Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Michael T. Dean]

Lee wrote:

I understand what you are saying, but could you please explain to me 
how or why Myth is switching to a different modeline during video 
playback?  It shouldn't be doing that should it?  The modeline I'm 
running is 4:3, and the picture doesn't go off the screen when 
viewing the X desktop or the Myth UI.  Why would it suddenly switch 
to a different modeline for video playback?  Shouldn't it just scale 
the 16:9 video to fit the 4:3 modeline?



Is it the Myth video player or Xine?  As I understand it, if you try 
and view 16:9 content it will change resolution, rather than rescale 
the video.
Your modelines say that's OK, so that's what it's doing...  If you 
don't want it to do that, then remove the modelines (except the 
800x600) and it won't be able to...


Or switch off the option to use Xrandr...

Mike
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AW: [mythtv-users] *OT* Games for the mythgame plugin?

[Jochen Kühner]

You are allowed to play all freeware linux games:

A list off good actual games in development is here:
http://www.happypenguin.org/

And you Can download Free Roms:

For Amiga:
http://www.amigaland.de/spiele/gamesauswahl.php?show=agames
http://www.sutum.de/index_.html

For other Consoles:
http://www.pdroms.de/index.php


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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. September 2005 05:54
An: Discussion about mythtv
Betreff: [mythtv-users] *OT* Games for the mythgame plugin?

Hello!  I've read quite a few HowTo's for mythgame.  Sounds great :) 
I'd love to play Super Mario Bros over and over again on my 61" DLP.

But, I have no idea where or how to obtain games.  I don't know what's
legal as far as what I can download, or more importantly, even a place
to download *any* games from.  I see I need a .rom file, but that's
really about all I understand.

Please feed this console-gaming-on-a-linux-based-pc-on-a-big-screen-tv
newb a few hints on the world of gaming on linux.

Thanks!
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AW: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Jochen Kühner]

You can also use ext2 or 3, they are both resizeable, too.

I use also lvm with 400gb and one 200gb drive, works great.


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Betreff: Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting
point

As mentioned by others, using Logical Volume Management is probably  
your best bet.  You may also find life easier to use ReiserFS for the  
filesystem on your newly created logical volume.  This will allow you  
to resize the filesystem in the future, should you add a 3rd drive.

I'm currently running with 4 drives, giving me 450 Gigs of storage,  
just a bunch of old drives I had kicking around.

I actually installed the Webmin package, to manage the LVM and set it  
up.  Quick and easy.  Make sure if you're going to use ReiserFS, that  
you install the Reiser utilities too.

Cheers.
-Jason

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On 21-Sep-05, at 10:31 AM, Azmat wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,  
> but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point  
> in Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping  
> there might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.
>
> Azmat
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Re: [mythtv-users] program remote's power key to stop mythfrontend?

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 19:03 -0700, Mark Kundinger wrote:
> You can have a shell script that responds to the power key and kills
> the frontend:

Yeah.  I have something similar.  Killing off mythfrontend just so
"coarse".  I would really prefer a more graceful exiting of
mythfrontend; that confirms exit just like pressing Esc a bunch of
times.

It really seems that Exit needs to be a jump point (I think).

Thanx for the idea though.
b.

-- 
My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.

Brian J. Murrell


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Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Michael T. Dean]

Bruce Markey wrote:


Robert Johnston wrote:


On 21/09/05, Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Michael T. Dean wrote:
...


Good to know, but you're making me feel like I'm slacking on my own
Adrian Monk-ishness.  I spend way too much time cleaning my computer


There are two spaces. ^^ There should only be one.

systems, and now that you've mentioned another thing to clean, I'm 
sure

I'll be much better about my channel deletes.  I'll also have to check
out MythWeb's delete channel code to see how much it cleans up for
me--that might be an easier way to get it all clean.


Is your Space key sticking? You could make a script with the TRUNCATE
commands but maybe you should check your keyboard first. Have you
cleaned your keyboard with rubbing alcohol yet this week?


This is way OT, but some people do prefer to use 2 spaces after a
full-stop (Period to you Americans), rather than one. It used to be
the tradition (on Typewriters) to use two spaces after the end of a
sentence to break them up a little.


I See! Well, maybe this is something you'd like to discuss
with Dr. Kroger =).


Yep.  Robert's right.  I use the old-school two spaces after a period.  
I've scheduled an appointment with Dr. Kroger.


Mike
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[mythtv-users] XvMC question

[Kevin Kuphal]

I just purchased a Chaintech MPM800-3 motherboard for use as a 
frontend.  It has a PM800 Unichrome chipset that supports XvMC.  If I 
compile my frontend with XvMC support, will it be used only for MPEG-2 
content or will I be using it for all playback (and have the greyscale 
OSD) including MPEG-4 (which all my recordings currently are).


Thanks,
Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] Accessing MythWEB from Docomo I-mode

[David Bennett]

Hello!

 Thanks for your help so far. Here is the problem. I-Mode docomo
phones operate on CHTML and not WAP. I have found the user agents
section in includes/init.php, but since Docomo does not use WAP I am
not sure what to do.

Is there a chtml theme for mythweb?
Does anyone have IMODE working with MythWEB?

I have tried using the wml theme as well, but with no luck.

Any suggestions?
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Re: [mythtv-users] [Mostly OT] OTA HDTV Options

[Kevin Kuphal]

Brandon Stoll wrote:


  Earlier today I picked up an indoor antenna and to my surprise
nearly every channel came in with pretty bad reception- which was
better then I expected.  So, I'd like to try an outdoor antenna but I
have a huge problem: I'm on the second floor of a 3-floor apartment
building, and facing more or less the wrong direction according to
antennaweb.  In a situation like this, would an outdoor antenna
(something I could mount on a balcony and neighbors wouldn't complain
about) even give a significant gain vs an indoor or am I wasting my
time?
  And, since I'm probably going to end up getting HDTV one way or
another, what HDTV tuner cards should I be looking at?  I've seen a
lot of posts using the HD3000 but I'm interested if there are other
tuners that have Linux support too.

Sorry for being incredibly off of MythTV but I really don't know where
else to be asking these questions :)
 


There are two cards that I know of.  HD3000 and the Air2PC.

http://www.pchdtv.com
http://mythic.tv/product_info.php?products_id=46

Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Craig Hagerman]

Thanks everyone for all the help so far. Hope I can get this figured out.

On 9/22/05, Adam Bodnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Now, you can load the commercial skip list into the cut list and then
> have something like nuvexport cut the commercials out when the video
> is exported out.
>

How do I "load the commercial skip list"? I used ffmpeg to
manually transcode a couple programs. Is there a way to skip
commercials with ffmpeg? (I don't think so.) I tried nuvexport but it
stopped with an error and it was easier to use what I know (ffmpeg)
rather than trying to figure out what is wrong with nuvexport.

Anyway, I thought that mythtv was supposed to be doing this (transcode
and cut commercials) automatically after it finished recording. Am I
wrong about this? Does everyone have to run nuvexport manually?


On 9/22/05, Adam Bodnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not sure whether you're using FC or debian or gentoo...but least with
> the ATrpms, they were set to log all backend stuff to
> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log or maybe I turned that on...either way
> it's a great place to watch cause you will see lines like this in the
> log.
>

Excellent tip Adam. (I am using Ubuntu AMD64 actually and the logs are
there.) I just checked out the log. (Pasted the last bit below). It
seems that commercials ARE being flagged, but there is some strange
error:
[mpeg2video @ 0x2a96567aa0]invalid cbp at 28 11
[mpeg2video @ 0x2a96567aa0]Warning MVs not available

I wonder what "MVs" are and why they are not available. Any ideas?
Also, I don't seem to have the DB (database?) connections that you
show in your logs. Problem?

Craig

/var/log.mythtv/mythbackend.log
---
2005-09-21 22:00:00.001 Finished recording Lost on channel: 1006
2005-09-21 22:00:00.070 scheduler: Finished recording
2005-09-21 22:00:00.121 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2005-09-21 22:00:00.121 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2005-09-21 22:00:00.282 Scheduled 12 items in 0.2 = 0.00 match + 0.16 place
2005-09-21 22:00:00.287 scheduler: Scheduled items
2005-09-21 22:00:23.374 Starting Commercial Flagging for "Lost"
recorded from channel 1006 at Wed Sep 21 21:00:00 2005.
2005-09-21 22:00:23.378 commflag: Commercial Flagging Starting
2005-09-21 22:05:12.816 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available,
waiting again...
[mpeg2video @ 0x2a96567aa0]invalid cbp at 28 11
[mpeg2video @ 0x2a96567aa0]Warning MVs not available

2005-09-21 22:05:17.596 commflag: Commercial Flagging Finished
2005-09-21 22:05:17.613 Finished, 7 break(s) found.
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[mythtv-users] *OT* Games for the mythgame plugin?

[Chad]

Hello!  I've read quite a few HowTo's for mythgame.  Sounds great :) 
I'd love to play Super Mario Bros over and over again on my 61" DLP.

But, I have no idea where or how to obtain games.  I don't know what's
legal as far as what I can download, or more importantly, even a place
to download *any* games from.  I see I need a .rom file, but that's
really about all I understand.

Please feed this console-gaming-on-a-linux-based-pc-on-a-big-screen-tv
newb a few hints on the world of gaming on linux.

Thanks!
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[mythtv-users] [Mostly OT] OTA HDTV Options

[Brandon Stoll]

   Earlier today I picked up an indoor antenna and to my surprise
nearly every channel came in with pretty bad reception- which was
better then I expected.  So, I'd like to try an outdoor antenna but I
have a huge problem: I'm on the second floor of a 3-floor apartment
building, and facing more or less the wrong direction according to
antennaweb.  In a situation like this, would an outdoor antenna
(something I could mount on a balcony and neighbors wouldn't complain
about) even give a significant gain vs an indoor or am I wasting my
time?
   And, since I'm probably going to end up getting HDTV one way or
another, what HDTV tuner cards should I be looking at?  I've seen a
lot of posts using the HD3000 but I'm interested if there are other
tuners that have Linux support too.

Sorry for being incredibly off of MythTV but I really don't know where
else to be asking these questions :)
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Re: [mythtv-users] garbled audio

[Stephen Atkins]

Robert Denier wrote:


On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 20:54 -0600, Stephen Atkins wrote:
 


Hello again everyone.

So I thought I would try out the latest development sources 0.3.9 but no 
luck.  I then removed the PVR150MCE and still no luck.  What it sounds 
like is that the audio is actually out of sequence in that some audio 
packets(?) are out of order.
   



First all of all you need to be certain it is just a sound card issue,
so I suggest mp3's.  From what you said, it sounds like a sound card
issue and not anything to do with ivtv.
 

Thats part of the problem.  If I didn't run mythtv but used mplayer 
/dev/video0 (or 1) I thought it sounded fine.  But then I turned the 
volume way up and still heard the same thing.  I removed the PVR-150MCE 
hoping that that was it but nope.  Same thing.  Any way I was wondering 
if there was anything wrong with the kernel and based on what your 
saying I will have to try the vanilla sources.  Unfortunatly that won't 
be until at least Friday night so I'll post again after that.


Thanks for the help.

Stephen
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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Adam Bodnar]

Not sure whether you're using FC or debian or gentoo...but least with
the ATrpms, they were set to log all backend stuff to
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log or maybe I turned that on...either way
it's a great place to watch cause you will see lines like this in the
log.

2005-09-21 20:01:00.694 Starting Commercial Flagging for "Lost"
recorded from channel 1003 at Wed Sep 21 19:00:00 2005.
2005-09-21 20:01:00.708 commflag: Commercial Flagging Starting
2005-09-21 20:01:03.349 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-09-21 20:01:03.419 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-21 20:17:47.120 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-21 20:17:47.156 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)

2005-09-21 20:31:35.058 commflag: Commercial Flagging Finished
2005-09-21 20:31:35.067 Finished, 6 break(s) found.
2005-09-21 20:32:02.878 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-21 20:32:02.898 Transcoding from
/video/recordings//1003_2005092119_2005092120.nuv to
/video/recordings//1003_2005092119_2005092120.nuv.tmp


On 9/21/05, Craig Hagerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/22/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You are using the wrong command-line arguments. You need to be using
> > "-s" and "-c":
> >
> > % mythtranscode -c 1025 -s 2005-04-28T19:30:00
> >
> > Easiest thing to do is to use Myth frontend to Start Transcoding, and
> > use "ps" to see what is going on.
> >
> > --Rob
> >
>
> Thanks Rob, but -c and -s are the flags for transcoding on the fly
> aren't they? I have a file that has already been recorded and want to
> transcode that. I don't need to tell it a channel or starttime, but
> rather an input file. And it fails. (Also, I am doing this all from
> the commandline or through mythweb - backend is in a remote location
> so I don't watch / transcode through the front end)
>
> Craig
>
> mythtranscode --help gives this information:
>
> # mythtranscode --help
> Usage: mythtranscode <--chanid >
> <--starttime > <--profile >
> [options]
>
> --chanid   or -c: Takes a channel id. REQUIRED
> --starttimeor -s: Takes a starttime for the
> recording. REQUIRED
> --infile   or -i: Input file (Alternative to -c and -s)
> --profile  or -p: Takes a profile number of 'autodetect'
> recording profile. REQUIRED
> --honorcutlist or -l: Specifies whether to use the cutlist.
> --allkeys  or -k: Specifies that the output file
> should be made entirely of keyframes.
> --database or -d: Store status in the db
> --fifodir  or -f: Directory to write fifos to
> If --fifodir is specified, 'audout' and 'vidout'
> will be created in the specified directory
> --fifosync  : Enforce fifo sync
> --buildindex   or -b: Build a new keyframe index
> (use only if audio and video fifos are read independantly)
> --showprogress  : Display status info to the stdout
> --help or -h: Prints this help statement.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Craig Hagerman]

On 9/22/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are using the wrong command-line arguments. You need to be using
> "-s" and "-c":
>
> % mythtranscode -c 1025 -s 2005-04-28T19:30:00
>
> Easiest thing to do is to use Myth frontend to Start Transcoding, and
> use "ps" to see what is going on.
>
> --Rob
>

Thanks Rob, but -c and -s are the flags for transcoding on the fly
aren't they? I have a file that has already been recorded and want to
transcode that. I don't need to tell it a channel or starttime, but
rather an input file. And it fails. (Also, I am doing this all from
the commandline or through mythweb - backend is in a remote location
so I don't watch / transcode through the front end)

Craig

mythtranscode --help gives this information:

# mythtranscode --help
Usage: mythtranscode <--chanid >
<--starttime > <--profile >
[options]

--chanid   or -c: Takes a channel id. REQUIRED
--starttimeor -s: Takes a starttime for the
recording. REQUIRED
--infile   or -i: Input file (Alternative to -c and -s)
--profile  or -p: Takes a profile number of 'autodetect'
recording profile. REQUIRED
--honorcutlist or -l: Specifies whether to use the cutlist.
--allkeys  or -k: Specifies that the output file
should be made entirely of keyframes.
--database or -d: Store status in the db
--fifodir  or -f: Directory to write fifos to
If --fifodir is specified, 'audout' and 'vidout'
will be created in the specified directory
--fifosync  : Enforce fifo sync
--buildindex   or -b: Build a new keyframe index
(use only if audio and video fifos are read independantly)
--showprogress  : Display status info to the stdout
--help or -h: Prints this help statement.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Robert Tsai]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:23:42AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote:
> On 9/22/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I believe Adam accurately answered your question about the NUV.  As for
> > the commerical flagging, you notice that it is "flagging", not "cutting"
> > that is done.  If you are looking for how to automatically convert your
> > commercial flags into a cutlist used by transcoding, search the list
> > archives for a thread titled "Automatically load commercial skip list
> > into cutlist" and you'll see that Chris Pinkham gave an excellent
> > example of how to do this just 5 days ago.
> >
> 
> Thanks Kevin, I am embarrassed that I missed that.
> If I understand things correctly, mythtv calls mythtranscode after it
> finishes recording. I tried using mythtranscode from the command line
> to see what is happening and it failed:
> 
> %mythtranscode -i 1058_20050921163000_2005092117.nuv -f foo.avi
> 
> Stream: 0 Type: 0
> Stream: 1 Type: 1
> Input #0, mpeg, from '1058_20050921163000_2005092117.nuv':
>   Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 6000 kb/s
>   Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
> mythtranscode: mpeg2trans.cpp:668: bool
> MPEG2trans::process_video(AVPacket*, bool): Assertion `0' failed.
> Aborted
> 
> So perhaps my problems are with mythtranscode and NOT incorrect
> settings. Any one have any idea on what this error message means and
> how to fix it?

