date:20050922









Hi,



Is there any
advantage in using Mysql 5.0 over 4.1?



There seems to be a broken dependency in the debs at the
moment, but will hang on, or try to force if theres an advantage.



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

2005-09-22 Thread Andrew Herron

as is XFS  :)

I've got a 120gb in my box atm, LVM'd with 3/4 of the 80gb primary
drive.  I eventually plan to move it all to a couple of bigger drives
and have an insane 60gb livetv buffer :D


Andy

On 22/09/05, Jochen Kühner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 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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[mythtv-users] which webserver









Which webserver are people using
for MythWeb. Is something like Apache necessary or is this overkill?



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Re: [mythtv-users] which webserver

2005-09-22 Thread Carl Fongheiser

On 9/22/05, Marius Schrecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



















Which webserver are people using
for MythWeb. Is something like Apache necessary or is this overkill?
You pretty much need Apache, as MythWeb uses PHP. PHP can be
built as a CGI program (usable with other web servers), but it's not as
secure as running it as an Apache module.

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

2005-09-22 Thread David Morris

All of 'em are basically resizeable under LVM, however not all are 
shrinkable.


But ext2 isn't journaled, and ext3 is *horrible* at large file 
deletions.  I believe another poster to this list just discovered the 
reason for some of his problems was due to lengthy I/O caused by Myth 
deleting very large (16GB?) files while trying to record another show on 
his ext3 filesystem.


XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS handle deleting of large files much much better.  
With XFS it is nearly instant, no matter the size.  JFS is almost as 
fast.  ReiserFS I haven't tried yet.


David

Jochen Kühner wrote:


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

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


-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Jason McLeod
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 20:09
An: Azmat; Discussion about mythtv
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.


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

2005-09-22 Thread ghuntress

hmmm, perhaps I should rethink keeping my mythstore in an ext3 partition over 
software raid :(



 All of 'em are basically resizeable under LVM, however not all are 
 shrinkable.
 
 But ext2 isn't journaled, and ext3 is *horrible* at large file 
 deletions.  I believe another poster to this list just discovered the 
 reason for some of his problems was due to lengthy I/O caused by Myth 
 deleting very large (16GB?) files while trying to record another show on 
 his ext3 filesystem.
 
 XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS handle deleting of large files much much better.  
 With XFS it is nearly instant, no matter the size.  JFS is almost as 
 fast.  ReiserFS I haven't tried yet.
 
 David
 
 Jochen Kühner wrote:
 
 You can also use ext2 or 3, they are both resizeable, too.
 
 I use also lvm with 400gb and one 200gb drive, works great.
 
 
 -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
 Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Jason McLeod
 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 20:09
 An: Azmat; Discussion about mythtv
 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
 
 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.
 
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Re: [mythtv-users] [Mostly OT] OTA HDTV Options

2005-09-22 Thread George Nassas


On 21-Sep-05, at 11:50 PM, Brandon Stoll wrote:


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


www.avsforum.com, on the left side is Site Navigation, click on the 
HDTV Area and the first forum contains threads for different cities.


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AW: AW: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mountingpoint

2005-09-22 Thread Jochen Kühner

You're right, it is verry slow on large files...

But how can I convert without losing my data???

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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. September 2005 14:35
An: Discussion about mythtv
Betreff: Re: AW: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single
mountingpoint

All of 'em are basically resizeable under LVM, however not all are 
shrinkable.

But ext2 isn't journaled, and ext3 is *horrible* at large file 
deletions.  I believe another poster to this list just discovered the 
reason for some of his problems was due to lengthy I/O caused by Myth 
deleting very large (16GB?) files while trying to record another show on 
his ext3 filesystem.

XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS handle deleting of large files much much better.  
With XFS it is nearly instant, no matter the size.  JFS is almost as 
fast.  ReiserFS I haven't tried yet.

David

Jochen Kühner wrote:

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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Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Jason McLeod
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 20:09
An: Azmat; Discussion about mythtv
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

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.

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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC question

2005-09-22 Thread George Nassas


On 22-Sep-05, at 1:19 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

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).


In my setup it's only used for mpeg-2 but I forget if that's the way it 
is or if there's something I haven't upgraded yet. In any case, besides 
enabling xvmc in the frontend you need a recent version of drm for via, 
more recent than what's shipping in any of the kernels. I'm running 
2.6.12 and it came with dri 2.2.3 for via but that's too old, upgrading 
to 2.6.3 fixed me up.


Head over to dri.sf.net and follow their somewhat convoluted directions 
for retrieving the 2d drivers from cvs and building.


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

2005-09-22 Thread Andrew Gallatin

Brandon Stoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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?

It might have to go through an extra exterior wall if the stations
are all coming from the other side of the building.  How about
getting an outdoor antenna and putting it inside?  I've heard
of people hiding a multi-bay uhf antenna behind a bookshelf.

When I was first setting things up, I went through several indoor
antennas, before settling on a Zenith Siver Sensor.  At this point
HDTV came in, but it was flakey and I'd have to adjust the antenna a
little for each station.  This not what you want for a DVR!  So I then
got a Channel Master 4228 outdoor antenna.  Just playing with it in
the TV room on the ground floor showed a noticable improvement over
any indoor antenna.  Moving it to the attic yielded perfect results.

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.

Wait as long as you can, they keep getting better.  

I'd get either a new Air2PC (based on the 5th generation LGDT330x) or
a Dvico Fusion HDTV5, which is based on the same chip, and is less
expensive.  I actually have the Dvico and it works great, but I've
since gotten cable and I use it for cable, so I can't comment first
hand on its OTA performance.  The 5th Gen LG is supposed to have
really good multipath handling, which may be important for you since
you don't have a clear line of sight to the broadcast towers.

Good luck!

Drew
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC question


George Nassas wrote:


On 22-Sep-05, at 1:19 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

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).



In my setup it's only used for mpeg-2 but I forget if that's the way 
it is or if there's something I haven't upgraded yet. In any case, 
besides enabling xvmc in the frontend you need a recent version of drm 
for via, more recent than what's shipping in any of the kernels. I'm 
running 2.6.12 and it came with dri 2.2.3 for via but that's too old, 
upgrading to 2.6.3 fixed me up.


Head over to dri.sf.net and follow their somewhat convoluted 
directions for retrieving the 2d drivers from cvs and building.


Hmm, I got it all working very quickly from

http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia/

By simply adding his repository to YUM on this new FC4 install and 
installing the two pieces.  Works with the 2.6.12 kernel that is 
available for FC4.


But thanks for the info.  I'll try enabling it and seeing what happens.



Kevin
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[mythtv-users] Various teething problems setting up mythtv, comments wanted please ;-).

2005-09-22 Thread Simon Iremonger


Hello MythTv-users [writing to list for first time] ;-).

I would really appreciate the comments of some list-users out
  there on  MythTV setup using DVB-T [i.e. uk/Mendip] and
  acceptable TV-output onto a ''100hz'' digial-reprocessing-TV
  that only takes PAL/NTSC

Apologies if this is a bit long; I'm going to describe the
  background of the machine/facts and then the problems I've
  been having!  Hopefully some of this may be of relevance
  to other people!

I have an appropriate machine/board with a reliable Astec PSU
  setup for quiet-running etc. anyhow... x86 machine...

** I have been using/experimenting-with Gentoo, and KnoppMyth
  R5A16.  KnoppMyth R5A16 includes Mythtv 0.18.1 with DVB-T
  support etc. built-in [no need to script filling the channel
  entries in mythconverg database manually as this is all
  catered for in MythTv-0.18.1].

[Currently got a an athlon-XP system basis with lov-voltage
  running CPU good for at least 2ghz, and can have 512mb or
  more memory... I believe this will be sufficient... This
  sort of thing is easily changed later ;-)].

I have 2* DVB-T cards with a cx23881 or similar (one is slightly
  different to the other) -- one is a V-Stream unit; other is
  an LR6550 that indentifies as conexant reference design.
In any case they both work ''perfectly'' seemingly, under 2.6.12
  kernel [or 2.6.11 with bytesex.org patches], which means you
  need to boot a separate kernel than that provided with
  KnoppMyth R5A16.

The only 'problem' I've been having with the cards is that the
  RF-passthrough on the LR6550 appears to be rubbish.. I.e.
  noticable patterning on Analogue TV reception using TV plugged
  through that card -- but I'll just accept this condition and
  daisy-chain that card off the V-stream card and not use the
  RF-out from the machine.

The machine has an onboard cmipci which works nicely, but I had
  to solder-on the 2-pin-headers for SPDIF in/out! [which does
  work, just the headers weren't fitted! -- all the surrounding
  resistors/capacitors feeding the outputs from the CMI chip were
  there already, how odd!].  The sound works beatifully using
  that connected to phonos on a backplate with ALSA drivers, and
  turning on IEC958 output switch in alsactl... So the sound
  can come from mini-jack (horrible connector!), or the phono
  SPDIF to external DAC.

I have maxtor 5400rpm ATA disk that seems to work fine, loads of
  capacity there, but it was being oddly noisy seeking around..
  Eventually I discovered that the 'acoustic management' value
  was set to fastest but noisiest mode... Now fixed.
  NB: see hdparm -M though this is marked as 'experimental'.
  Interestingly, under the current kernel, this value seems to
  be read-back as 0 always, whereas under a previous kernel
  I was using you could read this value okay seemingly... In
  any case it has been set to a sensible value which seems to
  be 'saved' in the drive okay... So this isn't really an
  issue now.

I have a plextor PX-712A cd/dvd read/writer with an RPC-1
  firmware which works nicely. However; even when continously
  reading a disk at a slow speed, it seems to 'insist' on
  spinning at a fast speed, which can be a bit noisy at times!
  I see 'hdparm' has an option for CD-drive speed...
  I notice there is a 'cdspeed' program too -- I can work this
  out anyway, not a large issue at the moment ;-).


I have a somewhat unusual partition layout, which is such that
  knoppmyth can be re-installed using a special config file
  without affecting the general boot partition or partition used
  for gentoo etc


In any case...
Problems or areas of question ;-).


In particular, I would really appreciate comments on how to get
  TV output to RGB-scart behaving itself in a way appropriate for
  available mythtv ebuilds-in-gentoo or knoppmyth install.
  If this presents a good reason to use a different distribution,
  then let me know ;-).

I have been using a Matrox-G400 with adapter wired-up for RGB-scart
  TV-output on G400... When this works, it works really well.  BUT
  I've been having ''issues''...  I do not have the original
  s-video/composite adapter that should have come with the card,
  but I do have, what I think is a similar composite/s-video
  adapter and quite possibly a compatible type [but I dont'
  want to use s-video/composite anyway!].

In any case, the properly wired up RGB adapter *does* work in e.g.
  DirectFB, and the wiring/card design is such that the TV
  'senses' the card is in S-video mode or RGB mode appropriately.
  (i.e. Either [Sync-on-video-pin, R, G, B] or
  [Sync-with-mono-video, Colour, n/a, n/a].  It also connects the
  video dongle sense such that the card can see the adapter is
  connected.  This is all wired to the SECOND head on the G400,
  as I understand is how it should be.

