date:20051011

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Wilson
 Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:43 AM
 To: Discussion about mythtv
 Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA?

 This is what I was going to do (replace my TV with my good quality LCD
 computer monitor) until I tried it out. The picture quality is
 simply FAR better on a TV than on a monitor.

 And also TV looks FAR better on an old fashioned CRT than an LCD or
 even a plasma TV. Sure, they are more convenient what with the slim
 size, and lower power consumption but they are just not as good for
 watching TV.

 Go to a TV shop and see for yourself.

Main difference is that a TV has a tuner, monitors don't. This allows you to 
watch live TV and record a different channel at the same time.

Richard. 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Australian Digital TV Cards

2005-10-11 Thread Craig Tinson


Paul Andreassen wrote:


On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:47 pm, Craig Tinson wrote:
 


Philip Shead wrote:
   


The bright side of the VP
card I got was it has a usb remote which can be moved
independently of the card. The downside of the Kworld is
that as said above the remote is a bit flimsy (not sure
how many more keys people want? 32 the same as the VP)
and what annoys me most is the remote doesn't repeat,
so you can't ramp up/down volume easily (and my cheap
learning remote can't seem to learn the keys).
 


slightly OT here... but I was wondering if you had any info available
(links etc) and getting this remote to work under linux in a way that is
compatible with myth?

I know it's a HID device and it does send keys fine - so I guess I just
need to either remap the keys it sends or configure myth differently?
   



I've written a binary patch which changes the keymaping for usb keyboards so 
the TwinHan VisionPlus DVB-T card remote better matches MythTV. 


http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=7787;list=mythtv

Paul

 


*excellent*

nice work Paul.. worked first time.. !

thanks

Craig
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[mythtv-users] Fine tuning picture quality

2005-10-11 Thread Allan Mcintosh


Hey,

Can anyone suggest an  application or procedure to fine tune picture 
quality. IE Adjusting brightness, contrast color's and so forth? I am 
unable to do this manually.


Are there any linux apps to do this? Something similar to Avia.


Thanks
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[mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

2005-10-11 Thread R. Stavros Bezas

For the last few weeks I have been browsing every single website I  
can possibly imagine that deals with creating your own HD PVR HTPC.  
Without owning a HD set or service presently I find myself a touch  
limited when it comes to specific hardware connections/setups. I am  
well versed with the signals themselves but none of the company  
proprietary things that will definetly impact how you set up your box.


I'd like to lay out my understanding of how to setup a system  
(backend and fronted in one box to start) so I can see exactly what I  
need to make my decisions on as well as to help out others in my  
position in the future. Please add any input you can.


Starting from the signal itself. I plan to get DirecTV but may resort  
to Comcast if tree cover is an issue. Let's just assume DirecTV is  
available. The signal will come into through the wall via RG6 and I  
am assuming I will need to terminate it at their Satellite box.


From the Satellite box which method do I use to bring it into the  
MythBox? My first thought would have been through Component/DVI or  
other video transport methods but reading through I find myself more  
confused as talk about Firewire comes into play as well as inputting  
the signal directly into the box. All sorts of questions about  
encrypted signals now come into my mind. This topic is very important  
to me as I can't seem to get a straight answer.
(I plan to be purchasing a Samsung 61 DLP (HLR6167W) which contains  
almost every sort of connection available and the rest of the  
equipment has not been purchased so the sky is the limit when it  
comes to type of setup)


After I have the signal into the MythBox (for simplicity let's assume  
just one tuner card, although the software side of multiple cards  
perplexes me as well!) it obviously needs to get to the television.  
This is where a video card that supports a HD-OUT method (component,  
HDMI, DVI, etc.) comes in. This sounds quite simple to me, but again,  
I believe firewire has entered the mix and that just confuses me as  
to how that could interact. If you do use firewire on either input/ 
output, would I still need a tuner card or video card?


Other issues of note:
As I've said I've done some research and come to see that the pcHDTV  
card does not decode NTSC (SD) signals. Does this mean I will have to  
have multiple cards to get the full spectrum of channels from my  
service? Is the control seamless through the Myth interface? My goal  
is to make this box operate as simply as possible. I currently use  
ReplayTV with a basic analog signal, it could not work more simple.


When it comes to installing my Satellite service, is there a certain  
box or features I should request that would simplify the task of  
creating this PVR? Also, same question for Comcast or other cable  
providers if Satellite falls though.


The software side I have yet to address as that can all be handled  
once I have the hardware in place. I anticipate that to be relatively  
painless compared to creating the box up to and including IR blasters/ 
serial connections,etc.


I appreciate any responses and apologize for being any questions that  
may have already been asked but sometimes it is rather difficult to  
search for such specific concerns. I also hope that this post helps  
others better understand how the system works too.



Stavros
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Re: [mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA?

