Re: [mythtv-users] Aus XMLTV grabber
I've made some changes to the new Australian XMLTV grabber I've
written. To make it work with myth you need to apply a patch to
mythfilldatabase and set the TimeOffset to 'Auto' (or your time zone).
I've tested this myself now :).
In other news, there seems to be only 2 days of data in that Aus TV
guide at the moment. How often does the data drop down this low?
Links:
TV Guide: http://tvguide.org.au/
Grabber: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/xmltv/tv_grab_au_tuhs
Myth Patch: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/124771
P.S. You could also try getting the grabber to work without the myth
patch. You'll need to make mythfilldatabase use the tv_grab_au_tuhs
--force-explicit-timezone option. I haven't tested that particular
option though.
Will - well done on this. I am just starting out trying to to use it
and I have a few questions/comments.
1) tv_grab_au_tuhs -h says that -v = verbose. In fact it means show version.
2) On the 9MSN version my conf file is like this:
$channels = {
'ABC NSW' = 'nsw.abc.gov.au',
'ABC2' = 'abc2.abc.gov.au',
'CHANNEL NINE SYDNEY' = 'sydney.nine.com.au',
'CHANNEL SEVEN SYDNEY' = 'sydney.seven.com.au',
'NETWORK TEN SYDNEY' = 'sydney.ten.com.au',
'SBS NEWS' = 'news.sbs.com.au',
'SBS SYDNEY' = 'sydney.sbs.com.au'
};
I don't understand what my tuhs conf file needs to look like to keep
the channel names correct for how they're set up in the MythTV
database. Would it be something like
channels = (('nsw.abc.gov.au','ABC NSW'),('sydney.nine.com.au','CHANEL
NINE SYDNEY') etc...
3) I'm running MythTV 0.18.1. Do I need to apply the patch you
mentioned or has it been included? I was a bit unsure about those
patches - there seemed to be 2 with the same name attached to the
email in the gossamer thread archive. Also, how do you apply them? I'm
not used to applying patches. If I apply this patch with my old 9MSN
grabber and mythfilldatabase stop working correctly?
Thanks in advance,
Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] problem with nuvexport
Chris Petersen wrote: I upgraded to knoppmyth last weekend (r5a16) and I have now found that nuvexport will now no longer export to dvd for me. I've dug though the knoppmyth and mythtv archives and googled like crazy. Updated transcode, ffmpeg and nuvexport all to no avail. the error I get is a could not find codec parameters error, and I have copied some information below which includes the error from when I ran nuvexport with the debug option [snip] /tmp/fifodir_4713/vidout: could not find codec parameters That usually means that ffmpeg was not compiled with the proper codec support. You might have to compile ffmpeg manually if you want it to work. -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Thanks Chris. I'll give it a whirl. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.5.2 - Release Date: 03/06/2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Automatically rescan /myth/video?
Is there any way to set a cron job that automatically scans /myth/ video to update the library? I tend to upload things there from my computer while i'm watching something else (or while a family member is) and would like to have the mythvideo database updated without going through a bunch of steps. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how to install mt-daapd
Hi Ash, Here is an installation walk-through for Gentoo. Except for the installation of the software, setup on other distros should be similar. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Apple_ITunes_Server /Fredrik On 6/3/05, Ashu Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, Can anyone please show me the step-by-step installation of mt-daapd so that my iTunes on regular computer can receive the songs from MythMusic? Thanks, Ash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- My Gentoo + PVR-350 + IVTV + MythTV blog is on http://gentoomythtv.blogspot.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lots of Newbie Questions
On 6/2/05, Shaun Stelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to change channels while watching live tv? Using the guide to change channels? I think you just press the up/down arrow keys. I configured myth to show the channels before changing, so up/down then enter to accept the channel, otherwise the 5sec buffering time between changing channels is unbearable. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New nvidia driver released
On 06/02/05 22:50, Jeff Wormsley wrote: Howard Cokl wrote: * Removed support for legacy GPUs; please see Chapter 1. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System in the README for details. Hmmn. Must go see what is legacy and what is not... Yeah, some of those--like the GeForce2 Ti (see below)--might actually exist in some people's Myth boxes. I was just happy that they haven't mothballed the GF4MX440, yet. Mike Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases. NVIDIA chip name Device PCI ID ------ RIVA TNT 0x0020 RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028 RIVA TNT2 Ultra0x0029 Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro0x002D Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0 GeForce 2560x0100 GeForce DDR0x0101 Quadro 0x0103 GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150 GeForce2 Ti0x0151 GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152 Quadro2 Pro0x0153 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC works in xine, but not Myth
--- Isaac Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a 1800+ can play back 720p smoothly (ie, my machine) in non-Xv mode, why would a 2000+ not be able to? I've had problems with HDTV playback on Athlon 2500 processors, too. Are you playing back a 720p stream on an output device set to 720p? I don't understand how you're able to play HDTV on a 1800 processor. I have not heard of much success playing back HDTV streams with anything short of a 3GHZ HT P4. (I replaced my Athlon with this exact combination and I can finally watch 1080i streams on a 1080i TV without stuttering or playback problems.) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Audio loss during playback with Encrypted VOB file!
On 06/02/05 20:38, Max Barry wrote: Twice in the past month, I've been watching a recorded TV show when it has suddenly lost audio. I dug up the .nuv file and played it with mplayer, and it had audio all the way through. However, at the exact point at which MythTV loses audio, mplayer spits out: Encrypted VOB file! Read DOCS/HTML/en/dvd.html ... The two shows to experience this problem were different, but from the same channel (Channel 10). I capture digital TV in Australia using a DVB card. With one of the shows, the error is precisely between two advertisements. Perhaps the next advertisement is copyrighted and the copyright holder didn't want any unlicensed potential customers to see the ad. :) Kind of like the trailer for the movie Serenity ( http://www.serenitymovie.com/ ). The High-Def version of the trailer ( http://www.serenitymovie.com/media/serenityT1_720p_8mbit_LTR_NR.zip @ 131MB ) is actually encrypted WMV using Microsoft DRM! (And, therefore, the trailer is only playable on Windows.) Now, isn't the whole point of a trailer to give the movie broad exposure to a wide audience to try to increase the number of people who pay to go see the movie? I guess you have to show your MS Windows CoA at the ticket counter when you go to see Serenity... Either that or Universal knows that any Linux user is likely to already have the browncoat mentality (i.e. are galactic outcasts), and therefore is already planning to see the movie. :) OK. Back on subject... Have you tried running the videos through any tools to verify the streams? For example, you could do some quick checks with tcprobe, tcscan, etc. (others?) Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Help: issues in trying to enable DMA on hard drives for mythtv...
On 06/02/05 21:59, Robert McRostie wrote: One of the remaining problems that I have is the Live TV output is jerky. After searching the net I think this is related to me not being able to get the drives to use DMA. If I record anything the play back seems to be ok. ... 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5002 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 16 I/O ports at unassigned I/O ports at unassigned I/O ports at unassigned I/O ports at unassigned I/O ports at f000 [size=16] ... After searching for this on the internet I found the command hdparm -d1 /dev/hd? Which should enable dma access. But this does not work. I get an error stating HID0_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted a) When posting an error message please make sure you post the correct error message (HDIO_SET_DMA). HID0_SET_DMA (if it existed) would be far more likely to be a USB subsystem error than IDE error. b) Search on Google for (with quotes an pluses): +HDIO_SET_DMA +failed +Operation not permitted and you'll be amazed at how many other people have the same problem. Basically, your kernel does not have support for the SIS chipset. Anyway, I have recompiled the Kernel (which is 2.6.9 do to the custom driver for the DVICO card) to support the IDE controller and this did not make any difference. I am using a Gigabit mother board model GA-8S661FXM-775 with a p4 on it. A pretty quick machine for this task. Did you compile the support into the kernel (i.e. it cannot be a module)? Did you update your bootloader (GRUB or LILO)? Did you reboot the system and select the new kernel? Note, also, that if you have support for some kernel options (such as Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support a.k.a. CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC), they will typically prevent loading of the SiS support (i.e. the generic IDE support is tried first, and it works, so the kernel doesn't try the SiS support). Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New nvidia driver released
Doh! I run a TNT2 on my backend/frontend box. That said, I have always managed to overcome the engineer in me and have not updated the driver since I first installed myth. For once I have followed the rule, 'if it aint broke, don't try to fix it' ;) On 6/3/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06/02/05 22:50, Jeff Wormsley wrote: Howard Cokl wrote: * Removed support for legacy GPUs; please see Chapter 1. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System in the README for details. Hmmn. Must go see what is legacy and what is not... Yeah, some of those--like the GeForce2 Ti (see below)--might actually exist in some people's Myth boxes. I was just happy that they haven't mothballed the GF4MX440, yet. Mike Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases. NVIDIA chip name Device PCI ID ------ RIVA TNT 0x0020 RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028 RIVA TNT2 Ultra0x0029 Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro0x002D Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0 GeForce 2560x0100 GeForce DDR0x0101 Quadro 0x0103 GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150 GeForce2 Ti0x0151 GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152 Quadro2 Pro0x0153 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Philips 7134 cards????
Trying to get a definitive answer if these cards typically have hardware MPEG encoding built in or not. Anyone got the right answer? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
SV: [mythtv-users] Philips 7134 cards????
Title: Meddelelse I've a Terratec Cinergy C600 without hardware encoder. -Oprindelig meddelelse-Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Douglas EricksonSendt: 3. juni 2005 14:17Til: mythtv-users@mythtv.orgEmne: [mythtv-users] Philips 7134 cards Trying to get a definitive answer if these cards typically have hardware MPEG encoding built in or not. Anyone got the right answer? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
Alright, I found the bit I was looking for. To review: I downloaded the four FC3 isos and burmed them. All the md5sums checked out. Disc 1 booted fine, but two of the four discs failed the media check. I booted disc 1 again with the command: linux mediacheck nocddma. After this, the media check went fine and everything installed. I don't know if this is related to the problems you've been having, but I thought I'd share. Good luck. On 6/2/05, Dewey Smolka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to recall having a similar kind of issue with FC3 -- I burned the .isos, booted up the first one and all went well. I did a media test and found that discs 1 and 3 (maybe 4) were fine but the others read as corrupted. I double checked the md5sums and the images were OK. I then tried burning them on two different burners on the same box with no luck. I pumped out about 6 coasters before stumbling on a solution. I found the solution somewhere on this list, but I can't remember exactly what it was, except that I think it had something to do with dma. I wish I could help you more. I'll try to dig up the thread that got me sorted out and post it back here if I find it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythphone crashes
On Thursday 02 June 2005 18:36, Paul Volkaerts wrote: if i connect from one mythphone to another prior to that i get a message: Could no open H.263 Encoder a voice call works, but not a video call both ends crash immediately this is with CVS from yesterday Fixed in CVS, thanks. New libavcodec requries a parameter to be set that I was not setting. tested and i works again thanks -- Simon Kenyon email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:+353 1 805 9290 mobile: +353 86 240 0005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:25:06AM -0400, Todd Bowman wrote: I'm thinking of adding a second frontend to be able to watch content on a second TV and also to relieve some of the recording conflicts that keep popping up. I'm looking for an inexpensive video capture card. Since I have STBs for my digital cable, I don't need a TV tuner, just S-Video. Does anybody have any recommendations? I think you're confused. The second frontend will let you watch content on a second TV, but it won't help you with recording conflicts, nor does it need a video capture card. (It will need a video card to display content to your TV.) Adding video capture cards to an existing backend (or building a second slave backend machine) will help you with recording conflicts, but by itself won't let you watch content on a second TV. You can of course have machines running both FE and BE software. (To [not] answer your explicitly-posed question, I don't have any hardware recommendations.) --Rob signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC works in xine, but not Myth
On Thursday 02 June 2005 01:00 am, Michael Haan wrote: There are at least two other current threads talking about this right now.Youmayfindyouranswersthere(unlikesomeofus). Thanks for the tips. This list is such high volume, it is easy to miss important threads. I was able to track down the problem: I forgot to rerun configure after installing the nVidia XvMC. Thus, I built Myth without any knowledge of them. I've rebuilt Myth to use XvMCW, and all is well. -- Ray Lischner, author of C++ in a Nutshell http://www.tempest-sw.com/cpp ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
I know not everyone likes the idea of rebates, but here's a 160GB WD drive for $30 for those that do. It's only available for pick-up from CompUSA stores, so check their site for availability at your local store first. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=cjpfp=cjproduct_code=298017 - Jeff -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have 400 million. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC works in xine, but not Myth
On 6/3/05, Joe Barnhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand how you're able to play HDTV on a 1800 processor. I have not heard of much success playing back HDTV streams with anything short of a 3GHZ HT P4. (I replaced my Athlon with this exact combination and I can finally watch 1080i streams on a 1080i TV without stuttering or playback problems.) Then you haven't been readying this list since it's been talked about a LOT. For instance, I've had zero issues with my Celeron 2.5ghz frontend. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Getting good audio sync in nuvexport/transcodings w/cutlist?
