Re: [mythtv-users] S-video input on a PVR-350
On 26/06/05, Daniel Hoyos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allright that helped. I set the input to s-video 0 and now I get some display in watch tv although it quickly hangs and goes back tot he amin menu. The other thing is that it is coming up in black and white. This might help to let you know whats going on as well: Black and White normally means you've got a S-Video/Composite mismatch or a PAL/NTSC mistmatch. ie your signal is S-Video but your monitor is expecting composite video, or you're sending an NTSC signal to a PAL monitor. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Skip forward doesn't work correctly anymore
On Sunday 26 June 2005 08:58 pm, Paul Leppert wrote: On 6/26/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Leppert wrote: On 6/25/05, *Michael T. Dean* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip You can do the same with mysqlcheck (it's really not important to have mysqlrepair, so don't worry about it). mysqlcheck -r -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg Okay, so I ran the above and get the following output (everything says OK): [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mysqlcheck -r -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg mythconverg.callsignnetworkmap OK mythconverg.capturecard OK mythconverg.cardinput OK mythconverg.channel OK mythconverg.codecparams OK mythconverg.conflictresolutionany OK mythconverg.conflictresolutionoverride OK mythconverg.conflictresolutionsingle OK mythconverg.credits OK mythconverg.dtv_multiplex OK mythconverg.dtv_privatetypes OK mythconverg.dvb_channel OK mythconverg.dvb_pids OK mythconverg.dvb_sat OK mythconverg.dvb_signal_quality OK mythconverg.dvdinput OK mythconverg.dvdtranscode OK mythconverg.favorites OK mythconverg.filemarkup OK mythconverg.gallerymetadata OK mythconverg.gamemetadata OK mythconverg.housekeeping OK mythconverg.jobqueue OK mythconverg.jumppoints OK mythconverg.keybindings OK mythconverg.keyword OK mythconverg.mamemetadata OK mythconverg.mamesettings OK mythconverg.musicmetadata OK mythconverg.musicplaylist OK mythconverg.mythlog OK mythconverg.neskeyword OK mythconverg.nestitle OK mythconverg.networkiconmap OK mythconverg.oldfind OK mythconverg.oldprogram OK mythconverg.oldrecorded OK mythconverg.people OK mythconverg.phonecallhistory OK mythconverg.phonedirectory OK mythconverg.pidcache OK mythconverg.profilegroups OK mythconverg.program OK mythconverg.programgenres OK mythconverg.programrating OK mythconverg.recgrouppassword OK mythconverg.record OK mythconverg.recorded OK mythconverg.recordedcredits OK mythconverg.recordedprogram OK mythconverg.recordedrating OK mythconverg.recordingprofiles OK mythconverg.recordmatch OK mythconverg.recordoverride OK mythconverg.schemalock OK mythconverg.settings OK mythconverg.smartplaylist OK mythconverg.smartplaylistcategory OK mythconverg.smartplaylistitem OK mythconverg.snessettings OK mythconverg.videobookmarks OK mythconverg.videocategory OK mythconverg.videogenre OK mythconverg.videometadata OK mythconverg.videometadatacountry OK mythconverg.videometadatagenre OK mythconverg.videosource OK mythconverg.videotypes OK mythconverg.websites OK [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ Doesn't seem like it thinks anything has a problem. Any ideas on what to check next? Thanks for your help, phlepper Strange...looks like your recordedmarkup table got hosed somehow. I dumped the table structure from my database so that you can re-create it in yours. Just take the attached file and run this command: mysql -u mythtv -p mythconverg recordedmarkup.sql You can change mythtv to whatever the username is that you use for the database. After doing this, you should be good to go. Just go into your recordings, and have commercial flagging done to one of them. See if it works. If so, then I guess you could add all of your shows to a playlist and have flagging run on all of them to get them all back into shape again. I did this once before I realized that all I had to do was repair the tableand boy did it take a while for a couple hundred recordings :-) Hope this does it for you. ~Lou -- MySQL dump 9.11 -- -- Host: localhostDatabase: mythconverg -- -- -- Server version 4.0.24 -- -- Table structure for table `recordedmarkup` -- CREATE TABLE recordedmarkup ( chanid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', starttime datetime NOT NULL default '-00-00 00:00:00', mark bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0', offset varchar(32) default NULL, type int(11) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (chanid,starttime,mark,type) ) TYPE=MyISAM; pgpI6gPhQ2f91.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythbackend.log stops getting written to after logrotate
My logrotate script runs weekly. I have noticed that I am getting an error reported form the cron job which says something like logrotate resulted in an error (can't remember the exact wording). This coincides with a new mythbackend.log file which is 0 bytes and which doesn't get written to. If I restart the service all is well. I _believe_ (but have not yet verified) this then causes other problems with things like quality of recordings and with auto-shutdown. With the latter I believe it stops the nvram-wakeup call being correctly executed which means the box doesn't wake up again when it's supposed to so program recordings get missed. Does anyone know how to fix this? Mythbackend seems to be the only service which this happens to where it can't write to the new log file after logrotate. I know it's possible to stpo/restart the service as part of logrotate but that would mess up the recording. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend.log stops getting written to after logrotate
On 6/27/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *snip* Does anyone know how to fix this? Mythbackend seems to be the only service which this happens to where it can't write to the new log file after logrotate. I know it's possible to stpo/restart the service as part of logrotate but that would mess up the recording. Are you using the copytruncate option in the logrotate entry for mythtv? Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] RE: 0.18.1 DVB-S Stuttering
I downgraded back to 0.17 and the problem has gone away. So it looks like the problem is in MythTV 0.18.1 and not IVTV or LinuxTV. I'll stay with MythTV 0.17 for the moment as it seems to be working fine. I'm running: SuSE Linux 9.1 QT version 3.1.2 Kernel 2.6.12.1 (and LinuxTV drivers as included with this kernel - although MythTV 1.17 was also fine with Kernel 2.6.8) IVTV 0.2.0-rc3k A PVR350 a Nexus-S both PCI If anyone else has had this problem I'd be interested to hear from you All the best, Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Conniffe Sent: 24 June 2005 15:42 To: 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: [mythtv-users] RE: 0.18.1 DVB-S Stuttering Hi again, I still haven't got this fixed yet. I've upgraded to Kernel 2.6.12, installed the latest stable IVTV (0.2.0-rc3k) and did a make clean, make distclean, configure, make and make install with Mythtv-0.18.1 (so that Mythtv would see the new kernel DVB drivers). Its really weird - the DVB watch tv or recording/replaying (both through the PVR350 output) are really jerky/stuttering. This problem was not here with 0.16 (actually I think I was lastly running 0.17 but it was fine too). When this is happening uptime is showing very little usage (its watching on the Nexus-S dvb card now and recording on the PVR350 and uptime is 1.02) and no strange output in dmesg or messages log file. Has anyone else come across this problem? I think I might have to downgrade back to 0.17. Thanks, Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Conniffe Sent: 24 June 2005 10:31 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] 0.18.1 DVB-S Stuttering Hi, I've [almost] successfully upgraded from MythTV 0.16 to 0.18.1 but I have a new DVB-S stuttering problem. I playback DVB-S recording through a PVR350 output. I'm using SuSE Linux 9.1 with a 2.6.8 kernel and the DVB drivers from the kernel source. With the upgrade to MythTV 0.18.1 DVB-S playback - or Live DVB-S watching - is like a broken CD - its all stuttering which small samples looping before jumping on to the next set of looping samples - I'd guess maybe 1/10 of a second loops about 4 times and then jumps on 400ms to the next looping samples. I wonder if my problem is the older kernel DVB drivers - I saw a warning with the MythTV 0.18.1 compile telling me that its ok not to specify the DVB driver source directory if I'm using kernel DVB drivers with a kernel version 2.6.9 I think. But I choose to ignore this because it compiled nicely - until it was pointed out to me that it hasn't been recording CBEEBIES (Children's channels) on satellite correctly this morning! Thanks for any help, Derek -- Derek Conniffe Rivertower Ltd Main Line: (Lo Call) 1890 45 70 74 (International: 00 353 1 201 0180) Direct Line: 01 201 0146 (International: 00 353 1 201 0146) Mobile: 086 856 3823 (International: 00 353 86 856 3823) Fax: 01 201 0085 (International: 00 353 1 201 0085) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.rivertowerhosting.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Determining State of Set Top Box
On my PVR-350 I can use the command ivtvctl -I and I get either Input signal timebase (D4): Stable (broadcast/DVD) or Input signal timebase (D4): Bad If your not using a PVR then I don't know (and according to someone previously on the list, it's partly to do with my receiver), but at least you know it's possible. Ant. On 6/27/05, Derek Battams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometime this morning my cable company decided to reset my digital receiver - probably for a firmware upgrade or some such thing. After the reset the power was off. I had no recordings scheduled during this time and was able to turn it back on when I got home and noticed it. I knew this would be one of the issues that couldn't be prevented when having MythTV receive from an external source - or can it be detected? While thinking about this during the day, I noticed that when the receiver was off my screen was blank (no static - blank/black) when trying to watch TV on that tuner. Is there somewhere (the backend daemon?) where a test can be done and if a blank screen is detected for, say, 20 seconds then send the remote code for the receiver's power? Keep doing this as long as a blank screen is detected? I know the commflag program detects commercial breaks via blank frames so it would seem that perhaps something similar can be done for detecting the status of an external receiver? - Derek ___ 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: 0.18.1 DVB-S Stuttering
Derek Conniffe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I downgraded back to 0.17 and the problem has gone away. So it looks like the problem is in MythTV 0.18.1 and not IVTV or LinuxTV. I'll stay with MythTV 0.17 for the moment as it seems to be working fine. snip If anyone else has had this problem I'd be interested to hear from you I've been getting stuttering too, now you mention it! I'm running DVB-T using Nebula DigiTV PCI cards. This was only noticed on the weekend while trying to watch Wimbledon - very obvious and nasty stuttering while watching tennis balls in motion. The stuttering seems to vary depending on what is being watched, some channels/programmes seemed fine. I'm running a 2.8GHz P4, 512MB, Nebula, etc. With Gentoo and MythTV 0.18.1-r2. I've not used my Myth box that much recently due to other problems with the DVB EPG dieing on me (someone please answer my other posts to this list! ;) ). But I watched a fair bit on 0.18 when I first installed that and I don't recall any problems at all. I'm not sure of what changed between 0.18 and 0.18.1(-r2), but I'll have a look when I get time. FYI, I've been running the same kernel version, with the same DVB driver throughout my experience, so I'm sure they're OK. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Determining State of Set Top Box
Something could be done, but what I suggest you do is modify your change channel script -- see if you can get a 'discrete on' code for your receiver or some button combination which will always turn your box on (whether on or off). Joshua On 27/6/05 7:46 AM, Derek Battams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometime this morning my cable company decided to reset my digital receiver - probably for a firmware upgrade or some such thing. After the reset the power was off. I had no recordings scheduled during this time and was able to turn it back on when I got home and noticed it. I knew this would be one of the issues that couldn't be prevented when having MythTV receive from an external source - or can it be detected? While thinking about this during the day, I noticed that when the receiver was off my screen was blank (no static - blank/black) when trying to watch TV on that tuner. Is there somewhere (the backend daemon?) where a test can be done and if a blank screen is detected for, say, 20 seconds then send the remote code for the receiver's power? Keep doing this as long as a blank screen is detected? I know the commflag program detects commercial breaks via blank frames so it would seem that perhaps something similar can be done for detecting the status of an external receiver? - Derek ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend.log stops getting written to after logrotate
Does anyone know how to fix this? Mythbackend seems to be the only
service which this happens to where it can't write to the new log file
after logrotate. I know it's possible to stpo/restart the service as
part of logrotate but that would mess up the recording.
