythtv info in this list's > >> archives. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Greg > > > > I'm not sure if the guy who wrote the xbox myth scripts is even > > maintaining the site or the scripts at all anymore. > > > > Matt > > Yeah, I kind of got that impression. There's gotta be a pretty > significant user community out there, or just waiting to happen though, > since I know a lot of people are using XBox frontends. I figure there is > enough traffic on this list just supporting Myth - I don't think it's > really the place for the sorts of questions I've got, since they're really > more XBox questions than Myth questions. > > Greg This is my first reply to this mailing list so I hope I don't screw it up. I used the script mentioned above so everything should be about the same. Here is what I did to stop the menu from poping up when using the xbox remote. The lirc configuration file for the remote for Xebian wide is at /etc/lirc/lircmd.conf What I did in their was comment everything out with the "#" at the beginning of each line. I did leave one line not commented out which was the left arrow. The reason I did that was so I could make the screen-saver go away with the remote. Now when not in mythtv you will not be able to use the remote to control anything except move the pointer to the left. Example: #MOVE_N * UP #MOVE_E * RIGHT #MOVE_S * DOWN MOVE_W * LEFT Also the config files for lirc within mythtv is at /home/live/.mythtv/lircrc In this file I made the SKIP- and SKIP+ equal to the Q and Z key so I could use those keys to skip the commercial cut points. They weren't configured like that after I install, they were the only 2 keys not assigned. Example: # Seek to previous commercial cut point begin prog = mythtv button = SKIP- repeat = 4 config = Q end # Seek to next commercial cut point begin prog = mythtv button = SKIP+ repeat = 4 config = Z end You should be able to see what to do once you open those files. If not shoot me an email. Adam ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythBurn Development ... ?
> Sorry for the OT, but I'm wondering if MythBurn is still being > developed. I searched over at the KnoppMyth forums and didn't find > the old thread that had all the MythBurn stuff. Some threads may not be on http://mysettopbox.tv/ after it was compromised > A quick scan of the archives shows some discussion about integrating > it as a plugin for Myth FE's, but nothing was "for sure", and nothing > very current. > I also noticed that on sourceforge, that last release was in September. Follow the directions here: http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page=MythTVBurn_Scripts_HowTo and upgrade to CVS -- last upgrades I have are from March 3rd 2005 but... haven't seen any cvs updates recently :( - I'm really hoping to see mythburn evolve to actually cut commercials, transcode anything to mpeg2, and being able to use tcrequant to fit whatever amount of shows are selected onto a single DVD... -Ross ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] uc: spdif anyone?
On 4/20/05, Barker Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does anyone use spdif digital audio with AC3 over DVB or am I flogging a > dead horse? > Please see my reply to your prior post. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Alternative to Zap2It?
Well, thank you, Mr. Negativity. I admit, it's not that useful for long-term scheduling, because it is only 24 hours in advance. However, there might be other short term information within the stream that could be used. If they put out the current time of day in the signal, then it might be a more accurate time than NTP - even with NTP running, I have to record an extra minute before and after my desired show because of the clock difference. Perhaps it could be used as a way of updating the listings that come from Zap2It, due to last minute lineup changes. For instance, if a baseball game is scheduled for three and a half hours, but it's a pitchers' dual, and only lasts two and a half hours, then the networks fill in that extra space with something. Maybe the listing will be updated, and the TV viewer would know about it. If there's information on the current show in that stream, maybe MythTV could use it. I've seen several times where Zap2It had the wrong program description. Those are just three of the uses I can think of, off the top of my head. And please don't say, "submit a patch, then", because: A) I'm not interested in this feature right now (though if what was in the stream was documented somewhere, and it was in my local viewing area, I might be), and B) I'm sick of hearing you say it in such a rude way (mostly on the dev list). -- Joe --- Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/20/05, Joe Votour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Short answer - it's not going to work right now. > > Of course the big question would be "why on earth > would you want this?". > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth 0.18 build problems under G++ 3.4
Richard, Many thanks. It's embarrassing when the README is right there and I overlook it. Thank you again. Dustin Richard Dale wrote: Hi Dustin, I have an AMD64 3000+ that runs just lovely. I recently tried to build MythTV Plugins 0.18 using my default G++ 3.4 and the error below halted the build. I removed MythMusic and it crapped out on MythGallery instead. Has anyone else been having build problems? Here's the clue: In file included from cddecoder.cpp:10: cddecoder.h:6:21: cdaudio.h: No such file or directory cddecoder.h:8:28: cdda_interface.h: No such file or directory cddecoder.h:9:27: cdda_paranoia.h: No such file or directory You need to have all of the pre-requisites installed as detailed in mythplguins/README. Here it's saying that it can't find a few .h files It took me a while to figure out which ones could be installed from RPMs (I'm using Fedora Core 3) and which had to be downloaded and compiled. With FC3, I had to download and compile and install libcdaudio, libmad and libid3tag. The rest were packages available in the FC3 distribution (they were mainly the -devel versions). Cheers, Richard. ___ 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] Myth 0.18 build problems under G++ 3.4
Hi Dustin, >I have an AMD64 3000+ that runs just lovely. I recently tried to > build MythTV Plugins 0.18 using my default G++ 3.4 and the error below > halted the build. I removed MythMusic and it crapped out on MythGallery > instead. Has anyone else been having build problems? Here's the clue: > In file included from cddecoder.cpp:10: > cddecoder.h:6:21: cdaudio.h: No such file or directory > cddecoder.h:8:28: cdda_interface.h: No such file or directory > cddecoder.h:9:27: cdda_paranoia.h: No such file or directory You need to have all of the pre-requisites installed as detailed in mythplguins/README. Here it's saying that it can't find a few .h files It took me a while to figure out which ones could be installed from RPMs (I'm using Fedora Core 3) and which had to be downloaded and compiled. With FC3, I had to download and compile and install libcdaudio, libmad and libid3tag. The rest were packages available in the FC3 distribution (they were mainly the -devel versions). Cheers, Richard. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] cpu cooling recommendations?
On 4/20/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The fan on my AMD XP2100 is really loud and I want to upgrade to > > something that I can't hear from about 4 feet away, it also has to > > keep my proc cool obviously. Should I invest in a fanless heatpipe? > > I would appreciate any ideas, suggestions, comments :D > > Zalman - very quiet and good value. Totally agree - have a Zalman AlCu 7000A on my P4 2.4C and it works like a charm. The fan-mate controller gives you a good degree of control over the fan speed too, so will try it out in my Pundit-R to help control the noise issue. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Okay, I've got my asbestos longjohns on ...
FYI, I think in the past Axel has been much quicker (due to his exceptional efficiency ;) ) but this time he is (quite rightfully) leaving them in testing as the whole structure of the myth repository changed just before the 0.18 release. I too look forward to them being released proper though once they are stable. Thanks AT, your work is appreciated greatly appreciated. Dave On 4/21/05, Ryan A. Carris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/20/05, M.K. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... so flame away if I'm really exhibiting my n00bidity here,> but I'm having trouble with apt-get from atrpms. My Mythbox> (built on FC2, thanx JW and thanx AT, muchly!) did a flawless,> effortless upgrade from 0.16 to 0.17 using apt-get update &&> apt-get dist-upgrade.>> Trying to do the same from 0.17 to 0.18 results in "0 upgraded,> 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded" even when > I try "apt-get upgrade mythtv". (This is after allowing the machine> to dio all other updates successfully.)>> Sooo ... pray tell, what am I doing wrong?Go to www.atrpms.net and you will see that Axel has Myth 0.18 intesting while he works the bugs out of the packaging. 0.18 will bethere soonl, it takes Axel a while to do his thing. Just be patient,and maybe next time, check the archives, this has been answered previously. Also, check the atrpms.net site and mailinglist archives.I'm sure the answer is probably there too..___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAHI have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] no OpenGL transitions in mythgallery
On 4/20/05, Franco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > sorry if I ask this again, I already posted it months ago > but it's still not solved. > > I can't use "OpenGL transitions" from within mythgallery, > as well as I can't use the GL visualizations from within mythmusic. > It says "no opengl available" (or just crashes). > > I have an up-to-date FC2 mythbox. I do use apt-get, I always have > the latest stable packages, kernel and kernel modules. I re-executed > all the instructions on Jarod's guide many times. > > I can run glxgears (as well as any other OpenGL program) in hw accelerated > mode > both as mythtv user and root. I already tried to suid mytht[front|back]end. > > Do you have any hint (except "reinstall everything", which I should avoid) Franco, Does your version of MythTV have OpenGL support compiled in? I seem to recall reading that OpenGL support is a compile option (I think some readers were trying to get OpenGL vsync support), so it may be missing from your current installation. Perhaps a recompilation of myth/mythgallery may solve this problem? As glxgears runs, your system obviously has a working OpenGL layer, so it could be that Myth doesn't have it compiled in which is then causing MythGallery to fail. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Alternative to Zap2It?
On 4/20/05, Joe Votour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Short answer - it's not going to work right now. Of course the big question would be "why on earth would you want this?". ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording Quality [0.16]
On 4/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I first installed MythTV 0.16 in Jan 2005. It worked perfectly and I was > smug and content. I didn't tweak the box any beyond the parameters of > Jarod's basic install instructions on the principle that if it ain't broke > don't fix it. For three months all was good. Then on April 13 the video > and audio quality began to degrade. Old shows still play flawlessly, but > newly recorded shows tend to flash, chirp loudly and have intermittant > blockiness. Since then I have made adjustments to the recording profiles > bit rates based on archival information in this list. I have tightened my > cable connection with a wrench. I have also done some half-heated > experimentation with TV playback, but since only new recordings seem to be > affected, I haven't invested much there. > > I am coming to the conclusion that either the cable quality has degraded or > the PVR-250(not MCE) is going bad. Any thoughts on the matter? > > Fedora Core 3 > MythTV 0.16 Frontend and Backend Joe, Have you experimented by playing one of the new recordings (they're MPEG2 files named as .nuv) outside of myth - using xine and mplayer? This will help determine if the problem is myth related or not. Also, are you still using the same ivtv drivers as before or have they been updated at some point? Finally, on the heat issue, have you tried running the system with the case open during a recording and playback to see if the reduction in heat around the PVR card reduces the degradation you are experiencing? Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Myth 0.18 build problems under G++ 3.4
Hello all, I have an AMD64 3000+ that runs just lovely. I recently tried to build MythTV Plugins 0.18 using my default G++ 3.4 and the error below halted the build. I removed MythMusic and it crapped out on MythGallery instead. Has anyone else been having build problems? Thanks! Dustin cd mythmusic && make -f Makefile make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/mythplugins-0.18/mythmusic' cd mythmusic && make -f Makefile make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/mythplugins-0.18/mythmusic/mythmusic' g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O3 -march=k8 -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\"/usr/local\" -DHAVE_MMX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/share/qt3/mkspecs/default -I. -I../../../../include -I/usr/include/cdda -I../../../../../include/qt3 -o cddecoder.o cddecoder.cpp In file included from cddecoder.cpp:10: cddecoder.h:6:21: cdaudio.h: No such file or directory cddecoder.h:8:28: cdda_interface.h: No such file or directory cddecoder.h:9:27: cdda_paranoia.h: No such file or directory In file included from cddecoder.cpp:10: cddecoder.h:56: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `cdrom_drive' with no type cddecoder.h:56: error: expected `;' before '*' token cddecoder.h:57: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `cdrom_paranoia' with no type cddecoder.h:57: error: expected `;' before '*' token make[2]: *** Deleting file `cddecoder.o' make[2]: *** [cddecoder.o] Interrupt make[1]: *** [sub-mythmusic] Interrupt make: *** [sub-mythmusic] Interrupt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Alternative to Zap2It?
