[mythtv-users] working without program listing
Hi, I am in India and dont think XMLTV based listing is available. I am planning toi build PVR for recording and playing later to start with. Is it a must to have XMLTV based listing? Ashish I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html * Disclaimer: The contents of this E-mail (including the contents of the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are privileged and confidential material of MBT and should not be disclosed to, used by or copied in any manner by anyone other than the intended addressee(s). In case you are not the desired addressee, you should delete this message and/or re-direct it to the sender. The views expressed in this E-mail message (including the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of MBT. This e-mail message including attachment/(s), if any, is believed to be free of any virus. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and MBT is not responsible for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use * ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] A real Tivo as a base for Myth TV
Hi, I see that tivo are doing this deal http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/09/how_to_get_paid.html Has anyone ever put MythTV on a real Tivo box? If I can buy this for $99 isn't that a good base for a MythTv box? Can it be done? Thanks __ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Need to adjust channel listings ATSC nn_n vs nnnn
Just found the answer, verified it worked for me. Posting here for the benefit of others that may search this list: "For each channel, after you scan for channels, you should have two channels in the Channel Editor screen... one that was downloaded from Zap2It, and one that was scanned by the DVB scan. The Zap2It one will have the XMLTVID, the one that was scanned won't. Copy or write down the XMLTVID from the Zap2It channel and enter it into the XMLTVID field for the DVB channel. Once you do this (and restart the backend) the scanned channel will have programs listed in the Program Guide, just like the Zap2It channel (since it now has the same XMLTVID). " Found the above suggestion in this forum: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4429 On 9/4/05, Brian McEntire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm running MythTV 0.18.1... it is sweet! However I'm running into a problem with DTV channel listings. When I autoscan for channels, they come up as 621, 622, etc. for channels 62_1 and 62_2. Within MythTV I have to tune to channel 621, but the downloaded zap2it listings are in the 62_1 format and this interferes with recording programs. A long time ago, I came across some mysql commands that supposedly fixed this but I lost the reference and also, I don't want to be too agressive (hacking the mysql database) if there is a simple / sanctioned way to adjust this within MythTV. Any suggestions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Resolution
I've been playing around with the different recording profiles in order to see if I can get a better picture in my recordings. It seems as though the three profiles created by the Myth installation are all set to 480 x 480. When I tried setting the High Quality one to PAL (768 x 576) Myth just fails at recording (when I use that particular profile). The rig is an Intel board with a P4 and PVR-350 with FC3 setup to Jarod's guide. I'm doing X over the TV-out but at present am using the hardware decoder rather than the new drivers (as I haven't worked out how to get these running properly with the newer x-driver) Are there recommended settings for the different profiles? The 480 x 480 setting gets me about 2Gig an hour which is manageable. Am willing to experiment with bigger file sizes if the quality is better. Any thoughts? Regards Marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend - schedule priority
Thank you all for your quick responses! I'm not quite sure how it works yet, but I'll explore and try out these combinations of priority to see how they work :)Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: dean javu wrote:> Thanks!> I'll give it another try. Last time, a WMBA game with a priority > 4 overpowered a football game with a priority 10. Isn't that weird?What Michael said. There are four different priority settingsthat are combined to arrive at the final priority value for eachshowing; per-rule which you will most likely use most ofter, per-record rule type, it's good to add some for Single and subtractsome for Find* type rules, per channel, useful if you have afavorite channel and want to give it's shows an advantage bydefault, and input preference if some card(s) or sources arebetter quality than others. With current SVN, the total prirorityvalues are shown in the status messages on the Upcoming Recordingspage.If you have more than one card, the highest priority shows willbe assigned to card 1. An overlapping lower priority show willbe assigned to card 2 and so on.There are three situations I can think of where your fooballgame might lose to WNBA.- Say WNBA was noon to 2:30 and the football game was 1:00-4:00.If there was one card and a show with priority of 11 or more wasat 3:00, the 3:00 show would win over football but WNBA wouldfit in the gap before 3:00 (12:00-2:30).- If the football game was rebroadcast at, say, midnight, thescheduler could choose this later showing to make room for theonly showing of WNBA. If this was the case you could press Enterand click "Record anyway" for the 1:00 football game.- If you had played with the other priority factors so that thetotal priority described above was higher for WNBAI'd like to tell you more but I need to go warm my 'fridge beforeX-treme Fly Fishing comes on so check out this link:http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.7-- bjm___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythgame and xmame
On 8/31/05, Jason Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I have been trying to get mythgame and xmame to play nicely together andI'm having a few problems.I'm really trying to build a stable system for production use in theliving room, so I have done my best to stick with standard installs of everything.I have based the system on debian Testing, installed the .debs of mythtv0.18.1 and the debian testing version of xmame 0.86-3. But i found thatversion if xmame didn't support lirc. So with a bit of fiddling around I mamange to get the 0.99 version of xmame from unstable, which worksgreat with lirc, but unfortunatley it appears they have changed thecommand line options for xmame and now it won't run when its called bymythgame. Has anyone encountered this problem? Is there an easy solution to it?(ie that does not require hacking mythtv code to make it work)I'd like to avoid going to an SVN version of myth if possible. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Jason Jason, what I usually do when there's a difference between the xmame command line args and MythGame is write a wrapper script for myth to call that parses the command line and calls xmame with xmame's flavor of the day command line args. (drives me nuts the way they change that every other rev, it seems.) Thanks, -Scott ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Video problems after pausing Live TV with 720p?
