Re: [mythtv-users] DVB on ATrpms mythtv-suite
I've been using the precompiled mythtv-suite provided by ATrpms with my analog TV tuner. And now I'm trying to upgrade to DVB. Now does it actually support DVB? My mythtvsetup channel editor does not look at all like this: http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/images/chaned_dvb.jpg . Instead it looks like the analog channel editor...? So I have to compile mythtv myself to get it working? Mythbackend says: 005-08-05 17:28:02.012 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning parameters for transport 0 2005-08-05 17:28:02.013 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 3. Using the latest mythtv-suite and 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4. I'm using the ATRPM binaries but for FC3. These definitely support DVB. To get the screenshot you posted you have to click one of the buttons in the channel editor screen. It might be Advanced or something like that - I can't quite remember which one it is. There should be 2 buttons at the bottom of the channel editor screen - it's one of them. I've heard reports of some people not seeing them as they're hidden off the bottom of the screen on some setups. Perhaps if you access it via VNC or X11VNC you might be able to see them then, if that's the problem. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVB OTA EPG for HDTV Channels in Australia (Canberra)
Hi, I am using an internet grabber for the SD channels but since only a few things are actually broadcast in HD, I thought it would be better to try to use the DVB on air guide for the HD ones. I selected the use on air guide setting in mythtvsetup but nothing is showing up (after watching the channel for a few minutes). I don't own a STB so I don't know for sure that EPG data exists (in Canberra). Is there anything else I need to configure. I assume it's possible to use a grabber for some channels and OTA EPG for others? It's running FC3 with atrpms install. Thanks, Matthew. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] DVB OTA EPG for HDTV Channels in Australia (Canberra)
Canberra is behind the other capitals with HDTV. Most of the time the commercial stations are playing demo loops with the occasional show (maybe 5 hours per day). I can't see any way to tell what is in HD without trying to watch it. I was hoping the OTA EPG would help with this. Doesn't sound too good though. Thanks, Matthew -Original Message- From: jason bright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 7 August 2005 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DVB OTA EPG for HDTV Channels in Australia (Canberra) a) Is the content broadcast different between SD and HD? Here in melbourne it's exactly the same. b) Again, here in melbourne, the broadcast EPG is useless. They only broadcast the CURRENT show info. Nothing in the future so it can't be used for scheduling. I'd just try using the regular SD channel grabber. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] QuickTime-compatible or even H.264
Hey, I've finally got my mythTV setup running, and it is a very cool thing. However, I am wondering how I can convert the Nuppel Video recordings to something QuickTime compatible, preferably H.264. Is this possible? Can I get it to do this by default? Don't know, but you could have a look at nuxexport which can produce various different formats. It may not produce .mov files but I think it could produce formats that can be played by the QuickTime player (if that's what you want). Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PAL-I problem
Hiya, I have just about finished setting up my own MythTV PVR but for one small niggling problem and I can't seem to be able to get round it. The set-up uses 32-bit Kanotix (2005-03) running on an AMD 64 300+, with MythTV 0.18.1 debs provided by http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian. I have a Hauppauge Primio WinTV PCI-FM (cx8800) card and it works great when watching LiveTV. However, as I live in the UK which uses PAL-I I need to manually set v4lctl setnorm PAL-I when I first start-up mythfrontend. That's no problem when I boot up the machine as I just stuck it into a small shell-script in the .kde/Autostart directory. So watching TV is no problem. However, I have yet to manage to get a proper recording. MythBackend insists on changing the PAL norm back to BG and so it starts recording the picture ok but obviously not the sound (effectively it just records white noise/static due to the difference in audio channels in PAL-I and BG). I have a small cron-script that checks every minute the status of v4lctl to see whether it needs changing back to PAL-I and that works ok, eg it changes it back to PAL-I. However, when it executes during a recording, MythTV now records the correct sound and image, However, the image is not fullscreen anymore. I tried calling v4lctl fullscreen as part of that cron-script but it had no effect. Has anyone else had that problem? And also, does anyone know why PAL-I is not an option in the MythTV set-up? Any help would be much appreciated. It's the last missing piece (but sadly the most important one...) Cheers, Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Linux User Attempt...
To get MythTV to not chance channels on the tuner you need to define a script in 'mythtvsetup' for that input. This is the method that I used when changing channels on my external cable box. if you do not already have a script you will need to write one or ask for help writing one =) On 8/4/05, Viet My [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! I'm pretty new to Linux and thought I'd give MythTV a try... well, it's been very tough going so far... Some notes: * I got my wireless network card to work with NDISWrapper! * I'm using Debian (Sarge) * My hardware is a (dedicated for MythTV) Duron 900MHz, PVR-350, 200L IR Blaster, 704MB RAM, TI4200 Video card * I am using an external DirecTV (Hughes SD-HBH) box with no ports, so I have to use an IR Blaster. So... * I installed Debian 2.6.8 off of DVD (I downloaded the ISOs). * I was able to get wireless going with NDISWrapper. * I installed MythTV off of the link in the FAQ via the package. Things that are working: * Debian - In general * PVR-350 IR Receiver - I can send remote codes to MythTV * Video Out - I don't think I have any nVidia drivers loaded, so output via the video card itself is pretty choppy. When I go video out through the PVR-350, it's a breeze. * Recording - It records fine... on one channel anyhow. Things that are not working: * IR Blaster - I have the Actisys 200L, but I haven't gotten it to work yet. I want to use the Hauppage remote to control my DirecTV box. I am guessing that I need to train this remote first then use that file for outputting commands. I'm not quite sure how to do this. I'm not sure if this IR Blaster will even work with my DirecTV box, but I'm hoping it will! * Channels Changing on MythTV - Kind of related, but basically, I think I'm trying to use MythTV to change channels when I shouldn't be. Channels stop at around 125. Since I'm going through an external tuner, I'm not sure how to turn off this feature and work an external tuner. * Permissions - I'm not sure (being new to Linux) what user to install what parts under. As it is, everything is installed under Root! This is bad. Anyhow, any suggestions would be helpful. Is anyone running a similar setup (i.e. using an Actisys 200L) to control a DirecTV box? Should I get a different IR Blaster? Anyone using the Hauppage remote (grey one that came with the PVR-350) to control their DirecTV box? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] new stuff to understand
Hey All ok.. so I've been running a myth box for a couple of years now I think - and over this time I've learnt quite a bit about how myth works and learnt even more about linux! over this time I've got through various pieces of kit for upgrades - new mb, more memory, more hd etc etc.. now I've made a *big* difference - I've switched from a 878 based card to a new PVR-250. it's taken a week or so for me to get this thing running and I've continued to learn a few things about how these cards work but it's been *really* worth it - I thought I had the 878 card working near original source quality but hell, this is now damn perfect and the quality is amazing. i'm still having a few problems in terms of stability of the machine/myth but I need to look into things further to provide more info. so - to the purpose of this email. I never got my head around transcoding as I figured I never needed to with the old card. now I'm recording with the 250 I figured I'd better know more about this transcoding thing. what is it? why does it matter? how will it affect how I use my mythbox? is there settings I need to know about? am I right in thinking it's more of an issue now I'm on a 250? I have mtd running as a daemon on startup but I don't know what it's there for! lol can someone shed light? thanks Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Xbox install via http://bit.blkbk.com scripts, does it show progress?
Guys, I am trying to install MythTV on my Xbox but have run into (another) roadblock. I forgot to read ahead properly and instead of installing Xebian via Dennis' scripts, I went and did it myself from the live CD. Now, when I was looking at installing Myth, I was told (thanks Phill ;) ) that I should probably use the above mentioned scripts. Looking at the doco on the site and the actual scripts, I could probably skip the bootstrap mode and go straight to the MythTV install but when I do the ./install.pl -c script, I get no apparent progress and the process seems to just sit there :| Am I doing something wrong? Is it working and just not showing it? Have I screwed up because I installed Xebian by myself. Thanks kindly, Whytey -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] new stuff to understand
I never got my head around transcoding as I figured I never needed to with the old card. now I'm recording with the 250 I figured I'd better know more about this transcoding thing. what is it? why does it matter? how will it affect how I use my mythbox? is there settings I need to know about? am I right in thinking it's more of an issue now I'm on a 250? I think so. From what I understand, the PVR-250 encodes in MPEG2 which means good quality but big files. So you can set up a transcoding rule for each profile which will run automatically at the end of each recording. The transcoding rule can automatically convert your MPEG2 recording to MPEG4 or RTJPEG. MPEG4 is the smallest. You'll sacrifice some quality, depending on what settings you use, but the file sizes will be a lot smaller. Your previous bt878 card probably already recorded in MPEG4 so it wasn't an issue then. You set this all up in the recording profiles screen. I have mtd running as a daemon on startup but I don't know what it's there for! lol I think this is needed if you're going to rip DVDs or CDs. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox install via http://bit.blkbk.com scripts, does it show progress?
Now, when I was looking at installing Myth, I was told (thanks Phill ;) ) that I should probably use the above mentioned scripts. Looking at the doco on the site and the actual scripts, I could probably skip the bootstrap mode and go straight to the MythTV install but when I do the ./install.pl -c script, I get no apparent progress and the process seems to just sit there :| Am I doing something wrong? Is it working and just not showing it? Have I screwed up because I installed Xebian by myself. Hey Whytey - me again! When you run it does it return to the command prompt when you press Return on the keyboard with no output at all? If so, you have to set the compatability line to be for xebian 1.1.0 near the top of install.pl. Remember I told you that already :)) I don't fancy your chances of getting this finished tonight! Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox install via http://bit.blkbk.com scripts, does it show progress?
On 8/7/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, when I was looking at installing Myth, I was told (thanks Phill ;) ) that I should probably use the above mentioned scripts. Looking at the doco on the site and the actual scripts, I could probably skip the bootstrap mode and go straight to the MythTV install but when I do the ./install.pl -c script, I get no apparent progress and the process seems to just sit there :| Am I doing something wrong? Is it working and just not showing it? Have I screwed up because I installed Xebian by myself. Hey Whytey - me again! When you run it does it return to the command prompt when you press Return on the keyboard with no output at all? If so, you have to set the compatability line to be for xebian 1.1.0 near the top of install.pl. Remember I told you that already :)) I don't fancy your chances of getting this finished tonight! You told me to change it? Oh boy, do I feel stupid now! I was just about to email *you* and tell you I dont think the scripts would work for Xebian 1.1! Anyways, I changed the compatability line and it started asking me questions about the timezone. What isn't obvious, or documented is the need to continually press return. Thanks Phill, it seems to be progressing now :P I will let you all know how I go. Whytey -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Webb Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 1:24 AM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release? Hi all, Out of curiosity, when is the next release after 0.18.1 planned for? Thanks for all the hard work and effort put into getting Myth to where it is today. -E. If you want to get technical it is already released. I ran --version on the SVN build I did yesterday. Its at 0.19.20050712-1. The tarballs are released when they feel its good enough. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?