The MPEG-2 standard does allow for "information" frames, which contain things like guide/program information. However, the exact format might differ from cable operator to cable operator (in the U.S. anyway, it seems that Europe has better standards for this kind of thing). Your VCR likely doesn't understand MPEG-2 though, so it's probably getting the information from the VBI. I don't think that MythTV has support for this, and AFAIK, the Hauppauge hardware cards (PVR-x50) have limited VBI support in the driver at this point (although with the newer releases, that may have changed). Short answer - it's not going to work right now. -- Joe --- Richard Legault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I kind of asked this question before but most likely > not phrased properly... > My VCR gets it programming guide directly from the > cable feed. > I think the data is in between the image frames or > something. > The VCR has a limit of 24 hours advance on the > listings. > Is this something that a computer based PVR can use? > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-150 Picture Quality
I'm currently running MythTV 0.17 with a WinTV Go tuner card. The box has plenty of horsepower for video processing, with an Athlon 2500+. I'm curious whether the PVR-150 card gives you better picture quality than the WinTV Go, or if it just relieves the pressure on the CPU. I guess I'm looking for a reason to buy a PVR-150! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FC2 kernel problems
On 4/21/05, Robin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently running a stable MythTV .18 install on FC2 kernel 2.6.9-1.11 > I wanted to upgrade my nvidia drivers to the latest 7174 version. > > Through synaptic, the only kernel it shows for nvidia drivers in FC2 > is 2.6.10-1.770 (and 771). > > So I considered upgrading to this kernel, but I can't find it. I can > find a 2.6.10-2.1 kernel but there are none of the required Myth > packages (ivtv, lirc, etc) available other than alsa > > No matter what FC2 kernel I look at, I can't find one that has both > the kernel and all the required modules available. Am I missing > something here or is it becoming a necessity to upgrade to FC3? I'd > prefer not to have to go FC3 if FC2 will continue to be supported for > a while as the FC3 upgrade seems way more involved. Robin, Have you considered compiling the kernel and/or the required software like ALSA, LIRC and ivtv, or you do want to only use Synaptic? I am quite happily running 2.6.10 with ALSA 1.0.8m LIRC 0.7.0 and ivtv 0.2.0-rc3f with no problems. You could download the new kernel via Synaptic, and then manually install the troika yourself which is very straightforward. When I first installed MythTV on a dedicated PVR before Christmas, I wanted to use the flexibility of apt-get to easily get the components I needed, but as kernels get released frequently and certain hardware needs patching (such as DVB in my case) I decided to go down the compilation route. Now everything can be setup as relates to your own system which can offer more performance and also can remove unwanted options. I used apt-get to install myth-0.16 in the first instance, and this magically pulled in all the dependencies too, which was incredibly useful. However, I am hoping that when I next install a new version, it will be from source or CVS, to facilitate getting new patches and features. I will continue to use FC2 for the forseeable future, now that my system is stable finally and everything seems to be working, so if you are willing to spend a little while like I did getting to grips with compiling, I'd say it's well worth it. HTH, Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RE: HDTV Playback Questions
Post your xorg.conf ... I fought through a similar problem and it seems to be related to the TV refresh settings in xorg.conf clashing with what the Xv driver thinks the hardware can do. For me this only occurred on the 1920 wide HDTV, i.e. WB locally here in Houston, but I had exactly the same symptons, and no one seemed to be able to help. I found that using a better set of values in xorg.conf fixed it. My posted xorg.conf is on my blog at http://watmough.blogspot.com/ Cheers Jonathan Thanks for the reply, It's good to know that my problem isn't unique. I took a look at your blog, and your xorg.conf file and I think my TV should be able to handle the refresh rates, but I am using debian based Knoppmyth, and instead of a xorg.conf file I have a XF86Config-4 file, and I have yet to make any sense out of it. But most of that may be due to my limited knowledge of Linux. If you or anyone else can help me make sense of it, I would surely appreciate it. Here is the contents of my XF86Config-4 file: # File generated by xf86config. # # Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the # XFree86 Project. # # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** # ** # Module section -- this section is used to specify # which dynamically loadable modules to load. # ** # Section "Module" # This loads the DBE extension module. Load"dbe" # Double buffer extension # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option"omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules Load"type1" Load"speedo" #Load"freetype" #Load"xtt" # This loads the GLX module Load "glx" # This loads the DRI module Load "dri" EndSection # ** # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set # ** Section "Files" # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath # command (or a combination of both methods) # # If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other # programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory # to the end of this list (or comment them out). # #FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" #FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/" #FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" # The module search path. The default path is shown here. #ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" EndSection # ***
Re: [mythtv-users] Okay, I've got my asbestos longjohns on ...
On 4/20/05, M.K. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... so flame away if I'm really exhibiting my n00bidity here, > but I'm having trouble with apt-get from atrpms. My Mythbox > (built on FC2, thanx JW and thanx AT, muchly!) did a flawless, > effortless upgrade from 0.16 to 0.17 using apt-get update && > apt-get dist-upgrade. > > Trying to do the same from 0.17 to 0.18 results in "0 upgraded, > 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded" even when > I try "apt-get upgrade mythtv". (This is after allowing the machine > to dio all other updates successfully.) > > Sooo ... pray tell, what am I doing wrong? Go to www.atrpms.net and you will see that Axel has Myth 0.18 in testing while he works the bugs out of the packaging. 0.18 will be there soonl, it takes Axel a while to do his thing. Just be patient, and maybe next time, check the archives, this has been answered previously. Also, check the atrpms.net site and mailinglist archives. I'm sure the answer is probably there too.. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Okay, I've got my asbestos longjohns on ...
... so flame away if I'm really exhibiting my n00bidity here, but I'm having trouble with apt-get from atrpms. My Mythbox (built on FC2, thanx JW and thanx AT, muchly!) did a flawless, effortless upgrade from 0.16 to 0.17 using apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. Trying to do the same from 0.17 to 0.18 results in "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded" even when I try "apt-get upgrade mythtv". (This is after allowing the machine to do all other updates successfully.) Sooo ... pray tell, what am I doing wrong? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] FC2 kernel problems
Hi, I am currently running a stable MythTV .18 install on FC2 kernel 2.6.9-1.11 I wanted to upgrade my nvidia drivers to the latest 7174 version. Through synaptic, the only kernel it shows for nvidia drivers in FC2 is 2.6.10-1.770 (and 771). So I considered upgrading to this kernel, but I can't find it. I can find a 2.6.10-2.1 kernel but there are none of the required Myth packages (ivtv, lirc, etc) available other than alsa No matter what FC2 kernel I look at, I can't find one that has both the kernel and all the required modules available. Am I missing something here or is it becoming a necessity to upgrade to FC3? I'd prefer not to have to go FC3 if FC2 will continue to be supported for a while as the FC3 upgrade seems way more involved. Thanks Robin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] multiple audio tracks on digital TV
In the Boston area, I receive two audio tracks on WGBXDT (PBS, "43-1"). The problem is that the "default" audio track is the wrong one. I think it belongs to a different 43-x subchannel or something. I have to manually hit "+" to get to the right audio track. The problem is that when I record something on that channel, I also record the wrong audio track. Is there a way to set this up so that I get the correct audio track when I tune to this channel? I've fixed up my zap2it subscription to also download 44-2,44-3,44-4 but that hasn't fixed anything (but now I can see where the audio track is supposed to be). --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Alternative to Zap2It?