Is anyone else seeing problems viewing live HDTV, when resumbing playback after pausing? The video is playing fine, then I pause, and resume after a while, then the video gives a weird effect, where it looks like two images, with one offest 50% vertically (the image is displayed twice, with one shifted up half way).It then sort of flickers back and forth, displaying both images. It continues in this mode until I change the channel. If I change back to the problem channel and display live tv, it works fine -- until I pause again. I have only been able to reproduce this on 720p channels (ABC, Fox, ESPN). 1080i stations don't seem to show the same effect. My display is a 1280x720 LCD panel. XvMC is disabled. NVidia FX5200 card with 7676 drivers. Running on Gentoo x86-64 with the latest svn snapshot of MythTV (I have tried this with several versions over the last couple weeks). Anyone else seeing this? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] My Potential Setup
> > It depends on what your TV can take. If it only takes > the coax with f-connectors, then your best bet is > probably a 350. Otherwise, 5200 is a good bet > if you can do s-video or DVI. Or get an audio > authority A960 (I think that's what I've used) > for component. Good advice, just want to add that if your TV doesn't take S-video or DVI, S-vid to RCA adapters are cheap and easy to come by, and let you use the yellow camcorder port that's on lots of TVs. > > > I'd like to build a basic box and then > > eventually build separate client and server > > systems. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] LIRCD problems with FC4
Hauppauge PVR-350 (Brand new - series 991) Running absolute latest version of Fedora Core Following step-by-step instructions from http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ When I get to the part that tells me to start LIRCD - nothing happens. I check /var/log/messages and find the following: Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: lirc_dev: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: START INIT IVTV Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loadingSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug infoSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines whenSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 cardSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chipSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 3 (level, low) -> IRQ 3Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3148 vendor: 0x1106Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tveeprom: The eeprom says no radio is present, but the tuner typeSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tveeprom: indicates otherwise. I will assume that radio is present.Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = K268, serial# = 2986092Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3440 (type = 11)Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00ad2598, Revision 0x0001Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: NTSC tuner detectedSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: Radio detectedSep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]Sep 4 16:15:58 myth kernel: tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on address 0x42Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7115: writing init valuesSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115,ok]Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7115: status: (1E) 0x00, (1F) 0xc0Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete onesSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: video encoder driver version V 0.3 loadedSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: detecting saa7127 client on address 0x88Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Selecting NTSC video StandardSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Selecting S-Video+CompositeSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Turn WSS offSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Widescreen Mode 4:3 Full FormatSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Selecting Normal Encoder InputSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: saa7127: Enable Video OutputSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7127,ok]Sep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simplerSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: msp34xxg: daemon startedSep 4 16:15:59 myth kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-A2,ok]Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 350 card with 9 streamsSep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers 4194304 kbytes totalSep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes totalSep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes totalSep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Create stream 4Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 5 using 16 65536 byte buffers 1048576 kbytes totalSep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 5 minor 16Sep 4 16:16:00 myth kernel: ivtv: Cr
Re: [mythtv-users] LAN / WLAN / WLAN USB (with EPIA system) and some other Mythv questions (program extensions...)
On 3/09/2005, at 8:28 PM, Dewey Smolka wrote: 3) Does Mythv or better Linux at all support USB WLAN adapters? -As the VIA ITX boards do have only one PCI slot, I'd prefer a USB WLAN adapter. This is a bit more tricky. Frankly, WLAN can be a royal pain in the ass in Linux. Also, be aware that sending video around a network uses A LOT of bandwidth and requires low latency, so you may run into problems with WLAN, no matter how compatible it is. I have used wlan fine with myth, having not changed any encoding settings from the default. This is with 802.11g. Casual measurements showed bandwidth usage averaged a little over 8Mb/s from memory, so possible but very hard to reliably obtain under 802.11b, and quite easy on 802.11g. The easy answer to getting WLAN working is a package called ndiswrapper, which acts as a sort of API translator -- it fools a card into thinking it's on MS, and lets you use the MS drivers to run your card in Linux. Alternatively, and probably better, do some research before you buy a card and make 100% sure you get one of the few with linux drivers. 4) Does Mythv or better Linux at all support USB Bluetooth adapters? -See 3 and 5 for my reasons. Yes, but I can't really give you more information. However, bluetooth drivers are included with pretty much every standard distro, if you choose to install them. I have no bluetooth devices, so can't comment on how well they work. I have bluetooth but haven't got around to getting it working with myth yet. My understanding is that mythwifi (despite the name) is the program to use. 5) Can I add other Linux programs to Mythv on my own (I'm not a Linuxer, but do not hide myself for compiling ;-)? You seem to be confusing mythtv with an operating system. Mythtv is a program, like Windows Media Player. You can add plugins to myth in the same way as you can add plugins to WMP. You can also add programs in linux in the same way as you can add programs in windows. But the presence of WMP on your machine doesn't affect how you add programs any more than the presence of mythtv affects how you add programs. Given what you have said here, I would definitely recommend you go the Fedora route and follow Jarod Wilson's excellent guide. It will give you a full, top-shelf Linux OS and walk you step-by-step through the process of installing and configuring MythTV and all its components and underlying requirements. Agreed. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Problem with nuvexport...
This isn't the yuvdenoise one, this is something else. My perl is very minimal, so if anyone can suggest anything... This is the latest nuvexport, with all the tools being the latest Fedora Core 3 atrpm/dries ones. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) $ nuvexport -debug Loading MythTV recording info. 100% Using ffmpeg for exporting. What would you like to do? 1. Export to XviD 2. Export to SVCD 3. Export to VCD 4. Export to DVCD (VCD with 48kHz audio for making DVDs) 5. Export to DVD 6. Export to DivX 7. Export to ASF 8. Export to MP3 9. Export to PSP (disabled) 10. MPEG2->MPEG2 cut only (disabled) 11. Export to .nuv and .sql q. Quit Choose a function: 5 You have recorded the following shows: 1. Catch Me If You Can (1 episode) 2. Das Journal (1 episode) 3. Extra German (1 episode) 4. Play School (1 episode) q. Quit Choose a show: 4 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 290, line 2. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 290, line 2. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 290, line 2. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 290, line 2. You have chosen to export 1 episode: 1. Play School: (9/5, 09:23 AM) x () (G) * Separate multiple episodes with spaces c. Continue n. Choose another show q. Quit Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove: c Where would you like to export the files to? [.] . isn't writable. Where would you like to export the files to? [.] . isn't writable. Where would you like to export the files to? [.] /tmp Enable Myth cutlist? [Yes] yuvdenoise version 1.6.3rc1 is broken and cannot be used. Press enter to continue. Enable deinterlacing? [Yes] Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)? [Yes] Audio bitrate? [384] Maximum video bitrate for VBR? [6000] VBR quality/quantisation (1-31)? [5] To encode: Play School: Untitled Use the following commands: Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/DVD.pm line 136, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 108, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 109, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 149, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 150, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 13. Use of uninitialized value in division (/) at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 167, line 13. Illegal division by zero at /usr/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 167, line 13. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Dropping sound