You are using the wrong command-line arguments. You need to be using
"-s" and "-c":

% mythtranscode -c 1025 -s 2005-04-28T19:30:00

Easiest thing to do is to use Myth frontend to Start Transcoding, and
use "ps" to see what is going on.

--Rob


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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Craig Hagerman]

On 9/22/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe Adam accurately answered your question about the NUV.  As for
> the commerical flagging, you notice that it is "flagging", not "cutting"
> that is done.  If you are looking for how to automatically convert your
> commercial flags into a cutlist used by transcoding, search the list
> archives for a thread titled "Automatically load commercial skip list
> into cutlist" and you'll see that Chris Pinkham gave an excellent
> example of how to do this just 5 days ago.
>

Thanks Kevin, I am embarrassed that I missed that.
If I understand things correctly, mythtv calls mythtranscode after it
finishes recording. I tried using mythtranscode from the command line
to see what is happening and it failed:

%mythtranscode -i 1058_20050921163000_2005092117.nuv -f foo.avi

Stream: 0 Type: 0
Stream: 1 Type: 1
Input #0, mpeg, from '1058_20050921163000_2005092117.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 6000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
mythtranscode: mpeg2trans.cpp:668: bool
MPEG2trans::process_video(AVPacket*, bool): Assertion `0' failed.
Aborted

So perhaps my problems are with mythtranscode and NOT incorrect
settings. Any one have any idea on what this error message means and
how to fix it?

Craig
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Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such

[brett olah]

- Original Message - 
From: "Tom E. Craddock Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such


> brett olah wrote:
>
> >- Original Message - 
> >From: "Ian Forde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:12 PM
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 21:26 -0700, brett olah wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I compiled 0.18.1 ... no problems
> >>>
> >>>but ...
> >>>
> >>>Where/How do I turn it on? I think I've exhausted
> >>>
> >>>
> >mythtv-setup/mythfrontend
> >
> >
> >>>setup, did I miss it?
> >>>
> >>> Brett;]
> >>>
> >>>depmod:
> >>>ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
> >>>ohci1394: $Rev: 1223 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[209]
> >>>
> >>>
> >MMIO=[f8025000-f80257ff]
> >
> >
> >>>Max Packet=[2048]
> >>>ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[0011d8181b03]
> >>>ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023]  GUID[0014e8fffe19dd19]
> >>>ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
> >>>
> >>># 1394 Drivers :)
> >>>raw139433325  0
> >>>dv1394 24461  0
> >>>ohci1394   37849  1 dv1394
> >>>ieee1394  308216  3 raw1394,dv1394,ohci1394
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>configure output:
> >>>FireWire support yes
> >>>compiled w/ no Errors only unrelated warnings:
> >>>vbitext/cc.cpp:119: warning: 'int webtv_check(char*, int)' defined but
> >>>
> >>>
> >not
> >
> >
> >>>used
> >>>mpeg/mpegstreamdata.h:139: warning: unused parameter 'tspacket'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Well, my master backend (the one with the firewire port) has
> >>libiec61883, libavc1394, librom1394, libraw1394, and libdc1394.  It goes
> >>without saying that I have the -devel versions installed too.  I
> >>compared your lsmod output to mine and they're the same.  So that looks
> >>fine on your end.  In mythtv-setup, when you setup a firewire input, you
> >>should see the option for internal firewire channel changing in the same
> >>place that you normally see it for capture cards - in "Input
> >>Connections", leave the "External Channel Changing Program" field
> >>blank...
> >>
> >>-I
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Hmmm yup yup yup ,
> >I may be dense ... lemme walk through this ...
> ># mythtv-setup
> > > Select 4. Input Connectors
> > > Select SVideo-0 < main (Which is my digital Line Up)
> >(This is the Dialog where the External Channel Change App Input Box is
> >[Note: it's blank])
> >There is however no mention (on this screen) of the word Firewire or 1934
or
> >6200
> >
> >Initially (using the 6200ch in contrib) I received the following:
> > node 1: vendor_id = 0x11d8 model_id = 0x
> > Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus.
> >
> >I read some docs ... attempted to hack it and add my id's
> >a tweak on the output and:
> > node 1: vendor_id = 0x11d8 model_id = 0x
> > Warning: Your Unit Spec ID (0x005e) is unexpected.
> > Warning: Your Unit Software Version (0x0001) is unexpected.
> > AV/C Command: 007 = Op1=0x00487C20 Op2=0x00487C20 Op3=0x00487C27
> >then the channel change fails.
> >
> >My box is brand new (just picked it up last week) and clearly the
CTL_CMD0
> >(Op1,2&3)
> >is not a signal that my box is happy with.
> >
> >Any way to find out if this 6200's ID's are listed/supported by the
current
> >implementation?
> >
> >  Brett
> >
> >
>
> Is MythTV getting the TV signal from a firewire input or from S-vid?  If
> its s-vid, I dont think you can use the firewire connection to change
> the channels for that input.  As I understand it (which very possibly
> could be wrong) you can only change the channel thru firewire if the TV
> Signal comming to your MythTV box is thru firewire.  Reading the
> response from Ian, he says "In mythtv-setup, when you setup a *firewire
> input*, you should see the option for internal firewire channel changing
> in the same place that you normally see it for capture cards - in "Input
> Connections", leave the "External Channel Changing Program" field
> blank..." he says to set up a FireWire INPUT, not s-vid.
>
> Tom
>

Are you sure?

.../mythtv-0.18.1/contrib/6200ch-README
"6200ch is a small program that Stacey Son ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote to change channels on a Motorola DCT-6200 cable
box via a 1394 (aka. Firewire) connection."
# 6200ch 

I was under the impression that this functionality was added
in 0.18.1 as an internal app instead of an external config/shell call.
He implies that it is not for capture ... just channel.

Brett


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[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] tracking program deletion in log?

[Robert Tsai]

[moving to mythtv-users]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 06:57:24PM -0700, Mark Kundinger wrote:
> I apologize that this is of a somewhat troubleshooting nature, but
> the users list wasn't able to help.  For some reason, MythTV really
> likes to delete recordings of mine, even though it's not set to.
> I'm using a version from SVN about a week ago, Auto Expire Method is
> set to "none", and I even have some programs which were set to not
> auto-expire get deleted.  I also have over 100 gigs of free disk
> space.
> 
> Problem is, when a program gets deleted, I cannot find a log file
> (or db log entry) that mentions that it's even happening, let alone
> something saying *why* the recording was deleted.
> 
> What do I need to do to get this information?

I don't think deletions are logged in the mythtv backend log.

You could try the MySQL logs. In Ubuntu they are at
/var/log/mysql/mysql.log; you'll see deletions occur (with
timestamps), but there will be no indication of why they happened.

--Rob


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[mythtv-users] Suggestions for HDTV to mpeg4/xvid conversion

[Byron Poland]

I'm curious as to what people are using to convert 720p or 1080i
content to xvid or mpeg4 including cutting out commercials.  nuvexport
pretty much bombs on me, and while myth's internal transcoding engine
seems to work, the av sync is spotty if I use a cutlist, and doesn't
seem to beable to drop the framerate (for 720p) down to 29 or 25 fps.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Kevin Kuphal]

Craig Hagerman wrote:


HI,

I am not sure if I have overlooked something or it is just ignorance,
but mythtv doesn't seem to be either flagging commercials or doing
automatic transcoding.

On the mythfrontend settings I have the appropriate checkboxes checked
to allow for automatic transcoding and commercial detection. On
mythweb when I set it to record a program the checkboxes for
"Auto-flag commercials" is checked. However, the shows are not
transcoded (they are left in .nuv format), and the commercials are
still present. But then it HAS to be transcoded in order for
commercials to be cut, right? But Mythweb also has "has cutlist: no"
... and I thought this SHOULD be "yes" since it is set to auto-flag
commercials. Have I misunderstood this?

Can anyone show me where I might have gone wrong here?
 

I believe Adam accurately answered your question about the NUV.  As for 
the commerical flagging, you notice that it is "flagging", not "cutting" 
that is done.  If you are looking for how to automatically convert your 
commercial flags into a cutlist used by transcoding, search the list 
archives for a thread titled "Automatically load commercial skip list 
into cutlist" and you'll see that Chris Pinkham gave an excellent 
example of how to do this just 5 days ago.


Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] program remote's power key to stop mythfrontend?

[Mark Kundinger]

You can have a shell script that responds to the power key and kills
the frontend:

http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php

(half way down, about the "wife button")

I used a slightly tweaked out version which will also try to restart
the backend if it's not running, but that isn't as useful as I thought.


--- "Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is there any way to program lircrc to immediately go to the
> "shutdown"
> screen when I hit the power control button on my remote?
> 
> I know how to program lircrc and so, just not sure if there is a way
> in
> myth to "press a key" to immediately do what a bunch of 's will
> do.
> 
> Is this what is called "jump points"?  Is there a jump point for
> exit?
> I'm not seeing one in mythweb's key bindings screen.
> 
> Short of a jump point, anyone got any ideas?
> 
> Thanx,
> b.
> 
> -- 
> My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Adam Bodnar]

Transcoding still keeps it in a .nuv file.

.nuv is just a container for the video stream. Just like .avi doesn't
mean it's always a divx. It could be a xvid or 3ivx or I think even an
mpeg 4.

As for commercial cutting, it doesn't delete the commercials from the
video. It just marks the time or frame(can't remember which) the
commercial was detected and depending on your settings Myth may notify
you or auto skip or do nothing.

Now, you can load the commercial skip list into the cut list and then
have something like nuvexport cut the commercials out when the video
is exported out.

On 9/21/05, Craig Hagerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HI,
>
> I am not sure if I have overlooked something or it is just ignorance,
> but mythtv doesn't seem to be either flagging commercials or doing
> automatic transcoding.
>
> On the mythfrontend settings I have the appropriate checkboxes checked
> to allow for automatic transcoding and commercial detection. On
> mythweb when I set it to record a program the checkboxes for
> "Auto-flag commercials" is checked. However, the shows are not
> transcoded (they are left in .nuv format), and the commercials are
> still present. But then it HAS to be transcoded in order for
> commercials to be cut, right? But Mythweb also has "has cutlist: no"
> ... and I thought this SHOULD be "yes" since it is set to auto-flag
> commercials. Have I misunderstood this?
>
> Can anyone show me where I might have gone wrong here?
>
> Craig
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[mythtv-users] Re:libqt3-mt problems

[Alexander Petkov]

here's a list of mirrors to download the package, assuming that you have x86 
architecture:

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/download.pl?arch=i386&file=pool%2Fmain%2Fq%2Fqt-x11-free%2Flibqt3-mt_3.3.5-1_i386.deb&md5sum=e9131736619b35cf3ea4393a70189b39&arch=i386&type=main



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Re: [mythtv-users] No PVR-350 TV Out connector

[Bennett Leve]

You can get it from Hauppauge.  There is two different units sold.  One 
will connect to the 350 on the card in the box and allow you to put the 
tvout and other outs to rear expansion opening.  The other choice is the 
cable that connects into the svideo looking connector on the back of the 
PVR.


Both are about $15 US dollars from Hauppauge.

-Bennett

Nick wrote:


On 20/09/05, Anil Gupte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 


Hello:

I bought my PVR-350 on eBay and did not realize it was used.  Anyway, I was not
too concerned until I found that it is missing the TV Out connector - does
anyone know where I can buy it?  Anyone on this list have I spare I will buy it.
I checked Radio Shack and it does not carry it.
   



You could contact Hauppauge directly and see if they can sort you out.
The lead reminds me of the older ATI breakout leads ( 8 or so pins
carrying audio, S-Video/composite video) so one of these *may* work
too, but obviously standard disclaimers apply and this would be a last
resort.

Good luck on the quest,
Nick
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[mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Craig Hagerman]

HI,

I am not sure if I have overlooked something or it is just ignorance,
but mythtv doesn't seem to be either flagging commercials or doing
automatic transcoding.

On the mythfrontend settings I have the appropriate checkboxes checked
to allow for automatic transcoding and commercial detection. On
mythweb when I set it to record a program the checkboxes for
"Auto-flag commercials" is checked. However, the shows are not
transcoded (they are left in .nuv format), and the commercials are
still present. But then it HAS to be transcoded in order for
commercials to be cut, right? But Mythweb also has "has cutlist: no"
... and I thought this SHOULD be "yes" since it is set to auto-flag
commercials. Have I misunderstood this?

Can anyone show me where I might have gone wrong here?