If you want to get technical it is already released. I ran --version on the SVN build I did yesterday. Its at 0.19.20050712-1. The tarballs are released when they feel its good enough. Ooooh - so what's the new GUI like? Aren't there some sexy new GUI features in 0.19? What do they do? Boyoboy - I can't wait! Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Xbox Frontend/Xebian 1.1/Alsa
Phill Edwards wrote: Yes you do have to select linux (or what ever you want to call it) from the new dashboad. I modified my evolution ini file so that after boot I just need to hit the select button once and my linux boots and starts mythtv. You can follow this guide (http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/evox-ini.php). Oh - I had assumed that if you put the default.xbe for booting xebian in the right place that the Xbox would boot xebian automatically. If not - why not? Isn't that the purpose of default.xbe? Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users That sounds correct. I wanted the ability to play xbox games in the future, so that meant I needed the system to boot into the evolution dashboard as the default. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?
On 8/7/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to get technical it is already released. I ran --version on the SVN build I did yesterday. Its at 0.19.20050712-1. The tarballs are released when they feel its good enough. Ooooh - so what's the new GUI like? Aren't there some sexy new GUI features in 0.19? What do they do? svn != released MythUI isn't done yet. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox install via http://bit.blkbk.com scripts, does it show progress?
Phill, When you use this script, let me know how it works for you. I had a fair number of times where it stopped doing stuff until I hit the return key a few times. Looking at the source, I wonder if it was supposed to be prompting me for something :| Now, when I run the test version, I don't seem to get a proper mysql connection and stuff. Working on it now... Whytey -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV refuses to run SUID
Brady wrote: On 8/4/05, Louie Ilievski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to get MythTV to run SUID for a couple days now but it simply refuses to. The log always shows 2005-08-04 17:38:33.495 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. I've always had this working in the past, and I've done nothing different with this installation with the exception of having a slightly more up-to-date version of MythTV, and probably some updated system packages. I am running SVN R6990 on Gentoo, with kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r7 (I just tried 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 because I thought that's what I had last time with this machine, but I get the same results). Try a different tack... kernel 2.6.12 and higher have the ability to allow a user process to set realtime priority; no need for SUID root. This works with MythTV's code w/o any changes. See here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/131634 -Doug signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythFM fails to build for 0.18.1?
I have been trying to get mythFM working under FC4 kernel version-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 with MythTV-0.18.1 installed following Jarods guide so it was setup using RPMs. I installed the libmyth-devel and libsndfile-devel packages as well as the other pre-requisites and am now getting this error: g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O3 -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\/usr\ -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/mkspecs/default -I. -I../../../../../../include -I../../../../../../local/include -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -o globalsettings.o globalsettings.cpp g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O3 -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\/usr\ -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/mkspecs/default -I. -I../../../../../../include -I../../../../../../local/include -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -o stationeditor.o stationeditor.cpp /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qsqldatabase.h:63: warning: ‘class QSqlDriverCreatorBase’ has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor stationeditor.cpp: In constructor ‘StationEditor::StationEditor()’: stationeditor.cpp:119: error: cannot allocate an object of abstract type ‘StationListSetting’ stationeditor.h:40: note: because the following virtual functions are pure within ‘StationListSetting’: /usr/include/mythtv/settings.h:31: note: virtual void Configurable::load() /usr/include/mythtv/settings.h:32: note: virtual void Configurable::save() make: *** [stationeditor.o] Error 1 Can anybody help me with this? Thanks, Jon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.31
Hey,
I thought I'd give 1.32 a go as whatever the other script I'm using
hasn't worked for a week (I've long since given up trying to keep
track of what's out there :), so I generated a config file for
Brisbane, and it works fine with slow = 0. However with slow 1 (after
deleting the cached.pl made with slow=0, or it will ignore the new
slow=1 directive - not sure if this is intentional behaviour but it
baffled me for a bit), the script spits out a stack of:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .xmltv $ ./tv_grab_au
grabbing 5 days into /tmp/tv_grab_au/guide.xml
Use of uninitialized value in split at ./tv_grab_au line 440, line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./tv_grab_au line 444, line 1.
channel mismatch for 'Jay Jay the Jet Plane' (pid = 12449372)
Exiting subroutine via next at ./tv_grab_au line 447, line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in split at ./tv_grab_au line 440, line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./tv_grab_au line 444, line 1.
channel mismatch for 'Rage' (pid = 12396671)
I tried looking at the code but I'm not familiar with perl at all so
all I saw was the matrix.. The contents of @td seems to be malformed
however:
- Fire Engine Evan/Tracy's Candy Catastrophe ~~~ Cartoon ~~~ This
children's program follows the adventures of Jay Jay and his friends
as they take off in search of fun and excitement. ~~~ ~~~
Where ~~~ is my delimeter.
I do recall trying to deal with this problem before, but not getting
anywhere. What might be causing this?
On 8/6/05, Michael Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all.
The recent problem with the NMSM website (coinciding with pid changes in
Canberra?) has prompted an update to my tv_grab_au. The latest version
is attached and also updated at http://www.immir.com/tv_grab_au.
I've added a (manual) configuration option for program listing
duplication; for example, with the following lines in the config file:
$channels = {
'ABC ACT' = 'act.abc.gov.au',
'SBS EASTERN' = 'eastern.sbs.com.au'
};
$duplicate = {
'act.abc.gov.au' = { 'ABC copy 1' = 'blah.abc.gov.au',
'ABC copy 2' = 'rhubarb.abc.gov.au' },
'eastern.sbs.com.au' = { 'SBS HD' = 'hd.eastern.sbs.com.au' }
};
will duplicate the program information to new channels with specified
names and XMLTV channel ids. (As usual, this is simply perl code, so be
wary of syntax.) The names (eg, 'ABC Copy1') get incorporated into the
XMLTV channel information; AFAIK these values won't be seen in mythtv at
all.
Hopefully that's flexible enough for most people. (?)
Also, the details url is extracted from the link on the guide page
rather than constructed from the pid value; this should prevent problems
like we all had last week when they change the url format.
Cheers,
Michael.
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV refuses to run SUID
I have also battled this problem in suse 9.3. Many Fedora core people have also complained about it. The only solution I found was as root type 'visudo'. This is a special (error checking) instance of vi that allows editing of the sudo file. The following text helped me run mythfrontend with realtime priority. # User privilege specification rootALL=(ALL) ALL lisadaveh ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/mythfrontend Hope that helps... Dave Hofstra On 8/4/05, Louie Ilievski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to get MythTV to run SUID for a couple days now but it simply refuses to. The log always shows 2005-08-04 17:38:33.495 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. I've always had this working in the past, and I've done nothing different with this installation with the exception of having a slightly more up-to-date version of MythTV, and probably some updated system packages. I am running SVN R6990 on Gentoo, with kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r7 (I just tried 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 because I thought that's what I had last time with this machine, but I get the same results). I've tried numerous variations of chmod even though I know the way I've always done it is rightthese include: chmod +s /usr/bin/mythfrontend /usr/bin/mythtv chmod u+s /usr/bin/mythfrontend /usr/bin/mythtv chmod a+s /usr/bin/mythfrontend /usr/bin/mythtv chmod 4755 /usr/bin/mythfrontend /usr/bin/mythtv The permissions do get set right, as I can see them with ls. Is there anything else in the system that could possibly have an effect on the SUID bit? Is this possibly a MythTV bug that I should file? Looking through the archives I noticed that others have had this problem in the past, but have come up with no solution other than workarounds like running mythfrontend as root, renicing it, or running it using sudo. One mentioned removing the line in mythfrontend.cpp that says setuid(getuid()), but this is an unacceptable hack in my opinion, if it even actually works, and should be treated as a bug. I also saw someone mention that the feature was disabled entirely in .17, but I don't believe this because it worked fine fairly recently. Finally, I saw a post saying some newer distros/kernels disallow SUID or something, like RedHat with it's SELinux stuff. I have no SELinux kernel or anything related to it installed on this system. I'm out of ideas. Any help? ~Lou ~Lou ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: CD Ripping FC4
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 04:23:28PM -0500, Javier Perez wrote: On 8/6/05, Michael.S.G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever I try to rip a cd, Mythfrontend crashes. I can't even get the CD contents! Using FC4 and latest ATrpm's. (Installed system on friday) Mention of a possible problem with Libcdaudio and FC4: http://lists.atrpms.net/pipermail/atrpms-users/2005-July/003478.html But I can't find any solutions. Me neither and I got the same problem. Do you have the same segfault as the poster of theis thread? Did you update to the latest libcdaudio? http://lists.atrpms.net/pipermail/atrpms-users/2005-July/003495.html -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net pgpwznxx9Zmha.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Lirc and sound not working after upgrade
Approximately every week I do an apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. After the last of these mythtv could no longer access the backend server. I found out that the upgrade had changed my directories from /var/lib/mythtv to /mnt/store, and that I had to alter permissions in /var/lib/mythtv. After changing back I could restart mythbackend, and access my stored recordings. But no sound, and remote not working either :-( In the mythfrontend log I have these errors: mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: Connection refused lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages. So I guess that this might be caused by the ugrade having changed some other permissions, but I simply do not know where to look and what for. Basically I do not understand for what reasons an upgrade can alter permissions on already existing files and folders. But I guess there is some kind of good explanation. Thanks for any help. Mogens ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Latest SVN pegs my CPU for 720p and 1080i
I just switched over from 0.18.1 atrpms mythtv to building from the latest svn (changeset 6995, I was hoping to play with the new internal dvd player). Mythfrontend now pegs my CPU when playing 720p recordings and I get frame drops on 1080i recordings. I've got a 3Ghz Prescott, and under 0.18.1 720p was ~65% CPU, 1080i ~90% CPU -- no frame drops. Is anyone else seeing this? I haven't changed anything else X configuration-wise. David. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.31
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .xmltv $ ./tv_grab_au grabbing 5 days into /tmp/tv_grab_au/guide.xml Use of uninitialized value in split at ./tv_grab_au line 440, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./tv_grab_au line 444, line 1. channel mismatch for 'Jay Jay the Jet Plane' (pid = 12449372) Exiting subroutine via next at ./tv_grab_au line 447, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in split at ./tv_grab_au line 440, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./tv_grab_au line 444, line 1. channel mismatch for 'Rage' (pid = 12396671) I tried looking at the code but I'm not familiar with perl at all so all I saw was the matrix.. The contents of @td seems to be malformed Interesting. I'm looking into this. I assume the script continues and writes a valid xml file at the end (possibly without these two programs?)? Michael. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.31
Phill Edwards wrote: Michael - thanks on behalf of Aussie MythTV users for this script and for updating it to cope with the recent changes. I've been using your script for a while and I think it's the best one of the different ones going around. Not sure if you saw the discussion last week of getting one of the Aussie grabbers submitted to be part of the XMLTV package, but there was a general feeling that your's would be the best to submit. Would you have an issue with that? Happy for that to happen, if that's the consensus. I myself declined from submitting it some time ago when I discovered there were some legal issues involved... out of my hands now :-) Michael. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Latest SVN pegs my CPU for 720p and 1080i
On 8/7/05, David Asher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just switched over from 0.18.1 atrpms mythtv to building from the latest svn (changeset 6995, I was hoping to play with the new internal dvd player). Mythfrontend now pegs my CPU when playing 720p recordings and I get frame drops on 1080i recordings. I've got a 3Ghz Prescott, and under 0.18.1 720p was ~65% CPU, 1080i ~90% CPU -- no frame drops. Is anyone else seeing this? I haven't changed anything else X configuration-wise. I'm using latest SVN with a 2.5ghz Celeron outputing to a 720p display and have no issues with HD content playback. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for MythFM or equivilant
Richard Bronosky wrote: Anyone doing AM recording? I don't care for anything on FM. I don't think there exists much in the way of AM radio tuners for computers... I'd think the interior of a computer case would present too much interference to get any kind of decent AM reception. Maybe if there was an *external* AM tuner (USB or something), and the hardware was supported, I imagine something like MythFM could handle it without much modification (after all, only the device/method of tuning would be different, not the concept of a radio program). -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Remote TV Button
Hi, The remote control that came with my PVR-350 has 4 buttons along the top, one for TV, Videos, Music, and Pictures (http://hauppauge.com/images/pvr-150_w_remote_large.jpg) Is there any way to set it up so that clicking the TV button will launch Live TV, the Pictures Button will launch MythGallery, so on and so forth?-- -RobAs seen on bash.org:The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying thereshould be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and letthe problem solve itself? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?
