date:20050530


Brad Fuller wrote:


gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:

if the same box looks good on your monitor, you may want to look into 
calibrating your tv (i'd HIGHLY suggest it regardless. .. you'd be 
amazed at the difference in picture quality actual calibration of 
your tv makes compared to factory settings)


related question: anyone know of free open test patterns/color 
bars/etc available? I have a DVD for calibration (that I use on the 
sets), but unfortunately I don't have a DVD player on the mythtv pcs.


Cory posted some info on this before, but it seems that his link no
longer works.  Maybe he'll chime in with a new link for it...  :)

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/58149#58149

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/79968#79968

Mike



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[mythtv-users] Re: Myxer theme available

2005-05-30 Thread Dave Hofstra

>Ross Campbell said,  "For example, where in Titivillus, I see "Listen to the radio", in
>Myxer, I can only see "Listen to the""

Ok, I am not sure how that happened, but now it should be fixed
I also did a couple of other things to it today

 Replaced Background that was taken from MythCenter with another bright blue one
 Increased the length of the Green Highlight Bar
 Started the theme over
from scratch to fix 'short menu descriptions but' (still no idea what
caused it)

Hopefully that helps =)
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Re: [mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Nicholas Bonfatti

I'm also using Knoppmyth (R5A15.1, downloading R5A16 as we speak)  
with a PVR-150 (non-mce) card.  I was able to get it to work out of  
the box using the composite inputs. All I had to change was the audio  
mixer input since I'm not using the tuner, and set the card,  
listings, and video sources in mythtv-setup.


S-video input doesnt work yet (on mine it gives etiher black and  
white video or it hangs the system.)


I don't konw about using the C key, since as i said i didn't do  
anything special and just wanted composite. (well i wanted s-video  
but i knew it didnt work)


Nick


On May 30, 2005, at 5:21 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:


Hi,

I've just installed KnoppMyth, with a PVR-150 card.

The way I'm testing it, is with a dvd player connected to the S- 
Video port of the PVR-150. However I can't get mythtv to use that  
port.


When I go into Watch TV, it always goes into the Tuner 0 port. When  
I press 'C' on the keyboard, it doesn't change inputs, it simply  
redisplays "1: Tuner 0". One time I was able to get it to go to  
Tuner 1, but it never goes to the other inputs. I tried connecting  
to the composite video, the S-video, but I can't get mythtv to  
actually switch to that tuner.


In mythtv-setup, I even configured the default port to be (at  
first) composite 0, then also S-video 0, but that doesn't seem to  
make a difference. When I go into Watch TV, it always goes to Tuner 0.


Why is there no response to the 'C' keypress, which should change  
inputs?


Thanks
Ricardo

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[mythtv-users] Re: Re: Yum versus apt

2005-05-30 Thread Nickoli Dubyk

I too have followed Jarods description exactly (copy/paste
instructions),  all has gone well until
# apt-get install ivtv-firmware
# apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$KVER
# apt-get install ivtv

ivtv-firmware went fine as did ivtv and ivtvdev. 
when typing # apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$KVER, I get:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$KVER
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package ivtv-kmdl

apt-cache policy:
Package Files:
 100 RPM Database
 500 http://axentra.net files/mezzanine/mythtv/stable pkglist
 release v=Unknown,o=Unknown,a=Unknown,l=Unknown,c=stable
 origin axentra.net
 996 http://apt.atrpms.net fedora/3/en/i386/at-stable pkglist
 release v=1,o=ATrpms,a=ATrpms,l=ATrpms,c=at-stable
 origin apt.atrpms.net
 996 http://ayo.us.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/updates pkglist
 release v=3,o=ayo.freshrpms.net,a=Fedora Linux Freshrpms,l=Fedora
Linux 3 Updates,c=updates
 origin ayo.us.freshrpms.net
 996 http://ayo.us.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/core pkglist
 release v=3,o=ayo.freshrpms.net,a=Fedora Linux Freshrpms,l=Fedora
Linux 3 Core,c=core
 origin ayo.us.freshrpms.net
Pinned Packages:

I'm using 2.6.11-1.27_FC3

# rpm -q apt atrpms-package-config
apt-0.5.15cnc7-55.rhfc3.at
atrpms-package-config-92-1.rhfc3.at

#rpm -V apt atrpms-package-config
S.5T  c /etc/apt/sources.list
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Re: [mythtv-users] Hostname for Frontend machine

Reordering so A's follow Q's...

Michael Tiller wrote:

On 5/27/05, *James Oltman* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:

On 5/27/05, Carl Fongheiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 5/27/05, James Oltman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > So as I was rebuilding my frontend last night (FC3 2.6.11-1.27) I
> > typed in the wrong hostname.  It is named hoNetheater instead of
> > hoMetheater.  How do I change this?
>
> Simple;  just edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and change the line that
> starts with HOSTNAME= to what you want the hostname to be.  You can
> then reboot, or use the hostname command to change the hostname for
> the running system.

That certainly fixed it!  Sorry for the nooB question.  Thanks guys!!

I had a similar problem, but renaming also seemed to affect something 
in the mysql configuration.  In other words, I had set everything up 
and then decided that I didn't like the host name.  Changing it seemed 
to break everything.  Does this sound like it should happen?

Not if you do it correctly...

22.15 Changing your hostname
http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.15

In the OP's case, either his system was set up to use localhost (i.e. in 
which case changing the hostname wouldn't affect MythTV) or he hadn't 
configured MythTV before the change.

Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Childe Roland

You have to go to mythtvsetup and setup the SVideo as a source before
it will allow you to select it in the front end.

On 5/30/05, Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just installed KnoppMyth, with a PVR-150 card.
> 
> The way I'm testing it, is with a dvd player connected to the S-Video port
> of the PVR-150. However I can't get mythtv to use that port.
> 
> When I go into Watch TV, it always goes into the Tuner 0 port. When I press
> 'C' on the keyboard, it doesn't change inputs, it simply redisplays "1:
> Tuner 0". One time I was able to get it to go to Tuner 1, but it never goes
> to the other inputs. I tried connecting to the composite video, the S-video,
> but I can't get mythtv to actually switch to that tuner.
> 
> In mythtv-setup, I even configured the default port to be (at first)
> composite 0, then also S-video 0, but that doesn't seem to make a
> difference. When I go into Watch TV, it always goes to Tuner 0.
> 
> Why is there no response to the 'C' keypress, which should change inputs?
> 
> Thanks
> Ricardo
> 
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[mythtv-users] Re: Xmame - .95 again not working???

2005-05-30 Thread A JM

Ross,

Still a no go. I've turned the clock back to .88 and still the same
error message? Any other thoughts or ideas? I had version .95 running
in Myth .18 but something has been changed since I re-installed it?

When I did the install using the below xmame .95 ran?

**
# temporary mythtv-suite fix 
rpm http://axentra.net files/mezzanine/mythtv stable 

and then run the following as root: 

apt-get install mythtv-suite=0.18 
**

How can I verify the version of Myth I'm running? 

Sorry, I can't help with the programming concepts, heck I can't
evenget Myth completly installed...

AJM,
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Re: [mythtv-users] tv programs that run long

2005-05-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 06:47:54PM -0400, Jay Cornell wrote:
> Last night my wife was watching the Gilmore Girls on MythTV.  (I started 
> working on Myth around Christmas--my wife got a PVR, and I got a new 
> system to work on.)  Anyway, she was very upset when the recording cut 
> off the last few minutes of the show.  She said that TVO wouldn't have 
> done that.
> 
> Apparently, all of her friends TVO's did the same thing.  She apologized 
> to me, and I think her faith in Myth is back.   I have set the option to 
> add 60 seconds to the tail end of all recordings as a safe guard. 

60 seconds! Here in Australia I've configured Myth for 20 *minutes*
extra. This is usually enough. 10 minutes would not be though.

Hamish
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Re: [mythtv-users] Colour Saturation Problem

2005-05-30 Thread Brad Fuller







Ian Trider wrote:

  On 5/30/05, Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  
  
related question: anyone know of free open test patterns/color bars/etc
available? I have a DVD for calibration (that I use on the sets), but
unfortunately I don't have a DVD player on the mythtv pcs.

  
  
No, but you can create them very easily:  Create a simple image in
something like GIMP that has boxes that are 0% white, 50% white, and
100% white, the colour red (255,0,0), the colour green (0,255,0), and
the colour blue (0,0,255).

Not quite the same as a full test pattern, but it'll give something
reasonably decent to calibrate off of.
  

I have some jpgs of smpte color bars, color scale test, gray scale,
etc. I use these to calibrate my computer displays.

  
Note, however, that the output equipment has to be properly calibrated
itself to calibrate the viewing device;  if your video card is putting
out severely miscalibrated video (you would need an oscilliscope to
actually determine what it is outputting, because how you perceive the
displayed image depends on your TV's calibration), calibrating your TV
  

Good point. Any instructions on how to calibrate the video card?

  to it will of course put your other sources out.

Probably best to use a DVD to fix the TV first,

always! I use the Video Essentials DVD on a Sony consumer DVD player. 

   so you end up with
(assuming the DVD player doesn't suck) something close to properly
calibrated, 

This is a good point. I just assume the DVD player is reasonable.

  and then fix the MythBox by generating calibration images
(and adjusting the computer's settings) as described above.



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RE: [mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann


I don't think the other inputs are working via drivers yer.i havent
been to ivtv.tv changelogs for a few days but it was mentioned somewhere
maybe on list a few days back..


Do you mean because this is a PVR-150, or that the other inputs aren't 
supported in general?


I don't understand, doesn't anyone here use these cards with anything other 
than the Tuner inputs?


Please help...

Thanks
Ricardo 



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[mythtv-users] MythTV interferes with CDs

2005-05-30 Thread Fedor Pikus

Something in my MythTV interferes with CD playback. When I insert a
CD, I get this in the log:


May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel: ATAPI device hda:
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel:   Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel:   Cannot read medium - incompatible
format -- (asc=0x30, ascq=0x02)
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel:   The failed "" packet command was:
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel:   "ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 08 00 00 00
00 00 00 "
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel: hda: command error: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel: hda: command error: error=0x54 {
AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel: ATAPI device hda:
May 30 16:48:32 myth kernel:   Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel:   Illegal mode for this track or
incompatible medium -- (asc=0x64, ascq=0x00)
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel:   The failed "Read 10" packet command was:
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel:   "28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 "
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 0
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 1
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 2
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 3
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 4
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 5
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 6
May 30 16:48:33 myth kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 7

On the console I also get, at the same time, messages about libdvdread
(can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO), for some reason they are not logged.
If Myth is not running, this does not happen. If I insert DVD, this
also does not happen also, and DVD plays file. CDs, however, don't
play or rip very well, sometimes myth frontend hangs when I try (ide
errors scroll in the log when this happens), seems to depend on the
CD.

