Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn... GUI? Or just web interface?
On Sunday 18 September 2005 12:06 am, Stephen Boddy wrote: On Sunday 18 September 2005 02:03, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello, On this page, I see mythburn with what looks like an on-screen interface: http://mythburn.sourceforge.net/ But when I installed mythburn from here: http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=MythTVBurn_Scripts_HowTo All I got was a mythweb interface. Does the latest version of mythburn come with a GUI interface? Or do I have to use the web interface? Hmmm... maybe the line: New interface coming soon... directly above the picture should give you a hint... ;-) Does that mean the web interface superceded the GUI? Or vice versa? -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] ERROR - No PIDS set even though channels are present
When I try to run mythtv and use Live TV, I get the following in the mythbackend: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mythbackend -v channel 2005-09-18 16:07:36.889 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-09-18 16:07:37.018 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-09-18 16:07:37.062 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-09-18 16:07:37.107 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T. 2005-09-18 16:07:37.107 DVB#0 Trying to tune to channel 3. 2005-09-18 16:07:37.148 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-09-18 16:07:37.150 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning parameters for transport 0 2005-09-18 16:07:37.150 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 3. 2005-09-18 16:07:37.154 New DB scheduler connection 2005-09-18 16:07:37.164 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-09-18 16:07:37.164 Enabled verbose msgs : important general channel 2005-09-18 16:07:39.165 Reschedule requested for id -1. 2005-09-18 16:07:39.215 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.04 match + 0.01 place 2005-09-18 16:07:39.217 Seem to be woken up by USER 2005-09-18 16:07:47.169 New DB connection, total: 4 2005-09-18 16:10:08.519 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-18 16:10:08.519 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-09-18 16:10:08.559 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-18 16:10:08.559 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 1) 2005-09-18 16:10:08.564 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-18 16:10:08.564 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-09-18 16:10:08.604 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-18 16:10:08.604 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-09-18 16:10:08.611 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote ringbuffer 2005-09-18 16:10:08.619 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-09-18 16:10:08.648 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode). 2005-09-18 16:10:08.649 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your channel setup. 2005-09-18 16:10:09.649 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:10.650 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:11.651 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:12.652 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:13.653 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:14.654 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:15.655 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:16.655 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:17.656 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:18.657 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:19.658 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:20.659 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:21.660 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:22.661 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:23.662 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:23.742 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds. Stopping. 2005-09-18 16:10:23.805 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-09-18 16:10:24.662 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-09-18 16:10:24.663 Closing DVB recorder My mythtv-setup says there's channels, and I can see them in the mysql channel table. There's nothing in the dvb_pids, dtv_multiplex or dvb_channel tables. Running mythfilldatabase *appears* to work, though I get a lot of ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-18 (for various dates and channel names) in-between the printing of some hash # signs. This is using: tv_grab_au - (version 0.6.2 - release 2005-05-31) in region '11: Victoria - Melbourne', '5: Free to Air Digital'. Running tv_grab_au manually there's definitely programme information being gathered. So why am I not getting PID information even though I've got channel information? Richard ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:22:47PM +1000, ffrr wrote: Yes. There are indeed DVB cards that also include svideo in, but they have all the extra circuitry for analog video capture, and using them in Not really; many of the DVB cards use BT878 or CX2388x chips as the PCI interface, which give them analog video capture for free. However they don't include analog tuners, so only svideo/composite capture is possible. And for some cards the Linux dvb drivers does not support analog capture. that mode, the cpu will be taxed, just as for other analog cards. True. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ERROR - No PIDS set even though channels are present
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to run mythtv and use Live TV, I get the following in the mythbackend: snip 2005-09-18 16:07:37.150 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning parameters for transport 0 2005-09-18 16:07:37.150 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 3. If you run a scan in mythtv-setup, does it find all the channels? Running mythfilldatabase *appears* to work, though I get a lot of ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-18 (for various dates and channel names) in-between the printing of some hash # signs. This is using: tv_grab_au - (version 0.6.2 - release 2005-05-31) Mythfilldatabase is somewhat separate from the actual channel settings. You may want to check out Michael Smith's script, which seems to be the favourite here. You can get it from:- http://www.immir.com/tv_grab_au Cheers, Jon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV-out: GUI but no video - on ATI 9800SE
Hi, Thanks for both of your responses. I've now fixed it, but caused another side effect! I used the fireglcontrolpanel utility supplied by ATI's drivers, and noticed it was set to NTSC (should be PAL - I'm in the UK). So I changed it to PAL, restarted x, now the monitor picture has gone very odd, it's gone widescreen with a big black border on the top and bottom, and smaller ones on the side. The flicker rate on the monitor also looks strange. I've noticed this happen before when the computer starts up - the bios screen and grub always make the monitor do this when the TV-out is plugged in. Anyway, I've fixed the TV-out problem, so when I want to use the monitor, I'll just swap the xorg.conf files over! Thanks again, Jonny ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system
Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:22:47PM +1000, ffrr wrote: Yes. There are indeed DVB cards that also include svideo in, but they have all the extra circuitry for analog video capture, and using them in Not really; many of the DVB cards use BT878 or CX2388x chips as the PCI interface, which give them analog video capture for free. As indeed mine has (it's a BT878), but they leave off the connecting circuitry and input hardware to save money on a budget card. However they don't include analog tuners, so only svideo/composite capture is possible. And for some cards the Linux dvb drivers does not support analog capture. I see, that's a problem then. Maybe not worth trying to enable the analog inputs on mine then. Better off with a cheap analog card that includes the tuner as well, and use a tried and true driver setup. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
SV: [mythtv-users] Which ivtv modules to load for pvr-150mce ?
Greetings I guess the subject says it all really. Many of the howtos revolve about the 250 (old) and 350 (with output). I'm trying to find out which modules should be loaded when I modprobe the ivtv module. I've already discovered that msp3400 doesn't get loaded (no dependency in modules.dep to the main ivtv module) so I'm wondering what else I have to load manually. I guess that since the header for saa7127.c says its an encoder, I need it but I assume that the decoder saa7115 is pvr-350 specific and so I don't load it! All very confusing!! No idea whether I have to pass any parameters across during loading since many of the howtos are either old or 350 specific :-(( I get video OK but so far audio only sometime on video, nothing from the radio and nothing from the line inputs. I'm running latest SVN (0.3.9+ == trunk) - not sure if there are any gotchas there. Any pointers appreciated. -- Robin Gilks Others will clarify this, but I'm pretty sure it depends which version of the card you're using (NTSC or PAL). I'm at my windows box at the moment so can't tell you which modules are getting loaded for my PAL 500MCE (2x150). I remember that I had to take out some lines from my /etc/modprobe.d/ivtv (debian) file in relation to following Jarods guide (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#capture), especially the tveeprom-ivtv and msp3400 lines were messing up for me as they seemed to be ntsc related. I think the latest unstable v.3.x ivtv drivers set up most of this automatically now. I also remember that I had to make sure that eeprom wasn't getting loaded before ivtv as it blocks for tveeprom which ivtv needs. I commented it out and my lmsensors which used it is working fine without. Other than that I think it's just a matter of setting up the major and minor numbers device numbers. Depending on your source for ivtv and your distro you may have to build the modules using module-assistant: This is what I had to do in Debian: #module-assistant prepare #module-assistant auto-install ivtv0.3 After that they should load in the usual way. Cheers Marius ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
SV: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation
Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users-[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne av Mike Ryan Sendt: 17. september 2005 21:16 Til: Discussion about mythtv Emne: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation All I recently gave a presentation on MythTV at Open Tech 2005 (http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/schedule/) and have now been invited to speak at the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures which is taking place on Saturday 1st Sunday 2nd of October at Limehouse Town Hall in East London (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=536897y=181010z=0sv=E14+7HA st=2pc=E14+7HAmapp=newmap.srfsearchp=newsearch.srf) I mention this in case anyone would like to come along and provide some moral support and help fly the flag for MythTV here in the UK. It'll only be a short presentation (10 minutes or so probably), so there's only a limited amount of high-level information I'll be able to get across. However, there's a QA session afterwards as well. Also, as you can see from the programme, there's plenty of other great interesting things to go and see as well Best Regards Mike ___ I certainly wish I could be there! East London is unfortunately a bit of a haul from Norway. Don't suppose there's any chance of a webcast of the talk?? Marius ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] emu10k1 unable to capture?