2005-10-11 Thread Robert Denier

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 16:42 +0100, Andrew Wilson wrote:
 This is what I was going to do (replace my TV with my good quality LCD
 computer monitor) until I tried it out. The picture quality is
 simply FAR better on a TV than on a monitor.

While a monitor may expose flaws in the tv signal to a greater extent, I
simply don't buy that TV's give better pictures.

Take a good wallpaper that is as big as a current lcd monitor's native
resolution and compare that to a tv side by side.  If you think the tv
gives the better picture, well, then I'm surprised.

I suspect part of the issue deals with removing interlacing artifacts
and the interpolation a video card will do to stretch out an image.  If
you can look for a video card that does something better than simple
linear interpolation.  Most newer ati/nvidia once probably do something
decent, but I haven't looked lately.  As to the dinterlacing, well myth
has a couple options.

Finally unless your using a 350's s-video output, I doubt the signal is
being reconstructed correctly to go to a tv and preserve the interlaced
structure.  Maybe nvidia's cards do it, but I doubt it.  Without this
preservation your again likely better off with a monitor.

 
 And also TV looks FAR better on an old fashioned CRT than an LCD or
 even a plasma TV. Sure, they are more convenient what with the slim
 size, and lower power consumption but they are just not as good for
 watching TV.
 
 Go to a TV shop and see for yourself.

At any rate I personally think my vizio l32 lcd looks better than my old
32 inch crt, but thats still my opinion I suppose.  I'm taking this lcd
back when the winbook 32 arrives so I can get a 1:1 dot for dot display
rather than the vizio's rescaling of the vga signal.

I may make a better post tomorrow once I get it to play with, but if
anyone wants a winbook 32 inch lcd you may want search for it via
pricewatch.com.  You should see it offered for $999 + 100 shipping
instead of $1099 + ~$135 shipping at their web site.

Also, if you want to use the monitor for anything other than tv, well
then a monitor is better as well.  For instance, I can read quite easily
off this LCD monitor.  Perhaps doing so sometimes will have some small
benefit to my vision since it is farther away, although I'm obviously
not an eye doctor...


-Robert

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Re: [mythtv-users] Fine tuning picture quality

2005-10-11 Thread Brad Fuller


Allan Mcintosh wrote:


Hey,

Can anyone suggest an  application or procedure to fine tune picture 
quality. IE Adjusting brightness, contrast color's and so forth? I am 
unable to do this manually.


Are there any linux apps to do this? Something similar to Avia.


For manual procedure:

http://www.videoessentials.com/index.php


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Re: [mythtv-users] For UK MythTV users - More4 XMLTV info enclosed

2005-10-11 Thread Nick

On 11/10/05, Kim Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Nick wrote:

  I'd intentionally tried to cut out all of the DVB channel numbers
  (missed that one) as they are irrelevant when setting up the channels
  in MythTV.

 Assuming of course that you're using a DVB card, as opposed to a STB
 connected to an analogue capture card[1] :)


 Kim.

 [1] Hardly an optimal setup, I agree, but it's what I have on my (now)
 second tuner as it was the only way of recording (well, playing back)
 DVB subtitles before myth supported them directly.

Oops. Thanks again for proving me wrong. Sorry to all the DVB STB
users out there!

Nick
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RE: [mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Stavros Bezas
 
 For the last few weeks I have been browsing every single website I  
 can possibly imagine that deals with creating your own HD PVR HTPC.  
 Without owning a HD set or service presently I find myself a touch  
 limited when it comes to specific hardware connections/setups. I am  
 well versed with the signals themselves but none of the company  
 proprietary things that will definetly impact how you set up your box.
 
 I'd like to lay out my understanding of how to setup a system  
 (backend and fronted in one box to start) so I can see 
 exactly what I  
 need to make my decisions on as well as to help out others in my  
 position in the future. Please add any input you can.
 
 Starting from the signal itself. I plan to get DirecTV but 
 may resort  
 to Comcast if tree cover is an issue. Let's just assume DirecTV is  
 available. The signal will come into through the wall via RG6 and I  
 am assuming I will need to terminate it at their Satellite box.
 
  From the Satellite box which method do I use to bring it into the  
 MythBox? My first thought would have been through Component/DVI or  
 other video transport methods but reading through I find myself more  
 confused as talk about Firewire comes into play as well as inputting  
 the signal directly into the box. All sorts of questions about  
 encrypted signals now come into my mind. This topic is very 
 important  
 to me as I can't seem to get a straight answer.
 (I plan to be purchasing a Samsung 61 DLP (HLR6167W) which contains  
 almost every sort of connection available and the rest of the  
 equipment has not been purchased so the sky is the limit when it  
 comes to type of setup)
 
 After I have the signal into the MythBox (for simplicity 
 let's assume  
 just one tuner card, although the software side of multiple cards  
 perplexes me as well!) it obviously needs to get to the television.  
 This is where a video card that supports a HD-OUT method (component,  
 HDMI, DVI, etc.) comes in. This sounds quite simple to me, 
 but again,  
 I believe firewire has entered the mix and that just confuses me as  
 to how that could interact. If you do use firewire on either input/ 
 output, would I still need a tuner card or video card?
 