Why does Myth interfere with CDs and what can I do about it?

Thanks,
Fedor
 

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Re: [mythtv-users] Hostname for Frontend machine

2005-05-30 Thread Michael Tiller

I had a similar problem, but renaming also seemed to affect something
in the mysql configuration.  In other words, I had set everything
up and then decided that I didn't like the host name.  Changing it
seemed to break everything.  Does this sound like it should happen?

--
MikeOn 5/27/05, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That certainly fixed it!  Sorry for the nooB question.  Thanks guys!!On 5/27/05, Carl Fongheiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On 5/27/05, James Oltman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > So as I was rebuilding my frontend last night (FC3 2.6.11-1.27) I> > typed in the wrong hostname.  It is named hoNetheater instead of
> > hoMetheater.  How do I change this?> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$> >> > to> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$> >> > Thanks!>> Simple;  just edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and change the line that
> starts with HOSTNAME= to what you want the hostname to be.  You can> then reboot, or use the hostname command to change the hostname for> the running system.>> Carl Fongheiser>
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Re: [mythtv-users] WinTV (bttv) and PVR150 (ivtv) apparent conflict

2005-05-30 Thread Michael Tiller

I don't really know much about this but I thought I should add that I
had to switch my WinTV (bttv) and PVR150 (ivtv) cards around in the PCI
slots to get them to work properly.  In other words, it is
sensitive to which comes first.  I'm not much of a linux expert so
you might be able to address this with the modprobe configuration (and
for all I know, perhaps you have).  All I know is it was necessary
for me.

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MikeOn 5/27/05, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I posted this question in more detail on the ivtv list, but the mythtvlist gets far more traffic so I hope no one minds if I toss it outhere.  I'm running myth on a 2.6.8-10mdk kernel.  I've got a WinTVFMcard and just bought a brand new PVR150 MCE.  From what I can tell,
bttv and ivtv don't exactly play nicely with one another.My bttv card only works properly if I rename the msp3400 module thatcame with ivtv.  I can get the ivtv to seem to load properly with noerror messages that jump out at me, but it doesn't DO anything.  I'm
thinking this may be due to not having it's own modules.Has anyone gotten this combination to work, and what did you have todo?  I can upgrade to 2.6.11 if needed.modprobe.conf---:
alias autofs autofs4alias char-major-116-* sndalias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xxoptions tuner 2,47alias char-major-81-* bttvoptions bttv radio=1 bttv_verbose=1 tuner=2 card=2 gbuffers=8alias char-major-61-* lirc_serial
alias char-major-14-* soundcorealias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xxalias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-ossalias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-ossalias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-ossalias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-ossalias eth0 via-rhineinstall bttv { modprobe -k tuner; modprobe -k msp3400; } ;/sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install bttvinstall snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install
snd-via82xx && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /sbin/modprobeehci-hcd; /bin/trueremove snd-via82xx { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; } ; /sbin/modprobe
-r --first-time --ignore-remove snd-via82xxalias char-major-81 videodevalias char-major-81-1 ivtvoptions ivtv tuner=47 debug=1options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1options cx25840 i2c_enable=1 no_black_magic=1
-Dmesg of the modprobe followed by an attempt to record a channel(ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -p6 && ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -u 0x0300 &&ptune.pl --input /dev/video1 --channel 3 && cat /dev/video1 >
test.mpg):ivtv:  START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.3.5 (h) loadingivtv: Linux version: 2.6.8.1-10mdk K7 gcc-3.3ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines whenivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 cardivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chipivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3205 vendor: 0x1106tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]msp3400: error while reading chip versiontveeprom: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 60171, rev = C1V , serial# = 1071772tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1236 (idx = 23, type = 2)tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3430 (type = 7)
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26552, rev = B268, serial# = 7827197tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[50],ok]ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model0x00892598, Revision 0x0001ivtv: Radio detectedcx25840: Unknown parameter `i2c_enable'cx25840: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
cx25840: starting probe for adapter bt848 #0 [sw] (0x10005)cx25840: starting probe for adapter SMBus Via Pro adapter at 0400 (0x0)cx25840: starting probe for adapter ISA main adapter (0x0)cx25840: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
cx25840: detecting cx25840 client on address 0x88cx25840: writing init valuescx25840: Unable to open FW file '/lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM'.cx25840: Failed to load any FW image filecx25840: Status: cx258433 (DEVICE_ID)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok]wm8775: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete onesivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok]ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 1ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 128 16384 byte buffers  0 kbytes totalivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 97 21600 byte buffers  0 kbytes total
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 225ivtv: Create DMA stream 2 using 60 34656 byte buffers  0 kbytes totalivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtyp

Re: [mythtv-users] Still little luck with nuvexport

2005-05-30 Thread maestro

Am Montag, den 30.05.2005, 15:42 -0700 schrieb Brad Templeton:
> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 07:56:19PM -, Risto Treksler wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > hi,
> > 
> > try editing the recording in mythtv (hit 'e' while watching)
> > use the  'page down' key to go towards the end
> > 
> > make sure the end of the show is cut off
> > -make sure there is _no- 'delete before this frame' at the very end
> > -make sure there _is_ a 'delete after this frame' 
> >  at least a few seconds from the end
> > 
> > that should fix it for you
> > i have been meaning to submit a patch that makes sure this happens
> > automagically, since it's been my experience that the end of the show needs 
> > to
> > be cut off like this to avoid this particular behaviour
> > 
> > Risto.
> 
> No, same strange behaviour, even with this in place:
> 
> a) Index scan goes fine
> b) Cutting scan outputs 1.5gb of video quickly, then sits for a very
>long time doing nothing (top says system is mostly in "w" state)
> c) Outputs around 500mb more video to the mv2 file after a very long
>wait.
> d) Waits again for a very long time
> e) Dies as before
> 
> Cutting out commercials with avidemux2
> Remultiplexing video
> GOP timestamps will be rebuild   
> ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1)
> Cleaning up
> 
> 
> And the cutlist looks like this:
> 
> Cutlist "-63758 78617-104323 121551-173008 188632-237215 253229-280056 
> 293607-325864 342486-381012 395432-427952 444927-471205 485637-539855 
> 555841-604805 619993-639157 646709-"
> 
> (A bit confusing to read.  There is no cut point at the start, the
> program begins right at the beginning.  Stuff is cut off the end with a cut
> block that has a start point and no ending cutpoint.)

i've got the same problem that brad describes: when trying to nuvexport
"MPEG2->MPEG2 cut only" a show i've recorded on my pvr250 (so this is
just simple pal no hdtv) as mpeg2-ps with audio layer2 384kbps nuvexport
is running a while and finally quits with the message:

ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1)

it might be due the lack of an mp2 file (see bottom of post)

the end of the recording is cut off (as suggested earlier in this
thread) , aswell as the begining. there are no commercial brakes during
that show as you might see from the cutlist.

can anybody help me out with this problem, since editing nuv files in
avidemux by hand is not what i intend when having tools like nuvexport
at hand.

thanks in advance
maestro

here is the complete output from nuvexport:
Now encoding:  Desperate Housewives 8. Teil:  Schuldig
Encode started:  Tue May 31 01:35:52 2005
Using mode Xvfb
Filename "/var/lib/mythtv/1_20050530215400_20050530224200.nuv"
OutFile "./Desperate Housewives 8. Teil - Schuldig.mpg"
Last GOP index 71892
Cutlist "7504-68880 71893-"
Finding the AV Offset to use with lvemux:0
Finding framerate:25.000
Last Frame 862704
Indexing the file with avidemux2
Cutting out commercials with avidemux2
/usr/local/bin/mpeg2cut: line 170: 25401 Aborted nice -n
19 avid emux2 --load-workbench ${BASENAME}.cut --audio-codec MP2
--save-raw-video ${BASE NAME}.m2v --save-raw-audio ${BASENAME}.mp2
--quit 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
Remultiplexing video
GOP timestamps will be rebuild
ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1)
Cleaning up
rm: cannot remove `1_20050530215400_20050530224200.mp2': No such file or
directo ry

Encode finished:  Tue May 31 01:47:58 2005
Encode lasted: 12m 6s

the files that are created in the output directory during the process
are:
$ du -m 1_20050530215400_20050530224200.*
1   1_20050530215400_20050530224200.cut
1   1_20050530215400_20050530224200.cut2
11721_20050530215400_20050530224200.m2v
1   1_20050530215400_20050530224200.m2v.idx

another question that arises here is:
why is no mp2 file created?


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Re: [mythtv-users] Using Cut Points

2005-05-30 Thread Josh Burks

On 5/30/05, Risto Treksler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Jason McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 
> > Will that allow me to load in the cut points created using the frontend?
> 
> while watching
> hit 'e' followed by 'z'
> 

Umm, that's not what he was asking. 

Use the Mpeg2 -> Mpeg2 function of nuvexport
(http://forevermore.net/mythtv/). It will use your cutpoints and pass
them to avidemux2.

Josh
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr350 remote not works as root but not as user

On 5/30/05, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  I've followed Jarods guide and have things working nicely, but the remote
> only works if I start mythfrontend as root.  If I start it as user "mythtv",
> I get no response.  Both root and mythtv work when I test it with irw.  Does
> anyone know what I have to change?  Thanks,
>  Don

Make sure you have the .lircrc file (and mythtv symlink) in the
mythfrontend user's directory. Maybe your mythtv home directory does
not have this LIRC file (which maps buttons to actions) but root does,
which explains why it worked when run as root, but not as mythtv.

irw should work if the /etc/lircd.conf file is correctly installed, as
this merely tells you which button you have pressed. The file
mentioned above allows applications such as mythtv, xine and mplayer 
to use the buttons defined in /etc/lircd.conf for actions within the
applications themselves.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mplayer crashes X

On 5/30/05, Mark Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
> Hi All, 
>   
> I recently did a much neede apt-get upgrade on my myth box. However, having
> done this, mplayer simply refuses to work. If I try to watch a movie through
> myth, the movie starts to play (I know because I hear the sound), but I
> never see anything other than the myth movie description on the screen. 
>   
> Originally, I thought it was a focus/z-order problem and that I could simply
> alt-tab to the playing movie, but I couldnt! 
> So then I tried playing a movie from the command line using mplayer and
> doing this causes the entire X session to freeze up. I have to kill X to
> recover the box?!?!?!?! 

Are you able to log the mplayer output up to the point of the freeze?
It could be accelerated video driver problems if they were updated
also - try using the X11 driver in mplayer to see if you can get
unaccelerated playback working.

When installing xine - I think you need to install xine and xine-lib
if using apt-get or yum. Maybe try compiling it manually - it's very
straightforward and see if you can get video working again.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

On 5/30/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AFAIK the Pundit-R is *only* ATI based, the older Pundit is *only* SiS
> based.

So right you are.