On 8/7/05, Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/7/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to get technical it is already released. I ran --version on the SVN build I did yesterday. Its at 0.19.20050712-1. The tarballs are released when they feel its good enough. Ooooh - so what's the new GUI like? Aren't there some sexy new GUI features in 0.19? What do they do? svn != released MythUI isn't done yet. Are you saying 0.19 is a while off and will include MythUI or are you saying it is close and MythUI is now penned for 0.20? Also, is there a way to see MythUI without having to compile the whole of MythTV? I run from ATrpm's so the compilation route would be a hassle. Whytey -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?
On 8/7/05, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you saying 0.19 is a while off and will include MythUI Yes Also, is there a way to see MythUI without having to compile the whole of MythTV? Not really no. Technically you don't really need to compile ALL of myth, but you do need a good chunk of it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Installing latest Unichrome - problems ?
Hi * I'm trying to install latest unichrome drivers on my KnoppMyth R5A16. I downloaded latest Unichrome drivers from http://myth.ivor.org/unichrome/ I follow steps in README file: The 30 second unichrome install guide. 1. Build drm (for 2.6 kernel) (Clearly here replace linux-2.6.11 with your source location.) cd drm/linux-core make LINUXDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.11 DRM_MODULES=via cp *.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ depmod -ae 2. Build libxvmc (If building inside an X tree comment out the OUTOFTREE directive in the Imakefile) cd libxvmc xmkmf /usr/src/xc make make install 3. Build driver cd unichrome xmkmf /usr/src/xc make make install Steep 1 is already done. When I try to do steep 2, I receive info: ./usr/src/xc. no such directory. Indeed, in /usr/src/ there is no XC directory. I suspect, some source files are missing on my HDD - can somebody point me what is missing, and where I can find it ? Milion thanx in advance ! -- 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] Installing latest Unichrome - problems ?
On 8/7/05, Warpme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect, some source files are missing on my HDD - can somebody point me what is missing, and where I can find it ? You need the source for X. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] new stuff to understand
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 05:53, Craig Tinson wrote: I never got my head around transcoding as I figured I never needed to with the old card. now I'm recording with the 250 I figured I'd better know more about this transcoding thing. what is it? why does it matter? how will it affect how I use my mythbox? is there settings I need to know about? am I right in thinking it's more of an issue now I'm on a 250? For the last 6 months I have been running a mythtv system using a PVR-350 and a PVR-250. Have been using the decoder on the PVR-350 for the output to the TV. As such I have not used any transcoding. I found that if I transcode a show I can get the picture to play back but no audio. I suspect this because the transcoded show is using the on board audio output which I do not have connected. I really like the output of the PVR-350, it is indistinguishable from the broadcast signal provided by the cable company. As to using transcoding, I think it depends on how you have your system setup. Would be interested in other views on this subject. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Installing latest Unichrome - problems ?
Hi * I'm trying to install latest unichrome drivers on my KnoppMyth R5A16. I downloaded latest Unichrome drivers from http://myth.ivor.org/unichrome/ I follow steps in README file: The 30 second unichrome install guide. 1. Build drm (for 2.6 kernel) (Clearly here replace linux-2.6.11 with your source location.) cd drm/linux-core make LINUXDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.11 DRM_MODULES=via cp *.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ depmod -ae 2. Build libxvmc (If building inside an X tree comment out the OUTOFTREE directive in the Imakefile) cd libxvmc xmkmf /usr/src/xc make make install 3. Build driver cd unichrome xmkmf /usr/src/xc make make install Steep 1 is already done. When I try to do steep 2, I receive info: ./usr/src/xc. no such directory. Indeed, in /usr/src/ there is no XC directory. I suspect, some source files are missing on my HDD - can somebody point me what is missing, and where I can find it ? Milion thanx in advance ! -- 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] -- 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
[mythtv-users] debug options for mythtvsetup?
mythtvsetup 0.18.1 hangs with a screen that shows just the theme's background graphic. Are there any debug options I can turn on to help track down the problem? After a year of so of using Myth on FC1 (0.16.x I think), I had a weekend of irrationality and decided to do a clean install of FC4 and Myth 0.18.1 (from atrpms) using Jarod's wonderful guide. Oh well, live and learn. Before cleaning my hard disk, I made a backup of the mythconverg DB. I restored the DB before installing Myth. The first time I ran mythtvsetup I saw messages about upgrading the DB, then was asked questions about clearing capture card settings (I said yes), clear program data and channel settings (I said yes). Then the problem occurs. mythtvsetup just hangs forever. The screen shows the theme background but nothing else. I can't ctrl-alt-Fx to another window. Luckily, I can ssh in from another system but killing mythtvsetup doesn't restore my system; I've ended up rebooting. The same hang occurs every time I've retried mythtvsetup. - don't see any error messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/mythtv/ - mythtv userid and mythtv in MySQL have different passwords. - I'm running mythtvsetup under KDE, logged in as user mythtv. - mythtvsetup --help doesn't show any debug options - didn't see this problem in a search of the archives or a web search Thanks, Vince ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] new stuff to understand
Scot L. Harris wrote: On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 05:53, Craig Tinson wrote: I never got my head around transcoding as I figured I never needed to with the old card. now I'm recording with the 250 I figured I'd better know more about this transcoding thing. what is it? why does it matter? how will it affect how I use my mythbox? is there settings I need to know about? am I right in thinking it's more of an issue now I'm on a 250? For the last 6 months I have been running a mythtv system using a PVR-350 and a PVR-250. Have been using the decoder on the PVR-350 for the output to the TV. As such I have not used any transcoding. I found that if I transcode a show I can get the picture to play back but no audio. I suspect this because the transcoded show is using the on board audio output which I do not have connected. I really like the output of the PVR-350, it is indistinguishable from the broadcast signal provided by the cable company. As to using transcoding, I think it depends on how you have your system setup. Would be interested in other views on this subject. I have a PVR-350 and I don't use transcoding as well. Disk space is cheap these days, so unless I'm trying to transfer the video to a different media there's no need, and good reasons not to - transcoding invariably causes a quality drop to some degree. Daniel ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Latest SVN pegs my CPU for 720p and 1080i
I just get a little audio stuttering on my 3.2 prescott, but skipping forward and back seems to fix it. Latest alsa-1.0.9b stuff. Seems like some kinda buffer issue but I haven't found a way to fix it yet. The only other wierdness I see is when both pcHDTV HD-3000's are recording at the same time and I'm watching something, after about 20 minutes of recording, my CPU pegs at 80% or so, even when I shutdown viewing, it won't clear. Th cx88atsc driver reports a buffer overflow at the same time the CPU pegging starts. This doesn't happen if I'm watching through a remote frontend, only if I'm watching on the master doing the recording. Donavan Stanley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 8/7/05, David Asher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just switched over from 0.18.1 atrpms mythtv to building from the latest svn (changeset 6995, I was hoping to play with the new internal dvd player). Mythfrontend now pegs my CPU when playing 720p recordings and I get frame drops on 1080i recordings. I've got a 3Ghz Prescott, and under 0.18.1 720p was ~65% CPU, 1080i ~90% CPU -- no frame drops. Is anyone else seeing this? I haven't changed anything else X configuration-wise. I'm using latest SVN with a 2.5ghz Celeron outputing to a 720p display and have no issues with HD content playback. ___ 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] nvidia-settings w/geforce4 ti4200
Possibly OT (if there's an nvidia-settings list I haven't found it yet). I have mythtv working on a debian sarge install. Until recently I was happily using the PVR-350 TV out, but I recently freed up a geforce 4 ti4200 and want to use its TV out for the ability to play transcoded videos without frame dropping, etc. After finding Jarod's recommendation for nvidia-settings to be used against newer nvidia drivers, I tried it. So far I am only able to turn overscan fully on (too much) or fully off (obviously not desirable for watching TV) using the slider. I've tried adding and removing the TVOverScan directive from XF86Config-4, commenting out the refresh rates for the TV, etc. nvidia-settings reports my TV chip as a Brooktree 871. I hope that's not the problem, I don't have another recent geforce lying around to work with. Here are some relevant bits from my system: ii nvidia-glx 1.0.7174-3 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.7174-3+2.6 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.8- ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.7174-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module common files ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.7174-3 NVIDIA binary kernel module source ii nvidia-setting 1.0+3-1Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv ii kernel-image-2 2.6.8-16 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on 386. From XF86Config-4: Section Module # LoadGLcore Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc # Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadspeedo Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section Device Identifier NVIDIA Corporation NV10DDR [GeForce 256 DDR] Driver nvidia Option ConnectedMonitor TV Option TVStandard NTSC-M Option TVOutFormat SVIDEO # Option TVOverScan 0.6 Option NoLogo 1 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier TV # HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0 # VertRefresh 60 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device NVIDIA Corporation NV10DDR [GeForce 256 DDR] Monitor TV DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] new stuff to understand
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 12:12, Daniel Segel wrote: Scot L. Harris wrote: For the last 6 months I have been running a mythtv system using a PVR-350 and a PVR-250. Have been using the decoder on the PVR-350 for the output to the TV. As such I have not used any transcoding. I found that if I transcode a show I can get the picture to play back but no audio. I suspect this because the transcoded show is using the on board audio output which I do not have connected. I really like the output of the PVR-350, it is indistinguishable from the broadcast signal provided by the cable company. As to using transcoding, I think it depends on how you have your system setup. Would be interested in other views on this subject. I have a PVR-350 and I don't use transcoding as well. Disk space is cheap these days, so unless I'm trying to transfer the video to a different media there's no need, and good reasons not to - transcoding invariably causes a quality drop to some degree. Yes, I put four (4) 300GB drives in my mythtv box. Built a 1TB file system for the /video file system using LVM. Getting ready to build another mythtv box. Next one will be used as a frontend and slave backend to the existing system. Researching which micro ATX board or acpi board to use for such a front end. But I would be interested in learning more about how transcoding works and how it might be beneficial. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't watch Video's on front end???