From the research I've been able to do, it looks like the latest Alsa build is broken for some emu10k cards, including my audigy. I've heard that installing alsa 1.0.9a, instead of whatever version ATRPMS has up now, fixes it, but I can't seem to meet all of the dependencies to be able to install that version. with my card, the line in stopped working, and I lost the ability to control any of the mutes for any of my channels. I guess I'm stuck not watching tv until the next alsa build comes out. I tried compiling a version that is supposed to work (it's patched), but couldn't meet the compile dependencies. (I'm not that experienced with compiling packages myself yet). On 9/16/05, Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello!I am having quite the time here trying to configure an SB Live tocapture within Myth. I know this is not indicative of anything, but with tvtime, TV soundsjust fine.I have every volume up in the playback screen in alsamixer, and haveswitched around every capture device, yet nothing gets played back from within myth.The audio is patched to the Line-In on the soundcard by an1/8|3.5mm stereo audio cable.I've also tried Mic with no luck.The capture card does not have it's own audio capturing mechanism. Any ideas are very welcome.For the sake of information, here's my lspci and lsmod::00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP]Host Bridge (rev 01):00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]:00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394Host Controller (rev 80):00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live!EMU10k1 (rev 07):00: 09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/GamePort (rev 07):00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13):00:0c.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01):00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420SATA RAID Controller (rev 80):00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) :00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB1.1 Controller (rev 81):00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB1.1 Controller (rev 81):00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81):00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB1.1 Controller (rev 81):00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86):00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8[Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8[Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map :00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8[Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8[Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)And LSMOD:ModuleSizeUsed bysnd_seq_midi95360snd_emu10k1_synth 88320snd_emux_synth 355841 snd_emu10k1_synthsnd_seq_virmidi 86401 snd_emux_synth snd_seq_midi_event92162 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidisnd_seq_midi_emul 88961 snd_emux_synthsnd_seq573045snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul snd_pcm_oss539200snd_mixer_oss185601 snd_pcm_ossohci_hcd 218280i2c_viapro 101360ehci_hcd 318800uhci_hcd 338240 tuner399760saa7134 1196360video_buf220201 saa7134v4l2_common 83841 saa7134v4l1_compat146601 saa7134i2c_core 219523 i2c_viapro,tuner,saa7134 ir_common 97321 saa7134videodev 117121 saa7134snd_emu10k1 1178921 snd_emu10k1_synthsnd_rawmidi258243 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1snd_seq_device98085 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidisnd_ac97_codec 911401 snd_emu10k1snd_pcm903763 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codecsnd_timer245203 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 112162 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcmsnd_util_mem60162 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1snd_hwdep109122 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1snd5449612snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore107202 saa7134,sndohci1394 338680ieee13943541921 ohci1394evdev126080usbcore 1171004 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd nvidia 43670520skge 368160Thanks!___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] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
- Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mythtv Users mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 1:59 AM Subject: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LNG time... So, I bought a nice 8x DVD+R burner for cheap, thinking that my biggest problem would be speed issues when I burn from a file stored over NFS. But it turns out that is the LEAST of my problems! I haven't even gotten to the point where I can attempt a burn. My poor 733mhz CPU is still transcoding my PVR 350's nuv file up to DVD resolutions! By my calculations, it's going to take about 6 HOURS to transcode a 30 minute show... man and this project-x thing is running java of all things, which certainly doesn't help the speed! So how do you folks go about burning DVDs? Do you just have massive 2.4ghz processors and burn over night, or am I doing something incredibly wrong? -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] If possible use your PVR-350 card or similar to record straight to a DVD compliant MPEG2 format. You can them Burn DVD's in close to or better than real time at least I can using a 2.4Ghz Celeron. What would be really cool would be a hardware transcoder card that could not only decode the most popular formats but also re-encode them to a choice of formats in real time or better. My standalone dvd/hard drive recorder can do something similar by only MPEG2 to MPEG2 formats so it must be possible. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn... GUI? Or just web interface?
- Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mythtv Users mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 2:03 AM Subject: [mythtv-users] mythburn... GUI? Or just web interface? Hello, On this page, I see mythburn with what looks like an on-screen interface: http://mythburn.sourceforge.net/ But when I installed mythburn from here: http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=MythTVBurn_Scripts_HowTo All I got was a mythweb interface. Does the latest version of mythburn come with a GUI interface? Or do I have to use the web interface? Also, what does the KnoppMyth-Burn DVD option do in my frontend? It keeps complaining that my screen res is too low. Can I even change that? I'm running a PVR 350... -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Mythburn GUI on sourceforge was never finished so when Martin Bene started working on the scripts again I thought I would have a look at finishing it. I ended up doing almost a complete rewrite of the code which also requires a patch to the uitypes.cpp in the libmyth. See this ticket http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/295 . I was hoping that the patch would be applied by now to make it easier for people to try the GUI plugin. Also Martin mentioned a few weeks ago that he was going to change the parameters in the mythburn script from the positional ones to the more usable --parameter=value type which would mean changing the GUI to support them. You will just have to be patient :-) Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nuvexport problem?
Chris Petersen wrote: fyi, this problem is now fixed.. Update nuvexport. -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users excellent - just re-downloaded.. installed.. and it's working great thanks for the help guys :) Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
If possible use your PVR-350 card or similar to record straight to a DVD compliant MPEG2 format. You can them Burn DVD's in close to or better than real time at least I can using a 2.4Ghz Celeron. What would be really cool would be a hardware transcoder card that could not only decode the most popular formats but also re-encode them to a choice of formats in real time or better. My standalone dvd/hard drive recorder can do something similar by only MPEG2 to MPEG2 formats so it must be possible. Paul Sure a hardware transcoder card is possible, just not very practical. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-250 used to work, now stops tuning
I built a MythTV machine in March with a PVR-250 and a Pundit-R machine. After the usual initial stumbles, I got it working reasonably well, and have been happily using it since. Last week I went out of town on business. I got a call from my wife that all the recent recordings seemed to be of (cable) channel 22, our local PBS station. I poked around via SSH, and realized that my zap2it subscription had expired, so I renewed that, but the tuner still seemed stuck. (I thought this was kind of a strange symptom of an expired subscription, but the coincidence seemed even stranger.) I rebooted the machine and now just get undifferentiated static on all channels. Now that I'm home, I've tried ptune and still can't get a signal. Has anyone known a PVR-250 to fail in this way after working for 6 months? Is this a known failure mode? Also, has anyone had trouble with tuner cards overheating (and failing) in a Pundit-R? The case sure seems warm to the touch. Thanks in advance for any help, /JEP ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 used to work, now stops tuning
On 9/18/05, Jeff Piazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I built a MythTV machine in March with a PVR-250 and a Pundit-R machine. After the usual initial stumbles, I got it working reasonably well, and have been happily using it since. Last week I went out of town on business. I got a call from my wife that all the recent recordings seemed to be of (cable) channel 22, our local PBS station. I poked around via SSH, and realized that my zap2it subscription had expired, so I renewed that, but the tuner still seemed stuck. (I thought this was kind of a strange symptom of an expired subscription, but the coincidence seemed even stranger.) I rebooted the machine and now just get undifferentiated static on all channels. Now that I'm home, I've tried ptune and still can't get a signal. Has anyone known a PVR-250 to fail in this way after working for 6 months? Is this a known failure mode? Also, has anyone had trouble with tuner cards overheating (and failing) in a Pundit-R? The case sure seems warm to the touch. My PVR-250 did nearly the same thing only after working for over a year. I put it in a Windows box to double check it and it wouldn't work there either. I got in touch with Hauppauge and they RMA'd it. I still don't know what caused it to die. No power failures, lockups, etc - it just quit tuning. Josh ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150/500 and bttv?
Duncan Brown wrote: Try using the basic tveeprom module direct from the kernel instead of the one provided by ivtv: (tveeprom-ivtv, you'll also need to remove the alias in modprobe) That seems to have fixed it beautifully -- thanks, Duncan! Out of curiosity, what does the tveeprom module *do*, anyhow? -spc -- /-Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED]-\ ( Death to Vermin! ) \-http://www.PostHorizon.com/scier -/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] no EPG on remote front end
I have a remote front end running KnoppMyth R5A16 connecting to a backend with the same version on a separate machine. I can see live TV, change channels (and see the TV Channel banner, with Show Synapse), and watch previously recorded shows. BUT when I press M for a guide it is blank. If I start a front end on the backend machine, there is a guide. is there a simple thing that I missed? From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Charlie Rose via PVR-350