>  I'm quite happily running the Pundit-R on FC2 as a combined
> BE/FE system. I think either will be quite suitable. You will find the
> system is quieter if you manage to get hold of the old Northwood
> P4/Celerons, which have a lower thermal rating and therefore require
> less cooling. Even with a newer 2.4GHz CeleronD, my system initially
> was quite loud before I modded it.
> 
> Nick
> 
Thanks.
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Re: [mythtv-users] DVB channels get changed in DB (Autopid?)

On 5/30/05, Christian Hack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The channels in my DB (channel table) keep getting changed by the backend. I
> assume this is something to do with the Autopid feature I see mentioned in
> the logs.

This feature is to dynamically determine the audio and video pids,
instead of hardcoding them into the DB as was the case in older
versions (<0.17). They should remain quite constant though for the DVB
channels.

> Is there anyway to prevent this from happening? I have my channels set up
> the way I want them, and these changes leave fields like xmltv id blank and
> also include all the extra streams which are merely copies of the main
> stream. So I end up with 30 odd channels when really there's only about 8
> distinct ones (Brisbane, Australia).

Does this happen everytime the backend is started? It shouldn't happen
(At least it doesnt for me here in the UK) and once the correct DVB
settings are entered and channels successfully scanned, it shouldn't
keep finding new ones. A workaround may be to keep the extra channels
in the table, but mark them as hidden. This should hopefully ensure
that your settings are kept, and as the new channels still exist they
won't be overwritten.

> 
> Also it would seem some dvb related tables are no longer used/required?
> dvb_pids seems to be unused.

The tables dvb_channel and dvb_pids are no longer used in myth
versions >= 0.17. A different mechanism is now used to tune into DVB
channels, based on the mplexid. These tables are OK to be left in the
DB, although I've deleted mine to reduce clutter.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

On 5/30/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>   NewEgg.com has two versions of the Pundit-R. One uses an ATI chipset
> so it's equivalent to the laptop I'm typing this on, but it costs $41
> more than one that uses a SiS chipset which is probably closer to my
> son's $199 desktop machine:
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=Pundit-R
> 
> Which unit are people using for MythTV? I run mythfrontend on my
> laptop so I'm reasonably comfortable with it's capabilities, but
> saving $41 seems like a good thing also. My son's machine doesn't run
> mythfrontend today so I have no idea how well that works.

AFAIK the Pundit-R is *only* ATI based, the older Pundit is *only* SiS
based. I'm quite happily running the Pundit-R on FC2 as a combined
BE/FE system. I think either will be quite suitable. You will find the
system is quieter if you manage to get hold of the old Northwood
P4/Celerons, which have a lower thermal rating and therefore require
less cooling. Even with a newer 2.4GHz CeleronD, my system initially
was quite loud before I modded it.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Still little luck with nuvexport

2005-05-30 Thread Brad Templeton

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 07:56:19PM -, Risto Treksler wrote:
> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> try editing the recording in mythtv (hit 'e' while watching)
> use the  'page down' key to go towards the end
> 
> make sure the end of the show is cut off
> -make sure there is _no- 'delete before this frame' at the very end
> -make sure there _is_ a 'delete after this frame' 
>  at least a few seconds from the end
> 
> that should fix it for you
> i have been meaning to submit a patch that makes sure this happens
> automagically, since it's been my experience that the end of the show needs to
> be cut off like this to avoid this particular behaviour
> 
> Risto.

No, same strange behaviour, even with this in place:

a) Index scan goes fine
b) Cutting scan outputs 1.5gb of video quickly, then sits for a very
   long time doing nothing (top says system is mostly in "w" state)
c) Outputs around 500mb more video to the mv2 file after a very long
   wait.
d) Waits again for a very long time
e) Dies as before

Cutting out commercials with avidemux2
Remultiplexing video
GOP timestamps will be rebuild   
ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1)
Cleaning up

And the cutlist looks like this:

Cutlist "-63758 78617-104323 121551-173008 188632-237215 253229-280056 
293607-325864 342486-381012 395432-427952 444927-471205 485637-539855 
555841-604805 619993-639157 646709-"

(A bit confusing to read.  There is no cut point at the start, the
program begins right at the beginning.  Stuff is cut off the end with a cut
block that has a start point and no ending cutpoint.)
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RE: [mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Jason Rhodes

I don't think the other inputs are working via drivers yer.i havent
been to ivtv.tv changelogs for a few days but it was mentioned somewhere
maybe on list a few days back.. 

-Original Message-
From: Ricardo Kleemann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2005 7:22 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: [mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

Hi,

I've just installed KnoppMyth, with a PVR-150 card.

The way I'm testing it, is with a dvd player connected to the S-Video
port of the PVR-150. However I can't get mythtv to use that port.

When I go into Watch TV, it always goes into the Tuner 0 port. When I
press 'C' on the keyboard, it doesn't change inputs, it simply
redisplays "1: 
Tuner 0". One time I was able to get it to go to Tuner 1, but it never
goes to the other inputs. I tried connecting to the composite video, the
S-video, but I can't get mythtv to actually switch to that tuner.

In mythtv-setup, I even configured the default port to be (at first)
composite 0, then also S-video 0, but that doesn't seem to make a
difference. When I go into Watch TV, it always goes to Tuner 0.

Why is there no response to the 'C' keypress, which should change
inputs?

Thanks
Ricardo 

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Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

Thanks Marcell,
   I see from reading the reviews on Newegg that someone named Robb
got the SiS version and says it runs MythTV for him fine. Is Robb a
member here? I hope he might speak up.

   My machines with be frontend only. It looks both versions probably work OK. 

Pundit-R - SiS - $109
Intel Celeron-D 315 Prescott 533FSB - $72
256MB Crucial PC2700 DDRAM - $27

I'll either reuse some old drive I have here or possibly go with a
network boot config if I can figure that out. For $218 seems like a
nice little system if I can make it quiet enough.

Cheers,
Mark


On 5/30/05, Marcel Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 30 May 2005 22:52, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   NewEgg.com has two versions of the Pundit-R. One uses an ATI chipset
> > so it's equivalent to the laptop I'm typing this on, but it costs $41
> > more than one that uses a SiS chipset which is probably closer to my
> > son's $199 desktop machine:
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&descri
> >ption=Pundit-R
> >
> > Which unit are people using for MythTV? I run mythfrontend on my
> > laptop so I'm reasonably comfortable with it's capabilities, but
> > saving $41 seems like a good thing also. My son's machine doesn't run
> > mythfrontend today so I have no idea how well that works.
> 
> I installed a Pundit-R (so with the ATI onboard VGA) for a friend of mine a
> few weeks ago with FC3 and mythTV following Jarod's guide.
> After some struggle with the ATI driver (compiled and patched from source)
> everything worked (including TV-out).
> It runs a PVR350 with the ivtv driver and mythtv-0.18 just fine. I only added
> a simple soundcard to the machine because of the optical spdif on the front
> of the Pundit-R instead of the back. The soundcard I used was a Terratec
> Aureon PCI (<$25) and installation was very easy regarding the optical spdif
> (just some mixer settings I believe).
> 
> Regards,
> Marcel
>
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[mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann


Hi,

I've just installed KnoppMyth, with a PVR-150 card.

The way I'm testing it, is with a dvd player connected to the S-Video port 
of the PVR-150. However I can't get mythtv to use that port.


When I go into Watch TV, it always goes into the Tuner 0 port. When I press 
'C' on the keyboard, it doesn't change inputs, it simply redisplays "1: 
Tuner 0". One time I was able to get it to go to Tuner 1, but it never goes 
to the other inputs. I tried connecting to the composite video, the S-video, 
but I can't get mythtv to actually switch to that tuner.


In mythtv-setup, I even configured the default port to be (at first) 
composite 0, then also S-video 0, but that doesn't seem to make a 
difference. When I go into Watch TV, it always goes to Tuner 0.


Why is there no response to the 'C' keypress, which should change inputs?

Thanks
Ricardo 



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[mythtv-users] Modified DIRECTV serial control script for D10-200

2005-05-30 Thread djg

I have modified the directv serial control script so it works reliably
with my D10-200 box. It also has a bunch of new commands and should work
with the RCA box also. It is available at:

http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

2005-05-30 Thread Marcel Janssen

On Monday 30 May 2005 22:52, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>   NewEgg.com has two versions of the Pundit-R. One uses an ATI chipset
> so it's equivalent to the laptop I'm typing this on, but it costs $41
> more than one that uses a SiS chipset which is probably closer to my
> son's $199 desktop machine:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&descri
>ption=Pundit-R
>
> Which unit are people using for MythTV? I run mythfrontend on my
> laptop so I'm reasonably comfortable with it's capabilities, but
> saving $41 seems like a good thing also. My son's machine doesn't run
> mythfrontend today so I have no idea how well that works.

I installed a Pundit-R (so with the ATI onboard VGA) for a friend of mine a 
few weeks ago with FC3 and mythTV following Jarod's guide.
After some struggle with the ATI driver (compiled and patched from source) 
everything worked (including TV-out).
It runs a PVR350 with the ivtv driver and mythtv-0.18 just fine. I only added 
a simple soundcard to the machine because of the optical spdif on the front 
of the Pundit-R instead of the back. The soundcard I used was a Terratec 
Aureon PCI (<$25) and installation was very easy regarding the optical spdif 
(just some mixer settings I believe).

Regards,
Marcel
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[mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

Hi,
  NewEgg.com has two versions of the Pundit-R. One uses an ATI chipset
so it's equivalent to the laptop I'm typing this on, but it costs $41
more than one that uses a SiS chipset which is probably closer to my
son's $199 desktop machine:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=Pundit-R

Which unit are people using for MythTV? I run mythfrontend on my
laptop so I'm reasonably comfortable with it's capabilities, but
saving $41 seems like a good thing also. My son's machine doesn't run
mythfrontend today so I have no idea how well that works.

Thanks,
Mark
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Re: [mythtv-users] Using Cut Points

2005-05-30 Thread Risto Treksler



Jason McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> Will that allow me to load in the cut points created using the frontend?

while watching
hit 'e' followed by 'z'

> Blog: http://jason.sdf1.net
> GPG Fingerprint:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - A6CC 40B4 99A4 1C08 55A7  BCFC ECDF ED68
> 
> On 30-May-05, at 8:20 AM, Tom Walsh wrote:
> 
> 
> > Jason McLeod wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> I'm using a PVR-150 card, so my video is already MPEG2.
> >>
> >> Is there a tool out there that will take my cut points and pass  
> >> them  to mpgsplit & mpgjoin to drop the cut sections out of the  
> >> file to  save space?
> >>
> >> Or do I have to transcode? I'm not big on the transcoding, I find  
> >> a  lot of quality loss, and seeing as my quality is not that good  
> >> to  start with, (scan lines and such) I'd rather avoid that option.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Use "avidemux2", it will handle a variety of file formats both  
> > reading & writing.  Editing the nuv files is very simple to do.
> >
> > TomW
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Tom Walsh - WN3L - Embedded Systems Consultant
> > http://openhardware.net, http://cyberiansoftware.com
> > "Windows? No thanks, I have work to do..."
> > 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Still little luck with nuvexport

2005-05-30 Thread Risto Treksler



hi,

try editing the recording in mythtv (hit 'e' while watching)
use the  'page down' key to go towards the end

make sure the end of the show is cut off
-make sure there is _no- 'delete before this frame' at the very end
-make sure there _is_ a 'delete after this frame' 
 at least a few seconds from the end

that should fix it for you
i have been meaning to submit a patch that makes sure this happens
automagically, since it's been my experience that the end of the show needs to
be cut off like this to avoid this particular behaviour

Risto.


Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> 
> Still trying to figure out a good path to working nuvexport.  Trying
> mpeg2cut, I continue to get the strange behaviour where it writes
> out about 1.5gb of output quickly (which is not just to the first
> commercial break, it has a couple of breaks in it) and then seems to
> output nothing for a very long time.
> 
> Eventually it dies with the diagnostic shown below.
> 
> 
> This is a 720p HDTV recording, mp2 of course., 
> 
> 
> Encode started:  Mon May 30 11:54:48 2005
> mpeg2cut v177
> Using mode Xvfb
> Filename "/video/myth/(redacted).nuv"
> OutFile "./(redacted).mpg"
> Last Frame 868349
> Cutlist "4515-57929 74539-112907 126829-151550 169295-195424 212121-239166
253319-294606 313052-354939 371779-405634 423274-448570 466257-498448
517808-552556 571222-608292 628050-671936 689756-718880 737434-789714
807386-856100 868330-"
> Finding the AV Offset to use with lvemux: 0 (not detected)
> Indexing the file with avidemux2
> Cutting out commercials with avidemux2
> ./mpeg2cut: line 162: 28224 Aborted nice -n 19 avidemux2
--load-workbench ${BASENAME}.cut --audio-codec MP2 --save-raw-video
${BASENAME}.m2v --save-raw-audio ${BASENAME}.mp2 --quit 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
> Remultiplexing video
> GOP timestamps will be rebuild   
> ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1)
> Cleaning up
> rm: cannot remove `2007_(redacted).mp2': No such file or directory
> 
> Encode finished:  Mon May 30 12:35:22 2005
> Encode lasted: 40m 34s
> 
> 
> 
> Attempts to actually transcode also fail.  In this case transcode without
> scale, no deinterlace (of course), no denoise, one pass, no crop.
> 
> a) With mencoder, immidiate failure (bug already in tracker)
> b) with transcode->xvid -- resulting video unplayable, pretends
>to play but shows blank screen
> c) ffmpeg->xvid -> Unusably slow -- 4fps (on 60fps show)
> d) ffmpeg->divx -> 20fps (tolerable) but audio goes way out of sync
> by end.
> 
> 
> Anybody got some examples of parameters to use for transocding 720p
> mp2s, with cutlist that have good results?  I have been able to do it
> myself in mencoder just fine, but that's without cutlist.  If I could
> get a working mpeg2cut I could then transcode with mencoder.
> 
> Also, anybody played with doing inverse telecine on 720p recordings
> and the right parameters to use for it?   Film (24fps) transferred
> to 60fps 720p doesn't have interlace to worry about but it does do
> lots of frame duplciation which one might as well remove in a transcode.
> 



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[mythtv-users] Still little luck with nuvexport

2005-05-30 Thread Brad Templeton


Still trying to figure out a good path to working nuvexport.  Trying
mpeg2cut, I continue to get the strange behaviour where it writes
out about 1.5gb of output quickly (which is not just to the first
commercial break, it has a couple of breaks in it) and then seems to
output nothing for a very long time.

Eventually it dies with the diagnostic shown below.


This is a 720p HDTV recording, mp2 of course., 


Encode started:  Mon May 30 11:54:48 2005
mpeg2cut v177
Using mode Xvfb
Filename "/video/myth/(redacted).nuv"
OutFile "./(redacted).mpg"
Last Frame 868349
Cutlist "4515-57929 74539-112907 126829-151550 169295-195424 212121-239166 
253319-294606 313052-354939 371779-405634 423274-448570 466257-498448 
517808-552556 571222-608292 628050-671936 689756-718880 737434-789714 
807386-856100 868330-"
Finding the AV Offset to use with lvemux: 0 (not detected)
Indexing the file with avidemux2
Cutting out commercials with avidemux2
./mpeg2cut: line 162: 28224 Aborted nice -n 19 avidemux2 
--load-workbench ${BASENAME}.cut --audio-codec MP2 --save-raw-video 
${BASENAME}.m2v --save-raw-audio ${BASENAME}.mp2 --quit 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
Remultiplexing video
GOP timestamps will be rebuild   
ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1)
Cleaning up
rm: cannot remove `2007_(redacted).mp2': No such file or directory

Encode finished:  Mon May 30 12:35:22 2005
Encode lasted: 40m 34s



Attempts to actually transcode also fail.  In this case transcode without
scale, no deinterlace (of course), no denoise, one pass, no crop.

a) With mencoder, immidiate failure (bug already in tracker)
b) with transcode->xvid -- resulting video unplayable, pretends
   to play but shows blank screen
c) ffmpeg->xvid -> Unusably slow -- 4fps (on 60fps show)
d) ffmpeg->divx -> 20fps (tolerable) but audio goes way out of sync
by end.


Anybody got some examples of parameters to use for transocding 720p
mp2s, with cutlist that have good results?  I have been able to do it
myself in mencoder just fine, but that's without cutlist.  If I could
get a working mpeg2cut I could then transcode with mencoder.

Also, anybody played with doing inverse telecine on 720p recordings
and the right parameters to use for it?   Film (24fps) transferred
to 60fps 720p doesn't have interlace to worry about but it does do
lots of frame duplciation which one might as well remove in a transcode.
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Re: [mythtv-users] EPG data from DVB(-T)

2005-05-30 Thread Dirk Aust

That might be right, but nevertheless, scanning around all DVB-EGP enabled 
channels would also be a good idea, isn't it?




Am Sonntag, 29. Mai 2005 17:41 schrieb Stuart Morgan:
> On Sun 29 May 2005 15:19, Derek Scollon wrote:
> > > Since the EPG data capture finally works also in Germany
> >
> > Does anyone know if this data is transmitted in the UK?
>
> Yes it is transmitted. It is certainly useful but inferior to the data
> available from the Radiotimes website.
>
> The radiotimes covers 14 days vs 7 days for the broadcast EPG. The
> broadcast EPG also lacks ratings/reviews for films and category data.
> Overall the program descriptions available from the Radiotimes xmltv
> grabber are better too.
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[mythtv-users] Various newbie questions

2005-05-30 Thread Richard Curtis

I have just setup mythtv on SuSE 9.3, and while I have it mostly working as I want, there are still some issues.
They are probably simple things that I am overlooking, or looking in the wrong place in the docs, but I still cant find answers.

Anyway, the only issues I have are as follows:

1). If I am watching Live TV, and I seek backwards (reverse) to double
check something, or to get another run of a scene etc, is there a key I
can press to jump me back to the live feed - so I dont have to seek
forwards all the way to the end ?
i.e, so I can skip from watching recorded data, to be watching the actual live show

2). In mythweather, is there any way to prevent it going into the
satellite map showing the weather ? This causes really high CPU
load on my system and takes a while before I can exit it. I would
be happy to simply never see the satellite map.

3). How do I fine tune my channels ? Ie, I am in England, so, for
example, BBC1 is on Channel 46. Some of the channels would
benefit from finetuning, but short of going into mythtv-setup and
adjusting the finetune manually, then reloading the frontend and trying
my adjustments then repeating this whole process, I cant seem to find a
better way

4). Is there is simple way of taking a screen grab from either live tv,
or from a recording - so when watching, press a key etc ?

5). I have an nvidia vga card (and I watch the tv, and recordings on my
monitor). On my SuSE installation, I have 2 scripts - switch2nv
and switch2nvidia. Which of the 2 would be the best to use ?

Any input on the above is greatly appreciated.

Richard

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Re: [mythtv-users] Colour Saturation Problem

2005-05-30 Thread Ian Trider

On 5/30/05, Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> related question: anyone know of free open test patterns/color bars/etc
> available? I have a DVD for calibration (that I use on the sets), but
> unfortunately I don't have a DVD player on the mythtv pcs.

No, but you can create them very easily:  Create a simple image in
something like GIMP that has boxes that are 0% white, 50% white, and
100% white, the colour red (255,0,0), the colour green (0,255,0), and
the colour blue (0,0,255).

Not quite the same as a full test pattern, but it'll give something
reasonably decent to calibrate off of.

Note, however, that the output equipment has to be properly calibrated
itself to calibrate the viewing device;  if your video card is putting
out severely miscalibrated video (you would need an oscilliscope to
actually determine what it is outputting, because how you perceive the
displayed image depends on your TV's calibration), calibrating your TV
to it will of course put your other sources out.

Probably best to use a DVD to fix the TV first, so you end up with
(assuming the DVD player doesn't suck) something close to properly
calibrated, and then fix the MythBox by generating calibration images
(and adjusting the computer's settings) as described above.

-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Using Cut Points

On 5/30/05, Jason McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using a PVR-150 card, so my video is already MPEG2.
> 
> Is there a tool out there that will take my cut points and pass them
> to mpgsplit & mpgjoin to drop the cut sections out of the file to
> save space?
> 
> Or do I have to transcode? I'm not big on the transcoding, I find a
> lot of quality loss, and seeing as my quality is not that good to
> start with, (scan lines and such) I'd rather avoid that option.

It sounds like your first problem is that you're not satisfied with
your recording quality, Have you changed the recording quality
options? These options can have significant impact on file size and
recording quality (so be careful to make small adjustments and test
things out)

You can adjust bitrate and max bitrate in TV Settings / Recording
Profiles for Live TV, Recorded TV, and for transcoding of various
formats.

You should be able to adjust these to match your preferences for
recording size / quality and use the built-in transcoding to cut
commericals and "compress" your recordings.

-Ross
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myxer theme available

On 5/29/05, Dave Hofstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  So, I spent a few hours trying to mix the best elements of Titivillus and
> MythCenter, and it looked pretty darn nice!  I just decided to make it a new
> theme because I am so happy with the way it looks.
>
>  Anyway, check it out here, and download it to your mythtv/themes directory.
>  Enjoy!
>  
>  http://lisadaveh.home.comcast.net/myxer/

Looks very nice - I only have one issue - the highlight bar and the
space available for menu items is not "wide" enough for me. I use
Titivillus and use large text and your theme doesn't provide as much
space for menu item text.