Johan, I've made the changes and am seeing a long delay before Myth starts on the FE and the mapping doesn't exist on the FE? The last messages posted are: Starting portmap daemon: portman Mounting remote filesystem AJM, On 8/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's say you have BE that you named back and FE is named front, and the directory is on both machines the same /mnt/video/videos, and the IP of BE is 192.168.0.2 and FE is 192.168.0.3, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, then you would put on the BE machine into the export file the following line: /mnt/video/videos 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.255 # This line tells BE machine that it can share the folder for the IP address, of course you can share it with 192.168.0.0 with subnet 255.255.255.0, then all the machines with an IP of 192.168.0.* can use the share in FE you would put the following in the /etc/hosts file: 192.168.0.2 back # This means that when a program on the FE tries to find out the IP address of the machine named back it will give 192.168.0.2 as the IP in FE you also put the following in the /etc/fstab back:/mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults, bg 0 0 # first part is the name of BE (and the line we put in hosts will tell the FE what IP back has)and the directory on the BE (separeted by a : ), next tells the directory where it should be mounted on the FE, then filesystem type. Now reboot and see if it works ;-) to mount on xbox, add your backend host with ip alias to /etc/hosts and then add yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory /created/directory/on/xbox nfs defaults, bg 0 0 my fstab-line would be somthing like: dvb:/mnt/video /mnt/video nfs defaults,bg 0 0 Just a couple of Q's... I'm still learning Linux but was able to makeit through the installs on the FE and BE so I know enough to be dangerous... What is the /etc/exports used for on the BE? currently mine is blank. Is that similar to a share? I'm running FC3 on the BE. Will I only need to mount the /video directory not the /video/videos directory? In other words can I use the parent directory will that then make all the sub directory's available or do I need to be specific? I think I follow the fstab info? If I create the /video/videos directory on the xbox and the BE directory is the same /video/videos then it would look like - /mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults,bg 0 0 What does this serve (yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory)? Assuming my BE is localhost then would it read: localhost:/full /video/videos AJM, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? The video's all exist on the backend and are viewable/playable from there. I do get an error message now that you mention it and I took a look, duh! It appears that it can't find the file because it is looking on it's own drive instead of looking to the backend (/video/videos/? It say's file not found: ' /video/videos/short_game.vob' How can I fix that? Also, are you able to run MythGame on our FE? Xmame? Thanks, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: I'm unable to watch videos on my front end (Xbox) but I can see the listings? Can anyone help me out with this? I'm running 0.18 on the FE and BE. Thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? Are the video library mounted on the Xbox? What are you running; Xebian1.1.x or gentoox? I'm running an Xbox as a frontend and had no luck with mplayer at all, Xine on the other hand worked like a charm for both DVD's and video. I couldn't watch video with mplayer at all, I could select one, and the screen would freeze and then return to the listing. Turned out that mplayer segfaulted for some reason, still unknown, Xine didn't though so now I use that. I'm running Xebian-1.1.4 with 0.18.1 I hope that this will give you some guidance in your search! ___ mythtv-users mailing list
RE: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donavan Stanley Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 7:42 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release? On 8/7/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to get technical it is already released. I ran --version on the SVN build I did yesterday. Its at 0.19.20050712-1. The tarballs are released when they feel its good enough. Ooooh - so what's the new GUI like? Aren't there some sexy new GUI features in 0.19? What do they do? svn != released MythUI isn't done yet. Correct. Maybe I miss spoke on that. Someone changed the SVN version to 0.19 but not everything they plan to put into 0.19 is in SVN, yet. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Preview Video works/Main Video not.
If Set Up a new MythBox with Debian SId. I use my harddrive with some old recordings. Now I have the the folowing Problem: The old Recordings work. New recordings: The preview video shows, but when i press enter to view the main video, the screen gets black and nothing happens. Also when I press Escape to get back to the main menu nothing happens for a long time, then the menu returns... what can it be?? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't watch Video's on front end???
Sorry [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't realize that you were the last poster. I think I corrected the delay errror by temporarily using the BE IP in the fstab. However I'm seeing an error in Myth when trying to launch the video file File not found. So how do I verify that I've set this up correctly? I am also seeing mplayer errors to your first post Johan. Thanks, On 8/7/05, A JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Johan, I've made the changes and am seeing a long delay before Myth starts on the FE and the mapping doesn't exist on the FE? The last messages posted are: Starting portmap daemon: portman Mounting remote filesystem AJM, On 8/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's say you have BE that you named back and FE is named front, and the directory is on both machines the same /mnt/video/videos, and the IP of BE is 192.168.0.2 and FE is 192.168.0.3, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, then you would put on the BE machine into the export file the following line: /mnt/video/videos 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.255 # This line tells BE machine that it can share the folder for the IP address, of course you can share it with 192.168.0.0 with subnet 255.255.255.0, then all the machines with an IP of 192.168.0.* can use the share in FE you would put the following in the /etc/hosts file: 192.168.0.2 back # This means that when a program on the FE tries to find out the IP address of the machine named back it will give 192.168.0.2 as the IP in FE you also put the following in the /etc/fstab back:/mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults, bg 0 0 # first part is the name of BE (and the line we put in hosts will tell the FE what IP back has)and the directory on the BE (separeted by a : ), next tells the directory where it should be mounted on the FE, then filesystem type. Now reboot and see if it works ;-) to mount on xbox, add your backend host with ip alias to /etc/hosts and then add yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory /created/directory/on/xbox nfs defaults, bg 0 0 my fstab-line would be somthing like: dvb:/mnt/video /mnt/video nfs defaults,bg 0 0 Just a couple of Q's... I'm still learning Linux but was able to makeit through the installs on the FE and BE so I know enough to be dangerous... What is the /etc/exports used for on the BE? currently mine is blank. Is that similar to a share? I'm running FC3 on the BE. Will I only need to mount the /video directory not the /video/videos directory? In other words can I use the parent directory will that then make all the sub directory's available or do I need to be specific? I think I follow the fstab info? If I create the /video/videos directory on the xbox and the BE directory is the same /video/videos then it would look like - /mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults,bg 0 0 What does this serve (yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory)? Assuming my BE is localhost then would it read: localhost:/full /video/videos AJM, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? The video's all exist on the backend and are viewable/playable from there. I do get an error message now that you mention it and I took a look, duh! It appears that it can't find the file because it is looking on it's own drive instead of looking to the backend (/video/videos/? It say's file not found: ' /video/videos/short_game.vob' How can I fix that? Also, are you able to run MythGame on our FE? Xmame? Thanks, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: I'm unable to watch videos on my front end (Xbox) but I can see the listings? Can anyone help me out with this? I'm running 0.18 on the FE and BE. Thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? Are the video library mounted on the Xbox? What are you running; Xebian1.1.x or gentoox? I'm running an Xbox as a frontend and had no luck with mplayer
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't watch Video's on front end???