Craig
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic & mythtvosd

[Timothy McFadden]

You're right, mythtvosd doesn't work with MythMusic.

Bummer.

-Tim

On 9/19/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've toying around with the idea of using mythtvosd to display
> > artist/album/track while music is playing back.  It doesn't seem too
> > hard... a slight modification to osd.xml with an xml template.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone's already done this?
> >
> > I'm not sure how to communicate with MythMusic.  I think my best bet
> > would be to modify MythMusic itself to make calls to mythtvosd.
>
> Not sure if this will work. Mythtvosd only displays when you're
> watching Live TV or a recording. And if you're doing that, then you
> can't be running MythMusic as well, so I don't think it will work.
>
> Regards,
> Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such

[Tom E. Craddock Jr.]

brett olah wrote:

- Original Message - 
From: "Ian Forde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such


 


On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 21:26 -0700, brett olah wrote:
   


I compiled 0.18.1 ... no problems

but ...

Where/How do I turn it on? I think I've exhausted
 


mythtv-setup/mythfrontend
 


setup, did I miss it?

Brett;]

depmod:
ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
ohci1394: $Rev: 1223 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[209]
 


MMIO=[f8025000-f80257ff]
 


Max Packet=[2048]
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[0011d8181b03]
ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023]  GUID[0014e8fffe19dd19]
ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized

# 1394 Drivers :)
raw139433325  0
dv1394 24461  0
ohci1394   37849  1 dv1394
ieee1394  308216  3 raw1394,dv1394,ohci1394


configure output:
FireWire support yes
compiled w/ no Errors only unrelated warnings:
vbitext/cc.cpp:119: warning: 'int webtv_check(char*, int)' defined but
 


not
 


used
mpeg/mpegstreamdata.h:139: warning: unused parameter 'tspacket'
 


Well, my master backend (the one with the firewire port) has
libiec61883, libavc1394, librom1394, libraw1394, and libdc1394.  It goes
without saying that I have the -devel versions installed too.  I
compared your lsmod output to mine and they're the same.  So that looks
fine on your end.  In mythtv-setup, when you setup a firewire input, you
should see the option for internal firewire channel changing in the same
place that you normally see it for capture cards - in "Input
Connections", leave the "External Channel Changing Program" field
blank...

-I


   




Hmmm yup yup yup ,
I may be dense ... lemme walk through this ...
# mythtv-setup
> Select 4. Input Connectors
> Select SVideo-0 < main (Which is my digital Line Up)
(This is the Dialog where the External Channel Change App Input Box is
[Note: it's blank])
There is however no mention (on this screen) of the word Firewire or 1934 or
6200

Initially (using the 6200ch in contrib) I received the following:
node 1: vendor_id = 0x11d8 model_id = 0x
Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus.

I read some docs ... attempted to hack it and add my id's
a tweak on the output and:
node 1: vendor_id = 0x11d8 model_id = 0x
Warning: Your Unit Spec ID (0x005e) is unexpected.
Warning: Your Unit Software Version (0x0001) is unexpected.
AV/C Command: 007 = Op1=0x00487C20 Op2=0x00487C20 Op3=0x00487C27
then the channel change fails.

My box is brand new (just picked it up last week) and clearly the CTL_CMD0
(Op1,2&3)
is not a signal that my box is happy with.

Any way to find out if this 6200's ID's are listed/supported by the current
implementation?

 Brett
 



Is MythTV getting the TV signal from a firewire input or from S-vid?  If 
its s-vid, I dont think you can use the firewire connection to change 
the channels for that input.  As I understand it (which very possibly 
could be wrong) you can only change the channel thru firewire if the TV 
Signal comming to your MythTV box is thru firewire.  Reading the 
response from Ian, he says "In mythtv-setup, when you setup a *firewire 
input*, you should see the option for internal firewire channel changing 
in the same place that you normally see it for capture cards - in "Input 
Connections", leave the "External Channel Changing Program" field 
blank..." he says to set up a FireWire INPUT, not s-vid.


Tom

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[mythtv-users] libqt3-mt problems

[Mailing List]

Help!
 
I have been trying to install mythtv for a few days 
now.  First i tried with debian stable, and even after doing an 'apt-get 
build-dep mythtv', i still had some serious dependency issues.  After 
reading quite a bit it looked like i should have better luck running debian 
unstable.
 
So now under my unstable debian system i ran 
'apt-get build-dep mythv'.  now when i try and do a 'apt-get install myhtv' 
it says there are issues with the front & backend.  if i do a 'apt-get 
install mythtv-backend' and it says that libmyth-0.18.1 cannot be install 
because libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.4) cannot be installed.
 
i obviously cannot 'apt-get install libqt3-mt' 
because there is no stright libqt3-mt package.  libqt3c102-mt is installed, 
and i have also installed libqt3-mt-dev.
 
What can i do?
 
Thanks,
J
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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Brian Steele]

On 9/21/05, Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > >>> > >> > System specs:> > >> >> > >> > Myth 0.18> > >> > Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers> > >> > 2x HD-3000 capture card
> > >> > 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.> > >> >> > >> > I had my Myth system setup and everything was working> > great...until
> > >> the fan on the video card went bad and the system started> locking> > >> up.> > >> >> > >> > I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced
> it with a> > >> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and> rebooted,> > >> the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before,> filling the
> > >> screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to> playback some> > >> recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least> > 10-15% of
> > >> the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material> seems to> > work> > >> fine.> > >> >>
> >> > This did not happen with the
6200 card. I didn't change any> > settings> > >> in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't> know what's> > >> causing this. Does anybody have any ideas?
> > >>> > >> Different video cards sit the screen in slightly> different places,> > >> it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the
> > modeline in> > >> the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.> >> > > I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the> Myth UI both
> > > look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the> picture> > chopped> > > off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9> video
> > > playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video> mode for> > the GUI> > > and for playback, so it isn't that either.> >
> > Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode?> > Do you have any other modelines defined?> >> >> > I really appreciate the help.
> >> > My desktop is definitely running at 800x600.  This is a 4:3 mode.> > There are other modelines defined, but as I said before I didn't> > change anything in XF86Config-4 when I switched video cards.  I'll
> > delete everything besides 800x600 to see if it makes a difference.> > The Myth UI is running full screen.> >> > Let me try to clarify the problem.> >
> > Desktop resolution is 4:3, displaying on my TV via s-video.> > I'm recording OTA HD.> >> > 4:3 shows that were broadcast with 16:9 aspect ratio display> with grey
> > bars on the sides.  Changing Myth to 16:9 Zoom aspect ratio makes it> > use the full screen.  This is the behavior I expect.> >> > 16:9 shows that used to take the full width of the screen with
> black> > bars at the top and bottom now have 10-15% of the picture pushed off> > the right hand side of the screen.  Regardless of what aspect> ratio I> > tell Myth to use for display, some of the picture is always lost.
> > 16:9 stretch seems to be the closest to keeping all the> picture.  With> > my old video card, I could leave the myth aspect ratio set to> > "default" and I wouldn't lose any picture.
> >> That's exactly my point, 16:9 goes off the screen, it doesn't> matter if> it's the desktop or Xine.> All s-video out graphics cards generate an analogue signal, just
> because> you're using the same modeline with the new card as with the old one> doesn't necessarily mean that the picture will appear in the same> place> on the tv/monitor. The modeline controls the pixels x-y, the physical
> width-height and the x-y positioning on the screen, but it's all> relative due to inconstancies in the hardware.>> Remove all the modelines apart from the ones you need, find a good
> modeline explanation on Google and start tinkering.> Adjust them a little at a time and with a bit of work, you'll be> able to> tweak it so it's perfect.>>>
> I understand what you are saying, but could you please explain to me> how or why Myth is switching to a different modeline during video> playback?  It shouldn't be doing that should it?  The modeline I'm
> running is 4:3, and the picture doesn't go off the screen when viewing> the X desktop or the Myth UI.  Why would it suddenly switch to a> different modeline for video playback?  Shouldn't it just scale the
> 16:9 video to fit the 4:3 modeline?Is it the Myth video player or Xine?  As I understand it, if you try andview 16:9 content it will change resolution, rather than rescale the video.Your modelines say that's OK, so that's what it's doing...  If you don't
want it to do that, then remove the modelines (except the 800x600) andit won't be able to.

Re: [mythtv-users] about to take the plunge

[Andrew Gallatin]

Bill Omer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> P4 1.8Ghz

Your CPU seems a little slow to do a good job playing HDTV unless you
use XvMC.  XvMC has been rather touchy for me (from 0.17, and through
fairly recent SVNs) and I find myth to be much more stable with
XvMC turned off.  Since I have a 3Ghz P4, I have the option
of turning it off -- you wouldn't.

> Will using 1920x1080 with a DVI cable be a problem?

It is not a problem with the more recent Nvidia binary drivers.


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Re: [mythtv-users] directv d10-300 ... impossible?

[djg]

>The issue has been fixed if you're using the script found at
>
>
>I've been using this script on my D10-200 box at least since
>July.  There is an occasional snafu where the channel doesn't change
>for some reason I haven't yet been able to track down, but I'm
>recording Stargate SG-1, NFL Football, and the odd Buffy episode from
>our OTA channels which DTV stuck < 100.

Are you still seeing it with the Version 1.4 8/14/05?  That has a fix for
the above problem.  With my -200 the box occasionally stops talking on
the serial port requiring a power cycle before it will change any
channel again.  Since I am polling it every 90 seconds for my signal
strength graph I suspect that triggers it more often.

Does you D10-200 box lock up occasionally and need the power plug pulled
to get it working again?  I see it with both the box I am using with
mythtv and boxes that are on TV's.  Front panel power button won't do
anything when trying to turn it on.
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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Lee]

> >>


> >> > System specs:
> >> >
> >> > Myth 0.18
> >> > Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers
> >> > 2x HD-3000 capture card
> >> > 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.
> >> >
> >> > I had my Myth system setup and everything was working
> great...until
> >> the fan on the video card went bad and the system started
locking
> >> up.
> >> >
> >> > I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced
it with a
> >> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and
rebooted,
> >> the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before,
filling the
> >> screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to
playback some
> >> recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least
> 10-15% of
> >> the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material
seems to
> work
> >> fine.
> >> >
> >> > This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any
> settings
> >> in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't
know what's
> >> causing this. Does anybody have any ideas?
> >>
> >> Different video cards sit the screen in slightly
different places,
> >> it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the
> modeline in
> >> the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.
>
> > I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the
Myth UI both
> > look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the
picture
> chopped
> > off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9
video
> > playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video
mode for
> the GUI
> > and for playback, so it isn't that either.
>
> Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode?
> Do you have any other modelines defined?
>
>
> I really appreciate the help.
>
> My desktop is definitely running at 800x600.  This is a 4:3 mode.
> There are other modelines defined, but as I said before I didn't
> change anything in XF86Config-4 when I switched video cards.  I'll
> delete everything besides 800x600 to see if it makes a difference.
> The Myth UI is running full screen.
>
> Let me try to clarify the problem.
>
> Desktop resolution is 4:3, displaying on my TV via s-video.
> I'm recording OTA HD.
>
> 4:3 shows that were broadcast with 16:9 aspect ratio display
with grey
> bars on the sides.  Changing Myth to 16:9 Zoom aspect ratio makes it
> use the full screen.  This is the behavior I expect.
>
> 16:9 shows that used to take the full width of the screen with
black
> bars at the top and bottom now have 10-15% of the picture pushed off
> the right hand side of the screen.  Regardless of what aspect
ratio I
> tell Myth to use for display, some of the picture is always lost.
> 16:9 stretch seems to be the closest to keeping all the
picture.  With
> my old video card, I could leave the myth aspect ratio set to
> "default" and I wouldn't lose any picture.
>
That's exactly my point, 16:9 goes off the screen, it doesn't
matter if
it's the desktop or Xine.
All s-video out graphics cards generate an analogue signal, just
because
you're using the same modeline with the new card as with the old one
doesn't necessarily mean that the picture will appear in the same
place
on the tv/monitor. The modeline controls the pixels x-y, the physical
width-height and the x-y positioning on the screen, but it's all
relative due to inconstancies in the hardware.

Remove all the modelines apart from the ones you need, find a good
modeline explanation on Google and start tinkering.
Adjust them a little at a time and with a bit of work, you'll be
able to
tweak it so it's perfect. 




I understand what you are saying, but could you please explain to me 
how or why Myth is switching to a different modeline during video 
playback?  It shouldn't be doing that should it?  The modeline I'm 
running is 4:3, and the picture doesn't go off the screen when viewing 
the X desktop or the Myth UI.  Why would it suddenly switch to a 
different modeline for video playback?  Shouldn't it just scale the 
16:9 video to fit the 4:3 modeline?


Is it the Myth video player or Xine?  As I understand it, if you try and 
view 16:9 content it will change resolution, rather than rescale the video.
Your modelines say that's OK, so that's what it's doing...  If you don't 
want it to do that, then remove the modelines (except the 800x600) and 
it won't be able to...



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Re: [mythtv-users] 1080i not available on FC4?

[Rob Bongiovi]

I have 1080i working on my FC4 box.

Pertinent parts of xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Samsung"
ModelName"SP-R4212"
HorizSync30 - 48
VertRefresh  55 - 65
Option  "dpms"
Modeline "1920x1080i" 74.52 1920 1952 2016
2208 1080 1084 1096 1126 -hsync -vsync interlace
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Videocard0"
Driver  "nvidia"
VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
Option  "NoDDC"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080i" 
EndSubSection


--- John P Poet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 9/21/05, Mat Kyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > It booted into
> > 720p no problem, but when I tried to change the
> resolution to 1080i, the
> > resolution was not available. Does anyone know why
> KDE would not see or
> > allow the 1920x1080i resolution? I am posting my
> modified xorg.conf file.
> > Any ideas would be most appreciated.
> 
> Your "/var/log/xorg.0.log" should tell you why it
> rejected a
> particular resolution.
> 
> 
> 
> John
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[mythtv-users] program remote's power key to stop mythfrontend?

[Brian J. Murrell]

Is there any way to program lircrc to immediately go to the "shutdown"
screen when I hit the power control button on my remote?

I know how to program lircrc and so, just not sure if there is a way in
myth to "press a key" to immediately do what a bunch of 's will do.

Is this what is called "jump points"?  Is there a jump point for exit?
I'm not seeing one in mythweb's key bindings screen.

Short of a jump point, anyone got any ideas?

Thanx,
b.

-- 
My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.

Brian J. Murrell


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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Rob Bongiovi]

Boy, I saw something very similar, but you won't like
my solution.