For example, where in Titivillus, I see "Listen to the radio", in
Myxer, I can only see "Listen to the"

-Ross
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Re: [mythtv-users] Xmame - .95 again not working???

On 5/29/05, Garry Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/29/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just did a full re-install of Myth 0.18 and evertything seems to be
> > working that I've tested except Xmame .95??? All I get is the error
> > "This version is not supported".

Unfortunately, the commandline options for xmame seem to completely
change just about every six months. Since mythtv provides a GUI for
xmame config options, it's a constant battle to keep the code updated
so that it works with the latest xmame.

Here's what I do:

I stick with a working xmame and don't upgrade it. I'm still using
0.87 and it works fine. Newer versions might work too (I'd expect at
least up to 0.92 to work), but apparently 0.95 doesn't.

What can be done to solve this issue of new versions of xmame not
working with mythtv?

- mythgame could be changed to have fewer config options for xmame,
and just let users pass a string of flags to the binary.

- a mythtv developer could join xmame development and complain loudly
about the lack of consistency in the command line options

Hope that helps.

-Ross
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Re: [mythtv-users] Using Cut Points

2005-05-30 Thread Jason McLeod


Will that allow me to load in the cut points created using the frontend?

-Jason

Blog: http://jason.sdf1.net
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On 30-May-05, at 8:20 AM, Tom Walsh wrote:



Jason McLeod wrote:




I'm using a PVR-150 card, so my video is already MPEG2.

Is there a tool out there that will take my cut points and pass  
them  to mpgsplit & mpgjoin to drop the cut sections out of the  
file to  save space?


Or do I have to transcode? I'm not big on the transcoding, I find  
a  lot of quality loss, and seeing as my quality is not that good  
to  start with, (scan lines and such) I'd rather avoid that option.




Use "avidemux2", it will handle a variety of file formats both  
reading & writing.  Editing the nuv files is very simple to do.


TomW


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http://openhardware.net, http://cyberiansoftware.com
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Re: [mythtv-users] Colour Saturation Problem

2005-05-30 Thread Brad Fuller


gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:

if the same box looks good on your monitor, you may want to look into 
calibrating your tv (i'd HIGHLY suggest it regardless. .. you'd be 
amazed at the difference in picture quality actual calibration of your 
tv makes compared to factory settings)


related question: anyone know of free open test patterns/color bars/etc 
available? I have a DVD for calibration (that I use on the sets), but 
unfortunately I don't have a DVD player on the mythtv pcs.

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[mythtv-users] Pvr350 remote not works as root but not as user

2005-05-30 Thread Don





I've followed Jarods guide and have things working
nicely, but the remote only works if I start mythfrontend as root.  If
I start it as user "mythtv", I get no response.  Both root and mythtv
work when I test it with irw.  Does anyone know what I have to change? 
Thanks,
Don




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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 test-image fails

2005-05-30 Thread mythtv


mythtv wrote:

I cannot get the test image to display correctly. When issuing the 
commands:

# /sbin/rmmod saa7127
# /sbin/modprobe saa7127 test_image=1
The first blanks the TV-screen, but the second gives a very flickery 
and noisy image - not the vertikal bars as it should.


This has worked for me previously, but after a reinstall something 
seems to be missing. I have added VGA=791 to the end of my kernel 
lines in /boot/grub/grub.conf, and my modprobe.conf has these lines:

alias eth0 tulip
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx && 
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx

alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0
options ivtv ivtv_std=2 tda9887=0
install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb

The line "options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0" has not 
made any difference, but I also didn't use this last time it worked.


Appreciate any help!

Mogens
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Perhaps the output from the ivtv startup log could shed some light on 
what could go wrong. I am taking the output from the PVR-350 using the 
SCART plug. This was also what I did last time when it worked.


Mogens

May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv:  START INIT 
IVTV =

===
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loading
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 686 
REGPARM

4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include 
the deb

ug info
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and 
END INIT I

VTV lines when
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled 
at IRQ 1

1
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:09.0[A] -> 
GSI 11 (l

evel, low) -> IRQ 11
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, 
setting to

64 (was 32)
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3148 vendor: 0x1106
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48139, rev 
= K257,

serial# = 2932143
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 ME MK3 
(idx = 5

7, type = 38)
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(D/K) (eeprom = 
0x74, v

4l2 = 0x00400e17)
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor = CS5331 (type 
= 9)

May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok]
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 38, Tuner formats 
0x00400e17, R

adio: yes, Model 0x00ad2557, Revision 0x0001
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus 
ivtv i2c

driver #0
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 rpcidmapd: rpc.idmapd startup succeeded
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv 
i2c dri

ver #0 (0x10005)
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on 
address 0x4

2
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7115: writing init values
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok]
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7115: status: (1E) 0x00, (1F) 0xc0
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Ignoring new-style parameters 
in presen

ce of obsolete ones
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: video encoder driver version V 
0.3 load

ed
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: detecting saa7127 client on 
address 0x8

8
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Selecting NTSC video Standard
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Selecting S-Video+Composite
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Turn WSS off
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Widescreen Mode 4:3 Full Format
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Selecting Normal Encoder Input
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: saa7127: Enable Video Output
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7127[0],ok]
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: msp34xx: ivtv version
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3418W-B3, has 
NICAM suppo

rt, simple (D) mode, simpler (G) no-thread mode
May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3 kernel: msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: May 19 2005 
04:40:44

May 30 17:30:15 dhcppc3

[mythtv-users] Mplayer crashes X

2005-05-30 Thread Mark Keenan




Hi All,
 
I recently did a much neede apt-get upgrade on my 
myth box. However, having done this, mplayer simply refuses to work. If I try to 
watch a movie through myth, the movie starts to play (I know because I hear the 
sound), but I never see anything other than the myth movie description on the 
screen.
 
Originally, I thought it was a focus/z-order 
problem and that I could simply alt-tab to the playing movie, but I 
couldnt!
So then I tried playing a movie from the command 
line using mplayer and doing this causes the entire X session to freeze up. I 
have to kill X to recover the box?!?!?!?!
 
Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions as to ways 
I could look to diagnose the issue here?...
 
Thanks,
Mark
 
PS - I also tried to install XINE, but apt-get 
reports:
 
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean 
that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the 
unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been 
createdor been moved out of Incoming.
 
Since you only requested a single operation it is 
extremely likely thatthe package is simply not installable and a bug report 
againstthat package should be filed.The following information may help 
to resolve the situation:
 
The following packages have unmet 
dependencies:  xine: Depends: libcurl.so.3 but it is not 
installable    Depends: libidn.so.11 
but it is not installableE: Broken packages
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[mythtv-users] WinTV 401 and PVR-250

2005-05-30 Thread Scott Creasman









Last November I built a system intended to serve as a
dedicated MythTV box.  Thus far, the “going” has been a real
struggle, although I managed to get the system up and running for the first
time yesterday.  I believe part of reason things didn’t work right
out of the box because some of the linux drivers weren’t ready yet for
the hardware I’d purchased.  Whether that’s ultimately the
case, I don’t know, but I finally saw images for the first time after
updating the NVidia driver yesterday.  Also, I used Jarod’s Guide
for the setup.

 

Unfortunately, I may have gotten a little greedy last
night.  I’d originally purchased a WinTV 401 video capture card with
the Conexant 2388x chipset.  After struggling to get the card up and
running, I bought the PVR-250 card.  The PVR-250 card was the one that was
in the system when I saw images for the first time and was the /dev/video0
device.  

 

When I installed the WinTV 401 card with the PVR-250 card,
FC3 seemed to autodetect the new card, and made an addition to my modprobe.conf
file.  Unfortunately, when I look at my video devices I find /dev/video0 –
but there is no /dev/video1.  Also, I’m no longer recording
TV.  I see new programs listed, but there is no video to go along with the
recordings.

 

If I type:

 

/sbin/depmod –a

/sbin/modprobe ivtv

 

I get the /dev/video1 device, although the device doesn’t
stay on reboot.  Also, if I launch mythtvsetup, I can’t add
/dev/video1 as a device.  

 

Also, if I type:

 

/sbin/lsmod

 

It does appear that the cx8800 have loaded.

 

So, my question to the group is:  What have I missed
the in the setup?  Here’s a copy of /etc/modprobe.conf and some
basics about my hardware:

 

alias eth0 sk98linalias usb-controller ehci-hcdalias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd# lircalias char-major-61 lirc_i2c # wintv 401alias char-major-81 videodevalias char-major-81-0 cx8800 # ivtv modules setupalias char-major-81-1 ivtvalias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtvalias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.8 ---alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c# nvidia kernel modulealias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-7174alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-7174

 

 

Hardware:

ASUS P4P800-E MB

Capture cards:  PVR-250, WinTV 401

 

Scott Creasman

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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Firewire Capture on Gentoo

File a bug report and ask the ebuild maintiner to make it avalable.
They probably just missed it somehow.

- Mark

On 5/30/05, Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I pulled test-mpeg2 right out of the tarball, since I didn't get it from
> the ebuild either.  Try different stations, only certain ones will even
> put out data for me.  My cable box also can show me on the diagnostics
> screen (channel 999), which channels will be able to be output.  It
> indicates the ones that won't work are copy protected.
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Re[2]: [mythtv-users] Unable to load Nvidia Kernal Module - Geforce 4 MX - issues upgrading video cards

2005-05-30 Thread Mike Jones


Monday, May 30, 2005, 9:12:00 AM, you wrote:

MTD> Did you try a "depmod -ae" for good measure?

Well, I managed to get the Nvidia drivers installed from the files on
nvidia's linux drivers website.  No problems on that front now.

Now it seems I managed to break ivtv and lirc in my search to get the
updated video drivers installed.

Thanks again for the help.

-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC output not working

2005-05-30 Thread Michael Haan

On 5/29/05, Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Haan wrote:
> 
> >In /usr/X11R6/lib I see the following:
> >$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/*XvMC*
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root root  92148 May 21 13:42 /usr/X11R6/lib/libI810XvMC.a
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 18 May 21 13:42
> >/usr/X11R6/lib/libI810XvMC.so -> libI810XvMC.so.1.0
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 18 May 21 13:42
> >/usr/X11R6/lib/libI810XvMC.so.1 -> libI810XvMC.so.1.0
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  81995 May 21 13:42 /usr/X11R6/lib/libI810XvMC.so.1.0
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root root  10620 May 21 13:42 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMC.a
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 14 May 21 13:42 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMC.so
> >-> libXvMC.so.1.0
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 14 May 21 13:42
> >/usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMC.so.1 -> libXvMC.so.1.0
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  14934 May 21 13:42 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMC.so.1.0
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root root 244428 May 21 14:52 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.a
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 191264 May 21 14:52
> >/usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.7174
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 25 May 21 14:52
> >/usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 -> libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.7174
> >
> >It looks like there are two different versions of XvMC in there.  How
> >can I tell which version myth is using?  I'm just wondering if maybe
> >it's not using the right one and I were to switch it, then XvMC might
> >work.
> >
> Well, check the value of your /etc/X11/XvMCConfig
> 
> mine shows up like this:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /etc/X11/XvMCConfig
> libXvMCNVIDIA.so
> 

That file does not exist on my machine:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] haanm $ find / -name XvMCConfig 2>/dev/null
[EMAIL PROTECTED] haanm $
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Re: [mythtv-users] Power Management

2005-05-30 Thread Rickard =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Borgm=E4ster?=

On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:46:56 -0400
"G0dSmack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hit the keyboard and punched:

> Can just set the acpi=off switch in the grub.conf to disable it as well?