I have the PAL TV-output BIOS on the Card, but I've never suceeded
  in getting the TV output to work at boot-time ;-(.
I appear to have a 32mb dual-head

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

2005-09-22 Thread Brian J. Murrell

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 11:21 +0100, David Watkins wrote:
 
 AFAIK there's no reason why killing the frontend should prevent it
 making a graceful exit.

Indeed.  But IMHO, if you are going to catch SIGTERM, it would be nice
to pop up that are you sure you want to quit dialog.  That way
accidental presses of the power button can be aborted.

 I thought that was what kill -9 was for.

That one's not course, it's ruthless.  :-)

b.

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My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.

Brian J. Murrell


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[mythtv-users] Can MythTV Play MPEG4 (DivX/XviD) Disks?

2005-09-22 Thread Mat Kyne

I like to transcode my HDTV recordings down to a more reasonable size and 
then burn them to DVD+R for storage. I find that I can fit the entire season 
of shows on 1-2 disks. Is there a way in MythTV to just pop them into the 
drive and watch them from there? I can do this with my Xbox with XBMC. - Now 
I know I can do this in FC4 with Xine, but what can I say, If it aint easy, 
my wife won't like it. And I need the WAF to be through the roof :) -Mat



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


Brian J. Murrell wrote:


On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 11:21 +0100, David Watkins wrote:
 


AFAIK there's no reason why killing the frontend should prevent it
making a graceful exit.
   



Indeed.  But IMHO, if you are going to catch SIGTERM, it would be nice
to pop up that are you sure you want to quit dialog.  That way
accidental presses of the power button can be aborted.

 


I thought that was what kill -9 was for.
   



That one's not course, it's ruthless.  :-)

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hey

am not an expert on this.. but couldn't you just use irexec to send 
half-a-dozen ESC keys? no matter where you are in myth that should take 
you to the close screen? not exactly pretty but should do what your 
asking.. and you can still press the OK to confirm


just a thought

Craig


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Re: [mythtv-users] Can MythTV Play MPEG4 (DivX/XviD) Disks?


Mat Kyne wrote:

I like to transcode my HDTV recordings down to a more reasonable size 
and then burn them to DVD+R for storage. I find that I can fit the 
entire season of shows on 1-2 disks. Is there a way in MythTV to just 
pop them into the drive and watch them from there? I can do this with 
my Xbox with XBMC. - Now I know I can do this in FC4 with Xine, but 
what can I say, If it aint easy, my wife won't like it. And I need the 
WAF to be through the roof :) -Mat


The MythVideo plugin plays content such as this.  It simply spawns an 
external player (like xine) to do it.  There is some support for media 
detection (which I've never used) so that should work as well.  That 
being said, MythVideo is more geared towards watching content stored on 
the hard disk already so you may have to search the archives a bit for 
suggestions from people to get that to work with content on DVD+R which 
i believe has been posted before.


Kevin
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[mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350

2005-09-22 Thread Franco

Hi,

last evening my friends came to my place and we connected 
their PlayStation to my MythBox via the SCART connector
of the PVR 350.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to play the games as there
was a noticeable delay between actions on the PS2 and
actual images on the screen.

We also tried under windows but it was the same, so, is this
a hardware problem of the PVR 350? Isn't it possible to 
see real-time what is being acquired from the PVR 350?

Thank you,
Franco

P.S. For those who forgot my setup and wonder why I want to
connect the PS2 to the mythbox, my mythbox has a DLP projector
connected via a 10 meters special cable to the VGA output,
and we wanted to play the games on the mega-screen :-)

The projector is located on the roof on the opposite side 
of the room, so it is not possible to connect the PS2 directly
to it... it has to be done via the mythbox

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Re: [mythtv-users] Can MythTV Play MPEG4 (DivX/XviD) Disks?


Kevin Kuphal wrote:


Mat Kyne wrote:

I like to transcode my HDTV recordings down to a more reasonable size 
and then burn them to DVD+R for storage. I find that I can fit the 
entire season of shows on 1-2 disks. Is there a way in MythTV to just 
pop them into the drive and watch them from there? I can do this with 
my Xbox with XBMC. - Now I know I can do this in FC4 with Xine, but 
what can I say, If it aint easy, my wife won't like it. And I need 
the WAF to be through the roof :) -Mat



The MythVideo plugin plays content such as this.  It simply spawns an 
external player (like xine) to do it.  There is some support for media 
detection (which I've never used) so that should work as well.  That 
being said, MythVideo is more geared towards watching content stored 
on the hard disk already so you may have to search the archives a bit 
for suggestions from people to get that to work with content on DVD+R 
which i believe has been posted before.


Kevin
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have a look at this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/142951?search_string=catalog;#142951

hth

Craig

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Re: [mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350


Franco wrote:


Hi,

last evening my friends came to my place and we connected 
their PlayStation to my MythBox via the SCART connector

of the PVR 350.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to play the games as there
was a noticeable delay between actions on the PS2 and
actual images on the screen.

We also tried under windows but it was the same, so, is this
a hardware problem of the PVR 350? Isn't it possible to 
see real-time what is being acquired from the PVR 350?


Thank you,
Franco

P.S. For those who forgot my setup and wonder why I want to
connect the PS2 to the mythbox, my mythbox has a DLP projector
connected via a 10 meters special cable to the VGA output,
and we wanted to play the games on the mega-screen :-)

The projector is located on the roof on the opposite side 
of the room, so it is not possible to connect the PS2 directly

to it... it has to be done via the mythbox

 




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don't think so in myth.. but could use mplayer

mplayer -fs  /dev/video0

or similar - might need a -vo in there

that'll just display whats coming in through the 350 I would imagine

hth

Craig


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

2005-09-22 Thread Mickey Chandler


At 06:43 PM 9/21/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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.

I just installed the new version yesterday (I noticed it when I 
retrieved the URL and went to check that the page was still live), so 
it will be some days before I can give an answer on this one.  I was 
noticing that it would happen on about 1 show in 150.


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.

No, I don't.  My Myth box locks up more often than the D10-200 does 
-- which is to say rarely to never.  My last Myth reboot because it 
locked up happened about a week ago and I go back a month and a half 
for the time before that.  I'm pretty sure that it was at least June 
since I last had to restart the D10-200 due to freezing.


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[mythtv-users] program guide channel mash-up in SF bay area?

2005-09-22 Thread Paul Traina

I'm installing 0.18.1 on a debian etch/unstable system with MDZ's
packages and a pcHDTV3000 card using the DVB drivers in kernel 2.6.12.
The hardware is working fine, everything is installed.

I am using the Zap2It service, us-bcast in the general page, default on the
video sources page.

The zap2it service downloads a program guide that lists the usual set of
digital channels (e.g. KTVUDT = 2_1).  I then tell MythTV to do a full scan
so I can populate the frequencies for the pcHDTV 3000 card's tuners.  I get
most of the same stations again, but the channel lineups are wrong.  It shows
KTVUDT on channel 22.

If I tune to channel 22, I get KTVU, but, of course, the guide doesn't
have any data for 22, it's all programmed for 2_1.

When I did the scan, I did a full scan.

When I use the dvb-tools utilities to do a full scan (for azap  friends)
dvb-tools is picking up all the local stations.  Heck, even mythtv is picking
up the stations, they're just assigned to the wrong channel #s...

I'm confused.  Did I do something wrong in scanning?

Paul
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Re: [mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350

2005-09-22 Thread Jan Ophey


Craig Tinson wrote:


Franco wrote:


Hi,

last evening my friends came to my place and we connected their 
PlayStation to my MythBox via the SCART connector

of the PVR 350.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to play the games as there
was a noticeable delay between actions on the PS2 and
actual images on the screen.


don't think so in myth.. but could use mplayer

mplayer -fs  /dev/video0

or similar - might need a -vo in there

that'll just display whats coming in through the 350 I would imagine

hth

Craig


Hi!
Unfortunatelly the hardware encoder (also the decoder) have a delay of 
1.5 to 2 secs. So IIRC you will always have this delay if you get the 
video from /dev/video0.
But IIRC (again ;) ) there was another Videodevice provided by the 
ivtv-driver (/dev/video32 or 48; don't know exactly) that did direct 
pass-through with nearly zero-delay. You can try to watch this via 
mplayer. Maybe it works better.
Anyone who knows better should correct me. I really don't know, if I 
remeber this correctly...


Jan

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

2005-09-22 Thread Bill Omer


Erik Pettersen wrote:

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


Well that is what I'm hoping for.  I had a feeling I might be setting my 
self up for a fight, and I believe that I am right.


I installed KnoppMyth last night and it was not without troubles (but 
what ever is?).  The install its self went ok, it was fast and not allot 
to it.  But when I tried to reboot after the install finished, it would 
get past POST and would never boot.  I was faced with a flashing cursor 
in the top left corner of the screen and it would never move.  

So I hit the forums.  After some reading I found several people who had 
the same problem.  I tried several possible solutions without much 
luck.  Then I found a posting that said doing an 'Auto Upgrade' work for 
them.  That finally got the box to boot up!


I was able to get my pvr-250 working and could watch tv and tune 
channels after I found a script named directv.pl.   I was not, however 
able to get my Firefly remote to work correctly.  I can use irw and it 
does show the commands when I push buttons, so that is good.  I guess I 
just need to map some commands in my .lirc file?


Is there a trick to getting DVD playback working?  I fiddled with it a 
little this morning and when I go to Optical Drives and select DVD it 
doesn't do anything.  When I tried to do it manually with mplayer or 
xine, I get some errors about not being able to read /dev/dvd.  I ran a 
script to set cd permissions and that didn't help  Any suggestions?



This is starting to shape up to be a pretty big project.  I've already 
invested lts of time setting up my pvr originally, and I dont know 
if I will be able to afford putting a huge number of hours in to this or 
not.  I'm still aiming for the stability to outweigh the issues I'm 
having during the initial setup process.   I have a huge WAF and right 
now well my cell phone is ringing allot.   I am hoping that once I 
get the remote working that it will let her feel more comfortable with it. 




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

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 03:15:25PM +0100, Craig Tinson wrote:
 am not an expert on this.. but couldn't you just use irexec to send 
 half-a-dozen ESC keys? no matter where you are in myth that should take 
 you to the close screen? not exactly pretty but should do what your 
 asking.. and you can still press the OK to confirm

Try pressing ESC half a dozen times...  Once you get to the shutdown
confirmation, ESC cancels the shutdown.  So this would have a 50/50
chance of working, depending on how deep you are in the Myth menus.
(Although you could set it to send an odd number of ESCs, so that if
it left you at the main menu the first time, you can hit it a second
time and it will...)

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[mythtv-users] .asoundrc hw numbers for nForce4

Hi,

Following Jarods guide and looking at the link to the difinitive
nForce2/4 .asoundrc for spdiff out I'm still a little unsure about the hw
numbers. So, just to double check...

#aplay -l shows this:

# aplay -l
 List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 -
IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Does this mean that all my references to devices in my .asoundrc should be
(hw:0,0) for analogue and (hw:0,2) for sp/diff (optical) as in the
original nForce2/4 example?



Cheers

Marius
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[mythtv-users] MythTV, DBox2 and capture/stream digital cable TV to a PC network

2005-09-22 Thread Chris Swinney









Hi
All,



I
am pretty new to all of this so bare with me. 