 Other issues of note:
 As I've said I've done some research and come to see that the pcHDTV  
 card does not decode NTSC (SD) signals. Does this mean I will 
 have to  
 have multiple cards to get the full spectrum of channels from my  
 service? Is the control seamless through the Myth interface? My goal  
 is to make this box operate as simply as possible. I currently use  
 ReplayTV with a basic analog signal, it could not work more simple.
 
 When it comes to installing my Satellite service, is there a certain  
 box or features I should request that would simplify the task of  
 creating this PVR? Also, same question for Comcast or other cable  
 providers if Satellite falls though.
 
 The software side I have yet to address as that can all be handled  
 once I have the hardware in place. I anticipate that to be 
 relatively  
 painless compared to creating the box up to and including IR 
 blasters/ 
 serial connections,etc.
 
 I appreciate any responses and apologize for being any 
 questions that  
 may have already been asked but sometimes it is rather difficult to  
 search for such specific concerns. I also hope that this post helps  
 others better understand how the system works too.
 
Hi Stavros-

I cannot answer all your questions, but I can share my experience to date. I 
use a pcHDTV HD3000 for OTA HD broadcasts, and also have a PVR-150 for 
capturing off cable. I have a Samsung 61 DLP as well, and I can tell you that 
once you have seen HDTV on this TV you will find ED acceptable, but you will 
not be satisfied with SD. So if you have a good selection of HD/ED programming, 
don't bother with SD. I use an nVidia 5200 video card with a DVI output to 
drive the Samsung at its native HD resolution (note that a PVR-350 and many 
other cards do not support HD resolution). It took a little research to set up 
xorg.conf, but the Samsung works surprisingly well with a DVI input.

As far as hardware vs. software, I found just the opposite to be true. You will 
find you will spend a lot of time getting the right drivers, setting up 
xorg.conf properly, and understanding/configuring MythTV. MythTV has a ways to 
go before it's seamless; I'm having trouble right now getting Myth to switch 
easily between the HD3000 and PVR-150 for live TV viewing.

Good luck!
Richard.
 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

2005-10-11 Thread R. Stavros Bezas


Robert,

I appreciate your quick response, analyzing this setup is aggravating  
me as much as it excites me. I always love a good challenge.


To address a few of your replies:

Upon looking at costs/feasibility/implementation I am leaning more  
towards Comcast. The ability to potentially use that firewire  
connection really appeals to me. I hope someone with more experience  
with the firewire can answer this question :


Will I be able to capture all content from the cable box (SD,HD local  
and HD encrypted) through the firewire cable? Will I also be able to  
change channels via it or will I need an IR blaster?


Without the firewire connection am I correct in assuming that there  
is no way to capture HD encrypted content like HD Espn, HD TNT, HD  
Discovery, etc? Is this a blanket problem or are there ways around it?


In regards to the 1:1 pixel mapping idea you suggested: Do you have  
any more information regarding this so I can look further into it, I  
am curious to find out more about it.


I appreciate the good luck, I am looking forward to learning all  
about how to create this and have no real time frame nor other  
constraints to apply stress to the situation. I have *nix experience,  
while not Linux I believe it will greatly help me in installing  
everything on the software end. (Plus KnoppMyth is a great solution  
too I hear)


Thank you again.


On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Robert Denier wrote:


On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 12:51 -0400, R. Stavros Bezas wrote:


For the last few weeks I have been browsing every single website I
can possibly imagine that deals with creating your own HD PVR HTPC.
Without owning a HD set or service presently I find myself a touch
limited when it comes to specific hardware connections/setups. I am
well versed with the signals themselves but none of the company
proprietary things that will definetly impact how you set up your  
box.


I'd like to lay out my understanding of how to setup a system
(backend and fronted in one box to start) so I can see exactly what I
need to make my decisions on as well as to help out others in my
position in the future. Please add any input you can.

Starting from the signal itself. I plan to get DirecTV but may resort
to Comcast if tree cover is an issue. Let's just assume DirecTV is



You might give a closer look at comcast.  There is a chance that a  
cable

box is available that has firewire that may even work with myth.  This
is likely the best quality video you can get, if its available and it
works.  I've never looked into the details as cable is not available
here.




available. The signal will come into through the wall via RG6 and I
am assuming I will need to terminate it at their Satellite box.



Yes.



 From the Satellite box which method do I use to bring it into the
MythBox?