OK. Thanks for satisfying my curiousity. Since Charlie Rose is the only show that exhibits the out-of-sync behaviour, I felt it was worth asking if anyone else had seen it. There are quite a few additional tests that I can run on the MythTV systems I have access to, and I can move the Charlie Rose recordings to other, non-MythTV systems, and see if they play out-of-sync there, too. If I do eventually come up with a reasonable answer, I'll post it here. -- MM ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation
Mike Ryan wrote: It'll only be a short presentation (10 minutes or so probably), so there's only a limited amount of high-level information I'll be able to get across. However, there's a QA session afterwards as well. If I may make a suggestion.. Make a statement or two about the freedom MythTV offers. When I was looking at building or buying a PVR, I made the decision to go with Myth primarily for the reason that I expected the recording industry lobbyists and advertisers to ruin the commercial PVRs. We're starting to see that happen, with them controlling the content in more and more ways. With Myth, I don't have to deal with any of that nonsense. I can use the system to legally time shift and archive shows I pay for with my cable TV subscription and not be treated like a criminal for it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] no EPG on remote front end
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a remote front end running KnoppMyth R5A16 connecting to a backend with the same version on a separate machine. I can see live TV, change channels (and see the TV Channel banner, with Show Synapse), and watch previously recorded shows. BUT when I press M for a guide it is blank. If I start a front end on the backend machine, there is a guide. is there a simple thing that I missed? What database do you have the frontend connecting to? Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
On Sunday 18 September 2005 6:51 am, Paul wrote: - Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mythtv Users mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 1:59 AM Subject: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LNG time... So, I bought a nice 8x DVD+R burner for cheap, thinking that my biggest problem would be speed issues when I burn from a file stored over NFS. But it turns out that is the LEAST of my problems! I haven't even gotten to the point where I can attempt a burn. My poor 733mhz CPU is still transcoding my PVR 350's nuv file up to DVD resolutions! By my calculations, it's going to take about 6 HOURS to transcode a 30 minute show... man and this project-x thing is running java of all things, which certainly doesn't help the speed! So how do you folks go about burning DVDs? Do you just have massive 2.4ghz processors and burn over night, or am I doing something incredibly wrong? -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] If possible use your PVR-350 card or similar to record straight to a DVD compliant MPEG2 format. 1.) I'm not sure if that's possible. 2.) I'm not sure it has actually gotten around to transcoding anything yet. I think it's just demuxing! And it's been going for 7 hours... Here's the comand line it's using: /usr/share/mythburn/mythtvburn.sh 'ntsc' 'grey.png' \ 'menumusic.mp2' 'yes' 'no' 'no' 'bar.png' 'no' 'no' \ 'no' '1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv' \ 'cut' /usr/share/mythburn/temp/mythburn.log 21 And here's the log: MythBurn Script is running as user apache Video format = ntsc Background image = /usr/share/mythburn/images/backgrounds/grey.png Background music = /usr/share/mythburn/music/menumusic.mp2 Make ISO image = yes Burn to DVD-R = no Delete VIDEO_TS = no Highlight image = bar.png Animated thumbnails = no Chapter Submenus = no Recode to AC3 = no Creating DVD at 18-09-2005 03:40 Total file size of video files is 982 Mbytes QSettings: error creating /.qt Multiplexing MPEG2 video files to DVD format and applying cutlists - datestamp=18-09-2005 03:40 - datestamp=18-09-2005 03:40 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv try to cut commercials using mythtv cutlist cutlist found, applying and remultiplexing for DVD format Filename /share/tv/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv OutFile /usr/share/mythburn/temp/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv Cutting out commercials + demultiplexing with projectx use last config or standard ... ProjectX 0.82.1.02_b2/06.06.2005 TEST PROJECT ONLY , User: apache quick CL usage: (Note: CL also loads the GUI components, without displaying) without options ...to start the GUI [options] sourcefile 1...[sourcefile x] options: -dvx1..4, -c x, -o x, -n x, -l, -p x, -i x, -g -c [path]inifile ...use that specified iniFile instead of the standard -dvx1 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile on demux -dvx2 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -dvx3 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -dvx4 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav + mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -o path ...use that specified directory for output -n filename ...use that specified filename for output -p file ...use that text based file as cutpoint list -i tokens ...use only these (P)IDs, separated by comma , -g ...display the GUI using all given CLI options -l ...write the normal logfile use -dvx OR -c -o/-n/-l/-p/-i/-g or no options (for std) java.version1.4.2-02 java.vendor Blackdown Java-Linux Team java.home /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02/jre java.vm.version Blackdown-1.4.2-02 java.vm.vendor Blackdown Java-Linux Team java.vm.nameJava HotSpot(TM) Client VM java.class.vers 48.0 java.class.path /usr/share/projectx/ProjectX.jar TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (1) this is a free Java based demux utility. (2) It is intended for educational purposes only, as a non-commercial test proje ct. (3) It may not be used otherwise. Most parts are only experimental. (4) released under the terms of the GNU GPL. (5) there is NO WARRANTY of any kind attached to this software. (6) use it at your own risk and for your own education as it was meant. - to agree to these terms you have to start the GUI first ^MSunday, September 18, 2005 3:40:34 AM EDT ^MProjectX 0.82.1.02_b2 (06.06.2005) ^M session infos ^M- working with collection 0 ^M ^M- normal log file ^M- write all video data ^M- write all other data ^M- patch c.d.flagged infos of pictures ^M- add sequence end code ^M- set resolution in SDE ^M ^M- write output files to: ./ ^M- 1 cutpoint(s) defined ( (2) use Frame number for cuts ) ^M- Input File 0: /share/tv/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv (1028543936 bytes) ^M- File is MPEG-2 PS/SS (Video/Audio PES) ^M- demux ^M1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv^M- found PES- ID 0xE0 (MPEG Video) @ 38 ^M! missing startcode @ 2062 ^M! found startcode @
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation
If I may make a suggestion.. Make a statement or two about the freedom MythTV offers. When I was looking at building or buying a PVR, I made the decision to go with Myth primarily for the reason that I expected the recording industry lobbyists and advertisers to ruin the commercial PVRs. We're starting to see that happen, with them controlling the content in more and more ways. With Myth, I don't have to deal with any of that nonsense. I can use the system to legally time shift and archive shows I pay for with my cable TV subscription and not be treated like a criminal for it. Hear, hear. I find that one of the weakest ways to promote any FOSS system or application is on price. This is particularly true with something like MythTV, where the OS and software may not cost anything, but the hardware cost of the system is comparable to MCE, and far more than TiVo (which, IMHO, will not be around much longer despite its name and mindshare). This is not to mention the time it takes to get something like Myth up and running. The thing to tout with Myth is that it's your system, not MS's, not the cable operators, and not TiVo's, meaning it's up to you what your machine does, and there's nothing in Myth to prevent you from doing whatever you want with your media. Some talking points to consider (in no particular order): * Distributed architecture and expandability. This is one area where Myth blows everyone else away. It's a set of modular parts that can all go on one machine or spread across as many machines as the user wants. MCE extender modules are not really the same thing. * DRM. Simpy put, Myth hasn't got it now and will never have it; everyone else does, and theirs will get worse as time goes on. Most consumers are sympathetic to the idea that artists and creators need to be paid. This is why consumers pay for cable TV instead of splicing a signal from their neighbors. This is why most consumers buy/rent DVDs instead of scouring BT for cam copies. But this sympathy goes away the minute a consumer can't use paid-for content in ways they are used to. Have you bought a new copy-protected CD-that's-not-really-a-CD? MythTV and GNU/Linux can read, rip, mix and burn the audio content however you want. MS MCE cannot. Repeat this statement as often as necessary. Myth is based on the idea that content (whether broadcast or delivered on optical disc or otherwise) that you buy is yours, and you are free to time-shift, format-shift, and backup however you want (provided you do not try to redistribute your content in illegal ways -- this is not supported by MythTV, and is actively (and adamantly) discouraged by the Myth community and the developers). MS MCE is built on the idea that you have bought a license to the content, and they can redefine the license terms at any time for any reason. * DRM pt2: HD. Make sure you mention MS' plans to require DRMed display devices in future versions of MS Windows for HD playback. Basically, if you set up an HD-capable MCE system today (if that's possible) it may not work for HD in the future without a new display. I believe starting with Vista, the video signal (at least when HD) will be encrypted, and must be decrypted by your display. That $1200 LCD you just bought will be obsolete for MCE in less than two years. Don't like it? Buy another display. * Community development. MythTV is developed by people who want the same things as you or me -- things that make viewers happy. Like com flagging and transcoding, archiving to optical media, management and playback of virtually any media file, the freedom to tweak the sytstem to add functionality, and giving nobody the ability to change my system, its capabilities, or the terms under which I use it without my consent. Contrast with MCE -- developers want to keep MS happy (locking people into closed, proprietary formats); MS wants to keep content producers happy (by restricting use, preventing copying and archiving, 'expiring' recordings, having the box phone home to check up on your activities, etc); and both of them would like to be the gatekeepers for all forms of digital media. In summary: cost is not a major concern. What should be a major concern is how robust the system is, how flexible it is, how expandable it is, and how the system will grow to address the needs of its users. MythTV is without doubt the most powerful media engine on the planet and its strenth is growing at a breathtaking pace. MCE is overpriced and bloated, built on top of XP Home rather than XP Pro (meaning crippled networking and lack of solid admin tools), closed and locked down, and allows you fewer possibilities with your media than you had in the analog days. TiVo is a different category of device, since it is cheap hardware supported by excessive monthly fees, and is not really a media center because it only does TV, not home videos, not music, not pictures, and certainly not DVD archiving. TiVo will also fade as cable/sat
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150/500 and bttv?