I
am looking for a way to set up my home PC network so that PC can view digital cable
channels directly and channels can be recorded and played back later. So far I
can see two ways of doing this  using a standard PCI card in a PC (such
as the TechnoTrend Premium DVB-C 2.1 (C2100) or the newer C2300), or with the
use of a DBox 2 (or possible a DreamBox?). Unbelievably, getting hold of a DBox
seem to be the cheaper option and from what I can gather it would be possible
to stream and capture a digital channel from the DBox and control it from a PC
on the network. Obviously, only one channel per tuner (either PCI card or DBox)
can be view/recorded at any one time.



Is
this the kind of thing MythTV will enable me to do? Will this enable a
multicast setup  i.e. can many PCs view a stream at once or is
this a one at a time operation? So far, I am a Windows user and although I
dabbled with Linux many years ago, there was no real incentive for me to stick
with it. Is there a way Windows PC could be used? Obviously, the DBox would also
allow direct viewing on to a TV screen via SCART as well networked operation,
but are there any disadvantages to using a DBox over a PCI card in a PC? What
about the use of a cable DreamBox  I know they are more expensive but
they also have a 100Mbit network port rather than the 10Mbit port of the DBox.



As
said, I very new to all of this and I am trying to read as much info as I can
on the DBoxs but the majority of it is in German (which I dont speak
or read) and even translation tools arent that wonderful for a lot of
the technical babble, so I glad at least MythTV is in English!



I
hope some of the question can be answered, many thanks.



Thanks,



Chris








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[mythtv-users] Choppy Video on Playback and LiveTV, not with mplayer

2005-09-22 Thread Lee Koloszyc


Hello all,

I am having a problem with mythtv 0.18.1 on Gentoo kernel 2.6.12-r10 on 
both livetv and playing pre-recorded videos.
The play back is supper choppy and pauses about every 2 seconds. 
Playing the same file directly through mplayer or gmplayer and it runs 
as smooth as butter.

The recording works fine though even while recompiling X in the background.
I am running on a somewhat slow system: P3 800, VT6x4 mother board, 512M 
ram, Radeon 9250 256mb, PVR150, SBLive.
I am using the ATI binary drivers 8.16.20. 
I also had the same problem with an Nvidia FX5200 card in the system, 
but had to return the card because of less then desirable svideo output.


Thanks for any help!!
Lee

The log for mythfrontend -v playback looks like this:

2005-09-22 12:29:13.817 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1
2005-09-22 12:29:13.833 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0
2005-09-22 12:29:13.846 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 
www.mythtv.org

2005-09-22 12:29:13.847 Enabled verbose msgs : important general playback
2005-09-22 12:29:14.724 max_width: 800 max_height: 600
2005-09-22 12:29:14.951 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
2005-09-22 12:29:15.431 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-22 12:29:15.659 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-09-22 12:29:15.742 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media 
handler
2005-09-22 12:29:15.745 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media 
handler
XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Can't open: 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./video-ui.xml

XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Using default theme file
2005-09-22 12:29:59.930 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 
(try 1 of 5)

2005-09-22 12:29:59.940 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-22 12:30:02.794 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
2005-09-22 12:31:54.937 All Programs
...
2005-09-22 12:32:10.588 AVFD
2005-09-22 12:32:10.589 AVFD: Opening Stream #0: codec id 2
2005-09-22 12:32:10.592 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 29.97, 
480) -Interlaced Scan
2005-09-22 12:32:10.593 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 480  
fps: 29.97

2005-09-22 12:32:10.593 AVFD: Looking for decoder for 2
2005-09-22 12:32:10.594 AVFD
2005-09-22 12:32:10.594 AVFD: Opening Stream #1: codec id 86016
2005-09-22 12:32:10.594 AVFD: Looking for decoder for 86016
2005-09-22 12:32:10.594 Estimated bitrate = 6384
2005-09-22 12:32:11.374 Position map filled from DB to: 14432
2005-09-22 12:32:11.384 SyncPositionMap prerecorded, from DB: 14433 entries
2005-09-22 12:32:11.391 SyncPositionMap, new totframes: 216480, new 
length: 7223, posMap size: 14433

2005-09-22 12:32:11.392 Position map found
2005-09-22 12:32:11.410 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-09-22 12:32:11.410 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-09-22 12:32:11.445 Over/underscan. V: 0, H: 0, XOff: 0, YOff: 0
2005-09-22 12:32:11.469 Using XV port 67
2005-09-22 12:32:11.476 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff: 
800, disphoff: 600

2005-09-22 12:32:11.476 Image size. imgx 0, imgy: 0, imgw: 720, imgh: 480
2005-09-22 12:32:11.972 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2005-09-22 12:32:11.983 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-22 12:32:11.993 nVidiaVideoSync: Could not open device 
/dev/nvidia0, No such file or directory
2005-09-22 12:32:11.995 DRMVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work, 
unimplemented in this driver?

2005-09-22 12:32:12.019 Using realtime priority.
2005-09-22 12:32:13.111 OpenGLVideoSync: GLX extensions: 
GLX_EXT_visual_info GLX_EXT_visual_rating GLX_EXT_import_context 
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address GLX_ARB_multisample
2005-09-22 12:32:13.112 OpenGLVideoSync: GLX Video Sync extension not 
present.

2005-09-22 12:32:13.118 Using audio as timebase
2005-09-22 12:32:13.119 Video timing method: RTC
2005-09-22 12:32:13.119 Refresh rate: 16579, frame interval: 33366
2005-09-22 12:32:13.119 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-09-22 12:32:13.253 prebuffer wait timed out..
2005-09-22 12:32:13.253 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-09-22 12:32:15.607 prebuffering pause
2005-09-22 12:32:15.608 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-09-22 12:32:15.742 prebuffer wait timed out..
2005-09-22 12:32:15.743 waiting for prebuffer...
'video_output' mean = '35819.22', std. dev. = '21511.22', fps = '27.92'
2005-09-22 12:32:17.822 prebuffering pause
2005-09-22 12:32:17.823 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-09-22 12:32:17.956 prebuffer wait timed out..
2005-09-22 12:32:17.957 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-09-22 12:32:19.521 prebuffering pause
2005-09-22 12:32:19.522 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-09-22 12:32:19.656 prebuffer wait timed out..
2005-09-22 12:32:19.656 waiting for prebuffer...
'video_output' mean = '37228.37', std. dev. = '31373.70', fps = '26.86'
* repeat indefinantly

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[mythtv-users] Jarod's 27 TV and xorg.conf question


okies.. quick question

on Jarod's site he mentions he has a standard 27 analog TV plugged into 
his mx440 nv card


First of all he doesn't specify if it's a widescreen - which mine is

If his is.. and remembering he's in the US and i'm in UK.. in theory I 
should be able to just copy his xorg.conf from:


http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-SVid.txt

and change it to PAL-I..

I tried this and it *hard* locked my machine - had to reboot into rescue 
mode from dvd and cp the orignal xorg.conf back over..


Anyone ideas why this might be the case?

Also - does anyone have the same setup? in the UK.. that they could post 
the xorg.conf


I'm trying to actually get my TV to display in widescreen and I can't 
for the life of me figure out all these modelines etc etc or even if I 
need them (jarod's xorg.conf doesn't specify a modeline)


Can anyone help?

Thanks

Craig


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[mythtv-users] AIR2PC 5th gen HD tuner -- failed install :( :(

2005-09-22 Thread Paul B. Henson


After six months of waiting, I finally received my three next generation
AIR2PC HD tuner cards yesterday, and of course had to immediately install
them :).

After physically installing the cards, lspci showed all three cards.

Obviously, support for this card is not yet in the stock kernel, nor is
there support even in the current dvb-kernel CVS. However, I had a pointer
to Taylor's patch on the mailing list:

http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2005-July/003349.html


and hand patched my kernel tree to include it. After a couple hours of
hacking, I had managed to get all of the appropriate modules compiled and
installed, modprobe'ing b2c2-flexcop-pci resulted in the following
messages, mostly promising although with a few strange errors:

-
Sep 21 20:43:34 server b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV 
receiver chip loaded successfully
Sep 21 20:44:11 server flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter.
Sep 21 20:44:11 server flexcop-pci: card revision 2
Sep 21 20:44:11 server ACPI: PCI Interrupt :05:06.0[A] - Link [APC1] - 
GSI 16 (level, low) - IRQ 58
Sep 21 20:44:11 server DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device).
Sep 21 20:44:11 server b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:0e:6c:e0
Sep 21 20:44:11 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server mt352_read_register: readreg error (reg=127, ret==-121)
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: found the lgdt3303 at i2c address: 0x0a
Sep 21 20:44:12 server DVB: registering frontend 0 (LGDT3303 VSB/QAM 
frontend)...
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'NULL' at the 'PCI' 
bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete
Sep 21 20:44:12 server flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter.
Sep 21 20:44:12 server flexcop-pci: card revision 2
Sep 21 20:44:12 server ACPI: PCI Interrupt :05:07.0[A] - Link [APC2] - 
GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 66
Sep 21 20:44:12 server DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device).
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:0e:6c:8b
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server mt352_read_register: readreg error (reg=127, ret==-121)
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: found the lgdt3303 at i2c address: 0x0a
Sep 21 20:44:12 server DVB: registering frontend 1 (LGDT3303 VSB/QAM 
frontend)...
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'NULL' at the 'PCI' 
bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete
Sep 21 20:44:12 server flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter.
Sep 21 20:44:12 server flexcop-pci: card revision 2
Sep 21 20:44:12 server ACPI: PCI Interrupt :05:08.0[A] - Link [APC3] - 
GSI 18 (level, low) - IRQ 74
Sep 21 20:44:12 server DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device).
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:0e:6c:d1
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Sep 21 20:44:12 server mt352_read_register: readreg error (reg=127, ret==-121)
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: found the lgdt3303 at i2c address: 0x0a
Sep 21 20:44:12 server DVB: registering frontend 2 (LGDT3303 VSB/QAM 
frontend)...
Sep 21 20:44:12 server b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'NULL' at the 'PCI' 
bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete
-

I then proceeded to create a channels.conf, and successfully used azap to
tune a half-dozen channels. The azap output showed a channel lock and
everything looked promising.

With great anticipation, I executed 'mplayer dvb://KABC' with the
expectation of finally seeing a high-definition stream. mplayer started up,
said something about caching, and then *CLUNK* -- my system powered itself
off :(.

I turned the system back on, but this time modprobe'ing the module found no
cards. I ran lspci again, and the cards had disappeared! I rebooted a
couple of times, and even completely removed power from the system for five
minutes, to no avail. The system could not detect the cards even at the PCI
level :( :(. When I get home tonight, I'm going to physically remove and
reseat them, but I'm not very hopeful sigh.

Any thoughts on what happened? Is the driver capable of destroying the
cards if something is accessed wrong? The system has a 450watt power
supply, with an AMD64 3500+ and three 300GB hard drives, how much power do
the tuner cards take? Could I have possibly overtaxed my power supply, and
the cards were fried when the system shut down?

Needless to say, I am very depressed :(. I would appreciate any thoughts
or suggestions anyone might have.

Thanks much...


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[mythtv-users] Various questions

2005-09-22 Thread kteague

Good day Ladies and Gent's,

Long time lurker, first time poster with a few questions up my sleeve regarding 
hardware requirements for my type of setup.