Are you using the copytruncate option in the logrotate entry for mythtv?
No I haven't been so I will give that a go. Thanks for the suggestion.
My mythbackend file for logrotate now looks like this:
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log {
notifempty
missingok
copytruncate
compress
compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
compressext .bz2
weekly
}
Does this look right?
Regards,
Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] Sound issues and PS-TS mode
I'm assuming you mean for a DVB card? The setting is in mythtvsetup under advanced in the capture card settings if I remember correctly. I changed my settings to TS and I found that this caused an increase in poor recordings. The symptoms were momentary pixellations throughout the recording plus occasional spits and pops in the sound. I've now changed back to PS to confirm this is what caused it. I _think_ that the bad recordings may have been when there was bad weather. Could it be that TS is more picky about the signal quality than PS? Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-150 for $60 at Circuit City
Just in case people are looking at adding an additional tuner to their system, they might be interested in this deal http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?threadid=111699 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Start frontend in live tv mode...
Hi all. I'm currently running the mythtv-suite v0.18.1 on a fedora core 3 system, and I'm struggling to set up a stand alone set-top-box which would start, just after the the boot phase, in live tv mode (yes, I'd really like it to skip the menu stuff). Now, I'm pretty new to the Linux and Myth worlds, and what I guess, so far, is that this feature is hard-coded in the mythfrontend core. Before starting a risky developing/debugging job, I wonder if someone else could have already found his way. Does anyone know how to help me in this task? Thanks in advance. Domenico. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Multiple tuners, multiple remotes
I've just purchased a PVR-150 to add to my MythTV box which contains a PVR-350 already. Both have remotes. Since I really only need to use the remote when watching LiveTV on that specific tuner, how do I configure the two cards to best enable this? Do I set the preference priority to use the non-remote tuner first? If nothing is being recorded will that mean it will be chosen for LiveTV first also? people are using multiple tuners on a regular basis so I assume this has been solved in a straight forward way... Jim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
Probably not, I'll have to check. But why should that matter? Im not asking MythTV to transcode my recordings once theyve been recorded. After all, that would just result in more loss of quality. I'm trying to get to the point were my recording profiles are as such that I can more or less directly burn my recordings to DVD without any need of re-encoding or transcoding. Ok, I just checked it, and the first page says Automatically transcode after recording. But whats the point in enabling that? I do NOT want to have to re-encode my recordings. And since they are being recorded at 480x480 resolution anyway, resizing them through transcoding is utterly pointless. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TurboCache Video Cards
On 6/27/05, Andy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of building up a new HTPC and I'd like to be able to decode 720p content and output through DVI. 3D performance doesn't matter since this won't be used for gaming but I'd like to be sure the video doesn't come out choppy but trying to keep things as cheap as possible. Has anyone had success using the Nvidia 6200 TurboCache cards for this sort of thing? I'm planning to use the following for the rest of the system: - MSI 915P Combo-F (i915P Socket 775/800FSB Dual-DDR/2-400/533) -- I want to use the Intel 9xx series chipsets for their HD audio support which is the reason I need a PCI-Express video card. - Intel CeleronD 335J (2.8GHZ LGA775 533FSB 256K Cache) - 512 MB DDR-400 RAM Any other comments on the other hardware would be great too. I had a lot of problems getting my 6200TC card to work. I ended up selling it. I only tried up to the 7174 drivers though. The main problem I had was extremely high cpu usage for the X process whenever playing video. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend.log stops getting written to after logrotate
On 6/27/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you using the copytruncate option in the logrotate entry for mythtv?
No I haven't been so I will give that a go. Thanks for the suggestion.
My mythbackend file for logrotate now looks like this:
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log {
notifempty
missingok
copytruncate
compress
compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
compressext .bz2
weekly
}
Does this look right?
That looks alright to me. I haven't set it up since I reinstalled my
mythtv box, so I don't have a working one to give as an example.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 02:09:37PM +0200, Robert Krig wrote: Probably not, I'll have to check. But why should that matter? Im not asking MythTV to transcode my recordings once theyve been recorded. After all, that would just result in more loss of quality. I'm trying to get to the point were my recording profiles are as such that I can more or less directly burn my recordings to DVD without any need of re-encoding or transcoding. Ok, I just checked it, and the first page says Automatically transcode after recording. There you go; mystery solved. That is why MythTV is transcoding your programs after they've been recorded, and why you're ending up with 480x480 recordings. But whats the point in enabling that? I do NOT want to have to re-encode my recordings. And since they are being recorded at 480x480 resolution anyway, resizing them through transcoding is utterly pointless. In your case, you've decided there is no need to enable auto-transcode. Turn off the checkbox if this feature doesn't meet your needs. As for why this feature exists at all, it is because not everyone has a hardware encoder, so things need to be transcoded after the fact in less-than-real-time. --Rob signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
nVidia 6200 HDTV out - high CPU usage (was Re: [mythtv-users] TurboCache Video Cards)
Tom Dombrosky wrote: I had a lot of problems getting my 6200TC card to work. I ended up selling it. I only tried up to the 7174 drivers though. The main problem I had was extremely high cpu usage for the X process whenever playing video. You were getting that back on 7174?. I just tried out a Leadtek Winfast A6200 THD (nice card, fanless, with component video out). I have only tried the 7667 driver so far, but when I try to play something (mplayer or myth) with the resolution set to 1080i X goes to near 100% CPU usage and I can't use the keyboard. I found that if I change to 480p output everything works fine. I can play DVDs or AVIs with mplayer with X going to 100% usage. I was planning on trying other driver revs to see if I could get it to work. Maybe someday... -- David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: nVidia 6200 HDTV out - high CPU usage (was Re: [mythtv-users] TurboCache Video Cards)
On 6/27/05, David George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Dombrosky wrote: I had a lot of problems getting my 6200TC card to work. I ended up selling it. I only tried up to the 7174 drivers though. The main problem I had was extremely high cpu usage for the X process whenever playing video. You were getting that back on 7174?. I just tried out a Leadtek Winfast A6200 THD (nice card, fanless, with component video out). I have only tried the 7667 driver so far, but when I try to play something (mplayer or myth) with the resolution set to 1080i X goes to near 100% CPU usage and I can't use the keyboard. I found that if I change to 480p output everything works fine. I can play DVDs or AVIs with mplayer with X going to 100% usage. I was planning on trying other driver revs to see if I could get it to work. Maybe someday... -- David Yeah, I got it on 7174. I ended up giving up and selling the card. I was running at 1280x720 over the DVI output. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: nVidia 6200 HDTV out - high CPU usage (was Re: [mythtv-users] TurboCache Video Cards)
You were getting that back on 7174?. I just tried out a Leadtek Winfast A6200 THD (nice card, fanless, with component video out). I have only tried the 7667 driver so far, but when I try to play something (mplayer or myth) with the resolution set to 1080i X goes to near 100% CPU usage and I can't use the keyboard. I found that if I change to 480p output everything works fine. I can play DVDs or AVIs with mplayer with X going to 100% usage. I was planning on trying other driver revs to see if I could get it to work. Maybe someday... This could be the RenderAccel problem. Try turning it off in xorg.conf and see if that fixes your problem. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend.log stops getting written to after logrotate
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 10:10:21PM +1000, Chris Edwards wrote:
On 6/27/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you using the copytruncate option in the logrotate entry for
mythtv?
No I haven't been so I will give that a go. Thanks for the
suggestion. My mythbackend file for logrotate now looks like this:
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log {
notifempty
missingok
copytruncate
compress
compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
compressext .bz2
weekly
}
Does this look right?
That looks alright to me. I haven't set it up since I reinstalled my
mythtv box, so I don't have a working one to give as an example.
This looks syntactically correct, but won't achieve what you want.
Mythbackend still has the logfile open, so even though the logfile has
been truncated, the space will not be returned to the filesystem until
the logfile has been closed (which today requires that mythbackend be
restarted). Until mythbackend is fixed to honor SIGHUP or something to
re-open its logfile, you're stuck.
A workaround would be to re-schedule your daily log rotations
(/etc/crontab) to run at a time when you know you don't have any
recordings, and have your postrotate script restart mythbackend ...
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
On 6/27/05, Robert Tsai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In your case, you've decided there is no need to enable auto-transcode. Turn off the checkbox if this feature doesn't meet your needs. As for why this feature exists at all, it is because not everyone has a hardware encoder, so things need to be transcoded after the fact in less-than-real-time. Lots of folks with hardware encoders use auto transcode as well to save space. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Start frontend in live tv mode...