When I hooked up my new ED plasma, I was trying to run
it in its native resolution via DVI-HDMU cable (which
was automatically recognized). I had the same problem
you describe: 4:3 and GUI displayed OK (the 4:3 with
the black bars), but the HDTV was stretched so the
right 3rd was off the screen.

What fixed it for me was switching to a 1080i (HDTV)
modeline. Everything works fine now. But that
obviously won't work for you. However, you may want to
full around with different display modes.

BTW - the only similarily I see is that we were both
using fanless FX 5200 cards. Like I said, I am running
through a DVI-HDMI connector. I'm using the 7676
Nvidia drivers and 18.1 for mythTV on a FC4 box.

Hope this helps.

Rob
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Re: [mythtv-users] TV-out: GUI but no video - on ATI 9800SE

[Nick]

On 19/09/05, jonny Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Jonny,
> >
> > Check to ensure you haven't got resizing of the TV-out setup in
> > fireglcontrolpanel which could affect the picture size. The
> > DisplaySize entry and monitor refresh rates in xorg.conf might also be
> > affecting things. IF you want to post me your xorg.conf for TV-out
> > I'll compare it to mine.
> >
> > Nick
> >
>
>  Hi Nick,
>
>  Thanks for helping.
>
>  I've been experimenting with xorg.conf, and I have 2 versions - xorg.conf
> makes the monitor look OK, but no video overlay on the TV. xorg.conf.tv
> makes the overlay work on both screens but makes the monitor display go a
> weird widescreen resolution/refresh rate.
>
>  The difference between these files is DesktopSetup is clone in the
> original, but to get the TV working it has to be Mirror. The only other
> changed option is TVStandard which is NTSC-M in the original, but PAL-D in
> the xorg.conf.tv.
>
>  I'm in the UK, so it should be PAL (I think the UK's PAL-I). But changing
> the TVStandard option to PAL or PAL-I either  makes no difference or breaks
> X completely!
>
>  I have an S-Video to composite converter coming from the Graphics card to
> the TV.
>
>  Thanks again,
>
>  Jonny

Jonny,

I've attached my xorg.conf file for you to look at - it's used for
TV-Out only (i.e. no monitor), PAL-I and widescreen TV (the
DisplaySize line). Res is 800x600 24bit. Driver version is 8.21.10 but
I'll be upgrading the box tomorrow so will try the latest 2.6.12
compliant driver. My graphics chipset is the ATI Radeon 9100IGP
(Pundit-R system). I've never tried getting dual head running on this
machine so don't know if I'd have the same issues.

Nick


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Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Bruce Markey]

Brian Puccio wrote:
...

Two spaces after a period (or exclamation or question mark) was a


Oh my goddness.  For anyone else who's never heard of "Adrian
Monk" and don't want to cause giggles for those who have, see:
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/index.html .

If you are not in North America, it is quite possible that this
award winning series about an obsessive compulsive detective will
be syndicated in other countries.  I highly recommend this if
it is ever shown in your area.  You can set a custom rule to
catch this title if it ever shows up in your listings:

program.title = "Monk"

See: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.8


--  bjm

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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Nova-T Crystal Palace EPG Problems with tv_grab_dvb

[Nick]

On 21/09/05, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> many thanks for the offer of help - its much appreciated!
>
> As you'll see, I've attached a few files; chanidents & channels.conf are
> self explanatory. channel.txt is the output from a SELECT * INTO OUTFILE
> 'channel.txt' FROM channel statement, and channel.dmp is a mysqldump of
> the table. I included both as I didn't know what would be easier for you
> to look at.

Neil,

I enclose an annotated description of how I use tv_grab_dvb (sorry if
it's a bit tedious, might be useful for others), and what I think you
should try in order to get things working (first thing is probably to
clear out your channels table because you seem to have 4 copies of
everything).


PART ONE


First thing - let me run through the way I use tv_grab_dvb and
mythfilldatabase (and how it gets the info into the database:

i) My chanidents file (for Sutton Coldfield, edited for radio only):

14336 radio-1.bbc.co.uk
14400 radio-2.bbc.co.uk
14464 radio-3.bbc.co.uk
14528 fm.radio-4.bbc.co.uk
17920 radio-5.bbc.co.uk
17984 sportsextra.radio-5.bbc.co.uk
18048 6music.bbc.co.uk
18112 bbc7.bbc.co.uk
18176 1xtra.bbc.co.uk

Note the number and the XMLTV ID. The number (Service ID?) is used in
conjunction with the chanidents file below, and the XMLTV ID is used
to match the data against the channels in my mythconverg database. In
effect, this file bridges between the DVB channel/EPG data and the
mythconverg database.

ii) My edited channels.conf file:

BBC Radio 
1:658166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:6210:14336
BBC Radio 
2:658166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:6226:14400
BBC Radio 
3:658166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:6242:14464
BBC Radio 
4:658166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:6258:14528
BBC R5 
Live:714166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:430:17920
BBC 5L 
SportsX:714166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:431:17984
BBC 6 
Music:714166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:432:18048
1Xtra 
BBC:714166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:434:18176
BBC 
7:714166670:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:433:18112

As you can see, the final data value for each entry in channels.conf
matches with one of the entries in my chanidents file.

iii) In order that MFDB can run successfully, I ensure that there is
only 1 copy of each channel per sourceid, and that it has the correct
XMLTV ID (so that it matches those in the chanidents file). I found it
much quicker to edit the DB directly using phpMyAdmin to ensure the
channels were setup properly. I use XMLTV IDs only in my MythTV setups
because the other grabber I use also uses these.

iv) My radio listings grabber script:

#!/bin/bash

{

/home/mythtv/tv_grab_dvb/tv_grab_dvb -c -t 30 -s >
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/radio.xml
/usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --update --file 1 -1 /home/mythtv/.mythtv/radio.xml
/usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --update --file 3 -1 /home/mythtv/.mythtv/radio.xml

sleep 3
rm -f /home/mythtv/.mythtv/radio.xml

} >/dev/null 2>&1


This script runs tv_grab_dvb with the following options:

-c to use Channel Identifiers from file 'chanidents' - the means the
XMLTV IDs are used in the XML output file
-t 30 to use a timeout of 30s
-s to run silently (even though I send output to /dev/null

Mythfilldatabase (MFDB) then runs to populate the program info on 2
different sources (in my case my DVB channels (sourceid=1) and my NTL
channels(sourceid=3)).

v) I have an entry in my crontab to run the script daily to ensure
program data is up to date.


PART TWO


What (I think) you should do:

i) Remove your channels from the DB and rescan, making sure there is
only one of each listed. Perhaps rerun mythtvsetup and answer yes to
both questions at the start to start afresh.
ii) Associate the XMLTV ID with each channel you want listings for.
iii) Edit your chanidents file so that it contains the correct service
IDs and XMLTV IDs.
iv) Run tv_grab_dvb to generate an XML file (I manually edited the
source for tv_grab_dvb to hardcode the location of the two files it
needs - chanidents and channels.conf - as this can cause problems in
scripts)
v) Run mythfilldatabase on the XML file to import the listings.
vi) Let me know how you got on.

It's entirely possible to use the dvb.guide IDs instead, and this
should work in exactly the

Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Brian Puccio]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 14:58 -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> ...
> > Good to know, but you're making me feel like I'm slacking on my own 
> > Adrian Monk-ishness.  I spend way too much time cleaning my computer 
> There are two spaces. ^^ There should only be one. 
> > systems, and now that you've mentioned another thing to clean, I'm sure 
> > I'll be much better about my channel deletes.  I'll also have to check 
> > out MythWeb's delete channel code to see how much it cleans up for 
> > me--that might be an easier way to get it all clean.
> 
> Is your Space key sticking? You could make a script with the TRUNCATE
> commands but maybe you should check your keyboard first. Have you
> cleaned your keyboard with rubbing alcohol yet this week?

Two spaces after a period (or exclamation or question mark) was a
practice that was started with typewriters to make it easier on the eye
to see breaks in sentences which were hard to pick out given their
monospaced font. With the advent of computers and proportional fonts
like Times New Roman, the practice has since shifted to one space.

However, one could argue that since this list is plain text and most
likely read on a machine in a monospaced font, that one should put two
spaces after a period.

http://www.webword.com/reports/period.html for more information.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Bruce Markey]

Robert Johnston wrote:

On 21/09/05, Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Michael T. Dean wrote:
...


Good to know, but you're making me feel like I'm slacking on my own
Adrian Monk-ishness.  I spend way too much time cleaning my computer


There are two spaces. ^^ There should only be one.


systems, and now that you've mentioned another thing to clean, I'm sure
I'll be much better about my channel deletes.  I'll also have to check
out MythWeb's delete channel code to see how much it cleans up for
me--that might be an easier way to get it all clean.


Is your Space key sticking? You could make a script with the TRUNCATE
commands but maybe you should check your keyboard first. Have you
cleaned your keyboard with rubbing alcohol yet this week?



This is way OT, but some people do prefer to use 2 spaces after a
full-stop (Period to you Americans), rather than one. It used to be
the tradition (on Typewriters) to use two spaces after the end of a
sentence to break them up a little.


I See! Well, maybe this is something you'd like to discuss
with Dr. Kroger =).

--  bjm
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Robert Johnston]

On 21/09/05, Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> ...
> > Good to know, but you're making me feel like I'm slacking on my own
> > Adrian Monk-ishness.  I spend way too much time cleaning my computer
> There are two spaces. ^^ There should only be one.
> > systems, and now that you've mentioned another thing to clean, I'm sure
> > I'll be much better about my channel deletes.  I'll also have to check
> > out MythWeb's delete channel code to see how much it cleans up for
> > me--that might be an easier way to get it all clean.
>
> Is your Space key sticking? You could make a script with the TRUNCATE
> commands but maybe you should check your keyboard first. Have you
> cleaned your keyboard with rubbing alcohol yet this week?

This is way OT, but some people do prefer to use 2 spaces after a
full-stop (Period to you Americans), rather than one. It used to be
the tradition (on Typewriters) to use two spaces after the end of a
sentence to break them up a little.

Just a FYI.
--
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Bruce Markey]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
...
Good to know, but you're making me feel like I'm slacking on my own 
Adrian Monk-ishness. I spend way too much time cleaning my computer 


I fixed your message. There is only one space now.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Mass channel deletes

[Bruce Markey]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
...
Good to know, but you're making me feel like I'm slacking on my own 
Adrian Monk-ishness.  I spend way too much time cleaning my computer 
There are two spaces. ^^ There should only be one. 
systems, and now that you've mentioned another thing to clean, I'm sure 
I'll be much better about my channel deletes.  I'll also have to check 
out MythWeb's delete channel code to see how much it cleans up for 
me--that might be an easier way to get it all clean.


Is your Space key sticking? You could make a script with the TRUNCATE
commands but maybe you should check your keyboard first. Have you
cleaned your keyboard with rubbing alcohol yet this week?

--  bjm
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Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such

[brett olah]

- Original Message - 
From: "Ian Forde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 6200ch 1394 Drivers & such


> On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 21:26 -0700, brett olah wrote:
> > I compiled 0.18.1 ... no problems
> >
> > but ...
> >
> > Where/How do I turn it on? I think I've exhausted
mythtv-setup/mythfrontend
> > setup, did I miss it?
> >
> >  Brett;]
> >
> > depmod:
> > ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
> > ohci1394: $Rev: 1223 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[209]
MMIO=[f8025000-f80257ff]
> > Max Packet=[2048]
> > ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[0011d8181b03]
> > ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023]  GUID[0014e8fffe19dd19]
> > ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
> >
> > # 1394 Drivers :)
> > raw139433325  0
> > dv1394 24461  0
> > ohci1394   37849  1 dv1394
> > ieee1394  308216  3 raw1394,dv1394,ohci1394
> >
> >
> > configure output:
> > FireWire support yes
> > compiled w/ no Errors only unrelated warnings:
> > vbitext/cc.cpp:119: warning: 'int webtv_check(char*, int)' defined but
not
> > used
> > mpeg/mpegstreamdata.h:139: warning: unused parameter 'tspacket'
>
> Well, my master backend (the one with the firewire port) has
> libiec61883, libavc1394, librom1394, libraw1394, and libdc1394.  It goes
> without saying that I have the -devel versions installed too.  I
> compared your lsmod output to mine and they're the same.  So that looks
> fine on your end.  In mythtv-setup, when you setup a firewire input, you
> should see the option for internal firewire channel changing in the same
> place that you normally see it for capture cards - in "Input
> Connections", leave the "External Channel Changing Program" field
> blank...
>
> -I
>
>


Hmmm yup yup yup ,
I may be dense ... lemme walk through this ...
# mythtv-setup
 > Select 4. Input Connectors
 > Select SVideo-0 < main (Which is my digital Line Up)
(This is the Dialog where the External Channel Change App Input Box is
[Note: it's blank])
There is however no mention (on this screen) of the word Firewire or 1934 or
6200

Initially (using the 6200ch in contrib) I received the following:
 node 1: vendor_id = 0x11d8 model_id = 0x
 Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus.

I read some docs ... attempted to hack it and add my id's
a tweak on the output and:
 node 1: vendor_id = 0x11d8 model_id = 0x
 Warning: Your Unit Spec ID (0x005e) is unexpected.
 Warning: Your Unit Software Version (0x0001) is unexpected.
 AV/C Command: 007 = Op1=0x00487C20 Op2=0x00487C20 Op3=0x00487C27
then the channel change fails.

My box is brand new (just picked it up last week) and clearly the CTL_CMD0
(Op1,2&3)
is not a signal that my box is happy with.

Any way to find out if this 6200's ID's are listed/supported by the current
implementation?

  Brett


RPMz
libiec61883_0-1.0.0-7.rhfc3.at
libiec61883-devel-1.0.0-7.rhfc3.at
libiec61883-1.0.0-7.rhfc3.at
libdc1394_control13-1.1.0-4.rhfc3.at
libraw1394-1.2.0-1_6.rhfc3.at
libavc1394-devel-0.5.0-0_6.rhfc3.at
libdc1394-devel-1.1.0-4.rhfc3.at
libraw1394-devel-1.2.0-1_6.rhfc3.at
libavc1394_0-0.5.0-0_6.rhfc3.at
libraw1394_5-0.10.1-3_4.rhfc3.at
libdc1394-1.1.0-4.rhfc3.at
librom1394_0-0.5.0-0_6.rhfc3.at
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Re: [mythtv-users] Ubuntu mythtv and libqt3c102-mt

[George Nassas]

On 21-Sep-05, at 2:09 PM, Robert Anderson wrote:

I have the same issue. Forgive my ignorance, but exactly what must one 
do to resolve this, assuming that the equivs package is installed. 
Thanks,


David asked some more questions off list but the gist of my response is 
(1) to make sure the two packages equivalent (installing the same files 
to the same places) and then (2) use equivs to create an empty package 
that tells debian you do have the functionality of libqt3 installed.