Service Provider: DirecTV (from here on, referred to as D*)
Video Format: NTSC
Receiver: Any HD capable D* receiver
Television: Westinghouse LVM-37w1

1. From what I've gathered, since the DirecTV receivers have tuners in them, I 
do not need a tuner for my MythTV box.  Is this correct?

2. I would like to record HD stuff, however, it appears that the only way to do 
this is via encoding with CPU overhead (no hardware encoders), as there are no 
video capture cards (supported under Linux) that can perform hardware HD 
encoding.  I did some reasearch on chipsets used on the Hauppauge PVR-500, and 
it appears the maximum encoding resolution they support is SD.  Now this is 
where it becomes very confusing.  The chipset used on the card is a Conexant 
CX23416.  The product brief 
(http://www.conexant.com/servlets/DownloadServlet/102074B.pdf?FileId=996) 
states that it supports hardware encoding of 720x480, yet, just below that, it 
says it also supports HDTV MPEG Capture.  So, does this card also perform 
hardware encoding of 1280x720, or even 1920x1080?

3. Are there any hardware encoding cards supported under Linux to encode the 
captured streams to MPEG4?  If so, does MythTV support this?  I know there's a 
Matrox USB device that can do this, but I would prefer something internal to 
the PC.

4. Output -- does MythTV output through the capture card?... or through the 
video card?... or do I have my choice?  I would like to use DVI and keep 
everything in the digital domain.

5. With the front end/back end arch., where are the encoder cards installed?  
In the front or back end?

6. With the FE/BE arch., can the programs be recorded on the FE, then x-fer'd 
to the BE when the program is done recording?  I fear that a temporary network 
failure could disrupt a program recording.  Having it record on a small FE box, 
then x-fer'd later (or in chunks as the program is recording) to the BE, it can 
take advantage of resuming a failed upload to the BE.  Streaming the data has 
its limits.

7. With the video scaling capabilities, could I get MythTV to constantly 
upscale all signals to 1080p?  For example, lets say I'm watching SDTV (480i), 
will it upscale that to 1080p?  Then, lets say I change to a channel that's 
outputting HDTV (720p or 1080i), will it automatically know to upscale those to 
1080p?... or will I have to fiddle with MythTV each time I switch channels that 
output different scan rates?

I think that's it for now.  Please be nice to this newbie :-)  I've been trying 
to do my research on this project between working 2 jobs and school.  Thanks!

- Ken




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


Dave Sherohman wrote:


On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 03:15:25PM +0100, Craig Tinson wrote:
 

am not an expert on this.. but couldn't you just use irexec to send 
half-a-dozen ESC keys? no matter where you are in myth that should take 
you to the close screen? not exactly pretty but should do what your 
asking.. and you can still press the OK to confirm
   



Try pressing ESC half a dozen times...  Once you get to the shutdown
confirmation, ESC cancels the shutdown.  So this would have a 50/50
chance of working, depending on how deep you are in the Myth menus.
(Although you could set it to send an odd number of ESCs, so that if
it left you at the main menu the first time, you can hit it a second
time and it will...)

 


ahh.. well spotted.. I should have checked this idea before posting it.. lol

Craig


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[mythtv-users] compile barfs at mpegvideo.c:

Hi, compiling mythtv-0.18.1 on amd64 debian sid with gcc 3.4 (where much
of system compiled on 4.0). Following
www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-4.html
at : # dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b
[...]
I'm getting:

mpegvideo.c: In function `ff_copy_bits':
mpegvideo.c:26: error: extended registers have no high halves
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:15149: Error: bad register name `%'
make[3]: *** [mpegvideo.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libavcodec'
make[2]: *** [sub-libavcodec] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv-0.18.1/libs'

anyone seen this and can suggest a workaround?

Thanks

Marius
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Re: [mythtv-users] Various questions

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Good day Ladies and Gent's,

Long time lurker, first time poster with a few questions up my sleeve regarding hardware requirements for my type of setup.

Service Provider: DirecTV (from here on, referred to as D*)
Video Format: NTSC
Receiver: Any HD capable D* receiver
Television: Westinghouse LVM-37w1

1. From what I've gathered, since the DirecTV receivers have tuners in them, I
do not need a tuner for my MythTV box. Is this correct?

Sort of. You need a card that can capture from s-video or composite
since this is the only output you can get from your DirecTV receiver
(unless they offer one with firewire). Most cards that have this (PVR
series from Hauppauge, etc) also have a tuner so you basically are
getting both for the price.

2. I would like to record HD stuff, however, it appears that the only way to do this is via encoding with CPU overhead (no hardware encoders), as there are no video capture cards (supported under Linux) that can perform hardware HD encoding. I did some reasearch on chipsets used on the Hauppauge PVR-500, and it appears the maximum encoding resolution they support is SD. Now this is where it becomes very confusing.

You can record HD without software encoding using an HD-3000 or Air2PC
card. But these work with over-the-air HD signals from an Antenna.
These have nothing to do with your DirectTV system, which, per #1, must
be captured using S-video/composite input to your capture card (software
or hardware)

3. Are there any hardware encoding cards supported under Linux to encode the
captured streams to MPEG4? If so, does MythTV support this? I know there's a
Matrox USB device that can do this, but I would prefer something internal to
the PC.

Yes. I believe the Plextor cards can do hardware MPEG-4 encoding on Linux.

4. Output -- does MythTV output through the capture card?... or through the
video card?... or do I have my choice? I would like to use DVI and keep
everything in the digital domain.

Video card. Highly recommend nVidia card of some kind since ATI has
poor linux support.

5. With the front end/back end arch., where are the encoder cards installed?
In the front or back end?

They are installed where a mythbackend process runs. This can be on a
standalone master backend, a combination frontend/backend or even a
slave backend working with a master.

6. With the FE/BE arch., can the programs be recorded on the FE, then x-fer'd
to the BE when the program is done recording? I fear that a temporary network
failure could disrupt a program recording. Having it record on a small FE box,
then x-fer'd later (or in chunks as the program is recording) to the BE, it can
take advantage of resuming a failed upload to the BE. Streaming the data has
its limits.

It is usually best to have all backends write to common disk using an
NFS mount. This avoids problems where the slave goes offline taking
recordings with it.

7. With the video scaling capabilities, could I get MythTV to constantly
upscale all signals to 1080p? For example, lets say I'm watching SDTV (480i),
will it upscale that to 1080p? Then, lets say I change to a channel that's
outputting HDTV (720p or 1080i), will it automatically know to upscale those to
1080p?... or will I have to fiddle with MythTV each time I switch channels that
output different scan rates?

Not sure. Someone else might answer this better.

Kevin
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[mythtv-users] No sound on specific channel

2005-09-22 Thread Tobias Larsson

Hi all,

After some tinkering I have now a working MythTV setup, except one thing. On 
one of the channels I don't have any sound, while the others are working just 
fine. I have also tried fine-tuning the channel, without much luck. Either I 
managed to get sound but lousy image, or good image but no sound at all.

I'm using a PVR-150 hooked up by antenna, running Gentoo, kernel 2.6.12, ivtv 
0.3.9 and MythTV 0.18.1.

Does anyone have any idea on how I can debug this, or even a solution for the 
problem?

Thanks,
Tobias

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

2005-09-22 Thread Brian J. Murrell

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 20:02 +0100, Craig Tinson wrote:
 Dave Sherohman wrote:
 
 Try pressing ESC half a dozen times...  Once you get to the shutdown
 confirmation, ESC cancels the shutdown.  So this would have a 50/50
 chance of working, depending on how deep you are in the Myth menus.
 (Although you could set it to send an odd number of ESCs, so that if
 it left you at the main menu the first time, you can hit it a second
 time and it will...)
 
   
 
 ahh.. well spotted.. I should have checked this idea before posting it.. lol

Ahhh.  But this solution, prefixed by going to a jump-point -- where the
number of ESC's needed to exit are known could work.

Would look ugly though, all the screen flipping just before exiting.

An exit jump point is really what is needed I think.

b.

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Re: [mythtv-users] AIR2PC 5th gen HD tuner -- failed install :( :(

2005-09-22 Thread Paul B. Henson

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Paul B. Henson wrote:

 Obviously, support for this card is not yet in the stock kernel, nor is
 there support even in the current dvb-kernel CVS. However, I had a pointer
 to Taylor's patch on the mailing list:

   http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2005-July/003349.html

I had contacted Tayor out of band, and evidently there is a newer version
of his driver patch available at:

http://www.digitalregime.com/patches/hd5000.patch


There is also an unofficial support forum available at
http://www.hd5000.com/ which I was previously unaware of.

I don't think the newer driver will help me given that the cards are no
longer even detected by lspci, but replying to myself so this information
will be in the mailing list archives...


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


Brian J. Murrell wrote:


On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 20:02 +0100, Craig Tinson wrote:
 


Dave Sherohman wrote:

   


Try pressing ESC half a dozen times...  Once you get to the shutdown
confirmation, ESC cancels the shutdown.  So this would have a 50/50
chance of working, depending on how deep you are in the Myth menus.
(Although you could set it to send an odd number of ESCs, so that if
it left you at the main menu the first time, you can hit it a second
time and it will...)



 


ahh.. well spotted.. I should have checked this idea before posting it.. lol
   



Ahhh.  But this solution, prefixed by going to a jump-point -- where the
number of ESC's needed to exit are known could work.

 


excellent idea


Would look ugly though, all the screen flipping just before exiting.

 


agreed


An exit jump point is really what is needed I think.

 


I think so too.. shouldn't be too difficult for a programmer I would imagine


b.

 

 


c. :)




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Re: [mythtv-users] Various questions

2005-09-22 Thread Richard Bronosky


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Good day Ladies and Gent's,

Long time lurker, first time poster with a few questions up my sleeve regarding hardware requirements for my type of setup.  


Service Provider: DirecTV (from here on, referred to as D*)
Video Format: NTSC
Receiver: Any HD capable D* receiver
Television: Westinghouse LVM-37w1

1. From what I've gathered, since the DirecTV receivers have tuners in them, I 
do not need a tuner for my MythTV box.  Is this correct?

2. I would like to record HD stuff, however, it appears that the only way to do this is 
via encoding with CPU overhead (no hardware encoders), as there are no video capture 
cards (supported under Linux) that can perform hardware HD encoding.  I did some 
reasearch on chipsets used on the Hauppauge PVR-500, and it appears the maximum encoding 
resolution they support is SD.  Now this is where it becomes very confusing.  The chipset 
used on the card is a Conexant CX23416.  The product brief 
(http://www.conexant.com/servlets/DownloadServlet/102074B.pdf?FileId=996) states that it 
supports hardware encoding of 720x480, yet, just below that, it says it also supports 
HDTV MPEG Capture.  So, does this card also perform hardware encoding of 
1280x720, or even 1920x1080?

3. Are there any hardware encoding cards supported under Linux to encode the 
captured streams to MPEG4?  If so, does MythTV support this?  I know there's a 
Matrox USB device that can do this, but I would prefer something internal to 
the PC.

4. Output -- does MythTV output through the capture card?... or through the 
video card?... or do I have my choice?  I would like to use DVI and keep 
everything in the digital domain.
  
with the PVR-350 you have a choice, but the output on that card is 
analog.  So if you want DVI out, you must use a video card with DVI out.