I kind of asked this question before but most likely not phrased properly... My VCR gets it programming guide directly from the cable feed. I think the data is in between the image frames or something. The VCR has a limit of 24 hours advance on the listings. Is this something that a computer based PVR can use?___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend mysteriously dying
On 4/20/05, Jeroen Doumen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have installed myhttv 0.17 on my Gentoo system using the (standard) > mythtv-0.17-r1 ebuilds there. I'm running mythtv 0.17 from atrpms on fc3. > > Everything seems to work fine, but occasionally (3 times during the two > weeks that the system was up and running) my mythbackend has crashed, > without leaving any trace in the (default) logs. I'll try and set > mythbackend to log all, but maybe someone here has an idea what might be > going wrong. Same problems here. Sometimes it crashes while watching TV. I've enable verbose logging and hoping when it crashes next time, I'll catch something. > > Thanks, >Jeroen > Xiaotian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb serving up recordings - protocol mixmatch
On 4/21/05, David Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Now, in mythweb, the includes/mythbackend.php has PROTO set to 14, so that>seems right. >>Sounds like your windows client is still speaking version 13... Except, he stated that the php file is set to 14. Have you checked that is definately the mythweb install being used? There isn't another version or something that your really serving up is there? Okay, I am a dumbass (this is what you get for waking up at 4am to go rowing), perhaps the WinMyth filters you *might* be using are for proto 13. You would need to update all that stuff on your windows box. Dave -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAHI have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb serving up recordings - protocol mixmatch
>Now, in mythweb, the includes/mythbackend.php has PROTO set to 14, so that>seems right. >>Sounds like your windows client is still speaking version 13... Except, he stated that the php file is set to 14. Have you checked that is definately the mythweb install being used? There isn't another version or something that your really serving up is there? Dave -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAHI have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb serving up recordings - protocol mixmatch
Don Brown wrote: I compiled Myth version 16 from CVS. Then, when I moved to .17, I simply used Axels RPM packages. Seaching the archives, the usual case for protocol mismatch on a single FE/BE machine is issues with different versions in /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin (and likewise with /usr/lib). Based on the dates of the files, I determined that /usr/bin was the atrpms version (.17) and the /usr/local/bin was the default for the old 16 CVS version. Okay. So I renamed all the /usr/local/bin/myth* to /usr/local/bin/myth*16 and renamed /usr/local/lib/myth to be /usr/local/lib/myth16. I rebooted to ensure I was loading all the correct modules and running the new executables. All is fine. I have full access to all myth features. MythWeb even works almost perfectly. However when I click on a recording, (myth://192.168.2.99:6543/2004_blah.nuv) I get, on the windows client, a network error, and on the mythbackend.log, the following error: MainServer::HandleVersion - Client speaks protocol version 13 but we speak 14! "we" in that message appears to be mythbackend, (obvious I know, but hang on). So that means that something in mythweb seems to be running an old version. Now, in mythweb, the includes/mythbackend.php has PROTO set to 14, so that seems right. Sounds like your windows client is still speaking version 13... Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythweb serving up recordings - protocol mixmatch
I compiled Myth version 16 from CVS. Then, when I moved to .17, I simply used Axels RPM packages. Seaching the archives, the usual case for protocol mismatch on a single FE/BE machine is issues with different versions in /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin (and likewise with /usr/lib). Based on the dates of the files, I determined that /usr/bin was the atrpms version (.17) and the /usr/local/bin was the default for the old 16 CVS version. Okay. So I renamed all the /usr/local/bin/myth* to /usr/local/bin/myth*16 and renamed /usr/local/lib/myth to be /usr/local/lib/myth16. I rebooted to ensure I was loading all the correct modules and running the new executables. All is fine. I have full access to all myth features. MythWeb even works almost perfectly. However when I click on a recording, (myth://192.168.2.99:6543/2004_blah.nuv) I get, on the windows client, a network error, and on the mythbackend.log, the following error: MainServer::HandleVersion - Client speaks protocol version 13 but we speak 14! "we" in that message appears to be mythbackend, (obvious I know, but hang on). So that means that something in mythweb seems to be running an old version. Now, in mythweb, the includes/mythbackend.php has PROTO set to 14, so that seems right. And as for the RPMs I have installed, I've got: [EMAIL PROTECTED] includes]$ rpm -qa | grep myth mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at mythmkmovie-1.0.1-3.rhfc2.at mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at mythtv-themes-0.17-97.rhfc2.at mythgallery-0.17-69.rhfc2.at mythtv-suite-0.17-50.at mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-2.at mythvideo-0.17-65.rhfc2.at mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at mythtvsetup-0.17-97.2.rhfc2.at mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at mythtv-backend-0.17-97.rhfc2.at mythweather-0.17-65.rhfc2.at mythmusic-0.17-68.rhfc2.at mythbrowser-0.17-32.rhfc2.at mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at mythtv-0.17-97.rhfc2.at mythtv-frontend-0.17-97.rhfc2.at mythnews-0.17-38.rhfc2.at mythdvd-0.17-49.rhfc2.at mythweb-0.17-64.at mythtv-theme-gant-0.pr1-2.at libmyth-0.17-97.rhfc2.at mythphone-0.17-10.rhfc2.at mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at mythgame-0.17-67.rhfc2.at Any pointers on where to look next? Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: nice vnc solution
- Original Message - From: "Andrew Close" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: [SPAM?] --> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] nice vnc solution On 4/20/05, Allan Risk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Everything done on one desktop is reflected on the other. (except live TV, but I didn't need that) can you edit cutlists on the vnc display? I haven't tried. As far as I can see everything works like being at the console, except live video. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox DVD remote configuration - How do I stop the fluxbox menu from popping up?
> On 4/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> After a few trials, I managed to get XBox Myth installed, and it works >> incredibly well, except for one small problem, and I don't know where to >> look to fix it. ...Snip... >> One last question, then I'll stop bothering everyone. Is there some >> mailing list or something for XBox Myth discussion? I see on the >> http://bit.blkbk.com/ main page that there used to be a forum of some >> sort. Have people moved somewhere else? I keep running into niggling >> little issues that I'm sure have been rehashed by people again and >> again, >> but I have a hard time finding indepth xbox mythtv info in this list's >> archives. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Greg > > I'm not sure if the guy who wrote the xbox myth scripts is even > maintaining the site or the scripts at all anymore. > > Matt Yeah, I kind of got that impression. There's gotta be a pretty significant user community out there, or just waiting to happen though, since I know a lot of people are using XBox frontends. I figure there is enough traffic on this list just supporting Myth - I don't think it's really the place for the sorts of questions I've got, since they're really more XBox questions than Myth questions. Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend mysteriously dying
I seem to have a similar problem that looks like it's being caused by a hard drive starting to fail. Check your messages log or syslog for hard drive related errors. -BryanOn 4/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Message: 3Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:25:27 +0200 From: Jeroen Doumen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [mythtv-users] mythbackend mysteriously dyingTo: Discussion about mythtv < mythtv-users@mythtv.org>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all,I have installed myhttv 0.17 on my Gentoo system using the (standard)mythtv-0.17-r1 ebuilds there.Everything seems to work fine, but occasionally (3 times during the twoweeks that the system was up and running) my mythbackend has crashed, without leaving any trace in the (default) logs. I'll try and setmythbackend to log all, but maybe someone here has an idea what might begoing wrong.Also, my video recordings seem to miss a couple of frames every now and then.My system specs are:P4 3.0 GHzPVR350Gentoo, kernel 2.6.11-r4Does anyone have any clue what might be going wrong?Thanks,Jeroen___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sound only after changing channels?
Gotcha.. I did search, but on the wrong thing (assumed the fact I was running gentoo was relevant to my query). I'll try this on tonight. Phil Bridges wrote: >On 4/20/05, Aaron Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hey gang, >> >>I'm running Myth 0.17-r2 under gentoo (x86), but I'm having an issue >>where sound is only working after switching channels. >> >>I'm running kernel 2.6.11 and the latest emerge of alsa. Sound *is* >>working, but only after changing channels, and evidently not during >>recording (though I haven't yet tried playing the .nuv through mplayer >>to see if sound actually got recorded). >> >>Has anyone else run into this? >>-=Aaron >> >> > >Many people have. Check the searchable archives >(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/) for this post: >http://tinyurl.com/6onwy >___ >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 Quality [0.16]
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 09:15:49PM -, Mark Staudinger wrote: > Although it's odd that this would happen after 3 months of good > results, unless you lost some cooling fan(s) in the case, or the > ambient temperature rose drastically. Not completely odd. It's spring now (in the northern hemisphere). --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sound only after changing channels?
On 4/20/05, Aaron Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey gang, > > I'm running Myth 0.17-r2 under gentoo (x86), but I'm having an issue > where sound is only working after switching channels. > > I'm running kernel 2.6.11 and the latest emerge of alsa. Sound *is* > working, but only after changing channels, and evidently not during > recording (though I haven't yet tried playing the .nuv through mplayer > to see if sound actually got recorded). > > Has anyone else run into this? > -=Aaron Many people have. Check the searchable archives (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/) for this post: http://tinyurl.com/6onwy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox DVD remote configuration - How do I stop the fluxbox menu from popping up?
On 4/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After a few trials, I managed to get XBox Myth installed, and it works > incredibly well, except for one small problem, and I don't know where to > look to fix it. > > When I hit the "menu" button on the XBox remote, I get a fluxbox menu > popup on top of myth, and I can't get rid of it without choosing something > from the menu. My current method is to just pick something innocuous and > then close it down right away, but that's hardly ideal. > > It only does it when I'm in the Myth menu system, but it's still annoying > when I hit it accidentally. I'm assuming that somewhere this key has been > bound to a right click? Anyone care to point me in the direction of where > that's defined? > > Also, when I hit fastforward in the MythMenus (pgDn) I get some sort of > toolbar menu pop up that I haven't figured out how to get rid of reliably > yet. Suggestions on that one too? > > One last question, then I'll stop bothering everyone. Is there some > mailing list or something for XBox Myth discussion? I see on the > http://bit.blkbk.com/ main page that there used to be a forum of some > sort. Have people moved somewhere else? I keep running into niggling > little issues that I'm sure have been rehashed by people again and again, > but I have a hard time finding indepth xbox mythtv info in this list's > archives. > > Thanks, > > Greg > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > I'm not sure if the guy who wrote the xbox myth scripts is even maintaining the site or the scripts at all anymore. Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Sound only after changing channels?
Hey gang, I'm running Myth 0.17-r2 under gentoo (x86), but I'm having an issue where sound is only working after switching channels. I'm running kernel 2.6.11 and the latest emerge of alsa. Sound *is* working, but only after changing channels, and evidently not during recording (though I haven't yet tried playing the .nuv through mplayer to see if sound actually got recorded). Has anyone else run into this? -=Aaron ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] XBox DVD remote configuration - How do I stop the fluxbox menu from popping up?