It took me awhile to work up the ambition to anally insert Java enough to make ProjectX go. Once I did, I was surprised at how much functionality it had. It will do cutting, and when it does so it parses the stream and tries to correct varying A/V offsets after the first cut. Looked really good, but like I said, some folks have been having subtle issues with the sync of cut streams. Frankly, at this point, I would be happy with a cutting program that was given the leeway to move cutpoints to nearby I-frames or A/V sync points so that there is no rebuilding to be done, and no risk of loss of sync. That's all ProjectX does. The rebuilding I'm referring to is the APTS and VPTS. If an MPEG2 stream is cut, there's a gap in the PTS (presentation time stamp). Also, the fundamental problem causing the sync hiccups with avidemux et al is that the ivtv cards will munge the APTS different from the VPTS when there's a glitch in the signal. Avidemux can deal with a *static* offset between video and audio time, but when it *changes* in the way ivtv does with glitchy captures, the result is slowly varying sync offsets. ProjectX tries to rebuild the timestamps of the output streams it generates. For a full fledged editing studio, you need to edit to exact frames, but for elmination of commercials or extra snippets at the start and end of recordings, a little leeway is fine. Sure, but even that does not work reliably in all cases yet. Nuvexport/avidemux does well for 90% of the people who use it. Bad signal sources (particularly tape captures) almost never work correctly. Particularly if, for example, you just have a series of programs that you will not be watching for several months, programs that have a cutlist so you won't watch the cut parts if you watch them now, and you just want to delete the stuff you would not have watched anyway from your disk. Yeah, wouldn't that be nice :) The perfect way it would work would be what you describe... lossless/bugless MPEG2 cutting of the original stream in the mythtv database. No point in wasting space storing commercials if it's going to be on the box for awhile. They way it is now, however, it's an all or nothing thing. If you want to save space, you *MUST* transcode and store in MPEG4. Not acceptable for me, I'm afraid... I make settop-playable DVD's of lots of my captures. Ideally, the lossless cutting could become the commercial-free master and live within mythtv. From that, one could export MPEG4's, or denoise and size/bitrate reduce MPEG2's without losing the master. I will check into project X, the web examples did not imply an easy cutting interface. Myth has a reasonably decent cutting interface, though if I were designing it I would add mouse/trackball support to make it really easy to slide and search through the program for the cutpoints you want. I agree... the mythtv interface to cutting is great. My gripe (as mentioned above) is the all-or-nothing transcoding. Maybe I'm too ignorant of the way to run mythtv, but I AIUI, for mythtv, transcoding (from mpeg2 capture) == mpeg4. IIRC, the projectX cutlist was pretty simple. Converting the mythtv cutlist to it wouldn't be hard, and I think it's been done. I can imagine a nice mouse interface that went like this: a) Click to start hunting. Roll mouse, picture zooms by very fast. The screen's worth of movement covers the entire video. Get close to your cutpoint. b) Click again and now the mouse movement moves more slowly, the full screen of movement covers just a minute or two. Get closer c) Click again and the full sweep is now just a few seconds d) Click again and the sweep is just 30 frames or so. Ideally the frames are actually displayed as thumbs. Final double click to pick frame. right click to go back up. I bet with an interface like this I could move to any frame I wanted in a little back and forth of the mouse, in very short time. Beyond what myth needs, though. That's similar to how professional video editing stations work. Shuttle/jog, etc. The Mythtv cutter is similar, but within the confines of a remote control. For me, the mythbox is almost completely stand-alone, settop. Having to pull up a command window, or grab a mouse is not really acceptable. -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss* * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Frontend crashes when starting to watch some recordings
Hi everybody, My TV frontend has started to crash recently. It happens when I start to watch some recordings (say about 1 out of every 3). If I restart the frontend and try again, it will work. Once I had to restart twice. Also, when I start some recordings on my desktop frontend (a beefier machine), it will play a split second of audio, pause for around two seconds, then play normally. I think this is related. Since the TV frontend has no keyboard or mouse, the power button tip here: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php is the only thing that makes this problem slight annoyance instead of a WAF killer. My setup: Backend: 3 Freestyle's, 800 MHz Duron, 256MB RAM. 40 GB ext2 / drive, 160MB jfs /mnt/store/ drive. TV Frontend: MX440 vga out to Scan converter, 733MHz P3, 256 MB RAM, root mounted NFS from backend. Desktop Frontend: Athlon XP 2000+, 256MB RAM, 40 GB drive, Nvidia TNT2. All systems are running Debian Sarge. I have made four major changes to my entire setup recently, so I imagine that one of them is the culprit. (1) Updated to 0.18 (not 0.18.1 yet) (2) Upgraded TV frontend hardware from Celeron 433/TNT2 (3) Added 160MB JFS video storage drive to backend (4) Changed backend motherboard from a VIA chipset to a Sis chipset board. This fixed any problems I had with recording 2 programs at once. Any ideas? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New nvidia driver released
David Whyte wrote: Doh! I run a TNT2 on my backend/frontend box. That said, I have always managed to overcome the engineer in me and have not updated the driver since I first installed myth. For once I have followed the rule, 'if it aint broke, don't try to fix it' ;) You have much more will power then I do - thats for sure. I wish I had enough will power not to update things as soon as they came out :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how to install mt-daapd
Fred, Thanks for the quick response. I don't know how to install it, so I just started from step one from the site u told me: I don't seem to have emerge commandwhat is the nano command? thanks, --a-- On 6/3/05, Fredrik Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ash, Here is an installation walk-through for Gentoo. Except for the installation of the software, setup on other distros should be similar. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Apple_ITunes_Server /Fredrik On 6/3/05, Ashu Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, Can anyone please show me the step-by-step installation of mt-daapd so that my iTunes on regular computer can receive the songs from MythMusic? Thanks, Ash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- My Gentoo + PVR-350 + IVTV + MythTV blog is on http://gentoomythtv.blogspot.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] universal remote for pvr-250
On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Ashu Desai wrote: Hello all, I lost my remote control for PVR-250 and was wondering if I can use either of the following: Sony RM-Y168 (my TV remote) Sony RMT-D128A (my DVD remote) Sony RM-V8A (universal remote) JVC LP20303-009 for my PVR-250 card... If so, I would appreciate a step-by-step guidance. I am a Unix rookie and can't figure out much on my own. Thanks, Ash. IIRC the PVR can only detect RC5 remotes. There is a file on the home page of lirc (http://www.lirc.org) remotes.tar.bz2 that has the codes of all the currently known remotes. Unpacking that file and looking in the Sony directory, I do not see any of your Sony remotes, but grepping them for RC5 only returns one match, so I would suspect Sony does not use RC5 protocol. Grepping in the jvc directory for RC5 returns no matches. I think Philips came up with RC5, there are many matches for it in the philips directory. You could get a pretty cheap universal remote from Radio Shack, and program it to imitate a Philips remote, or Hauppauge have a replacement remote on their site for $14.95 (http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware.asp#remote). -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] problem with nuvexport
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 13:42 -0700, Chris Petersen wrote: I upgraded to knoppmyth last weekend (r5a16) and I have now found that nuvexport will now no longer export to dvd for me. I've dug though the knoppmyth and mythtv archives and googled like crazy. Updated transcode, ffmpeg and nuvexport all to no avail. the error I get is a could not find codec parameters error, and I have copied some information below which includes the error from when I ran nuvexport with the debug option [snip] /tmp/fifodir_4713/vidout: could not find codec parameters That usually means that ffmpeg was not compiled with the proper codec support. You might have to compile ffmpeg manually if you want it to work. I tried to build ffmpeg from source to enable the dvd flag, but once done, I always get that error no matter what format I choose. How can I see what codec it is looking for? I've pretty much enabled everything during the configure. Lonnie Borntreger ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tweaks to playback HDTV
Garry, I just used the example from the sudoers file since I'm relatively new to Linux and sudo (I'm also on a disconnected network (dial-up), so my security concerns are lowered. You're right that I don't think you need to have mythtv be able to run *everything*. I don't know which of the myth programs apart from mythfrontend you would need access to though (mythtv, mythtvosd, mythepg, etc.)? I don't know sudo that well, does anyone know if you can just specify something like myth* for the programs? Doug, I've read several comments about realtime and selinux. When I installed FC3, I disabled selinux (per Jarod's instructions). Should that matter? Or is it just a factor of FC3 that prevents me from doing the chmod u+s mythfrontend solution? I'm open to other ideas since one of the issues I have is with mythvideo. The jpg cover art files that are downloaded end up saved as root root and not mythtv mythtv. This only happened after I started using sudo (I usually go check the cover art and generally update it with the artwork on amazon (imdb has more movie posters and I prefer the dvd covers, just personal preference)). Now I have to change the owner/group and then copy over the new artwork. Thanks phlepper-- I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.--Confucius ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how to install mt-daapd
Ash, if you do not have the emerge command, you are not running Gentoo - what distribution do you use ? Emerge is a gentoo specific system for getting, and installing packages from source. On the daapd site, I found this link which might help. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030711140157143 You should still be able to follow the gentoo howto - just skip the first section: # mkdir /etc/portage # echo media-sound/daapd ~x86 /etc/portage/package.keywords # echo media-sound/daapd howl aac mpeg4 /etc/portage/package.use # emerge -D -v daapd and in its place, compile and install daapd from source (see: http://www.deleet.de/projekte/daap/daapd/) ensuring you compile in support for howl, aac and mpeg4 (I think - I'm no gentoo expert) Richard Fred, Thanks for the quick response. I don't know how to install it, so I just started from step one from the site u told me: I don't seem to have emerge commandwhat is the nano command? thanks, --a-- On 6/3/05, Fredrik Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ash, Here is an installation walk-through for Gentoo. Except for the installation of the software, setup on other distros should be similar. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Apple_ITunes_Server /Fredrik On 6/3/05, Ashu Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, Can anyone please show me the step-by-step installation of mt-daapd so that my iTunes on regular computer can receive the songs from MythMusic? Thanks, Ash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- My Gentoo + PVR-350 + IVTV + MythTV blog is on http://gentoomythtv.blogspot.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tweaks to playback HDTV
Paul Leppert wrote: Doug, I've read several comments about realtime and selinux. When I installed FC3, I disabled selinux (per Jarod's instructions). Should that matter? Or is it just a factor of FC3 that prevents me from doing the chmod u+s mythfrontend solution? I really don't know; I run Debian (and self-built stock Linus kernels at that), but reports on the list are that even disabling selinux is not sufficient to allow SUID root mythfrontend to work its realtime priority magic. I'm open to other ideas since one of the issues I have is with mythvideo. The jpg cover art files that are downloaded end up saved as root root and not mythtv mythtv. This only happened after I started using sudo If you're up for building your own kernel, I'd highly recommend the new realtime scheduling options in the newest kernels (2.6.12-rc3 and up). It's currently pretty far from a pushbutton install though, as you'll also need an updated PAM (all the info is in the links from my original posting I referenced in my last msg). -Doug signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New nvidia driver released
Howard Cokl wrote: Nvidia released 1.0.7664 yesterday, haven't tried it yet. Linux Display Driver - IA32 Version: 1.0-7664 Operating System: Linux IA32 Release Date: June 1, 2005 Release Highlights * Added OpenGL 2.0 Support. * Added initial support for Xinerama + OpenGL; see APPENDIX V in the text README. * Added support for the EXT_framebuffer_object OpenGL extension. * Added NV-CONTROL support for manipulating DDC/CI settings; see the AllowDDCCI X config option in the text README. * Added support for GPU clock manipulation; see the Coolbits X config option documented in Appendix D. * Added support for NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync. * Added support for GeForce 6200 AGP. * Improved DPMS behavior on flatpanels. * Removed support for legacy GPUs; please see Chapter 1. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System in the README for details. * Install NVIDIA OpenGL headers by default. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users what i find funny is that they added support for the 6200agp.. i've been using that exact card for months without any problems.. even XvMC seems to work most of the time.. --John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?
Robert Tsai wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:25:06AM -0400, Todd Bowman wrote: I'm thinking of adding a second frontend to be able to watch content on a second TV and also to relieve some of the recording conflicts that keep popping up. I'm looking for an inexpensive video capture card. Since I have STBs for my digital cable, I don't need a TV tuner, just S-Video. Does anybody have any recommendations? I think you're confused. The second frontend will let you watch content on a second TV, but it won't help you with recording conflicts, nor does it need a video capture card. (It will need a video card to display content to your TV.) Adding video capture cards to an existing backend (or building a second slave backend machine) will help you with recording conflicts, but by itself won't let you watch content on a second TV. You can of course have machines running both FE and BE software. (To [not] answer your explicitly-posed question, I don't have any hardware recommendations.) I guess a slave backend with frontend is what I meant. I don't think adding a second capture card to my current MythTV box will work because of the need for two STBs. Back to my original question: Any recommendations for S-Video capture cards? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] pvr-150 tuner type 47 problem
2 PVR-150 in system-- Ok, from all the mailing lists I have seen it looks like this is what is comes down to: ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00892598, Revision 0x0001 ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected cx25840: Unknown parameter `no_black_magic' ivtv: Failed to load module cx25840 apparently that no_black_magic parameter is key to the 150 working (When I comment it out all i get is static) my problem is all the solutions out there say to upgrade the kernel but i am running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux mythtv 2.6.11.9-chw-2 #1 SMP Sat May 14 12:11:44 CDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Will a force install of 2.6.11.11 do the trick? I'd hate to download a kernel tarball and try to figure out all the config options that knoppmyth set for optimizing mythtv. Please help, I feel that this is the last hurdle to clear before getting my system up and running! More info below: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# more /etc/init.d/set_ivtv_params /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000 -f width=720,height=480 -p 6 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -c dnr_mode=0,dnr_temporal=4,dnr_spatial=4 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -x 0 /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -u 0x3000 -f width=720,height=480 -p 7 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -c dnr_mode=0,dnr_temporal=4,dnr_spatial=4 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -x 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# more /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c options cx25840 no_black_magic=1 options ivtv ivtv_std=0 tda9887=0,0 ivtv_debug=1 options cx25840 i2c_enable=1 options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1 options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 install ivtv /sbin/modprobe tuner; /sbin/modprobe msp3400; /sbin/modprobe saa7115; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r saa7115 /sbin/modprobe -r msp3400 /sbin/modprobe -r tuner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: HD-3000 and ATRPMS - Configuration?