The tveeprom module is responsible for reading and interpreting the contents of the EEPROM (if there is one) on the TV card. So, it reads in a stream of bytes, figures out what card it is, and then retrieves the settings. As new cards are released and supported, the signatures need to be updated. -- Joe --- Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duncan Brown wrote: Try using the basic tveeprom module direct from the kernel instead of the one provided by ivtv: (tveeprom-ivtv, you'll also need to remove the alias in modprobe) That seems to have fixed it beautifully -- thanks, Duncan! Out of curiosity, what does the tveeprom module *do*, anyhow? -spc -- /-Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED]-\ ( Death to Vermin! ) \-http://www.PostHorizon.com/scier -/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] scanned channels and xmltv feed don't match up
I wonder if someone could suggest what might be going wrong with my setup? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. I'm using the the latest version of MythTV from the release-0-18-fixes branch and the RadioTimes XMLTV feed for the UK with tv_grab_uk_rt from the Debian package of xmltv-util version 0.5.40... Essentially, the problem is that when mythfilldatabase runs for the first time, it doesn't seem to add the xmltvid to the exisiting channels that were found by the DVB-T cards on scanning. Instead it creates new channels which aren't associated with an mplexid. For example, immediately after scanning for the first time, the channel list looks like this: mysql select chanid,channum,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid from channel order by (channum+0); ++-+++-+-+ | chanid | channum | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | ++-+++-+-+ | 1000 | 1 | BBC ONE Scot | BBC ONE Scot | | 1 | | 1001 | 2 | BBC TWO Scot | BBC TWO Scot | | 1 | | 1006 | 3 | Scottish TV| Scottish TV| | 2 | | 1009 | 4 | Channel 4 | Channel 4 | | 2 | | 1016 | 5 | five | five | | 3 | | 1008 | 6 | ITV2 | ITV2 | | 2 | | 1002 | 7 | BBC THREE | BBC THREE | | 1 | | 1015 | 8 | TeleG | TeleG | | 3 | | 1025 | 10 | BBC FOUR | BBC FOUR | | 4 | | 1011 | 13 | More 4 | More 4 | | 2 | | 1012 | 14 | E4 | E4 | | 2 | | 1018 | 15 | abc1 | abc1 | | 3 | | 1017 | 16 | QVC| QVC| | 3 | | 1019 | 23 | bid tv | bid tv | | 3 | | 1020 | 24 | price-drop tv | price-drop tv | | 3 | | 1005 | 30 | CBBC Channel | CBBC Channel | | 1 | | 1026 | 31 | CBeebies | CBeebies | | 4 | | 1007 | 34 | ITV3 | ITV3 | | 2 | | 1022 | 36 | Xtraview | Xtraview | | 3 | | 1013 | 37 | Quiz Call | Quiz Call | | 2 | | 1003 | 40 | BBC NEWS 24| BBC NEWS 24| | 1 | | 1014 | 41 | ITV News | ITV News | | 2 | | 1024 | 45 | BBC PARLMNT| BBC PARLMNT| | 4 | | 1030 | 46 | Community | Community | | 4 | | 1023 | 47 | Teachers' TV | Teachers' TV | | 3 | | 1004 | 51 | BBCi | BBCi | | 1 | | 1010 | 57 | SETANTA SPORTS | SETANTA SPORTS | | 2 | | 1021 | 61 | Red Hot| Red Hot| | 3 | | 1027 | 189 | 701| 701| | 4 | | 1028 | 190 | 702| 702| | 4 | | 1029 | 191 | 703| 703| | 4 | ++-+++-+-+ 31 rows in set (0.00 sec) ... and after running mythfilldatabase for the first time, it looks like this: mysql select chanid,channum,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid from channel order by (channum+0); ++-+++-+-+ | chanid | channum | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | ++-+++-+-+ | 1054 | | 1054 | Teachers' TV (digital terrestrial) | C1956.radiotimes.com|NULL | | 1042 | | 1042 | ABC1 | abc1.disney.com |NULL | | 1053 | | 1053 | Community Channel | communitychannel.org|NULL | | 1052 | BBC P | 1052 | BBC Parliament | parliament.bbc.co.uk|NULL | | 1044 | | 1044 | Bid TV | bid-up.tv |NULL | | 1045 | | 1045 | Price-drop TV | price-drop.tv |NULL | | 1046 | | 1046 | CBBC | cbbc.bbc.co.uk |NULL | | 1047 | | 1047 | CBeebies | cbeebies.bbc.co.uk |NULL | | 1048 | ITV3
[mythtv-users] Re: Mythmusic and Mythgallery opengl errors
On 9/13/05, Dan Littlejohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been looking and trying a number of things, but have not been able to figure this one out after I upgraded my box. /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins/libmythgallery.so: undefined symbol: _ZN9QGLWidget16setMouseTrackingEb Unable to initialize plugin 'mythgallery'. /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins/libmythmusic.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK9QGLWidget9classNameEv Unable to initialize plugin 'mythmusic'. Mythmusic and Mythgallery look like they are failing because of a problem with opengl. On Gentoo 2005.0 and 2.6.12. Re-installed nvidia-kernel (have an FX5200), nvidia-glx, xorg-conf, and re-compiled myth and the plugins. Xorg.conf file has video card set to nvidia and it is working. glxgears works. Don't see anything obvious in Xorg.0.log. Anyone have an idea of what to try or look for? Dan Still looking for some help. Found this, [22:16] ihaque i've an issue with mythmusic and mythgallery where they die with undefined symbol errors when mythfrontend loads; _ZNK9QGLWidget16setMouseTrackingEb and _ZNK9QGLWidget9classNameEv [22:16] ihaque any ideas? [22:17] ihaque mythfrontend continues loading fine, but trying to select the music options in media gallery or setup doesn't do anything. [22:18] mchou ihaque: mismatched libraries. recompile myth :) [23:05] Geckofiend mchou heh you mean ihaque: mismatched libraries those plugins I have recompiled myth, all the plugins, gcc, x11, nvidia, opengl, new kernel, and no change. What do I need to fix? Dan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Screen Cropping
On a PVR-350 output you will always have overscan and I believe that it cannot be adjusted (might be wrong) however you can change your gui size in the mythfrontend setup. It will take alittle bit of time and having to traverse menus many times but you can get it pixel perfect and it looks great. >From the main menu goto Utilities/Setup-Setup-Appearance-Screen Settings(it is the second page in). On that page you can adjust your screen size and offset ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] scanned channels and xmltv feed don't match up
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if someone could suggest what might be going wrong with my setup? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. I'm using the the latest version of MythTV from the release-0-18-fixes branch and the RadioTimes XMLTV feed for the UK with tv_grab_uk_rt from the Debian package of xmltv-util version 0.5.40... Essentially, the problem is that when mythfilldatabase runs for the first time, it doesn't seem to add the xmltvid to the exisiting channels that were found by the DVB-T cards on scanning. Instead it creates new channels which aren't associated with an mplexid. For example, immediately after scanning for the first time, the channel list looks like this: mysql select chanid,channum,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid from channel order by (channum+0); ++-+++-+-+ | chanid | channum | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | ++-+++-+-+ | 1000 | 1 | BBC ONE Scot | BBC ONE Scot | | 1 | | 1001 | 2 | BBC TWO Scot | BBC TWO Scot | | 1 | | 1006 | 3 | Scottish TV| Scottish TV| | 2 | | 1009 | 4 | Channel 4 | Channel 4 | | 2 | | 1016 | 5 | five | five | | 3 | | 1008 | 6 | ITV2 | ITV2 | | 2 | | 1002 | 7 | BBC THREE | BBC THREE | | 1 | | 1015 | 8 | TeleG | TeleG | | 3 | | 1025 | 10 | BBC FOUR | BBC FOUR | | 4 | | 1011 | 13 | More 4 | More 4 | | 2 | | 1012 | 14 | E4 | E4 | | 2 | | 1018 | 15 | abc1 | abc1 | | 3 | | 1017 | 16 | QVC| QVC| | 3 | | 1019 | 23 | bid tv | bid tv | | 3 | | 1020 | 24 | price-drop tv | price-drop tv | | 3 | | 1005 | 30 | CBBC Channel | CBBC Channel | | 1 | | 1026 | 31 | CBeebies | CBeebies | | 4 | | 1007 | 34 | ITV3 | ITV3 | | 2 | | 1022 | 36 | Xtraview | Xtraview | | 3 | | 1013 | 37 | Quiz Call | Quiz Call | | 2 | | 1003 | 40 | BBC NEWS 24| BBC NEWS 24| | 1 | | 1014 | 41 | ITV News | ITV News | | 2 | | 1024 | 45 | BBC PARLMNT| BBC PARLMNT| | 4 | | 1030 | 46 | Community | Community | | 4 | | 1023 | 47 | Teachers' TV | Teachers' TV | | 3 | | 1004 | 51 | BBCi | BBCi | | 1 | | 1010 | 57 | SETANTA SPORTS | SETANTA SPORTS | | 2 | | 1021 | 61 | Red Hot| Red Hot| | 3 | | 1027 | 189 | 701| 701| | 4 | | 1028 | 190 | 702| 702| | 4 | | 1029 | 191 | 703| 703| | 4 | ++-+++-+-+ 31 rows in set (0.00 sec) ... and after running mythfilldatabase for the first time, it looks like this: mysql select chanid,channum,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid from channel order by (channum+0); ++-+++-+-+ | chanid | channum | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | ++-+++-+-+ | 1054 | | 1054 | Teachers' TV (digital terrestrial) | C1956.radiotimes.com|NULL | | 1042 | | 1042 | ABC1 | abc1.disney.com |NULL | | 1053 | | 1053 | Community Channel | communitychannel.org|NULL | | 1052 | BBC P | 1052 | BBC Parliament | parliament.bbc.co.uk|NULL | | 1044 | | 1044 | Bid TV | bid-up.tv |NULL | | 1045 | | 1045 | Price-drop TV | price-drop.tv |NULL | | 1046 | | 1046 | CBBC | cbbc.bbc.co.uk |NULL | | 1047 | | 1047 | CBeebies | cbeebies.bbc.co.uk |
[mythtv-users] Re: Screen Cropping
There are adjustments in the mythfrontend setup screen to change the video offsets in myth. This worked to a certain extent for me. However I never really got the 350 dialed in to the point that I was truly happy. I did some googling and found out a great deal about TV overscan. Appears my TV was way off. I even acquired the technicians manual to throw my TV into service mode and was able to adjust some of that out, but again was never really happy with it in the long run. My final solution was to just use the TV out on my Radeon 9600SE and install the ATI control panel for Linux. The result was nothing short of spectacular. I am now able to tweak the Radeon into displaying X perfectly on the TV. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How should I configure channels ?