After a few trials, I managed to get XBox Myth installed, and it works incredibly well, except for one small problem, and I don't know where to look to fix it. When I hit the "menu" button on the XBox remote, I get a fluxbox menu popup on top of myth, and I can't get rid of it without choosing something from the menu. My current method is to just pick something innocuous and then close it down right away, but that's hardly ideal. It only does it when I'm in the Myth menu system, but it's still annoying when I hit it accidentally. I'm assuming that somewhere this key has been bound to a right click? Anyone care to point me in the direction of where that's defined? Also, when I hit fastforward in the MythMenus (pgDn) I get some sort of toolbar menu pop up that I haven't figured out how to get rid of reliably yet. Suggestions on that one too? One last question, then I'll stop bothering everyone. Is there some mailing list or something for XBox Myth discussion? I see on the http://bit.blkbk.com/ main page that there used to be a forum of some sort. Have people moved somewhere else? I keep running into niggling little issues that I'm sure have been rehashed by people again and again, but I have a hard time finding indepth xbox mythtv info in this list's archives. Thanks, Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nice vnc solution
On 4/20/05, Allan Risk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everything done on one desktop is reflected on the other. (except live TV, > but I didn't need that) can you edit cutlists on the vnc display? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nice vnc solution
This is spawned from the discussion "VNC launches second mythfrontend", but I thought it proper to separate it. It was suggested I try x11vnc. It worked well, but as I was searching for info I discovered this. http://www.linux-noob.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t1219.html This solution works very nicely for remoting to display 0 without installing other software and making sure it runs automatically. Everything done on one desktop is reflected on the other. (except live TV, but I didn't need that) You can also connect to display 1 if no interference to whatever myth is doing is desired. -- Al ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording Quality [0.16]
Joe White writes: > I first installed MythTV 0.16 in Jan 2005. It worked perfectly and I was > smug and content. I didn't tweak the box any beyond the parameters of > Jarod's basic install instructions on the principle that if it ain't broke > don't fix it. For three months all was good. Then on April 13 the video > and audio quality began to degrade. Old shows still play flawlessly, but > newly recorded shows tend to flash, chirp loudly and have intermittant > blockiness. Since then I have made adjustments to the recording profiles > bit rates based on archival information in this list. I have tightened my > cable connection with a wrench. I have also done some half-heated > experimentation with TV playback, but since only new recordings seem to be > affected, I haven't invested much there. > > I am coming to the conclusion that either the cable quality has degraded > or the PVR-250(not MCE) is going bad. Any thoughts on the matter? > I had similar issues that would occur after a few days uptime. Once the quality degraded, it continued to be degraded for subsequent recordings, for all channels and recording profiles. A reboot would solve the issue for another day or three. I believe the issue was that the PVR-250 was overheating. I can no longer prove it, though. I am using an MSI Hermes 845GV case, and the way the slots are laid out, when the box is horizontal, the heat-producing components on the PVR-250 were underneath the card and not well ventilated. I moved the card to the upper slot to give it more space between the card and the motherboard, and re-oriented the case vertically with the card at the top. I also put a small fan above the card itself, to help pull warm air out of the case and away from the card. I haven't had this problem since. However, I also abandoned my bug-ridden SuSE / Xfree86 installation and moved to a problem-free Gentoo / Xorg-X11 installation within a few days of re-orientation, so I can't state with absolute certainty that it was a heat issue. It's certainly worth looking into, though. If it's due to heat, then shutting the machine down for 15 minutes or so, and then recording a program or watching TV should let you know. Although it's odd that this would happen after 3 months of good results, unless you lost some cooling fan(s) in the case, or the ambient temperature rose drastically. As far as cable interference, any problem that would yield a noticeably distorted picture from the PVR-250, would probably be noticeable on your TV as well when watching direct. You can always try swapping the cable segments between your TV and the PVR-250, as well. Another possibility is interference from another internal device - have you added any hardware to the box? Good Luck! -=Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [solved] HDTV performance in 0.18
My particular problem was (apparently) that AGP was actually disabled. Without checking /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status there was nothing else to indicate this; X diligently did its thing and didn't log a single warning or error related to AGP, regardless of the NvAGP setting. I spent some time troubleshooting my module settings, but now the AGP-related modules are being loaded properly on boot again. I can now render HD without using XvMC, with about 5-10% idle. This has (so far) been more stable. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. Only minor open questions remain... I still don't know what you should put on the "./configure" line to compile optimally for athlon-xp. The manual is ambiguous/out-of-date. On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Brandon Beattie wrote: MythTV is often compiled with no support for MMX or anything more than pentium pro optimization. If you didn't enable processor specific optimization and mmx, and opengl when doing a ./configure then this could have the bad effect. I haven't noticed much if any CPU change between .17 and .18 (Granted I run out of CVS) so I'd check that first. --Brandon On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 03:58:31PM -0400, David Wood wrote: Does anyone find it strange to not have enough horsepower to render HDTV in 0.18 on an Athlon XP 3000+ with 1GB of RAM? (Caveat: this is rendering to 800x600 24-bit S-Video on an fx5200.) XV and OpenGL work, renderaccel is true, AGP functional, and by the way, xine can play HDTV with Xv no problem. I'm using libmpeg2 and suid/realtime, and the system can just _barely_ handle it without deinterlacing. It's pegged at 95% CPU, and still drops occasional frames. If I turn on deinterlacing, then it's real bad, dropping frames every few seconds. As before, toggling libmpeg, realtime, and opengl appear to have zero effect on performance, despite log output from the frontend suggesting they're working. I keep finding references to people who are doing HDTV with 2100's and 2400's and so forth. I wonder what the difference is - rendering to a different screen resolution or color depth perhaps? Saving grace is that in 0.18 XvMC finally works, almost. I still get ugly flicker and stutter from the OSD, and so far am averaging about 1 hard-lock (reboot required) per day... A major improvement. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Sounds woes, FC3 Install using Jarod's Guide
On 4/20/05, Nate Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That never seems to work properly for me. After doing the store, it > would work fine until I rebooted, and I'd have to reload alsamixer and > reset a couple switches before the sound would work. I've found by > leaving dmix open all the time in the background, the settings seem to > survive a reboot without any problems. > > Not sure why this is, 'aslactl store/restore' worked fine when I was > running FC2. > > Nate Nate, One way I get around this problem (using FC2 and Alsa 1.08) is to save the settings to a different file, which I then restore in rc.local. I seemed to notice that the settings that were being saved to the regular alsamixer store file was not including the info I was setting in the mixer, so by manually storing to another file whilst the mixer had the correct settings I could ensure my desired settings were always loaded: /usr/sbin/alsactl -f /etc/asound.state.pvr store## after setting the mixer /usr/sbin/alsactl -f /etc/asound.state.pvr restore ## in rc.local to load desired settings HTH, Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording Quality [0.16]
> and audio quality began to degrade. Old shows still play flawlessly, but > newly recorded shows tend to flash, chirp loudly and have intermittant > blockiness. You could be right that your card is failing, but I know that I've sometimes had problems where recordings would get very choppy if one of the database tables was corrupted. I don't remember if I noticed that the table was corrupted by running mythfrontend and mythbackend with the '-v all' option, or if it was showing up in my syslogs, but the messages were pretty obvious. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Recording Quality [0.16]
I first installed MythTV 0.16 in Jan 2005. It worked perfectly and I was smug and content. I didn't tweak the box any beyond the parameters of Jarod's basic install instructions on the principle that if it ain't broke don't fix it. For three months all was good. Then on April 13 the video and audio quality began to degrade. Old shows still play flawlessly, but newly recorded shows tend to flash, chirp loudly and have intermittant blockiness. Since then I have made adjustments to the recording profiles bit rates based on archival information in this list. I have tightened my cable connection with a wrench. I have also done some half-heated experimentation with TV playback, but since only new recordings seem to be affected, I haven't invested much there. I am coming to the conclusion that either the cable quality has degraded or the PVR-250(not MCE) is going bad. Any thoughts on the matter? Fedora Core 3 MythTV 0.16 Frontend and Backend MB NFORCE2 A7N8X-E DELUXE Athlon 2700 Hauppauge PVR-250(not MCE) EVGA GeForce FX5500 20GB ATA WD Hard Drive 200GB ATA Seagate___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] no OpenGL transitions in mythgallery
Hello, sorry if I ask this again, I already posted it months ago but it's still not solved. I can't use "OpenGL transitions" from within mythgallery, as well as I can't use the GL visualizations from within mythmusic. It says "no opengl available" (or just crashes). I have an up-to-date FC2 mythbox. I do use apt-get, I always have the latest stable packages, kernel and kernel modules. I re-executed all the instructions on Jarod's guide many times. I can run glxgears (as well as any other OpenGL program) in hw accelerated mode both as mythtv user and root. I already tried to suid mytht[front|back]end. Do you have any hint (except "reinstall everything", which I should avoid) Thank you, Franco ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend
Jarod,
I don't think I'm running VNC ("ps -ef | rep vnc" shows nothing) and I
get two instances of the frontend with the power button script.
Any thoughts on that one?On 4/20/05, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:40, Aaron Stewart wrote:> Silly question, but would it be better to determine whether mythfrontend> is running before running a second one?VNC starts before the script gets run, so folks would end up launching
mythfrontend in their VNC session and then not on the actual desktop (sinceit was already running), thus the need to look at $DISPLAY instead.> Allan Risk wrote:> > DISPLAYCHECK="`printenv DISPLAY | grep -c :0`"
I think this should work well enough. I'll get around to changes on my endsooner or later... :-)--Jarod Wilson[EMAIL PROTECTED]Got a question? Read this first...
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Re: [mythtv-users] delay at jumping forward when watching pvr-250 recorded shows
Michael S. Keller wrote: Jumping forward for 10 minutes takes 50 seconds and jumping forward for Why and how to solve this? Is your recordedmarkup table healthy? NO, it's not healthy. mysql> select * from recordedmarkup; ERROR 1016: Can't open file: 'recordedmarkup.MYD'. (errno: 145) I rebuilt the database now, for forgeting to try dealing only with this table first. Next time if this happens again, will simply dropping and recreating recordedmarkup table help to solve? Or it only help for new upcoming recordings? If jumping forward needs tags in this table, how to regenerate the content of this table for old recordings? Thank you very much, Andy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to default to recording groups view in watch recordings?
On 4/20/05, JY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I default the watch recordings menu to show my recording > groups on the side? I can change the view with the 'M' key but it > always goes back to showing the show titles on the side. I looked in > the setup menus but don't see any options. Any suggestion > appreciated. i think what you want is the list view (i believe that's the correct name). this allows you to drill down by show to your individual recordings. so on the far left i see something like: all modern marvels extreme engineering stargate sg-1 the three categories under 'all' i have set to record at any time so i get the whole series. if i happen to record one show of something it will also show up in this list. if i select 'all', i see all shows recorded to the right. if i select modern marvels, i see all episodes of MM to the right. is this what you were looking for? if so i'll dig through setup when i get home and tell you how i set it up. it isn't the default view under manage recordings. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:51:40AM -0700, Jarod Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:40, Aaron Stewart wrote: > > Silly question, but would it be better to determine whether > > mythfrontend is running before running a second one? > > VNC starts before the script gets run, so folks would end up > launching mythfrontend in their VNC session and then not on the > actual desktop (since it was already running), thus the need to look > at $DISPLAY instead. At least on my system, there is a $VNCDESKTOP environment variable that gets set by /usr/bin/vncserver that child sessions use to identify whether or not they are running inside of a VNC session ... This is the tightvncserver package on debian. --Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to default to recording groups view in watch recordings?