(1) You can see what files your installed package has supplied by going 
dpkg -L libqt3c102 and you can find what the debian version supplies by 
searching for it at http://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html.


(2) If they're indeed equivalent you can follow the instructions at 
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html to 
create a new package, who's name doesn't matter, that claims to provide 
libqt3-mt or whatever it is you're missing. If you want to be extra 
clever you can make your equiv package depend on the ubuntu equivalent. 
You then install that equivalent package and voila, no more dependancy 
problem.


I've never used equivs and I don't run ubuntu but over the past year or 
two I've gotten the hang of debian so you can do what I'm saying and 
not hose your system irreversibly. Also, I may not be explaining this 
in the clearest way possible. It's one of those things that's obvious 
once you get it and it's hard to go back and see how someone else 
wouldn't.


- George

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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth mirroring

[Josh Burks]

On 9/21/05, Reggie Braswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Taking the plunge and moving up to FC4. This time around I chose to go the
> software mirror path with two 80GB SATA disks. Carved it up with /boot on
> md0 and the rest via LVM as md1. Question I have for the group is the
> machine is sitting in an entertainment center with mythfrontend running all
> the time. Any tools or plugins for myth to monitor /proc/mdstat or something
> of that nature to check to see if you lost a drive etc... or is it that if
> you lost a drive the box is going to tank anyway so you will know no matter
> what? I have simulated a failed disk by powering off and unplugging the
> cable from the primary sata drive and it boots up fine from the secondary,
> but am a little leary to just yank power to one of the drives to see how
> Linux responds. Thanks... Regg

Maybe this might help:
http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/147745

Change the command that's between the backticks and the remote button
to fit your needs.

Josh
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Re: [mythtv-users] Using the pvr-350 remote with other ir-receivers

[Nick]

On 21/09/05, Oscar Curero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> El Dilluns, 19 de Setembre de 2005 20:27, Oscar Curero va escriure:
> > Does anyone knows of a ir-receiver compatible with the remote that came
> > with the pvr-350, no-configuration needed (and if possible cheaper)?
>
> Anyone ?

Almost any IR receiver should work with it. It uses RC5 control codes
like all other Hauppauge remotes. I use one from here:
.
http://zapway.de/e_index1.htm

>
> > I don't know if something is broken in the pvr-350, the ivtv are not
> > correct or lirc is not working with the correct drivers, the fact is that
> > everything is working but the remote.
> >
> It's imposible.

If you look at the remote control with a digital camera or video
camera you may see whether you can see the infra-red pulses coming
from its transmitter LED.

Please post your /etc/lircd.conf file, your /etc/modprobe.conf or
/etc/modules.conf file, and the outputs of the following commands:

ll /dev/lirc*

rpm -qa|grep "lirc"

service lircd status


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Re: [mythtv-users] Using the pvr-350 remote with other ir-receivers

[Oscar Curero]

El Dilluns, 19 de Setembre de 2005 20:27, Oscar Curero va escriure:
> Does anyone knows of a ir-receiver compatible with the remote that came
> with the pvr-350, no-configuration needed (and if possible cheaper)?

Anyone ?

> I don't know if something is broken in the pvr-350, the ivtv are not
> correct or lirc is not working with the correct drivers, the fact is that
> everything is working but the remote.
>
It's imposible.

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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Nova-T Crystal Palace EPG Problems with tv_grab_dvb

[Nick]

On 21/09/05, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> total Myth TV newbie here, having some problems with the EPG.
>
> I've successfully set up MythTV and the Web Front End, and can happily
> watch all of the Freeview channels in 'LiveTV' mode and record *some*
> programs (others fail, but I suspect that is due to the main problem).
> However, I'm having some problems grabbing the data for the EPG.
>
> Initially I set up a standard XMLTV grab, and that was *partially*
> successful. I say partial, as it only grabbed the data for a few
> channels.
>
> Whilst looking for a solution I came across the tv_grab_dvb program. And
> followed the instructions on
> http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb2.html
>
> Sadly, this didn't seem to work. I successfully get an xml file full of
> tv program data, but when I pipe the output into mythfilldatabase, it
> doesn't add that data to the guide (there is also an issue of duplicate
> channel id's - its seems to think that both cbeebies and UK TV History
> have an id of 402!)
>
> I think that the problem is something to do with channel id's not
> matching up in my chanidents file and the channel table in the db, but I
> am having no luck in finding a solution.
>
> Is anybody out there using tv_grab_dvb to capture data from the Crystal
> Palace transmitter? And if so, would it be possible for them to send me
> a dump of their channel, dvb_channel, and dvb_pids tables? I realise
> that there is one on the site above, but I think it is out of date as
> there are some channels missing.
>
> I think that I'd also need a copy of your channels.conf and chanidents
> files as well?
>
> Alternatively, if there's any other advice you could give as to how to
> solve this problem, please let me know. I can happily find my way around
> Mysql and the mythconverg db and dump the data here if that would help.
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Neil

Neil,

Please mail me your channels table from the MythTV database. I use
tv_grab_dvb to get my radio listings and would be happy to try and get
you up and running. The fact that you can watch the channels in LiveTV
makes me believe most of the underlying DVB setup is correct, but
there are a couple of issues stopping the recordings and listings
import working.
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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Nova-T Crystal Palace EPG Problems with tv_grab_dvb

[Nick]

On 21/09/05, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> total Myth TV newbie here, having some problems with the EPG.
>
> I've successfully set up MythTV and the Web Front End, and can happily
> watch all of the Freeview channels in 'LiveTV' mode and record *some*
> programs (others fail, but I suspect that is due to the main problem).
> However, I'm having some problems grabbing the data for the EPG.
>
> Initially I set up a standard XMLTV grab, and that was *partially*
> successful. I say partial, as it only grabbed the data for a few
> channels.
>
> Whilst looking for a solution I came across the tv_grab_dvb program. And
> followed the instructions on
> http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb2.html
>
> Sadly, this didn't seem to work. I successfully get an xml file full of
> tv program data, but when I pipe the output into mythfilldatabase, it
> doesn't add that data to the guide (there is also an issue of duplicate
> channel id's - its seems to think that both cbeebies and UK TV History
> have an id of 402!)
>
> I think that the problem is something to do with channel id's not
> matching up in my chanidents file and the channel table in the db, but I
> am having no luck in finding a solution.
>
> Is anybody out there using tv_grab_dvb to capture data from the Crystal
> Palace transmitter? And if so, would it be possible for them to send me
> a dump of their channel, dvb_channel, and dvb_pids tables? I realise
> that there is one on the site above, but I think it is out of date as
> there are some channels missing.
>
> I think that I'd also need a copy of your channels.conf and chanidents
> files as well?
>
> Alternatively, if there's any other advice you could give as to how to
> solve this problem, please let me know. I can happily find my way around
> Mysql and the mythconverg db and dump the data here if that would help.
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Neil

Neil,

Please mail me your channels table from the MythTV database. I use
tv_grab_dvb to get my radio listings and would be happy to try and get
you up and running. The fact that you can watch the channels in LiveTV
makes me believe most of the underlying DVB setup is correct, but
there are a couple of issues stopping the recordings and listings
import working.

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] about to take the plunge

[Bill Omer]

Mickey Chandler wrote:

At 02:46 PM 9/21/2005, Erik Pettersen wrote:
>I know this will probably get me boo'd  off the list... but are you
>sure your stability problems stem from the software/OS?  Although I
>think you'll find knoppmyth/MythTV to be very cool, but if you're
>issue is really ends up to be heat related, or power related, or
>something of that ilk... the symptom *may* follow you to linux/mythtv.

Not only that but it will get worse as time goes on.  If it's heat 
related the cost to fix it won't top $50 in most cases, and even 
getting a new huge power supply won't likely run you more than $150.




I'm sure its software related.   I should have been more specific.   
Autologin stopped working, then I started to get bad memory leaks and 
have to kill processes in order for the system to be responsive again.  
Most of the time it happens when I'm at work so the machine just gets 
rebooted... joy.  Almost all of the time I can't play videos in Meedio 
or Beyond Media other than recorded TV shows.  If I want to watch a divx 
rip for example, I have to vnc in and load up vlc or what ever.   Real pain


And I'm using a PVR-250, I should have mentioned that before as well.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth mirroring

[Alan Hagge]

Reggie Braswell wrote:

Taking the plunge and moving up to FC4. This time around I chose to go 
the software mirror path with two 80GB SATA disks. Carved it up with 
/boot on md0 and the rest via LVM as md1. Question I have for the 
group is the machine is sitting in an entertainment center with 
mythfrontend running all the time. Any tools or plugins for myth to 
monitor /proc/mdstat or something of that nature to check to see if 
you lost a drive etc... or is it that if you lost a drive the box is 
going to tank anyway so you will know no matter what? I have simulated 
a failed disk by powering off and unplugging the cable from the 
primary sata drive and it boots up fine from the secondary, but am a 
little leary to just yank power to one of the drives to see how Linux 
responds. Thanks... Regg


 

If I understand you correctly, the FC4 mdadm package already has a 
tool.  Check out /etc/rc.d/init.d/mdmonitor (which uses mdadm 
--monitor).  It sends e-mail, but you could probably tweak things to use 
wall & friends to pop up something...


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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Brian Steele]

On 9/21/05, Robert Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Let me try to clarify the problem.>>  Desktop resolution is 4:3, displaying on my TV via s-video.
>  I'm recording OTA HD.>>  4:3 shows that were broadcast with 16:9 aspect ratio display with grey bars> on the sides.  Changing Myth to 16:9 Zoom aspect ratio makes it use the full> screen.  This is the behavior I expect.
>>  16:9 shows that used to take the full width of the screen with black bars> at the top and bottom now have 10-15% of the picture pushed off the right> hand side of the screen.  Regardless of what aspect ratio I tell Myth to use
> for display, some of the picture is always lost.  16:9 stretch seems to be> the closest to keeping all the picture.  With my old video card, I could> leave the myth aspect ratio set to "default" and I wouldn't lose any
> picture.Is this related to the "Stretched" preview in the Live TV Guide (Whenthe video is now square (480x480, for example), the right-hand side ofthe image is chopped off and the video is displayed stretched).


It could be related.  To me it sounds like this
thread, specifcally the fourth paragraph of the original post:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/90332?search_string=FX5200%20tv-out;#90332
As far as I can see Dan never got a resolution to his problem, at least not one that was posted to the list.
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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Brian Steele]

On 9/21/05, domain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Brian Steele wrote:>>> On 9/21/05, *[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]>*> <
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:>>> >>> >> > System specs:> >> >> >> > Myth 
0.18> >> > Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers> >> > 2x HD-3000 capture card> >> > 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.> >> >> >> > I had my Myth system setup and everything was working
> great...until> >> the fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking> >> up.> >> >> >> > I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a
> >> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted,> >> the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the> >> screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some
> >> recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least> 10-15% of> >> the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to> work> >> fine.
> >> >> >> > This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any> settings> >> in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's
> >> causing this. Does anybody have any ideas?> >>> >> Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places,> >> it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the
> modeline in> >> the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.>> > I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the Myth UI both> > look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the picture
> chopped> > off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9 video> > playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video mode for> the GUI> > and for playback, so it isn't that either.
>> Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode?> Do you have any other modelines defined?>>> I really appreciate the help.>> My desktop is definitely running at 800x600.  This is a 4:3 mode.
> There are other modelines defined, but as I said before I didn't> change anything in XF86Config-4 when I switched video cards.  I'll> delete everything besides 800x600 to see if it makes a difference.
> The Myth UI is running full screen.>> Let me try to clarify the problem.>> Desktop resolution is 4:3, displaying on my TV via s-video.> I'm recording OTA HD.>> 4:3 shows that were broadcast with 16:9 aspect ratio display with grey
> bars on the sides.  Changing Myth to 16:9 Zoom aspect ratio makes it> use the full screen.  This is the behavior I expect.>> 16:9 shows that used to take the full width of the screen with black
> bars at the top and bottom now have 10-15% of the picture pushed off> the right hand side of the screen.  Regardless of what aspect ratio I> tell Myth to use for display, some of the picture is always lost.
> 16:9 stretch seems to be the closest to keeping all the picture.  With> my old video card, I could leave the myth aspect ratio set to> "default" and I wouldn't lose any picture.>
That's exactly my point, 16:9 goes off the screen, it doesn't matter ifit's the desktop or Xine.All s-video out graphics cards generate an analogue signal, just becauseyou're using the same modeline with the new card as with the old one
doesn't necessarily mean that the picture will appear in the same placeon the tv/monitor. The modeline controls the pixels x-y, the physicalwidth-height and the x-y positioning on the screen, but it's allrelative due to inconstancies in the hardware.
Remove all the modelines apart from the ones you need, find a goodmodeline explanation on Google and start tinkering.Adjust them a little at a time and with a bit of work, you'll be able totweak it so it's perfect.


I understand what you are saying, but could you please explain to me
how or why Myth is switching to a different modeline during video
playback?  It shouldn't be doing that should it?  The
modeline I'm running is 4:3, and the picture doesn't go off the screen
when viewing the X desktop or the Myth UI.  Why would it suddenly
switch to a different modeline for video playback?  Shouldn't it
just scale the 16:9 video to fit the 4:3 modeline?

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Re: [mythtv-users] about to take the plunge

[Mickey Chandler]

At 02:46 PM 9/21/2005, Erik Pettersen wrote:
>I know this will probably get me boo'd  off the list... but are you
>sure your stability problems stem from the software/OS?  Although I
>think you'll find knoppmyth/MythTV to be very cool, but if you're
>issue is really ends up to be heat related, or power related, or
>something of that ilk... the symptom *may* follow you to linux/mythtv.

Not only that but it will get worse as time goes on.  If it's heat 
related the cost to fix it won't top $50 in most cases, and even 
getting a new huge power supply won't likely run you more than $150.


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Re: [mythtv-users] about to take the plunge

[Erik Pettersen]

What tuner card (if any) are you using, as that might be a consideration.

I know this will probably get me boo'd  off the list... but are you
sure your stability problems stem from the software/OS?  Although I
think you'll find knoppmyth/MythTV to be very cool, but if you're
issue is really ends up to be heat related, or power related, or
something of that ilk... the symptom *may* follow you to linux/mythtv.