Hi ! I'm new to mythtv, and now... I'm blocked. The actual status : My BT878 card is well configured, and KdeTV can scan and detect all channels distributed by my cable operator. I'm in Belgium, ant there is no belgium choice for xmltv, so I configured xmltv with the command line to create the tv_grab_fr.conf that list all channels I can get here in Belgium from my cable operator. MythTV is up and running. When I run mythfilldatabase it fetches all my TV programs. But when I try to watch TV, I have a huge amount of lines like this : 2005-09-18 19:01:17.694 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel S02 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.694 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel S01 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.695 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel E4 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.696 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel E3 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.697 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel E2 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.699 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel 69 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.699 Error, couldn't find any available channels. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.699 Your database is most likely setup incorrectly. What's wrong ? How can I launch MythTV to scan all frequencies as KdeTV does ? Can I reuse the export created by KdeTV (with frequencies and channel name) ? How can I then associate channels on my tvcard with channels that are fetched. by xmltv ? Thanks ! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
- Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LNG time... snip 1.) I'm not sure if that's possible. 2.) I'm not sure it has actually gotten around to transcoding anything yet. I think it's just demuxing! And it's been going for 7 hours... Here's the comand line it's using: /usr/share/mythburn/mythtvburn.sh 'ntsc' 'grey.png' \ 'menumusic.mp2' 'yes' 'no' 'no' 'bar.png' 'no' 'no' \ 'no' '1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv' \ 'cut' /usr/share/mythburn/temp/mythburn.log 21 And here's the log: MythBurn Script is running as user apache Video format = ntsc Background image = /usr/share/mythburn/images/backgrounds/grey.png Background music = /usr/share/mythburn/music/menumusic.mp2 Make ISO image = yes Burn to DVD-R = no Delete VIDEO_TS = no Highlight image = bar.png Animated thumbnails = no Chapter Submenus = no Recode to AC3 = no Creating DVD at 18-09-2005 03:40 Total file size of video files is 982 Mbytes QSettings: error creating /.qt Multiplexing MPEG2 video files to DVD format and applying cutlists - datestamp=18-09-2005 03:40 - datestamp=18-09-2005 03:40 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv try to cut commercials using mythtv cutlist cutlist found, applying and remultiplexing for DVD format Filename /share/tv/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv OutFile /usr/share/mythburn/temp/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv Cutting out commercials + demultiplexing with projectx use last config or standard ... ProjectX 0.82.1.02_b2/06.06.2005 TEST PROJECT ONLY , User: apache quick CL usage: (Note: CL also loads the GUI components, without displaying) without options ...to start the GUI [options] sourcefile 1...[sourcefile x] options: -dvx1..4, -c x, -o x, -n x, -l, -p x, -i x, -g -c [path]inifile ...use that specified iniFile instead of the standard -dvx1 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile on demux -dvx2 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -dvx3 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -dvx4 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav + mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -o path ...use that specified directory for output -n filename ...use that specified filename for output -p file ...use that text based file as cutpoint list -i tokens ...use only these (P)IDs, separated by comma , -g ...display the GUI using all given CLI options -l ...write the normal logfile use -dvx OR -c -o/-n/-l/-p/-i/-g or no options (for std) java.version1.4.2-02 java.vendor Blackdown Java-Linux Team java.home /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02/jre java.vm.version Blackdown-1.4.2-02 java.vm.vendor Blackdown Java-Linux Team java.vm.nameJava HotSpot(TM) Client VM java.class.vers 48.0 java.class.path /usr/share/projectx/ProjectX.jar TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (1) this is a free Java based demux utility. (2) It is intended for educational purposes only, as a non-commercial test proje ct. (3) It may not be used otherwise. Most parts are only experimental. (4) released under the terms of the GNU GPL. (5) there is NO WARRANTY of any kind attached to this software. (6) use it at your own risk and for your own education as it was meant. - to agree to these terms you have to start the GUI first ^MSunday, September 18, 2005 3:40:34 AM EDT ^MProjectX 0.82.1.02_b2 (06.06.2005) ^M session infos ^M- working with collection 0 ^M ^M- normal log file ^M- write all video data ^M- write all other data ^M- patch c.d.flagged infos of pictures ^M- add sequence end code ^M- set resolution in SDE ^M ^M- write output files to: ./ ^M- 1 cutpoint(s) defined ( (2) use Frame number for cuts ) ^M- Input File 0: /share/tv/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv (1028543936 bytes) ^M- File is MPEG-2 PS/SS (Video/Audio PES) ^M- demux ^M1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv^M- found PES- ID 0xE0 (MPEG Video) @ 38 ^M! missing startcode @ 2062 ^M! found startcode @ 2064 ^M- found PES-ID 0xBD (private stream 1) (SubID 0x69)- ignored @ 2064 ^M- found PES-ID 0xC0 (MPEG Audio) @ 2194 ^M! missing startcode @ 49298 ^M! found startcode @ 49300 ^M! missing startcode @ 53526 And those last two lines continue for the next 2.9M of the log file. Has it even started transcoding the file to a higher resolution yet, or is it just demuxing the video and audio into different files? Is this normal? Doesn't look right to me. In the log above it looks like it never got past 1%. You should be seeing the % value increasing something like this: 1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 2% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 3% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 4% demuxing A/V PES file
[mythtv-users] HD back/front end
I don't use the backend/frontend configuration but would like to move in that direction. I understand that content is streamed off the backend server to the frontend. Are there any latency issues involved with this? I'm especially interested regarding HD content. It seems like thats a rather large stream to pipe over the network so I'm wondering what people's experience has been. And is watching Live t.v. any different than watching already recorded media? -todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
On Sunday 18 September 2005 1:59 pm, Paul wrote: - Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LNG time... snip 1.) I'm not sure if that's possible. 2.) I'm not sure it has actually gotten around to transcoding anything yet. I think it's just demuxing! And it's been going for 7 hours... Here's the comand line it's using: /usr/share/mythburn/mythtvburn.sh 'ntsc' 'grey.png' \ 'menumusic.mp2' 'yes' 'no' 'no' 'bar.png' 'no' 'no' \ 'no' '1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv' \ 'cut' /usr/share/mythburn/temp/mythburn.log 21 And here's the log: MythBurn Script is running as user apache Video format = ntsc Background image = /usr/share/mythburn/images/backgrounds/grey.png Background music = /usr/share/mythburn/music/menumusic.mp2 Make ISO image = yes Burn to DVD-R = no Delete VIDEO_TS = no Highlight image = bar.png Animated thumbnails = no Chapter Submenus = no Recode to AC3 = no Creating DVD at 18-09-2005 03:40 Total file size of video files is 982 Mbytes QSettings: error creating /.qt Multiplexing MPEG2 video files to DVD format and applying cutlists - datestamp=18-09-2005 03:40 - datestamp=18-09-2005 03:40 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv try to cut commercials using mythtv cutlist cutlist found, applying and remultiplexing for DVD format Filename /share/tv/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv OutFile /usr/share/mythburn/temp/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv Cutting out commercials + demultiplexing with projectx use last config or standard ... ProjectX 0.82.1.02_b2/06.06.2005 TEST PROJECT ONLY , User: apache quick CL usage: (Note: CL also loads the GUI components, without displaying) without options ...to start the GUI [options] sourcefile 1...[sourcefile x] options: -dvx1..4, -c x, -o x, -n x, -l, -p x, -i x, -g -c [path]inifile ...use that specified iniFile instead of the standard -dvx1 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile on demux -dvx2 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -dvx3 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -dvx4 ...create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav + mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header) -o path ...use that specified directory for output -n filename ...use that specified filename for output -p file ...use that text based file as cutpoint list -i tokens ...use only these (P)IDs, separated by comma , -g ...display the GUI using all given CLI options -l ...write the normal logfile use -dvx OR -c -o/-n/-l/-p/-i/-g or no options (for std) java.version1.4.2-02 java.vendor Blackdown Java-Linux Team java.home /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02/jre java.vm.version Blackdown-1.4.2-02 java.vm.vendor Blackdown Java-Linux Team java.vm.nameJava HotSpot(TM) Client VM java.class.vers 48.0 java.class.path /usr/share/projectx/ProjectX.jar TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (1) this is a free Java based demux utility. (2) It is intended for educational purposes only, as a non-commercial test proje ct. (3) It may not be used otherwise. Most parts are only experimental. (4) released under the terms of the GNU GPL. (5) there is NO WARRANTY of any kind attached to this software. (6) use it at your own risk and for your own education as it was meant. - to agree to these terms you have to start the GUI first ^MSunday, September 18, 2005 3:40:34 AM EDT ^MProjectX 0.82.1.02_b2 (06.06.2005) ^M session infos ^M- working with collection 0 ^M ^M- normal log file ^M- write all video data ^M- write all other data ^M- patch c.d.flagged infos of pictures ^M- add sequence end code ^M- set resolution in SDE ^M ^M- write output files to: ./ ^M- 1 cutpoint(s) defined ( (2) use Frame number for cuts ) ^M- Input File 0: /share/tv/1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv (1028543936 bytes) ^M- File is MPEG-2 PS/SS (Video/Audio PES) ^M- demux ^M1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv^M- found PES- ID 0xE0 (MPEG Video) @ 38 ^M! missing startcode @ 2062 ^M! found startcode @ 2064 ^M- found PES-ID 0xBD (private stream 1) (SubID 0x69)- ignored @ 2064 ^M- found PES-ID 0xC0 (MPEG Audio) @ 2194 ^M! missing startcode @ 49298 ^M! found startcode @ 49300 ^M! missing startcode @ 53526 And those last two lines continue for the next 2.9M of the log file. Has it even started transcoding the file to a higher resolution yet, or is it just demuxing the video and audio into different files? Is this normal? Doesn't look right to me. In the log above it looks like it never got past 1%. You should be seeing the % value increasing something like this: 1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv
[mythtv-users] Consistently able to crash mythfrontend
Hello, I found that on my new AMD64 machine I am able to consistently crash mythfrontend. 1) Run Gnome 2) Start mythfrontend full screen and watch a recorded program 3) Switch to another desktop mythfrontend consistenly crashes after 30 seconds to 1 minute of being on the other desktop. It never crashes while on the desktop it's running on. Can anyone else duplicate this problem? I would like to do this so that on talk show type programs I can listen to the audio and switch back when needed. Thanks, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
On Sunday 18 September 2005 2:28 pm, Jesse Guardiani wrote: On Sunday 18 September 2005 1:59 pm, Paul wrote: [...] The mythburn scripts will never transcode anything by the way they assume the files you give it are already MPEG2 and have DVD compliant resolutions etc. Great. So why the heck does it take so long? :) My recordings are from a PVR 350. Does anyone here run Mythburn on recordings from a PVR 350? Maybe the mpeg it generates is really messed up or something? BTW, my projectx is this on both machines: http://mabene.icomedias.com/mythburn/projectx_0.82.1.02_b2.tar.gz And this is my mythburn (downloaded yesterday): http://mabene.icomedias.com/mythburn/mythburn.tar.gz -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Running mythplugins from command line