JY wrote: How can I default the watch recordings menu to show my recording groups on the side? I can change the view with the 'M' key but it always goes back to showing the show titles on the side. I looked in the setup menus but don't see any options. Any suggestion appreciated Can't. It can only be changed from the menu. It is on my todo list to update the configuration screen to pick from different combinations of views like titles only titles + categories titles + categories + recording groups titles + recording groups categories only categories + recording groups recording groups only and select one as the default. It would still provide the filter menu option to filter the selected view by a particular category or recording group. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:40, Aaron Stewart wrote: > Silly question, but would it be better to determine whether mythfrontend > is running before running a second one? VNC starts before the script gets run, so folks would end up launching mythfrontend in their VNC session and then not on the actual desktop (since it was already running), thus the need to look at $DISPLAY instead. > Allan Risk wrote: > > DISPLAYCHECK="`printenv DISPLAY | grep -c :0`" I think this should work well enough. I'll get around to changes on my end sooner or later... :-) -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ pgpbBtdoWMkbs.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:56, John Patrick Poet wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Preston Crow wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 22:01, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:11, Andy Alsup wrote: > > > > Does anyone know the frequencies of the unencrypted DTV channels on > > > > Comcast Cable in Seattle? > > > > > > Here's at least a few of them: Correction: KONG is 106, not 116. > > Is there a web site where people have reported that information? I'm > > looking for Boston-area unencrypted Comcast QAM data. (I'm also about > > to order an Air2PC or HD-3000 card; not sure which is better at QAM.) > > Their information can be a bit out-of-date, but... > > http://www.hdtvpub.com/ > > You can also scan the avsforums: > > http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=45 My zap2it data also labels the HD channels, so I can simply look at the "details" section for my channel lineup on labs.zap2it.com. Here's a copy-n-paste off it: 104 KOMODT 105 KINGDT 106 KONGDT 107 KIRODT 108 KCTSDT5 109 KCTSDT 110 KTWBDT 112 KCTSDT3 113 KCPQDT 115 KINGDT2 119 KCTSDT2 Those are all the local channels Comcast carries in HD, note that all are appended with DT(w/possibly a number as well). Other (non-local) channels are appended with HD(w/possibly a P for Pacific, in my case). -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ pgp1NNn0tdXwT.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 06:57, Jeremy Palenchar wrote: > Which tuner are you using? For cable HD, only a Motorola DCT-6200 at the moment, since I'm one of those who can't get squat off cable with their Air2PC (grumble, grumble, bought that card explicitly for cable HD, then a few weeks later, it was revealed they aren't fully QAM-capable...). I do have an HD-3000 that just arrived though, which is actually for a friend, but I'll be trying it out w/my cable HD shortly. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarod Wilson > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:02 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question > > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:11, Andy Alsup wrote: > > I just got my HD display, and I'm having trouble setting up the DTV > > channels on the DTV tuner. Now wondering if the tuner is bad. > > Are you talking about the tuner in the TV itself? If so, are you certain > its QAM-capable? > > > Does anyone know the frequencies of the unencrypted DTV channels on > > Comcast Cable in Seattle? > > Here's at least a few of them: > > KOMO (ABC) - 104 > KING (NBC) - 105 > KIRO (CBS) - 107 > KCTS (PBS) - 109 > KTWB (WB) - 110 > KCPQ (FOX) - 113 > KONG - 116 > > There are actually multiple KCTS channels (I think 108 and like 112 are > other KCTS feeds), and I may be forgetting some others. Basically, just add > 100 to whatever the analog cable variant is for any of Seattle's channels, > save KSTW (UPN), which Comcast doesn't yet carry (and *just* started > showing up OTA around Seattle). -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ pgpy3Wjt7pnrH.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend
Silly question, but would it be better to determine whether mythfrontend is running before running a second one? e.g. MYTHFRONTEXEC="mythfrontend" MYTHRUNNING=`ps ax | grep '$MYTHFRONTEXEC'` if [ "x$MYTHRUNNING" == "x" ]; then nvidia-settings -l mythfrontend fi Allan Risk wrote: >> >> I am checking for the $DISPLAY variable in my start script like this: >> >> if [ $DISPLAY == ":0" ] ; then >> nvidia-settings -l >> mythfrontend >> fi >> >> If your $DISPLAY is ":0.0" for a local session, then you have to >> modify the script. >> >> Thomas > > > I tried this and found that after KDE is up $DISPLAY is :0.0, but when > the script is run it is :0. > Your script will then work, unmodified, the first time it is run. > I don't know if this ever happens, but if the script has to be run > again (or maybe it could be used in the power button script?), the > check would fail. > > I tried to come up with something that covers that scenario and it > seems to work. > I'm a complete novice to writing shell scripts, so if anyone has > suggestions or improvements I'd love to hear them. > > I'll look into the X options others suggested. In the end they might > be better options. > I'm not familar enough with the big picture to know my options. > Whether I end up using vnc or not, this irritated me and to paraphrase > Jarod I was looking for a solution rather than workaround. > > Anyways thanks for all the input. Without it I wouldn't have a > starting point. > Here is my script: > --- > > > DISPLAYCHECK="`printenv DISPLAY | grep -c :0`" > # DISPLAYCHECK will be 1 if DISPLAY contains :0, :0.0, :0.1, etc. > > if [ $DISPLAYCHECK = "1" ] > then > # put stuff to run with mythfrontend here > > # Load nVidia driver custom settings > nvidia-settings --load-config-only & > # Restore audio settings > /usr/sbin/alsactl restore > # Launch irexec for myth power button stop/start > irexec & > # Launch myth frontend > mythfrontend & > > fi > exit > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How to default to recording groups view in watch recordings?
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Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 10:49, pmb wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > >On Tuesday 19 April 2005 18:17, Bryan Halter wrote: > >>Why not use the X server in cygwin and give yourself an actual X display? > > > >Why not solve the problem instead of working around it? > > > >And why the hell would I want to run cygwin? I don't run Windows anywhere. > > :-) > > Are you sure? > From www.wilsonet.com: > Pretty much everyone here is forced by management to use Windows > on the desktop (lots of folks would like to switch, but then we'd have > to support multiple desktop OSes), but I just run a remote X Cygwin > session into a Linux box. > ;-) Heh, whoops, that page is WAY outdated now. :-S In reality, I've been running nothing but Linux on my desktop at work for at least 6 months now. :-) -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ pgppzFjU1uncH.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Booting from CF, everything else over NFS
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:39, Stef Coene wrote: > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 15:45, Robert Kulagowski wrote: > > > Well, I'm booting from CF and mounting /usr and the MythVideo library > > > over nfs, but streaming actual TV playback. > > > > I've got an 8MB CF and a CF to IDE adapter. I've got a machine > > currently running FC3, and it's noisy. I can't pxeboot the machine, and > > I'd like to get the hard drive out of there for noise reasons. > > > > Is it just a matter of doing a fdisk / mkfs on the CF device, copying > > over /boot, copying the contents of the existing drive over to the NFS > > server and changing /etc/fstab to have the mount point of / to be over > > NFS? Definitely not sufficient, since /etc/fstab is on /. A bit of a chicken and egg problem there. ;-) > You have to follow the diskless client guides you can find on the internet, > except for the part where you load the kernel. Because you can load the > kernel from your CF card. And that's the only thing you have to put on > that card. And maybe grub or lilo as a bootloader. I'm pretty certain you'll want the bootloader on the CF. > You can tell the kernel where it can find it's root filesystem with this > parameter: > nfsroot=192.168.7.14:/export/nfs > You have to put this in your lilo or grub config. > > Check the bottom of http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html for some links. Good info there. The "Local Media" option on this page... http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-4.1/ltsp-4.1.3-en.html#AEN256 ...seems to be right along the lines of what you're attempting, Bob, so I suspect the ltsp docs will have some additional helpful info... -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ pgpxnO6Adw5aa.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV Playback Questions
Mat Post your xorg.conf ... I fought through a similar problem and it seems to be related to the TV refresh settings in xorg.conf clashing with what the Xv driver thinks the hardware can do. For me this only occurred on the 1920 wide HDTV, i.e. WB locally here in Houston, but I had exactly the same symptons, and no one seemed to be able to help. I found that using a better set of values in xorg.conf fixed it. My posted xorg.conf is on my blog at http://watmough.blogspot.com/ Cheers Jonathan On 4/20/05, Mat Kyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a few odd problem that I haven not been able to figure out while > watching HDTV. I searched the archive, but nothing seemed to match. So if > these have already been answered, I apoligize. > > Incase any of this helps: I am running myth 0.17, using Knoppmyth R5A12, and > using pcHDTV-3000 for OTA HDTV, a Celeron 2.4 Ghz, Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 > and a nVidia FX 5200. > > The first problem concerns the way the recorded program shows up on my > screen. When I watch a program recorded on NBC, WB, or CBS, The image > dosen't display properly on the screen. The picture is shifted to the right, > and about 1/3 of the picture is cut off. Just to be clear, I am not talking > about overscan. For example, if [-XXX-] is what is supposed to be > displayed on my screen , and [ ] is my screen, I end up with this > displayed: [ -XX]X- > I can use the manual zoom option to move the picture around until it is > watchable, but it is not exactly convienant. I think it might have something > to do with the fact that these stations bordcast in 1080i and because I use > DVI, I can only display 720p. > > The second problem involves "noise" in the picture or sound channels > missing. For example, If I recorded Scrubs, and then immediatly after and > on the same channel, another episode of Scrubs, The first one will come out > fine, but the second one will have Matrix-styled green and grey blocks that > randomly scroll through the screen and eventually making it unwatchable. > > For an example of the audio problem, I recorded The Office last night, and > while the picture was fine, half way through the opening credits, the audio > became distorted. If I turned the volume WAY up, I could hear the background > noise, (people typing, and phones ringing, etc) but no dialog. Then > Immediatly afterwards I recorded Medium flawlessly. I'm stumped. Any help or > inputs would be appreciated. -Mat > > > ___ > 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] VNC launches second mythfrontend
Jarod Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 19 April 2005 18:17, Bryan Halter wrote: Why not use the X server in cygwin and give yourself an actual X display? Why not solve the problem instead of working around it? And why the hell would I want to run cygwin? I don't run Windows anywhere. :-) Are you sure? From www.wilsonet.com: Pretty much everyone here is forced by management to use Windows on the desktop (lots of folks would like to switch, but then we'd have to support multiple desktop OSes), but I just run a remote X Cygwin session into a Linux box. ;-) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] uc: epia spdif AC3 - Almost there, quick question
On 4/19/05, Barker Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi I have mythtv 0.18 compiled with alsa, I have alsa correctly using spdif. > > I have a dvb-t setup in the uk, nova-t so should be fine for AC3 encoded > channels. > Thomas, Which UK DVB channels are AC3 encoded currently? Whenever I've demuxed recordings to burn to DVD, they've always come out as MP2 streams. Having a Pundit-R system, one of the last things I have left to configure is to run the sound through the SPDIF so I'd be interested in your responses. As I'll also be restoring the DVD drive into the system this week (after trying to hunts down mediamonitor oddness) which obviously will give AC3 output from DVDs, I'll be hoping to get everything eventually working over the SPDIF which may involve cutting a hole in to front door of the Pundit-R (great design having the SPDIF output not only on the front of the system, but also behind a door?!?). Cheers, Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: I Think I'm Bleeding (0.18)
> If you do testing, please lets have your feedback (if it's a packaging > issue at the ATrpms' lists would be better). Thanks! I "tested" last night... I use Synaptic to manage my packages. Selecting the libmyth upgrade automatically associated most of the other myth modules for upgrade. However I needed to manually select myth-setup, myth-themes, and I think myth-plugins. I discovered this after mythfrontend complained it couldn't find the theme I was using (even though it appeared to be there). After this, my frontend/backend combo worked... Except mythweb appears to be missing! I thought this would be with mythplugins, but I don't see the resultant files I expect in the /var/www/html/mythweb dir. No .php files in existance. Also I tried to enable XVMC, which was possible with my 0.17 atrpms. Now I get a message that it could not initialize the video. I am currently running nVidia 6629 and 2.6.10-760. I will try upgrading... Thanks for putting these packages together. It saves me lots of time even if there are sometimes minor issues. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Fedora Core 3 Update: urw-fonts-2.3-0.FC3.1
I ran into the same problemsI went back to the known good version. >From the link on Jarod's site http://www.users.on.net/~jani/dvico-mythtv-10.html#ss10.1 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:39 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Fedora Core 3 Update: urw-fonts-2.3-0.FC3.1 > Folks, > > This promises to fix the longstanding URW Font sizing problem with Myth > on Fedora Core 3. > >Nigel. I installed this release last night... Fonts look the same as before. Most things are fine, but the MythWeather experience for instance still leave much to be desired... I get something like "Tomorrow's high will be ..." Not enough room to actually display the specifics like temp. Is anyone else's experience different? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Zap2it Labs not delivering any listings today
Jeff Hellzen wrote : zap2it is having problems: http://bb.labs.zap2it.com/viewtopic.php?t=449 BTW, Zap2It seems to have fixed their problem. I ran mythfilldatrabase 30 minutes ago and I got tomorrow's programs (which were missing in the database) and data for May 1, 2 and 3. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Fedora Core 3 Update: urw-fonts-2.3-0.FC3.1
> Folks, > > This promises to fix the longstanding URW Font sizing problem with Myth > on Fedora Core 3. > >Nigel. I installed this release last night... Fonts look the same as before. Most things are fine, but the MythWeather experience for instance still leave much to be desired... I get something like "Tomorrow's high will be ..." Not enough room to actually display the specifics like temp. Is anyone else's experience different? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythgames not showing Mame-Games
Hello everybody! I'm having a problem with the current version of mythgame (0.18): When I choose Mame I can select the year and the genre but not any game (except for genre 'unknown'). There's not even an arrow to the games in a genre. This only happens in Mame-Games not in SNES or PC-Games. There I am able to select and play a game. I have also tried to detect the games again but that didn't change anything. Maybe someone can give me a hint. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend
I am checking for the $DISPLAY variable in my start script like this: if [ $DISPLAY == ":0" ] ; then nvidia-settings -l mythfrontend fi If your $DISPLAY is ":0.0" for a local session, then you have to modify the script. Thomas I tried this and found that after KDE is up $DISPLAY is :0.0, but when the script is run it is :0. Your script will then work, unmodified, the first time it is run. I don't know if this ever happens, but if the script has to be run again (or maybe it could be used in the power button script?), the check would fail. I tried to come up with something that covers that scenario and it seems to work. I'm a complete novice to writing shell scripts, so if anyone has suggestions or improvements I'd love to hear them. I'll look into the X options others suggested. In the end they might be better options. I'm not familar enough with the big picture to know my options. Whether I end up using vnc or not, this irritated me and to paraphrase Jarod I was looking for a solution rather than workaround. Anyways thanks for all the input. Without it I wouldn't have a starting point. Here is my script: --- DISPLAYCHECK="`printenv DISPLAY | grep -c :0`" # DISPLAYCHECK will be 1 if DISPLAY contains :0, :0.0, :0.1, etc. if [ $DISPLAYCHECK = "1" ] then # put stuff to run with mythfrontend here # Load nVidia driver custom settings nvidia-settings --load-config-only & # Restore audio settings /usr/sbin/alsactl restore # Launch irexec for myth power button stop/start irexec & # Launch myth frontend mythfrontend & fi exit ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Zap2it Labs not delivering any listings today
zap2it is having problems: http://bb.labs.zap2it.com/viewtopic.php?t=449 On 4/20/05, Claude Boucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just noticed that mythfilldatabase is not pulling any listing for > > today or > > tomorrow. The size of the data file is quite small (35k -vs- 145k > > normally). > > My account is still active and correct (just checked it) and the site > > shows > > programming on its web interface so I am assuming that they are having > > problems with the data service. > > > > Anyone else seeing this? > > > > Bill > > I've noticed the same thing. According to my backend status report in > MythWeb, I'm now down to 10 days of programming, instead of the normal > 11 or 12. > > ___ > 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] No data for Wed and Thursday?