If you find out Rob, let me know too. I went with the pcHDTV-2.0 drivers and not the linuxtv-dvb. It's been stable for about a month now and finally moved it into my entertainment center. My Mythtv system is the single source of TV content now. Next thing is to get the remote to work with everything and teach the wife. I have a few minor issues but nothing to justify trashing the whole project by a long shot. kel On 6/2/05, Rob Bongiovi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I'm pretty new to linux, but I have had good success getting MythTV running on FC3 via Jarod's how-to. I am trying to get an HD-3000 card to work. I see on his how-to, and a few times in this forum, that Jarod recommends using the atrpms for linuxtv-dvb for the HD-3000(available on the testing site). I've installed those, but am having a hard time getting the HD-3000 to work (and, in fact, have lost the ability to use my PVR-500MCE). In all the searching, I have not been able to get a clear sense of what I should be adding to my modprobe.conf and any other files for the HD-3000. Does anyone have suggestions on what I should do (er, should've done) after I installed the atrpms packages? Thanks! Rob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: HD-3000 and ATRPMS - Configuration?
Does anyone have suggestions on what I should do (er, should've done) after I installed the atrpms packages? I'll be attempting to add my HD3000 this weekend, so I'll let you know how far I get (I am also running a pvr-500). It's been stable for about a month now and finally moved it into my entertainment center. Kelly - are you pulling your HD OTA or Cable/QAM? Just curious. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: HD-3000 and ATRPMS - Configuration?
HD OTA all the way baby! Raw and uncut! kel On 6/3/05, Kent Ypma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have suggestions on what I should do (er, should've done) after I installed the atrpms packages? I'll be attempting to add my HD3000 this weekend, so I'll let you know how far I get (I am also running a pvr-500). It's been stable for about a month now and finally moved it into my entertainment center. Kelly - are you pulling your HD OTA or Cable/QAM? Just curious. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-150 tuner type 47 problem
Dan, Maybe I'm not seeing it but I cannot tell what version of ivtv you are running. On newer versions of ivtv no_black_magic is no longer a valid parameter. We have a PVR-150 in a Gentoo-based backend here. We are running ivtv-0.3.5p from the development donwload site. All we do to run it is this in /etc/conf.d/local.start modprobe tveeprom modprobe ivtv ivtv will not earlier in the boot sequence for us so sticking it in loacl.start was acceptable and is working fine. Everything about the newer drivers seems to be working well for us. Hope this helps. If you need more info feel free to write back on the list or directly. Cheers, Mark On 6/3/05, Dan H Orlic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 PVR-150 in system-- Ok, from all the mailing lists I have seen it looks like this is what is comes down to: ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00892598, Revision 0x0001 ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected cx25840: Unknown parameter `no_black_magic' ivtv: Failed to load module cx25840 apparently that no_black_magic parameter is key to the 150 working (When I comment it out all i get is static) my problem is all the solutions out there say to upgrade the kernel but i am running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux mythtv 2.6.11.9-chw-2 #1 SMP Sat May 14 12:11:44 CDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Will a force install of 2.6.11.11 do the trick? I'd hate to download a kernel tarball and try to figure out all the config options that knoppmyth set for optimizing mythtv. Please help, I feel that this is the last hurdle to clear before getting my system up and running! More info below: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# more /etc/init.d/set_ivtv_params /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000 -f width=720,height=480 -p 6 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -c dnr_mode=0,dnr_temporal=4,dnr_spatial=4 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -x 0 /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -u 0x3000 -f width=720,height=480 -p 7 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -c dnr_mode=0,dnr_temporal=4,dnr_spatial=4 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -x 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# more /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c options cx25840 no_black_magic=1 options ivtv ivtv_std=0 tda9887=0,0 ivtv_debug=1 options cx25840 i2c_enable=1 options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1 options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 install ivtv /sbin/modprobe tuner; /sbin/modprobe msp3400; /sbin/modprobe saa7115; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r saa7115 /sbin/modprobe -r msp3400 /sbin/modprobe -r tuner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] 'Vertical bands' with NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440
Hello, I have kind of a minor annoyance that I can't seem to figure out. I believe it is a problem with the NVidia drivers, but I am not sure. I am using S-Video out from an NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440. It works alright, but I can't get the picture quality to be as good as the regular TV (a Sony Wega Trinitron). But the real problem is that there are these vertical bands across the image. It's not so bad it REALLY interferes with using the thing, but it is annoying. The bands are there outside of myth as well. I am trying to figure out how to describe them, so bear with me. Across the screen at seemingly random places there are about 4-6 ~3/4in bands going from top to bottom. They are not really white, but they are much lighter than the picture below them. There is one right in the middle of the screen. I have used nvidia-settings to try to get rid of them, but nothing seems to affect them. Does anybody else have this problem? Any ideas? Thanks, ramzy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 'Vertical bands' with NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440
On 6/3/05, Ramzy Darwish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have kind of a minor annoyance that I can't seem to figure out. I believe it is a problem with the NVidia drivers, but I am not sure. I am using S-Video out from an NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440. It works alright, but I can't get the picture quality to be as good as the regular TV (a Sony Wega Trinitron). But the real problem is that there are these vertical bands across the image. It's not so bad it REALLY interferes with using the thing, but it is annoying. The bands are there outside of myth as well. I am trying to figure out how to describe them, so bear with me. Across the screen at seemingly random places there are about 4-6 ~3/4in bands going from top to bottom. They are not really white, but they are much lighter than the picture below them. There is one right in the middle of the screen. I have used nvidia-settings to try to get rid of them, but nothing seems to affect them. Does anybody else have this problem? Any ideas? I have one of these cards and use the composite output. The picture quality is as good as I get from my analog cable. You could try this and see if you get the same result. Also there's a new nvidia driver now available (7664), so you could try upgrading to that. Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-150 tuner type 47 problem
thank you for the reply, If that parameter is not longer necessary then I am truely at a loss. When that parameter is not set I get no errors at all, but a cat /dev/video0 test.mpg yeilds only static. I am running ivtv-0.3.5t I figured the later the driver the better the 150 support might be. If I could get your set_ivtv_params and ivtv module lines then maybe I can narrow the playing field a bit. Is your tuner 47 as well? from what I understand the tuner can be 47,50, 39... But it was also my understanding that it is auto detected now so tuner = xx no longer applies as well. I feel that I am close now... my IVTV output from dmesg: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones saa7115: starting probe for adapter SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000 (0x0) ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.3.5 (t) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.11.9-chw-2 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:09.0[A] - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3116 vendor: 0x1106 tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26552, rev = B268, serial# = 7954869 tveeprom: 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, Model 0x00892598, Revision 0x0001 ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected cx25840: starting probe for adapter SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000 (0x0) cx25840: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) cx25840: detecting cx25840 client on address 0x88 cx25840: writing init values cx25840: FW image '/lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM' of size 14264 loaded. cx25840: FW image md5 digest: 3a4803384f749d644ee1f1ca9dcb12fa cx25840: FW image sha1 digest: 2b5e6292b7391c980b93d156cf6b34178ce770f6 cx25840: Status: cx258433 (DEVICE_ID) ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok] ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok] tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86 ivtv: i2c attach [client=tda9887,ok] ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011 ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0 ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 128 16384 byte buffers 0 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32 ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 80 25920 byte buffers 0 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224 ivtv: Create DMA stream 2 using 165 12635 byte buffers 0 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24 ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 0 kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64 ivtv: Create stream 4 ivtv: Setting Tuner 47 tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0 cx25840: decoder set norm NTSC cx25840: decoder set input (6) cx25840: now setting Tuner input cx25840: set audio input (0) ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC. ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0 ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:0a.0[A] - GSI 18 (level, low) - IRQ 18 ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3116 vendor: 0x1106 tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1 ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #1 (0x10005) tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26552, rev = B268, serial# = 7954696 tveeprom: 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] cx25840: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #1 (0x10005) cx25840: detecting cx25840 client on address 0x88 cx25840: writing init values ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 2777, itv = 0xe0bdf3a0 ivtv: ivtv_enc_vbi_thread: pid = 2778, itv = 0xe0bdf3a0 cx25840: FW image '/lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM' of size 14264 loaded. cx25840: FW image md5 digest: 3a4803384f749d644ee1f1ca9dcb12fa cx25840: FW image sha1 digest: 2b5e6292b7391c980b93d156cf6b34178ce770f6 cx25840: Status: cx258433 (DEVICE_ID) ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok] ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok] tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86 ivtv: i2c attach [client=tda9887,ok] ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00892598, Revision 0x0001 ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected
Re: [mythtv-users] Frontend crashes when starting to watch some recordings
On 6/3/05, Mark J. Small [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, My TV frontend has started to crash recently. It happens when I start to watch some recordings (say about 1 out of every 3). If I restart the frontend and try again, it will work. Once I had to restart twice. Also, when I start some recordings on my desktop frontend (a beefier machine), it will play a split second of audio, pause for around two seconds, then play normally. I think this is related. Since the TV frontend has no keyboard or mouse, the power button tip here: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php is the only thing that makes this problem slight annoyance instead of a WAF killer. My setup: Backend: 3 Freestyle's, 800 MHz Duron, 256MB RAM. 40 GB ext2 / drive, 160MB jfs /mnt/store/ drive. TV Frontend: MX440 vga out to Scan converter, 733MHz P3, 256 MB RAM, root mounted NFS from backend. Desktop Frontend: Athlon XP 2000+, 256MB RAM, 40 GB drive, Nvidia TNT2. All systems are running Debian Sarge. I have made four major changes to my entire setup recently, so I imagine that one of them is the culprit. (1) Updated to 0.18 (not 0.18.1 yet) (2) Upgraded TV frontend hardware from Celeron 433/TNT2 (3) Added 160MB JFS video storage drive to backend (4) Changed backend motherboard from a VIA chipset to a Sis chipset board. This fixed any problems I had with recording 2 programs at once. What's the output of the frontend log when a crash occurs - seems like a good place to start. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] 'Vertical bands' with NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440
Hello, I have kind of a minor annoyance that I can't seem to figure out. I believe it is a problem with the NVidia drivers, but I am not sure. I am using S-Video out from an NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440. It works alright, but I can't get the picture quality to be as good as the regular TV (a Sony Wega Trinitron). But the real problem is that there are these vertical bands across the image. It's not so bad it REALLY interferes with using the thing, but it is annoying. The bands are there outside of myth as well. I am trying to figure out how to describe them, so bear with me. Across the screen at seemingly random places there are about 4-6 ~3/4in bands going from top to bottom. They are not really white, but they are much lighter than the picture below them. There is one right in the middle of the screen. I have used nvidia-settings to try to get rid of them, but nothing seems to affect them. Does anybody else have this problem? Any ideas? Thanks, ramzy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how to install mt-daapd
Sorry guys, I guess I should have clarifiedI am using Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 3 On 6/3/05, Ashu Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry guys, I guess I should have clarifiedI am using Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 3 On 6/3/05, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 03 June 2005 10:10, Ashu Desai wrote: what is the nano command? nano is a text editor. You can substitute vi, emacs, nedit, pico, or any other text editor of your choice. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 'Vertical bands' with NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440
On 6/3/05, Chris Rouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/3/05, Ramzy Darwish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have kind of a minor annoyance that I can't seem to figure out. I believe it is a problem with the NVidia drivers, but I am not sure. I am using S-Video out from an NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440. It works alright, but I can't get the picture quality to be as good as the regular TV (a Sony Wega Trinitron). But the real problem is that there are these vertical bands across the image. It's not so bad it REALLY interferes with using the thing, but it is annoying. The bands are there outside of myth as well. I am trying to figure out how to describe them, so bear with me. Across the screen at seemingly random places there are about 4-6 ~3/4in bands going from top to bottom. They are not really white, but they are much lighter than the picture below them. There is one right in the middle of the screen. I have used nvidia-settings to try to get rid of them, but nothing seems to affect them. Does anybody else have this problem? Any ideas? I have one of these cards and use the composite output. The picture quality is as good as I get from my analog cable. You could try this and see if you get the same result. Also there's a new nvidia driver now available (7664), so you could try upgrading to that. Also, if you have the chance, try a different S-Video or composite cable. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 'Vertical bands' with NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440
On 6/3/05, Ramzy Darwish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have kind of a minor annoyance that I can't seem to figure out. I believe it is a problem with the NVidia drivers, but I am not sure. I am using S-Video out from an NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440. It works alright, but I can't get the picture quality to be as good as the regular TV (a Sony Wega Trinitron). But the real problem is that there are these vertical bands across the image. It's not so bad it REALLY interferes with using the thing, but it is annoying. The bands are there outside of myth as well. I am trying to figure out how to describe them, so bear with me. Across the screen at seemingly random places there are about 4-6 ~3/4in bands going from top to bottom. They are not really white, but they are much lighter than the picture below them. There is one right in the middle of the screen. I have used nvidia-settings to try to get rid of them, but nothing seems to affect them. Does anybody else have this problem? Any ideas? You only need to post once. Gmail does not normally show you your own messages in the inbxo until they have replies. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?