5. With the front end/back end arch., where are the encoder cards installed?  
In the front or back end?
  
A back end is be definition a machine that does capturing.  A front end 
is by definition a machine that displays output.  Most people use a 
single machine as a front end + back end.  You can have multiple FEs, 
BEs, and/or FE+BEs.

6. With the FE/BE arch., can the programs be recorded on the FE, then x-fer'd 
to the BE when the program is done recording?  I fear that a temporary network 
failure could disrupt a program recording.  Having it record on a small FE box, 
then x-fer'd later (or in chunks as the program is recording) to the BE, it can 
take advantage of resuming a failed upload to the BE.  Streaming the data has 
its limits.
  
Since FEs don't record, your question is invalid.  An FE+BE can record.  
It can record to a local volume or a network mounted volume, which can 
be another MythTV box.  It sounds like that is what you are wishing to 
do.  Or, you may be wanting to move the recording to a remote volume 
after recording is complete use a batch script, which again is 
possible.  (This isn't a Microsoft product.  You are in complete control.)

7. With the video scaling capabilities, could I get MythTV to constantly 
upscale all signals to 1080p?  For example, lets say I'm watching SDTV (480i), 
will it upscale that to 1080p?  Then, lets say I change to a channel that's 
outputting HDTV (720p or 1080i), will it automatically know to upscale those to 
1080p?... or will I have to fiddle with MythTV each time I switch channels that 
output different scan rates?

I think that's it for now.  Please be nice to this newbie :-)  I've been trying 
to do my research on this project between working 2 jobs and school.  Thanks!

- Ken
  
I don't know enough about your other questions to answer.  Good luck, 
and welcome to the community.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Various questions

2005-09-22 Thread Mickey Chandler


At 02:10 PM 9/22/2005, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
Video card.  Highly recommend nVidia card of some kind since ATI has
poor linux support.

Your mileage may vary on this one.  I'm using an ATI 9200 card in my 
Myth box and have had excellent results with livna keeping the ATI 
fglrx rpm package up to date with the kernel.  I'm running 
2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 and have a current fglrx build in place.


On the other hand, if you insist on compiling from source, then yes, 
I also thought that ATI was a bit slow off the blocks to start 
supporting the 2.6 kernels (although I think this was more of a 
problem with the changing to the newer GCC version than the kernel 
itself).  I will also note that if you're trying to go completely OSS 
with your Myth box then the ATI drivers aren't for you (as witnessed 
by the fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI 
Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel. line you'll find in 
dmesg after boot up).


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[mythtv-users] make failure

2005-09-22 Thread R. G. Newbury


I' m trying to rebuild mythtv with some more features enabled.
When I get to 'make' it fails with the following error(s)

Basically it's not seeing/finding something which it should, but I have 
no idea why this version should fail, while the one I grabbed a week ago 
did not...


Anyone have any ideas? This was done from the 0.18.1 tarball.

Geoff





g++ -c -pipe -march=c3-2 -Wall -W -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch 
-fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -fPIC  -DMMX -Di386 
-DUSING_DBOX2 -DUSING_DIRECTX -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
-DPREFIX=\/usr\ -DUSING_OSS -DUSE_ALSA -DUSE_JOYSTICK_MENU -DUSE_LIRC 
-DUSING_XRANDR -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_SHARED 
-I/usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs/default -I. -I/usr/include 
-I/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-12mdk/include -I/usr/X11R6/include 
-I../libmythsamplerate -I../libmythsoundtouch -I../.. 
-I/usr/lib/qt3/include -o audiooutput.o audiooutput.cpp

In file included from audiooutput.cpp:11:
audiooutputdx.h:10:21: error: windows.h: No such file or directory
audiooutputdx.h:12:20: error: dsound.h: No such file or directory
audiooutputdx.h:44: error: 'HINSTANCE' does not name a type
audiooutputdx.h:45: error: 'LPDIRECTSOUND' does not name a type
audiooutputdx.h:46: error: 'LPDIRECTSOUNDBUFFER' does not name a type
audiooutputdx.h:49: error: 'LPDIRECTSOUNDNOTIFY' does not name a type
audiooutputdx.h:50: error: 'DSBPOSITIONNOTIFY' does not name a type
audiooutputdx.h:52: error: 'DWORD' does not name a type
audiooutputdx.h:53: error: 'DWORD' does not name a type
audiooutput.cpp: In static member function 'static AudioOutput* 
AudioOutput::OpenAudio(QString, int, int, int, AudioOutputSource, bool)':
audiooutput.cpp:74: error: cannot allocate an object of abstract type 
'AudioOutputDX'
audiooutputdx.h:15: note:   because the following virtual functions are 
pure within 'AudioOutputDX':

audiooutputbase.h:67: note:  virtual bool AudioOutputBase::OpenDevice()
audiooutputbase.h:68: note:  virtual void AudioOutputBase::CloseDevice()
audiooutputbase.h:69: note:  virtual void 
AudioOutputBase::WriteAudio(unsigned char*, int)
audiooutputbase.h:70: note:  virtual int 
AudioOutputBase::getSpaceOnSoundcard()
audiooutputbase.h:71: note:  virtual int 
AudioOutputBase::getBufferedOnSoundcard()

{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:153: Error: Local symbol `.LTHUNK0' can't be equated to 
undefined symbol `_ZN11AudioOutputD0Ev'
{standard input}:153: Error: Local symbol `.LTHUNK1' can't be equated to 
undefined symbol `_ZN11AudioOutputD1Ev'

make[2]: *** [audiooutput.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/program/mythtv/libs/libmyth'
make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/program/mythtv/libs'
make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2

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Re: [mythtv-users] make failure

2005-09-22 Thread Asher Schaffer

On 9/22/05, R. G. Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I' m trying to rebuild mythtv with some more features enabled.

What features did you change?  Maybe post the output from configure?
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[mythtv-users] Beginners question

2005-09-22 Thread Paul Schied

Hello everyone,

I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. 

I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not digital but IDO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will need to hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the cablebox (so it is decoded). 

I want to be able to watch tv while recording a different channel. From what I've read I am pretty sure this means I need two tuner cards which will both need to have the cable coming from a cablebox. My question is if I just split the cable from the cablebox, is there any way to record somethingand simultaneously watch a different channel or do I have to have two cable boxes for this?


Thanks,
Paul
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[mythtv-users] VBI subtitles with ivtv cards?

2005-09-22 Thread Joseph A. Caputo

Hi,

Please 'scuse my ignorance, but while going through the commit history 
for the week that I was on vacation in August, I saw some changes in 
SVN related to VBI  subtitles w/ivtv-driven cards.  Does this mean 
that subtitles are now working/supported for these cards (assuming I 
have a recent enough version of ivtv)?  If so, is there anything 
special I need to do besides enable it in the backend setup? (Note: I'm 
using regular TV-out, not a PVR-350).

Thanks,
JAC
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[mythtv-users] 1st Myth Box Setup

2005-09-22 Thread Luke Olson

Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it.

I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a moderate amount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up, and never have to chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to run a list of components by you and hope that everything you see will be good. 


I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also wondering about install issues i might have 

Thanks for all the help in advance.


Case


http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases
 $132.95
Tuner Card
HD-3000
http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html

 $169.98
OR

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner  FM Radio
http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html
 

http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/hauppauge-wintvpvr500mce/cName/pvr-cardstv-tuners 
 $169.99

Video Card
Geforce Fx 5200
http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html
 
 $54.99
Main Board
 MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)

http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html

 $69.99

CPU
 Athlon 2800+
 
http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html
 $119.99

RAM
 1GB 3200 DDR 400Mhz
 
http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html
$119.99

Hard Drive
 Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA
http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html

$189.99

DVD RW
 Pioneer Dual Layer DVD+-RW (Black)
http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html

 $69.99

Sound Card
 
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF
 http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html

 $29.99

Luke
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RE: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

2005-09-22 Thread Folashade Adeyosoye









Just put a splitter when it comes out of
the cablebox, one to the computer and the other to the TV.















From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Schied
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005
4:24 PM
To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] Beginners
question







Hello everyone,











I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working
but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. 











I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not
digital but IDO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will need
to hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the cablebox (so it
is decoded). 





I want to be able to watch tv while recording a different channel. From
what I've read I am pretty sure this means I need two tuner cards which will
both need to have the cable coming from a cablebox. My question is if I just
split the cable from the cablebox, is there any way to record
somethingand simultaneously watch a different channel or do I have to
have two cable boxes for this? 











Thanks,





Paul








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Re: [mythtv-users] VBI subtitles with ivtv cards?

2005-09-22 Thread Isaac Richards

On Thursday 22 September 2005 04:29 pm, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
 Hi,

 Please 'scuse my ignorance, but while going through the commit history
 for the week that I was on vacation in August, I saw some changes in
 SVN related to VBI  subtitles w/ivtv-driven cards.  Does this mean
 that subtitles are now working/supported for these cards (assuming I
 have a recent enough version of ivtv)?  If so, is there anything
 special I need to do besides enable it in the backend setup? (Note: I'm
 using regular TV-out, not a PVR-350).

Only change was the ioctls enabling them are right now.  Someone still needs 
to write a ivtv-format vbi parser.

Isaac
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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

You'd need two cable boxes... if you split the cable after the cable
box you'll just get two versions of the same channel =P

I think what I'd do is confirm what cable I have or didn't have, if I
were you... I'd run (temporarily) coax straight from the wall to the
TV (assuming your TV has a TV tuner most standard definition TV sets
do) and use the TV's tuner/autoscan to see what analog cable
stations you get.

I have the lowest tier digital cable, and it's not even worth it for
me (for the shows I record) to bother slaving the cable box... I just
tape stations under 80 (for my cable system, yours may vary) via
analog cable, which is happily split within reason multiple times
BEFORE the cable box.

So, I'd figure out what was available via straight coax/analog... and
then decide what you want to do. But if you want to record one show
via cable box, while concurrently watching another show that requires
a cable box, you'll need 2 cable boxes...

I started working on a FAQ re: that topic but didn't get too far

http://www.diy-pvr-dvr-htpc.com/index.php/Can_I_Watch_Something_Else_While_Recording_With_1_Tuner

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On 9/22/05, Paul Schied [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello everyone,

I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working but
want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further.

I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not
digital but I DO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will need to
hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the cablebox (so it
is decoded).
I want to be able to watch tv while recording a different channel. From what
I've read I am pretty sure this means I need two tuner cards which will both
need to have the cable coming from a cablebox. My question is if I just
split the cable from the cablebox, is there any way to record something and
simultaneously watch a different channel or do I have to have two cable
boxes for this?

Thanks,
Paul
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Re: [mythtv-users] Various questions

2005-09-22 Thread kteague

Thanks so much for the quick replies!

 Sort of.  You need a card that can capture from s-video or composite
 since this is the only output you can get from your DirecTV receiver
 (unless they offer one with firewire).  Most cards that have this (PVR 
 series from Hauppauge, etc) also have a tuner so you basically are
 getting both for the price.

Newer D* receivers have both DVI and HDMI outputs.  The D* HD10-250 (POS) I 
just bought has an HDMI port and comes with a HDMI - DVI cable.  Are there any 
cards that can support either a DVI or HDMI input?