This happens to me all the time as well. I find that switching audio tracks (numpad plus / minus) restores the audio. jason bright wrote: Anybody having problems with Myth 0.18.1 losing the sound when changing channels in browse mode using a DVB card? I'm having this happen pretty regularly and certain channels seem more susceptible to it. Your current channel X is fine, change to channel Y and there's no audio. Drop back to the main menu, and then 'Watch TV' again so you're on channel Y - audio is back. It only seems to happen in live TV --- I haven't hit a single recording that has the problem. I've tried the latest kernel and dvb drivers and about to try building the current source because there's been such a flurry of DVB commits lately. thx j ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend - schedule priority
dean javu wrote: Thanks! I'll give it another try. Last time, a WMBA game with a priority 4 overpowered a football game with a priority 10. Isn't that weird? What Michael said. There are four different priority settings that are combined to arrive at the final priority value for each showing; per-rule which you will most likely use most ofter, per- record rule type, it's good to add some for Single and subtract some for Find* type rules, per channel, useful if you have a favorite channel and want to give it's shows an advantage by default, and input preference if some card(s) or sources are better quality than others. With current SVN, the total prirority values are shown in the status messages on the Upcoming Recordings page. If you have more than one card, the highest priority shows will be assigned to card 1. An overlapping lower priority show will be assigned to card 2 and so on. There are three situations I can think of where your fooball game might lose to WNBA. - Say WNBA was noon to 2:30 and the football game was 1:00-4:00. If there was one card and a show with priority of 11 or more was at 3:00, the 3:00 show would win over football but WNBA would fit in the gap before 3:00 (12:00-2:30). - If the football game was rebroadcast at, say, midnight, the scheduler could choose this later showing to make room for the only showing of WNBA. If this was the case you could press Enter and click "Record anyway" for the 1:00 football game. - If you had played with the other priority factors so that the total priority described above was higher for WNBA I'd like to tell you more but I need to go warm my 'fridge before X-treme Fly Fishing comes on so check out this link: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.7 -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend - schedule priority
On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 05:26:38PM -0700, dean javu wrote: > I'll give it another try. Last time, a WMBA game with a priority 4 > overpowered > a football game with a priority 10. Isn't that weird? The recording priority is the sum of the channel priority and the search rule priority. If 4 and 10 refer to search rules then the WMBA game could have had a higher total priority if it was a on a channel that was 6 or more points higher than the channel for the football game. The other factor that comes into play is the "reschedule higher priorities" option. If that is checked, then a high-priority show that is listed more than once will be scheduled to a later viewing if a lower-priority show exists only once in the schedule and needs the first time slot in order to be missed entirely. That means Myth might have looked ahead and saw the live football game was going to be rebroadcast from tape at a later time. It's also possible that the title/subtitle information for the football wasn't unique and a different football game was found elsewhere in the schedule. Last but not least, it's possible that the football game was blocked by yet another higher-priority show that overlapped the first or last 30 minutes of the game, which opened up the rest of the recording period for the low-priority WMBA game. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] My Potential Setup
LOL...how many of these does the list get month? 5? 10? Here goes... >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/04/05 7:50 PM >>> > I'm looking to build the following MythTV setup - please let me > know if I'm on the right track. Oh, don;t you worry - we will! > Computer: Dell GX 240 (1.7GHz)512MB Ram 160GB HD > OS: Fedora (just downloaded today) A little light on the HD space. It should be ok for a starter box. Google for 'Jarod mythtv' and you'll have a much easier time installing everything. > I'm looking to buy a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR350 to get the > remote and receiver and a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150 MCE > with 2 catv inputs. Will the CPU handle the encoding of 3 > inputs considering that the 350 model is supposed to do > brainwork on the card instead of the CPU? Can I use the > 150 to get the remote (or that doesn't include a receiver > i guess) and don't need the 350? I need to keep costs down > as low as possible or my wife won't let me do this ;) I see > newegg.com has decent prices. Slow down cowboy! Ok, 350 has TV in and out. 150 has TV in only. The MCE versions do not have IR receivers. If you get the Hauppauge pvr-x50/500 cards, there will be no load on the cpu , regardless if you have 1 stream or 6 - the load is virtually the same to the cpu. If you need to keep costs down, don't get a 350. Either use your video out on the mobo to a monitor or get a video card that has s-video (or something your TV or receiver can take) - like an nvidia 5200. Just about all of us have some form of WAF to achieve. > What do I need to connect to the TV? I think the > PVR 350 or even the 150 have TV out on them? > Or do I need to buy a video card with TV out? It depends on what your TV can take. If it only takes the coax with f-connectors, then your best bet is probably a 350. Otherwise, 5200 is a good bet if you can do s-video or DVI. Or get an audio authority A960 (I think that's what I've used) for component. > I'd like to build a basic box and then > eventually build separate client and server > systems. The 240 would make a fine backend. If you want to do HDTV, that CPU would not cut it. > Thanks! > Todd You're welcome! Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] My Potential Setup
A PVR350 has video out with built-in harware decoder. A PVR250/150 does not have TV out. Most likely, you find your video card already has a TV out, whether it is an SVideo or DVI. All Hauppauge PVR150/250/350 cards use harware encoders and they don't tax your system CPU. Mine is a dual Pentium III 933MHz with 512 MB RAM, system monitor shows about 20-40% peak CPU utilization with about 120-350 MB peak RAM use.Todd Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm looking to build the following MythTV setup - please let me know if I'm on the right track. Computer: Dell GX 240 (1.7GHz) 512MB Ram 160GB HD OS: Fedora (just downloaded today) I'm looking to buy a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR350 to get the remote and receiver and a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150 MCE with 2 catv inputs. Will the CPU handle the encoding of 3 inputs considering that the 350 model is supposed to do brainwork on the card instead of the CPU? Can I use the 150 to get the remote (or that doesn't include a receiver i guess) and don't need the 350? I need to keep costs down as low as possible or my wife won't let me do this ;) I see newegg.com has decent prices. What do I need to connect to the TV? I think the PVR 350 or even the 150 have TV out on them? Or do I need to buy a video card with TV out? I'd like to build a basic box and then eventually build separate client and server systems. Thanks! Todd __ Todd Houle Apple Certified System Administrator ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend - schedule priority
Thanks! I'll give it another try. Last time, a WMBA game with a priority 4 overpowered a football game with a priority 10. Isn't that weird?"Michael T. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: dean javu wrote:> What is the priority of the numbers in scheduled recordings? Doesa > smaller number have a higher priority? Or the other way around? Thanks!High number = high priority.More specifically, more positive number = higher priority.So 1 (one) is higher priority than -40 (negative 40).What each means is up to you. For example, "Lost" is probably priority 99, while QVC's "Space Heaters for your Refridgerator" is probably -99. :) In between there, you'll choose values for the "shades of grey" in the recording schedule.Mike___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVB Dropping sound