Sorry [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't realize that you were the last poster. I think I corrected the delay errror by temporarily using the BE IP in the fstab. However I'm seeing an error in Myth when trying to launch the video file File not found. So how do I verify that I've set this up correctly? I am also seeing mplayer errors to your first post Johan. Thanks, On 8/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's say you have BE that you named back and FE is named front, and the directory is on both machines the same /mnt/video/videos, and the IP of BE is 192.168.0.2 and FE is 192.168.0.3, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, then you would put on the BE machine into the export file the following line: /mnt/video/videos 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.255 # This line tells BE machine that it can share the folder for the IP address, of course you can share it with 192.168.0.0 with subnet 255.255.255.0, then all the machines with an IP of 192.168.0.* can use the share in FE you would put the following in the /etc/hosts file: 192.168.0.2 back # This means that when a program on the FE tries to find out the IP address of the machine named back it will give 192.168.0.2 as the IP in FE you also put the following in the /etc/fstab back:/mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults, bg 0 0 # first part is the name of BE (and the line we put in hosts will tell the FE what IP back has)and the directory on the BE (separeted by a : ), next tells the directory where it should be mounted on the FE, then filesystem type. Now reboot and see if it works ;-) to mount on xbox, add your backend host with ip alias to /etc/hosts and then add yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory /created/directory/on/xbox nfs defaults, bg 0 0 my fstab-line would be somthing like: dvb:/mnt/video /mnt/video nfs defaults,bg 0 0 Just a couple of Q's... I'm still learning Linux but was able to makeit through the installs on the FE and BE so I know enough to be dangerous... What is the /etc/exports used for on the BE? currently mine is blank. Is that similar to a share? I'm running FC3 on the BE. Will I only need to mount the /video directory not the /video/videos directory? In other words can I use the parent directory will that then make all the sub directory's available or do I need to be specific? I think I follow the fstab info? If I create the /video/videos directory on the xbox and the BE directory is the same /video/videos then it would look like - /mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults,bg 0 0 What does this serve (yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory)? Assuming my BE is localhost then would it read: localhost:/full /video/videos AJM, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? The video's all exist on the backend and are viewable/playable from there. I do get an error message now that you mention it and I took a look, duh! It appears that it can't find the file because it is looking on it's own drive instead of looking to the backend (/video/videos/? It say's file not found: ' /video/videos/short_game.vob' How can I fix that? Also, are you able to run MythGame on our FE? Xmame? Thanks, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: I'm unable to watch videos on my front end (Xbox) but I can see the listings? Can anyone help me out with this? I'm running 0.18 on the FE and BE. Thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? Are the video library mounted on the Xbox? What are you running; Xebian1.1.x or gentoox? I'm running an Xbox as a frontend and had no luck with mplayer at all, Xine on the other hand worked like a charm for both DVD's and video. I couldn't watch video with mplayer at all, I could select one, and the screen would freeze and then return to the listing. Turned out that mplayer segfaulted for some reason, still unknown, Xine didn't though so now I use that. I'm running Xebian-1.1.4 with 0.18.1 I hope that this will give you some guidance in
[mythtv-users] /video XFS need new HD
I have come to a point where I am running out of space on my /dev/hda due to the amount of video I have recorded (only 80 gigs). I would like to add a new 160g HD to my system but lack the know how to add a disk to an XFS partition in FC2. I found a good tutorial for FC3 off of Jarod's site. Should this be the same FC2? If so, can someone explain what VolGroup00 is when using vgextend? http://svn.wilsonet.com/projects/mythtvology/ticket/87 Thanks in advance... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR 350, just static
Hi, I'm trying to setup a box using Knoppmyth and a PVR350 card. I get picture but just static. I've tryied the following while having LiveTV running, run ivtvctl -R, and run scantv in parallell. When I just run ivtvctl -R it responds with saying that frequency is set to 0 even though I've hard coded the channel number for two channels in mythtv-setup. I stays at 0 whatever channel i switch to. So I let it run while letting scantv perform a full scan. When I do this I get variations in the static and sometimes I even get something that could become a picture with some luck :-). I've also tried to run mplayer /dev/video0 while performing a scan with scantv with almost the same result. The static shows up a bit differently but it almost becomes a picture at the same frequencies. So I guess that I have got two issues. One, no clear picture, there should be one since I get picture on a regular TV using the same antenna cable. Two, MythTV keeps setting my card to frequency 0 whenever I change channel. It does at least set my card to input from Tuner 0, I can see that when I run ivtvctl -P. Anyone? Please! :-) Sincerely, Peter Österberg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, just static
Hi, I'm trying to setup a box using Knoppmyth and a PVR350 card. I get picture but just static. I've tryied the following while having LiveTV running, run ivtvctl -R, and run scantv in parallell. When I just run ivtvctl -R it responds with saying that frequency is set to 0 even though I've hard coded the channel number for two channels in mythtv-setup. I stays at 0 whatever channel i switch to. So I let it run while letting scantv perform a full scan. When I do this I get variations in the static and sometimes I even get something that could become a picture with some luck :-). I've also tried to run mplayer /dev/video0 while performing a scan with scantv with almost the same result. The static shows up a bit differently but it almost becomes a picture at the same frequencies. So I guess that I have got two issues. One, no clear picture, there should be one since I get picture on a regular TV using the same antenna cable. Two, MythTV keeps setting my card to frequency 0 whenever I change channel. It does at least set my card to input from Tuner 0, I can see that when I run ivtvctl -P. Anyone? Please! :-) What is your output device? Do you have an input source set up? Have you run mythfilldatabase or edited the frequency into the DB? Also, what distro and what software versions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Blue bar at bottom of all video
I was having the same problem with my pvr-150 and an old GeForce 2. I think my problem was casued by the ivtv drivers though as I don't have that problem now with newer drivers. You may want to try updating your drivers or you could cat /dev/video0 /tmp/test.mpg and then see if that test capture has the blue line. If it does, its the ivtv drivers, otherwise it could be something with the xv colorkey. Marshall Eric Jensen wrote: While watching TV and on all of our recordings is a blue line a few pixels high and going the full length of the TV. I've searched through the archives and tried running: `xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0` but it didn't work. Is there anything else I can try? I am capturing with a Happauge PVR-250 and outputting with a nVidia GeForce 3, running FC3. Eric ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, just static
Jim Reith wrote: Hi, I'm trying to setup a box using Knoppmyth and a PVR350 card. I get picture but just static. I've tryied the following while having LiveTV running, run ivtvctl -R, and run scantv in parallell. When I just run ivtvctl -R it responds with saying that frequency is set to 0 even though I've hard coded the channel number for two channels in mythtv-setup. I stays at 0 whatever channel i switch to. So I let it run while letting scantv perform a full scan. When I do this I get variations in the static and sometimes I even get something that could become a picture with some luck :-). I've also tried to run mplayer /dev/video0 while performing a scan with scantv with almost the same result. The static shows up a bit differently but it almost becomes a picture at the same frequencies. So I guess that I have got two issues. One, no clear picture, there should be one since I get picture on a regular TV using the same antenna cable. Two, MythTV keeps setting my card to frequency 0 whenever I change channel. It does at least set my card to input from Tuner 0, I can see that when I run ivtvctl -P. Anyone? Please! :-) What is your output device? Do you have an input source set up? Have you run mythfilldatabase or edited the frequency into the DB? Also, what distro and what software versions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users For the moment I use my regular monitor as output device, ATI Radeon 9600. I get exactly the same picture when I hook it up to a DLP projector via the ATI card. Haven't tried to connect via the PVR350 card yet. ivtv 0.2.0 Myth 0.18.1 Knoppmyth Release 5A16, the above is the ones included in this release. I did set everything up the first time in mythtv-setup, after that did I run mythfilldatabase, getting channels for Sweden, then I changed the values for two channels since I have cable TV here and I know that the channels aren't at the same frequencies. I ran /etc/cron.daily/myth-backend after I did those changes in myhttv-setup. I haven't had any peak in the database yet. Is there something interesting to be found in there or might it be easyier to make the changes directly in the database? I am very familiar with SQL so it wouldn't be a problem if you think that it is easyier. Thank you!! /Peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, just static
Title: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, just static Jim Reith wrote: Hi, I'm trying to setup a box using Knoppmyth and a PVR350 card. I get picture but just static. I've tryied the following while having LiveTV running, run ivtvctl -R, and run scantv in parallell. When I just run ivtvctl -R it responds with saying that frequency is set to 0 even though I've hard coded the channel number for two channels in mythtv-setup. I stays at 0 whatever channel i switch to. So I let it run while letting scantv perform a full scan. When I do this I get variations in the static and sometimes I even get something that could become a picture with some luck :-). I've also tried to run mplayer /dev/video0 while performing a scan with scantv with almost the same result. The static shows up a bit differently but it almost becomes a picture at the same frequencies. So I guess that I have got two issues. One, no clear picture, there should be one since I get picture on a regular TV using the same antenna cable. Two, MythTV keeps setting my card to frequency 0 whenever I change channel. It does at least set my card to input from Tuner 0, I can see that when I run ivtvctl -P. Anyone? Please! :-) What is your output device? Do you have an input source set up? Have you run mythfilldatabase or edited the frequency into the DB? Also, what distro and what software versions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users For the moment I use my regular monitor as output device, ATI Radeon 9600. I get exactly the same picture when I hook it up to a DLP projector via the ATI card. Haven't tried to connect via the PVR350 card yet. ivtv 0.2.0 Myth 0.18.1 Knoppmyth Release 5A16, the above is the ones included in this release. Same release I started with. I've since added a PVR-150 as a second tuner and have 350gb of shows on disk. I had to upgrade to ivtv 3.6y to get the 150 working but the 350 worked fine with Knoppmyth originally I assume you followed this? http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=HauppaugeThreeFiftyInstallation I did set everything up the first time in mythtv-setup, after that did I run mythfilldatabase, getting channels for Sweden, then I changed the values for two channels since I have cable TV here and I know that the channels aren't at the same frequencies. I ran /etc/cron.daily/myth-backend after I did those changes in myhttv-setup. I haven't had any peak in the database yet. Is there something interesting to be found in there or might it be easyier to make the changes directly in the database? I am very familiar with SQL so it wouldn't be a problem if you think that it is easyier. You don't need to modify the SQL db. There is a channel editor that will let you make the settings. Since I was able to get my listings online, I didn't have to do any of that and it worked. Your 350 is Pal I assume? I can share with you my 2.0 working ivtv [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/mythtv/modules# cat ivtv.350only alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c #options ivtv debug=1 #options tuner type=2 options msp3400 simple=1 install ivtv /sbin/modprobe tuner; /sbin/modprobe msp3400; /sbin/modprobe saa7115; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb; /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r saa7115 /sbin/modprobe -r msp3400 /sbin/modprobe -r tuner /sbin/modprobe -r ivtv-fb /sbin/modprobe -r lirc_i2c I really think your problem probably lies in your input settings for your source, your cable. I don't think you have the channel frequencies set properly and so, while it works, it's not tuned to anything. Maybe someone successful in Sweden can chime in with at least one known good cable frequency? hope this helps some. Jim Thank you!! /Peter ___ 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] new stuff to understand
Hey All ok.. so I've been running a myth box for a couple of years now I think - and over this time I've learnt quite a bit about how myth works and learnt even more about linux! over this time I've got through various pieces of kit for upgrades - new mb, more memory, more hd etc etc.. now I've made a *big* difference - I've switched from a 878 based card to a new PVR-250. it's taken a week or so for me to get this thing running and I've continued to learn a few things about how these cards work but it's been *really* worth it - I thought I had the 878 card working near original source quality but hell, this is now damn perfect and the quality is amazing. i'm still having a few problems in terms of stability of the machine/myth but I need to look into things further to provide more info. so - to the purpose of this email. I never got my head around transcoding as I figured I never needed to with the old card. now I'm recording with the 250 I figured I'd better know more about this transcoding thing. what is it? why does it matter? how will it affect how I use my mythbox? is there settings I need to know about? am I right in thinking it's more of an issue now I'm on a 250? I have mtd running as a daemon on startup but I don't know what it's there for! lol can someone shed light? thanks Craig Hi Craig I would imagine that the 878 card would record with a disk burn rate of about 4G per hour (thats what I get) whereas the PVR card, being mpeg2 should be a quarter of that (about 1G per hour). By transcoding to mpeg4, that can be further reduced, without loosing much quality, to about 300M per hour. Its all about balancing CPU cycles against diskspace! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] /video XFS need new HD
On 08/08/05, jacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have come to a point where I am running out of space on my /dev/hda due to the amount of video I have recorded (only 80 gigs). I would like to add a new 160g HD to my system but lack the know how to add a disk to an XFS partition in FC2. I found a good tutorial for FC3 off of Jarod's site. Should this be the same FC2? If so, can someone explain what VolGroup00 is when using vgextend? http://svn.wilsonet.com/projects/mythtvology/ticket/87 The VolGroup00 is the name of the lvm volume group. If you have the xfs partition directly on /dev/hda - you have to first convert that to lvm. I'm not sure what's your current setup is (ie - do you have a single partition for the /, or do you use /dev/hda as a part of the lvm volume). The best way to learn something about lvm is to have a look in the howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ If you don't have lvm and want to convert to one the easies way is to add the new drive as first phisical volume of lvm, create a single logical volume on top of that, format it using xfs and then copy files over from the old partition/disk. When everything is on the new drive - add the old drive/partition as next phisical volume and then extend the logical one to span across both drives. regards pshemko ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Filesystem locations sizes for fresh install FC4 MythTV
Greetings: I am interested in setting up a box with Fedora Core 4 and MythTV, the box has 1GB RAM, two U160 SCSI HDD's, one HDD is 18GB, and the other HDD is 73GB. I plan on doing a fresh install of both with Fedora Core 4 and MythTV and would like to knowon what drives,what, and whatsize filesystems should be created, also I may have another 73GB drive made available to me down the road at some point if it even matters. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks - James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 Remote TV Button
The remote control that came with my PVR-350 has 4 buttons along the top, one for TV, Videos, Music, and Pictures (http://hauppauge.com/images/pvr-150_w_remote_large.jpg) Is there any way to set it up so that clicking the TV button will launch Live TV, the Pictures Button will launch MythGallery, so on and so forth? Have a search for key bindings. I thikn you set them in MythWeb. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone elsehadproblems today?