zap2it is having problems: http://bb.labs.zap2it.com/viewtopic.php?t=449 On 4/20/05, Ken Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not seeing any data for 4/20 and 4/21. Seems to have occured > recently as I have programs scheduled for recording on both days. > Re-ran mythfilldatabase, didn't help.(I'm in Florida, using > datadirect) Zap2it.com looks fine. 4/22 has data. Anyone else seeing > this? > > I'm still running .17 with the 1 hour off bug, waiting for .18 to go > into stable on atrpms. > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] mythfilldatabase failing today?
On 4/20/2005 10:44 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: Running 0.18 and I'm having lots of problems with mythfilldatabase today. I've got two data sources and it seems to only be able to successfully grab one of them.. But even tho it's failing for one it winds up destroying all the program data anyways. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just me? Why does mythfilldatabase destroy the program data if it didn't grab any data? You must not be on the users list. There have already been a few messages on this (as this is a support issue, not a dev issue). Well I am on my lunch break and decided to be nice to everyone and do some basic research and here is what I found: http://bb.labs.zap2it.com/viewtopic.php?t=449 Sorry for the cross-post. Just thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. -- David HDTV frontend I'm working on (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] Seattle Comcast question
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Preston Crow wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 22:01, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:11, Andy Alsup wrote: > > > Does anyone know the frequencies of the unencrypted DTV channels on > > > Comcast Cable in Seattle? > > > > Here's at least a few of them: > > ... > > Is there a web site where people have reported that information? I'm > looking for Boston-area unencrypted Comcast QAM data. (I'm also about > to order an Air2PC or HD-3000 card; not sure which is better at QAM.) > Their information can be a bit out-of-date, but... http://www.hdtvpub.com/ You can also scan the avsforums: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=45 John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.
Title: Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend. >Anyway, in summary, no there's no point trying to use the VIA driver >with myth since the VIA driver only provides their proprietary ddmpeg >API. Ah. Thanks - that saved me some (pointless) work ! I'll concentrate on the "other one". Cheers Paul Important. Confidentiality: This communication is intended for the above-named person and may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Any opinions expressed in this communication are not necessarily those of the company. If it has come to you in error you must take no action based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone; please delete/destroy and inform the sender immediately. Monitoring/Viruses. Orange may monitor all incoming and outgoing emails in line with current legislation. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Orange PCS Limited is a subsidiary of Orange SA and is registered in England No 2178917, with its address at St James Court, Great Park Road, Almondsbury Park, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 4QJ. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Booting from CF, everything else over NFS
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 15:45, Robert Kulagowski wrote: > > Well, I'm booting from CF and mounting /usr and the MythVideo library > > over nfs, but streaming actual TV playback. > > I've got an 8MB CF and a CF to IDE adapter. I've got a machine > currently running FC3, and it's noisy. I can't pxeboot the machine, and > I'd like to get the hard drive out of there for noise reasons. > > Is it just a matter of doing a fdisk / mkfs on the CF device, copying > over /boot, copying the contents of the existing drive over to the NFS > server and changing /etc/fstab to have the mount point of / to be over NFS? You have to follow the diskless client guides you can find on the internet, except for the part where you load the kernel. Because you can load the kernel from your CF card. And that's the only thing you have to put on that card. And maybe grub or lilo as a bootloader. You can tell the kernel where it can find it's root filesystem with this parameter: nfsroot=192.168.7.14:/export/nfs You have to put this in your lilo or grub config. Check the bottom of http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html for some links. Stef ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow
On 4/20/05, John Sturgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John Sturgeon wrote: > > > > > > > john roberts wrote: > > > >> I 2nd the request. > >> > >> I haven't had much luck in down-res'ing my HD shows. > >> > >> -John > >> > >> [snip] I run both a SD and a HD backend with thoughts of phasing out the SD system, but I like to compress everything to save space. My initial attempts at down-res'ing the HD shows gives a glacially slow 4 fps using mencoder compared to the SD shows running at 27 fps (under msmpegv2). Of course, openDivx/mpeg4 compresses at >50 fps on SD , I just like the ease of moving shows between windows/linux without adding codecs. IMHO, 4 fps might be a deal breaker on going to a full HD system. (and you know, down-res'ing HD almost seems immoral !) Barry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Rebuild source rpms HOWTO
Axel, I'm on atrpms-devel already. :) I was going to have something ready last night, but I got interrupted, so it will likely be by this weekend. The only motivation that I had for recompiling 0.17 from the SRPMS was to enable OpenGL vsync, which was disabled by default in 0.17. If 0.18 ships with it enabled by default, then I won't be rebuilding. Therefore, there aren't really any changes that I would be resubmitting. However, one thing that I might look into would be a patch similar to how XvMC works in the ATrpms builds - it's available in the default RPM, but ships disabled. That would be great for OpenGL vsync, I think - no more recompiling to enable/disable it. The only catch is that it would require some database work I'm sure (to add in the extra entry for saving the state). If I get the chance (maybe not, since stuff at the job is picking up now - I have to give them my best software :) ), I'll look into it. For now though, I'll try to get a coherent guide to building the RPMs up on my website sometime this week. -- Joe --- Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 06:37:10PM -0700, Jarod > Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 April 2005 18:22, Joe Votour wrote: > > > > The required macros have been posted on the > atrpms-devel list a > > > > few times. > > [...] > > > Yes, in fact, I pulled down the macros from one > of > > > your postings on atrpms-devel. It was a bit of > a > > > pain, since I couldn't find any search feature. > I had > > > to hit posts that I figured were related to > macros, > > > and I got lucky. > > > > Ah yes, google is the only available search > facility... > > That's an understatement, google is excellent in > searching archives, > just add stuff like site:lists.atrpms.net to the > search keywords and > google mutates to a list searching engine :) > > > > > I don't mind, and I doubt if Axel minds. Its a > goal of ATrpms to > > > > make the packages more user-rebuildable. > > Yes, of course I don't mind, too. If the result of > the rebuild is > improved wrt the ATrpms one, please resubmit your > changes/fixes etc > (constraint is that it works for more setups than > your overoptimized > one ;) > > If you are serious about digging further into > packaging you're > welcomed to the ATrpms-devel list. Some packaging > topics can be quite > OT for the mythtv lists. > -- > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!