Then again, for stability linux may be "the cure" you're looking for ;)

e.
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On 9/21/05, Bill Omer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I've been thinking more and more about converting my PVR over to Myth.
> I'm currently using Win2k with BTV and Meedio and using a Firefly
> remote.   Reliability has become an issue, as well as some usability.  I
> would feel much more comfortable with a PVR running Linux.
>
> So I'm thinking about pulling my pvr box out of its cabinet and
> installing KnoppMyth tonight.  I wanted to ask the list if I might be
> setting my self up for a fight.   I have the following hard ware
> configuration.
>
> P4 1.8Ghz
> 1GB Ram
> 40GB OS HD
> 160GB + 120GB for storage
> gForce 5200FX 128MB
> Firefly USB remote (x10 based)
> 56" HDTV (1080i supported)
>
> So my questions are:
> I've never messed with LVM.  Has there been many problems with using LVM
> on KnoppMyth before?
>
> Will using 1920x1080 with a DVI cable be a problem?
>
> And I have a pretty high WAF   how has other's WAF been effected by
> using Myth, specifically if you are coming from a Windows-based PVR?
>
>
> Regards,
> Bill Omer
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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Robert Johnston]

> > >> > System specs:
> > >> >
> > >> > Myth 0.18
> > >> > Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers
> > >> > 2x HD-3000 capture card
> > >> > 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.
> > >> >
> > >> > I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until
> > >> the fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking
> > >> up.
> > >> >
> > >> > I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a
> > >> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted,
> > >> the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the
> > >> screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some
> > >> recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of
> > >> the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work
> > >> fine.
> > >> >
> > >> > This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings
> > >> in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's
> > >> causing this. Does anybody have any ideas?
> > >>
> > >> Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places,
> > >> it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in
> > >> the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.
> >
> > > I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the Myth UI both
> > > look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the picture chopped
> > > off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9 video
> > > playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video mode for the GUI
> > > and for playback, so it isn't that either.
> >
> > Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode?
> > Do you have any other modelines defined?
>
>  I really appreciate the help.
>
>  My desktop is definitely running at 800x600.  This is a 4:3 mode.  There
> are other modelines defined, but as I said before I didn't change anything
> in XF86Config-4 when I switched video cards.  I'll delete everything besides
> 800x600 to see if it makes a difference.   The Myth UI is running full
> screen.
>
>  Let me try to clarify the problem.
>
>  Desktop resolution is 4:3, displaying on my TV via s-video.
>  I'm recording OTA HD.
>
>  4:3 shows that were broadcast with 16:9 aspect ratio display with grey bars
> on the sides.  Changing Myth to 16:9 Zoom aspect ratio makes it use the full
> screen.  This is the behavior I expect.
>
>  16:9 shows that used to take the full width of the screen with black bars
> at the top and bottom now have 10-15% of the picture pushed off the right
> hand side of the screen.  Regardless of what aspect ratio I tell Myth to use
> for display, some of the picture is always lost.  16:9 stretch seems to be
> the closest to keeping all the picture.  With my old video card, I could
> leave the myth aspect ratio set to "default" and I wouldn't lose any
> picture.

Is this related to the "Stretched" preview in the Live TV Guide (When
the video is now square (480x480, for example), the right-hand side of
the image is chopped off and the video is displayed stretched).
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth mirroring

[Poul Petersen]

>mythfrontend  running  all  the time. Any tools or plugins for myth to
>monitor  /proc/mdstat  or  something of that nature to check to see if

Quick and dirty solution is to just use mdadm:

mdadm --monitor --mail="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" --daemonize /dev/md[01]

Just have a look at the mdadm man page... There are some
limitations to this style of monitoring, specifically if the daemon
should die, how would you know? But a little scripting to respawn
should get you around that, if it is happening to you...

-poul
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[mythtv-users] about to take the plunge

[Bill Omer]

Hi all

I've been thinking more and more about converting my PVR over to Myth.  
I'm currently using Win2k with BTV and Meedio and using a Firefly 
remote.   Reliability has become an issue, as well as some usability.  I 
would feel much more comfortable with a PVR running Linux.


So I'm thinking about pulling my pvr box out of its cabinet and 
installing KnoppMyth tonight.  I wanted to ask the list if I might be 
setting my self up for a fight.   I have the following hard ware 
configuration.


P4 1.8Ghz
1GB Ram
40GB OS HD
160GB + 120GB for storage
gForce 5200FX 128MB
Firefly USB remote (x10 based)
56" HDTV (1080i supported)

So my questions are:
I've never messed with LVM.  Has there been many problems with using LVM 
on KnoppMyth before? 


Will using 1920x1080 with a DVI cable be a problem?

And I have a pretty high WAF   how has other's WAF been effected by 
using Myth, specifically if you are coming from a Windows-based PVR?



Regards,
Bill Omer
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[mythtv-users] Myth mirroring

[Reggie Braswell]

Taking the plunge and moving up to FC4. This time around I chose to go the software mirror path with two 80GB SATA disks. Carved it up with /boot on md0 and the rest via LVM as md1. Question I have for the group is the machine is sitting in an entertainment center with mythfrontend running all the time. Any tools or plugins for myth to monitor /proc/mdstat or something of that nature to check to see if you lost a drive etc... or is it that if you lost a drive the box is going to tank anyway so you will know no matter what? I have simulated a failed disk by powering off and unplugging the cable from the primary sata drive and it boots up fine from the secondary, but am a little leary to just yank power to one of the drives to see how Linux responds. Thanks... Regg
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Re: [mythtv-users] directv d10-300 ... impossible?

[Mickey Chandler]

At 12:03 PM 9/21/2005, Erik Pettersen wrote:
>Furthermore, has the whole D10 (regardless of 100/200/300) fixed the
>"unable to use serial cable for channels under 100" issue brought upon
>by a recent DirecTV firmware update still an issue? (it even snared
>the series 2 TiVo STB owners with that snafu/issue)

The issue has been fixed if you're using the script found at 



I've been using this script on my D10-200 box at least since 
July.  There is an occasional snafu where the channel doesn't change 
for some reason I haven't yet been able to track down, but I'm 
recording Stargate SG-1, NFL Football, and the odd Buffy episode from 
our OTA channels which DTV stuck < 100.


--
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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Brian Steele]

On 9/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > System specs:>> >>> > Myth 0.18>> > Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers
>> > 2x HD-3000 capture card>> > 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.>> >>> > I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until>> the fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking
>> up.>> >>> > I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a>> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted,>> the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the
>> screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some>> recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of>> the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work
>> fine.>> >>> > This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings>> in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's>> causing this. Does anybody have any ideas?
 Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places,>> it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in>> the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.
> I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the Myth UI both> look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the picture chopped> off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9 video
> playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video mode for the GUI> and for playback, so it isn't that either.Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode?Do you have any other modelines defined?

I really appreciate the help.

My desktop is definitely running at 800x600.  This is a 4:3
mode.  There are other modelines defined, but as I said before I
didn't change anything in XF86Config-4 when I switched video
cards.  I'll delete everything besides 800x600 to see if it makes
a difference.   The Myth UI is running full screen.

Let me try to clarify the problem.

Desktop resolution is 4:3, displaying on my TV via s-video.
I'm recording OTA HD.

4:3 shows that were broadcast with 16:9 aspect ratio display with grey
bars on the sides.  Changing Myth to 16:9 Zoom aspect ratio makes
it use the full screen.  This is the behavior I expect.

16:9 shows that used to take the full width of the screen with black
bars at the top and bottom now have 10-15% of the picture pushed off
the right hand side of the screen.  Regardless of what aspect
ratio I tell Myth to use for display, some of the picture is always
lost.  16:9 stretch seems to be the closest to keeping all the
picture.  With my old video card, I could leave the myth aspect
ratio set to "default" and I wouldn't lose any picture.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Ubuntu mythtv and libqt3c102-mt

[Robert Anderson]

On 9/21/05, George Nassas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 21-Sep-05, at 9:46 AM, David Vitrant wrote:> since my ubuntu has libqt3-mt (same file) installed. the old name
> isn't being used..but the packages are looking for it..>> how can i trick the system into thinking libqt3c102 is libqt3Check out the debian equivs package. Quoting from the description:
If a package P is not installed on the system, packagesthat depend on P cannot normally be installed.  However,if equivalent functionality to P is known to be installed,this tool can be used to trick the Debian package management
system into believing that package P is actually installed.- George___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org
http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-usersI have the same issue. Forgive my ignorance, but exactly what must one do to resolve this, assuming that the equivs package is installed. Thanks,
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Jason McLeod]

As mentioned by others, using Logical Volume Management is probably  
your best bet.  You may also find life easier to use ReiserFS for the  
filesystem on your newly created logical volume.  This will allow you  
to resize the filesystem in the future, should you add a 3rd drive.


I'm currently running with 4 drives, giving me 450 Gigs of storage,  
just a bunch of old drives I had kicking around.


I actually installed the Webmin package, to manage the LVM and set it  
up.  Quick and easy.  Make sure if you're going to use ReiserFS, that  
you install the Reiser utilities too.


Cheers.
-Jason

Blog: http://jayslife.com
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On 21-Sep-05, at 10:31 AM, Azmat wrote:


Hi,

I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,  
but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point  
in Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping  
there might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.


Azmat
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Re: [mythtv-users] help..mythbackend.."failed to bind port"

[Michael J. Lynch]

Nada De nada wrote:

 Hi

  I have bee follwing all the instructions by Jarod to
install MythTV on FC4.. everything seemed to be going
great until i got this problem. In the mythtv-setu I
used the default infor for IP address and ports but I
am getting this error when I try to run backend
 i would appreciate any info about this problem

 Peter 



[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mythbackend & [1] 23143
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ 2005-09-21 10:53:56.258 New DB
connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-09-21 10:53:56.275 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-21 10:53:56.294 New DB scheduler connection
2005-09-21 10:53:56.300 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-21 10:53:56.306 mythbackend version:
0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-09-21 10:53:56.306 Enabled verbose msgs :
important general
QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
Failed to bind port: 6543



Bind errors are *almost* always because the port is already
being used.  Do "netstat -l -n | grep 6543" and see if it
shows up.  If so, some other software (or another copy of
mythbackend) is using it.



--
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What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown

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[mythtv-users] help..mythbackend.."failed to bind port"

[Nada De nada]

 Hi

  I have bee follwing all the instructions by Jarod to
install MythTV on FC4.. everything seemed to be going
great until i got this problem. In the mythtv-setu I
used the default infor for IP address and ports but I
am getting this error when I try to run backend
 i would appreciate any info about this problem

 Peter 


[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mythbackend & [1] 23143
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ 2005-09-21 10:53:56.258 New DB
connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-09-21 10:53:56.275 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-21 10:53:56.294 New DB scheduler connection
2005-09-21 10:53:56.300 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-21 10:53:56.306 mythbackend version:
0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-09-21 10:53:56.306 Enabled verbose msgs :
important general
QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
Failed to bind port: 6543




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[mythtv-users] UK Nova-T Crystal Palace EPG Problems with tv_grab_dvb

[Neil]

Hi All,

total Myth TV newbie here, having some problems with the EPG.

I've successfully set up MythTV and the Web Front End, and can happily
watch all of the Freeview channels in 'LiveTV' mode and record *some*
programs (others fail, but I suspect that is due to the main problem).
However, I'm having some problems grabbing the data for the EPG.

Initially I set up a standard XMLTV grab, and that was *partially*
successful. I say partial, as it only grabbed the data for a few
channels. 

Whilst looking for a solution I came across the tv_grab_dvb program. And
followed the instructions on
http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb2.html 

Sadly, this didn't seem to work. I successfully get an xml file full of
tv program data, but when I pipe the output into mythfilldatabase, it
doesn't add that data to the guide (there is also an issue of duplicate
channel id's - its seems to think that both cbeebies and UK TV History
have an id of 402!)

I think that the problem is something to do with channel id's not
matching up in my chanidents file and the channel table in the db, but I
am having no luck in finding a solution.

Is anybody out there using tv_grab_dvb to capture data from the Crystal
Palace transmitter? And if so, would it be possible for them to send me
a dump of their channel, dvb_channel, and dvb_pids tables? I realise
that there is one on the site above, but I think it is out of date as
there are some channels missing.

I think that I'd also need a copy of your channels.conf and chanidents
files as well?

Alternatively, if there's any other advice you could give as to how to
solve this problem, please let me know. I can happily find my way around
Mysql and the mythconverg db and dump the data here if that would help.

Many thanks in advance

Neil

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Re: [mythtv-users] Sample format big-endian AC3 not yet supported

[Greg Estabrooks]

> Xine handles these fine, so I'm guessing I compiles Mplayer or the
> supporting libraries with the wrong options.

 If Xine works fine then why use mplayer instead ?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Information Overlay

[greg]

> Where can I get information on how to create themes?  I'd like to
> make one for personal use  to avoid the overscan (cropped off edges)
> problems I have with my cheapo tv set.  It might also be kinda fun.  :)

I had similar sounding problems, and all I did was modify the xml file -
changing some of the numbers to move the OSD around a little.  I don't
know of any good resources out there for starting from scratch, but poking
through the OSD themes that are already there should give you a good
start.

IIRC, the positioning stuff is 4 numbers, corresponding to x, y, width,
height (?)

Greg

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Re: [mythtv-users] Channel change scripts and Gentoo

[Henry Fleischmann]

Chris Picton wrote:


On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 00:08 -0400, Henry Fleischmann wrote:
 

It seems that the Gentoo emerge of Mythtv did not install the contrib 
directory so I ended up having to do a little searching to find a serial 
channel change script for my STB. I'm not sure if I have the right one 
or not but I guess I'll find out tomorrow when the cable co. enables the 
serial port on the box. I noticed the same thing (no contrib dir) with 
Xmltv when I tried to run the icon script detailed in the mythtv install 
doc.


Does anyone know a way force the emerge to install everything? Should I 
just compile Mythtv from source? 
   



You have compiled mythtv from source if you are running gentoo.

If specific files are not installed, you can always go
to /usr/portage/distfiles and uncompress the source to find what you are
looking for.



 




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Thanks for the reply. I'll check in portage for the scripts. I realize 
myth had been compiled from source, I just thought the mythtv ebuild 
might have been setting some option that forced a type of install 
different from ".configure", "make", "make install" using the standard 
mythtv tarball.

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[mythtv-users] Playback locks up mythfrontend

[orion]

hello there


I'm hoping some of you out there might be able to help me here.
I've had a mythbox for a few years now and it has worked very well.