 You can record HD without software encoding using an HD-3000 or Air2PC 
 card.  But these work with over-the-air HD signals from an Antenna.
 These have nothing to do with your DirectTV system, which, per #1, must
 be captured using S-video/composite input to your capture card (software
 or hardware)

After reviewing these products, I was under the impression that they're 
hardware *tuners* that do not perform any hardware encoding (which is left to 
the CPU/software).  They have a new HD-5000 card that appears to boast more 
features than the previous card, with limited hardware support for demux'ing, 
but it doesn't appear as if it does full hardware encoding.  This card is also 
able to receive unencrypted digital signals, so I believe my type of setup will 
fall under this category, and I should be able to use this card (if it's not 
simply just a tuner).

http://mythic.tv/product_info.php?products_id=46osCsid=7c5c1287a18541561a83e932b1d7c8fd


 Yes.  I believe the Plextor cards can do hardware MPEG-4 encoding on Linux.

Hmm, I'm on their web site right now, and all I can see are external devices.  
Anything in the form of an internal card?  Again, I'm still trying to keep 
everything within the digital domain.


 Video card.  Highly recommend nVidia card of some kind since ATI has
 poor linux support.

I felt this pain and suffering when I was gaming on my Linux box.  I opted to 
dump the ATI card and bought an nVidia. :-)


Richard,

Great explainations of how the FE/BE work, and thanks for the warm welcome.  
Thanks so much!  And thanks to the rest of you who made suggestions regarding 
video cards!

- Ken



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Re: [mythtv-users] make failure

2005-09-22 Thread R. G. Newbury


Asher Schaffer wrote:


On 9/22/05, R. G. Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 


I' m trying to rebuild mythtv with some more features enabled.
   



What features did you change?  Maybe post the output from configure?
___
 

Well since my post I've tried disabling some stuff. The error appears to 
be audio related so I disabled audio-arts and audio-jack...No joy.


I have not used Mozilla mail before and can't figure out how to import a 
file, so I have not included the configure file. But this is the command 
line:


./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-mmx --enable-ccache --arch=c3-2 
--enable-audio-alsa --disable-audio-arts --disable-audio-jack 
--enable-directfb --disable-dvd --enable-lirc --enable-v4l --enable-ivtv 
--enable-dvb --enable-xvmc --enable-xvmc-vld --enable-xvmc-pro 
--enable-opengl-vsync --disable-firewire


The only internal change to configure is to force dvbpath to 
/usr/src/linux/include to avoid a problem between the name of the kernel 
source tree and the name 'uname -r' returns.


I don't remember the exact number of the build but the same thing 
happened with a subversion build about 3 hours ago, which is why I went 
back to the tarball. From that I suspect it is something at my endI 
had a working copy (which wouldn't talk to the mysql server but that was 
another thing) and I then downloaded and compiled lirc so I needed to do 
a rebuild of mythtv. And since I was already having a problem with 
mysql, I figured that that might clean out the error...But nope!


Geoff




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Re: [mythtv-users] Various questions

2005-09-22 Thread Bill Omer





Newer D* receivers have both DVI and HDMI outputs.  The D* HD10-250 (POS) I just 
bought has an HDMI port and comes with a HDMI - DVI cable.  Are there any 
cards that can support either a DVI or HDMI input?
 


Sadly ... no.  Not yet anyway.  Sure would be nice though, since I can't 
get any OTA HD signals where I live.



-Bill Omer

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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

2005-09-22 Thread Scot L. Harris

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 16:23, Paul Schied wrote:
 Hello everyone,
  
 I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working
 but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. 
  
 I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not
 digital but I DO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will
 need to hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the
 cablebox (so it is decoded). 
 I want to be able to watch tv while recording a different channel.
 From what I've read I am pretty sure this means I need two tuner cards
 which will both need to have the cable coming from a cablebox. My
 question is if I just split the cable from the cablebox, is there any
 way to record something and simultaneously watch a different channel
 or do I have to have two cable boxes for this?
  
 Thanks,
 Paul

If you have analog cable service you can put a splitter on the cable
coming out of the wall, run one connection to your mythtv tuner card and
the other to cable box.  Most newer TVs have multiple inputs.  You can
use your TV to select which input to view.  

Once you have the basic mythtv setup working you will want to add at
least a second tuner card and possibly a third.  I found that two cards
resolve most recording conflicts.  

I have digital cable service but they still send analog cable service
over the same lines so you can hook that directly up to cable ready
TVs.  

One thing to consider is to use good cables and you may need to consider
an amplifier.  I picked one up form Radio Shack that not only amplifies
the signal but acts as a 4 way splitter.  

If for some reason you need to use the cable box they provided you will
need to use an IR blaster to change channels and you will need multiple
cable boxes to view and record two shows at once.  This is also true if
you want the mythtv box to access digital cable channels.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:23:46PM -0400, Paul Schied wrote:
  I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not
 digital but I DO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will need to
 hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the cablebox (so it
 is decoded).

If you just have extended basic, you can probably return the box to
Comcast and run the cable directly into your capture card.  (You can
test this by running it straight into your TV before buying a card or
sending the box back if you're sane enough to not just take my word
for it.)  As long as it's not digital, the only channels that need to
be descrambled are generally the premium channels - HBO, Cinemax,
etc.  The basic stations are normally sent in the clear.

 I want to be able to watch tv while recording a different channel. From what
 I've read I am pretty sure this means I need two tuner cards which will both
 need to have the cable coming from a cablebox.

If you want to watch one thing on live TV (as opposed to watching a
previously-recorded program) while recording something else, then,
yes, you would need two tuners.  However, once you give myth a try,
you may find yourself never wanting to watch live TV again...

Also, there are dual-tuner cards out there, such as the Hauppage
PVR-500 (which I currently use, although only one tuner is working
for me), so you don't necessarily need two cards.  When I bought
mine, newegg.com was selling the dual-tuner PVR-500 for only $10 more
than the single-tuner PVR-150, so I see no reason not to get one.

 My question is if I just
 split the cable from the cablebox, is there any way to record something and
 simultaneously watch a different channel or do I have to have two cable
 boxes for this?

Each cable box only has one tuner (there are some exceptions, but the
only ones I know of have DVRs built-in, so you're not likely to be
using mythtv with them) and, if you run your signal through the cable
box, you have to use its tuner, not your own (which will generally be
locked on channel 3 or 4 to match the cable box's output).  So, if
you run your video through the cable box, then 1 box = 1 tuner = 1
show at a time, regardless of how many tuners your mythtv system may
have.  But, like I said above, you probably don't need the cable box
anyhow.  (Even if you do have some scrambled premium channels, you
could set them to only be recorded on a specific tuner which goes
through the cable box while having a direct cable line into the other
tuner to record non-scrambled channels.)

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Re: [mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350

2005-09-22 Thread Franco

 the hardware encoder (also the decoder) have a delay of 1.5 to 2 secs
 you will always have this delay if you get the video from /dev/video0.
 ivtv-driver (/dev/video32 or 48; don't know exactly) that did direct 
 pass-through with nearly zero-delay. You can try to watch this via 
 mplayer. Maybe it works better.

Thank you! I'll try again as soon as my friends bring here the PS2 again
and let you all know!

Franco

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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

On 9/22/05, Folashade Adeyosoye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Just put a splitter when it comes out of the cablebox, one to the computer
 and the other to the TV.



This won't work... you'd want the split BEFORE the cable box for analog cable.

The outstanding question is if somehow his cable company is the kinda
that actually scrambles analog and requires cable box to view anythign
at all...

*shrug*

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Re: [mythtv-users] PS2 connected to a PVR 350


Franco wrote:


the hardware encoder (also the decoder) have a delay of 1.5 to 2 secs
you will always have this delay if you get the video from /dev/video0.
ivtv-driver (/dev/video32 or 48; don't know exactly) that did direct 
pass-through with nearly zero-delay. You can try to watch this via 
mplayer. Maybe it works better.
   



Thank you! I'll try again as soon as my friends bring here the PS2 again
and let you all know!
 

I don't mean to be snide, but why would you want to run your PS2 through 
your PVR-350?  Just hook it up right to the TV.


Kevin
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[mythtv-users] Isaac, are you looking for a job? :)

2005-09-22 Thread Andrew Close

http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?answer=26151query=googletvtopic=0type=googletv

GoogleTV is hiring!

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will provide leadership on product vision and
execution of projects that enable using Google's search and
advertising technologies to enhance users' Television viewing
experience. This is a leadership role that combines entrepreneurship,
strategy formulation, product development, project management and
communication to internal and external audiences. You will identify
key market trends that are shaping user behavior when watching
Television. These include but not limited to the intersection of
Internet and Television technologies, Video-On-Demand, Personal Video
Recorders and emergence of next generation set-top-boxes with IP
connectivity. You will then identify areas where use of Google's
search and advertising technology can enhance this user experience and
define appropriate products to deliver these user benefits. You will
work with UI designers and software engineers to conceptualize and
develop these features. You will also manage a cross-functional team
of engineering, marketing, sales, legal, finance and support functions
to launch these products successfully in the marketplace. You will be
responsible for driving this team to successfully accomplish product
and business milestones. You will act as the internal and external
spokesperson for these products and be responsible for its overall
success. As part of this role, you may also be required to interact
with strategic partners in the telecom and cable segments across the
world. As part of these interactions you will be required to present
product and business strategy to senior executives at these companies
and work with them to deploy these products in their network.

Requirements:

* Product design or product management experience.
* Experience developing and/or marketing Internet products and technologies.
* Experience developing/launching products in one or more of the
following areas: interactive TV, set-top-boxes, personal video
recorders, video-on-demand, IP TV or cable TV technologies.
* Demonstrated experience in gathering design requirements into a
product vision.
* Demonstrated ability to work with a team to rapidly produce
prototypes and iterations.
* Entrepreneurial experience and familiarity with business issues
(or a willingness to learn).
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Experience making customer facing presentations on product and
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* Quantitative analytical abilities.
* Strong organizational skills.
* Excellent technical skills.
* Degree in a CS field is desired. (MSCS, or PhD CS is a plus).

For immediate consideration, please send an English text (ASCII) or
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Re: [mythtv-users] make failure

2005-09-22 Thread Robert Johnston

On 22/09/05, R. G. Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I' m trying to rebuild mythtv with some more features enabled.
 When I get to 'make' it fails with the following error(s)

 Basically it's not seeing/finding something which it should, but I have
 no idea why this version should fail, while the one I grabbed a week ago
 did not...

 Anyone have any ideas? This was done from the 0.18.1 tarball.

 Geoff





 g++ -c -pipe -march=c3-2 -Wall -W -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch
 -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -fPIC  -DMMX -Di386
 -DUSING_DBOX2 -DUSING_DIRECTX -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 -DPREFIX=\/usr\ -DUSING_OSS -DUSE_ALSA -DUSE_JOYSTICK_MENU -DUSE_LIRC
 -DUSING_XRANDR -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_SHARED
 -I/usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs/default -I. -I/usr/include
 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-12mdk/include -I/usr/X11R6/include
 -I../libmythsamplerate -I../libmythsoundtouch -I../..
 -I/usr/lib/qt3/include -o audiooutput.o audiooutput.cpp
 In file included from audiooutput.cpp:11:
 audiooutputdx.h:10:21: error: windows.h: No such file or directory
 audiooutputdx.h:12:20: error: dsound.h: No such file or directory

Well, there's your problem... the -DUSING_DIRECTX in there is making
it all go FUBAR.