IMO your pushing things too much for the long term health of your system. I suggest picking up a quiet fan from directron.com or something like that and adding one. You could possibly run it on +12 - +5 = 7V from the power supply by going between the 12 and 5 volt leads to keep it quieter. I'd also be curious about your hdd temperature. Bake a hard drive for a few months and it tends to hurry the RMA requirement.. Still you may be perfectly ok, it just seems chancy to me with a poor ventillation case, with both the fast GPU and PVR card in the long term. 64C isn't really ideal for the CPU either. A very good heat sink with some proper thermal transfer compound may helpa little there.. Good luck. On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 11:04 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > My Myth box has extremely poor ventilation, and subsequently, runs very > hot. I wanted it to be extra quiet, so I shut off all the rear exhaust > fans except the PSU fan. The PSU fan is pretty slow; I've reduced fan > speed (with a FanMate) for the CPU fan, and I let the GPU (Geforce4 > Ti4200) go full speed. All in all, pretty quiet. > > As for temps, it's another story. I don't have lm_sensors working > (something about their eeprom module causing issues with ivtv's > tveeprom). However, my case has some temp sensors. The heatsink on the > CPU is about 64C, and the internal case temp is up there as well. > However, I think this is still within spec (AMD Sempron), so I'm fine > with it. I might undervolt the CPU a little, to see if that would help. > Anyways, I don't care about temps as long as it's not causing problems. > > My cause for concern, however, is the PVR-250. It has no fan on it, and > it is getting much hotter than anything else in the case. I taped a > temp sensor on the back of the card, and it routinely gets up to 74C. I > can't find any specs on the operating range for it. Has anyone had any > problems with their PVR-250 overheating? What are the symptoms. > > Thanks, > Micah > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Robert Denier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005) University of Missouri-Rolla http://www.finiteinfinity.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Sounds woes, FC3 Install using Jarod's Guide
That never seems to work properly for me. After doing the store, it would work fine until I rebooted, and I'd have to reload alsamixer and reset a couple switches before the sound would work. I've found by leaving dmix open all the time in the background, the settings seem to survive a reboot without any problems. Not sure why this is, 'aslactl store/restore' worked fine when I was running FC2. Nate On 4/20/05, Chris Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want to save your alsamixer settings run "alsactl store" after > they are set, and add "alsactl restore" somewhere in your startup > scripts after the alsa modules and sound card drivers are loaded, and > it will restore your previous settings. > > -Chris > > On 4/20/05, Micah Wedemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm currently stuck at the sound part of Jarod's guide. I think it's a > > > simple problem, but here it is. I can't seem to get sound from the > > > computer. I think it has something to do with the settings you have to > > > turn on and off in Kmix. I seem to remember having to do something to > > > the IEC settings in my old FC2 install. I'm currently using the > > > Chaintech board with nvidia sound. I was wondering if someone with > > > this same sound setup could let me know what settings they have > > > checked/unchecked in kmix so that I can get past this step with > > > alittle more ease. I've tried every combination I can think of, and > > > still the test sound doesn't make sound. I know it's playing, because > > > I get no error, but no sound comes from the speakers. Thanks in > > > advance. > > > > I just finished install Myth using Jarod's guide, and I had a similar > > problem. > > I could never get it to work by using Kmix. However, I was able to get > > things > > working using alsamixer. It's not very pretty, and it forgets all my > > settings > > on reboot, but at least it works. I think it should be installed by > > default, > > but I'm not sure. > > > > IIRC, I have to enable 2 settings: duplicate something-or-other and one > > other > > thing. Once those are on, sound plays fine. One thing to do is just play > > an > > mp3 or something. Then switch to a terminal window and fire up alsamixer. > > Play > > around until you can hear the music. > > > > Micah > > > > -- > > > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!
My PVR-350 died because of heat only. My suggestion would be to start looking for cooling solutions. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Sounds woes, FC3 Install using Jarod's Guide
If you want to save your alsamixer settings run "alsactl store" after they are set, and add "alsactl restore" somewhere in your startup scripts after the alsa modules and sound card drivers are loaded, and it will restore your previous settings. -Chris On 4/20/05, Micah Wedemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm currently stuck at the sound part of Jarod's guide. I think it's a > > simple problem, but here it is. I can't seem to get sound from the > > computer. I think it has something to do with the settings you have to > > turn on and off in Kmix. I seem to remember having to do something to > > the IEC settings in my old FC2 install. I'm currently using the > > Chaintech board with nvidia sound. I was wondering if someone with > > this same sound setup could let me know what settings they have > > checked/unchecked in kmix so that I can get past this step with > > alittle more ease. I've tried every combination I can think of, and > > still the test sound doesn't make sound. I know it's playing, because > > I get no error, but no sound comes from the speakers. Thanks in > > advance. > > I just finished install Myth using Jarod's guide, and I had a similar problem. > I could never get it to work by using Kmix. However, I was able to get things > working using alsamixer. It's not very pretty, and it forgets all my settings > on reboot, but at least it works. I think it should be installed by default, > but I'm not sure. > > IIRC, I have to enable 2 settings: duplicate something-or-other and one other > thing. Once those are on, sound plays fine. One thing to do is just play an > mp3 or something. Then switch to a terminal window and fire up alsamixer. > Play > around until you can hear the music. > > Micah > > -- > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!
Hi, My Myth box has extremely poor ventilation, and subsequently, runs very hot. I wanted it to be extra quiet, so I shut off all the rear exhaust fans except the PSU fan. The PSU fan is pretty slow; I've reduced fan speed (with a FanMate) for the CPU fan, and I let the GPU (Geforce4 Ti4200) go full speed. All in all, pretty quiet. As for temps, it's another story. I don't have lm_sensors working (something about their eeprom module causing issues with ivtv's tveeprom). However, my case has some temp sensors. The heatsink on the CPU is about 64C, and the internal case temp is up there as well. However, I think this is still within spec (AMD Sempron), so I'm fine with it. I might undervolt the CPU a little, to see if that would help. Anyways, I don't care about temps as long as it's not causing problems. My cause for concern, however, is the PVR-250. It has no fan on it, and it is getting much hotter than anything else in the case. I taped a temp sensor on the back of the card, and it routinely gets up to 74C. I can't find any specs on the operating range for it. Has anyone had any problems with their PVR-250 overheating? What are the symptoms. Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Sounds woes, FC3 Install using Jarod's Guide
> I'm currently stuck at the sound part of Jarod's guide. I think it's a > simple problem, but here it is. I can't seem to get sound from the > computer. I think it has something to do with the settings you have to > turn on and off in Kmix. I seem to remember having to do something to > the IEC settings in my old FC2 install. I'm currently using the > Chaintech board with nvidia sound. I was wondering if someone with > this same sound setup could let me know what settings they have > checked/unchecked in kmix so that I can get past this step with > alittle more ease. I've tried every combination I can think of, and > still the test sound doesn't make sound. I know it's playing, because > I get no error, but no sound comes from the speakers. Thanks in > advance. I just finished install Myth using Jarod's guide, and I had a similar problem. I could never get it to work by using Kmix. However, I was able to get things working using alsamixer. It's not very pretty, and it forgets all my settings on reboot, but at least it works. I think it should be installed by default, but I'm not sure. IIRC, I have to enable 2 settings: duplicate something-or-other and one other thing. Once those are on, sound plays fine. One thing to do is just play an mp3 or something. Then switch to a terminal window and fire up alsamixer. Play around until you can hear the music. Micah -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend
Allan Risk wrote: I planned to use the myth box without a monitor & keyboard. I'm just taking things one step at a time. I thought vnc would be a good feature and ran into this issue. I can use telnet for most things, but a GUI is nicer for some stuff. if the OS on your other machine is windows: - use PuTTY to SSH in - download an X client for your windows machine (they're out there) and run the gui apps from your ssh session if the OS on your other machine is linux/unix: - just ssh in and run the gui apps -g- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Setting a recording profie for firewire capture device
Hi, I was setting up Myth with a firewire capture card, and was wondering whether it is necessary tos et up any recording profile stuff. (the steps here are from memory, so may not be 100% right) If you go into the recording profiles, and select the firewire input, it takes you to a blank screen. However, if you press 'Select' again, you go to the usual profile setup screen. Should I be setting things up there? That's where you change settings like the capture size etc. The initial blank screen discourages me from doing anything, but since it's possible to set things, I thought I'd ask. Any thoughts? Regards, Peter PS In the course of my messing around, I discovered that you need to uncheck the 'AC3 passthrough' toggle before you can get sound to work when capturing via firewire. HTH someone. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend kills LIRCD process.
On 4/20/05, Preet Khalsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >At the console (locally or remotely via ssh/telnet,) "killall lircd" > >then load "lircd -n &" and type "irw". If irw exits immediately and > >lircd terminates at the same time, check your syslog > >(/var/log/messages) for indications of your lirc is compiled to use > >it. > > > >I had this problem using the rpm for lirc on atrpms using lirc_serial. > >I went back to my cvs checkout of lirc because of it. > > > >My syslog said something about /dev/lirc not being present. Seemed > >like a problem with the modules… > > Sounds like it might be udev thing too. If you are using atrpms, install > lirc-devices. He seems to have sovled it. FYI, at the time, I did install lirc-devices. I did not help. ;) Does not matter now, I prefer my setup as it is now. Thanks for the pointer. -- cyth ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend kills LIRCD process.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/20/05, Paul Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recently upgraded to a larger hardisk. I used ghost for linux to do a drive clone. Ever since, my LIRC has stopped working on the machine. Everything else works fine. It seems the lircd process is dying everytime the mythfrontend process fires up. I can't find anything in the logs. Any ideas? At the console (locally or remotely via ssh/telnet,) "killall lircd" then load "lircd -n &" and type "irw". If irw exits immediately and lircd terminates at the same time, check your syslog (/var/log/messages) for indications of your lirc is compiled to use it. I had this problem using the rpm for lirc on atrpms using lirc_serial. I went back to my cvs checkout of lirc because of it. My syslog said something about /dev/lirc not being present. Seemed like a problem with the modules… Sounds like it might be udev thing too. If you are using atrpms, install lirc-devices. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend kills LIRCD process.
Fixed it. Added a sleep statement to my startup script before Mythfrontend is called. I guess my new hard disk is quicker than the old one and explains why this problem was mysteriously introduced?!!! Thanks for suggestions Jonathan. It got me thinking in the right direction. --- Jonathan Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried [re]starting lircd after the frontend > starts up? > What happens then? > If that works, I would then look at restarting > lircd, quitting the > frontend and starting the frontend to see if it is > repeatable. > > On 4/20/05, Paul Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I recently upgraded to a larger hardisk. I used > ghost > > for linux to do a drive clone. Ever since, my > LIRC > > has stopped working on the machine. Everything > else > > works fine. It seems the lircd process is dying > > everytime the mythfrontend process fires up. I > can't > > find anything in the logs. Any ideas? > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow
John Sturgeon wrote: john roberts wrote: I 2nd the request. I haven't had much luck in down-res'ing my HD shows. -John - Original Message - From: "David Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, I've tried various ways to transcode/downres the shows from the HD channels and I can get that working well enough for actual Mythfrontends. My problem is that I am also using some Hauppauge MediaMVP psuedo-frontends and I can't seem to get a working mencoder or other command to transcode down and play correctly, i.e. with correct A/V sync and the ability to skip forward/backward correctly. Yeah, that's really an issue for the MVP list, but that's why it's not a real suitable solution at the moment. Anyone care to share there favorite command lines to downres HDTV content? [transcode stuff snipped] Then I move the file over to my videos directory for MythVideo to playback (using mplayer). One thing I forgot to mention. If you include the file in your MythTV section, then you will have indexing problems. Some folks say that running mythcommflag --rebuild fixes the problem, but I have not found that to be true (for me at least). -- John <>< ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow
john roberts wrote: I 2nd the request. I haven't had much luck in down-res'ing my HD shows. -John - Original Message - From: "David Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:58 -0500 Well, I've tried various ways to transcode/downres the shows from the HD channels and I can get that working well enough for actual Mythfrontends. My problem is that I am also using some Hauppauge MediaMVP psuedo-frontends and I can't seem to get a working mencoder or other command to transcode down and play correctly, i.e. with correct A/V sync and the ability to skip forward/backward correctly. Yeah, that's really an issue for the MVP list, but that's why it's not a real suitable solution at the moment. Anyone care to share there favorite command lines to downres HDTV content? Sorry it took me so long to get the message out. I responded from the wrong e-mail address and it got stuck. David and John, You can use projectX to demux the video and audio then use transcode on the video, then avimerge to remux them: my transcode parameters are as follows (two pass for best quality lowest file size) transcode --nice +10 -y ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -Z 640x,fast *** *** optionally, --export_asr [23] (2=4:3 3=16:9) -w (bitrate) -R [123] (multi-pass, single pass, etc) -I [34] (deinterlacing) Here is what I would do for 1920x1080i 1) use projectx to demux and fix out of order packets (resulting in *.mpv *.ac3) 2) use transcode to transcode the video down first pass: transcode --nice +10 -y ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -Z 640x,fast -I 4 --export_asr 3 -R 1 -w 2000 -i filename.mpv -o /dev/null second pass: transcode --nice +10 -y ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -Z 640x,fast -I 4 --export_asr 3 -R 2 -w 2000 -i filename.mpv -o outputfile.nosound.avi 3) use avimerge to multiplex the ac3 back into the avi avimerge -i filename.ac3 outputfile.nosound.avi -o outputfile.avi Then I move the file over to my videos directory for MythVideo to playback (using mplayer). Ways to speed up the transcoding process: 1) don't deinterlace (delinterlace on playback using mplayer -vf pp=lb) 2) do single pass, and bump the bitrate up 3) don't resize (if disk space is the issue, you can just re-encode to MPEG4 HD at about 5k bitrate.) -- John Sturgeon <>< http://www.sturgeonfamily.com/mythtv.php ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
uc:RE: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.