Recently the hard drive in my box took a dump. So I replaced it and set
about rebuilding my mythtv box.

I've been following the instructions found at
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#ts for all of my builds. this time
however, something is wrong.

When I attempt to watch live tv or play a previously recorded program, the
frontend locks up. I hear a few seconds of sound, a black picture and then
lockup. actually the whole interface locks up. I cannot switch between
apps. I can still ssh into the box from my laptop, so I can see that the
backend is still running.

Checking the /var/log/mythtv log shows nothing.  I've been able to alt-tab
to the terminal window I launch mythfrontend from and see for a few
seconds the output, but nothing there shows any errors.

the only difference between my previous working box is the hard drive and
the version of fedora core (fc4) I'm using.

I can record programs fine. I can view them with xine. Just the playback
giving me some issues.

I realize that those of you in the know will need more information than
I've provided, so please let me know what you  need from me.

Thank you

-Tim

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Re: [mythtv-users] directv d10-300 ... impossible?

[Erik Pettersen]

There's been some discussion about the D10-300 on byopvr, and the
DTVcontrol site (previously linked to re: home media cables) lists the
D10-300 as NOT compatible

http://www.dtvcontrol.com/index.aspx?content=compat

Now is that because the serial port is hidden and the DTVcontrol
maintainer hasn't noted the "behind the sticker" issue?  Or is it
further disabled than that?

Furthermore, has the whole D10 (regardless of 100/200/300) fixed the
"unable to use serial cable for channels under 100" issue brought upon
by a recent DirecTV firmware update still an issue? (it even snared
the series 2 TiVo STB owners with that snafu/issue)

I too suggest getting a used known good serial controllable DirecTV
receiver off ebay or the like... BUT am intersted in peoples
experiences with the D10-300 and serial control and/or if they found a
code/setting for IR blasting... as the question keeps resurfacing in
general.

Thanks! (hope I didn't confuse the issue or aren't too OT)

BTW, re: the USBUIRT, I don't think you "train" the usb-uirt in the
manner you're thinking -- I don't know how it works as I don't own
one... Also, if you didn't get the 56khz receiving version of the
usbuirt, that could also be why it's not "seeing" your direcTV remote,
but that's just a not-so-educated guess on my part!

E.
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On 9/21/05, Jeff Muddy Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 10:40 -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >I'm trying to get a mythtv box set up for my Mom.  She has a DirecTv with 
> > >a D10-300 receiver.
> > >
> > >I finally found the low-speed data port in the back of the D10-300, hidden 
> > >by a black sticker ... but has anyone actually gotten the D10-300 change 
> > >channels using this port?  I've seen mention on some other lists that the 
> > >DirecTv firmware is purposely "broken" to prevent this port from being 
> > >used.  Supposedly this is different from the d10-100 or other models that 
> > >are known to work. Before I buy or solder a serial cable, can anyone 
> > >confirm that it will work with the D10-300.
> > >
> > >I already tried a USB-UIRT (before I found the secret port ;) but it 
> > >seemingly does not pick up the signals from the DirecTV remote. It picks 
> > >up signals from other remotes just fine, but to "learn" how to transmit 
> > >signals for the DirecTV, I obviously have to get it to see the DirecTV 
> > >remote.
> > >
> > >If the D10-300 data port cannot be made to work, can anyone suggest an 
> > >easy-to-set up hardware solution for this (given my embarassing failure 
> > >with the USB-UIRT) would it be easiest if I buy Mom a new satellite 
> > >recever, and if so, which one is guaranteed to work?
> > >thanks
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.irblaster.info
> >
> > I assume you're talking about changing channels.
> >
> > Kevin
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> Yes, with the adapt cable from
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>
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[mythtv-users] Sample format big-endian AC3 not yet supported

[Marius Schrecker]

Hi,

 I'm getting this when I try to play european ac-3 5.1 dvd's.

Xine handles these fine, so I'm guessing I compiles Mplayer or the
supporting libraries with the wrong options.

What should be in place to handle this format, and what compile options
should I check?

Thanks

Marius
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Greg Estabrooks]

> So it sounds like I need to mount the 2 other shares I have to a directory
> outside of the MYTHVIDEO directory...then I create a symlink IN mythvideo to
> every directory from the mounts I created?

 Either.You can mount them under wherever you tell mythvideo to look

 Ex:   

  /data/video - BASE (partition 1)
  /data/video/mount1  - (partition 2)
  /data/video/mount2  - (partition 3)


 Or   Symlinks:

  /mount1
  /mount2

  /data/video - BASE
  /data/video/mount1 -> /mount1
  /data/video/mount2 -> /mount2

 Or even a mixture of the 2.


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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[mythtv]

>>
>> > System specs:
>> >
>> > Myth 0.18
>> > Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers
>> > 2x HD-3000 capture card
>> > 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.
>> >
>> > I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until
>> the fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking
>> up.
>> >
>> > I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a
>> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted,
>> the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the
>> screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some
>> recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of
>> the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work
>> fine.
>> >
>> > This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings
>> in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's
>> causing this. Does anybody have any ideas?
>>
>> Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places,
>> it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in
>> the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.

> I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the Myth UI both
> look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the picture chopped
> off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9 video
> playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video mode for the GUI
> and for playback, so it isn't that either.

Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode?
Do you have any other modelines defined?




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Re: [mythtv-users] 1080i not available on FC4?

[John P Poet]

On 9/21/05, Mat Kyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



> It booted into
> 720p no problem, but when I tried to change the resolution to 1080i, the
> resolution was not available. Does anyone know why KDE would not see or
> allow the 1920x1080i resolution? I am posting my modified xorg.conf file.
> Any ideas would be most appreciated.

Your "/var/log/xorg.0.log" should tell you why it rejected a
particular resolution.



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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Brian Steele]

On 9/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> System specs:>> Myth 0.18> Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers> 2x HD-3000 capture card
> 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.>> I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until the> fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking up.>> I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a
> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted, the> Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the screen> with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some recorded TV
> and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of the picture is> missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work fine.>> This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings in
> .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's causing> this. Does anybody have any ideas?Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places, it'sjust a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in the
XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.


I don't think that's the problem.  The X desktop and the Myth UI
both look correct.  Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the
picture chopped off on the right side.  I only see the problem
during 16:9 video playback.  I have Myth configured to use the
same video mode for the GUI and for playback, so it isn't that either.
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[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 used to work, now stops tuning

[Jeff Piazza]

Just an update, perhaps it will help someone else: in this Pundit-R I 
have both the PVR-250, and a pc-HD3000.


I removed the machine from the A/V cabinet and hooked it up in a 
workspace.  The tuner worked, surprisingly, so I hooked it back up to 
the main TV, and, of course, the tuner didn't work.


I noticed in the dmesg output some examples of "ivtv: i2c client id 
0x02 not found!".  (I think it was 0x02, but I'm not completely sure.)  
I'm still not sure exactly what that means, but just to make sure it 
wasn't some new software/configuration issue (despite no change in 
either), I removed the pc-HD3000 card, and now found the tuner to work 
reliably.


I reassembled once more (two pci cards in the Pundit-R is a tight fit), 
and noticed contact between some of the leads on the PVR-250 and the 
metal shield on the pc-HD3000's tuner.  I now think this was the 
problem.  A square of shirt cardboard and I haven't had any problems 
since!


/JEP

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Re: [mythtv-users] Information Overlay

[Todd Houle]

Where can I get information on how to create themes?  I'd like to make one for personal use  to avoid the overscan (cropped off edges) problems I have with my cheapo tv set.  It might also be kinda fun.  :)   ToddCheck that the OSD theme Myth is trying to use actually exists in thethemes directory. If it doesn't, try choosing another (Which can bedone easily from the Frontend, it's buried in the settings menus) ___
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Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[mythtv]

> System specs:
>
> Myth 0.18
> Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers
> 2x HD-3000 capture card
> 800x600 through TV-out over s-video.
>
> I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until the
> fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking up.
>
> I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a
> fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted, the
> Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the screen
> with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some recorded TV
> and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of the picture is
> missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work fine.
>
> This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings in
> .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's causing
> this. Does anybody have any ideas?

Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places, it's
just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in the
XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly.




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[mythtv-users] 1080i not available on FC4?

[Mat Kyne]

I have a sony 4:3 HDTV with 2 component imputs and 1 DVI input. I could not 
get 1080i to work over the DVI input, and neither could anyone else, (unless 
something has changed recently). So I bought a Crescendo Systems Transcoder 
to convert the analog VGA signal into Component. It works great and is 
powered off the PCI slot. My box is setup to dual boot into Linux and Win2K. 
I have booted into Windows and used Powerstrip to setup my HD resolutions. I 
decided that tv looked better with some overscan so I setup true 480p, 720p 
and 1080i resolutions using Powerstrip. I used a few pictures that  I made 
as the background image and made sure the screen was centered, and once I 
got everything the way I liked it, I cut and pasted the Linux Modelines into 
my xorg.conf file. (that I originally got from Jarod.) Well I rebooted into 
Linux, and backed up my xorg.conf file and replaced it with my new one. 
Crtl-Alt-Backspace to restart X, and use the new resolutions. It booted into 
720p no problem, but when I tried to change the resolution to 1080i, the 
resolution was not available. Does anyone know why KDE would not see or 
allow the 1920x1080i resolution? I am posting my modified xorg.conf file. 
Any ideas would be most appreciated.


# Xorg X server configuration for HDTV
# by Jarod Wilson - Modified by Mat Kyne 9/20/05

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier "Default Layout"
   Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
   InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of 
the

# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
   RgbPath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
   FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load  "dbe"
   Load  "extmod"
   Load  "fbdevhw"
   Load  "glx"
   Load  "record"
   Load  "freetype"
   Load  "type1"
#   Load  "dri"
   Load  "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#   Option  "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#   Option  "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#   Option  "XkbModel"  "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#   Option  "XkbModel"  "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#   Option  "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
#   Option  "XkbLayout" "de"
#   Option  "XkbVariant""nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#   Option  "XkbOptions""ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#   Option  "XkbOptions""ctrl:nocaps"
#
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver  "keyboard"
   Option  "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Mouse0"
   Driver  "mouse"
   Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
   Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
   Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
   Option  "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   VendorName   "Sony Wega"
   ModelName"38in HDTV via Crescendo Systems Transcoder"
   HorizSync31.5, 33.75, 45
   VertRefresh  30, 59.94
   #VertRefresh  60.0
   Option "dpms"
   # My 640x480p mode
   Mode "640x480p"
   DotClock 25.182
   HTimings 640 688 784 816
   VTimings 480 490 492 525
   Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
   EndMode
   # My 1280x720p mode
   Mode "1280x720p"
   DotClock 74.925
   HTimings 1280 1376 1512 1664
   VTimings 720 721 729 751
   Flags "+HSync" "+VSync"
   EndMode
   # My 1920x1080i mode
   Mode "1920x1080i"
   DotClock 82.227
   HTimings 1920 2088 2280 2432
   VTimings 1080 1107 1110 1155
   Flags "+HSync" "+VSync" "Interlace"
   EndMode
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "blank time" "0"
   Option "standby time" "0"
   Option "suspend time" "0"
   Option "off time" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Videocard0"
   Driver  "nvidia"
   VendorName  "Chaintech"
   BoardName   "GeForce FX 5200"
   #Option  "RenderAccel" "1"
   #Option  "NvAGP" "3"
   Option  "NoDDC" "

Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Greg Estabrooks]

> my MYTHVIDEO directory each pointing to a sharepoint. Inside each sharepoint

 Sounds simple enough with mythvideo.  I just point mythvideo to /data/video
and mount or symlink to my various other directories.  Mythvideo will 
follow the links when scanning for videos.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 9/21/2005 8:10 AM Juan Jesús García de Soria Lucena wrote:


I don't know, but unionfs could be an option here...


AFAIK, unionfs doesn't span multiple computer.  And even if it did, I 
would be reluctant to do any writing to that filesystem.  To avoid data 
loss and keep things clean, I would mount all the drives in one box, use 
LVM, and then share the ONE filesystem with all that needed it. 

Because I came from the FreeBSD world and already had a server running 
this OS, my shares are on that box and I'm using an equivalent to LVM.  
Because I also have Windows at home, I share using smbfs.  When I ran 
out of  room to mount drives in the physical case, I opted for firewire 
(which at that time was much better than USB) and started adding 
external firewire enclosures to house my IDE drives.  This is how I'm 
doing things now and it works great!


Cheers,

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2005/9/21, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>:



I have 2 computers with a total of 3 sharepoints.  So I have 3
directories in my MYTHVIDEO directory each pointing to a
sharepoint.  Inside each sharepoint are directories of different
shows I have stored.  It would be nice to have one big list to
scroll through of all those show directories.  Is there a way to
have a directory of LINKS to the directories so that in myth it
would just be one large list instead of several mounted sharepoint
directories?  I hope this makes sense.   Thanks!

Jim


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Re: [mythtv-users] Information Overlay -- SOLVED!!!

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 9/20/2005 7:29 PM Robert Johnston wrote:


On 20/09/05, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 


I have Myth 0.18 running on a Gentoo box.  In fiddling around with a
system upgrade, I lost what I call (since I don't know what it's really
called) the overlay when watching shows.  For example, when adjusting
the volume, something would overlay on the screen telling me what the
volume level is as a percentage.  Same with program descriptions,
current time in the show, etc.
   



What you are describing is called the "OSD" (On-Screen Display)

 


Can anyone please tell me where I should begin looking to restore this
functionality?
   



Check that the OSD theme Myth is trying to use actually exists in the
themes directory. If it doesn't, try choosing another (Which can be
done easily from the Frontend, it's buried in the settings menus)
 

Thank you for your reply.  That was it!  The theme 
(MythTVMediaCenterOSD) was missing.  I added it and all works great.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Juan Jesús García de Soria Lucena]

I don't know, but unionfs could be an option here...2005/9/21, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
 21 Sep 2005 07:47:24 -0700, Jim Reith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Hi,>>I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,>but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in>Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping there
>might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.>>Azmat

Here is a question that is related I think:

I have 2 computers with a total of 3 sharepoints.  So I have 3
directories in my MYTHVIDEO directory each pointing to a
sharepoint.  Inside each sharepoint are directories of different
shows I have stored.  It would be nice to have one big list to
scroll through of all those show directories.  Is there a way to
have a directory of LINKS to the directories so that in myth it would
just be one large list instead of several mounted sharepoint
directories?  I hope this makes sense.   Thanks!

Jim

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[mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side

[Brian Steele]

System specs:

Myth 0.18
Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers
2x HD-3000 capture card
800x600 through TV-out over s-video.