Dont know if anyone else has answered this but: The msn grabber gets MUCH more data than the d1 does. When I tried d1, it didnt give episode information for example, so if you record a tv servies then myth doesnt know enough about the episode to tell if it has recorded that particular episode before. M. - Original Message - From: Brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone elsehadproblems today? Is the ninmsn grabber better than the d1.com.au ? If so do you know where I could download it from. Also a clue on how to install if time permits. Thanks Brad On 7/25/05, Matthew Carle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I havn't noticed ay error messages (but I havn't looked too hard). I am however missing detailed information for Saturday and Sunday (I just have the program titles). A visit to the ninemsn page shows that it is ninemsn that is missing the information - the grabber isn't the problem. Matthew. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Whyte Sent: Monday, 25 July 2005 8:55 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone else hadproblems today? Received the following error in mythweb... Last mythfilldatabase run started on 2005-07-25 18:54 and ended on 2005-07-25 18:58. mythfilldatabase ran, but did not insert any new data into the Guide. This can indicate a potential grabber failure. There's guide data until 2005-07-31 08:00 (6 days). When I run it from the console I get... /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12396398.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12394350.html is too short, removing and trying again Giving up on /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409886.html /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12396398.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12394350.html is too short, removing and trying again Giving up on /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12396398.html /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12394350.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again Giving up on /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12394350.html /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html is too short, removing and trying again Giving up on /var/local/tv_grab_au/31072005/12409880.html writing file done I wonder if the format of the HTML pages has changed. This is from NineMSN. Cheers, Whytey -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users 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] UK: Getting strange audio track on BBC 1
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 03:10:26PM +0100, Ivan A. Beveridge wrote: On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 11:42:35AM -0400, Donavan Stanley wrote: On 6/24/05, James Pattinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm tuned to channel 6301 (BBC One London) but I seem to get an audio channel which is meant for the blind on programs like Eastenders. I am guessing I am selecting the wrong audio multiplex in the stream but can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? There's a bug in the automatic audio track selection logic. You'll need to manually select the proper audio track until .18.2 comes out. I've been getting odd sound video *only* during Eastenders (BBC1, BBC3). This has been for the last month, and seemed to conside (or nearly coincide) with my upgrade from 0.17 to 0.18.1. The oddities are very glitchy sound (stop-start, every 0.5s ish) and video (normal/slow speed every 0.5s ish). It happens during recordings and watch live tv. I have no idea what to look for. It's really odd - it tends to coincide with the start of the Eastenders lead-in (~20:00 on BBC1) and probably finish around 20:30 (doesn't necessarily coincide with the actual end of Eastenders). Does any of this sound like something you were seeing, james, or something that could get fixed in 0.18.2? It seems odd that it should coincide with a single programme, and be repeatable (the problem survives mythtv restarts and, I think, reboots). As mentioned previously, the problem I am having is due to audio (the video glitches are due to mythtv trying to keep the video and audio in sync). I am still getting this. I tried increasing RAM (from the previous 256MB to 512MB) this week, in case it was a swap problem. The system is now not swapping, but the glitches are still there. The audio problems have been continuously happening in Eastenders (BBC1), and have randomly happened with a few other channels (including for CSI Miami on Channel5). Most recently (last 3-ish weeks) it has also occurred during the reruns of 24 (BBC1, Friday circa 23:45 for a couple of hours). Any other thoughts? Cheers Ivan -- Ivan Beveridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au which script?
Michael, could you please clarify the example duplicate config entry for me?
#''ABC ACT' = 'act.abc.gov.au'
#$duplicate = {
# 'act.abc.gov.au' = { 'ABC HD' = 'hd.abc.gov.au',
# 'ABC CHAN 22' = '22.abc.gov.au' },
# 'eastern.sbs.com.au' = { 'SBS HD' = 'hd.eastern.sbs.com.au' }
#};
'ABC ACT' is the corresponding channel title of the tv guide.
Why is 'ABC HD' and 'ABC CHAN 22' needed? They don't correspond with
the channel titles of the tv guide. Can those values be set to an
arbitary string?
Thanks heaps,
Sammo
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[mythtv-users] Trouble with WinTV 401 Hauppage Card and LIRC (should be easy to answer)
I am trying to get my MythTV frontend remote working. I have installed FC3 using Jarod's guide, and am able to connect to my backend wonderfully using my keyboard. I have installed a Hauppauge WinTV 401 into the machine in hopes of getting its IR receiver to play with LIRC. I have installed lirc and lirc-kmdl via apt-get install. Now my biggest question is what do I put into my /etc/modprobe.conf ? I have tried: alias char-major-61 lirc_gpio and alias char-major-61 hauppauge It's my understanding that Axel's RPM are packaged for the most popular receivers. Is mine not included? I have even tried building lirc from source but I get the following errors: $ ./setup.sh which: no dialog in (/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/mythtv/bin) dialog not found! So, I am stuck. Thanks in advance... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD
Felix wrote: Dave Ansell wrote: Hi, My Myth box seems to have achieved a high Child Acceptance Factor (WAF not quite so good!) but unfortunately my disk is now filling up rapidly with cartoon shows which need to be watched repeatedly and never deleted! Is there a straightforward way to transfer shows to DVD in a sensible format for viewing on DVD players, etc.My recordings are from DVB-T in TS format. I have tried transcode, but it fails to run with the out-of-the box Myth settings (Myth 0.18.1 atrpms) Any pointers much appreciated. And by the way I am a complete newbie when it comes to DVD authoring.! cheers, Dave I tried three options and all three failed in one way or another :-( . I'll try to describe them here, and if somebody notices some glarious goofs (or not so glarious) - I would greatly appreciate the feedback. I am fairly new to DVD authoring, and to MythTV, and I *have* to burn the shows on DVD for my reputation to survive... 1. mythburn. I got quite far with this... I downloaded from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/), tinkered with install.sh (changed directories and user/group names) and successfully ran it: MythWeb is installed at /var/www/html/mythweb Installing DVD Menu option into MythWeb However, there is no DVD menu option - there are *no* options under MythWeb. I restarted backend, just in case - is there any last steps to configure mythweb to enable this option? 2. nuvexport - I got RPM from here http://forevermore.net/files/nuvexport/ (http://forevermore.net/files/nuvexport/). It requires LVE library which I got from sourceforge. But LVE doesn't compile 3. Instructions from mythtv docs http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.20 (http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.20): Step 2 says Run *avidemux2* and open the .nuv file which corresponds with the program you wish to burn to DVD. when I do that, avidemux2 tells me that This looks like mpeg. Do you want to index it?. Sure... When I click on Scan file for audio stream, it finds Mpeg audio 0: 2 channels, 384 kbps shift 66s. So, indexing goes for couple minutes, and then it tells Beware: No valid audio codec found! Save(A+V) will generate bad AVI. Save audio will work. Not only that, but the picture becomes square (say, 4x4 instead of 4x3) and all objects deformed. Any ideas? Please! Felix Felix, I haven't tried mythburn, I have tried the other two and have found option 4 (ProjectX/dvdauthor) better :-) Not perfect, but better. ProjectX allows you to cut out unwanted segments without stuffing the audio/video sync, the other two caused me problems in that area. The only problem I've had with ProjectX/dvdauthor is that the burnt discs won't play perfectly in some DVD players. Seems to be something causing jumping/looping problems. But hey, they work fine in mine (Pioneer). cheers Carl. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD
Felix wrote: Dave Ansell wrote: Hi, My Myth box seems to have achieved a high Child Acceptance Factor (WAF not quite so good!) but unfortunately my disk is now filling up rapidly with cartoon shows which need to be watched repeatedly and never deleted! Is there a straightforward way to transfer shows to DVD in a sensible format for viewing on DVD players, etc.My recordings are from DVB-T in TS format. I have tried transcode, but it fails to run with the out-of-the box Myth settings (Myth 0.18.1 atrpms) Any pointers much appreciated. And by the way I am a complete newbie when it comes to DVD authoring.! cheers, Dave I tried three options and all three failed in one way or another :-( . I'll try to describe them here, and if somebody notices some glarious goofs (or not so glarious) - I would greatly appreciate the feedback. I am fairly new to DVD authoring, and to MythTV, and I *have* to burn the shows on DVD for my reputation to survive... 1. mythburn. I got quite far with this... I downloaded from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/), tinkered with install.sh (changed directories and user/group names) and successfully ran it: MythWeb is installed at /var/www/html/mythweb Installing DVD Menu option into MythWeb However, there is no DVD menu option - there are *no* options under MythWeb. I restarted backend, just in case - is there any last steps to configure mythweb to enable this option? I managed to get the button to show but when I run it it complains during the framegrabbing that it can't get frame 6. I've seen reference to that but no solutions 2. nuvexport - I got RPM from here http://forevermore.net/files/nuvexport/ (http://forevermore.net/files/nuvexport/). It requires LVE library which I got from sourceforge. But LVE doesn't compile Again, under Knoppmyth this is installed but when I select Create DVD it complains that the current screen is too small and to run it at 800x600 (my display is an NTSC tv) 3. Instructions from mythtv docs http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.20 (http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.20): Step 2 says Run *avidemux2* and open the .nuv file which corresponds with the program you wish to burn to DVD. when I do that, avidemux2 tells me that This looks like mpeg. Do you want to index it?. Sure... When I click on Scan file for audio stream, it finds Mpeg audio 0: 2 channels, 384 kbps shift 66s. So, indexing goes for couple minutes, and then it tells Beware: No valid audio codec found! Save(A+V) will generate bad AVI. Save audio will work. Not only that, but the picture becomes square (say, 4x4 instead of 4x3) and all objects deformed. And on this front I just drag the NUV over to my Mac and process it there but since I have a slow mac, this takes quite a bit of processing. I'd rather do it all on the Myth box. preferably with some working background script fired off from a selection like MythBurn. Any ideas? Please! Felix Felix, I haven't tried mythburn, I have tried the other two and have found option 4 (ProjectX/dvdauthor) better :-) Not perfect, but better. ProjectX allows you to cut out unwanted segments without stuffing the audio/video sync, the other two caused me problems in that area. The only problem I've had with ProjectX/dvdauthor is that the burnt discs won't play perfectly in some DVD players. Seems to be something causing jumping/looping problems. But hey, they work fine in mine (Pioneer). cheers Carl. ___ 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 watch Video's on front end???