Hehe I thought as much. Didn't realise there was a new open source unichrome release (non via) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivor Hewitt Sent: 20 April 2005 15:10 To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend. > BTW - has anyone gotten the new VIA open source Unichrome driver to work > with recent releases ? Oops, I've just realised you mean VIA's new open source Unichrome driver release as opposed to the new Unichrome open source driver release. Doh. Must pay attention, must pay attention. This is going to get confusing, "VIA Open Source Unichrome driver" vs "Open Source Unichrome VIA driver" Ho hum. Anyway, in summary, no there's no point trying to use the VIA driver with myth since the VIA driver only provides their proprietary ddmpeg API. -- Ivor http://www.ivor.it ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored. Calls to QinetiQ may be recorded for quality control, regulatory and monitoring purposes. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.
> BTW - has anyone gotten the new VIA open source Unichrome driver to work > with recent releases ? Oops, I've just realised you mean VIA's new open source Unichrome driver release as opposed to the new Unichrome open source driver release. Doh. Must pay attention, must pay attention. This is going to get confusing, "VIA Open Source Unichrome driver" vs "Open Source Unichrome VIA driver" Ho hum. Anyway, in summary, no there's no point trying to use the VIA driver with myth since the VIA driver only provides their proprietary ddmpeg API. -- Ivor http://www.ivor.it ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] HDTV Playback Questions
I have a few odd problem that I haven not been able to figure out while watching HDTV. I searched the archive, but nothing seemed to match. So if these have already been answered, I apoligize. Incase any of this helps: I am running myth 0.17, using Knoppmyth R5A12, and using pcHDTV-3000 for OTA HDTV, a Celeron 2.4 Ghz, Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 and a nVidia FX 5200. The first problem concerns the way the recorded program shows up on my screen. When I watch a program recorded on NBC, WB, or CBS, The image dosen't display properly on the screen. The picture is shifted to the right, and about 1/3 of the picture is cut off. Just to be clear, I am not talking about overscan. For example, if [-XXX-] is what is supposed to be displayed on my screen , and [ ] is my screen, I end up with this displayed: [ -XX]X- I can use the manual zoom option to move the picture around until it is watchable, but it is not exactly convienant. I think it might have something to do with the fact that these stations bordcast in 1080i and because I use DVI, I can only display 720p. The second problem involves "noise" in the picture or sound channels missing. For example, If I recorded Scrubs, and then immediatly after and on the same channel, another episode of Scrubs, The first one will come out fine, but the second one will have Matrix-styled green and grey blocks that randomly scroll through the screen and eventually making it unwatchable. For an example of the audio problem, I recorded The Office last night, and while the picture was fine, half way through the opening credits, the audio became distorted. If I turned the volume WAY up, I could hear the background noise, (people typing, and phones ringing, etc) but no dialog. Then Immediatly afterwards I recorded Medium flawlessly. I'm stumped. Any help or inputs would be appreciated. -Mat ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.
Thanks to everyone for the replies. I'm going to try installing knoppmyth, and upgrading it to .18, since that is what the backend is now, and I had the same problem with .17. Since Jon has it working, and his interrupts look the same as mine, I can stop going down that path. I did try a pci nic, and it had a different interrupt than the video, but that did not solve the problem. Bummer. I sat squinting at the "-v all" logs into the wee hours last night, and came up with this puzzling thought: I assume the capture card has to capture at the rate the video source is clocked at, and in my case, the audio is sampled at 48kHz. On the front end, the video is written in sync with vertical retrace, and I assume the audio is written in sync with the video according to timing info in the stream. My question is, what happens if the video source rate is slightly slower, or the because of my video modeline, the output is slightly faster, than the standard. Or forget the standard, what if the source is slightly slower than the sink. I know the standard sets the display rate, but no two clocks are identical. In the case of live tv, would the ringbuffer slowly be drained, causing the pauses when it runs out? Or is myth able to compensate somehow? How about the audio, what happens if the frontends clock is slightly faster than the backend, is myth able to adjust the audio output rate, or does the audio buffer drain, causing pauses? What I see in the logs is a REQUEST_BLOCK _RI immediately after every Read(). At first the time of the Read() after the request is very short, but then bumps up to a slightly larger number. At this point, the audio buffer is slowing falling behind, until it runs out and pauses. When it restarts, there is a brief period of fast responses from the backend, but it then falls back to the old rate, the audio buffer again falling behind. I'm going to try and graph the response times, the audio buffer size, and the pauses, and see if I still see that pattern, now that I've had some sleep. Thanks, -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
uc:RE: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.
What do these drivers provide? Do they provide mpeg2 decoding on chip? Or is it just 3d acceleration? Does it replace the need for viaxvmc? Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivor Hewitt Sent: 20 April 2005 15:00 To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend. On 4/20/05, BARKER, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW - has anyone gotten the new VIA open source Unichrome driver to work > with recent releases ? Works fine for me. :) > I had a very quick look but the docs in the distribution seemed a bit poor > and I haven't looked at > them in depth. Which docs in particular? Perhaps either pointing out which bits are bad and need improving or making the improvements would help? Regards, -- Ivor http://www.ivor.it ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored. Calls to QinetiQ may be recorded for quality control, regulatory and monitoring purposes. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Zap2it Labs not delivering any listings today
I just noticed that mythfilldatabase is not pulling any listing for today or tomorrow. The size of the data file is quite small (35k -vs- 145k normally). My account is still active and correct (just checked it) and the site shows programming on its web interface so I am assuming that they are having problems with the data service. Anyone else seeing this? Bill I've noticed the same thing. According to my backend status report in MythWeb, I'm now down to 10 days of programming, instead of the normal 11 or 12. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.
On 4/20/05, BARKER, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW - has anyone gotten the new VIA open source Unichrome driver to work > with recent releases ? Works fine for me. :) > I had a very quick look but the docs in the distribution seemed a bit poor > and I haven't looked at > them in depth. Which docs in particular? Perhaps either pointing out which bits are bad and need improving or making the improvements would help? Regards, -- Ivor http://www.ivor.it ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question
Hi Jarod, Which tuner are you using? Thanks! -Jeremy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarod Wilson Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:02 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:11, Andy Alsup wrote: > I just got my HD display, and I'm having trouble setting up the DTV > channels on the DTV tuner. Now wondering if the tuner is bad. Are you talking about the tuner in the TV itself? If so, are you certain its QAM-capable? > Does anyone know the frequencies of the unencrypted DTV channels on > Comcast Cable in Seattle? Here's at least a few of them: KOMO (ABC) - 104 KING (NBC) - 105 KIRO (CBS) - 107 KCTS (PBS) - 109 KTWB (WB) - 110 KCPQ (FOX) - 113 KONG - 116 There are actually multiple KCTS channels (I think 108 and like 112 are other KCTS feeds), and I may be forgetting some others. Basically, just add 100 to whatever the analog cable variant is for any of Seattle's channels, save KSTW (UPN), which Comcast doesn't yet carry (and *just* started showing up OTA around Seattle). -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend kills LIRCD process.
> On 4/20/05, Paul Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently upgraded to a larger hardisk. I used ghost > > for linux to do a drive clone. Ever since, my LIRC > > has stopped working on the machine. Everything else > > works fine. It seems the lircd process is dying > > everytime the mythfrontend process fires up. I can't > > find anything in the logs. Any ideas? At the console (locally or remotely via ssh/telnet,) "killall lircd" then load "lircd -n &" and type "irw". If irw exits immediately and lircd terminates at the same time, check your syslog (/var/log/messages) for indications of your lirc is compiled to use it. I had this problem using the rpm for lirc on atrpms using lirc_serial. I went back to my cvs checkout of lirc because of it. My syslog said something about /dev/lirc not being present. Seemed like a problem with the modules… I hope this helps. -- cyth ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Booting from CF, everything else over NFS
> Well, I'm booting from CF and mounting /usr and the MythVideo library > over nfs, but streaming actual TV playback. I've got an 8MB CF and a CF to IDE adapter. I've got a machine currently running FC3, and it's noisy. I can't pxeboot the machine, and I'd like to get the hard drive out of there for noise reasons. Is it just a matter of doing a fdisk / mkfs on the CF device, copying over /boot, copying the contents of the existing drive over to the NFS server and changing /etc/fstab to have the mount point of / to be over NFS? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend kills LIRCD process.
Have you tried [re]starting lircd after the frontend starts up? What happens then? If that works, I would then look at restarting lircd, quitting the frontend and starting the frontend to see if it is repeatable. On 4/20/05, Paul Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently upgraded to a larger hardisk. I used ghost > for linux to do a drive clone. Ever since, my LIRC > has stopped working on the machine. Everything else > works fine. It seems the lircd process is dying > everytime the mythfrontend process fires up. I can't > find anything in the logs. Any ideas? > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Too sleepy ?
Michael J. Lynch wrote: From commits list: Changes committed by cpinkham on Wed Apr 20 06:31:51 2005 Modified Files: in mythtv/programs/mythbackend: httpstatus.cpp Log Message: Patch by Robert Tsai to correct the original patch of his that I broken when applying the other day when I was way to sleepy to be applying a patch the other day that he submitted then on the mailing list the other day. Sounds like you might have been *way too sleepy* when you wrote this too :-) :-) or drunk :) Friends don't let friends commit to CVS drunk Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question
On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 22:01, Jarod Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:11, Andy Alsup wrote: > > Does anyone know the frequencies of the unencrypted DTV channels on > > Comcast Cable in Seattle? > > Here's at least a few of them: ... Is there a web site where people have reported that information? I'm looking for Boston-area unencrypted Comcast QAM data. (I'm also about to order an Air2PC or HD-3000 card; not sure which is better at QAM.) --PC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