Hi, I haven't found info how to run mythplugins from command line: - to start mythfrontend but immediately in certain plugin. Thanks in advance, regards, Rob. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation
Quoting Dewey Smolka [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If I may make a suggestion.. Make a statement or two about the freedom MythTV offers. When I was looking at building or buying a PVR, I made the decision to go with Myth primarily for the reason that I expected the recording industry lobbyists and advertisers to ruin the commercial PVRs. We're starting to see that happen, with them controlling the content in more and more ways. With Myth, I don't have to deal with any of that nonsense. I can use the system to legally time shift and archive shows I pay for with my cable TV subscription and not be treated like a criminal for it. Hear, hear. I find that one of the weakest ways to promote any FOSS system or application is on price. This is particularly true with something like MythTV, where the OS and software may not cost anything, but the hardware cost of the system is comparable to MCE, and far more than TiVo (which, IMHO, will not be around much longer despite its name and mindshare). This is not to mention the time it takes to get something like Myth up and running. The thing to tout with Myth is that it's your system, not MS's, not the cable operators, and not TiVo's, meaning it's up to you what your machine does, and there's nothing in Myth to prevent you from doing whatever you want with your media. Some talking points to consider (in no particular order): * Distributed architecture and expandability. This is one area where Myth blows everyone else away. It's a set of modular parts that can all go on one machine or spread across as many machines as the user wants. MCE extender modules are not really the same thing. * DRM. Simpy put, Myth hasn't got it now and will never have it; everyone else does, and theirs will get worse as time goes on. Most consumers are sympathetic to the idea that artists and creators need to be paid. This is why consumers pay for cable TV instead of splicing a signal from their neighbors. This is why most consumers buy/rent DVDs instead of scouring BT for cam copies. But this sympathy goes away the minute a consumer can't use paid-for content in ways they are used to. Have you bought a new copy-protected CD-that's-not-really-a-CD? MythTV and GNU/Linux can read, rip, mix and burn the audio content however you want. MS MCE cannot. Repeat this statement as often as necessary. Myth is based on the idea that content (whether broadcast or delivered on optical disc or otherwise) that you buy is yours, and you are free to time-shift, format-shift, and backup however you want (provided you do not try to redistribute your content in illegal ways -- this is not supported by MythTV, and is actively (and adamantly) discouraged by the Myth community and the developers). MS MCE is built on the idea that you have bought a license to the content, and they can redefine the license terms at any time for any reason. * DRM pt2: HD. Make sure you mention MS' plans to require DRMed display devices in future versions of MS Windows for HD playback. Basically, if you set up an HD-capable MCE system today (if that's possible) it may not work for HD in the future without a new display. I believe starting with Vista, the video signal (at least when HD) will be encrypted, and must be decrypted by your display. That $1200 LCD you just bought will be obsolete for MCE in less than two years. Don't like it? Buy another display. * Community development. MythTV is developed by people who want the same things as you or me -- things that make viewers happy. Like com flagging and transcoding, archiving to optical media, management and playback of virtually any media file, the freedom to tweak the sytstem to add functionality, and giving nobody the ability to change my system, its capabilities, or the terms under which I use it without my consent. Contrast with MCE -- developers want to keep MS happy (locking people into closed, proprietary formats); MS wants to keep content producers happy (by restricting use, preventing copying and archiving, 'expiring' recordings, having the box phone home to check up on your activities, etc); and both of them would like to be the gatekeepers for all forms of digital media. In summary: cost is not a major concern. What should be a major concern is how robust the system is, how flexible it is, how expandable it is, and how the system will grow to address the needs of its users. MythTV is without doubt the most powerful media engine on the planet and its strenth is growing at a breathtaking pace. MCE is overpriced and bloated, built on top of XP Home rather than XP Pro (meaning crippled networking and lack of solid admin tools), closed and locked down, and allows you fewer possibilities with your media than you had in the analog days. TiVo is a different category of device, since it is cheap hardware supported by excessive monthly fees, and is not really a media center because it only does TV, not home videos, not music, not pictures, and certainly not DVD archiving. TiVo
Re: [mythtv-users] scanned channels and xmltv feed don't match up
Justin Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] AFAIK, mythfilldatabase only populates the program listings when you're using tv_grab_uk_rt. I really think it must have been mythfilldatabase that was adding the channels; I hadn't run anything else between the first database dump I quoted and the second... What I did was edit the xmltvid field for each scanned DVB channel in mythtv-setup. That should do the trick. Ah, thanks very much - I've done that and it seems to work fine now. I also trimmed the *.xmltv file for my RadioTimes video source so it only tries to grab the listings for channels I can actually get, which seems to reduce the run time of mythfilldatabase from 2 hours to 5 minutes :) cheers, mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation
Hi all, I think we shouldn't make too much publicity on MythTV, mayby the content industry tries to outlaw it! And they have the power to do that! Regards, Am Samstag, 17. September 2005 21:15 schrieb Mike Ryan: All I recently gave a presentation on MythTV at Open Tech 2005 (http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/schedule/) and have now been invited to speak at the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures which is taking place on Saturday 1st Sunday 2nd of October at Limehouse Town Hall in East London (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=536897y=181010z=0sv=E14+7HAst= 2pc=E14+7HAmapp=newmap.srfsearchp=newsearch.srf) I mention this in case anyone would like to come along and provide some moral support and help fly the flag for MythTV here in the UK. It'll only be a short presentation (10 minutes or so probably), so there's only a limited amount of high-level information I'll be able to get across. However, there's a QA session afterwards as well. Also, as you can see from the programme, there's plenty of other great interesting things to go and see as well Best Regards Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
- Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LNG time... Doesn't look right to me. In the log above it looks like it never got past 1%. You should be seeing the % value increasing something like this: 1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 2% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 3% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 4% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv Yeah, it's got those, but in between each one is about 100 missing startcode statements: 100% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv^M! missing startcode @ 1018269790 ^M! found startcode @ 1018269792 ^M! missing startcode @ 1018290402 ^M! found startcode @ 1018290404 What do those mean? Not sure what they are but I don't see any of these 'found startcode' or 'missing startcode' messages in my log. Do you get the same message with other files too? Are the DVD's created playable? I just timed creating a DVD with a single 1.5Gb file on it. The Demuxing part just took less than 2 mins to complete with 9 cutpoints on my system! The complete DVD not including the burning took less than 8 mins total. Even a 733MHz cpu shouldn't be taking 7 hours! That's what I'm screaming! My file isn't even that large. It's just 929M. And BTW, I've tried this on two different machines now. A dual 600mhz P3 slot 1 with 800M PC100 SDRAM, and on my single CPU 733mhz machine with a 133mhz FSB and 512M PC133 SDRAM. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that the slower 733mhz machine is running Sun's JRE, whereas the 600mhz machine is running the Blackdown JDK? I'm using the Blackdown JDK on a gentoo machine and ProjectX 0.82.0 Believe it or not, the 600mhz machine was actually faster, probably because it has more RAM and the disk storage is local to it (the 733mhz machine mounts it's storage from the 600mhz machine via 100BaseTX NFS). 600mhz Final run time: 10 hours That's a big difference between what I am seeing and what you are seeing! Hard to believe it is down to cpu speed alone? These machines run two completely different operating systems too. The 733mhz machine runs KnoppMyth R5A16, whereas the 600mhz machine runs Gentoo Linux. How much RAM does your machine have? Maybe that has something to do with it. The 600mhz machine has more RAM, but it runs a lot of daemons, so most of it is usually in use. I didn't see any swapping during the projectx run though. I have 512M memory not sure what spec but nothing special. There is a lot of disk activity going on when running the scripts which may account for the difference you see between machines. Running things over the network is going to slow things down possibly? The mythburn scripts will never transcode anything by the way they assume the files you give it are already MPEG2 and have DVD compliant resolutions etc. Great. So why the heck does it take so long? :) My recordings are from a PVR 350. Does anyone here run Mythburn on recordings from a PVR 350? Maybe the mpeg it generates is really messed up or something? I have used recordings from a PVR 250 and from DVB-t without problems. Although I have only tested a few recordings and used xine to test play the iso images. I believe one of the reasons Maritin switched to using projectx is because it was the only program that could cut PVR x50 recordings and fix the bad recordings they sometimes produce. -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Swapping processors
On 9/16/05, Robin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your best bet is to remove the heatsinks and leave the CPUs in theirsockets. If your PC has an actual power switch on the power supplyturn it off but leave the cord plugged in (to get a good ground). Ifthere's no power switch (or a light stays on on your mobo, make sure you ground yourself first.You can usually discharge the remaining power by hitting the power switch with the PSU turned off or the system unplugged. Look at the pins on the underside of the CPU, one corner will have onemissing. Find the corresponding missing hole in the ZIF slot on theother mobo and line up the pins. Place the CPU in the pins (Rememberthe zero insertion force - it should drop in place easily). Then close the lever again.Smear a bit of thermal compound on the cpu and spread it around paperthin. You don't need much - too much is a bad thing for thermaltransfer.Clean off the heatsink and place it back over the cpu and screw/click/lock it in place (there are different mechanisms fordifferent heatsinks, so I can't describe how to do this - just repeatthe method you used to remove it in reverse - they sometimes require alot of force, just make sure its downwards force). Check here, scroll down to Build and Installation Guides - http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_3748,00.html This only lists socket A instructions, but the others should be on the AMD site somewhere.A short writeup on properly applying thermal paste is here - http://www.ngtechnik.com/TIM.htm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Running mythplugins from command line