Anybody having problems with Myth 0.18.1 losing the sound when changing channels in browse mode using a DVB card? I'm having this happen pretty regularly and certain channels seem more susceptible to it. Your current channel X is fine, change to channel Y and there's no audio. Drop back to the main menu, and then 'Watch TV' again so you're on channel Y - audio is back. It only seems to happen in live TV --- I haven't hit a single recording that has the problem. I've tried the latest kernel and dvb drivers and about to try building the current source because there's been such a flurry of DVB commits lately. thx j ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need to adjust channel listings ATSC nn_n vs nnnn
On 9/4/05, Brian McEntire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm running MythTV 0.18.1... it is sweet! However I'm running into a problem with DTV channel listings. When I autoscan for channels, they come up as 621, 622, etc. for channels 62_1 and 62_2. Within MythTV I have to tune to channel 621, but the downloaded zap2it listings are in the 62_1 format and this interferes with recording programs. There's no need to scan for channels if you know which channels you receive. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] My Potential Setup
I'm looking to build the following MythTV setup - please let me know if I'm on the right track. Computer: Dell GX 240 (1.7GHz) 512MB Ram 160GB HD OS: Fedora (just downloaded today)I'm looking to buy a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR350 to get the remote and receiver and a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150 MCE with 2 catv inputs. Will the CPU handle the encoding of 3 inputs considering that the 350 model is supposed to do brainwork on the card instead of the CPU? Can I use the 150 to get the remote (or that doesn't include a receiver i guess) and don't need the 350? I need to keep costs down as low as possible or my wife won't let me do this ;) I see newegg.com has decent prices. What do I need to connect to the TV? I think the PVR 350 or even the 150 have TV out on them? Or do I need to buy a video card with TV out? I'd like to build a basic box and then eventually build separate client and server systems. Thanks! Todd__Todd HouleApple Certified System Administrator ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Did I get this right? (Set-Up)
> > I never thought about the sounds from the cable box (I'm glad I asked > questions :), but could I not use the coax out from the top set into > the MythTV box and then composite from the MythTV box to the TV? Yes, no problem. The coax coming in carries audio and video, so there's no need to patch the audio into the soundcard's in. If it's the PVR 350 (at least as I understand it), the coax-out will also carry both audio and video to your TV. If you use the video card's out for your picture in whatever format, you'll need to get the audio out of your soundcard out to an amplifier -- the aux ins of any ol' stereo will do, and lots of TVs have the composite and stereo RCAs built in for plugging in camcorders. Using these is no problem -- (in fact it's probably the easiest and cheapest way to do it, using an S-vid to RCA converter and an 1/8" stereo mini to stereo RCA cable you can get at Radio Shack for $6 or so. I'd recommend doing it this way, because you seem to have more flexibility than with the 350s coax-out. Reportedly the 350 gives you a marginally better picture, but the hassles with X and the difficulties with MPEG-4 make it somewhat limited. Of course, with a 350, you would be able tio use either that card's out or the vid card's out . . . > > > Yes, but you'll probably want the IR blaster as close to the decoder > > box as you can get it, and even then there will be some delay when > > changing channels in live TV. But Myth is not built for channel > > surfing, and the ring buffer only contains the channel currently > > selected -- you can't switch channels and then rewind the new channel > > to a point before you switched. > > Let me get this straight, the IR Blaster is part of the capture card > that will change the channel on my top set? Also, you mentioned that > there will be some delay when changing channel, how long of a delay > should I be expecting? > There are two components here, and two separtate things are going on. Assuming we're talking about the Hauppage remote, the IR reciever for the remote control plugs into the capture card. This controls the operation of MythTV. But MythTV needs to tell the hardware -- the capture card and, if necessary, the decoder box, which channel to tune to. With analog cable, MythTV simply tunes the proper frequency on the decoder card. With a cable box, it needs to send remote control signals to the box. This is the second module, IR blaster, an IR transmitter that mimics your cable companies remote. There is always going to be a delay when switching channels because you are not really watching live TV. When you select a channel, MythTV begins recording to a ring buffer and then immediately begins a playback of that recording. There are a lot of steps that have to be done between you pressing the channel change button and the picture coming out of the machine. On my P3 700 box, it takes two or three seconds to switch channels. On a more powerful machine it will certainly be quicker, but it will never be as fast as controlling the TV or the cable box directly. > No I think I understand it all now, with the exception of the > questions above... Also, I read the required specs somewhere and I > can't seem to find them any more, I'm sure I'm over looking them... > But a PIII ~500Mhz, too slow for a master MythTV box? I'd say it's on the very trailing edge. Live TV will probably be too stuttery for comfort, though you should be able to record and playback. With a hardware card, the CPU isn't very taxed while recording, but playing a decent resolution video signal takes a lot of juice. Operations like com-flagging and transcoding will take a lot longer on this kind of machine as well -- I generally do transcoding on my P4 1.8 desktop rather than the Myth box. You can definitely get a system running on this that proves the concept, teaches you how it works, and really focuses you on what you need for the next one > Also, what is > the lowest end video card that I could use before I start seeing > degradation? I first ran a gf2 mmx with S-vid out. You can't find them in shops anymore, but I've seen them for around $10 on ebay. I've seen gf4s in shops for $30-$40. > > Thanks!, > Andrew > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Need to adjust channel listings ATSC nn_n vs nnnn
I'm running MythTV 0.18.1... it is sweet! However I'm running into a problem with DTV channel listings. When I autoscan for channels, they come up as 621, 622, etc. for channels 62_1 and 62_2. Within MythTV I have to tune to channel 621, but the downloaded zap2it listings are in the 62_1 format and this interferes with recording programs. A long time ago, I came across some mysql commands that supposedly fixed this but I lost the reference and also, I don't want to be too agressive (hacking the mysql database) if there is a simple / sanctioned way to adjust this within MythTV. Any suggestions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend - schedule priority
dean javu wrote: What is the priority of the numbers in scheduled recordings? Doesa smaller number have a higher priority? Or the other way around? Thanks! High number = high priority. More specifically, more positive number = higher priority. So 1 (one) is higher priority than -40 (negative 40). What each means is up to you. For example, "Lost" is probably priority 99, while QVC's "Space Heaters for your Refridgerator" is probably -99. :) In between there, you'll choose values for the "shades of grey" in the recording schedule. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nuveport - howto guide
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[mythtv-users] mythfrontend - schedule priority
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Re: [mythtv-users] newbie help - ATI capture card?
Todd Houle wrote:
I've been fighting for 'bout 2 week now and failing :( MythTV (I
think) is working.. I think the problem I'm having is getting Fedora
to recognize my TV Card. It comes up in lspci as an ATI Rage 128. It
also have a coax port on it that is ignored. I think I heard this card
was a TV Wonder card (not that all-in-Wonder) but am not sure. ATI
doesn't label anything...
This doesn't add up so here's a quick rundown.
An "ATI Rage 128" would normally be a graphics output card to
display on a monitor. It may also have s-video out, or more likely
a special ATI connector to go to group of wires or a small box
that has s-video, composite, and audio connectors. This may be
support TV-out. These would not do any video capture.
An ATI All-In-Wonder has both SVGA+TV-out for display and coax for
for capture built into the same one or two slot card. However, this
pokes the video capture data directly into the video output buffer
rather than sending it over the PCI bus. This makes it useless as
a video4linux device for MythTV or almost any other application
that records video. However, the card may still be useful for TV-out
only.
A TV-Wonder card does not have any SVGA connector and does not do
video output. This is supported by the "bttv" driver (bytesex.org)
and will absolutely work with MythTV. You would also need a separate
graphics card for SVGA or TV-out.
If your card says "ATI Rage 128", has a coax and SVGA connector, it
is an AIW card and cannot be used for capture.