I belive Tom told you where to look for information.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Yum versus apt

2005-05-30 Thread mogens lunde




Axel Thimm wrote:

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 02:32:39PM +0200, mogens lunde wrote:



I don't believe so. Maybe you are misunderstanding some parts of the
docus? E.g. after installing atrpms-kickstart did you

apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade; apt-get update?

Confirmed.


E.g. perhaps you forgot the apt-get update? Or you force installed
atrpms-package-config over atrpms-kickstart? What does

rpm -qf /etc/apt/preferences

atrpms-package-config-92-1.rhfc3.at


say?

It may had been a bug in the configs, but since there is noone else to
backup this report, I tend to this it is a user error.
Thanks for your time Axel. I do believe that I have followed the 
descriptions precisely, and after numerous reinstalls I start to become 
a specialist ;-)


Mogens





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Re: [mythtv-users] Tivo-style "suggestions" now provided by TVWish

2005-05-30 Thread Chris Rouch

> The suggest-title should work fine.  However, and this is something I
> forgot to document, you must have programids.   Here in North America,
> the listing service gives everything a programid.   For outside, I believe
> the more recent versions of mythfilldatabase also create a program id.
> Do you have those?

Brad,

Myth tries to create a programid, but not very hard. It relies on
category_type, episode and season which are all empty here in Holland,
so the progamid is always empty - this is with mythtv 0.18 and
tv_grab_nl_pdb. It would be nice if mythfilldatabase would set
category_type = category, if the former is empty

So over the weekend I hacked tvwish to fake a programid from the
title, subtitle and description if the programid is empty and to
optionally use category rather than category_type. This works for
Movies and complete series, but so far hasn't scheduled any pilots or
named episodes (I've not yet had time to go through the program guide
and find something to test it with). I can send you a patch if you
want to merge this in with the official version.

Regards,

Chris
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Firewire Capture on Gentoo

2005-05-30 Thread Mario Limonciello

Gambit Declined wrote:

>On 4/24/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>
>>Nevermind - I found a guide here: http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/ebuilds/
>>
>>
>
>Did you guys manage to get this to work? I was able to install
>everything with no errors, but I can't seem to get video. (Does
>test-mpeg2 exist somewhere anymore? I didn't get it with the
>libiec61883 ebuild and couldn't check to see if I was getting video
>prior to trying it in Mythtv.) I was able to get this to work in FC3,
>but couldn't stand it and switched back over to Gentoo.
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I pulled test-mpeg2 right out of the tarball, since I didn't get it from
the ebuild either.  Try different stations, only certain ones will even
put out data for me.  My cable box also can show me on the diagnostics
screen (channel 999), which channels will be able to be output.  It
indicates the ones that won't work are copy protected.
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Re: [mythtv-users] MediaCenter Plan/Help

2005-05-30 Thread Thomas Witzel



Thanks for your reply,

You do realize that 1024x768 is a 4:3 ratio.  720p is 1280x720.  (Since you 
mention 720p below, I thought I would emphasize this distinction.)


That confused me too, however many 1024x768 displays are advertised as
using 720p as native mode, or to convert all inputs to 720p. I've not
yet seen any plasma TV that has a 1280x720 native resolution.
There are a few plasma TV's like the sony PFM's which are advertised
as 1024x1024 in some stores and 1024x768 in others. Sony can't give me an 
answer to this, because they claim that the PFM's are not their product. 
They only consider the KDE's to be theirs. Maybe its some "fake sony" scam

pulled by some stores here.

Thomas

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RE: [mythtv-users] Power Management









Can just set the acpi=off switch in the
grub.conf to disable it as well?

 

 









From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of G0dSmack
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:27 AM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Power
Management



 

Sorry for that. I am in the process of
installing MythTV and this is happening to me. I am new here so I should have
been more specific about the fact that I am installing MythTV.

 

 









From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tom Walsh
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:25 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Power
Management



 

G0dSmack wrote: 





How do I go about disabling power management in Fedora Core 3? My system seems
to be going into suspend mode and I cannot wake it for some reason. So I would
like to disable power management all together. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. 



Perhaps if you tried to
ask the question on a RedHat list you could get an answer...  This is the
MythTV list, not the Linux-Help-Hotline.






 




 



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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Yum versus apt

2005-05-30 Thread Roger Hanson


mogens lunde wrote:




Axel Thimm wrote:





I really have followed Jarods description exactly (copy/paste 
instructions), but basically not much could be done wrong from 
installing the four CD's untill starting the apt-get update etc. I did 
of course also the last time install the latest kernel, but when 
trying this:

# apt-get install ivtv-firmware
# apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$KVER
# apt-get install ivtv

each package returned this error: Couldn't find package xx
(Did of course define $KVER properly)

This really should not happen, and I swear I have not deviated one mm 
from Jarods description. Anyway installation succeeded with yum, but 
now I get static/snow from the tuner after a reboot (worked before the 
reboot)


When I hopefully get this to work again I obviously need a backup 
program, so that I can go back to a working mythtv. I have now two 
times experienced that a simple apt-get dist-upgrade destroyed my 
working tuner output.



I don't know if this's exactly related to the problem you've seen - but...

I've had to use the commands multiple times when doing the apt-gets.  I 
also received failed messages but doing the commands multiple times 
finally got everything updated.  I assumed it was timeouts or busy 
server or something.  I DID NOT continue on until I got the complete 
message and packages not just downloaded but the install thing with all 
the ###.  Again, it took no less than 4-5 tries to get 
it to finish. 

I followed the directions exactly, no changes made except the multiple 
apt-get commands to complete the download and install of upgrades.

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Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn

On 5/29/05, Timothy Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where can I get MythBurn from? I googled it but couldn't find where to
> download it.

Start with the information here:
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=MythTVBurn_Scripts_HowTo

... and tailor to match your distribution

You're going to need to edit the config files to be suit your
distribution depending on where your binaries are locate (/usr/bin vs.
/usr/local/bin), where your mythtv directory is (/myth vs
/usr/share/mythtv or /usr/local/share/mythtv), where your webserver
mythtv dir is (/var/www vs /var/www/html/mythweb or ?) and what
user/group your webserver runs as (www-data or apache)

-Ross
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Re: [mythtv-users] MediaCenter Plan/Help


Thomas Witzel wrote:

I'm planning on using MythTV for my media center. I have not purchased 
anything yet and my investigation/planning is now causing major 
confusion for me.


This are the facts so far:

 - I'm going to have Comcast digital cable and will most likely get a
   DCT6412 with it.
 - I'm going to have a 42" Plasma display (no make picked yet, due to
   the confusion) I'm looking to get one with 1024x768 resolution.


You do realize that 1024x768 is a 4:3 ratio.  720p is 1280x720.  (Since 
you mention 720p below, I thought I would emphasize this distinction.)



Now here comes my confusion:

A) In most stores here in the Boston area the picture on the displayed
   42" panels is outright ratty. They often show DVD's and on most
   displays every motion of a character causes so strong artefacts
   that it is unwatchable. Store attendants assured me that this is
   normal. Why would anyone want to buy this, if that was normal.
   I was thinking maybe something is wrong with the conversion, but
   I'm told that there is no such thing as format conversion.


No idea.  I don't have any experience with plasma displays, but I can 
tell you I wouldn't pay what they're asking for a plasma display if the 
quality is as you've seen.



B) I was planning on connecting the Display by just a single DVI-D
   cable and have all the components in a cabinet some 18ft away.
   In the store I was told that the DVI-D cable wouldn't provide
   good quality (which makes no sense to me), and that I would need
   a component cable anyway to watch TV stations that are not
   HD (which also makes no sense to me, however comcast couldn't
   promise me that I wouldn't need it).
   Now, if I'm right and a DVI-D is sufficient (my audio will go
   somewhere else), it seems like none of the home-theatre receivers
   support DVI-D sources for switching. In every store they want
   to make me convert to components or even svideo.


Component is analog.  DVI-D is digital.  If your TV is a digital display 
(i.e. as opposed to an analog display with a digital tuner--a high-def 
CRT, for example), DVI-D has the potential to give you a very good 
quality image.  However, A/D and D/A conversions are common enough that 
even a mis-matched signal/display type tend to yield very high quality 
images, too.  However, over long distances, you'll probably get much 
better results with a very high-quality component cable (i.e. one with 
very strict impedance tolerances) connection--digital cuts off at a much 
shorter distance than analog.


Basically, though, with MythTV, everything goes into your Myth box for 
encoding, and therefore, the only connection to your display is from 
your Myth box.  Since the Myth box supports things like de-interlacing 
and post-processing, you can configure it to perform whatever "fixes" 
you feel are necessary for improving your video quality.  Therefore, 
just choose one connection format and configure it to work.  Anyone at a 
store will be clueless about this possibility because, paraphrasing 
something Isaac once said, the "convergence box that's been talked about 
for a few years" is still "mythical" to the rest of the world.



C) Can MythTV drive a Display with 720p (assuming that will be the
   native mode of my TV) and have devent looking DVD playback ?
   Is there anyway to passthrough the DVI-D from the comcast box
   or to switch between the different DVI sources controlled by
   MythTV ?


See above.


D) Im getting confused about the firewire as well. Will it now
   work for recording, or not.


In theory, yes it works with receivers that support it.


If the content is 5C encrypted, can
   the encrypted stream be recorded and later be displayed by my
   Display (which supports HTCP) ?


No.  The 5C standards state that if the device to which a 5C-enabled 
device is connected does not support 5C, the 5C-enabled device must 
down-res the video to no more than 480p (720x480--i.e. DVD quality).  
Therefore, if your content is protected by the broadcast flag, and your 
receiver supports 5C (i.e. HDCP), when you connect the firewire link to 
a non-HDCP device (i.e. any computer), the maximum resolution you can 
get is 480p.  To store the encrypted stream, the device doing the 
storage must support either D-VHS or CPRM (the 5C technologies for 
storage; HDCP is for transmission) and must store the encrypted stream.


HTH.