I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until the
fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking up.

I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a
fanless FX5200 card.  After I replaced the video card and
rebooted, the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling
the screen with very little overscan.  I then attempted to
playback some recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at
least 10-15% of the picture is missing on the right side.  4:3
material seems to work fine.

This did not happen with the 6200 card.  I didn't change any
settings in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know
what's causing this.  Does anybody have any ideas?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[James Oltman]

 21 Sep 2005 07:47:24 -0700, Jim Reith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,>>I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,>but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in>Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping there
>might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.>>Azmat

Here is a question that is related I think:

I have 2 computers with a total of 3 sharepoints.  So I have 3
directories in my MYTHVIDEO directory each pointing to a
sharepoint.  Inside each sharepoint are directories of different
shows I have stored.  It would be nice to have one big list to
scroll through of all those show directories.  Is there a way to
have a directory of LINKS to the directories so that in myth it would
just be one large list instead of several mounted sharepoint
directories?  I hope this makes sense.   Thanks!

Jim
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Jim Reith]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,
but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in
Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping there
might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.

Azmat


Search for LVM for how to create a multiple disk logical volume

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Re: [mythtv-users] Ubuntu mythtv and libqt3c102-mt

[George Nassas]

On 21-Sep-05, at 9:46 AM, David Vitrant wrote:

since my ubuntu has libqt3-mt (same file) installed. the old name isn't being used..but the packages are looking for it.. 

how can i trick the system into thinking libqt3c102 is libqt3

Check out the debian equivs package. Quoting from the description:

If a package P is not installed on the system, packages
that depend on P cannot normally be installed.  However,
if equivalent functionality to P is known to be installed,
this tool can be used to trick the Debian package management
system into believing that package P is actually installed.

- George
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Cecil Watson]

Azmat wrote:

Hi,

I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible, but is
there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in Linux? I just
added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping there might be a way for
/video to point to both of them. Thanks.

Azmat

LVM.

Regards,

Cecil
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 10:31, Azmat wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,
> but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in
> Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping there
> might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.
> 
> Azmat 

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is what allows you to create a file system
that spans multiple drives.  Doing this currently on my master backend
system with four drives.


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[mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

[Azmat]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible, but
is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in
Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping
there might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.Azmat
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Re: [mythtv-users] Charlie Rose via PVR-350

[Mercury Morris]

On 9/21/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mercury Morris wrote:> Going back over the logs one more time, I found an event that> occurred three seconds before the out-of-sync discontinuity in> the Charlie Rose program.  That event is the AutoExpire of the
> oldest Letterman show.  The size?  Sixteen gigabytes - 16GB !That would do it...  :)  Sounds like time for another drive (and,possibly, another filesystem)... Another drive, another filesystem... perhaps there is a better solution.


Just as mythfilldatabase can be scheduled, I would prefer to see a
similar option for AutoExpire.  Two ideas come to mind, but I'm sure
there are many others.  One choice could be to add an option to
mythtv-setup allowing a window for looking through the recordings
and cleaning out the "too-many-episodes" candidates. 

Another choice could be that when the system determines it is
idle (and about to shutdown), look through the recordings and clean
out the old recordings.  (To me, this is like having the office cleaning
crew come in and prepare the work area for the next workday.)

Depending on the specific filesystem to instantaneously erase what
the recording process took half, one, two hours or more to create,
seems to be misplacing the responsibility for cleanup.

As for the specific test of avoiding the discontinuity caused by AutoExpire,
the test was successful.  That is, before recording Letterman and Charlie
Rose last night, I manually deleted just one Letterman show.  And scanning
the Charlie Rose recording all the way to the end showed no glitches at all.
It's only a single test, but that's enough for me to believe that AutoExpire
of a huge recording during the recording made by the PVR-350 causes
an out-of sync problem.  (I'm referring only to my system here.)

Although I didn't mention it before, there is a similar discontinuity in
the recording of Letterman at exactly the same time as in Charlie Rose.
But, the audio and video remain in sync.  A few seconds of Letterman
at the point of the IOBOUND are just lost.

For now, I'll either manually delete old recordings, or change the schedule
to minimize the problem (if that's possible).  Eventually, I'd like to make
a formal feature request, probably asking for an option similar to the
mythfilldatabase scheduling option.

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[mythtv-users] Re: Bad night of recording - everything hosed

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/21/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>Starting last evening we had a really bad night with recording. It
> seems that the system was set up to record two programs in parallel
> pretty much all through the evening. Additionally there were one or
> two people viewing existing recordings while recording was going on.
> AFAICT it appears that every program was recorded with some sort of
> problem such that now it plays like you were doing a fast forward on
> your remote.
>
>Uptime on the backend server is about 3 weeks.
>
>Looking at the logs, again starting last evening, I see this:
>
> 2005-09-20 12:00:07.481 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2005-09-20 12:00:07.513 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-09-20 12:00:07.557 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-09-20 12:00:07.563 adding: dragonfly as a client (events: 0)
> 2005-09-20 12:08:50.639 adding: dragonfly as a client (events: 1)
> [mpeg2video @ 0xb792c810]ac-tex damaged at 16 7
> [mpeg2video @ 0xb792c810]Warning MVs not available
>
> 2005-09-20 13:30:13.189 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2005-09-20 13:30:13.212 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-09-20 13:30:13.236 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-09-20 13:30:13.242 adding: dragonfly as a client (events: 0)
> 2005-09-20 13:30:41.905 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> 2005-09-20 13:30:52.318 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> 2005-09-20 13:30:56.520 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> 2005-09-20 13:31:01.730 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> 2005-09-20 13:31:05.732 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> 2005-09-20 13:31:09.933 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
>
> 12:00 noon would have been a recording of Charlie Rose. 1:30PM would
> have been a recording of Sensible Chic. Most likely the system was
> doing mythcommflag on CR when the 1:30 show started, but there's
> nothing very new about this. Further none of the programs recorded
> before 8PM (4 programs) seem to skip, while everything after 8PM (10
> programs) all skip.
>
>After sending this email I'm be rebooting the server but I'm
> wondering if anyone else has seen anythign like this.
>
>What a mess!
>
> - Mark
>
Answering myself, it appears that the NFS storage server, which also
happens to be a Myth frontend machine, had two spontaneous reboots
yesterday. From that machine's logs:

Sep 20 13:00:01 myth14 cron[11670]: (root) CMD (test -x
/usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons )
Sep 20 13:00:01 myth14 cron[11671]: (root) CMD (rm -f
/var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
Sep 20 13:10:01 myth14 cron[11683]: (root) CMD (test -x
/usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons )
Sep 20 13:20:01 myth14 cron[11695]: (root) CMD (test -x
/usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons )
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 syslog-ng[5027]: syslog-ng version 1.6.8 starting
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 syslog-ng[5027]: Changing permissions on
special file /dev/tty12
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 Linux version 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(gcc version 3.3.5-20050130 (Gentoo 3.3.5.20050130-r1,
ssp-3.3.5.20050130-1, pie-8.7.7.1)) #2 Tue Aug 2 16:31:31 PDT 2005
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820:  - 0009fc00 (usable)
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a
(reserved)Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820: 000e8000 -
0010 (reserved)Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820:
0010 - 0bf4 (usable)
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820: 0bf4 - 0bf5
(ACPI data)
Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820: 0bf5 - 0c00
(ACPI NVS)Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 BIOS-e820: ff7c -
0001 (reserved)Sep 20 13:22:01 myth14 191MB LOWMEM
available.


So I guess that following the reboot maybe the mythbackend machine
never got properly in sync with NFS somehow? It seems that the IOBOUND
lines in the backend server came after the NFS server had completely
rebooted so I don't understand that, other than to say that maybe the
backend machine was able to buffer video for 5 minutes before things
got crazy...

Bummer.

- Mark
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[mythtv-users] Ubuntu mythtv and libqt3c102-mt

[David Vitrant]

Hi.. 
I'm running Ubuntu (Breezy) and added the debian apt source:
deb http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtvgot myth .18.5 installed and everythingbut when i try and install any of the plugins.. i get a dependency error
The following packages have unmet dependencies:  mythdvd: Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4) but it is not installableE: Broken packagesI've googled and found out that it's a naming convention.. since my ubuntu has libqt3-mt (same file) installed. the old name isn't being used..but the packages are looking for it.. 
 how can i trick the system into thinking libqt3c102 is libqt3 Thanks,dGV
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Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...

[Jesse Guardiani]

Jesse Guardiani wrote:

[...]

Hui Zhou, from the ivtv-devel list, was kind enough to write a C 
program named "packfix.c" that will take
a "bad" mpeg file and generate a fixed mpeg file from it. I won't post 
the code here, as it's Copyright: Hui Zhou
and I haven't asked permission, but anyone interested can pick it up 
from the mailing list archive here:

   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/24204

packfix is a life saver! It took somewhere around 10-15 minutes to fix 
a 4gb movie file. After that, mythburn

didn't have any problem at all processing the fixed file.

I plan to write a simple shell script tonight to process an entire 
directory. I'll post it here in case anyone else

runs into this problem.


As promised, anyone can get the shell script (packfix_dir.sh) from here 
if they want it:

   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/24204

--
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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[mythtv-users] Bad night of recording - everything hosed

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   Starting last evening we had a really bad night with recording. It
seems that the system was set up to record two programs in parallel
pretty much all through the evening. Additionally there were one or
two people viewing existing recordings while recording was going on.
AFAICT it appears that every program was recorded with some sort of
problem such that now it plays like you were doing a fast forward on
your remote.

   Uptime on the backend server is about 3 weeks.

   Looking at the logs, again starting last evening, I see this:

2005-09-20 12:00:07.481 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-09-20 12:00:07.513 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-20 12:00:07.557 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-20 12:00:07.563 adding: dragonfly as a client (events: 0)
2005-09-20 12:08:50.639 adding: dragonfly as a client (events: 1)
[mpeg2video @ 0xb792c810]ac-tex damaged at 16 7
[mpeg2video @ 0xb792c810]Warning MVs not available

2005-09-20 13:30:13.189 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-09-20 13:30:13.212 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-20 13:30:13.236 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-20 13:30:13.242 adding: dragonfly as a client (events: 0)
2005-09-20 13:30:41.905 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
2005-09-20 13:30:52.318 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
2005-09-20 13:30:56.520 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
2005-09-20 13:31:01.730 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
2005-09-20 13:31:05.732 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
2005-09-20 13:31:09.933 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()

12:00 noon would have been a recording of Charlie Rose. 1:30PM would
have been a recording of Sensible Chic. Most likely the system was
doing mythcommflag on CR when the 1:30 show started, but there's
nothing very new about this. Further none of the programs recorded
before 8PM (4 programs) seem to skip, while everything after 8PM (10
programs) all skip.

   After sending this email I'm be rebooting the server but I'm
wondering if anyone else has seen anythign like this.

   What a mess!

- Mark
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[mythtv-users] Weird scheduling problem -- doesn't change channel/wrong channel

[Mark J. Small]

Hi everybody,

I've run in to a really strange scheduling problem.  Given the following 
recordings:

12:00 - 12:30   channel 93  The Daily Show
12:04 - 12:35   channel 26  Inuyasha (set to start 1 minute early)
12:35 - 1:09channel 26 Gundam Seed  (set to run 4 minutes late)

the third recording gets recorded incorrectly.  

Instead of getting Gundam Seed, I get what was on channel 93 (Everybody Loves 
Raymond).  Either the channel is not being changed, or the wrong tuner is 
being used for the recording.  

I have three PVR Freestyle (250) tuners, with tuner 1 connected to analog 
cable, and tuner 2 and 3 connected to DCT2000 digital cable boxes.  The cable 
boxes are controlled by separate lirc ir transmitters.

Occasionally (<< 5% of the time) a cable box will miss a signal from the 
transmitters, and I'll get channel 2 or 6 instead of 26.  At first this is 
what I thought had happened in this circumstance, but it has happened every 
Tuesday night since the schedule changed for fall.  So there must be another 
cause for my problem.

My logs show that the Daily Show and Gundam Seed are both being recorded on 
cardid 3, while Inuyasha is being recorded on cardid 2.  The logs also show 
the the change channel script exited without error for all 3 recordings.

By the way, tuner 1 NEVER seems to be used for recording, but it is the 
default for livetv (which I never watch).

I am running Matt's Debian 18.1 packages, the last ones that worked for Debian 
Sarge.

If anyone needs more info, I'll gladly provide it.

Mark

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Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple Video Card Possible?

[Niels Dybdahl]

I've been researching MythTV for some time now.   I've just come in to afair amount of money, so I think it's time to finally get off my duff and
build the MythTV box.I have already decided that I'm going to use the Hauppauge PVR-350 for thevideo encoding / decoding (nothing fancy, probably just 640x480 forpersonal use on the TV).However, I'd like to know if it's necessary to have an additional video
card for output.  I've got plenty of plain-jane video cards with TV-out,but if the Hauppauge card is doing my MPEG2 decoding, does the decoder alsohandle the output of the stream to the TV-out port?Also, what is the X Windows support like for the Hauppauge card?  Since I
intend on hooking the MythTV box directly to a TV, can the hauppauge carddrive the TV?
Some have succeeded in running X on the PVR-350. I tried (following
Jarods guide) but it did not work on my system. So I had to add a
videoboard with TV-Out (FX-5200).
The TV-Out of the PVR-350 is said to provide a very good quality, but I am very satisfied with the quality of the FX5200 board.
The performance of the PVR-350 for X and playing MPEG4s is bad (most
say too bad), so if I were going to build a new MythTV, I would go for
a PVR-150/250/500 and a FX-5200 instead.

Niels Dybdahl

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Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple Video Card Possible?

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 00:21, cardboil wrote:
> Does that mean I don't need a video card at all when using PVR-350,
> assuming I'm planning to build a dedicated Myth box connected only to
> the TV.  Just want to confirm that I can use the PVR 350 to use the TV
> as my monitor for Myth as well as the usual linux apps.  Thx.

I have a dedicated mythtv box that is only connected to the TV.  Using
it for just mythtv the PVR-350 output is very good.  X is configured to
use the PVR-350.  You might want to further define the "usual linux
apps.".


However, if you are planning on running other applications not related
to mythtv I think you will find the output to the TV will not be very
good.  This was true back when C64s were around.  It could be done but
it was better with a dedicated monitor.  I don't know if an HDTV would
even make that much difference.  

A video card is needed when setting up mythtv.  Once you have it all set
you make the changes to use the PVR-350 for X.

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