I also have 2 usb TV tuners to try including an ATI USB (I've no idea
what model/version) and MyTV2Go ('for Mac' sticker on back). I was
using debian with no success so I switched to Fedora after I found this
tutorial on MythTV and Fedora online
The TV program and MythTV both say "can't open /dev/video0". Looking
in /dev i see no video entries...Are there drivers for these
devices? How do I find/install them? I'm an advanced Mac OS X user
and very comfortable with command line- but newish to linux.
You need the "bttv" driver from http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/bttv.html
which should be included with your linux kernel. Google for "bttv"
to find help with setting this up and testing. Make sure video and
audio capture work before proceeding further with MythTV.
Oh- and am I right that the card with the coax port on it is called a
"capture card"?
If you go to a computer store and ask for a "capture card" they may
point you to simple devices to hook up a camcorder. "TV tuner card"
avoids this confusion.
-- bjm
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Re: [mythtv-users] programming universal remote (OFA Kameleon)?
Craig Tinson wrote: The Kameleon can either act as a learning remote (you press a button on an IR device, and assign that signal to a Kameleon button), or as an emulated remote, where it pretends to be another manufacturer's remote. The latter is achieved by holding the MAGIC button for a few seconds when in a given mode (e.g. TV mode, DVD mode), then pressing a code. In my case, SAT mode -> MAGIC 1300 gave a fairly featured remote control for some random set-top box. Some types of remote are easier to generate LIRC configs for than others, some are nigh on impossible. The @sat remote appears to map most (but not all) of the buttons on the Kameleon - the "xmode2" application reads from the LIRC device and shows the raw data received, so you can quickly see whether a button press is actually transmitting anything. You can then use either the irrecord app to generate a remote-specific lircd.conf config file, or use a pre-made config (there are many on the lirc webpage). As for getting LIRC itself up and running, that's very distribution-specific and accident-prone, so I can't recommend on that front ok - am getting there (phew this is taking forever!) now I have the remote talking to the 250's reciever. could you post a copy of your lircd.conf file? it might make the rest of this a little easier Thanks Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users # Please make this file available to others # by sending it to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # this config file was automatically generated # using lirc-0.7.1pre2(any) on Fri Aug 12 19:55:24 2005 # # contributed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # brand: One-For-All # model no. of remote control: URC-8040 # devices being controlled by this remote: Emulating remote for @sat # OFA code: SAT 1300 # NOTE: Non-functional keys: RECORD, BACK, CHAPTER+, CHAPTER- # begin remote name URC8040_SAT_1300 bits 32 flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH eps30 aeps 100 header 9014 4449 one 585 1657 zero 585 535 ptrail585 repeat 9019 2220 gap 108252 toggle_bit 0 begin codes BLUE 0x0410D827 RED 0x041018E7 GREEN0x04109867 YELLOW 0x041058A7 STOP 0x0410B24D FASTFORWARD 0x041052AD PLAY 0x0410728D REWIND 0x0410926D PAUSE0x0410C23D DOWN 0x0410C837 RIGHT0x04106897 UP 0x041048B7 LEFT 0x041028D7 OK 0x0410A857 EXIT 0x041008F7 GUIDE0x0410B04F MENU 0x04108877 10x041038C7 20x0410B847 30x04107887 40x041002FD 50x0410827D 60x041042BD 70x041022DD 80x0410A25D 90x0410629D 00x0410E21D INFO 0x0410D827 CH+ 0x0410609F CH- 0x0410E01F VOL+ 0x041040BF VOL- 0x0410C03F MUTE 0x041020DF POWER0x041000FF end codes end remote ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] newbie help - ATI capture card?
If you have spent two weeks on it, I'd tend to recommend, if possible
giving up and ordering a Hauppage PVR150 from newegg or your computer
store of choice. I'm trying to use cheap ATI video cards with s-video
out for front ends, which is doable afaik, but using a ATI for the
backend is probably just a path to frustration.
Of course the video out quality of video cards running Svideo is usually
sub par, with I think nvidia having the best ones and the best solution
being the hauppage one with TV out.. If you are using 20" or less tv's
you might consider seeing if you have a used computer store around you
can find some good used or just buy new monitors (They are surprisingly
affordable now). Avoiding the whole s-video issue has its merits. I
think I saw a sharp 19" monitor at one used computer store in St. Louis
at around $90.
Beyond the 20" range if you have the money, some tv's have digital
connections, and that brings with it a whole new set of issues.
Of course reading here might help...
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1
On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 16:02 -0400, Todd Houle wrote:
> I've been fighting for 'bout 2 week now and failing :( MythTV (I
> think) is working.. I think the problem I'm having is getting Fedora
> to recognize my TV Card. It comes up in lspci as an ATI Rage 128.
> It also have a coax port on it that is ignored. I think I heard this
> card was a TV Wonder card (not that all-in-Wonder) but am not sure.
> ATI doesn't label anything...
>
> I also have 2 usb TV tuners to try including an ATI USB (I've no idea
> what model/version) and MyTV2Go ('for Mac' sticker on back). I was
> using debian with no success so I switched to Fedora after I found
> this tutorial on MythTV and Fedora online
>
> The TV program and MythTV both say "can't open /dev/video0". Looking
> in /dev i see no video entries...Are there drivers for these
> devices? How do I find/install them? I'm an advanced Mac OS X user
> and very comfortable with command line- but newish to linux.
>
> Oh- and am I right that the card with the coax port on it is called a
> "capture card"?