Todd Bowman wrote: Robert Tsai wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:25:06AM -0400, Todd Bowman wrote: I'm thinking of adding a second frontend to be able to watch content on a second TV and also to relieve some of the recording conflicts that keep popping up. I'm looking for an inexpensive video capture card. Since I have STBs for my digital cable, I don't need a TV tuner, just S-Video. Does anybody have any recommendations? I think you're confused. The second frontend will let you watch content on a second TV, but it won't help you with recording conflicts, nor does it need a video capture card. (It will need a video card to display content to your TV.) Adding video capture cards to an existing backend (or building a second slave backend machine) will help you with recording conflicts, but by itself won't let you watch content on a second TV. You can of course have machines running both FE and BE software. (To [not] answer your explicitly-posed question, I don't have any hardware recommendations.) I guess a slave backend with frontend is what I meant. I don't think adding a second capture card to my current MythTV box will work because of the need for two STBs. Back to my original question: Any recommendations for S-Video capture cards? My $0.02... a) You won't save any money buying an S-Video-only card--SDTV analog tuners are dirt cheap today. b) I highly recommend the PVR-x50's (and, personally, wouldn't touch a frame grabber). If you've got experience with IvyTV, you could probably get PVR-150 up and running and it's not much more expensive than dumb frame grabbers. If not, there are still some really good deals on PVR-250MCE's (which are easier to set up). c) I have 2 tuners in my single FE/BE and both are connected to STB's controlled via IR. I just had to change the channel code on one of them (using code 1 and code 9 of 16). Works fine--especially since all MPEG encoding is done on-card (so it even works on a friend's machine with 4 PVR-250's). Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
Jeff Simpson wrote: I know not everyone likes the idea of rebates, but here's a 160GB WD drive for $30 for those that do. It's only available for pick-up from CompUSA stores, so check their site for availability at your local store first. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=cjpfp=cjproduct_code=298017 That's hilarious. I bought the exact same drive from CompUSA for the same $30 after rebate on Sunday. The only difference was that it was delivery only (so I had to spend $20 more to get the $0.01 shipping). Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-150 tuner type 47 problem
I see you're using -p 6 and - p 7 for your two PVR-150 cards. Did you try other values for the -p option for ivtv? Mine used -p 4 for the tuner input and -p 0 for S-Video. I would first verify that the signal you're feeding it is good and is on a known channel (connect it directly to a TV), then try this: ptune.pl --channel 4 --input /dev/video0 (change channel and device as appropriate) ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -p 0 ivtvctl -I and look to see if it has a good signal - the first two lines should tell you. If not, repeat the second two commands with -p 1 through -p 8 and see what they give you. Daniel Segel Dan H Orlic wrote: 2 PVR-150 in system-- Ok, from all the mailing lists I have seen it looks like this is what is comes down to: ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00892598, Revision 0x0001 ivtv: NTSC tuner detected ivtv: Radio detected cx25840: Unknown parameter `no_black_magic' ivtv: Failed to load module cx25840 apparently that no_black_magic parameter is key to the 150 working (When I comment it out all i get is static) my problem is all the solutions out there say to upgrade the kernel but i am running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux mythtv 2.6.11.9-chw-2 #1 SMP Sat May 14 12:11:44 CDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Will a force install of 2.6.11.11 do the trick? I'd hate to download a kernel tarball and try to figure out all the config options that knoppmyth set for optimizing mythtv. Please help, I feel that this is the last hurdle to clear before getting my system up and running! More info below: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# more /etc/init.d/set_ivtv_params /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000 -f width=720,height=480 -p 6 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -c dnr_mode=0,dnr_temporal=4,dnr_spatial=4 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -x 0 /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -u 0x3000 -f width=720,height=480 -p 7 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -c dnr_mode=0,dnr_temporal=4,dnr_spatial=4 #/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -x 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# more /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c options cx25840 no_black_magic=1 options ivtv ivtv_std=0 tda9887=0,0 ivtv_debug=1 options cx25840 i2c_enable=1 options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1 options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 install ivtv /sbin/modprobe tuner; /sbin/modprobe msp3400; /sbin/modprobe saa7115; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r saa7115 /sbin/modprobe -r msp3400 /sbin/modprobe -r tuner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Xbox - Themes for .18
I noticed the themes packaged with the Xbox install is missing a few especially my favorite, Titivillus. Can I manually install this on my Xbox frontend? How can I do this if possible? Thanks to the group again for all the support... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Program Info for Custom Channel Lineup
On 5/29/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/28/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I created a custom channel lineup for my HD3000 (ie, it doesn't pull from DataDirect). I've tried setting the xmltvid's to match that of my analog lineup, but I still get no program info when browsing live tv. I'm concerned this will cause an issue with trying to set recording schedules. Is there another way to do this? Have you also got all of your HD3000 channels setup with the appropriate XMLTV ids? As long as mythfilldatabase has somewhere to put the data (i.e. correct input number, some xmltv ids to match against) the data should appear. I created a custom channels lineup in the UK using mythfilldatabase manually and it didnt have a problem populating the channel data. Nick What I ended-up doing was figuring out which channels I would get with the 3000, selecting only those in my DD digital lineup, setup the input with that lineup, and do a channel scan. Then, manually through the database, mode DD channel entries with the scanned entries data and remove the scanned entries. Myth now knows how to tune these channels, as well as get new schedule information. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] universal remote for pvr-250
...and, Jarod has a guide to help you: http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php On 6/3/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Ashu Desai wrote: Hello all, I lost my remote control for PVR-250 and was wondering if I can use either of the following: Sony RM-Y168 (my TV remote) Sony RMT-D128A (my DVD remote) Sony RM-V8A (universal remote) JVC LP20303-009 for my PVR-250 card... If so, I would appreciate a step-by-step guidance. I am a Unix rookie and can't figure out much on my own. Thanks, Ash. IIRC the PVR can only detect RC5 remotes. There is a file on the home page of lirc (http://www.lirc.org) remotes.tar.bz2 that has the codes of all the currently known remotes. Unpacking that file and looking in the Sony directory, I do not see any of your Sony remotes, but grepping them for RC5 only returns one match, so I would suspect Sony does not use RC5 protocol. Grepping in the jvc directory for RC5 returns no matches. I think Philips came up with RC5, there are many matches for it in the philips directory. You could get a pretty cheap universal remote from Radio Shack, and program it to imitate a Philips remote, or Hauppauge have a replacement remote on their site for $14.95 (http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware.asp#remote). -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Jeff Born is out of the office.
I will be out of the office starting 06/03/2005 and will not return until 06/08/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVD recording sync issues with PVR 350
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 02:02:37AM -0700, John Kondis wrote: out ProjectX has a CLI (command line interface). It's a little tricky to figure out, but this now works great for me: java -jar compiled_projectX_file -c projectX_ini_file -n output_stream_basename -o dir_to_put_streams input_nuv_file Where did you find the docs on the CLI? I am trying to find a way to squeeze down a 5.5MB PVR-350 recording so it fits on a single DVD. Originally, I used replex to demux it, then ran tcrequant on the result. It made it smaller, but I had serious sync issues. I thought I might use ProjectX to demux it, then rnu tcrequant on that, then use mplex on it. Tried that, but the generated DVD wouldn't play. Something is weird. Do you know if there is a command-line option to ProjectX that will cause it to re-encode video at a bitrate of my choosing? Thanks, -- John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] universal remote for pvr-250
Hmmm... the 15-2116 in the guide is no longer listed on Radioshack's website. Does anyone know if they still have it in stores? Brad Kerr wrote: ...and, Jarod has a guide to help you: http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php On 6/3/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Ashu Desai wrote: Hello all, I lost my remote control for PVR-250 and was wondering if I can use either of the following: Sony RM-Y168 (my TV remote) Sony RMT-D128A (my DVD remote) Sony RM-V8A (universal remote) JVC LP20303-009 for my PVR-250 card... If so, I would appreciate a step-by-step guidance. I am a Unix rookie and can't figure out much on my own. Thanks, Ash. IIRC the PVR can only detect RC5 remotes. There is a file on the home page of lirc (http://www.lirc.org) remotes.tar.bz2 that has the codes of all the currently known remotes. Unpacking that file and looking in the Sony directory, I do not see any of your Sony remotes, but grepping them for RC5 only returns one match, so I would suspect Sony does not use RC5 protocol. Grepping in the jvc directory for RC5 returns no matches. I think Philips came up with RC5, there are many matches for it in the philips directory. You could get a pretty cheap universal remote from Radio Shack, and program it to imitate a Philips remote, or Hauppauge have a replacement remote on their site for $14.95 (http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware.asp#remote). -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic sorting order
http://musicbrainz.org I've had very good luck with the MusicBrainz Tagger application for cleaning up ID3 tags. However it's a Windows-only app (there is an OSX version IIRC). I ran it on a rag-tag collection of about 150 MP3's from various sources, some pretty obscure, and most with munged or inconsitent tags. MusicBrainz found EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM in its database and both fixed the tags and renamed the files to my specs. Sometimes the initial search doesn't find it, but you can dig in to view the possible hits and I always found what I was looking for there. If by chance you have something they don't, you can add it to their database so the next person can find it. Perhaps it will help in your case by consistently naming the artists. David Fedor Pikus wrote: Question: can I affect the order in which mythmusic lists files *in the play window*? I can change the tree order, but that affects Select music window. So, I have the tree sorted by artist then title, and I select all music by Mozart and Paganini. Then I go to Play music and I see all titles by Mozart, followed by all titles by Paganini, but the order within each group seems to be random, definitely not sorted by title or album. On a somehat related question, has anyone found a way to deal with this little annoyance: I ripped 3 CDs and now I have music by 3 artists: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. In three different places in the search tree too. I can manually edit id3 tags, of course. Any quicker ways? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox - Themes for .18
You can copy the themes off your backend server. I had to do that when I upgraded to MythTV 0.18 and the scripts were still very fresh. On 6/3/05, A JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed the themes packaged with the Xbox install is missing a few especially my favorite, Titivillus. Can I manually install this on my Xbox frontend? How can I do this if possible? Thanks to the group again for all the support... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Myth seems to have gotten stuck
I had some weirdness occur last monday. I didn't notice till yesterday cause it wasn't till yesterday that I got around to watching stuff. Anyways, it looks like for some reason Myth got stuck, right around 8:30am on mon 30. It remained stuck until Tue 31 at 10:41am. At wich point it then tried to record all the shows it had missed previously, immediately stopping after starting. Everything seems to be working fine now. Just wanted to post so someone knows. Here is the log file. 2005-05-30 07:59:32.696 Started recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-30 07:59:33.650 Changing from None to RecordingOnly 2005-05-30 08:30:30.003 Finished recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 2005-05-30 08:30:30.187 Changing from RecordingOnly to None 2005-05-30 08:30:30.187 Reschedule requested for id 0. 2005-05-30 08:30:33.995 Scheduled 194 items in 3.8 = 0.01 match + 3.80 place 2005-05-31 10:40:32.467 Started recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:33.782 Changing from None to RecordingOnly Tue May 31 10:40:34 2005: wanted to record: 2005-05-31 10:40:34.035 Finished recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 Kim Possible 1061 Mon May 30 12:30:00 2005 But current2005-05-31 10:40:34.397 Changing from RecordingOnly to None state is: 4 currently: Kim Possible 1061 Mon May 30 11:00:00 2005 Mon May 30 11:30:00 2005 2005-05-31 10:40:34.803 Canceled recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:34.815 Started recording The Red Green Show on channel: 1015 on cardid: 2, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:35.264 Changing from None to RecordingOnly 2005-05-31 10:40:35.468 Finished recording The Red Green Show on channel: 1015 2005-05-31 10:40:35.521 Changing from RecordingOnly to None 2005-05-31 10:40:35.627 Started recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:36.012 Changing from None to RecordingOnly Tue May 31 10:42005-05-31 10:40:36.226 Finished recording Kim Possible on channel: 1061 0:36 2005: wanted to record: The Simpsons 1010 Mon May 30 18:00:00 2005 But current state is: 4 currently: Kim Possible 1061 Mon May 30 16:30:00 2005 Mon May 30 17:00:00 2005 2005-05-31 10:40:37.011 Canceled recording The Simpsons on channel: 1010 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:37.554 Started recording Family Guy on channel: 1048 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:38.037 Changing from None to RecordingOnly Tue May 312005-05-31 10:40:38.235 Finished recording Family Guy on channel: 1048 10:40:38 2005: wanted to record: Family 2005-05-31 10:40:38.330 Changing from RecordingOnly to None Guy 1048 Mon May 30 22:30:00 2005 But current state is: 4 currently: Family Guy 1048 Mon May 30 22:00:00 2005 Mon May 30 22:30:00 2005 2005-05-31 10:40:38.974 Canceled recording Family Guy on channel: 1048 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:39.528 Started recording Futurama on channel: 1072 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-05-31 10:40:39.963 Changing from None to RecordingOnly Tue May 31 12005-05-31 10:40:40.162 Finished recording Futurama on channel: 1072 0:40:40 2005: wanted to record: 2005-05-31 10:40:40.305 Changing from RecordingOnly to None StarGazer 1013 Tue May 31 01:00:00 2005 But current state is: 4 currently: Futurama 1072 Mon May 30 23:00:00 2005 Mon May 30 23:30:00 2005 2005-05-31 10:40:36.332 Changing from RecordingOnly to None ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] lirc and lola