Domenico Di Tommaso wrote: Hi all. I'm currently running the mythtv-suite v0.18.1 on a fedora core 3 system, and I'm struggling to set up a stand alone set-top-box which would start, just after the the boot phase, in live tv mode (yes, I'd really like it to skip the menu stuff). Now, I'm pretty new to the Linux and Myth worlds, and what I guess, so far, is that this feature is hard-coded in the mythfrontend core. Before starting a risky developing/debugging job, I wonder if someone else could have already found his way. Does anyone know how to help me in this task? Thanks in advance. Domenico. If live-tv is all you use you could start mythtv instead of mythfrontend. Steven ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend.log stops getting written to after logrotate
On 6/27/05, Robert Tsai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *snip* This looks syntactically correct, but won't achieve what you want. Mythbackend still has the logfile open, so even though the logfile has been truncated, the space will not be returned to the filesystem until the logfile has been closed (which today requires that mythbackend be restarted). Until mythbackend is fixed to honor SIGHUP or something to re-open its logfile, you're stuck. A workaround would be to re-schedule your daily log rotations (/etc/crontab) to run at a time when you know you don't have any recordings, and have your postrotate script restart mythbackend ... While it may still be consuming space, it certainly has the effect of allowing new log messages to appear in the truncated file. It's unlikely that the backend will run for long enough for the wasted space to be a problem. 100MB is an awful lot of log messages (over a year's worth for me), but a fraction of what a single recording will use. But having the backend reopen the file would still be a good idea. I'll see if I can get around to doing it myself in a week or so. Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] location of logs?
Thanks, right now I am trying to test and run mythbackend from a terminal window, not throgh the startup script. Does mythbackend not log if its launched that way? Where is the terminal script located so I can place that options line in it? Right now my backend is not generatating /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log THANKS!!! --- Monkey Pet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My logs are located in /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log. Here is the options line from the mythbackend startup script. OPTIONS=$OPTIONS --daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/$prog.log --pidfile /var/run/$prog.pid I think the frontend writes to stdout and is pretty verbose about it. On 6/26/05, Frostykev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1st, where are the backend and frontend logs located? I've looked in var/log/messages with little information. I've also looked in /var/log/mythtv and the only log there is mythfilldatabase.log a helpful pointer of log locations, or where to find them would be nice, then I can start troubleshooting the specifics in the logs. Or are they supposed to be under /var/log/mythtv/? also any hints on what might be crashing? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Determining State of Set Top Box
Quoting Joshua King [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Something could be done, but what I suggest you do is modify your change channel script -- see if you can get a 'discrete on' code for your receiver or some button combination which will always turn your box on (whether on or off). Joshua My quick scan of Google suggests that there is no discrete code available for Scientific Atlanta boxes (specifically, I have the Explorer 3200 model). Can anyone on the list prove me wrong? :-) - Derek ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic Visualisations
On 6/26/05, Duncan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Craig Tinson wrote: Duncan Brown wrote: 1) Is there anywhere I can download any more? 2) Is there any way of having the track name appear whenever a new one starts? 3) Anyone got any plans or heard anyone mention porting the excellent (and now open) milkdrop to myth? regarding Q3.. I think projectM would be better to implement: http://xmms-projectm.sourceforge.net/ milkdrop is win32 only as it uses directx.. but projectM is opengl based and it's only requirement is a stable sdl library. Ah ok, I didnt realise that about milkdrop, my mistake. As for projectM, I am no programmer unfortunately.. cheers anyway Anyone got any input on the first 2 questions? 1) No 2) Not without modifying the code so no. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't compile CVS mythplugins
On 6/26/05, Egeekial [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the error I get: If you're compiling the CVS version of the plugins you must compile and INSTALL the cvs version of MythTV. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] XvMC data point
Hi all, I searched the list and couldn't find a definitive answer on what type of processor one could get away with when using XvMC, just that it the requirements were drastically lower. I currently have an Athlon XP 1700+ using the integrated TV-out in a Shuttle SK41G driving my standard def TV. This system is way too slow for HDTV as it is and I was really hoping to avoid buying an entirely new system. Anyway, I borrowed an nVidia 5600, enable XvMC (in mplayer) and was able to playback both 720p and 1080i content with about 50% CPU usage. This was without any deinterlacing as my new TV is a 1080i CRT. Bottom line, 1080i on an Athlon XP 1700+ with XvMC seems possible. -Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] location of logs?
On 27/06/05, Frostykev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, right now I am trying to test and run mythbackend from a terminal window, not throgh the startup script. Does mythbackend not log if its launched that way? Where is the terminal script located so I can place that options line in it? Right now my backend is not generatating /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log I think you have to pass the logfile location to mythbackend when you run it. If you just type 'mythbackend' in a terminal then the logging output appears in the terminal window. If you want to capture it you could type: mythbackend logfile ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Annoying bug when MythTV starts and DVB-T channel is off air
Hi all I was wondering if I should submit this as a bug, but thought I should consult the list before doing so! I live in the UK and an using DVB-T cards to watch Freeview. If the last channel that I watch on mythfronend is say BBC 3, this channel is saved my mythtv as the channel to tune in to when the card is next accessed. However, when I try to watch TV in the morning, BBC 3 is off air. Mythfrontend tries to tune to channel 7 (ie BBC 3) and when it fails to do so, comes back to the initial menu screen. I am now locked out of Live TV because the card can't tune to BBC 3! The only way I can force mythtv to change the channel back to say BBC 1, is to make a recording on BBC 1 or some other channel that is on air. When I then start mythtv, the card is tuned to the channel I made the recording on and I can watch TV. I reckon that this is a pretty serious bug that can easily render mythtv unusable to anyone that is not a mythtv administrator - ie my wife! Does anyone have any comments on how to proceed with getting this fixed? ta Stan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Searching imdb.pl is really slow
Hey, I have a 2MBit ADSL connection so I don't think this is the problem... Look at this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ time /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/imdb.pl -M Mallrats 0113749:Mallrats (1995) real0m0.877s user0m0.092s sys 0m0.018s [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ time /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/imdb.pl -P 0113749 http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/mallrats_ver1.jpg real0m1.727s user0m0.100s sys 0m0.013s [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ time wget http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/mallrats_ver1.jpg --17:03:18-- http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/mallrats_ver1.jpg = `mallrats_ver1.jpg' Resolving www.impawards.com... 216.92.30.49 Connecting to www.impawards.com[216.92.30.49]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 109,183 [image/jpeg] 100%[] 109,183 96.30K/s 17:03:19 (96.10 KB/s) - `mallrats_ver1.jpg' saved [109,183/109,183] real0m1.537s user0m0.003s sys 0m0.009s [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ On 6/27/05, Fedor Pikus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/26/05, AeroPeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I'm running MythTV 0.18.1 (frontend and backend) on FC3. When I'm searching for a movie in a command line using the imdb.pl script everything works really fast, for example: As you can see, the total time for searching the movie ID, the data and the poster is less than 4 seconds, but when I'm searching within the frontend the search time can get to 45-60 seconds, and somethims even longer... Doe's anyone ever encountered this problem? any ideas of how fixing it? Frontend also downloads the cover art or movie poster, so your comparison is not exactly accurate. I have the same long waits. I suspect that the delay is on IMDB end, it does not take THAT long to shove the jittle jpeg through my cable connection. Thanks! ___ 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] Annoying bug when MythTV starts and DVB-T channel is off air
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Does anyone have any comments on how to proceed with getting this fixed? This is known: http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13 Kristian. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Annoying bug when MythTV starts and DVB-T channel is off air
[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing: Hi all I was wondering if I should submit this as a bug, but thought I should consult the list before doing so! I live in the UK and an using DVB-T cards to watch Freeview. If the last channel that I watch on mythfronend is say BBC 3, this channel is saved my mythtv as the channel to tune in to when the card is next accessed. However, when I try to watch TV in the morning, BBC 3 is off air. Mythfrontend tries to tune to channel 7 (ie BBC 3) and when it fails to do so, comes back to the initial menu screen. I am now locked out of Live TV because the card can't tune to BBC 3! See these two bugs, basically the same thing: http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=261 http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=271 Already known about and not yet fixed. BB ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple tuners, multiple remotes
you dont have to do anything with the 150's remote. the 350's remote will control whichever card you are using for live tv at the time with no extra configuration. Jim Reith wrote: I've just purchased a PVR-150 to add to my MythTV box which contains a PVR-350 already. Both have remotes. Since I really only need to use the remote when watching LiveTV on that specific tuner, how do I configure the two cards to best enable this? Do I set the preference priority to use the non-remote tuner first? If nothing is being recorded will that mean it will be chosen for LiveTV first also? people are using multiple tuners on a regular basis so I assume this has been solved in a straight forward way... Jim ___ 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] Multiple tuners, multiple remotes
At 10:30 AM 6/27/2005, you wrote: you dont have to do anything with the 150's remote. the 350's remote will control whichever card you are using for live tv at the time with no extra configuration. Through the 350's IR input or do I hook up both cards IR receivers? I just had this image of changing remotes depending on the card in use or clicking on the remote and changing the tuner for something recording in the background. Jim Reith wrote: I've just purchased a PVR-150 to add to my MythTV box which contains a PVR-350 already. Both have remotes. Since I really only need to use the remote when watching LiveTV on that specific tuner, how do I configure the two cards to best enable this? Do I set the preference priority to use the non-remote tuner first? If nothing is being recorded will that mean it will be chosen for LiveTV first also? people are using multiple tuners on a regular basis so I assume this has been solved in a straight forward way... Jim ___ 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] Multiple tuners, multiple remotes
Jim Reith wrote: At 10:30 AM 6/27/2005, you wrote: you dont have to do anything with the 150's remote. the 350's remote will control whichever card you are using for live tv at the time with no extra configuration. Through the 350's IR input or do I hook up both cards IR receivers? I just had this image of changing remotes depending on the card in use or clicking on the remote and changing the tuner for something recording in the background. The remote doesn't talk to the PVR-350. LIRC is receiving the input from the remote and sending it to MythTV. MythTV changes the channel. Since MythTV can change channels on both tunners (you can do it with the keyboard, so you know the remote isn't involved), you only need to pick one of the IR receivers and use the remote in conjunction with that. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Skip forward doesn't work correctly anymore