Robert Rozman wrote: I haven't found info how to run mythplugins from command line: Did you try mythfrontend --help? You can name the plugin as an arg and it will startup as that plugin. $ mythfrontend mythweather It also uses the arg 0 trick so if you make a link to the binary it will start as the plugin in the executable name. $ cd /usr/local/bin $ ln -s mythfrontend mythweather $ cd $ mythweather -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythfrontend on cheap hw ;-)
Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? Any suggestion? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system
First I need to thank Jarod yet again. The section of his guide on upgrading worked just fine on my master backend/frontend system. It was as simple as running: yum install mythtv-suite and the system was upgraded from .17 to .18.1 I have a slave backend/front end system that I put together last week. I held off the final configuration of it until I could get my master backend system running the same version of mythtv (.18.1). For my setup I have nfs mounted the /video/recordings directory from the master backend system on the slave backend as well as the /video/pictures directory. When I run mythfrontend I am able to watch live TV and play back existing recordings that reside on the master backend system. This makes me believe that the two are communicating as expected. However, I am unable to get tv listings displayed and it appears that when playing live tv I am actually using one of the encoders from the master backend. This is reasonable as I only have the two encoders on the master backend defined. What I have not been able to figure out is how to setup the encoders on the slave backend so they are available for use. Reading the guide it appears that I should skip step 3 of the mythtvsetup and I should not run the mythfilldatabase on the slave. Can someone point me to the section of documentation that I have skipped or missed detailing how to get this configured? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend on cheap hw ;-)
On Sunday 18 September 2005 5:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? Any suggestion? I've got fairly old hardware. 733mhz P3. PVR 350. Newest ivtv drivers (0.3.8). 512M RAM. It works very well. I can watch commercial DVDs with just 40% CPU utilization. Recording something and watching a DVD at the same time is possible with about 20% CPU idle. I'm mounting my storage over NFS. The PVR card is actually on the frontend machine. That way I get accelerated playback. mythcommflag mysql run on the NFS machine directly. I think you need at least a 700mhz to watch DVDs. If you don't want to watch DVDs, then you could probably go a bit lower. I think 400mhz might be the very lowest you could go. All depends on the graphics card you use. I think GeForce cards use a bit more CPU in general than the PVR 350. -- 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] ERROR - No PIDS set even though channels are present
On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 05:04 pm, Jon Whitear wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to run mythtv and use Live TV, I get the following in the mythbackend: snip 2005-09-18 16:07:37.150 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning parameters for transport 0 2005-09-18 16:07:37.150 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 3. If you run a scan in mythtv-setup, does it find all the channels? Nope. I've attached the log from that. I: 1. Channel Editor 2. Scan for channel(s) 3. Video Source is selected, as is Capture Card and Full Scan 4. All settings Auto, no Frequency set 5. Scan Progress says Scan Activity 0%, Signal Strength 99%, Signal/Noise 0% 6. Error tuning to transport I should point out that I can watch TV in xine. Running mythfilldatabase *appears* to work, though I get a lot of ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-18 (for various dates and channel names) in-between the printing of some hash # signs. This is using: tv_grab_au - (version 0.6.2 - release 2005-05-31) Mythfilldatabase is somewhat separate from the actual channel settings. You may want to check out Michael Smith's script, which seems to be the favourite here. You can get it from:- http://www.immir.com/tv_grab_au Thanks, I'll give that a go! Richard 2005-09-19 08:22:35.841 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-09-19 08:22:35.841 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T. 2005-09-19 08:22:35.842 DVB#0 DVB Signal Monitor Starting 2005-09-19 08:22:36.853 DVB#0 DVB signal ff20 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:37.766 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2c | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:38.679 DVB#0 DVB signal ff21 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:39.594 DVB#0 DVB signal ff23 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:40.507 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2a | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:41.420 DVB#0 DVB signal ff16 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:42.333 DVB#0 DVB signal ff20 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:43.246 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1e | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:44.158 DVB#0 DVB signal ff10 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:45.071 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2f | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:45.985 DVB#0 DVB signal ff31 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:46.898 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2c | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:47.811 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1e | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:48.724 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1c | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:49.637 DVB#0 DVB signal ff25 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:50.553 DVB#0 DVB signal ff17 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:51.466 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2a | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:52.379 DVB#0 DVB signal ff21 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:53.292 DVB#0 DVB signal ff25 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:54.205 DVB#0 DVB signal ff0c | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:55.118 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2e | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:56.031 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2e | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:56.944 DVB#0 DVB signal ff24 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:57.856 DVB#0 DVB signal ff22 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:58.769 DVB#0 DVB signal ff3a | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:22:59.682 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1b | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:00.595 DVB#0 DVB signal ff2f | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:01.508 DVB#0 DVB signal ff26 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:02.425 DVB#0 DVB signal ff20 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:03.338 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1a | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:04.250 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1c | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:05.163 DVB#0 DVB signal ff36 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:06.076 DVB#0 DVB signal ff38 | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:06.989 DVB#0 DVB signal ff1b | snr 0 | ber0 | unc0 2005-09-19 08:23:07.594 DVB#0 WARNING - Status: NO LOCK! 2005-09-19 08:39:53.535 Closing DVB channel 2005-09-19 08:39:53.790 DVB#0 DVB Signal Monitor Stopped ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend on cheap hw ;-)
I'm unsure on the memory requirements. 128MB might be enough, but you may need 256. But heck, if you have the hardware parts just laying around, try slapping some together and see what happens. :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? Any suggestion? ___ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] my front end does not recognize mythbackend??
I anybody can please help I am trying to install mythtv for the first time.. i am almost at the end of the process but when i tried to started up the MythTV front-end.. i got a message that said that the IP address from the backend was not matching the one of the front end.. i was using the127.0.0.1 and I chnaged it to the real one but still got a message like "bad socket""remote encoder not responding" any ideas?? thanks__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] mythfrontend on cheap hw ;-)
I am using a 800mHz old Dell Celeron PC with 256Meg Ram and MB Graphic card that shares memory. Works ok. All the issues I am aving, I assume are not the hardware but rather just my knowledge. Video plays fine (non-MPEG2 at this time) Kevin Cossaboon www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, September 18, 2005, at 04:37PM, Mark Kundinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm unsure on the memory requirements. 128MB might be enough, but you may need 256. But heck, if you have the hardware parts just laying around, try slapping some together and see what happens. :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? Any suggestion? ___ ___ 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 on cheap hw ;-)
It depends. If you want to play HD, you'll need lots. If you want to *only* play back recorded material without transcoding, you could use a mediamvp (can be had for less than $100). You could easily spend 2x that to get your old hardware up to specs to do a full-blown frontend. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/18/05 5:09 PM Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? Any suggestion? ___ 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: remote frontend and mtd
The reason we got no jobs was both the daemon not loading and the dvd was not mounting properly. We remarked out (put a # in front of /dev/hdbin our case)the dvd roms mount in fstab and this seemed to fix that issue. Another big one was getting the daemon to run at boot. We fixed this by creating a script in /home/mythtv/.kde/Autostart (we called it runmtd.sh). We just used one command line, here is the script we wrote: #! /bin/sh #script to launch transcode daemon at startup kdesu -u -root -c /user/bin/mtd -d exit This will run mtd as a daemon with root permissions. The issue we have now is permission to write to the nfs mount as a regular user (it will only let mythtv write to the mount ONLY if it is launched as root), we have not figured that one out yet. Seems to be something in the NFS permissions on the backend. Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:37:10 -0400From: brian boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [mythtv-users] remote frontend and mtdTo: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.orgMessage-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Hey folks.I have looked in the archives but the search strings i tried sis not reveal anything useful. i have a remote frontend in my living room and the backend is in the basement. I want to be able to rip dvds into my movie archive but when i run the MTD daemon on the backend or the frontend (i have tried both and various combos), the frontend says there is "no jobs"hope i have provided enough info for you folks to know what i am talking about.Thanks folks.Brian ==="I think the whole world's gone mad.""Uh-Uh. It's always been like this. You probably just don't get out enough." -- From "Death, the High Cost of Living"__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] Re: transcode support in mythplugins restored
On 7/22/05, Pat Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the new RPMs, and the DVD rip menu works now, which didn't before. And, I can rip a perfect copy of a DVD, but when I try to transcode the file to excellent quality it doesn't create the file. The DVD is ripped to the drive, but somewhere in the transcode it deletes the file. I'm a noobie, but the mtd output and mythbackend log don't show anything usefull. Is there something I can do to help diagnose this? Pat/anyone: Did you ever get this issue resolved? I'm having the exact same issue on FC4 with atrpms plugins. Perfect and good work fine. Excellent fails. Logs do not show anything interesting. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] streamzap remote RECENT info?