I got it working, thanks guys for all the input. It helps if NFS is running on the backend... I'm also able to use mplayer which I thought was strange but I'm running an earlier version of xebian, maybe that's it? One other quick question if anyone is still following this thread. I don't have any DVD cover images? is this an update or change I need to make that I'm unaware of? Thanks. AJM, On 8/7/05, A JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't realize that you were the last poster. I think I corrected the delay errror by temporarily using the BE IP in the fstab. However I'm seeing an error in Myth when trying to launch the video file File not found. So how do I verify that I've set this up correctly? I am also seeing mplayer errors to your first post Johan. Thanks, On 8/7/05, A JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Johan, I've made the changes and am seeing a long delay before Myth starts on the FE and the mapping doesn't exist on the FE? The last messages posted are: Starting portmap daemon: portman Mounting remote filesystem AJM, On 8/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's say you have BE that you named back and FE is named front, and the directory is on both machines the same /mnt/video/videos, and the IP of BE is 192.168.0.2 and FE is 192.168.0.3, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, then you would put on the BE machine into the export file the following line: /mnt/video/videos 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.255 # This line tells BE machine that it can share the folder for the IP address, of course you can share it with 192.168.0.0 with subnet 255.255.255.0, then all the machines with an IP of 192.168.0.* can use the share in FE you would put the following in the /etc/hosts file: 192.168.0.2 back # This means that when a program on the FE tries to find out the IP address of the machine named back it will give 192.168.0.2 as the IP in FE you also put the following in the /etc/fstab back:/mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults, bg 0 0 # first part is the name of BE (and the line we put in hosts will tell the FE what IP back has)and the directory on the BE (separeted by a : ), next tells the directory where it should be mounted on the FE, then filesystem type. Now reboot and see if it works ;-) to mount on xbox, add your backend host with ip alias to /etc/hosts and then add yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory /created/directory/on/xbox nfs defaults, bg 0 0 my fstab-line would be somthing like: dvb:/mnt/video /mnt/video nfs defaults,bg 0 0 Just a couple of Q's... I'm still learning Linux but was able to makeit through the installs on the FE and BE so I know enough to be dangerous... What is the /etc/exports used for on the BE? currently mine is blank. Is that similar to a share? I'm running FC3 on the BE. Will I only need to mount the /video directory not the /video/videos directory? In other words can I use the parent directory will that then make all the sub directory's available or do I need to be specific? I think I follow the fstab info? If I create the /video/videos directory on the xbox and the BE directory is the same /video/videos then it would look like - /mnt/video/videos /mnt/video/videos nfs defaults,bg 0 0 What does this serve (yourbackendnamealias:/full path/to/exported/directory)? Assuming my BE is localhost then would it read: localhost:/full /video/videos AJM, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: Can you play videos from the command line outside Myth with the same flags that you use or are you refering to recorded shows you would like to watch after they have been recorded through the internal viewer? Any error messages? Crashes? Which player do you use, Xine or mplayer? The video's all exist on the backend and are viewable/playable from there. I do get an error message now that you mention it and I took a look, duh! It appears that it can't find the file because it is looking on it's own drive instead of looking to the backend (/video/videos/? It say's file not found: ' /video/videos/short_game.vob' How can I fix that? Also, are you able to run MythGame on our FE? Xmame? Thanks, On 8/6/05, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A JM wrote: I'm unable to watch videos on my front end (Xbox) but I can see the listings? Can anyone help me out with this? I'm running 0.18 on the FE and BE. Thx ___ mythtv-users mailing list
Re: [mythtv-users] New Linux User Attempt...
On 8/4/05, Viet My [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Permissions - I'm not sure (being new to Linux) what user to install what parts under. As it is, everything is installed under Root! This is bad. Nice to see another sarge / myth user. :) Have a look at http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian/dists/unstable/mythtv/ . These packages are nicely done, though you may need to build some from source to get them to install on sarge due to some dependencies on unstable. They'll take care of creating a mythtv user for you and starting up mythbackend at boot as that user, etc. Then you just need to setup mythfrontend running as mythtv and you should be mostly done. I'm sorry I don't have any experience controlling an external tuner / box, but I'm sure someone on the list is familiar with the problems you're seeing. HTH! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.31
--- Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael - thanks on behalf of Aussie MythTV users for this script and for updating it to cope with the recent changes. I've been using your script for a while and I think it's the best one of the different ones going around. Seconded. Seems you have been scratching more than your own itch too. Many thanks Michael. Matt __ 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] new stuff to understand
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 17:53, Robin Gilks wrote: I would imagine that the 878 card would record with a disk burn rate of about 4G per hour (thats what I get) whereas the PVR card, being mpeg2 should be a quarter of that (about 1G per hour). By transcoding to mpeg4, that can be further reduced, without loosing much quality, to about 300M per hour. Its all about balancing CPU cycles against diskspace! Actually I see about 2GB per hour recording with a PVR-350 or PVR-250. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Max number of recordings - unexpected episode deletions
I've come across two scenarios and I was wondering if others thought this was normal, or If I maybe made a wrong choice for a setting buried deeply somewhere. 1) If I lower the max number of recordings, MythTV will chug along and start deleting the oldest episodes to match the number of max recordings. To me it seems like it this limit should only affect recording new shows, not deleting to maintain this number. This seems to be regardless of the checkbox for auto expire, This also is independent of harddrive space as I have well over 100GB free, and I think I have set to maintain at least 5GB free in the settings. The first time I saw this was when a Mythbusters marathon came on. I raised the episode limit to 10 to make sure I got all of them, then afterwards lowered it back down to 3 so it wouldn't record new ones until I manually deleted at least 8 of them. After the episode limit change MythTV wiped out 7 of them to get to 3 recordings without asking. 2) I have seen a few times where I have a series set to maintain 5 episodes and it has all 5. I watch one of them and delete it, then two back to back episodes of the series come on and it records both and then realizes it's over the limit then deletes the oldest of the 6. It was like when it started to record the second one it didn't realize it had already reached the limit, then later realized it was over the limit and deleted the oldest one ala complaint observation #1. Is anybody else seeing this? Did I miss one of the many settings? Should it work like that? To me it seems like unless I'm running out of hard drive space or I explicitly tell it When episode limit is full, delete old, record new MythTV should *never* auto delete an episode, even if it is over the episode limit. Other than that Myth is AWESOME! I haven't watched live TV in months, and there is no going back. Thanks guys! Oh yeah, specs... MythTV ATRPMS latest (18.1) via Jarod's FC3 guide Standard Def recordings PVR-250 ASUS Pundit-S -Tim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.31
Seconded. Seems you have been scratching more than your own itch too. Many thanks Michael. And, err, thirded. Thankyou. Interesting. I'm looking into this. I assume the script continues and writes a valid xml file at the end (possibly without these two programs?)? I'm getting the same thing (with v1.32). The following sequence of errors occurs, for (I think) every program. Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 440. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 444. channel mismatch for 'This is Your Day' (pid = 12469127) Exiting subroutine via next at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 447. snip writing xml tv_grab_au: downloads = 1 guide pages, 242 detail pages tv_grab_au: finished in 111 seconds This is only for a --slow grab. Fast ones work fine. The resulting xml looks like this:- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=ISO-8859-1? !DOCTYPE tv SYSTEM xmltv.dtd tv source-info-url=http://tvguide.ninemsn.com.au; source-info-name=NMSN TV Guide generator-info-name=XMLTV - tv_grab_au NMSN v1$ channel id=nsw.abc.gov.au display-name lang=enABC NSW/display-name /channel channel id=abc2.abc.gov.au display-name lang=enABC2/display-name /channel channel id=sydney.nine.com.au display-name lang=enCHANNEL NINE SYDNEY/display-name /channel channel id=sydney.seven.com.au display-name lang=enCHANNEL SEVEN SYDNEY/display-name /channel channel id=sydney.ten.com.au display-name lang=enNETWORK TEN SYDNEY/display-name /channel channel id=news.sbs.com.au display-name lang=enSBS NEWS/display-name /channel channel id=sydney.sbs.com.au display-name lang=enSBS SYDNEY/display-name /channel /tv i.e. there's no program data. On another note (and borrowing from another thread) I would find it useful to be able to populate two channel's data from one source e.g. ABC TV and ABC HDTV, both from ABC TV. -- Cheers, Jon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Compiled svn mythtv for changeset 6836... what changeset mythplugins to use?
To try the cuy patches for ATSC scanning (which worked great, by the way). I checked out the same changeset for the mythplugins svn, but mythweb complains expecting protocol version 17, even though mythbackend is protocol 18. Did I check out the correct changeset for mythplugins? If not, what should I have done? Suggestions as to what to try next? Are there stable-ish points on the svn trunk? Thanks, David. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.31
On 8/8/05, Michael Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .xmltv $ ./tv_grab_au grabbing 5 days into /tmp/tv_grab_au/guide.xml Use of uninitialized value in split at ./tv_grab_au line 440, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./tv_grab_au line 444, line 1. channel mismatch for 'Jay Jay the Jet Plane' (pid = 12449372) Exiting subroutine via next at ./tv_grab_au line 447, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in split at ./tv_grab_au line 440, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./tv_grab_au line 444, line 1. channel mismatch for 'Rage' (pid = 12396671) I tried looking at the code but I'm not familiar with perl at all so all I saw was the matrix.. The contents of @td seems to be malformed Interesting. I'm looking into this. I assume the script continues and writes a valid xml file at the end (possibly without these two programs?)? I should clarify myself. The script actually spits heaps of these these out endlessly - I assume it's for every single program, so it's fairly systematic, but I have never actually let it run to completion so I don't know if it writes a valid file in the end. I can give it a try when I get home. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Latest SVN pegs my CPU for 720p and 1080i
I ended up backing up to 6836 to try the Cuy patches for ATSC scanning. To be safe I started with a new mysql database. I'm now getting the CPU load I expect. I'll move forward to the latest again soon to see if it was the database causing my performance problems. I haven't seen the recording problems you mentioned, but I've only got 1 pcHDTV HD-3000. David. Blair Preston wrote: I just get a little audio stuttering on my 3.2 prescott, but skipping forward and back seems to fix it. Latest alsa-1.0.9b stuff. Seems like some kinda buffer issue but I haven't found a way to fix it yet. The only other wierdness I see is when both pcHDTV HD-3000's are recording at the same time and I'm watching something, after about 20 minutes of recording, my CPU pegs at 80% or so, even when I shutdown viewing, it won't clear. Th cx88atsc driver reports a buffer overflow at the same time the CPU pegging starts. This doesn't happen if I'm watching through a remote frontend, only if I'm watching on the master doing the recording. Donavan Stanley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 8/7/05, David Asher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just switched over from 0.18.1 atrpms mythtv to building from the latest svn (changeset 6995, I was hoping to play with the new internal dvd player). Mythfrontend now pegs my CPU when playing 720p recordings and I get frame drops on 1080i recordings. I've got a 3Ghz Prescott, and under 0.18.1 720p was ~65% CPU, 1080i ~90% CPU -- no frame drops. Is anyone else seeing this? I haven't changed anything else X configuration-wise. I'm using latest SVN with a 2.5ghz Celeron outputing to a 720p display and have no issues with HD content playback. ___ 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] Max number of recordings - unexpected episode deletions
On 8/7/05, Timothy G. Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anybody else seeing this? Did I miss one of the many settings? Should it work like that? To me it seems like unless I'm running out of hard drive space or I explicitly tell it When episode limit is full, delete old, record new MythTV should *never* auto delete an episode, even if it is over the episode limit. This is exactly what it seems like the episode limit does, and probably should do. This way if you get low on space you can resolve it by setting episode limits and having mythtv automatically take care of which episodes to delete for you. I'm not able to check my setup at the moment, but I would hope there's some way to lock specific episodes to prevent automatic deletion. If not, that's the feature it sounds like we need in this case. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au which script?