Hi, Is anyone able to make lola remote work with lirc with package from atrpms? The remote work with ati_remote module as an input device. But it doesn't work with lirc. I have renamed the ati_remote.ko and lirc_atiusb seems to load, so as lircd. However, I don't get anything from irw. Any suggestion for me to debug this. Thanks, -Calvin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: universal remote for pvr-250
On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Ashu Desai wrote: Hello all, I lost my remote control for PVR-250 and was wondering if I can use either of the following: Sony RM-Y168 (my TV remote) Sony RMT-D128A (my DVD remote) Sony RM-V8A (universal remote) JVC LP20303-009 for my PVR-250 card... If so, I would appreciate a step-by-step guidance. I am a Unix rookie and can't figure out much on my own. Thanks, Ash. I use a All-4-One Kameleon 8-in-1 universal remote (model URC9962). UEI has a special code for the Hauppauge PVR250/350 (VCR code 1992), which is not perfect, but much better than the alternative Phillips/Magnavox VCR (code 0081). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythgame setup docs and some questions. LONG
I've recently been playing around with mythgame and wrote up some docs form the notes that i took during my install that i thought would be useful to others as the official docs are a bit thin on the subject. Bare with me as it's a bit longwinded and this is the first time i've used XMAME or mythgame so if i'm suggesting something that is basic lunacy please point it out. At the bottom i have some questions about some of the setup options. ### Mythgame: hary's setup notes ## Mythgame Setup: this is a how to for setting up XMAME as part of mythgames on linux using the CVS version of MythTV. Overview: 1. setup directory structure 2. download and install XMAME 3. download and place files (artwork/catver.ini/etc..) 4. download and install mythgame 5. setup mythgame from inside mythfrontend hints: No joystick solution 1. Setup Directory Structure to keep things organized create the following directories within a parent directory called games: cabinets, cheats, flyers, hiscore, screenshots, and roms. cd (path to where you want to setup your games directory) mkdir games cd games mkdir cabinets cheats flyers hiscore roms screens 2. Download and install XMAME head over to http://x.mame.net and download the source for xmame/xmess. uncompress it, configure, make and install it. move it to where you install from, for me /usr/local/src mv xmame-0.96.tar.gz2 /usr/local/src/xmame-0.96.tar.gz2 unzip it. tar -jxvf xmame-0.96.tar.gz2 cd xmame-0.96.tar.gz2 note: read the docs if you want to compile in joystick support. (I don't have one so i skipped this) make sudo make install post XMAME install setup mkdir ~/.xmame cp docs/xmamerc.dist ~/.xmame/xmamerc use your favorite editor to edit ~/.xmame/xmamerc You need to set some paths in the ### Fileio Related ### section rompath /mythtv/games/xmame/roms snapshot_directory. cheat_file/mythtv/games/xmame/cheat.dat hiscore_file/mythtv/games/xmame/hiscore.dat history_file/mythtv/games/xmame/history.dat mameinfo_file/mythtv/games/xmame/mameinfo.dat now it is time to test XMAME before we attempt to get it running inside MythTV place your ROM in the roms directory you created earlier there are plenty of online places to purchase legit ROMs for use with MAME. There are also places that will take your old cartridges and transfer the ROMs to CDs for you. launch xmame with the classic game of choice, gauntlet for me! xmame.x11 gauntlet after OK'ing the ownership screen, the info screen and the caveats screen. you can start playing. TAB will bring up a OSD, On Screen Display, which will show you the keyboard settings. ~ will help you with the volume ESC will get you out of it. 3. download and place files (artwork/catver.ini/etc..) Download catver.ini catver.ini is a catalog of CATagories and VERsions of MAME games. it helps in organizing your games within mythgame. You can pick up a copy at http://www.catver.com or http://.mameworld.net/catlist place it in your /mythtv/games/xmame directory Download flyers from http://www.arcadeflyers.net if you like. 4. download and install mythgame. mythgame is part of the mythplugins package so use the download information in the myth docs. http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html substitute mythplugins for mythtv in the download instructions. after mythplugins have been downloaded cd mythplugins you can install all the default plugins by ./compile or only mythgame with: ./compile --disable-all --enable-mythgame qmake mythplugins.pro make sudo make install 5. setup mythgame from inside mythfrontend launch mythfrontend and navigate to Utilities/SetupSetupMedia SettingsGame SettingsGeneral Settings on page one you can setup the display order of your games, its page 2 and 3 that we need to setup. MIME binary location: /usr/local/bin/xmame.x11 path to xmame binary MIME ROM location:/mythtv/games/xmame/roms where you store all your roms catver.ini file: /mythtv/games/xmame/catver.iniwe put this here in step 3, Category Version Info MAME screenshots path:/mythtv/games/xmame/screenshots MAME hiscores path: /mythtv/games/xmame/hiscore where XMAME stores hiscores??? MAME hiscores file: /mythtv/games/xmame/hiscore.dat where XMAME stores hiscores??? MAME flyers path: /mythtv/games/xmame/flyers MAME cabinets path: /mythtv/games/xmame/cabinets MAME history path:/mythtv/games/xmame/history.dat MAME cheat files path:/mythtv/games/xmame/cheats MAME image downloader Huh old? and the options Automatically download images if you have the MAME image downloader setup this toggles it on Show disclaimershow legal ROM warnings before starting game Show game infoshow info about the game, ie:year, maker, CPU, sound, screen resolution before
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVD recording sync issues with PVR 350
John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 02:02:37AM -0700, John Kondis wrote: out ProjectX has a CLI (command line interface). It's a little tricky to figure out, but this now works great for me: java -jar compiled_projectX_file -c projectX_ini_file -n output_stream_basename -o dir_to_put_streams input_nuv_file Where did you find the docs on the CLI? Run Project X from a shell (even just starting the GUI) and look at the output. The first 30 lines or so give you the command line usage. I am trying to find a way to squeeze down a 5.5MB PVR-350 recording so it fits on a single DVD. Wow. I've been fitting 5 hours of TV (with commercials cut) on a single DVD--with as much as 10MB to spare--I couldn't have set my recording parameters better if I had tried. Originally, I used replex to demux it, then ran tcrequant on the result. It made it smaller, but I had serious sync issues. Yep. Happens on all the recordings I've seen from the local cable company--up to 5 seconds off at the end of a 1 hour recording. Some (fortunate) people only see it with recordings off a VCR. My DISH network recordings only have about 1/30th second offset after an hour, so using replex averages it out to unnoticeable offset. I thought I might use ProjectX to demux it, then rnu tcrequant on that, then use mplex on it. Tried that, but the generated DVD wouldn't play. Something is weird. Since there are many steps in making a DVD, it's possible that one of the other steps in the process is failing. Each step has dependencies on previous steps, so when you change the process, it's likely to break until you find out how to adapt the steps following the new step in the process... In other words, without seeing the whole process--step by step and command by command (and explicit version numbers of each command)--there are way to many variables to guess what's causing the problem. However, if you get the process working, I highly recommend you watch the DVD recording before deleting the original--especially if the original is valuable content. I've noticed that although Project X will generally improve the sync on PVR-x50 recordings, you will get pops and cracks where it skips audio and in some portions of the video, the sync will be offset. For example, in a 1-hour recording that showed a sync difference of 5sec at the end without Project X, after processing with Project X, sync was basically correct at the beginning, the middle, and the end; but when I watched the video, I noticed some areas (2 or 3 times in the recording) where sync was off (just barely enough to notice--maybe 1/10sec) for up to 5 or 10 seconds. Oh, and don't even think about processing a recording whose sync is fairly close--I did (just in case) and it made the sync worse than the original (added noticeable offsets 2 or 3 times as described above). So, for my DISH recordings, I fix the sync using replex to average it out. For cable recordings, I use Project X--but only because I haven't found a better tool. Do you know if there is a command-line option to ProjectX that will cause it to re-encode video at a bitrate of my choosing? Everything I've seen about Project X says it does demux well, but everything else (including re-encoding) not so well--i.e. Project X only fixes A/V sync when you demux; it won't fix sync if you re-encode. I'd work on figuring which part of the process is failing. Mike Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how to install mt-daapd
Hi, I am using FC3 in Red Hat. Does it have the same steps? thanks, --a-- On 6/3/05, Richard Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ash, if you do not have the emerge command, you are not running Gentoo - what distribution do you use ? Emerge is a gentoo specific system for getting, and installing packages from source. On the daapd site, I found this link which might help. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030711140157143 You should still be able to follow the gentoo howto - just skip the first section: # mkdir /etc/portage # echo media-sound/daapd ~x86 /etc/portage/package.keywords # echo media-sound/daapd howl aac mpeg4 /etc/portage/package.use # emerge -D -v daapd and in its place, compile and install daapd from source (see: http://www.deleet.de/projekte/daap/daapd/) ensuring you compile in support for howl, aac and mpeg4 (I think - I'm no gentoo expert) Richard Fred, Thanks for the quick response. I don't know how to install it, so I just started from step one from the site u told me: I don't seem to have emerge commandwhat is the nano command? thanks, --a-- On 6/3/05, Fredrik Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ash, Here is an installation walk-through for Gentoo. Except for the installation of the software, setup on other distros should be similar. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Apple_ITunes_Server /Fredrik On 6/3/05, Ashu Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, Can anyone please show me the step-by-step installation of mt-daapd so that my iTunes on regular computer can receive the songs from MythMusic? Thanks, Ash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- My Gentoo + PVR-350 + IVTV + MythTV blog is on http://gentoomythtv.blogspot.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc and lola
Calvin Leung wrote: Is anyone able to make lola remote work with lirc with package from atrpms? The remote work with ati_remote module as an input device. But it doesn't work with lirc. I have renamed the ati_remote.ko and lirc_atiusb seems to load, so as lircd. However, I don't get anything from irw. Any suggestion for me to debug this. Sounds like your lircd.conf is not correct for your remote. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc and lola
I'm using Lola with LIRC and have been for some time. I am using the ATI_USB driver. Try using irrecord to record your remote buttons. The remote itself is programmable with different ID codes, so the config provided in the RPM may not have had the config that matched the remote ID. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 replacing WinTV, randomly rebooting
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 16:07 -0600, Marty Mastera wrote: Hello, I have been running Myth 0.17 on a Soyo K7VME mobo and a WinTV PCI card. This system is normally only used as a backend for an xbox frontend. I recently replaced the WinTV card with a PVR-500MCE. All I did was remove the WinTV card and replace it with the PVR-500 card, then followed instructions to download ivtv 0.3.2s and configure it. I then removed the WinTV card from mythsetup and added two capture cards, one for each tuner on the 500. All of the functionality is working good (ie I can watch live tv, record two shows at once, etc, etc) but the machine randomly reboots itself every so often. It only seems to happen when one or more of the tuners are in use (ie during live TV) and seems to possibly happen more quickly if I change channels alot. In general the audio is working great but it seems like on certain channels (or possibly on every channel but only right before it decides to reboot) I notice some slight audio distortion I have heard of people having trouble with VIA chipsets, but I have read posts where people have had success with the KM400 chipset. I have tried the PVR-500 in a different slot, installed the newest BIOS, verifed that the reboots will occur whether or not the xbox is involved, tried to make sure things are using unique IRQs, etc...here are a couple of questions: 1) Can anyone tell me which modules should be loaded and running for a PVR-500? I'm wondering if the sytem is still loading modules for the old WinTV card...I see references to bttv in the dmesg output. 2) Is anyone else using this motherboard with a PVR-150 or PVR-500? If so what are your experiences 3) Besides adding the new tuner cards and mapping sources, etc...in the mythsetup, is there anything on the backend that I would have needed to switch after I install this card? Marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Hello, I suppose you may be right on the VIA chipset thing. I haven't read anything about that yet, but I also have a VIA chipset (KT133A) although on a different board and my system reboots with one or two PVR500-MCE. Works fine with just a PVR350. I have tried ivtv 0.3.5f, 0.3.5s and 0.2.0-rc3j (0.2.0-rc3j has the PVR500-MCE support backported to it), all of them cause a reboot even when I am capturing video with cat /dev/video0 /tmp/asd0.mpg No MythTV is needed for these random reboots to occur. At least once, the machine rebooted just by having the modules loaded, no capture involved. I haven't tried these cards in Windows, so I don't know if they cause a reboot or not. If they don't, then maybe there is a software workaround for this issue. Cheers, Sergio ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
I have tried to play DVD's using my PVR-350 and both xine (as suggested by Jarod) and mplayer. Not very good. From other posts I have seen that the PVR-350 cannot play DVD's. Is this correct, or is there a workaround? Thanks. Mogens ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
What problems have you had? I'm starting to set this up, and so far xine seems to be able to play DVD images (iso's) well, or at least it plays the video well - I don't have sound configured correctly yet. Daniel mogens lunde wrote: I have tried to play DVD's using my PVR-350 and both xine (as suggested by Jarod) and mplayer. Not very good. From other posts I have seen that the PVR-350 cannot play DVD's. Is this correct, or is there a workaround? Thanks. Mogens ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Need suggestions - Pvr350 remote control extension cord
I have my MythTv box in the basement with video and audio cable running up to the first floor tv, which works fine. I'm trying to do the same with the remote control, so I built an extension cord with 3/32 stereo plugs on each end. Unfortunately, It doesn't work. Anyone have suggestions on what to try? Thanks, Don Details: - From Pvr board to basement wall - 6 foot cat5 cable with male 3/32" plugs on each end. Using one pair of conductors for each of three signals. All straight through. - From basement wall to first floor wall - 20 foot cat5 cable with female 3/32" plugs on each end. Using one pair of conductors for each of three signals. All straight through. - From first floor wall to TV - Pvr350 supplied IR pickup cable. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Can an open source project get acquired?