Did you add that into your configure call, or is something going VERY
wonky here?
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Re: [mythtv-users] 1st Myth Box Setup

One thought/suggestion:

I'm of the opinion that if you want to record BOTH ATSC/HDTV and
NTSC/regular cable you'll probably be best of, IMHO, with a separate
HDTV card (like the HD-3000) from the analog tuner card... maybe a
PVR150 AND a HD3000 if budget allows?

I strongly think for most PVR'ing a hardware encoding tuner card for
NTSC is preferred way to go... (the NTSC part of the HD-3000 or most
HDTV cards relies on the main cpu for encoding SDTV)

*shrug*

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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:58:18PM -0400, Erik Pettersen wrote:
 The outstanding question is if somehow his cable company is the kinda
 that actually scrambles analog and requires cable box to view anythign
 at all...

I have Comcast and no convertor.  (I used a Tivo from its initial
release until it died a couple months ago and made a point of only
getting the clear channels so I wouldn't have to deal with an IR
blaster.)  I doubt that they would scramble everything in other
markets if they don't here.  Have you ever heard of a cable company
doing that?  (I haven't.)

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White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that
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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

2005-09-22 Thread thomas scott urban

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 16:23 -0400, Paul Schied wrote:
 Hello everyone,
  
 I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working
 but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. 
  
 I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not
 digital but I DO have a cablebox. From what I've been reading I will
 need to hook up the cable to my tuner card after it goes through the
 cablebox (so it is decoded). 

FWIW, I don't know how it is where you live, but I have comcast cable,
extended basic cable, and I don't need a cable box.  I split the cable,
one end to my MythTV machine, the other directly to my TV, which is
cable-ready - like any non-ancient TV.  I only have one capture card
in my Myth box.  I hardly ever want to watch live TV, and if I do, I use
the TV tuner instead of Myth because of the slow channel surfing.  After
using Myth for a while, you'll find your need for live TV diminished.
Even for the shows I need to see right away, I just record them and
start watching them 10-20 minutes into them so I can skip the
commercials.

Scott


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Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

On 9/22/05, Dave Sherohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have Comcast and no convertor.  (I used a Tivo from its initial
 release until it died a couple months ago and made a point of only
 getting the clear channels so I wouldn't have to deal with an IR
 blaster.)  I doubt that they would scramble everything in other
 markets if they don't here.  Have you ever heard of a cable company
 doing that?  (I haven't.)


I've heard of it being done on Time Warner in Manhatten for example...
presumably to either extort you into more STB's for additional TV's or
to drag you kicking and screaming to digital cable (that's my
theories as to the why, anyhow)

*shrug* I was shocked too when I stumbled across it in other threads ...

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[mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Tommy Denton

If I have a mythtv box, can I view TV on another computer?

Tommy
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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?


Tommy Denton wrote:


If I have a mythtv box, can I view TV on another computer?


Running mythfrontend, yes.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Tommy Denton

Is that an add-on or does it come ready on a distro?On 9/22/05, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Monkey Pet

Yes, mythbackend can stream to multiple mythfrontends. Say you have a
backend which has tuner cards, you can then watch tv on a frontend
which can be seperate from the backend meaning on another computer, if
that computer has the frontend software installed and configured.
On 9/22/05, Tommy Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I have a mythtv box, can I view TV on another computer?

Tommy

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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 05:33:04PM -0400, Tommy Denton wrote:
 Is that an add-on or does it come ready on a distro?

The 'normal' setup is to run both mythfrontend and mythbackend on the
same machine.  To view your programs on a separate computer, all you
have to do is install mythtv on it, but run only mythfrontend and
configure it to connect to a remote mythbackend.  (You actually don't
even need to install mythbackend on the viewing-only system, but your
distro may bundle them into a single package so that you get both
even if you don't need them.)

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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?


Tommy Denton wrote:


Is that an add-on or does it come ready on a distro?


Google KnoppMyth

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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Tommy Denton

the viewing computers are winblows.. client requirment. now what are my optionsOn 9/22/05, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:Tommy Denton wrote: Is that an add-on or does it come ready on a distro?
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[mythtv-users] Myth Box Components

2005-09-22 Thread Luke Olson

Hey sorry about the crappy formating beofre i hope this one is better

Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it.I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a moderateamount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up, and never haveto chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to run a list of
components by you and hope that everything you see will be good.I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also wondering aboutinstall issues i might haveThanks for all the help in advance.


Case

http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases
$132.95
OR
Arctic Cooling Silentium T-1 or T-2
http://www.nanosys1.com/cases---enclosures-atx-cases-arctic-cooling.html
 
$100-$110

Tuner Card
HD-3000
http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html

$169.98
OR
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner  FM Radio
http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html
 
$169.99

Video Card
Geforce Fx 5200
http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html
 
$54.99

Main Board
MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)

http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html

$69.99

CPU
Athlon 2800+
http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html

$119.99


RAM
1GB 3200 DDR 400Mhz
http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html

$119.99

Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA

http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html

$189.99

DVD RW
Pioneer Dual Layer DVD+-RW (Black)
http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html

$69.99


Sound Card
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF
http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html

$29.99
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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Robert Johnston

On 22/09/05, Tommy Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 the viewing computers are winblows.. client requirment. now what are my
 options

No Live TV, but you can use Samba to view pre-recorded programs.

In thoery, you can also use WinMyth, but it's not so stable (Or reliable) IME
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Box Components

2005-09-22 Thread Sérgio Gaspar


Hi,

Better not mix PVR500MCE with VIA chipsets, the board you selected has a 
VIA chipset. I've had problems with that mix, although on a different 
board. Try performing a search on the list archives for problems with 
VIA chipsets.


I used to like VIA, but my preference has changed since I started 
building my myth box.


Just a friendly advice.

Regards,

Sergio



Luke Olson wrote:


Hey sorry about the crappy formating beofre i hope this one is better
 
Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it.

I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a moderate
amount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up, and never have
to chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to run a list of
components by you and hope that everything you see will be good.
I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also wondering about
install issues i might have
Thanks for all the help in advance.
 


*Case*

* 
http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases*


*$132.95*

*OR*

*Arctic** Cooling Silentium T-1 or T-2*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/cases---enclosures-atx-cases-arctic-cooling.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/cases---enclosures-atx-cases-arctic-cooling.html 
*


*$100-$110*

* *

*Tuner Card*

*HD-3000*

*http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html*

*$169.98*

*OR*

*Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner  FM Radio*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html *


*$169.99*

* *

*Video Card*

*Geforce Fx 5200*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html *


*$54.99*

* *

*Main Board*

*MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)** *

*http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html*


*$69.99*

* *

*CPU*

*Athlon 2800+*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html*


*$119.99*

**

** 


*RAM*

*1GB 3200 DDR 400Mhz*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html*


*$119.99*

** 


*Hard Drive*

*** Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA*

*** 
http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.htmlhttp://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html** 
*


*$189.99*

*** DVD RW*

*Pioneer Dual Layer DVD+-RW (Black)*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html*


*$69.99*

* *

*** Sound Card*

*Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF*

*http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html *

*$29.99*



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[mythtv-users] Myth Box Components

2005-09-22 Thread Luke Olson

-- Forwarded message --From: Sérgio Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Sep 22, 2005 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Box ComponentsTo: Luke Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Hi,Better not mix PVR500MCE with VIA chipsets, the board you selected has aVIA chipset. I've had problems with that mix, although on a differentboard. Try performing a search on the list archives for problems with
VIA chipsets.I used to like VIA, but my preference has changed since I startedbuilding my myth box.Just a friendly advice.Regards,SergioLuke Olson wrote: Hey sorry about the crappy formating beofre i hope this one is better
 Hey all, just found this list and i am loving it. I will be building a Front end box for a friend that knows a moderate amount about computers, so i want to build a box set it up, and never have
 to chage it again. Fat chance i know. Just wanted to run a list of components by you and hope that everything you see will be good. I am planning on installing KnoppMyth on it and am also wondering about
 install issues i might have Thanks for all the help in advance. *Case* * 
http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/silverstone-lascala-sstlc02s-htpc-case-silver/cName/htpc-cases* *$132.95* *OR* *Arctic** Cooling Silentium T-1 or T-2*
 *http://www.nanosys1.com/cases---enclosures-atx-cases-arctic-cooling.html 
http://www.nanosys1.com/cases---enclosures-atx-cases-arctic-cooling.html * *$100-$110* * * *Tuner Card* *HD-3000* *
http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html* *$169.98* *OR* *Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual TV Tuner  FM Radio*
 *http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html http://www.nanosys1.com/tv-hp-pvr500mce.html
 * *$169.99* * * *Video Card* *Geforce Fx 5200* *http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html
 http://www.nanosys1.com/vid-ch-fx-5200.html * *$54.99* * * *Main Board* *MSI KT880 Delta-FSR Socket A Mainboard (MS-7047)** *
 *http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html http://www.nanosys1.com/mb-ms-7047-010.html
* *$69.99* * * *CPU* *Athlon 2800+* *http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html
 http://www.nanosys1.com/cpu-amd-xp-280r.html* *$119.99* ** ** *RAM*
 *1GB 3200 DDR 400Mhz* *http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html http://www.nanosys1.com/mem-dd-pc32-1gb.html
* *$119.99* ** *Hard Drive* *** Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA* *** http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html
http://www.nanosys1.com/hd-sa-sg-300sb.html** * *$189.99* *** DVD RW* *Pioneer Dual Layer DVD+-RW (Black)*
 *http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html http://www.nanosys1.com/dvd-pio-dvr109b.html
* *$69.99* * * *** Sound Card* *Chaintech AV-710 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card w/ SPDIF* *
http://www.nanosys1.com/snd-ch-av-710.html * *$29.99*___
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Box Components

2005-09-22 Thread Sérgio Gaspar






What chipset would suggest then?




I have turned to nVidia, but SiS and Uli are probably fully functional 
too with PVR500MCE. It is probably some bug or unimplemented feature on 
VIA chipsets which does not apply to other chipset manufacturers. I have 
read somewhere (probably on this list) that Asus was able to overcome 
this problem with just a BIOS update but don't count on that for a 
definitive solution. My experience as a firmware programmer tells me 
that you can hide some hardware bugs behind software workarounds, but 
eventually they will come up again later.


At first I was reluctant about nVidia because they were the new kid on 
the block in respect to system chipsets, but they have proven to me they 
are worthy. I am very happy with my board using an nForce3 chipset (for 
the Athlon 64).


Others will be better qualified to answer specifically on Sis and Uli.

The final choice is yours, of course.

Good luck.

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RE: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Chris Swinney









Ok,a DBox question based on this line of talking. Can I assume that
MythTV will install on the DBox and that various other computer will be able to
view with front end clients? I then assume that ONE computer can be specified
to record to? 







Thanks,



Chris





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Sent: 22
 September 2005 23:01
To: Tommy Denton; Discussion about
mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Does
it work like this?