Louie Ilievski wrote: On Sunday 26 June 2005 08:58 pm, Paul Leppert wrote: On 6/26/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Leppert wrote: On 6/25/05, *Michael T. Dean* wrote: snip You can do the same with mysqlcheck (it's really not important to have mysqlrepair, so don't worry about it). mysqlcheck -r -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg Okay, so I ran the above and get the following output (everything says OK): Strange...looks like your recordedmarkup table got hosed somehow. Yeah. I was really hoping it was just unable to open the file. If so, then I guess you could add all of your shows to a playlist and have flagging run on all of them to get them all back into shape again. I did this once before I realized that all I had to do was repair the tableand boy did it take a while for a couple hundred recordings :-) Hope this does it for you. Or, even better, to get seeking working more quickly, from the command line run: mythcommflag --rebuild Then, when that finishes, you can tell it to flag commercials (on some or all of your recordings). You can do this either on a file-by-file basis with mythcommflag -f /path/to/nuv or just let it do them all (over a couple of days) with mythcommflag Note that if you have a recent development version ( Jun 15 - http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/135954#135954 ), this will even respect the commercial free settings on your channels, so it won't waste time flagging recordings without any commercials. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Question about PVR-350 files and transcoding
Hi all, I have a working MythTV 0.18.1 setup with FC3. My TV card is a PV-350. I capture programs using 720x480 MPEG PS. My question is this, it seems that the NUV file format is not recognizable by a couple of the utiilities. I want to burn the programs onto a DVD. I have nuvexport installed and it seems to work... almost. The problem is that when I specify the file to transcode, the program says that the file cannot be opened. I can the same error with avidemux2, it cannot open the source file. When I use the DVD burn script in the MythTV.org docs, using mkfifo, mpegdesc, and dvdauthor, I can output the .nuv file to video and audio directories for burning to DVD (although the audio directory is empty). I have burned the files to a DVD and they run on a Windows computer, but the DVD directory can't be read by a DVD player (I know that I probably have to use growisofs or mkisofs to reformat the files into the correct iso image to burn. What can I look at to figure out why nuvexport and avidemux2 keep choking on the NUV files? Thanks, -Jim McKay ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple tuners, multiple remotes
At 11:01 AM 6/27/2005, you wrote: Jim Reith wrote: At 10:30 AM 6/27/2005, you wrote: you dont have to do anything with the 150's remote. the 350's remote will control whichever card you are using for live tv at the time with no extra configuration. Through the 350's IR input or do I hook up both cards IR receivers? I just had this image of changing remotes depending on the card in use or clicking on the remote and changing the tuner for something recording in the background. The remote doesn't talk to the PVR-350. LIRC is receiving the input from the remote and sending it to MythTV. MythTV changes the channel. Since MythTV can change channels on both tunners (you can do it with the keyboard, so you know the remote isn't involved), you only need to pick one of the IR receivers and use the remote in conjunction with that. Duh, dawn breaks over Marblehead. Yes, that makes sense. I configure the remote to work (as it does now) and there is logic in MythTV as to which tuner is active with the foreground and acts on the commands. I was just having a block on the fact that the software was handling the remote not hardware on the tuner. I should have known that after all the work to generate lirc.conf and lircrc last week. 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] Can't compile CVS mythplugins
On 6/27/05, Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/26/05, Egeekial [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the error I get:If you're compiling the CVS version of the plugins you must compileand INSTALL the cvs version of MythTV. ___ Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't CVS been discontinued and replaced with SVN? -- Thanks,Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Determining State of Set Top Box
On 27-Jun-05, at 9:26 AM, Derek Battams wrote: My quick scan of Google suggests that there is no discrete code available for Scientific Atlanta boxes (specifically, I have the Explorer 3200 model). Can anyone on the list prove me wrong? :-) You may have already found this one in your searches: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/archive/index.php/t-384294.html the relevant post is down a bit past halfway, search for x-tad-smallerjust not there yet/x-tad-smaller. Sounds like a no-go. I have the same problem with an sa3200. The best I could do was put together a script that tries to sense the state based on characteristics of the video coming in. The VBI part as I recall. It's on my sister's machine and I don't have a copy of the script. Anyway it fails about 5% of the time but it seems OK for her as there are lots of repeats on the stuff she records. Someone suggested ivctl -l earlier, I believe I tried that and it didn't work, ie, I get an OK video message whether but 3200 is on or off. - George ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
I'm sorry to say guys, you've missed the plot completely. I am NOT saying that transcode is enabled. It is off, not selected, not checked or anything. You simply asked if the option for it was there, the option is there but it is NOT activated. Furthermore, I am not questioning the use of the auto-transcode feature, but you made it sound like the reason why my recordings get RECORDED (not transcoded) to a resolution of 480x480 was because I did not enable auto transcode. To which I replied that I dont see the point of activating auto transcode, since I dont see why that is preventing my recording profile from doing what its supposed to. Im am absolutely positive there is NO transcoding active. In fact, if I start to watch live tv using the ringbuffer, then open a console and start mplayer on the ringbuffer file, the size is still 480x480!! Even if I change the LIVETV profile to 352x288 OR 720x576, IT IS STILL AT 480x480 when I play it via mplayer. Its not being converted or transcoded to that resolution, it is being recorded at that resolution (480x480). Furthermore all my recording profiles seem to ignore whatever bitrate I specify, regardless of the chosen stream type, be it MPEG2-TS, MPEG2-PS, DVD, DVD-Special1 or DVD-Special2. Its as if the recording profiles setup is being completely ignored simply because I have an MPEG2 encoder. Its not like the hardware is not capable of achieving different resolutions or bitrates Ive tried it several times using other tools. If I use ivtvctl then I can set it to any bitrate I desire, any resolution I choose and even to any stream type I want. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
OMG!?!?! Im a such an idiot I accidentally had a set of additional custom recording profiles. And you can guess, the custom recording profiles were all at their default settings of 480x480 and a max bitrate of 6000kbps. D'OH! Now that I changed those settings, everything thankfully works as it should again. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Re: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
On 6/27/05, Robert Krig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I change the LIVETV profile to 352x288 OR 720x576, IT IS STILL AT 480x480 when I play it via mplayer. Its not being converted or transcoded to that resolution, it is being recorded at that resolution (480x480). Are you changing the right recording profiles? There's a set for software encoders and a set for hardware encoders. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Core 4 update?
On 6/26/05, Andrew J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea when the howto will get updated to reflect Fedora Core 4?? Its been a while since it was out. Andrew By 'The Howto' I'm assuming you mean Jarod's guide? If so, you should read the top update to the page: Latest News (2005-06-21) I'm starting a new job with Linux Networx next week. Such being the case, I've been rather busy wrapping up with my current job and preparing for the new one (which involves the first two weeks being out of town for some training at company HQ in Utah). Still intending to move this document to Fedora Core 4 as soon as possible though... -- John Sturgeon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] AWARD BIOS in m10000
Anyone know if the AWARD BIOS in the EPIA M-Series boards can do a net boot (bootp). I want to configure a diskless front end, which will boot over my network from the back end. Thanks -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Playback vid corruption with 1080i (with pics)
Try playing back the .nuv file using mplayer -vf pp=lb (just for a sanity check) I see the following in the log file: 2005-06-23 20:29:08.607 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 53, dispwoff: 1680, disphoff: 944 2005-06-23 20:29:08.607 Image size. imgx 77, imgy: 43, imgw: 1766, imgh: 994 are you setting the output size differently than you're display resolution? If so, then MythTV is probably scaling, and it is possible that MythTV is indeed scaling prior to deinterlacing (that would be bad) but a dev would probably be able to comment further. -- John On 6/25/05, gad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glen Dragon wrote: Quoting john sturgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 6/23/05, Doug Larrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deinterlacing is clearly not working in these pictures. The stripes are so wide because something (probably your video card) is scaling the pictures to a resolution less than 1080 lines high. Double-check you have deinterlacing enabled, and check the output from 'mythfrontend --verbose playback'. Also note that bob deinterlacing is disabled if you're playing at a speed other than 1x. -Doug Doug is right on. That is classic when resizing non-deinterlaced content. You can also see this problem if your filter chain is in the wrong order, and you resize *before* deinterlacing. You should always de-interlace prior to resizing. John Hmm.. I am using kernel deinterlacing. Or at least thats what I specify in the menu. I don't have any other exotic filters or anything. I am playing at a 1x speed (normally) The display is outputing onto a lcd flat panel at 1680x1050, the native resolution of the display. I have Xorg setup to do this resolution. I don't know how I would re-arrange the filter chain. Is this configurable somewhere? I assume that X is doing the scaling from the 1920x1080 to the 1680x1050. Is this correct? If myth is doing the de-int, it should be taking place before the scaling right? I will post the output of -v playback when I get home. Anything else I should enable? Here a log attached when I tried it the other night. I tried all of the deinterlacers. No real difference between any of them I noticed that it could not use the RTC timing method (due to permissions on /dev/rtc), I tried as root, and there was no difference. I'm also noticed that opengl vsync was not working.. I not sure why that is, or what is needed to make it work. Any suggestions? ___ 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] AWARD BIOS in m10000
Pane, Chris wrote: Anyone know if the AWARD BIOS in the EPIA M-Series boards can do a net boot (bootp). I want to configure a diskless front end, which will boot over my network from the back end. Yes, they can. They support PXE. You might check out MiniMyth (http://home.san.rr.com/benderfamily/software/minimyth/ and http://linpvr.org), which is a diskless MythTV frontend Linux distribution that runs on EPIA motherboards. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su - Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ps ax | grep mythba 24775 ?Ssl0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile /var/run/mythbackend.pid Anything helpful? btw: If I stop/start (or restart) the mythbackend after rebooting.. everything works. From: Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:38:14 +1000 To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console you forgot the minus after su so it should be su - su /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start then run ps ax|grep mythbac ___ 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] using ratdvd files with mplayer
i saw a awesome util to compress DVD's. Now is the advantage that it has a small file size with a good quality. What i believe is that you need a plugin to play these files. Does anybody know if this is possible with mplayer or xine. I looked at ratDVD a few weeks ago -- http://www.ratdvd.tk I believe a brief synopsis of ratDVD is that it transcodes DVDs *and* includes DVD menus (and some file/movie metadata?) in a single file/container. what has this to do with mythtv? it would be nice to rip some DVDs with menus and not take 4+gb per ISO image. anyway ratdvd seems to use some very new (maybe even of their own making) codecs. They do have their own codec which is windows only, I believe that DIVX6 intends to provide similar menu functionality, so that's probably where we'll see Linux support for encoding and playback of video files with menus and metadata. -Ross ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Myth on Amiga
Just out of curiosity, can anyone see any problems with compiling Myth to run on Amiga? I've been thinking about getting an Amiga for quite some time now, due to their superior multimedia capabilities. If it helps, the current Amiga systems run on, essentially, a slightly modified PowerMac. Presumably, compiling Myth for the PPC architecture wouldn't be a problem, so I can't really see why it wouldn't work, but I don't want to start trying to get it to work if there's a fundamental problem - like if a required dependency won't run on Amiga OS 3.9/4.0... Cheers, flim. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ on SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MTD working yet?