Greg, I've fought with my streamzap and myth for a long time. I was unable to get it to work properly with FC3, but just now got it working with FC4. not sure if this is what you need, but I could not find a howto like this anywhere, so I will post it. maybe it will work for you, or someone else. My steps-- 1. followed Jarrod Guid for FC4 including doing the Yum for lirc dirvers. when done, IRW will not work nor lircd start up (not even sure if this step is needed) 2. Get kernel source for FC4. I did a yum install kernel-devel This downloaded the lasted FC4 2.6 kernel source. note that I did already upgraded the kernel with yum upgrade per jarrods before. 3. went and downloaded the lirc-0.7.2 source from lirc.org. unzipped it and changed into that directory 4. ran ./setup.sh this opened up a shell gui install dialog box. inside there, I choose usb devices, then streamzap not sure if that is the path, but if you go under other devices or usb, you will find the one for streamzap 5. then inside the same gui, I choose to save and run config 6. config ran with no errors. before I got the source, it would give me a no source found error. note that some text talks about making symlinks to where you kernel source lives if not found but installed. I did not have to do this with FC4 and the yum kernel source install. 7. then, as prompted, I ran make, then when that was done, I ran make install the compile ran without errors 8.. I then edited /etc/modprobe.conf. I added the last line of alias char-major-61 lirc_streamzap I'm not sure if the install did that step for me, but either way it needs to be there. 9. then I started up the licrd demaon by doing /sbin/service lircd start I got one green OK sometimes to check, I will stop and start the service again to make sure it shuts down right 10. under the lirc-0.7.2 install folder, I cd to the tools folder and ran irw. can't remember if I had to chmod it to run first (chmod 755 irw if you do). at that point, I could hit keys on the streamzap remote and see inputs in the shell. I hit control C to exit 11. the last step was to add the lircrc config file to your home directories so it works with mythtv. if you search this forum, there are good posts for pre-built streamzap lircrc files. find one you like, download it and place it in /home/user/.mythtv/lircrc .. note that the file name for the config is lircrc with no extensions. I also had to put the same config under /root/.mythtv/lircrc because I run my frontend under root sometimes. from there, it all works fine. I might need to change some of the settings in lircrc, or put the config file in some other places so it works well with mplayer, but looks like there are good postings here to help with that. hope this helps. -EB ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] streamzap remote RECENT info?
Evil Barney wrote: Greg, I've fought with my streamzap and myth for a long time. I was unable to get it to work properly with FC3, but just now got it working with FC4. not sure if this is what you need, but I could not find a howto like this anywhere, so I will post it. maybe it will work for you, or someone else. My steps-- 1. followed Jarrod Guid for FC4 including doing the Yum for lirc dirvers. when done, IRW will not work nor lircd start up (not even sure if this step is needed) 2. Get kernel source for FC4. I did a yum install kernel-devel This downloaded the lasted FC4 2.6 kernel source. note that I did already upgraded the kernel with yum upgrade per jarrods before. 3. went and downloaded the lirc-0.7.2 source from lirc.org http://lirc.org. unzipped it and changed into that directory 4. ran ./setup.sh this opened up a shell gui install dialog box. inside there, I choose usb devices, then streamzap not sure if that is the path, but if you go under other devices or usb, you will find the one for streamzap 5. then inside the same gui, I choose to save and run config 6. config ran with no errors. before I got the source, it would give me a no source found error. note that some text talks about making symlinks to where you kernel source lives if not found but installed. I did not have to do this with FC4 and the yum kernel source install. 7. then, as prompted, I ran make, then when that was done, I ran make install the compile ran without errors 8.. I then edited /etc/modprobe.conf. I added the last line of alias char-major-61 lirc_streamzap I'm not sure if the install did that step for me, but either way it needs to be there. 9. then I started up the licrd demaon by doing /sbin/service lircd start I got one green OK sometimes to check, I will stop and start the service again to make sure it shuts down right 10. under the lirc-0.7.2 install folder, I cd to the tools folder and ran irw. can't remember if I had to chmod it to run first (chmod 755 irw if you do). at that point, I could hit keys on the streamzap remote and see inputs in the shell. I hit control C to exit 11. the last step was to add the lircrc config file to your home directories so it works with mythtv. if you search this forum, there are good posts for pre-built streamzap lircrc files. find one you like, download it and place it in /home/user/.mythtv/lircrc .. note that the file name for the config is lircrc with no extensions. I also had to put the same config under /root/.mythtv/lircrc because I run my frontend under root sometimes. from there, it all works fine. I might need to change some of the settings in lircrc, or put the config file in some other places so it works well with mplayer, but looks like there are good postings here to help with that. hope this helps. That's interesting. I just tried last night moving my main frontend from RH9 with a streamzap to FC4 and everything was fine until I started using the remote and it would lock the box up hard after about 10-15 remote button presses. I was using the same configuration files from my existing installation and even tried backing down to 0.7.1 with the same results... Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend on cheap hw ;-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? I have a PIII-450 acting as a frontend. It can playback my MPEG-4 content rather well so I think your 700mhz Celeron should work fine. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] New Zealand XMLTV grabber
Hi Does anyone know of a working tv_grab_nz that collects free to air and sky digital? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...
On Sunday 18 September 2005 4:32 pm, Paul wrote: - Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LNG time... Doesn't look right to me. In the log above it looks like it never got past 1%. You should be seeing the % value increasing something like this: 1% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 2% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 3% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv 4% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv Yeah, it's got those, but in between each one is about 100 missing startcode statements: 100% demuxing A/V PES file 1170_20050819193000_2005081920.nuv^M! missing startcode @ 1018269790 ^M! found startcode @ 1018269792 ^M! missing startcode @ 1018290402 ^M! found startcode @ 1018290404 What do those mean? Not sure what they are but I don't see any of these 'found startcode' or 'missing startcode' messages in my log. Do you get the same message with other files too? Are the DVD's created playable? Hmmm... that's it! I tried another show recorded more recently and it works fine. Either that one show, or shows before a certain date are just bad. The show plays on my 350 just fine, but I've changed ivtv versions quite a bit since I started running mythtv, so it's possible a bunch of them are bad. It only takes about 30 minutes to fully process a 30 minute show now. Very cool! 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
[mythtv-users] Cannot playback recorded video.
Does anyone have a clue why I can't playback a recording? I'm doing Media-Library - Watch Recordings - Selecting One - I - Play and nothing happens. I think it is related to how I can't watch an in progress recording, but I'm not sure. I'm guessing/hoping its something obvious, at least to someone who has had the problem before. Backend amd xp pvr 150 newer ivtv drivers Frontend amd xp booting from nfs ati 7000 video and custom compiled x to get those tv out drivers. -Robert p.s. if anyone has an A8N-SLI Premium with a dual core chip, or even without and has a stable system, that does sometimes mess up audio, or keyboard repeat rates, or the clock, then I am definitely curious what kernel/configuratttion your using.. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Zealand XMLTV grabber
Check out http://mr.geek.nz/epg/ and http://hairy.geek.nz/epg/ I use a script that grabs the data then uses mythfilldatabase --file to enter it into the DB Hi Does anyone know of a working tv_grab_nz that collects free to air and sky digital? Thanks -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Cheap/Quiet Drive Idea for Front End Machines
I have a Pundit frontend that was running well but the old 10GB HD I pulled from the "parts closet" was too loud. I started looking at the new drives, but it was killing my to buy 120GB+ "whisper" or "Ultra Quiet" drive when 10GB was plenty for a FE-only machine. Then it occurred to me that laptop drives are pretty quiet (even old ones) and I have access to some old laptops that are useless, but I can't bear to throw them out. Now my Pundit FE is running much quieter with 4GB laptop hard drive. Just wanted to pass along the idea. - Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
Have a look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log It probably holds your answers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Gilks Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 2:56 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
It probably uses settings from /etc/conf.d/mythbackend. Have you checked to make sure the settings in that file are correct (ie directories/user exist)? Manually starting the backend would probably not use those settings. On 9/18/05, Daniel Sheppard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log It probably holds your answers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Gilks Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 2:56 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- I have Gmail invites... Email me if you want one! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Screen Cropping
I've still gotta do sound- It comes out fine, but i have no volume control through Myth- not a big deal- i'm sure I can figure it out... If you're using S/PDIF for sound MythTV sound controls may well not work. I have to adjust the sound on my receiver - MythTV controls have no effect. I think it may vary from sound card to sound card as I've reaqd posts that some Sound Blaster cards do allow you to control it from MythTV. It bugged me a bit but I soon got over it and the family got used to it. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How should I configure channels ?
2005-09-18 19:01:17.697 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel E2 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.699 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please verify channel 69 in the setup Channel Editor. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.699 Error, couldn't find any available channels. 2005-09-18 19:01:17.699 Your database is most likely setup incorrectly. What's wrong ? How can I launch MythTV to scan all frequencies as KdeTV does ? Can I reuse the export created by KdeTV (with frequencies and channel name) ? How can I then associate channels on my tvcard with channels that are fetched. by xmltv ? Is the XMLTVID for each channel the same as in your tv_grab_fr.conf file? If not, mythfilldatabase doesn't know which channels in the database match with the ones in the xml file. You can set the XMLTVID in the channel editor screen. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
Its empty - mythbackend runs fine on its own, its the running of it from the init scripts thats broken :-(( Its as if its not finding a library on the search path so bombs but is OK when I telnet in just run off the command line. Have a look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log It probably holds your answers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Gilks Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 2:56 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