Sammo wrote:
Michael, could you please clarify the example duplicate config entry for me?
#'ABC ACT' = 'act.abc.gov.au'
#$duplicate = {
# 'act.abc.gov.au' = { 'ABC HD' = 'hd.abc.gov.au',
# 'ABC CHAN 22' = '22.abc.gov.au' },
# 'eastern.sbs.com.au' = { 'SBS HD' = 'hd.eastern.sbs.com.au' }
#};
'ABC ACT' is the corresponding channel title of the tv guide.
Why is 'ABC HD' and 'ABC CHAN 22' needed? They don't correspond with
the channel titles of the tv guide. Can those values be set to an
arbitary string?
Yes. When used with mythtv I don't imagine these values will be used at
all --- you can set them to anything you want as long as they are unique
within a given pair of braces.
I put them in there just in case(TM). The XML file produced by
tv_grab_au has channel definitions of the form
channel id=act.abc.gov.au
display-name lang=enABC ACT/display-name
/channel
and it seemed reasonable to allow users to change the name used in the
duplicated versions of these. That may actually be useful to someone
using the script with programs other than mythtv (not that I know of
anyone doing that).
Certainly,
'act.abc.gov.au' = { '1' = 'hd.abc.gov.au', '2' = '22.abc.gov.au' }
would be a reasonable form. If there are enough complaints I'll happily
reconsider this decision(*).
Cheers,
Michael.
(*) originally I just had something like this:
$duplicate = {
'act.abc.gov.au' = [ 'hd.abc.gov.au', '22.abc.gov.au' ]
}
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[mythtv-users] PVR 350, closed captioning, commercial detection
Hello, It took me literally a week of my off time, but I've finally got most of the components of mythtv running to my satisfaction: Home made IR Blaster, PVR 350, 250G disk array over NFS, updated knoppmyth ivtv drivers to 0.3.7b so I can watch DVDs on the 350's TV out, etc... LiveTV and playback are working great, but commercial detection and closed captioning don't work at all. Anyone encountered this before? Is it an ivtv driver issue, or a mythtv issue? Thanks! -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Max number of recordings - unexpected episode deletions
On 8/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/7/05, Timothy G. Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anybody else seeing this? Did I miss one of the many settings? Should it work like that? To me it seems like unless I'm running out of hard drive space or I explicitly tell it When episode limit is full, delete old, record new MythTV should *never* auto delete an episode, even if it is over the episode limit. This is exactly what it seems like the episode limit does, and probably should do. This way if you get low on space you can resolve it by setting episode limits and having mythtv automatically take care of which episodes to delete for you. I'm not able to check my setup at the moment, but I would hope there's some way to lock specific episodes to prevent automatic deletion. If not, that's the feature it sounds like we need in this case. There is not a way to do this. It would be nice. Another potential feature, which would be big WAF in my house, is some way of marking shows as having been viewed by all the people that want to watch them. I record a few shows for myself, but about 60% of what we record is for both my wife and I, and we are forever deleting things before the other one has had a chance to watch. It would be nice to have some option in the setup to say which users wanted to be involved in deletion, and then an option in the deletion message that says something along the lines of 'mark for deletion by user 'Mark', etc. Along these same lines are position save by user. My wife saves a position in the episode she's watching. I come along and start watching and that deletes her position. Myth rocks, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Having TV output problem, Pundit
sendemhere wrote: The second problem is that when I insert a CD, it doesn’t pull down the CDDB data. Anyone know an easy way to fix this? Thanks! Fix ~mythtv/.cdserverrc : ACCESS=REMOTE SERVER=cddb://freedb.freedb.org:8880/~cddb/cddb.cgi CDDB Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Linux User Attempt...
On 8/4/05, Viet My [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * IR Blaster - I have the Actisys 200L, but I haven't gotten it to work yet. . Is anyone running a similar setup (i.e. using an Actisys 200L) to control a DirecTV box? Should I get a different IR Blaster? I have a DirecTV box (Samsung) and tried for a few weeks to get the Actisys to work - I could never get it working (I could receive but not transmit). Here's what I did that has worked for 6 months now without issue: 1. Build an IR transmitter (instructions on LIRC website) or buy one from http://www.irblaster.info/ 2. Install a second LIRC instance: http://mirror.mmdsi.com/losdos.dyndns.org/public/mythtv-info/IR-BLASTER-HOWTO.html 3. Tweaked the header, one, and zero values of my remoted.conf until the channel changed worked every time (no missed digits, etc) Hope this helps! Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 Remote TV Button
Phill Edwards wrote: The remote control that came with my PVR-350 has 4 buttons along the top, one for TV, Videos, Music, and Pictures (http://hauppauge.com/images/pvr-150_w_remote_large.jpg) Is there any way to set it up so that clicking the TV button will launch Live TV, the Pictures Button will launch MythGallery, so on and so forth? Have a search for key bindings. I thikn you set them in MythWeb. More specifically, JumpPoints. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, closed captioning, commercial detection
Jesse D. Guardiani wrote: It took me literally a week of my off time, but I've finally got most of the components of mythtv running to my satisfaction: Home made IR Blaster, PVR 350, 250G disk array over NFS, updated knoppmyth ivtv drivers to 0.3.7b so I can watch DVDs on the 350's TV out, etc... LiveTV and playback are working great, but commercial detection and closed captioning don't work at all. Anyone encountered this before? Is it an ivtv driver issue, or a mythtv issue? Doesn't work isn't very descriptive. What does it do? What doesn't it do? The only way doesn't work could allow someone to respond with a sensible answer without guessing is if the functionality is not supported in Myth. Oh, BTW, closed-captioning is not supported with PVR-x50's in Myth. :) Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD
Carl Lewis wrote: Felix wrote: I tried three options and all three failed in one way or another :-( . I'll try to describe them here, and if somebody notices some glarious goofs (or not so glarious) - I would greatly appreciate the feedback. I am fairly new to DVD authoring, and to MythTV, and I *have* to burn the shows on DVD for my reputation to survive... 1. mythburn. I got quite far with this... I downloaded from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/), tinkered with install.sh (changed directories and user/group names) and successfully ran it: MythWeb is installed at /var/www/html/mythweb Installing DVD Menu option into MythWeb However, there is no DVD menu option - there are *no* options under MythWeb. I restarted backend, just in case - is there any last steps to configure mythweb to enable this option? Any ideas? Please! Felix Felix, I haven't tried mythburn, I have tried the other two and have found option 4 (ProjectX/dvdauthor) better :-) Not perfect, but better. ProjectX allows you to cut out unwanted segments without stuffing the audio/video sync, the other two caused me problems in that area. The only problem I've had with ProjectX/dvdauthor is that the burnt discs won't play perfectly in some DVD players. Seems to be something causing jumping/looping problems. But hey, they work fine in mine (Pioneer). cheers Carl. Carl, ProjectX seemed too daunting... too many packages to choose from, and completely not clear what's needed for what! Maybe after 3 failures I wasn't adventures to try yet another option :-\ Anyway, I made some more progress with mythburn. First, I figured that there are *two* mythwebs. One is an option in mythfrontend (Information Center - Web) that is empty for me; and another is php site http://localhost/mythweb (which I completely forgot about). It seems that install script puts itself as an option into that php site, but fails. Even so, I can start it directly http://localhost/mythweb/mythtvburndvd/ Generally, it has a lot of hard-coded stuff. But I am OK playing around with PHP, so I think I am getting somewhere here. If (once ;-) ) I get stuck - I'll try ProjectX. Any quick start documentation for that? Thanks Felix ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, closed captioning, commercial detection
On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 00:16 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: Jesse D. Guardiani wrote: It took me literally a week of my off time, but I've finally got most of the components of mythtv running to my satisfaction: Home made IR Blaster, PVR 350, 250G disk array over NFS, updated knoppmyth ivtv drivers to 0.3.7b so I can watch DVDs on the 350's TV out, etc... LiveTV and playback are working great, but commercial detection and closed captioning don't work at all. Anyone encountered this before? Is it an ivtv driver issue, or a mythtv issue? Doesn't work isn't very descriptive. What does it do? What doesn't it do? Sigh. Yeah, ok. If you really want the play-by-play: 1.) I start watching livetv (or a recording). 2.) I bring up the menu 3.) I moved down to the closed captioning line 4.) I click my OK button on my hauppauge remote over the toggle cc option. 5.) It doesn't work. Nothing changes. No closed captioning. The only way doesn't work could allow someone to respond with a sensible answer without guessing is if the functionality is not supported in Myth. Oh, BTW, closed-captioning is not supported with PVR-x50's in Myth. :) Gee, I guess you didn't need the play-by-play after all. :( Asinine comments aside, how come closed-captioning isn't supported on the PVR-x50's? Is it a driver issue (in other words, is the ivtv driver incapable of processing closed captioning), or is it just that mythtv needs some work to integrate with closed captioning support in the ivtv driver? Also, what about commercial detection? Is that supposed to work with PVR-x50's, or not? If it is, then I'd love to figure out what I need to change to make it work on my system. Thanks. -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