Off topic but an interesting article http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1306 Cheers, Dean ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can an open source project get acquired?
On Friday 03 June 2005 03:58 pm, Dean Collins wrote: Off topic but an interesting article http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1306 Let me be the first to officially welcome you to the month of April. If you don't have anything at all useful to add, please don't pollute this list with even more off-topic junk than you usually do. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Make error
Thanks...that helpednow I get a new error... cannot find -liec61883 I've searched for thisit's got something to do with sound...but I can't figure out what needs to be installed Adam - Original Message - From: Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Make error Adam Prentice wrote: I'm getting errors when compiling mythtv on Fedora Core 3 with the latest kernel. I ran: $ ./configure $ make mythtv.pro $ make make runs for a while then stops with: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmp3lame collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [libmyth-0.18.1.so.0.18.1] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libmyth' make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/mythtv-0.18.1/libs' make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2 I have lame installed...anyone know what the deal is here? Do you have the lame development libraries installed? If you're using apt-get, I believe it is lame-devel or whatever you had to install lame with -devel on the end. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Getting good audio sync in nuvexport/transcodings w/cutlist?
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:54:57AM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: That's similar to how professional video editing stations work. Shuttle/jog, etc. The Mythtv cutter is similar, but within the confines of a remote control. For me, the mythbox is almost completely stand-alone, settop. Having to pull up a command window, or grab a mouse is not really acceptable. I know Myth is designed to be used from a remote (though I use it from a keyboard that also has a mouse because I also go do other things on the screen, HDTV having enough res.) But I think that may be an error. I think that it is not a sin if rare tasks can't be done on the remote, or can't be done as easily, at least. Myth is a little over the top on being anti-mouse. (I like how xine shows the mouse pointer if you move it, but it vanishes a few seconds after you stop moving it.) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Getting good audio sync in nuvexport/transcodings w/cutlist?
On Friday 03 June 2005 04:06 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:54:57AM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: That's similar to how professional video editing stations work. Shuttle/jog, etc. The Mythtv cutter is similar, but within the confines of a remote control. For me, the mythbox is almost completely stand-alone, settop. Having to pull up a command window, or grab a mouse is not really acceptable. I know Myth is designed to be used from a remote (though I use it from a keyboard that also has a mouse because I also go do other things on the screen, HDTV having enough res.) But I think that may be an error. I think that it is not a sin if rare tasks can't be done on the remote, or can't be done as easily, at least. Myth is a little over the top on being anti-mouse. (I like how xine shows the mouse pointer if you move it, but it vanishes a few seconds after you stop moving it.) I'm scared of meeses. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:36:16PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: Jeff Simpson wrote: I know not everyone likes the idea of rebates, but here's a 160GB WD drive for $30 for those that do. It's only available for pick-up from CompUSA stores, so check their site for availability at your local store first. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=cjpfp=cjproduct_code=298017 That's hilarious. I bought the exact same drive from CompUSA for the same $30 after rebate on Sunday. The only difference was that it was delivery only (so I had to spend $20 more to get the $0.01 shipping). Great price, but these days you start running into limits on how many drives you can put in a system, due to bays, IDE controllers and power. (Though you can buy external usb boxes for more than the post-rebate cost of this drive.) I've thus come to the conclusion that I can't afford a drive as small as 160gb, even if it's effectively free like this one! That's a 21st century moment. Perhaps somebody should make a low priced external USB case that holds 4 EIDE drives on usb-2, just for video arrays. With video arrays you really don't care a lot about the bandwidth limitations that would give you, a video stream only needs about 20 megabits for ordinary play and record, though more for commercial scan/transcode of course. Right now such cases would cost a fair bit more than this drive. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
On 6/3/05, Daniel Segel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What problems have you had? I'm starting to set this up, and so far xineseems to be able to play DVD images (iso's) well, or at least it playsthe video well - I don't have sound configured correctly yet.Daniel mogens lunde wrote: I have tried to play DVD's using my PVR-350 and both xine (as suggested by Jarod) and mplayer. Not very good. From other posts I have seen that the PVR-350 cannot play DVD's. Is this correct, or is there a workaround? I am using John Harvey's patch from http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/20741 .. the PVR350 plays DVDs and videos using xine quite well now. - J ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
On 6/3/05, Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:36:16PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: Jeff Simpson wrote: I know not everyone likes the idea of rebates, but here's a 160GB WD drive for $30 for those that do. It's only available for pick-up from CompUSA stores, so check their site for availability at your local store first. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=cjpfp=cjproduct_code=298017 That's hilarious. I bought the exact same drive from CompUSA for the same $30 after rebate on Sunday. The only difference was that it was delivery only (so I had to spend $20 more to get the $0.01 shipping). Great price, but these days you start running into limits on how many drives you can put in a system, due to bays, IDE controllers and power. (Though you can buy external usb boxes for more than the post-rebate cost of this drive.) I've thus come to the conclusion that I can't afford a drive as small as 160gb, even if it's effectively free like this one! That's a 21st century moment. Perhaps somebody should make a low priced external USB case that holds 4 EIDE drives on usb-2, just for video arrays. With video arrays you really don't care a lot about the bandwidth limitations that would give you, a video stream only needs about 20 megabits for ordinary play and record, though more for commercial scan/transcode of course. Right now such cases would cost a fair bit more than this drive. All of my storage on both back end systems is now on external 1394 hard drives. Gets rid of this problem and allows me to hide the drive for more quiet operation... - Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
On 6/3/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip All of my storage on both back end systems is now on external 1394 hard drives. Gets rid of this problem and allows me to hide the drive for more quiet operation... Mark, what enclosures do you use for this? do you know how many drives 1394 can handle? thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?
Michael T. Dean wrote: Todd Bowman wrote: Robert Tsai wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:25:06AM -0400, Todd Bowman wrote: I'm thinking of adding a second frontend to be able to watch content on a second TV and also to relieve some of the recording conflicts that keep popping up. I'm looking for an inexpensive video capture card. Since I have STBs for my digital cable, I don't need a TV tuner, just S-Video. Does anybody have any recommendations? I think you're confused. The second frontend will let you watch content on a second TV, but it won't help you with recording conflicts, nor does it need a video capture card. (It will need a video card to display content to your TV.) Adding video capture cards to an existing backend (or building a second slave backend machine) will help you with recording conflicts, but by itself won't let you watch content on a second TV. You can of course have machines running both FE and BE software. (To [not] answer your explicitly-posed question, I don't have any hardware recommendations.) I guess a slave backend with frontend is what I meant. I don't think adding a second capture card to my current MythTV box will work because of the need for two STBs. Back to my original question: Any recommendations for S-Video capture cards? My $0.02... a) You won't save any money buying an S-Video-only card--SDTV analog tuners are dirt cheap today. b) I highly recommend the PVR-x50's (and, personally, wouldn't touch a frame grabber). If you've got experience with IvyTV, you could probably get PVR-150 up and running and it's not much more expensive than dumb frame grabbers. If not, there are still some really good deals on PVR-250MCE's (which are easier to set up). c) I have 2 tuners in my single FE/BE and both are connected to STB's controlled via IR. I just had to change the channel code on one of them (using code 1 and code 9 of 16). Works fine--especially since all MPEG encoding is done on-card (so it even works on a friend's machine with 4 PVR-250's). I've looked at the HW MPEG2 encoders but MPEG2 seems to take up too much room. I tried using the SW MPEG2 encoding in MythTV and within one day my 160GB disk was filled. Even though I turned on automatic transcoding to MPEG4, the recordings just seemed to get ahead of the transcoding. Once the disk was full, it couldn't transcode any more. Do the HW encoders produce smaller video files? I don't remember the exact file size but I think a 2.5 hour program was something like 26GB! (640x480) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
Great price, but these days you start running into limits on how many drives you can put in a system, due to bays, IDE controllers and power. (Though you can buy external usb boxes for more than the post-rebate cost of this drive.) I'm one of the lucky few with 4 channels of IDE (up to 8 drives) supported in linux (it's an older gigabyte board). So the real limit in my system is power, heat, noise, and space! :-) - Jeff ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVB Teletext
Hi Does myth support teletext with DVB ? If yes, how ? TIA Esa ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVD recording sync issues with PVR 350
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 03:01:23PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: John Goerzen wrote: I am trying to find a way to squeeze down a 5.5MB PVR-350 recording so it fits on a single DVD. Wow. I've been fitting 5 hours of TV (with commercials cut) on a single DVD--with as much as 10MB to spare--I couldn't have set my recording parameters better if I had tried. It was a 2-hour program that I recorded on my high-quality setting for some reason. Sigh. Originally, I used replex to demux it, then ran tcrequant on the result. It made it smaller, but I had serious sync issues. Yep. Happens on all the recordings I've seen from the local cable company--up to 5 seconds off at the end of a 1 hour recording. Some (fortunate) people only see it with recordings off a VCR. My DISH Interestingly, most of my stuff is recorded off DISH too, and I have a high-quality SVideo cable from the DISH receiver to my PVR-250. I have no idea why I have problems but others don't. Anyway, when I don't use tcrequant, and just replex (without ever splitting it out into separate files), things work fine with *most* DVD players. mplayer works fine, ogle doesn't, my hardware player works fine. Those that don't, don't see skipping, but rather exhibit other strange behavior -- not reading the disk at all, timestamps getting off, skipping audio, etc. I suspect it is all a symptom of the original problem, but since it works on at least one player on my computer and my hardware DVD player, I'm happy enough. [snip] process... In other words, without seeing the whole process--step by step and command by command (and explicit version numbers of each command)--there are way to many variables to guess what's causing the problem. OK, here's what I tried... these are verbatim commands except for a couple of filenames; I took notes as I went: java -jar ~/programs/projectx/ProjectX.jar -c ~/programs/projectx/X.ini \ -o output_dir input.nuv cat output_dir/file.m2v | buffer -s 50k -m30m | tcrequant -f 1.33 | \ buffer -m10m vid mplex -f 8 -V -o dvdmpeg1 output_dir/file.mpa vid dvdauthor -o DVD dvdmpeg1 dvdauthor -T -o DVD Of these, vid and dvdmpeg1 are FIFOs. The buffer command comes from earlier (pre-ProjectX) experiences, which showed deadlocks when I used a bunch of FIFOs... I can probably eliminate it here. It's just something that basically acts like cat, but will store data in memory as it sends it. So in this case, it will store up to 30MB in RAM if cat yields data faster than tcrequant, but it sends the exact same data across as cat does. No changes. When I don't have to reduce the size of my recordings, this is my usual process: replex -i PS -v 0xe0 -a 0xc0 -k -t DVD -o dvdmpeg1 n.nuv dvdauthor -o DVD dvdmpeg1 dvdauthor -T -o DVD This results in DVDs playable as I mentioned above. In this example, dvdmpeg1 is a FIFO. Versions: ProjectX 0.82.1.02 replex 0.1.3 dvdauthor 0.6.11 transcode 0.6.14 (provides the tcrequant binary) mjpegtools 1.6.2 (provides the mplex binary) However, if you get the process working, I highly recommend you watch the DVD recording before deleting the original--especially if the Thank you for the tip. I do tend to spot-check the result, especially near the end, and appreciate this suggestion. Everything I've seen about Project X says it does demux well, but everything else (including re-encoding) not so well--i.e. Project X only Thanks for that valuable bit of experience as well. -- John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?