Mike
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[mythtv-users] MythTV in the (German) media - Linux-User

2005-05-30 Thread Michael Haas


Hey guys.

Paul Williamson's post regarding MythTV in the british Linux-User 
inspired me to announce its counterpart in the German Linux-User :).


Look here for more information:
http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2005/06/

And I'd like to thank all the wonderful people who made it possible for 
me to write this article. Keep it up!



regards,
Michael 'laga' Haas


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[mythtv-users] Re: Yum versus apt

2005-05-30 Thread Axel Thimm

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 02:32:39PM +0200, mogens lunde wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 02:39:20PM +0200, mogens lunde wrote:
> > > rpm -q apt atrpms-package-config and
> > > rpm -V apt atrpms-package-config
> > atrpms-package-config-92-1.rhfc3.at
> > S.5T  c /etc/apt/preferences
> Did you modify /etc/apt/preferences?
> 
> No, I have not modfied any settings - but strictly followed Jarods 
> description and only that.

Jarod's guide only uses apt and that only installs packages. This
cannot explain a wrong checksum on one of the installed files.

> Now I tried to reinstall FC3 + Mythtv from scratch again. Same 
> phenomenon: Can only do an apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade, then 
>   yum is the only possibility. It must be some peculiarity of my HW/SW 
> settings I guess?

I don't believe so. Maybe you are misunderstanding some parts of the
docus? E.g. after installing atrpms-kickstart did you

apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade; apt-get update?

E.g. perhaps you forgot the apt-get update? Or you force installed
atrpms-package-config over atrpms-kickstart? What does

rpm -qf /etc/apt/preferences

say?

It may had been a bug in the configs, but since there is noone else to
backup this report, I tend to this it is a user error.
-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Power Management

2005-05-30 Thread Thom Paine

Try Jarods guide. There is a chapter on disabling the power management.

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RE: [mythtv-users] New MCE 2005 Remote









I have the MCE 2004 remote. Any help on
getting this to work would be greatly appreciated as well.

 

 









From:
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Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:56 AM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: [mythtv-users] New MCE
2005 Remote



 



Has anyone on this list got the new MCE 2005 remote working
??? Any help would be appreciated.





 





Cenk








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Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to load Nvidia Kernal Module - Geforce 4 MX - issues upgrading video cards


Mike Jones wrote:


Sunday, May 29, 2005, 11:11:39 AM, you wrote:

MTD> Mike Jones wrote:


Sunday, May 29, 2005, 12:44:39 AM, MTD wrote:

MTD> modprobe nvidia
MTD> startx

/sbin/modprobe nvidia

FATAL: Module nvidia not found.

MTD> Oh.  That means that you are lacking the nvidia kernel module interface 
MTD> for your kernel.  Try re-installing the nvidia drivers and keep a log in 
MTD> case it doesn't help.  The install log could be helpful in determining 
MTD> the problem.


Been there, done that, several times.  Did it again today, still no
joy.  Rebooted, copied the xorg.conf.nvidia over the xorg.conf and
still got the same old same old msg. Time to do a complete reinstall,
oh well.  Thanks for the tips.

Now my remote doesn't work, sigh.
 


Did you try a "depmod -ae" for good measure?

Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] Network speed.

2005-05-30 Thread Ian Trider

> I'm just wondering if the 10 Mbit speed would be enough to run 3 or 4
> frontends if the backend was on the 100 Mbit port.  I know straight number
> wise, since 10 Mbit is fast enough, that you should be able to put 10 ports
> against the 1 100 Mbit one, but if there's one thing i've learned in 5 years
> as a CS major, it's that the numbers in computing (especially when talking
> about the retail side of things) are skewed in favor of looking better than
> it is...

Nope, sorry.

10mbit is definitely not going to do it.  Let's factor in network
overhead and manufacturers' exageration (as you've pointed out) into
these numbers:  you're going to get 6mbit tops, which is 750 kilobytes
per second MAX not accounting for protocol overhead for NFS/samba etc.

If you recording MPEG-2 (from say a PVR-350) at a bitrate of, say,
4500kbps, this is simply not going to work, even with only one client
connected; the network won't be able to sustain the video stream.

So, in agreement with the other responses, go for at least a 100mbit
switch.  They are REALLY cheap nowadays, and should be considered the
BARE minimum for what you want.

If you wanted to do HDTV, that's (IIRC) roughly 25mbits per second,
which isn't going to do on a 100mbit network (which, accounting for
various factors, is going to be closer to 60 mbit, probably..).

Sorry,
Ian Trider
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVB channels unwatchable?

2005-05-30 Thread vala ki

Same problem here also!

I haven't tried the cange card option only the change input... Will try today!
But, when I select PIP mode, the PVR-250 starts to play in pip with my
DVB-S in font ok, i cannot change the active tuner from the PIP menu
Maybe change input will help this?

any thoughts?

my another problem is that recordings done with my PVR-250 seem way too
oversaturated - and i'ts def. not a playback problem... as the
recording itself is oversaturated in color (checked on 2 diff.
pc-s).

thanks in advance.
val akiOn 5/29/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/29/05, Niels Dybdahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > I have set up mythtv with the new> > > > card, got it to scan and add in all channels, but the channels are
> > > > unwatchable, such as I set up BBC1 on the DVB card to channel 2001, and> > > > when I type in "2001" then enter, it doesn't change, and the channel> > > Hi Piers,
> > >> > > I have the same problem here. Have you found a solution ?> > >> > > Best regards> > > Niels Dybdahl> > Looks to me the DVB card is not your only card ? Right ??
>> You are right. I have a PVR-350 as the first card and a Twinhan as the> second card.>> I found a workaround for the error messages:>> > 2005-05-16 14:56:03.580 DVB#0 ERROR - Unable to find channel in database.
> > 2005-05-16 14:56:03.584 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 1.>> On my system it reports error for channel 3 instead of 1. I changed> the channel numbers so that a DVB channel is on 3 instead of a analog
> channel.>> > Live TV is only on you 1st defined card.> > As far as I know switching from a NOT-DVB card to a DVB card isn't possible.>> That surprises me. But if I start a recording on the second channel,
> then I suppose I can watch it ? I will try that now...It is completely possible to switch in Live TV from a non-DVB card toa DVB card, or vice versa. Press Y to chance cards, and C to changeinputs (
i.e. tuner/comp/svid on PVR350) on the current card. You canalter which appears first by altering the card's/input's priority Ithink.As long as channels are setup correctly in myth (if using 0.18 and a
channel scan is successful you are almost there) you must ensure thatthe XMLTV ids are suitable, and that the start channel for each inputis set to a channel that actually exists (DVB channels can havenon-consecutive numbers when can be confusing).
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Re: [mythtv-users] Capture Card Settings in MythTV

On 5/29/05, Jason Luttrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm attempting to set up my capture cards and video card within MythTV
> setup and keep having troubles getting it to work.  First, I have two
> capture cards, both are PVR-150s with 1 being an MCE.  My video card
> is a GeForce FX 5200.  I'm running FC3 and have been following along
> Jarod Wilson's setup procedures for this.
> 
> First, I can't seem to figure out what my video card is on the system,
> but it's definitely not /dev/video.  I have several /dev/nvidia?
> devices, 1-3 I believe.  Also, I believe I need to know the /dev path
> of my capture cards to put in the MythTV setup, correct?  Sorry, I'm a
> bit of a newbie to Linux...

Try /dev/v4l/video0

You do need video4linux support built into your kernel.

> 
> Finally, when I set up my capture cards in MythTVSetup, which type of
> card do I use?  Do I set it up as a 250/350 even though I have a 150?
> Or is there another setting I should use?

That's what I did for my PVR-150. It seems to work. However I'm having
to modprobe the drivers by hand. If loaded at boot time they only
produce a blue screen in the video.

I'm not familiar with the MCE version.

- Mark
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[mythtv-users] DirectTV D10 Receiver - channel problems

2005-05-30 Thread LarryX


Hello all,

I'm having problems changing channels via serial cable, well not all 
channels just 0-99.  My mythbox has been down for a week or so tring to 
get the time to redo everything (Slackware 10.1 - 2.6.10).  I got it up 
this weekend, last week I noticed my receiver (D10) software was 
updated.  Well, non of the scripts I have will change to any channel 
0-99.  I also connected a windoze box up to the receiver using the 
software at www.dtvcontrol.com.  When I have the channel on lets say 2 
it reports FA A6 00 02 FF FF, but when I send the same string it fails.  
FA A6 00 64 FF FF and above works just fine.  Does anyone have a clue or 
recently seen the same problem with D10 receivers?



LarryX
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[mythtv-users] DVB channels get changed in DB (Autopid?)

2005-05-30 Thread Christian Hack

The channels in my DB (channel table) keep getting changed by the backend. I
assume this is something to do with the Autopid feature I see mentioned in
the logs.

Is there anyway to prevent this from happening? I have my channels set up
the way I want them, and these changes leave fields like xmltv id blank and
also include all the extra streams which are merely copies of the main
stream. So I end up with 30 odd channels when really there's only about 8
distinct ones (Brisbane, Australia).

Also it would seem some dvb related tables are no longer used/required?
dvb_pids seems to be unused.

CH

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Re: [mythtv-users] Can't mute, can't change 6cg AC3 volume, audio volume shift on play

2005-05-30 Thread Sasha Z

Just wanted to ask if anybody knew how to turn off all forms of
passthrough to the MCP-T dolby decoder..?
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Re: [mythtv-users] HD-3000 - No /dev/dvb device file?

2005-05-30 Thread Bruce Pennypacker


Patrick Kirchner wrote:

I'm running Debian Sid and am trying to use an HD-3000 with 
2.6.12-rc5-git4.  I've compiled and booted the kernel without a problem.
 
Modules videodev, dvb_core, dvb_p11 & or51132 all load successfully (or 
are at least present with lsmod), but despite having an up to date udev 
package installed and running I don't have a /dev/dvb.


I don't recognize the dvb_p11 module.  I have an HD-3000 running on 
Fedora Core 3 with the 2.6.12-rc3 kernel and the key module I have 
installed is cx88_dvb.  Here's some of what lsmod shows running on my 
system.  Note I also have a WinTV PVR-350 installed in this system:


[EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.12-rc3]# lsmod | grep -i dvb
cx88_dvb9540  0
cx8802 14916  1 cx88_dvb
mt352   9092  1 cx88_dvb
or5113211524  1 cx88_dvb
video_buf_dvb   8964  1 cx88_dvb
cx88xx 62304  3 cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx8800
video_buf  30148  6 
cx88_dvb,cx8802,video_buf_dvb,cx8800,cx88xx,bttv


(for some reason I also have dvb_core statically compiled into my kernel 
- don't recall why - but that's why it's not showing up as a module)


I've tried restarting udev but there is still no /dev/dvb.  Shouldn't 
the stock udev package create these device files?
 