>
>thanks
> Todd
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[mythtv-users] USB-UIRT - cross posted
hello, the USB-UIRT IR receiver comes highly recommended on this list so I bought one. Problem is, whenever I plug in the USB-UIRT, my USB wireless LAN interface immediately stops working. Seems to be a USB conflict of some kind (??). Can anyone suggest how I might begin troubleshooting this? The wireless USB LAN interface is uses the prism2_usb driver ... the model is Microsoft MN510. thanks for any ideas (even general ones). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Did I get this right? (Set-Up)
> Hauppage PVR x50 (500). It's not exactly cheap, but there is no cheap > card that does hardware encoding. The PVR cards, however, are the best > supported, so will take the least time to get running. OK, thank you. > Here's where you're going to have a problem with the box being behind > you. S-video cables are not cheap, and DVI cables are even more > expensive. I've never seen one long enough to do what you want to with > it -- they're usually only around a meter long, and I've never seen > one longer than about two meters. You're not going to be able to run > an out to the TV from your Myth box with one of these unless the Myth > machine is next to the TV. I have the cables I need already, though I have deiced I would want to build a dedicated box for MythTV. > This also ignores audio, since DVI and S-vid (AFAIK) only deliver the > video signal. You'll need another long cable to get the audio from the > soundcard to your TV (assuming it supports audio-in) or to another > amplification source. You'll also need a way to get the audio from the > converter box into the capture card. > > If you want to use coax, you'll need to look at the PVR 350 card, > which does hardware MPEG decoding and supports coax out. A caveat, > though: this card decodes MPEG 2, but not MPEG 4. You may have trouble > playing compressed video (divx, xvid, etc) out of this card, and, as I > understand, it is difficult to get X working properly. The 350 > (reportedly, I've never used one) has very good quality for live and > recorded TV, but is problematic for playing back things that come from > outside MythTV. I never thought about the sounds from the cable box (I'm glad I asked questions :), but could I not use the coax out from the top set into the MythTV box and then composite from the MythTV box to the TV? > Yes, but you'll probably want the IR blaster as close to the decoder > box as you can get it, and even then there will be some delay when > changing channels in live TV. But Myth is not built for channel > surfing, and the ring buffer only contains the channel currently > selected -- you can't switch channels and then rewind the new channel > to a point before you switched. Let me get this straight, the IR Blaster is part of the capture card that will change the channel on my top set? Also, you mentioned that there will be some delay when changing channel, how long of a delay should I be expecting? > This doesn't have to be ridiculously expensive, however. I am still > running my master BE/FE on a P3 700 that I bought used for $150 > (although I've added at least $400 worth of parts to it). > > I really hope that this hasn't confused you too much, but it is > essential that you go into this with solid planning, otherwise you'll > end up spending more than you want it both time and money, and getting > frustrated when things don't work how you want them to. > > That being said, it is definitely worth your time because there is > simply nothing else in existence right now that is as powerful and as > flexible as MythTV in dealing with media over a network. > > Feel free to get to me if you have any more questions. > > Good luck. > No I think I understand it all now, with the exception of the questions above... Also, I read the required specs somewhere and I can't seem to find them any more, I'm sure I'm over looking them... But a PIII ~500Mhz, too slow for a master MythTV box? Also, what is the lowest end video card that I could use before I start seeing degradation? Thanks!, Andrew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] newbie help - ATI capture card?
I've been fighting for 'bout 2 week now and failing :( MythTV (I
think) is working.. I think the problem I'm having is getting Fedora
to recognize my TV Card. It comes up in lspci as an ATI Rage 128.
It also have a coax port on it that is ignored. I think I heard this
card was a TV Wonder card (not that all-in-Wonder) but am not sure.
ATI doesn't label anything...
I also have 2 usb TV tuners to try including an ATI USB (I've no idea
what model/version) and MyTV2Go ('for Mac' sticker on back). I was
using debian with no success so I switched to Fedora after I found
this tutorial on MythTV and Fedora online
The TV program and MythTV both say "can't open /dev/video0". Looking
in /dev i see no video entries...Are there drivers for these
devices? How do I find/install them? I'm an advanced Mac OS X user
and very comfortable with command line- but newish to linux.
Oh- and am I right that the card with the coax port on it is called a
"capture card"?
thanks
Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] programming universal remote (OFA Kameleon)?
The Kameleon can either act as a learning remote (you press a button on an IR device, and assign that signal to a Kameleon button), or as an emulated remote, where it pretends to be another manufacturer's remote. The latter is achieved by holding the MAGIC button for a few seconds when in a given mode (e.g. TV mode, DVD mode), then pressing a code. In my case, SAT mode -> MAGIC 1300 gave a fairly featured remote control for some random set-top box. Some types of remote are easier to generate LIRC configs for than others, some are nigh on impossible. The @sat remote appears to map most (but not all) of the buttons on the Kameleon - the "xmode2" application reads from the LIRC device and shows the raw data received, so you can quickly see whether a button press is actually transmitting anything. You can then use either the irrecord app to generate a remote-specific lircd.conf config file, or use a pre-made config (there are many on the lirc webpage). As for getting LIRC itself up and running, that's very distribution-specific and accident-prone, so I can't recommend on that front ok - am getting there (phew this is taking forever!) now I have the remote talking to the 250's reciever. could you post a copy of your lircd.conf file? it might make the rest of this a little easier Thanks Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Documentation Path
Hello All, I'm new to MythTV but an old hand at Linux. I've read a lot of positive feedback about MythTV and I am excited to try my hand at it. I've done a MythTV install using an HD3000 card, KnoppMyth, and following (as close as is still possible) an EFF document titled, "EFF's Guide to Building Your Own PVR." The install was not without a few obstacles (Lilo config had a syntax error after the install), but I have MythTV somewhat up and running. Now I'm looking for information about clear QAM (unencrypted) support. Rumor is that it is available in the DVB driver in the 2.6.12 kernel which I upgraded to. However, I haven't yet had success pulling in clear QAM signals off of my cable. EyeTV users in my area confirm they can pull in clear QAM channels off the same cable system. I have had success with this card and MythTV pulling in ATSC over an antenna. I'm doing a lot of searching and reading, but there are many different forums, lists, and niche how-to's. I'm having a hard time determining a good approach to understanding MythTV at a deeper level than following cookbook instructions and then scratching my head when things don't match the instructions. Can someone recommend a general order and specific documents (and/or forums) that would be helpful to a seasoned Linux user who is new to MythTV? More than just a list of resources, I'm hoping for "read this first, this next, ... this forum is good for this issue and this other forum for that kind of discussion, etc." Any help on the clear QAM, or pointers to documentation for that would also be very appreciated. Thank you!! Brian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc in and out
Marty Ravell wrote: I seem to recall someone talking about running lirc for input (from a PVR 350) as well as output to a transmitter (one of the several designs available on lirc.og) at the same time. This should let me control my cable box. Any idea if there where the How-To is for this one? It's really frustrating to know it is there (I started playing with it before) but to have lost the link. This is the best HOWTO. Although he did it for DISH network, the same applies for other "set-top boxes"--just make sure you have the right "ledxmitd.conf" instead of the DISH one. http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nuvexport-dvd crashes on ffmpeg