Is mtd working in 0.18.1 yet? I have been watching to see if it has been fixed but might have missed it. Just wondering, Jon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth on Amiga
On 27/06/05, flim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, can anyone see any problems with compiling Myth to run on Amiga? I've been thinking about getting an Amiga for quite some time now, due to their superior multimedia capabilities. If it helps, the current Amiga systems run on, essentially, a slightly modified PowerMac. Presumably, compiling Myth for the PPC architecture wouldn't be a problem, so I can't really see why it wouldn't work, but I don't want to start trying to get it to work if there's a fundamental problem - like if a required dependency won't run on Amiga OS 3.9/4.0... I can see quite a large problem, unfortunately (And being a former Amiga owner and fanatic, it's a little dissapointing). I don't believe QT is available for AmigaOS, which means that compiling Myth is going to be virtually impossible. However, the latest Amiga boards (Like the Pegasos) can run PPC Linux, and as Myth will compile under OSX (Which is NetBSD on PPC), it may be possible to compile Myth. But that would be running on Linux/PPC, not AmigaOS or MorphOS. Sorry. -- Robert Anaerin Johnston ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Frequent crashing with 0.18.1 - backtrace attached
On 6/26/05, Isaac Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try using the release-0-18-fixes branch, I believe that this particular bug's been fixed there. Instructions on cvs.mythtv.org on how to access the branch. If that doesn't work, I'd try again with the main branch - things were fixed slightly differently there. It looks like that fixed it for me, so far it's rock solid (knock on wood). Thanks very much. Dave -- David Muench - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't compile CVS mythplugins
That's probably the problem then... I just compiled Mythtv and didn't install it. I wanted to make sure that the CVS Mythtv and plugins were going to compile properly before I installed them. Donavan Stanley wrote: On 6/26/05, Egeekial [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the error I get: If you're compiling the CVS version of the plugins you must compile and INSTALL the cvs version of MythTV. ___ 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] Core 4 update?
Please keep us updated when the new doc will be available. If you are the maintainer of the doc, I'll be happy to critique it as I am planning an os reinstall to fc4. - Original Message - From: john sturgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Core 4 update? On 6/26/05, Andrew J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea when the howto will get updated to reflect Fedora Core 4?? Its been a while since it was out. Andrew By 'The Howto' I'm assuming you mean Jarod's guide? If so, you should read the top update to the page: Latest News (2005-06-21) I'm starting a new job with Linux Networx next week. Such being the case, I've been rather busy wrapping up with my current job and preparing for the new one (which involves the first two weeks being out of town for some training at company HQ in Utah). Still intending to move this document to Fedora Core 4 as soon as possible though... -- John Sturgeon ___ 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] Any troubleshooting info available for mysql myth?
Thanks to all who offered their assistance on this one.
I finally tracked this down to the stored password in mysql became
corrupted.
Once I cleared it and reset it to a known value, mythtv was able to
communicate with mysql from a non root account.
How and why this happened will probably remain a mystery, but something to
add to the knowledgebase in case any one else ever has this issue crop up.
- Original Message -
From: Korey Fort [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Discussion about mythtv' mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Any troubleshooting info available for mysql
myth?
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-database-administration.html
Sections 5.6 and 5.7 are on Privileges and User Accounts.
What your looking to do is change or add permission to a database.
mysql -u root -p{if you have one).
use mysql;
SELECT ALL FROM users WHERE username=mythtv; #If I remember correctly.
Then you grant privileges to mythtv.
Don't follow what I said word for word. I haven't looked at it myself and
haven't played with any tables in months, but 5.{6,7} ought to be able to
help you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Bailey
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 2:37 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Any troubleshooting info available for mysql
myth?
Thanks,
but been there done that.
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Any troubleshooting info available for mysql
myth?
Todd Bailey wrote:
Hi All,
I am looking for some general purpose t/s info on mysql.
I've been running myth for about a week now and just recently, the
setup,
frontend and backend need to be run as root in order to gain access to
the mysql db. File and directory as well as database permissions appear
ok, however when I try to run as the myth user I get errors something to
the effect of mysql access denied.
I'm assuming it's a security/permissions issue, either at the
file/directory level or internal to mysql.
I don't have any problems or concerns running myth as root but would
rather not.
I've already checked and (re) executed the setup scripts, reinstalled
mysql and checked mysql.org documentation for clues on what is wrong.
So far every thing appears as it should be. I'll eventually determine
the problem but if anyone has had this occur, any hints/suggestions
would
be welcome.
Check here: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-6.html
Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] Announce: Gentoo live CVS ebuild updated
Marc, mythweb-svn fails to install on my system. Seems like it's trying to install the entire mythplugins tree as the webapp in stead of just the mythweb package. N. On 6/27/05, Marc Tousignant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From reading the -dev list, the switch has already occurred to SVN. Issac originally wanted to keep the CVS and SVN repositories synchronised, but I gather he's having problems. Since they've already converted to SVN, it's the CVS repository that's now getting out-of-date. I modified the -cvs ebuilds to use subversion instead. Nuvexport-svn already existed and I provided that as well. I have not tested the builds for frontend, game, gallery, news, phone, and web however since the others are working and the changes were made in the eclass I would believe they all work. All the the official ebuilds and the -cvs ebuilds will block these from running so you will need to remove them first. Mythplugins is checked out once and all plugins are built from this. There is a bug with the subversion ebuilds thou unrelated to these creations. It effects all ebuilds that retrieve from a subversion repository. It seems that they do not run an update from resource each time even if updates are available. I opened a bug for this at gentoo. Workaround is to either delete your local tree before running the ebuild or to goto the location of the local build and run svn update prior to running the ebuild. To not cause unnecessary load on the servers until this is fixed I would goto /usr/portage/distfiles/svn-src and run the following 3 lines prior to the ebuilds svn update mythtv/mythtv svn update mythplugins/mythplugins svn update nuvexport/trunk ___ 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: Recording Profiles dont seem to work with a PVR350 mpeg2 encoder chip!?
Robert Krig wrote: ... I accidentally had a set of additional custom recording profiles. And you can guess, the custom recording profiles were all at their default settings of 480x480 and a max bitrate of 6000kbps. ... Now that I changed those settings, everything thankfully works as it should again. Better yet, delete the custom profiles so it will use the defaults for the card type and avoid this confusion in the future. From the keys.txt file: Recording Profiles Setup Screen --- - D on a custom profile group displays a popup to delete the group. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] using ratdvd files with mplayer
You can compress a complete DVD with all the content and menu to 1 file which is small in size. I compressed 1 complete 4.7 DVD to a file of 800 kb. What also is important is that the quality remains good. gr. Patrick On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:51:12 +0200 (CEST) Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] wrote: i saw a awesome util to compress DVD's. Now is the advantage that it has a small file size with a good quality. What i believe is that you need a plugin to play these files. Does anybody know if this is possible with mplayer or xine. what has this to do with mythtv? anyway ratdvd seems to use some very new (maybe even of their own making) codecs. so if you have XP and all the other crap you need to make it go, by all means tell us the results. -- gr. patrick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Nick Rout ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- gr. patrick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MTD working yet?
On 6/27/05, jonr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is mtd working in 0.18.1 yet? I have been watching to see if it has been fixed but might have missed it. mtd never stopped working. What sepefic problem are you having? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] using ratdvd files with mplayer
On 6/27/05, Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can compress a complete DVD with all the content and menu to 1 file which is small in size. I compressed 1 complete 4.7 DVD to a file of 800 kb. What also is important is that the quality remains good. I'm sure you mean 800MB ;-). Have you been able to compare the output from ratdvd with say a DivX5 rip to something of similar size (i.e. a 2hr DVD movie compressed to ~700MB). It will also be interesting to see how it compares to the new version of DivX. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] using ratdvd files with mplayer
Yes, sorry it is 800 Mb. I did not see the output yet, because i need to get a plugin on my windows computer. I'll try this another time. gr Patrick On 6/27/05, Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can compress a complete DVD with all the content and menu to 1 file which is small in size. I compressed 1 complete 4.7 DVD to a file of 800 kb. What also is important is that the quality remains good. I'm sure you mean 800MB ;-). Have you been able to compare the output from ratdvd with say a DivX5 rip to something of similar size (i.e. a 2hr DVD movie compressed to ~700MB). It will also be interesting to see how it compares to the new version of DivX. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- gr. patrick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] TV and mythmusic jerky
Hi, I've read some reports about jerky video, but found few workable answers, but I'm hoping my extra symptoms may prompt suggestions. In addition to jerky live and recorded TV, I also get jerky music from mythmusic. By contrast, KDE TV and Amarok have no difficulties with TV and music respectively. My hardware is * Barebones: EZ-Buddie2 * Graphics: XFX FX5200 Personal Cinema * TV card: Leadtek WinFast 2000XP Deluxe * Processor: Celeron 2.26Ghz * Memory: 256Mb * Hard drive: Maxtor 80Gb * DVD: NEC DVD R/W I'm using a Mandrake 10.2 multimedia kernel and also have added rtc as a preloaded module, so I think i have everything that I could possibly have to improve performance, but the results remain poor. Simon mythfrontend 2005-06-27 20:02:30.599 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1 2005-06-27 20:02:30.701 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0 2005-06-27 20:02:30.708 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-06-27 20:02:30.708 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-06-27 20:02:31.578 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.) 2005-06-27 20:02:32.228 Joystick disabled. 2005-06-27 20:02:32.253 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-06-27 20:02:32.644 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-06-27 20:02:32.815 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-06-27 20:02:32.817 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-06-27 20:02:33.866 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler 2005-06-27 20:02:34.334 Mediamonitor: Adding /dev/hdd 2005-06-27 20:02:34.340 Starting media monitor. 2005-06-27 20:02:34.351 Media status changed... New status is: MEDIASTAT_OPEN old status was MEDIASTAT_NOTMOUNTED 2005-06-27 20:02:39.097 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-06-27 20:02:39.208 Using protocol version 15 2005-06-27 20:02:42.061 Changing from None to None 2005-06-27 20:02:47.380 All Programs 2005-06-27 20:02:52.690 Using protocol version 15 2005-06-27 20:02:52.845 Disable DPMS 2005-06-27 20:02:53.065 Opening audio device 'default'. 2005-06-27 20:02:53.351 Using XV port 128 2005-06-27 20:02:53.778 Changing from None to WatchingRecording 2005-06-27 20:02:53.805 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-06-27 20:02:53.838 Using realtime priority. 2005-06-27 20:02:54.025 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait 2005-06-27 20:02:54.026 prebuffering pause 2005-06-27 20:02:54.027 WriteAudio: buffer underrun 2005-06-27 20:02:55.908 Changing from WatchingRecording to None 2005-06-27 20:02:56.009 Changing from None to None 2005-06-27 20:02:56.062 Enable DPMS ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Big fonts in 800x600 ?