My PVR-350 at 720x480 produces files that are about 2.4GB/hour with a high bit rate, or about 5GB for a 2 hour+ movie. Transcoding can reduce that by half again, but it loses quality so I don't bother. Disk space is cheap. Daniel Todd Bowman wrote: I've looked at the HW MPEG2 encoders but MPEG2 seems to take up too much room. I tried using the SW MPEG2 encoding in MythTV and within one day my 160GB disk was filled. Even though I turned on automatic transcoding to MPEG4, the recordings just seemed to get ahead of the transcoding. Once the disk was full, it couldn't transcode any more. Do the HW encoders produce smaller video files? I don't remember the exact file size but I think a 2.5 hour program was something like 26GB! (640x480) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
As for enclosures I use 2 or 3 types. Mostly I recommend sticking with Oxford Semi chip sets. For 1394a I use mostly ADS Tech cases. They are 1394/USB 2.0. This seems to be the most recent version: http://www.adstech.com/products/DLX185/intro/DLX185intro.asp?pid=DLX185 I use Maxtor and IBM drives, but I've also used Seagate in the past. I get anwhere from about 20-28MB/S out of one of these based on the most recent 2.6.11 Linux 1394 drivers with no optimization. I also have a nice, but older, Oxford based IceDrive case. It works well but has a slow 4 year old drive in it so it's sort of noisy. I also set up a Maxtor OneTouch 300GB drive a few days ago on an NForce 2 MB. It seems to be working fine. For 1394b I'm using a Maxtor drive in one of these cases: http://www.cooldrives.com/3alox922fi80.html I'm getting 55MB/S using the same Linux 1394 stack and a separate 1394b OHCI adapter card. It's very quiet as it has no fan (good for my audio work) but the case does get pretty hot so I'm not sure if the drive is going to be happy for a long life. Both of my OHCI cards use TI OCHI chips. I have a board with a Via 6306 chipset but it doesn't work very well. Don't know why but I presume Via has some bugs from my partiticaption on the 1394 lists. Hope this helps, Mark On 6/3/05, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/3/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip All of my storage on both back end systems is now on external 1394 hard drives. Gets rid of this problem and allows me to hide the drive for more quiet operation... Mark, what enclosures do you use for this? do you know how many drives 1394 can handle? thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 04:43:23PM -0400, Jeff Simpson wrote: Great price, but these days you start running into limits on how many drives you can put in a system, due to bays, IDE controllers and power. (Though you can buy external usb boxes for more than the post-rebate cost of this drive.) I'm one of the lucky few with 4 channels of IDE (up to 8 drives) supported in linux (it's an older gigabyte board). So the real limit in my system is power, heat, noise, and space! :-) Even so, do you really want to fill up with drives as small as 160gb, even at just 19 cents/gigabyte. Now if you want to raid-5, such drives make more sense if you can buy more than one of them. I'm being a little extreme here, 160gb is somewhat tolerable, but at this point I would probably not be very interested in 120gb drives or less any more. Plus this drive costs $41 including tax, and you can only get one, and there is the work of the rebate, and finally the chance you won't get the rebate (I would rate at 20%) adds another $20 of cost. So now it's $61, which is still somewhat attractive, but less so. I might still do this a drive to keep offline for backup or long term storage. At this price, I could see somebody slapping an archive of favourite shows onto the drive, and keeping it offline, and then putting it into an external case if somebody wants to see a show. Mplayer only of course. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVD recording sync issues with PVR 350
John Goerzen wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 03:01:23PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: However, if you get the process working, I highly recommend you watch the DVD recording before deleting the original--especially if the Thank you for the tip. I do tend to spot-check the result, especially near the end, and appreciate this suggestion. Yeah. That's how I missed the problem. I just checked a couple of places (beginning, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, end, or so) and it looked good. Then, after using Project X on several, one of the spots I checked happened to be within the 5-10 seconds of bad sync. When I checked the rest of the recording, I noticed that it happened several times. And after checking other recordings, I noticed it seems to happen at least once every time. By the time I found this out, I had deleted many originals... Oh well. It wasn't super valuable content. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Teletext
Esa Nurmi schrieb: Hi Does myth support teletext with DVB ? If yes, how ? TIA Esa You need to patch your mythtv. Take a look at http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/131229 But it's still experimental, use at your own risk! Frank ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
On 6/3/05, Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipI've thus come to the conclusion that I can't afford a drive as small as160gb, even if it's effectively free like this one!That's a 21stcentury moment. I've had the same thought. I have three drives now (original 80Gb and two 250's with a DVD for the fourth drive). I am considering replacing the 80 with a larger drive (I'm putting all my DVD's into mythtv). Perhaps somebody should make a low priced external USB case that holds4 EIDE drives on usb-2, just for video arrays.With video arrays you really don't care a lot about the bandwidth limitations that wouldgive you, a video stream only needs about 20 megabits for ordinary playand record, though more for commercial scan/transcode of course.Right now such cases would cost a fair bit more than this drive. I'd be very interested if anyone knows of something like this that would be fairly cheap. Everything I've seen is either 1 drive or is very expensive (NAS devices with hot swapping and such). Hubbing a bunch of USB drives together is certainly a possibility, and building a scaled down PC for network attached storage is another, but I'd really like a less expensive, more elegant solution (especially when I can get a USB external enclosure (single drive) for less than $40. I'm assuming that a USB drive would look like any other USB device within Linux and that I couldn't do something like create an LVM volume with XFS like I do with my internal drives? By the way, I previously did a quick thumbnail for a scaled down hard drive storage (a cheap PC) and ended up with the following: $46 Antec mini tower case with 300 Watt P/S $40 AMD Mobo with USB 2.0, Video, Audio, LAN (100Mb) $52 AMD Athlon XP 1800+ $44 512Mb PC2700 memory === $182 plus tax, shipping, etc. (just need to add the drives) I didn't include a floppy, DVD, keyboard, monitor, or mouse, since once it's set up, I shouldn't need them and I can borrow any component I need for setup from one of my other machines. My thought would be that a multi-drive cabinet would need to come in about the same or cheaper (anyone know if I'm missing anything blatant?). Of course, this still only gets me four drives unless I put in an additional EIDE controller or get into the SCSI world (which would increase the drive prices). I figured I'd just wait until the holidays and pick up one of those post-Thanksgiving specials at BestBuy or CircuitCity and get roughly the same thing plus the DVD and a single HD for about the same price. Comments? Thanks, phlepper -- I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.--Confucius ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: 160GB Western Digital, $30 after rebates
On 6/3/05, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great price, but these days you start running into limits on how many drives you can put in a system, due to bays, IDE controllers and power. (Though you can buy external usb boxes for more than the post-rebate cost of this drive.) I'm one of the lucky few with 4 channels of IDE (up to 8 drives) supported in linux (it's an older gigabyte board). So the real limit in my system is power, heat, noise, and space! :-) Yeah, I really miss these boards too, you can get them for Athlon XP CPUs still, Newegg has a few, but not for any newer chips. You can get boards with 4 or even 8 SATAs though. PATA-SATA adapters at almost $20/piece are a bit pricy if you want to reuse a whole case of disks though. - Jeff ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Fedor G Pikus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.pikus.net http://wild-light.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?
Todd Bowman wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: b) I highly recommend the PVR-x50's (and, personally, wouldn't touch a frame grabber). If you've got experience with IvyTV, you could probably get PVR-150 up and running and it's not much more expensive than dumb frame grabbers. If not, there are still some really good deals on PVR-250MCE's (which are easier to set up). I've looked at the HW MPEG2 encoders but MPEG2 seems to take up too much room. I tried using the SW MPEG2 encoding in MythTV and within one day my 160GB disk was filled. Even though I turned on automatic transcoding to MPEG4, the recordings just seemed to get ahead of the transcoding. Once the disk was full, it couldn't transcode any more. Do the HW encoders produce smaller video files? I don't remember the exact file size but I think a 2.5 hour program was something like 26GB! (640x480) 2.5hrs at 26GB would be a 25Mbps bitrate. DVD specification limits total bitrate (audio, video, and subtitles) to 10.08Mbps and no DVD has a sustained 10.08Mbps (instead, they would use variable bitrate). The 10.08Mbps limit on DVD's is appropriate as DVD's have a max resolution of 720x480, and above this bitrate, you've definitely crossed the point of diminishing returns. So, this would only happen with bad recording settings (or, if the 26GB was the transcoded version, bad transcode settings). http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/UserManual_2fTechnicalDetailsAppendix_2fRecordingParameters My settings are shown on there--720x480 at about 1.15GiB/hr. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Confused about lirc_i2c
Where does the lirc_i2c module come from? On an up-to-date Fedora Core 3 system, I cannot find anything named lirc_i2c. The system has MythTV installed from CVS and IVTV installed from source (ivtv-0.2.0-rc3j). In the IVTV documentation for Lirc support, the Installation steps indicate that there should be several binaries installed, one of which is called lirc_i2c. So this is what confuses me... where is the lirc_i2c module? It looks like is is not included as part of the Fedora Core 3 distribution. How could this be? Maybe I made some mistake along the way that removed lirc_i2c. If you are among those who build-from-source, can you help clear up my confusion? Thanks. -- MM ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about lirc_i2c
you looked in /lib/modules/`uname -r` ? run: find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -type f -print | grep -i lirc_i2c Should be a file there called lirc_i2c.ko .. if not, I at least know that under gentoo, installing the lirc package will install this module, and I have to re-emerge the package every time I recompile my kernel. -=A Mercury Morris wrote: Where does the lirc_i2c module come from? On an up-to-date Fedora Core 3 system, I cannot find anything named lirc_i2c. The system has MythTV installed from CVS and IVTV installed from source (ivtv-0.2.0-rc3j). In the IVTV documentation for Lirc support, the Installation steps indicate that there should be several binaries installed, one of which is called lirc_i2c. So this is what confuses me... where is the lirc_i2c module? It looks like is is not included as part of the Fedora Core 3 distribution. How could this be? Maybe I made some mistake along the way that removed lirc_i2c. If you are among those who build-from-source, can you help clear up my confusion? Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Good system design documentation?
Is there a document available that goes through the various components of a mythtv system and talks about various system design tradeoffs? I've been frustrated looking at the official documentation, which is in FAQ format, and seems to assume people understand the basic mythtv architecture going in. The docs talk about frontends and backends as if everyone naturally knows that they are, but never actually explains this. What I've gleaned is what defines a frontend is the ability to play things and what defines a backend is the ability to record. But it sure would be nice if there were a document the clearly layed out the tasks performed by various systems so I can decide how to design my system. For instance, if I have a EPIA-based box hooked up to the TV with a tuner card in it, it can both play and record -- that makes it a frontend and a backend, right? Can it be diskless? In other words, could I have a tunerless backend, consisting of my main home network server, and a diskless frontend/backend at the TV? I could put the PVR-250 in the file server, of course, but does that mean that I'm consuming network bandwidth with a video stream just to watch live TV (which is why I'd want the tuner in the frontend box in the first place)? And then I'd have problems using the remote control from the PVR-250 as well... I'd really like a RAM-based ringbuffer for live TV, so that doesn't hit the network at all, and then the ability to stream pre-recorded video from the file server to the frontend. Is that something that can be done? Anyway, maybe some of those questions are confused, but it's mainly because I have a very poor mental image of the mythtv architecture, and can't find any documentation that explains this. Does anyone know of something decent that's out there for me to read? -- Steve Tate [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Good system design documentation?
Steve, I really like documents and howtos at this site. http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/FrontPage You will get answers to most of your questions and lot more information ! Thanks Mudit On 6/3/05, Steve Tate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a document available that goes through the various components of a mythtv system and talks about various system design tradeoffs? I've been frustrated looking at the official documentation, which is in FAQ format, and seems to assume people understand the basic mythtv architecture going in. The docs talk about frontends and backends as if everyone naturally knows that they are, but never actually explains this. What I've gleaned is what defines a frontend is the ability to play things and what defines a backend is the ability to record. But it sure would be nice if there were a document the clearly layed out the tasks performed by various systems so I can decide how to design my system. For instance, if I have a EPIA-based box hooked up to the TV with a tuner card in it, it can both play and record -- that makes it a frontend and a backend, right? Can it be diskless? In other words, could I have a tunerless backend, consisting of my main home network server, and a diskless frontend/backend at the TV? I could put the PVR-250 in the file server, of course, but does that mean that I'm consuming network bandwidth with a video stream just to watch live TV (which is why I'd want the tuner in the frontend box in the first place)? And then I'd have problems using the remote control from the PVR-250 as well... I'd really like a RAM-based ringbuffer for live TV, so that doesn't hit the network at all, and then the ability to stream pre-recorded video from the file server to the frontend. Is that something that can be done? Anyway, maybe some of those questions are confused, but it's mainly because I have a very poor mental image of the mythtv architecture, and can't find any documentation that explains this. Does anyone know of something decent that's out there for me to read? -- Steve Tate [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Where's my Picture-in-Picture?
Hi all, I'm running Mythtv 0.18 from the gentoo ebuild -r1 on a system with a PVR-500. For a while (prior to various ivtv driver and myth/system updates), picture-in-picture worked. Now it doesn't. I've been looking in the logs and there isn't much in there that helps. Any advice? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Question about diskless system
What OS are you using for your diskless client? I've been trying to set up a pundit diskless frontend using Fedora, but have had 0 luck. I've managed to get it to pull a boot image from my dhcp/tftp server, but I keep on getting init errors when it starts loading... Anyone know of any proper diskless client instructions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Littlejohn Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:42 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Question about diskless system Sounds like a good video card. To answer your question. I am using the diskless system as a frontend and backend slave (one pvr350 card). It does fine as this, but I try and avoid any heavy work like commercial flagging on this box as it gets loud when all the fans start spinning up. All the heavy work is done on the nfs master backend box. Guess that leaves the chip, memory (I have 512Mb), or nfs optimization? Dan On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:26:54 -0700, Norman Lyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right now, I'm using an MX440. That chip seems good on my other back-end, and I had nothing but problems when I used a TNT2 a few years ago with freevo (until I got the 440). Are you using your diskless system as a backend and frontend, or just frontend? Thanks, Norman Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What video card are you using? I believe that the video card (chip) could have quite an effect. I am using a Pentium 1.8 and a FX5200 video card and have excellent diskless performance. The diskless machine has no hard drive in it at all and runs well. As a data point, I also have a AMD 3200 (backend) with a very old TNT2 and it is very slow when I use a frontend on it. I would vote for the extra memory. Dan On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:54:08 -0700, Norman Lyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen from time to time folks talking about using a diskless setup, but I'm having problems seeing what their results are like. I just set up an old piece of hardware to see if I could do it (since the spare hard drive I have is VERY noisy). It appears to work as a front-end, but it's slow when skipping ahead or back. This also could be due to the fact that I'm playing back 720x480 on an Athlon 650. Does anyone have performance data to provide on their diskless setups? If I were to rebuild to a Celeron D 2.5G and add a 878 grabber, would I still be able to use this diskless setup and be happy with performance as both front-end and a diskless backend (streaming to my other backend/database/etc)? For my config's sake, my primary backend is providing the NFS root image, and I'm using the noisy hard drive to provide the etherboot zlilo image to netboot off a PCI NIC (the on-board NIC is too flaky to use). If I don't want swap space or anything else on the hard drive, and I'm running XFCE (stripped debian build) is 256MB enough, or should I keep it at 512MB just to be safe? Or is there a good reason why I should throw swap onto the noisy drive and just hope that the 'hdparm -S' timeout keeps the drive dpun down (with either 256 or 512MB)? Thanks, Norman ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Good system design documentation?