I'm trying to get nuvexport-dvd to work, but it freaks out on ffmpeg. Here is the error I get: Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/DVD.pm line 136, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 108, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 109, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 122, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 122, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 123, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 149, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 150, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 153, line 11. Use of uninitialized value in division (/) at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 167, line 11. Illegal division by zero at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 167, line 11. Any ideas? I'm at a complete loss. -Adam Kennedy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] VIA XvMCvld
On Sat, 1983-09-03 at 18:42 -0500, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote: > On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:59:49 +0200, Dirk Aust wrote: > > >Hi all, > >I have a VIA EPIA M1 with a CLE266 using the HW MPEG2 decoder with the > >XvMCvld extension, with the old 2.6.8.1 it works, but when I use the brand > >new 2.6.13 kernel only the top half of the screen is used when loading the > >mythfrontend, even using the drm.ko and via.ko from UNICHROME project, it's > >the same, I get no error messages in the Xorg.log or in > >the /var/log/messages. And furthermore when I starting a simple xdm screen > >it > >also works. > > > >Anybody made the same expieriences? > > Of sortsTry this. Set up so your xserver does NOT start up at boot. > This will give you a runlevel 6 session with no display manager (ie, you > will see a black tty1 login prompt. > > Login, then, run startx. > > The xserver will load and you will be left at your messed up screen. Use > CRTL-ALT-F1 to switch back to tty1. > You will see the messages put out by/from xorg.conf as it starts up.. Or you could inspect /var/log/Xorg.log.0 > I suspect you may see what I have been getting: invalid module format... That usually means that the module was built with a vastly different version of gcc than the application trying to insert it. Austin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Best card to use - especially signal sensitivity
Hi, I am looking for user knowledge / experience. I have been trying an old Hauppauge DVB-T card, and while it works fine, it doesn't seem to have the best signal sensitivity with respect to the set-top boxes that I have, they all perform well, with no dropouts either video or audio, but when I am watching the same program on the PC card I get dropouts, I am assuming that this is due to the hardware and not the software that is driving it ??? If this is so, can someone suggest a replacement for use in the UK, either PCI card or USB-2. I have been looking at hauppauge's newest offering, but I have been unable to find out if it's a better performer, signal wise, when compared to others. Hopefully the newer offerings are better at lower signal strengths. Does any user have any info that I can make some comparisons with ?? Any help or URL's Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: Two tuners but got dropped from live TV when a single recording started
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 01:43:12PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote: > David Engel wrote: > >That's only a partial solution. I've said this before, but I'll say > > While we're repeating ourselves ;-), I never want farting around > with channel surfing to interfere with a well planned schedule. It would definitely be optional. It looks like the status quo will be amintained since noone has stepped foreward again. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Problems setting up DVB-C in the Netherlands
I am having a Myth-box, working wonderfully well, running MythTV 0.18.1 on FC3. I am trying to set up DVB-C (in the Netherlands). Some problems I encountered: 1. When trying to do a full scan, Mythtv doesn 't find the right transponders. (They start at 356MHz and go 8MHz up). That was easy to overcome: just entering the right transponders and MythTV does well! But there are a lot of transponders in the list that aren't really usefull, someone knows how I can get rid of them? 2. Biggest problem however. After scanning MythTV does find the available channels and adds them to the channel list. However in MythTV I can't access those channels. I verified the DVB card has the right permissions. The channels are visible in the program guide. When looking at the backend log I am getting this error: 2005-09-03 16:40:46.105 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your channel setup. I can 't however set any PIDS in mythtvsetup. After the first channel options-screen, I can only choose "Finish" . Seems like I am missing some tables in the mythconverg-database... Or not? Someone has any ideas? Thanks Peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Music database
Thank you! At 14:42 2005-09-04, you wrote: On 9/4/05, Peter Osterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've decided to remove all my mp3's and only let the FLAC-files stay. It's like 14000 entries I want to get rid of. I guess that the simplest way would be to delete all and make a rescan and only let the FLAC-files be scannable. Or do I have delete the entries in the SQL-table for mythmusic manually? You simply need to remove the mp3's and rescan. You don't need to manually remove anything from the database -- the "scan for new music" actually deletes and rebuilds all of the database entries. Carl Fongheiser ___ 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] Music database
On 9/4/05, Peter Osterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've decided to remove all my mp3's and only let the FLAC-files stay. It'slike 14000 entries I want to get rid of. I guess that the simplest waywould be to delete all and make a rescan and only let the FLAC-files be scannable.Or do I have delete the entries in the SQL-table for mythmusic manually? You simply need to remove the mp3's and rescan. You don't need to manually remove anything from the database -- the "scan for new music" actually deletes and rebuilds all of the database entries. Carl Fongheiser ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] streamzap remote RECENT info?
I can start up lircd, and connect to it with irw, and when I press buttons, I see the red light on the receiver blinking, but irw has no output at all. If it's too much trouble to get the Streamzap to work, what other kind of IR receiver and remote would be better for Myth with the lirc and kernel versions that I have? I could use a USB, serial, or parallel device as long as it will work with Linux/Myth without a lot of time and frustration. Thanks, --Greg I've had it working with debian kernel 2.6.11 / 2.6.12 & vanilla 2.6.13. Please post your modprobe lirc_streamzap dmesg What lirc device files do you have? Cheers Ben ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc in and out
www.lircsetup.com On 9/4/05, Marty Ravell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I seem to recall someone talking about running lirc for input (from a PVR350) as well as output to a transmitter (one of the several designs available on lirc.og) at the same time. This should let me control my cablebox.Any idea if there where the How-To is for this one? It's really frustratingto know it is there (I started playing with it before) but to have lost the link.RegardsMarty___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Probably dumb question about digital sound out
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 21:04 -0400, Ryan Steffes wrote: > Digital audio is digital audio, correct? Sort of. That is a lame answer, but sometimes going digital with the audio makes things a bit more messy. To support all the fancy features on your sound card your almost certainly going to need to use alsa, which you should normally be by now anyway. It is also possible to sometimes specify a specific port to output with using alsa like the digital port. Here is the mplayer example for doing that. Of course sometimes digital just works so ymmv. -ao alsa commandline help: Example: mplayer -ao alsa:mmap:device=hw=0.3 sets mmap-mode and first card fourth device Options: mmap Set memory-mapped mode, experimental noblock Sets non-blocking mode device= Sets device (change , to . and : to =) > As in the the sound in the source defines the number of channels, not > the hardware? Well I've seen avi's have ac3 audio, and with a bit of work that can be sent right out the port, and in my case make the pretty blue light come on in my receiver for dolby digital sound. I'm sure dvd's are the same kind of thing. > I'm finally getting the stereo I want (I love my wife, best birthday > present ever!) with digital in and all that, but my computer doesn't > have digital out. I've had some motherboard wonkiness anyway, so I > was considering just replacing the motherboard and getting one with > digital out and a gigabit ethernet port, such as the ASUS A7N8X-E > Deluxe. I've got the same board and it is a good board. I've not tried much with the audio on it though. If you already have a newer 2GHz + cpu that is probably fine. If you have a sub 1Ghz cpu, then it might be a grayer area as to what is best. This is a dual channel board, so, in theory, if you put 2 matched memory sticks in the correct slots it will help a little. > The motherboard advertises as "6 Channels" which I assume they mean > 5.1. My stereo is going to be 7.1, but the digital out on the > motherboard will do just fine, right? I'm not sure. I suspect if your just using your card to pass precompressed audio from a video file it could, in theory, handle 7.1 or whatever. Of course if the card says 5.1 then the best you could hope for a game to generate is 5.1 and then its anyones guess if that would be generated on the digital output. Perhaps someone else knows. > There's not a difference on the digital side because it's a straight > pass through, correct? As a final note, it is worth noting that while a lot of dolby digital things are cool and what have you, that much of what is on tv doesn't support it, and sometimes rear speakers and such are just annoying. (I haven't bothered to even connect mine.) It really kinda depends on what you watch the most. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] lirc in and out
I seem to recall someone talking about running lirc for input (from a PVR 350) as well as output to a transmitter (one of the several designs available on lirc.og) at the same time. This should let me control my cable box. Any idea if there where the How-To is for this one? It's really frustrating to know it is there (I started playing with it before) but to have lost the link. Regards Marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Music database
Is it possible to delete all entries in the musicdatabas from within the GUI? I couldn't find this. I've decided to remove all my mp3's and only let the FLAC-files stay. It's like 14000 entries I want to get rid of. I guess that the simplest way would be to delete all and make a rescan and only let the FLAC-files be scannable. Or do I have delete the entries in the SQL-table for mythmusic manually? /Peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Two tuners but got dropped from live TV when a single recording started
THANK YOU!!! LOVELY! At 21:00 2005-09-03, you wrote: On 03/09/05, Peter Osterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 18:26 2005-09-03, you wrote: > >On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 05:19:21PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote: > > > TV Settings->General, first page, check "Avoid conflicts between > > > live TV and scheduled shows". > > > >That's only a partial solution. I've said this before, but I'll say > >it again. I have a more complete solution sketched out. However, > >since live TV is a very low priority to me, I may never get to it. If > >someone else wants to take a stab at it though, I'd be happy to coach > >them through it. > > Can this solution be used to make Myth to also "know" which card that gets > a channel at best quality? I.e. I get one channel on a satellite card and > the channel on a terristical broadcast recieving card, since the quality is > better on my satelltite card I would prefer to use that card for recording > and the other on for live tv. Is it even possible to make Myth only show > the channel one time in the channel list even though Myth "knows" that it > is from two separate feeds? I have five channels that I get on both cards. In the channel editor, increase the priority for the channels on the better quality source you prefer to have recorded from. To have MythTV only show 1 copy of a channel you get from multiple sources, you need to make the NAME and CALLSIGN fields the same if I remember correctly (and obv the xmltvid). I also have the CHANNUM field the same for multiple copies. For example, in the UK I have 3 'copies' of BBC1 on cable, DVB and analogue. I've got CHANNUM=101, NAME=BBC ONE, and CALLSIGN=BBC1. Make using mythweb much quicker as you only see 1 entry for BBC1. Settings priorities for the recording cards and individual channels takes care over which card will record which channel. HTH, Nick ___ 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] mythfilldatabase errors: Can; t get channel+ no sound in mythtv
Hi,
Running Fedora Core 3 in the following box
Intel (Thrasher motherboard) with P-4 2.6 Ghz+ 1GB RAM
Radeon 9250 Video Card (PCI) with OSS 'radeon' + 'dri' driver running
Hauppauge wintv go video capture card running on 'bttv driver' (I'm
piping the audio thru my PC's intel sound card rather than
brooktree-audio, might be relevant to my problem, I dunno)
installed mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
mysql-3.23.58-16.FC3.1
xmltv-0.5.40-62.rhfc3.at
I followed the instruction according to the following site:
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/HOWTO-fc3.php
I made detailed logs (as detailed as I could) of what it is that I did exactly. They are presented below.
I followed the instruction as religiously as I could. mythtv backend starts up ok, and frontend also starts up, but
1. No channel info (even though I configged my login/passwd for zap2it labs
2. I can only get 1 channel (can't change them with keystrokes) and NO sound
My tv tunder card works fine in itself (I can use 'tvtime'
software and watch tv w/out probs, but mythtv is so much more versatile
that I just HAVE to have it)
No problem with the xml file at my zap2it labs account (I use
tv_grab_na_dd to download the xml file from there so that 'tvtime' can
read it, and it reads it and renders the info just fine)
I would appreciate any guidance or advice as to how I should try to fix these problems.
The detailed logs of my installation are below:
$apt-get install mythtv-suite
The following extra packages will be installed:
httpd httpd-suexec libmyth mysql mysql-server mythbrowser mythdvd mythgallery mythgame
mythmkmovie mythmusic mythnews mythphone mythplugins myththemes mythtv mythtv-backend
mythtv-frontend mythtv-setup mythtv-theme-MediaCenter mythtv-theme-MythCenter
mythtv-theme-abstract mythtv-theme-isthmus mythtv-theme-photo
mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy mythtv-theme-sleek mythtv-theme-visor mythtv-themes
mythvideo mythweather mythweb perl-DBD-MySQL php php-mysql php-pear qt-MySQL
The following NEW packages will be installed:
httpd httpd-suexec libmyth mysql mysql-server mythbrowser mythdvd mythgallery mythgame
mythmkmovie mythmusic mythnews mythphone mythplugins myththemes mythtv mythtv-backend
mythtv-frontend mythtv-setup mythtv-suite mythtv-theme-MediaCenter
mythtv-theme-MythCenter mythtv-theme-abstract mythtv-theme-isthmus mythtv-theme-photo
mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy mythtv-theme-sleek mythtv-theme-visor mythtv-themes
mythvideo mythweather mythweb perl-DBD-MySQL php php-mysql php-pear qt-MySQL
0 upgraded, 37 newly installed, 0 removed and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 40.0MB of archives.
After unpacking 68.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
blahblah... all ok so far
$/sbin/chkconfig mysqld on
$service mysqld start
Starting
MySQL:
[OK]
$mysql -u root mysql
ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO)
#restarted mysqld with 'skip-grant-tables' in /etc/my.cnf, set am ampty
root pwd. Rolled back to original config w/out 'skip-grant-tables'
& restarted mysqld
$mysql -u root mysql
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 3.23.58
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('frogbutton_NOT_MY_REAL_PWD') WHERE user='root';
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 2 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> quit
Bye
$mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.18.1/database/mc.sql
Enter password:
ERROR 1007 at line 1: Can't create database 'mythconverg'. Database exists
#Downgraded to older version of urw-fonts at
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/2/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/urw-fonts-2.1-7.noarch.rpm
[Regular User]$mythtvsetup
#Now following instructions on http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html
#configged zap2it labs channel header downloader with my login & pwd
[Regular User]$mythbackend &
Seems to be running.
[Regular User]$mythfilldatabase
A whole bunch of errors like
DB Error (Inserting into dd_genre):
Query was:
INSERT INTO dd_genre (programid, class, relevance) VALUES('SH515342','Special','0');
Driver error was [2/1146]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
Database error was:
Table 'mythconverg.dd_genre' doesn't exist
DB Error (Inserting into dd_genre):
Query was:
INSERT INTO dd_genre (programid, class, relevance) VALUES('SH515342','Travel','1');
Driver error was [2/1146]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
Database error was:
Table 'mythconverg.dd_genre' doesn't exist
Anyhou, ran mythtvfrontend.
No sound, just 1 channel.
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