Hello world, Maybe somebody has idea how to configure GUI in MtyhTV with biggest size of fonts/widgets ? When I set up 640x480 in Xconfig - GUI is quit readable on my TV, but I have a lot of flicker on some screens. Going to 800x600 gives stable and flicker-free screen, but fonts becomes to small for reading on TV. Ideally will be when I will have 800x600 in X and fonts/wigets/icons/pistures in MythTV GUI with physical sizes like in 640x480. How can do that ? BTW: I already go to apperance settings page and set fonts to big, but nothing changed in GUI. -- cYa, 3.14iotr/2 Nie ma złych systemów operacyjnych. Może tylko brakować alkoholu !!! W takiej sytuacji dobry programista wiesza się wraz z programem ;-P Hiroshima'45; Czernobyl'86; Windows'95 Zwrotne bajty daj na [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Freezes UPDATE
I was having the same problem, but I did get it fixed, sort of. It has something to do with the modprobe of ivtv. If I let mythbackend start automatically, I get the freeze. However, when I run /sbin/modprobe ivtv and then start mythbackend by hand, it doesn't freeze. I haven't had the time to look into why it doesn't probe properly. I also have problems with lirc not starting properly on boot. If I modprobe lirc by hand all is well. My guess is they aren't being probed at the right time during boot. As far as the blue border you can run this command: xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 66046 That changes the blue to black effectively removing the border. You will have to apt-get install xvattr to get this to work. The change isn't permenant, so you will have to run it again every time you login. If you look on Google you can find a startup shell script to automatically change it on boot. Matt Gorecki http://www.iliketrafficlight.com Sam G. Krupa wrote: Soon after sending out this message: When in mythfrontend I hit the Watch TV thing and the TV plays for about 3 seconds (it looks good), then it freezes (it goes back to the main mythfrontend window soon after)! I am running Fedora Core 3 with a Huappauge 250 and a Nvidia video card (using TV out). Any help? Also, I see something of a colored frame around the screen only when using watch TV. Any way to fix that? Thanks! Sam Krupa I tried watching TV again and after playing for about 2 seconds the TV stream turned off and a warning said Error displaying video. Does that help fix my problem? ___ 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] MythTV vs Panasonic DIGA...
Hello world I new in MtyhTv area, so forgive me maybe silly questions... Few days ago I have possibility to use Panasonic's DIGA player (DVD/SVCD/DIVIX/PVR/MusicJugeBOX/Pistures). What was nice for me in DIGA (and missing in MythTV): When You put media into player, DIGA shows You nice dialog with options dependent on media contents: -DVD/VCD/DIVX: play this -MP3 JPGs: import to HDD For import function You have very simple file manager (browse tree, make dir, copy files). Is this kind of functionality available in MythTV ? If not - is there any chance to have such in the future? -- cYa, 3.14iotr/2 Nie ma złych systemów operacyjnych. Może tylko brakować alkoholu !!! W takiej sytuacji dobry programista wiesza się wraz z programem ;-P Hiroshima'45; Czernobyl'86; Windows'95 Zwrotne bajty daj na [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Horizontal lines with NVidia TVout
On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 17:53 -0700, Fedor Pikus wrote: On 6/26/05, Sérgio Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this doesn't solve your problem then it's probably a ground loop caused by your cable provider. Bingo! Disconnect coax from wall - perfect picture. Connect coax - lines start scrolling. I guess Tivo is not affected because it does not have its own ground, it has a two-wire plug (so do TV and amp). I'll have to figure out a way to tie the coax shield to the ground. I hope something blows up at the cableco when I do and they fix their floating ground :) I made the exact same comment to myself when I tied mine to ground. I understand your feelings perfectly... Sergio ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Big fonts in 800x600 ?
Warpme wrote: Maybe somebody has idea how to configure GUI in MtyhTV with biggest size of fonts/widgets ? When I set up 640x480 in Xconfig - GUI is quit readable on my TV, but I have a lot of flicker on some screens. Going to 800x600 gives stable and flicker-free screen, but fonts becomes to small for reading on TV. Ideally will be when I will have 800x600 in X and fonts/wigets/icons/pistures in MythTV GUI with physical sizes like in 640x480. How can do that ? BTW: I already go to apperance settings page and set fonts to big, but nothing changed in GUI. From only 5 days ago in the archive... http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/136956#136956 read the /entire/ thread Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MTD working yet?
Donavan Stanley wrote: On 6/27/05, jonr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is mtd working in 0.18.1 yet? I have been watching to see if it has been fixed but might have missed it. mtd never stopped working. What sepefic problem are you having? Hi Donavan, When I try to run mtd --daemon this is the error I get: main.o: mtd was built without transcode support. It won't do anything. I am using the RPMs by Axel following Jarods guide using FC2 so it may just be his RPMs that have this error and it might have been fixed but not reflected in the RPMs that Axel has available. I should have stated this in my first post. I read this post from Axel: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/134879?search_string=transcode;#134879 This is what I am referring to. Jon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs Panasonic DIGA...
On 6/27/05, Warpme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello world I new in MtyhTv area, so forgive me maybe silly questions... Few days ago I have possibility to use Panasonic's DIGA player (DVD/SVCD/DIVIX/PVR/MusicJugeBOX/Pistures). What was nice for me in DIGA (and missing in MythTV): When You put media into player, DIGA shows You nice dialog with options dependent on media contents: -DVD/VCD/DIVX: play this -MP3 JPGs: import to HDD I don't think Myth now plays Divx from DVDs, but you can configure it to perform an action when you stick in a DVD or SVCD, it can go to MythDVD menu (where you can select to play or rip), for example. For import function You have very simple file manager (browse tree, make dir, copy files). File manager functions are sorely missing. I'd love to be able to rename a file in a way that does not kick it out of MythDB. Is this kind of functionality available in MythTV ? If not - is there any chance to have such in the future? -- cYa, 3.14iotr/2 Nie ma złych systemów operacyjnych. Może tylko brakować alkoholu !!! W takiej sytuacji dobry programista wiesza się wraz z programem ;-P Hiroshima'45; Czernobyl'86; Windows'95 Zwrotne bajty daj na [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
[mythtv-users] mythtv overscan
Dear all, I installed 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 and for some reason, when I enter 1024x768 in the following like described in Jarod's guide, __ Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 16 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection __ I couldn't see anything except a white screen *after* the bios screen. I took it off and now I get the Blue login screen. I had previously recorded programs (before this install) and I was able to see those in a smaller screen. However, I couldn't see anything under videos although it lists everything I have. It just stands on Loading. 3rd problem, I can't see Live TV. Is there any way to overscan the screen so that I can remove the black border on all 4 sides? How do I get my Live TV working? How do I degub what's wrong with my mplayer? Thank you for your time efforts in advance. Ash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] SOLVED: EPIA M boards hanging hard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think I may have posted about this here; anyway, it's useful info for future googlers and other Myth users using EPIA ME-6000 hardware. The problem was intermittent hangs with my EPIA ME-6000 + PVR-350 frontend/backend combo box; it appeared that it would happen occasionally in the middle of the night, or if somebody started using the Myth UI after it was idle for some time. The machine would hang solid, not even responding to the magic SysRq key combos. It turned out the problem was the use of powernowd and CPU frequency scaling, which I'd been using to control temperature. While the Eden processor supports this, I suspect either some other part of the EPIA board didn't, or the PVR-350 didn't like it. Either way, turning off powernowd and use of CPU frequency scaling has resolved the problem, and those hangs are a thing of the past. - --j. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQFCwFulMJF5cimLx9ARAsi+AJ9gRB3bZf64YDZUmlhcyskJtJ6v+wCgsFRU lzC4AKe36QIKmGMF+LL2QDU= =hSKX -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Tour de France
A couple years ago I decided to record a bit of the Tour day Lance to see what all the fuss was about. I'm now hooked on this very tactical sport. Beginning this weekend, Lance Armstrong will be going after his unprecedented seventh straight win in the last race of his career. Once again the Outdoor Life Network will have something like live coverage of the entire race. All you have to do is wake up by 5:30am PDT and stare at the TV for six hours every day for a month... or use a DVR to fast forward through it at your own pace. OLN has a long version early in the morning where they start off delayed and have compressed highlights of the early hours then catch up with live events or something like that. They then edit it down to a shorter version and repeat the short version four or five times per day. OLN essentially becomes the Tour de France channel during July. For each stage/day the same subtitle and description is used for the live and edited version but the live versions have different programids than the replays. This means that if you set a Channel or All record rule, you would get the long plus one short version each day. This suggests two strategies; get all of the live or flexibly grab any one of the replays. To get the live versions only, go to the Custom Record page and create a rule like this: program.title = Bicycle Racing AND HOUR(program.starttime) 8 For EDT, change the 8 to 11 (other timezones should know what to do =). You can cut'n'paste this or create it with Match an exact title and Not in primetime then edit. Either way, click the Record button to set options. As I recall the live versions can sometimes run over so it's probably a good idea to add an extra half hour or so. You may also want to use a lower resolution recording profile because the image quality from an antenna on a moving motorcycle with a hand held camera from half way around the world isn't exactly IMAX. The other approach would be to change the to which will then choose from any of the edited rebroadcasts. In that case, you shouldn't need extra time on the end and should probably set the priority very low so the scheduler can choose a showing that doesn't conflict with anything else. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Core 4 update?
It probably won't be any time before there are packageson FC4 for mythtv-- Thanks,Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 6/26/05, Andrew J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea when the howto will get updated to reflect Fedora Core 4??Its been a while since it was out. Andrew___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MTD working yet?
On 6/27/05, jonr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to run mtd --daemon this is the error I get: main.o: mtd was built without transcode support. It won't do anything. I am using the RPMs by Axel following Jarods guide using FC2 so it may just be his RPMs that have this error and it might have been fixed but not reflected in the RPMs that Axel has available. I should have stated this in my first post. Yep definitly just an atrpms issue. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Core 4 update?