Here
is the thread on this topic:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/144353?do=post_view_threaded



On 9/22/05, Tommy Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

the
viewing computers are winblows.. client requirment. now what are my options



On 9/22/05, Kevin Kuphal 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote:





Tommy Denton wrote: 

 Is that an add-on or does it come ready on a distro? 

Google KnoppMyth

Kevin
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[mythtv-users] frontend /Backend Compatibility

2005-09-22 Thread Vincent K. Britton









Hi all.



I am still running a .16 backend. I just downloaded
knoppmyth and it isnt working. 



I read that knoppmyth was based on version .18 and that got
me wondering if the frontends and backend have to be the same version?



The error I am getting is that the frontend cant see
the backend. Check the IP. Well the IP works and Myth loads so I assume that
it is connecting to MySQL. If it isnt version incompatibility, how
should I proceed in troubleshooting?



Thanks,

Vince






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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?


Tommy Denton wrote:

the viewing computers are winblows.. client requirment. now what are 
my options


1.  Put the KnoppMyth CD in and reboot to a CD based frontend 
installation.  Does not affect windows

2.  Use VMware or Virtual PC to run a frontend in a virtual machine
3.  Use any of the open source vm type systems or something like colinux 
to run mythfrontend
4.  Run WinMyth but you won't get live TV but can get pseudo-live by 
marking what you want to watch as a recording, letting the recording 
start, and watch the recording while it is in progress.


Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] frontend /Backend Compatibility


Vincent K. Britton wrote:


Hi all.

I am still running a .16 backend. I just downloaded knoppmyth and it 
isn’t working.


I read that knoppmyth was based on version .18 and that got me 
wondering if the frontends and backend have to be the same version?


The error I am getting is that the frontend can’t see the backend. 
Check the IP. Well the IP works and Myth loads so I assume that it is 
connecting to MySQL. If it isn’t version incompatibility, how should I 
proceed in troubleshooting?


Basically they should be the same version. CHeck your logs for the 
frontend and backend for troubleshooting.


Kevin
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RE: [mythtv-users] frontend /Backend Compatibility

2005-09-22 Thread Vincent K. Britton

Well I'll upgrade my backend soon.  Right now the wife is on it.  

I checked the logs and there was barely anything there for the day:

tail -100 /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log 
2005-09-22 02:06:35 Found changes in the todo list.
2005-09-22 02:06:36 Scheduled 8 items in 0.075427 seconds.
2005-09-22 07:48:05 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-22 07:48:05 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events:
0)
2005-09-22 07:48:21 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-22 07:48:21 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events:
0)
2005-09-22 07:48:22 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2005-09-22 07:48:22 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote file
transfer
2005-09-22 07:48:25 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2005-09-22 07:48:25 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote file
transfer
2005-09-22 07:48:27 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2005-09-22 07:48:27 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote file
transfer
2005-09-22 07:50:32 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-22 07:50:32 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events:
0)
2005-09-22 07:50:50 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-22 07:50:50 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events:
0)
2005-09-22 07:52:29 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-22 07:52:29 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events:
0)

Nothing aboutme trying to connect.  Is there a flag that needs to be
enabled to get more verbose logging?

Thanks,
Vince

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Kuphal
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:19 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] frontend /Backend Compatibility

Vincent K. Britton wrote:

 Hi all.

 I am still running a .16 backend. I just downloaded knoppmyth and it 
 isn't working.

 I read that knoppmyth was based on version .18 and that got me 
 wondering if the frontends and backend have to be the same version?

 The error I am getting is that the frontend can't see the backend. 
 Check the IP. Well the IP works and Myth loads so I assume that it is 
 connecting to MySQL. If it isn't version incompatibility, how should I

 proceed in troubleshooting?

Basically they should be the same version. CHeck your logs for the 
frontend and backend for troubleshooting.

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[mythtv-users] Last error. Almost there. Help appreciated!

2005-09-22 Thread Gus

I have the latest 19 release of Mythtv on Fedora 4 following Jarod's
guide.
All is working, I can capture from /dev/video0 and play it. 
Backend is setup, and master ip is 192.168.0.1
Frontend is on the same machine
PVR250

My error is this:
When I try to play live TV, I get a blank screen for about 20 seconds or
so, and then it returns me to the menu screen.
Here is the frontend error log:

mythfrontend
2005-09-22 18:20:57.986 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
2005-09-22 18:20:58.020 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2005-09-22 18:20:58.025 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1
www.mythtv.org
2005-09-22 18:20:58.026 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-22 18:20:58.556 Switching to square mode (blue)
2005-09-22 18:20:58.952 Joystick disabled.
2005-09-22 18:20:58.955 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-22 18:20:59.018 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-09-22 18:20:59.050 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media
handler
2005-09-22 18:20:59.051 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media
handler
2005-09-22 18:20:59.282 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media
handler
SIP listening on IP Address 68.146.22.145:5060 NAT address 68.146.22.145
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
2005-09-22 18:21:39.681 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.1:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2005-09-22 18:21:39.688 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-22 18:21:39.722 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-22 18:21:44.840 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-09-22 18:21:49.841 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-09-22 18:21:54.842 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-09-22 18:21:54.843 Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read,
aborting.
Couldn't read file: rbuf://192.168.0.1:6543/video/buffer/ringbuf1.nuv
2005-09-22 18:21:54.907 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-09-22 18:21:54.907 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
2005-09-22 18:22:14.912 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
Remote encoder not responding.
2005-09-22 18:22:14.918 Changing from None to None
2005-09-22 18:22:25.053 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
2005-09-22 18:22:25.053 RemoteFile::Read(): No response from control
socket.
2005-09-22 18:22:25.053 RemoteFile::Read() failed in
RingBuffer::safe_read().
2005-09-22 18:22:25.055 WriteStringList: Bad socket
2005-09-22 18:22:25.055 ReadStringList: Bad socket
2005-09-22 18:22:25.055 Remote file timeout.



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Re: [mythtv-users] Does it work like this?

2005-09-22 Thread Ross Campbell

On 9/22/05, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  the viewing computers are winblows.. client requirment. now what are
  my options

 1.  Put the KnoppMyth CD in and reboot to a CD based frontend
 installation.  Does not affect windows
 2.  Use VMware or Virtual PC to run a frontend in a virtual machine
 3.  Use any of the open source vm type systems or something like colinux
 to run mythfrontend
 4.  Run WinMyth but you won't get live TV but can get pseudo-live by
 marking what you want to watch as a recording, letting the recording
 start, and watch the recording while it is in progress.

5. Use MythStreamTV and stream programs from your mythtv backend to a
client like VLC on Windows/Linux/Mac
6. Roll up your sleeves and work on the last bits of porting required
to compile MythTV under Cygwin and provide a real MythTV Windows
client
7. Upgrade from Winblows to Linux and run a native mythfrontend. Use
the money you save on software licenses to build a RAID hard disk
array for MythTV.

-Ross
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RE: [mythtv-users] Last error. Almost there. Help appreciated!

2005-09-22 Thread Folashade Adeyosoye

Good job Gus, 

  If I may ask you, it seems we have the same environment
* Fedora 4 also following Jarod's guide.

Installed a fresh copy of Fedora 4
I did the yum upgrade
Did get both atrpms.repo and freshrpms.repo 
Got and installed mythtv-suite


But when I was going to setup the database, the
/usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.18.1/database/mc.sql was no where to be found


Did I miss something


Thanks

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gus
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:30 PM
To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] Last error. Almost there. Help appreciated!

I have the latest 19 release of Mythtv on Fedora 4 following Jarod's
guide.
All is working, I can capture from /dev/video0 and play it. 
Backend is setup, and master ip is 192.168.0.1
Frontend is on the same machine
PVR250

My error is this:
When I try to play live TV, I get a blank screen for about 20 seconds or
so, and then it returns me to the menu screen.
Here is the frontend error log:

mythfrontend
2005-09-22 18:20:57.986 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
2005-09-22 18:20:58.020 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2005-09-22 18:20:58.025 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1
www.mythtv.org
2005-09-22 18:20:58.026 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-22 18:20:58.556 Switching to square mode (blue)
2005-09-22 18:20:58.952 Joystick disabled.
2005-09-22 18:20:58.955 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-22 18:20:59.018 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-09-22 18:20:59.050 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media
handler
2005-09-22 18:20:59.051 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media
handler
2005-09-22 18:20:59.282 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media
handler
SIP listening on IP Address 68.146.22.145:5060 NAT address 68.146.22.145
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
2005-09-22 18:21:39.681 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.1:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2005-09-22 18:21:39.688 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-22 18:21:39.722 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-22 18:21:44.840 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-09-22 18:21:49.841 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-09-22 18:21:54.842 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-09-22 18:21:54.843 Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read,
aborting.
Couldn't read file: rbuf://192.168.0.1:6543/video/buffer/ringbuf1.nuv
2005-09-22 18:21:54.907 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-09-22 18:21:54.907 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
2005-09-22 18:22:14.912 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
Remote encoder not responding.
2005-09-22 18:22:14.918 Changing from None to None
2005-09-22 18:22:25.053 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
2005-09-22 18:22:25.053 RemoteFile::Read(): No response from control
socket.
2005-09-22 18:22:25.053 RemoteFile::Read() failed in
RingBuffer::safe_read().
2005-09-22 18:22:25.055 WriteStringList: Bad socket
2005-09-22 18:22:25.055 ReadStringList: Bad socket
2005-09-22 18:22:25.055 Remote file timeout.




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[mythtv-users] mythtv, nvidia drivers, and renderaccel

2005-09-22 Thread Nathan Caldwell

Hi, I hope that someone can answer this, I looked around and it looks
like the issue with X freezing up when using the RenderAccel option is
a known issue. What I'm wondering if there's a workaround to get myth
to work with RenderAccel on? Is there a certian nvidia driver that
plays nice with MythTV and RenderAccel, or are they all broke?


Thanks to anyone who replys,
-Nathan
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[mythtv-users] Mythweb on your mobile phone: a chtml theme? (non-WAP) for DoCoMo I-mode phones

2005-09-22 Thread David Bennett

A big thank you for all of your help so far...

I am re-writing this message after a few replies asking me what the
hell I was talking about.

I am trying to access Mythweb from over my Mobile Phone. After posting
about it on this list, I got tons of help about how to view it on a
WAP enabled phone (the standard in America I believe). Although WAP is
just about the right size, and a perfect layout (well at least it
looks so when I view it from Firefox), I-mode docomo phones do not use
the WAP system. They use chtml, an html designed specifically for cell
phones.

I was wondering if anyone had a chtml theme that would work for i-mode
phones, a wap to chtml converter, or any other brilliant ideas on how
to view mythweb from a non-wap compliant cellphone (wml does not seem
to work either.)

I know that making up the chtml wouldn't be that hard (especially if I
just followed the WAP layout), but that would require me not being
stupid.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
David
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[mythtv-users] Automatic Transcoding

2005-09-22 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)




Howdy,

I cant for the likes of me get my mythtv box to 
automatically transcode stuff recorded from my DVB card.. (Dvico Fusion DVB-T 
Lite).

I'm sure there's a box I should be ticking 
somewhere - which recording profile should I tick "automatically transcode" in - 
I've ticked all the boxes in the "Hardward DVB Encoders", but that doesnt seem 
to do anything?

Help?

M.
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Re: [mythtv-users] frontend /Backend Compatibility