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 03:44:29PM -0500, Steve Tate wrote: Is there a document available that goes through the various components of a mythtv system and talks about various system design tradeoffs? I've been frustrated looking at the official documentation, which is in FAQ format, and seems to assume people understand the basic mythtv architecture going in. The docs talk about frontends and backends as if everyone naturally knows that they are, but never actually explains this. What I've gleaned is what defines a frontend is the ability to play things and what defines a backend is the ability to record. Sounds good to me. But it sure would be nice if there were a document the clearly layed out the tasks performed by various systems so I can decide how to design my system. The developers are probably the most qualified to write your desired documentation, but are also by definition probably the most qualified to fix bugs and add features. Which would you rather have? Anyway, if you haven't already seen it, try this page: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/HardWare [Funny, this site comes up #3 on a google for mythtv.] For instance, if I have a EPIA-based box hooked up to the TV with a tuner card in it, it can both play and record -- that makes it a frontend and a backend, right? Yes. Can it be diskless? Sure. In other words, could I have a tunerless backend, consisting of my main home network server, and a diskless frontend/backend at the TV? Sure. But you're overloading the term backend. A Myth backend is basically a recorder. It has nothing to do with where the recorded streams live (although it needs somewhere to put them and retrieve them). If you want, you can have the myth backend save the recordings over NFS or something to some other file server. I could put the PVR-250 in the file server, of course, but does that mean that I'm consuming network bandwidth with a video stream just to watch live TV (which is why I'd want the tuner in the frontend box in the first place)? Yes, but your diskless frontend/backend system will still consume network bandwidth. Myth live TV actually records to disk to a circular buffer. What you are watching is actually from that on-disk buffer, a few seconds behind live TV (or more, if you've paused live TV). And then I'd have problems using the remote control from the PVR-250 as well... The PVR-250 and other tuner cards with built-in remotes or whatever it is (I don't know because I don't have one) assume a combined frontend/backend system where the capturing system is close to the TV. If you want to split the frontend/backend, you violate the design assumption of the PVR-250, so you give up the ability to use the remote to control the capture card. I think the standard practice is to configure a remote to control your frontend, which then tells the backend to do things over the network. The remote never directly controls your capture card. Only MythTV can do that. I'd really like a RAM-based ringbuffer for live TV, so that doesn't hit the network at all, and then the ability to stream pre-recorded video from the file server to the frontend. You can configure a RAM disk on your frontend (or whatever the real Linuxy way is to describe what it is I'm talking about). Is that something that can be done? Yes, given sufficient programming skills, motivation, and time. Anyway, maybe some of those questions are confused, but it's mainly because I have a very poor mental image of the mythtv architecture, and can't find any documentation that explains this. Does anyone know of something decent that's out there for me to read? Keep thinking about it, keep googling (mythtv is a pretty good search), and keep lurking. --Rob signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] adding a PVR-500MCE
Hi, I recently setup an FC3 myth setup with a PVR-250, using Jarods guide (front and back end on the same system). I want to add a PVR-500MCE, for a total of 3 tuners. Has anyone tried this? Is there anything I need to know beforehand, or can I just plug it in and cross my fingers? Any info or advice would be appreciated. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Good system design documentation?
Steve Tate wrote: Is there a document available that goes through the various components of a mythtv system and talks about various system design tradeoffs? Not yet, but Robert Kulagowski is extremely good at incorporating patches/changes/additions into the official documentation. Perhaps once you get the information you need, you can help improve the docs. I've been frustrated looking at the official documentation, which is in FAQ format, and seems to assume people understand the basic mythtv architecture going in. The docs talk about frontends and backends as if everyone naturally knows that they are, but never actually explains this. What I've gleaned is what defines a frontend is the ability to play things and what defines a backend is the ability to record. Perfect. That's exactly right. ... For instance, if I have a EPIA-based box hooked up to the TV with a tuner card in it, it can both play and record -- that makes it a frontend and a backend, right? Right. Can it be diskless? Sure. In other words, could I have a tunerless backend, Without a tuner, the computer is not a Myth backend. Without a display (TV, monitor, etc.), it's not a Myth frontend. consisting of my main home network server, and a diskless frontend/backend at the TV? In this case, you would have one frontend/backend combo and one NFS server (that's not a Myth box and has no need to have MythTV installed). If your main server also has MySQL on it, it's a MySQL server. If it has Apache httpd on it, it's a web server. Note that the MySQL server and the Apache server need not be on a Myth machine to be used with Myth. If you did install MythTV on the server, you could use it for things like remote commercial flagging or (if they've finished it up, yet) remote transcoding, but chances are I could put the PVR-250 in the file server, of course, but does that mean that I'm consuming network bandwidth with a video stream just to watch live TV Yes. Data has to travel from the tuner to the Myth frontend. If the tuner is on a different machine, it can only get there via the network. (which is why I'd want the tuner in the frontend box in the first place)? And then I'd have problems using the remote control from the PVR-250 as well... I'd really like a RAM-based ringbuffer for live TV, so that doesn't hit the network at all, You could do the same with a HDD-based ring buffer. Remember that MPEG-2 video will take up at least a GiB/hr, so you'd have to have a 512MB area of memory dedicated to the LiveTV Ring Buffer (i.e. above and beyond the memory required to run the system) to get a half hour buffer. Besides saving a little wear on a HDD, the RAM buffer wouldn't provide any benefits (bandwidth is not a limitation for video playback). and then the ability to stream pre-recorded video from the file server to the frontend. Is that something that can be done? You can specify a different location for the LiveTV buffer and for the recordings. So, you could use the fileserver to store your recordings and use a local hard drive for the ring buffer. Of course, that is if you even use LiveTV after setting up your Myth box. Also, Myth will stream content if it has to, but most people set up a network filesystem and mount the filesystem on each of their frontends. If you configure your Myth set up this way, there's no need to stream the video--it can be read directly from the (network) filesystem. Remember, though, if your recordings are stored on the file server, you'll consume network bandwidth as you record them and as you play them back (i.e. if watching while recording, you'll consume 2x the recording bandwidth). Although it's not that much bandwidth (i.e. 2500kbps bitrate works very well for me, so recording while watching would be about 5Mbps). Same applies with multiple tuners and with commercial flagging. In each case, the data has to be transferred across the network. Anyway, maybe some of those questions are confused, but it's mainly because I have a very poor mental image of the mythtv architecture, and can't find any documentation that explains this. Does anyone know of something decent that's out there for me to read? IMHO, the best way to learn is to set up your system. I doubt that anyone on the list set up their dream system on the first try, but that's what makes Myth so great--there's always room to improve your configuration and since it's free ( http://www.fsf.org/ ), you're free to modify it as much as you like. And, the funny thing about the dream Myth system is that it's a moving target. The closer you get to your dream system, the more you learn about Myth. The more you learn about Myth, the more ways you can imagine to improve your configuration. The more ways you can imagine to imrpove the configuration, the farther you get from your dream system... :) I set up one Myth box as a test system and used what I learned
Re: [mythtv-users] adding a PVR-500MCE
I added a PVR-500MCE to the same type of system about 6 weeks ago, although I previously had two PVR-250s in it, so I now have four tuners. It worked fairly well for the first few weeks, with only some minor issues cropping up here and there. Since I upgraded the ivtv driver to v.0.3.5i the other day, it's been flawless. I would recommend that you go back to Jarod's guide again, and follow the instructions for adding a PVR-500. This should help to make it an easy install. Don't forget to add the two tuners in mythtv-setup too. Essentially, just follow the guide again from top to bottom, skipping the things that obviously don't need to be re-done, such as setting up the partitions, video card, etc. One thing that I have not seen mentioned, which confused me at first, is how the tuners are numbered. You're PVR-500 will have two tuners on one board with only one coax input. However, there is a coax input for FM radio as well, which will not be used. Also, each PVR-150 within the PVR-500 has a Tuner0 and a Tuner1. You will need to use Tuner0 on both of these. At first I thought that Tuner0 was for the first PVR-150 and Tuner1 was for the other, but this is not the case. Finally, I did initially have some trouble getting all three cards to play nice (PVR-500MCE, PVR-250MCE, PVR250), there were some IRQ sharing issues. It took me a few hours moving them from slot to slot and updating my BIOS before they decided to work together. Good Luck! --Garry On 6/3/05, Edward Rosinzonsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I recently setup an FC3 myth setup with a PVR-250, using Jarod's guide (front and back end on the same system). I want to add a PVR-500MCE, for a total of 3 tuners. Has anyone tried this? Is there anything I need to know beforehand, or can I just plug it in and cross my fingers? Any info or advice would be appreciated. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about lirc_i2c
On 6/3/05, Mercury Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where does the lirc_i2c module come from? On an up-to-date Fedora Core 3 system, I cannot find anything named lirc_i2c. The system has MythTV installed from CVS and IVTV installed from source (ivtv-0.2.0-rc3j). In the IVTV documentation for Lirc support, the Installation steps indicate that there should be several binaries installed, one of which is called lirc_i2c. So this is what confuses me... where is the lirc_i2c module? It looks like is is not included as part of the Fedora Core 3 distribution. How could this be? Maybe I made some mistake along the way that removed lirc_i2c. If you are among those who build-from-source, can you help clear up my confusion? The lirc_i2c module is found in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ when built and installed from source on my FC2 Mythbox. When installed from RPM or other package, it should be part of the LIRC release. When compiling from source, choose the Hauppauge TV Card option when configuring and it should be created for you. Perhaps you either uninstalled the LIRC package, or haven't had it installed at all. Checking my FC3 boot DVD, LIRC does not appear to be part of the installation, so it needs to be installed separately. If you choose to keep your system updated using atrpms.net, it is very easy to get LIRC up and running in conjunction with Jarod Wilson's very useful Myth installation guide. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr 350 Svideo/Comp Inputs: Can I use them?
On 5/29/05, Leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick wrote: They're quite useful actually! I record all of my cableTV through the Svideo input, and it's also useful for temporarily hooking up a VCR to make nice MPEG2 recordings of old tapes. Here in the UK, I only get the basic 5 channels through the tuner, so the extra inputs makes the card actually worth having! Very straightforward to setup in myth - you just need to know which ivtv input matches the compositive or SVideo input on the card and you're away. Nick, you can get 'some' of the cable channels direct of the cable coax if you get hold of an adapter to convert it to a normal aerial (sorry, I forget the actual socket types right now, I already had one from the initial cable installation as I didn't have a SCART capable TV at the time) I had it setup that way initially, but the normal terrestrial channels weren't good quality (while the cable channels were fine - go figure!) You might also find that you can get one or two channels that you don't get unless subscribed (I got sky sports3 clear as anything, pity I didn't really want it!) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users So, to set this up in myth, do I add the card again (I already use the tuner), or do I just use the SVideo 0 input connection? I tried the second one, but hitting Y while watch live TV doesn't seem to be able to get me to it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] EPG Program Guide
Hi, is it possible to get the program guide (in MythTV and Mythweb) working with EPG? I don't want to use xmltv to get program informations, I'd like to use EPG which is automatically available... Thank you very much! Bye Mattia. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] universal remote for pvr-250
The Radio Shack learning remotes are just rebadged OFA remotes. IIRC the RS remote mentioned in the guide is the same as the OFA 8811/8810uw (the 8810uw is available at Wal-Mart for about $18). I'm a big fan of these remotes because they're JP1 capable. Using a JP1 cable I made from a kit and the freeware IR and RemoteMaster software I was able to customize my 8810uw remote to mimic my LiteOn IR keyboard that controls my mythBox, *without* the hassle of learning (and without consuming the very limited learning memory). Plus I have a complete backup of my remote should I need to replace it or it loses memory, I can just re-download it from the PC. David Egeekial wrote: Hmmm... the 15-2116 in the guide is no longer listed on Radioshack's website. Does anyone know if they still have it in stores? Brad Kerr wrote: ...and, Jarod has a guide to help you: http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php On 6/3/05, Michael Carland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Ashu Desai wrote: Hello all, I lost my remote control for PVR-250 and was wondering if I can use either of the following: Sony RM-Y168 (my TV remote) Sony RMT-D128A (my DVD remote) Sony RM-V8A (universal remote) JVC LP20303-009 for my PVR-250 card... If so, I would appreciate a step-by-step guidance. I am a Unix rookie and can't figure out much on my own. Thanks, Ash. IIRC the PVR can only detect RC5 remotes. There is a file on the home page of lirc (http://www.lirc.org) remotes.tar.bz2 that has the codes of all the currently known remotes. Unpacking that file and looking in the Sony directory, I do not see any of your Sony remotes, but grepping them for RC5 only returns one match, so I would suspect Sony does not use RC5 protocol. Grepping in the jvc directory for RC5 returns no matches. I think Philips came up with RC5, there are many matches for it in the philips directory. You could get a pretty cheap universal remote from Radio Shack, and program it to imitate a Philips remote, or Hauppauge have a replacement remote on their site for $14.95 (http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware.asp#remote). -Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