I haven't tried this yet, But I recall someone suggesting you download the source for each of the missing componentsand compile them in your environment for fc4. - Original Message - From: Devan Lippman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Discussion about mythtv Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Core 4 update? It probably won't be any time before there are packageson FC4 for mythtv-- Thanks,Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 6/26/05, Andrew J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea when the howto will get updated to reflect Fedora Core 4??Its been a while since it was out. Andrew___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] mythtv overscan
Ashu Desai wrote: Is there any way to overscan the screen so that I can remove the black border on all 4 sides? You mentioned Jarod's guide so did you note the section about setting overscan settings for nvidia cards by using the nvidia-settings tool? Just run nvidia-settings from a terminal window and you should get the appropriate options for settings over/underscan. http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#video How do I get my Live TV working? Does it work outside of mythtv? Did you follow all the steps here: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#capture Including the part about capturing content from the card to be sure it is working? How do I degub what's wrong with my mplayer? Run the mplayer command-line in a terminal window substituting the %s for the filename of the video (be sure you are in your videos directory) and note any errors that appear. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythstream question
hey guys, I've got a mythstream question. I followed the INSTALL file and it's installed now. I really didn't add any URLs yet but when I opened mythfrontend, I saw Play internet stream. I tried to go in and saw some defined stations. I went to the Radio tab and I found one that worked. However, when it was playing it, there was no sound coming out. I'm using ALSA:digital for my LiveTV and Watch Recording. I went to phpMyAdmin and I didn't see /dev/audio in settings table. I have already converted them to ALSA:digital before. How else can I fix the no sound issue? Thanks, Neil ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] web XM streaming
I'm sure that some of you know that if you're an XM subscriber, you can get most of the channels available over the web. Is there any way these channels could be accessed with Mythstream? I know that I COULD use MythWeb, but that's no fun. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] NVIDIA 1.0.7667 and XvMC
Okay, I did that and now XvMC works with my Geforce4 MX 420. I have a few slightly OT questions, though: Is it normal for the OSD to be gray instead of the blue it is with XvMC disabled? Also, whenever I do a pause/play, ff/rewind, or commercial skip, the picture is jumpy for a few seconds then resumes normal playback. Is this an issue with my slightly older video card, or is this normal with XvMC? Thank you. Isaac Richards wrote: On Friday 24 June 2005 03:49 am, David Watkins wrote: On 24/06/05, Egeekial [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded my NVIDIA drivers from 1.0.7174 to 1.0.7667, and when I try to use XvMC playback in mythfrontend, I get this error: Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module is version 1.0.7667, but this library is version 1.0.7174. Please be sure that your kernel module and all NVIDIA driver files have the same driver version. Unable to create XvMC Context return status:11 BadAlloc ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users nvidia's problem I think. I had the same problem last night and searching the list archive showed that people who know better than I have failed to get XvMC working under 7667. Err, no. All you have to do is recompile myth against the same version of the xvmc library that the driver's using. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV 0.8.1 and ALSA
Thanks, for the help. I compiled myth from CVS and it resolved itself. On 6/19/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Otto Barnes wrote: I have searched the archives on ALSA questions, and haven't found one that deals with the following error message from mythtv, occurs when I go to watch tv: Unable to set ALSA parameters My settings are: Output Device: ALSA:default and I have disabled the internal volume controls ALSA is working properly, xmms plays fine using the ALSA plugin. Any ideas? Thanks. This is likely to happen with a sound card that's constrained to a specific input format (i.e. 48KHz PCM) and an application is requesting a different format (i.e. 32KHz PCM). To fix it, upgrade to ALSA 1.0.9 (which will enable automatic conversion for format-limited soundcards using analog output) or fix your .asoundrc ( http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo ) to fix analog and digital output. Mike ___ 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] help me debug mythweb: was Beer theme (0.18) , now .NL (zoek ?) (latest cvs)
Hi,
I'm trying to access mythweb from IOData AVeL Link Player 2. I'm
running myth 0.18 version. When I goto the mythweb, I get the beer
(aka Australia) theme.
I searched on beer and found out that its fixed in 0.18.1. I
downloaded the 0.18.1 and also the latest cvs image (about a week back
before it went svn). Now I dont get beer theme, but I do get (*I
think*) , Netherland (.nl). Everything has zoek in it. I googled for
zoek and its found only in .nl domain. The first two lines in the
includes/translate.php are
$Languages['Australian'] = array('Australian', ''); //
Australian is a joke, don't try to detect it
$Languages['Dutch'] = array('Nederlands', array('nl_NL', 'nl_BE'))
Seems like the translation just moved 1 line down from 0.18 to cvs.
Other websites, such as yahoo.com, google.com, shoutcast.com, etc are
fine when browse from the AVeL Link Player.
Here is the info from the apache log file.
192.168.123.10 - - [26/Jun/2005:22:16:02 -0700] GET /mythweb
HTTP/1.0 301 303 - Syabas/06-35-050430-02-IOD-234-000/02-IOD
(uCOS-II v2.05;NOS;KA9Q; Res1280x720,HiColor; TV Res1280x720;
www.syabas.com mac_addr=00.a0.b0.65.58.a2) -
Please let me know what should I do (what variables to set etc) for
more debugging ?
Thanks
Mudit
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Re: [mythtv-users] Core 4 update?
By 'The Howto' I'm assuming you mean Jarod's guide? If so, you should read the top update to the page: Yes sorry. Latest News (2005-06-21) I'm starting a new job with Linux Networx next week. Such being the case, I've been rather busy wrapping up with my current job and preparing for the new one (which involves the first two weeks being out of town for some training at company HQ in Utah). Still intending to move this document to Fedora Core 4 as soon as possible though... The one two weeks before also says his just about ready, wanting for the 'real' release now a month later, I'm just asking for a ETA on it. I haven't tried this yet, But I recall someone suggesting you download the source for each of the missing components and compile them in your environment for fc4. Appear to be there already http://atrpms.net/dist/fc4/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] sound buffers
I am having stutter problems with livetv. Hardware: epia m9000, pvr-150, inbuilt sound card with alsa enabled through the kernel, kernel is 2.6.11 Symptoms: every few seconds the tv freezes momentarily, there are a few bluish artifacts on the screen, sound also freezes. Investigations: Cannot give the exact error message at the moment as the system is at home and I am at work. However when I run mythfrontend -v all (so as to get full diagnostics) I get lots of audio buffer error messages. Crawling through the list archives, along with the reference to audio in the verbose output, leads me to believe this is an audio issue. However i am not sure where to go from here. Options seem to be: *use alsa instead of the oss/alsa emulation - but I have seen list posts that claim the alsa support in myth is crap and to be avoided *find some way of giving the sound driver (or the oss emulation layer) more buffering space - how would I do this? *try the independent alsa drivers instead of what is in the kernel Any suggestions would be gratefully received. As the epia board has no spare slots i don't really want to contemplate another sound card. -- Nick Rout ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Freezes
Well.. I haven't found a permanent solution to this.. but what I've found is if you go into a terminal (as su) and type: /etc/init.d/mythbackend restart Mine works.. I have yet to figure out WHY I have to do this.. but this at least works in the meantime (for me). From: Sam G. Krupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:49:28 -0400 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] TV Freezes When in mythfrontend I hit the Watch TV thing and the TV plays for about 3 seconds (it looks good), then it freezes (it goes back to the main mythfrontend window soon after)! I am running Fedora Core 3 with a Huappauge 250 and a Nvidia video card (using TV out). Any help? Also, I see something of a colored frame around the screen only when using watch TV. Any way to fix that? Thanks! Sam Krupa ___ 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] MTD working yet?
mtd is in mythdvd not mythtv (on gentoo anyway) Do you have mythdvd installed? What is in the mythdvd rpm? you can tell by typing; rpm -ql mythdvd On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:18:23 -0400 Donavan Stanley wrote: On 6/27/05, jonr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to run mtd --daemon this is the error I get: main.o: mtd was built without transcode support. It won't do anything. I am using the RPMs by Axel following Jarods guide using FC2 so it may just be his RPMs that have this error and it might have been fixed but not reflected in the RPMs that Axel has available. I should have stated this in my first post. Yep definitly just an atrpms issue. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Nick Rout ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Freezes
On 6/25/05, Sam G. Krupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When in mythfrontend I hit the Watch TV thing and the TV plays for about 3 seconds (it looks good), then it freezes (it goes back to the main mythfrontend window soon after)! I am running Fedora Core 3 with a Huappauge 250 and a Nvidia video card (using TV out). Any help? Also, I see something of a colored frame around the screen only when using watch TV. Any way to fix that? If you run the frontend from a prompt, does the log ouptut give any information? It sounds like a probable NVidia driver issue, but the output from the frontend as to why LiveTV aborted should give some useful info. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend looking for liblibmythvideo.so.so
I compiled mythtv plugins from cvs tonight and now have the following problems... (looks like the library names that it is searching for are incorrectly formed.) /usr/local/lib/mythtv/plugins/liblibmythvideo.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Unable to initialize plugin 'mythvideo'. Unable to run plugin 'mythvideo': not initialized It also seems that mythvideo is not being installed to the correct place. The /usr/local/ prefix seems to be missing. Mythdvd does not have the same problem ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] sound buffers
On 6/28/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having stutter problems with livetv. Hardware: epia m9000, pvr-150, inbuilt sound card with alsa enabled through the kernel, kernel is 2.6.11 Symptoms: every few seconds the tv freezes momentarily, there are a few bluish artifacts on the screen, sound also freezes. Investigations: Cannot give the exact error message at the moment as the system is at home and I am at work. However when I run mythfrontend -v all (so as to get full diagnostics) I get lots of audio buffer error messages. Crawling through the list archives, along with the reference to audio in the verbose output, leads me to believe this is an audio issue. However i am not sure where to go from here. Options seem to be: *use alsa instead of the oss/alsa emulation - but I have seen list posts that claim the alsa support in myth is crap and to be avoided Not true. *find some way of giving the sound driver (or the oss emulation layer) more buffering space - how would I do this? Options in frontend setup. *try the independent alsa drivers instead of what is in the kernel Easily doable - download the drivers, lib and utils archives from alsa-project.org. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Frontend setup allows you to use aggressive soundcard buffering (general setup) and another audio buffering setting in TV settings. You could check whether using ALSA devices (you may have OSS emulation running, using /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer) makaes things better. ALSA:default and default are the typical equivalent devices to use. I don't have any problems with ALSA at all, other than the fact that mythmusic still uses OSS. The one time I have had audio issues was on my Pentium M laptop (over wireless g), when I had borked the powersave options and throttled the CPU too low when unplugged. Setting the throttling to a more sensible level cured all the problems. I had at the time already installed ALSA 1.0.9b, but another system using 1.0.8 is also fine. I'd also look into running the frontend with root privileges to get better performance and access to real-time threading, which may improve performance. HTH, Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] sound buffers
Thanks Nick, I'll look further tonight On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:53:31 +0100 Nick wrote: On 6/28/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having stutter problems with livetv. Crawling through the list archives, along with the reference to audio in the verbose output, leads me to believe this is an audio issue. However i am not sure where to go from here. Options seem to be: *use alsa instead of the oss/alsa emulation - but I have seen list posts that claim the alsa support in myth is crap and to be avoided Not true. *find some way of giving the sound driver (or the oss emulation layer) more buffering space - how would I do this? Options in frontend setup. *try the independent alsa drivers instead of what is in the kernel Easily doable - download the drivers, lib and utils archives from alsa-project.org. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Frontend setup allows you to use aggressive soundcard buffering (general setup) and another audio buffering setting in TV settings. You could check whether using ALSA devices (you may have OSS emulation running, using /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer) makaes things better. ALSA:default and default are the typical equivalent devices to use. I don't have any problems with ALSA at all, other than the fact that mythmusic still uses OSS. The one time I have had audio issues was on my Pentium M laptop (over wireless g), when I had borked the powersave options and throttled the CPU too low when unplugged. Setting the throttling to a more sensible level cured all the problems. I had at the time already installed ALSA 1.0.9b, but another system using 1.0.8 is also fine. I'd also look into running the frontend with root privileges to get better performance and access to real-time threading, which may improve performance. HTH, Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Nick Rout ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MTD working yet?