I have also tried using the 10-pchdtv.permissions  10-pchdtv.rules files 
from http://www.pchdtv.com.  I'm not sure if I was using them correctly 
though.


If you have /etc/udev/rules.d/10-pchdtv.rules and 
/etc/udev/permissions.d/10-pchdtv.permissions then this should be all 
set.  It's probably because the right modules aren't being loaded that 
these aren't doing anything.  They won't be referenced until the drivers 
for the hardware are properly loaded & initialized.  If you want, 
however, you can edit /etc/udev/udev.conf and change udev_log to "yes". 
 This will output some debugging information into the syslog.


-Bruce
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[mythtv-users] PVR-350 test-image fails

2005-05-30 Thread mythtv


I cannot get the test image to display correctly. When issuing the commands:
# /sbin/rmmod saa7127
# /sbin/modprobe saa7127 test_image=1
The first blanks the TV-screen, but the second gives a very flickery and 
noisy image - not the vertikal bars as it should.


This has worked for me previously, but after a reinstall something seems 
to be missing. I have added VGA=791 to the end of my kernel lines in 
/boot/grub/grub.conf, and my modprobe.conf has these lines:

alias eth0 tulip
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx && 
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx

alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0
options ivtv ivtv_std=2 tda9887=0
install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb

The line "options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0" has not made 
any difference, but I also didn't use this last time it worked.


Appreciate any help!

Mogens
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Re: [mythtv-users] Nuvexport dies - no matching database entries (was Re: Remain in MPEG-2 but remove commercials?)

2005-05-30 Thread Lane Schwartz

On 5/27/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Oh, yeah. I only use nuvexport when I want to burn some shows to DVD.
> 
> So that works? My dad has a bunch of old family videos on tape. He
> 'interviewed' a bunch of my now gone relatives. He wants to digitize
> them with the PVR-150 I set up at their place and then burn them to
> DVD for the rest of family.

Yes and maybe. 

I have quite a number of DVDs that I have burned. However, the process
is not automated, and may be more complex than your dad wants to mess
with.

1. Record show(s) in Myth using my PVR-250
2. Edit each show for commercials (load commercial cutlist, optionally
edit cutpoints with e/z)
3. Run nuvexport to export show(s) to commercial-cut mpeg2 file(s)
4. Use mplayer to play each show, skimming through it to verify that
it exported properly and that there are no a/v sync issues
5. Use DVDStyler to create a DVD iso. DVDStyler lets you graphically
lay out a DVD menu, define which mpeg2 files are used in the DVD, and
define chapters. It will also let you preview the DVD before burning
it or saving it as an iso.
6. Use k3b to burn the iso.

Now for the maybe. In theory this process should also work for videos
captured from a VCR. But, as Cory pointed out, capture from a VCR
often yields audio-video sync issues.

I also have a closet full of old home videos that I want to put on
DVD, but I haven't gotten around to trying this lately.

The best thing to do is try it. If the above process sounds reasonable
to you, try capturing one video from a VHS tape and see if it works.
If you hit a/v sync issues, there are possible fixes, such as
ProjectX.

> > Also, fyi, mpeg2 cutting shouldn't take too long. Maybe 5-10 mins for
> > an hour show. Depends on your machine, but that's the right scale for
> > the timeframe.
> 
> 3GHz P4HT. Took about 10-12 minutes for the whole movie. The results
> weren't too bad. It missed 4 commercial breaks. I have to go back and
> see if they were flagged or not in myth. I guess if they weren't that
> I could somehow add them within the E/Z editor.

I always manually check the commercial cut points in the E/Z editor. I
almost always make some manual tweaks, but it depends on the show.
Taking a little extra time to make clean commercial cuts can make your
exported movie look a lot more professional.

> Thanks for your help.

No problem. Good luck!

Cheers,
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Yum versus apt

2005-05-30 Thread mogens lunde




Axel Thimm wrote:

On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 02:39:20PM +0200, mogens lunde wrote:





Did you modify /etc/apt/preferences?



No, I have not modfied any settings - but strictly followed Jarods 
description and only that.
Now I tried to reinstall FC3 + Mythtv from scratch again. Same 
phenomenon: Can only do an apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade, then 
  yum is the only possibility. It must be some peculiarity of my HW/SW 
settings I guess?


The Mythtv setup and everything went troublefree. Just a little issue 
now remaining with X-output using PVR350.


Mogens

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RE: [mythtv-users] Network speed.

2005-05-30 Thread Gavin Haslett

In my experience with networks (long experience, I'm an old man ),
there's no such thing as too much bandwidth. Were that my choice right
now I'd spend a few extra bucks and go gig... But make sure the network
cards in your machines are capable too. You won't gain anything by using
a gig switch with 100Mb NICs. 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Bongiovi
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 6:51 AM
To: Mark Knecht; Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Network speed.

All -

I have another, related, network question. I am planning to have 3 myth
boxes - one with a backend recording HDTV and a frontend hooked to a
computer monitor, a second with a backend recording SD and a front end
hooked to an HDTV, and a third with no backend, but hosting the video
files for mythvideo. It also has an HDTV frontend. So, worst case
network load seems to be two mythboxes pulling HDTV from the 3rd while
the 3rd is pulling a video from one of the others. Will a 100Mb network
do the job? Or, should I spend a few extra $$$ and get a 1000Mg network?

Thanks,
Rob
--- Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/29/05, Mathew Mrosko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > On Sunday 29 May 2005 09:06 pm, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >I just bought a cheap Netgear 5 port 100Mb
> switch for <$20 @ Frys.
> > > Why bother with the old stuff? You don't need a
> 24-port switch for 3-4
> > > frontends. You need the little guy I bought.
> > 
> > A) Because I already have it, why buy new, and
> just throw yet another thing
> > that could be useful away?  I'm no "tree-hugger"
> but I hate to throw
> > something away that will just take up more space
> in a land-fill somewhere,
> > especially when it could be useful still.
> > 
> > B) Because already having it is still cheaper than
> <$20 @ Frys.
> > 
> > C) Because it takes me over 1 1/2 hours to get to
> the neartest Frys.
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > (Sorry, I didn't mean to be a dick, the whole
> reason I posted to the mailing
> > list wasn't to get "hey, just buy something new"
> messages...  I could have
> > easily done that, I was just wondering if it would
> work with something I
> > already have.)
> > 
> > -Mat
> 
> OK, I wasn't taking your response as 'being a dick'.
> The online places
> have a boat-load of these things for <$25, and probably under $20  if 
> you look around. They are more reliable and cost less over time.
> 
> I've worked around networking hardware for a long time. In all 
> likelyhood, in my experience, it will work but not work very well. It 
> has enough bandwidth on paper but depending on the specific switch you

> may find that it really doesn't do 10Mb/S on each port.  It certainly 
> won't cost you much to find out. Try it. Nothing's lost, except time, 
> and probably $1/month in electricty. (Should you find yourself 
> slipping slightly closer to that tree...) ;-)
> 
> Sorry for not giving you this sort of answer to start. I wasn't being 
> smart. I value my time pretty highly.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
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RE: [mythtv-users] Power Management









Sorry for that. I am in the process of
installing MythTV and this is happening to me. I am new here so I should have
been more specific about the fact that I am installing MythTV.

 

 









From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tom Walsh
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:25 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Power
Management



 

G0dSmack wrote: 





How do I go about disabling power management in Fedora Core 3? My system seems
to be going into suspend mode and I cannot wake it for some reason. So I would
like to disable power management all together. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. 



Perhaps if you tried to ask the question on a RedHat
list you could get an answer...  This is the MythTV list, not the
Linux-Help-Hotline.







 




 



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RE: Re[2]: [mythtv-users] Unable to load Nvidia Kernal Module - Geforce 4MX - issues upgrading video cards

2005-05-30 Thread Gavin Haslett

Next thing to check would be that you're ACTUALLY running the kernel
version that you're installing the module for. Check your
/boot/grub/menu.lst and ensure you've booted the right kernel. Also run
dmesg and check to make sure that you're running the kernel you think
you are. You can install the module for any kernel you have installed,
but if you're running a different kernel version then you're not going
to be able to load it.

Gavin

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Jones
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:49 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re[2]: [mythtv-users] Unable to load Nvidia Kernal Module -
Geforce 4MX - issues upgrading video cards

Sunday, May 29, 2005, 11:11:39 AM, you wrote:

MTD> Mike Jones wrote:

>>Sunday, May 29, 2005, 12:44:39 AM, MTD wrote:
>>
>>MTD> modprobe nvidia
>>MTD> startx
>>
>>/sbin/modprobe nvidia
>>
>>FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
>>  
>>
MTD> Oh.  That means that you are lacking the nvidia kernel module 
MTD> interface for your kernel.  Try re-installing the nvidia drivers 
MTD> and keep a log in case it doesn't help.  The install log could be 
MTD> helpful in determining the problem.

Been there, done that, several times.  Did it again today, still no joy.
Rebooted, copied the xorg.conf.nvidia over the xorg.conf and still got
the same old same old msg. Time to do a complete reinstall, oh well.
Thanks for the tips.

Now my remote doesn't work, sigh.

Follows is the text from the install attempt #7.
-
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-graphics7174-kmdl-2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.atsmp
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 removed and 177 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1289kB of archives.
After unpacking 4383kB of additional disk space will be used.
Committing changes...
Preparing...###
[100%]
   1:nvidia-graphics7174-kmd###
[100%] Done.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# apt-get install nvidia-graphics7174 Reading Package
Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW
packages will be installed:
  nvidia-graphics7174
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 removed and 177 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1127kB of archives.
After unpacking 2885kB of additional disk space will be used.
Committing changes...
Preparing...###
[100%]
   1:nvidia-graphics7174###
[100%]
Done.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Power Management

2005-05-30 Thread Tom Walsh





G0dSmack wrote:

  
  
   How do I go about disabling power management in Fedora
Core
3? My system seems to be going into suspend mode and I cannot wake it
for some
reason. So I would like to disable power management all together. Any
help
would be greatly appreciated.  
   
  

Perhaps if you tried to ask the question on a RedHat list you could get
an answer...  This is the MythTV list, not the Linux-Help-Hotline.



  
      
  
  

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Re: [mythtv-users] Using Cut Points

2005-05-30 Thread Tom Walsh


Jason McLeod wrote:


I'm using a PVR-150 card, so my video is already MPEG2.

Is there a tool out there that will take my cut points and pass them  
to mpgsplit & mpgjoin to drop the cut sections out of the file to  
save space?


Or do I have to transcode? I'm not big on the transcoding, I find a  
lot of quality loss, and seeing as my quality is not that good to  
start with, (scan lines and such) I'd rather avoid that option.


Use "avidemux2", it will handle a variety of file formats both reading & 
writing.  Editing the nuv files is very simple to do.


TomW


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[mythtv-users] Power Management