I have two questions about this: 1. I am using these ATRPMs and have this problem. Ripping a DVD will not work at all (it doesn't even go into the screen to pick which files to rip). Is this what you would expect? 2. If I wanted to compile MTD to work, how is the easiest way to go about it? Thanks, Rob --- Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/27/05, jonr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to run mtd --daemon this is the error I get: main.o: mtd was built without transcode support. It won't do anything. I am using the RPMs by Axel following Jarods guide using FC2 so it may just be his RPMs that have this error and it might have been fixed but not reflected in the RPMs that Axel has available. I should have stated this in my first post. Yep definitly just an atrpms issue. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend looking for liblibmythvideo.so.so
Have you tried building from subversion? CVS is no longer kept up to date. Goto http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ to find out more -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jgmtfia Mr Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:45 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend looking for liblibmythvideo.so.so I compiled mythtv plugins from cvs tonight and now have the following problems... (looks like the library names that it is searching for are incorrectly formed.) /usr/local/lib/mythtv/plugins/liblibmythvideo.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Unable to initialize plugin 'mythvideo'. Unable to run plugin 'mythvideo': not initialized It also seems that mythvideo is not being installed to the correct place. The /usr/local/ prefix seems to be missing. Mythdvd does not have the same problem ___ 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] MythWeb inexplicably omitting a channel.
The channel (fox hd on comcast - 213) shows up in mythfrontend and can be watched and recorded from there, but doesn't show-up in MythWeb. Huh? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [slightly OT] Radio Shack 15-2116 remote control
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 09:39:38AM -0700, john sturgeon wrote: On 6/23/05, Peter Loron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a 15-2116 that I've set up with JP-1 for my (non-myth at the moment) AV system. Great remote. The volume button works properly with my receiver: I can hold it down and the receiver smoothly cranks the volume up or down. No need to keep tapping to button. 15-2116 owner here: For some reason, my volume key works great for up (I just hold it down), but for down I have to repeatedly press. Quite annoying. I haven't plugged the JP1 in yet (even though I have the cable), but when I have some time I'm going to try and resolve this. Just following up on this. Problem: My setup is such that I learn the 15-2116 volume buttons from my HT-in-a-box remote. However, holding down the 15-2116 volume buttons doesn't give me a corresponding volume adjustment; I only get a single tick of volume adjustment. I want to make the 15-2116 volume button work like my HT-in-a-box remote (e.g., hold down volume buttons for multiple ticks of volume adjustment). Solution: Don't be so timid with the learning process :). I was previously just tapping my HT-in-a-box remote volume button just once to learn the remote. Instead, I just held down the HT-in-a-box remote volume button for the entire learning time period. Now the volume buttons are working perfectly, and with JP1 and RemoteMaster, the rest of the remote is great as well :). Hope this helps someone else, --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] watch recorded or Live hangs system
When I attempt to watch live tv via MythTv, keyboard locks up, system locks up, I get about 2 seconds of sound then either nothing or sound repeating. No video, black screen. No problems when i test the capture with: cat /dev/video0 /tmp/test_capture.mpg and mplayer -vo xv /tmp/test_capture.mpg I finally figured out how to log the backend so I could observe what it did when it crashed, but that appears to be of little use, see below. Setup: FedoraCore 3, latest MythTv version. PVR250, nVidia generic card outputting to a standard monitor, no tvout with this box. Frontend and backend are on the same system (plan to add second frontend. . . ) Any ideas? 2005-06-27 19:30:42.845 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-06-27 19:30:43.023 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server 2005-06-27 19:30:43.109 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-06-27 19:30:43.217 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-06-27 19:30:43.723 New DB scheduler connection 2005-06-27 19:30:43.735 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-06-27 19:30:43.740 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-06-27 19:30:45.734 Reschedule requested for id -1. 2005-06-27 19:30:46.478 Scheduled 0 items in 0.7 = 0.72 match + 0.02 place 2005-06-27 19:30:46.490 scheduler: Scheduled items 2005-06-27 19:30:46.502 Seem to be woken up by USER 2005-06-27 19:30:53.738 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread 2005-06-27 19:31:53.891 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-06-27 19:31:53.898 adding: mythmasterbackend as a client (events: 0) 2005-06-27 19:31:54.091 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-06-27 19:31:54.096 adding: mythmasterbackend as a client (events: 1) 2005-06-27 19:31:54.103 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-06-27 19:31:54.106 adding: mythmasterbackend as a client (events: 0) 2005-06-27 19:31:54.250 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-06-27 19:31:54.254 adding: mythmasterbackend as a client (events: 0) 2005-06-27 19:31:54.265 adding: mythmasterbackend as a remote ringbuffer 2005-06-27 19:31:54.339 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] GLIBC Error
Hi, I am getting this error sometimes when exiting watching pre-recordings. 2005-06-27 17:55:46.519 Opening audio device 'default'. 2005-06-27 17:55:46.603 Using XV port 177 2005-06-27 17:55:46.977 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2005-06-27 17:55:46.980 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-06-27 17:55:47.113 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x09804a88 *** Aborted Using Jarod's setup: Myth 18.1 on FC3 Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks __ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Playback vid corruption with 1080i (with pics)
john sturgeon wrote: Try playing back the .nuv file using mplayer -vf pp=lb (just for a sanity check) I see the following in the log file: 2005-06-23 20:29:08.607 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 53, dispwoff: 1680, disphoff: 944 2005-06-23 20:29:08.607 Image size. imgx 77, imgy: 43, imgw: 1766, imgh: 994 are you setting the output size differently than you're display resolution? If so, then MythTV is probably scaling, and it is possible that MythTV is indeed scaling prior to deinterlacing (that would be bad) but a dev would probably be able to comment further. Well. I tried mplayer, and I'm getting the same effect. The log is attached. The only thing remotely interesting might be this: Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( I'm not intentionally setting the output size different, they are set to 0 for all the fields. The only thing that I do have set that could be affecting anything is the overscan setting. I have both the horz vertical set to 4%. I disabled it, and there is no difference. alidor recordings # mplayer -vf pp=lb 5006_2005061921_2005061922.nuv MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.4.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices (Family: 8, Stepping: 10) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes Cannot test OS support for SSE, disabling to be safe. Warning unknown option cache_min at line 144 Warning unknown option cache_prefill at line 147 77 audio 189 video codecs Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing 5006_2005061921_2005061922.nuv. Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)TS file format detected. DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: -1, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -1, PROBING UP TO 200, PROG: 0 VIDEO MPEG2(pid=17)...AUDIO A52(pid=20) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 1 Opened TS demuxer, audio: 2000(pid 20), video: 1002(pid 17)...POS=564 VIDEO: MPEG2 1920x1080 (aspect 3) 29.970 fps 15800.0 kbps (1975.0 kbyte/s) == Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52 No accelerated IMDCT transform found AC3: 2.0 (stereo) 48000 Hz 384.0 kbit/s No accelerated resampler found AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 48000-192000 (384.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52) == vo: X11 running at 1680x1050 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (:0.0 = local display) Opening video filter: [pp=lb] == Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 1920 x 1080 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) [PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6. Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) == Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit - 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit - 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 1920 x 1080 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) [PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6. VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 1920x1080 = 1920x1080 Planar YV12 aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found! aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found! aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found! aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found! 7/ 7 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 89% A:36701.1 V:36701.1 A-V: 0.051 ct: -0.460 679/679 35% 22% 1.1% 0 0 48% Exiting... (Quit) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] EPIA 10k: Mplayer crash in fullscreen or no picture displayed in a window
Hi Matthew, Thanks for the feedback. I am using the pre6 patch from the Epia Wiki site, maybe it is different to the one on the Unichrome site. Will have to check it when I get home tonight (no internet at work). Atleast I know that someone has it working. Nothing worse than trying to get it to work and finding that no one has it working. Appreciate the reply :-) Brett Matthew Phillips wrote: On 24/06/2005, at 1:58 PM, Brett May wrote: So no one is using an EPIA then?? Michael, Bill, Matthew, Orn, MagicITX, Ivor, anyone out there? Michael, missed your post earlier. I can report that I'm able to use mplayer successfully in FS mode with "-vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc" on my M10K. This is the older mplayer pre6 with the patch from the Unichrome project - not sure if this is the same one as you're using. I saw a post about a patch against mplayer pre7, but failed to track it down - it's not been posted at the project site http:// sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102048. This is on FC3, and I don't have anything insightful to suggest for Gentoo unfortunately, except maybe that you try mplayer pre6 with the "official" patch. Sorry I can't be much more help, Matthew. Brett May wrote: Hi All, I know quite a few people on this list are using EPIA 10k's for their MythBox and I am wondering if any have mplayer working to watch videos from MythVideo. I am using Gentoo 2.6.10-r6, Xorg with xvmc, MythTV 0.18, and have patched Mplayer using the patch and ebuild on EpiaWiki. When my command line in MythVideo is: mplayer -fs -vc xvmc -vo ffmpeg12mc %s mplayer crashes with BadDrawable (happens in both twm and ratpoison). When my command line in MythVideo is: mplayer -vc xvmc -vo ffmpeg12mc %s there is no picture displayed, stays displaying the MythVideo screen but mplayer is running and outputting debug information to the xterm as if it was playing the video. Any help would be appreciated, this is one of the last issues blocking me putting my Mythbox in its rightfull place in the lounge room. ___ 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