Typically you will use a hauppauge pvr 150(captures 1 signal) or pvr
500(captures 2 signals).  This adds
1) A Digital/Analog conversion in the sat box.
2) An A/D conversion in the pvr card.
3) Some additional losses recompressing the video the mpeg2 video.

This is why getting the signal in its original mpeg2 native form  
from a

cable box has some value.  Of course I'm not sure how well, or if this
really works..

You will also need either a serial connection to the satellite  
receiver

to change channels or an ir blaster.



My first thought would have been through Component/DVI or



Nice try :) Afaik no cards exist that will do either.  A talented
electrical engineer might build a card, given enough time and  
money, but

well, I find it likely that attempting to sell such a device would
resort in some kind of legal issue.  Also, if your talking hdtv, you
would need a _VERY_ fast machine to compress it from the raw data, or
additional hardware on the board to deal with real time mpeg2
compression.  All in all the creation of such a card while technically
probably feasible, is just not likely to happen anytime soon.

There are cards that receive over the air compressed hdtv signals that
work with myth, but then your limited to those channels.




other video transport methods but reading through I find myself more
confused as talk about Firewire comes into play as well as inputting
the signal directly into the box. All sorts of questions about
encrypted signals now come into my mind. This topic is very important
to me as I can't seem to get a straight answer.


Sorry, I'm not expert on firewire as the solution does not apply here.
I use dish network with an ir blaster.



(I plan to be purchasing a Samsung 61 DLP (HLR6167W) which contains
almost every sort of connection available and the rest of the
equipment has not been purchased so the sky is the limit when it
comes to type of setup)



I wonder if that tv can do a 1:1 pixel mapping from your computer  
via a

dvi cable.  It might be something to look into..  Of course, if your
only watching video it doesn't matter so much.



After I have the signal into the MythBox (for

[mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?

Oh, I'm close. I'm sooo close ...

On 10/10/05, Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Oct 10, 2005 5:42 AM
 Subject: Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?
 To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org

 On 10/9/05, Dennis Lou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  --- Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Something to do with my PVR-150, perhaps? If I have
   time tonight, I'll
   try removing that card and try again ...

  Sounds like it.  Did you install from atrpms
  or did you compile from source?  I've heard of eeprom
  conflicts when compiling from source, but I have
  been using atrpms and haven't run into it.

  -Dennis

 I'm using the atrpms. Besides installing the nVidia drivers by hand,
 it's a vanilla installation via Jarod's Fedora guide.

 I'll try removing my PVR-150 card, and see if that fixes things. I
 hope that's not the case, though, as I still watch a lot of regular
 content, and I'd hate to lose the PVR card in this box (not to mention
 I use the PVR's remote).

 Mark

 --

 Well, after a little more searching, I found the following threads:

 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/151628?search_string=hd3000%20pvr-150
 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/24044?search_string=tveeprom;#24044

 Looks like there's a known conflict between the PVR-150 and the HD3000
 with the latest ivtv drivers. So much for my vanilla install ...

 I think I'm gonna try installing the 0.37a drivers by hand, as
 recommended, and see if that makes my cards play nice. I'll report
 back what happens, though it might take me a while :)

 Mark

So, I've removed the atrpm ivtv drivers, found a copy of the old 0.37a
drivers, and complied and installed them by hand. Reboot, and no more
error messages! The PVR-150 and pcHDTV3000 appear to be living in
harmony. After testing in and out of mythtv, the PVR-150 is working
like before, that is, perfectly.

Onto the pcHDTV3000 ...

So, I got the latest firmware from pchtdv's site, modprobed, and
everything is working great. I found the thread Dennis recommended
(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150073?#150073)
and followed the instructions there. I ran the qamscan that Dennis
attached in that thread, and it found a bunch of good stations. Next,
I tried to manually capture some HD channels (azap -r KTVUHD, then cat
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0  /tmp/out ) and, voila! I can capture HD from
my cable connection! After experimenting with some of the channels
found in channels.conf, I even found a few more channels I could
capture. So far, here's what I've found:

KNTVHD:74700:QAM_256:33:34:1
ESPNHD:74700:QAM_256:39:36:2
KNTV:74700:QAM_256:49:52:3
KGO HD:75300:QAM_256:33:34:1
KGO SD:75300:QAM_256:113:116:7
KQED-E:75300:QAM_256:49:52:3
KQED HD:75300:QAM_256:36:37:2
KQED-W:75300:QAM_256:65:68:4
LIFE:75300:QAM_256:81:84:5
KIDS:75300:QAM_256:97:100:6
KPIX DT:76500:QAM_256:49:52:7
KTVUHD:76500:QAM_256:145:148:9
KPIX DT:55500:QAM_256:49:52:7
KTVUHD:55500:QAM_256:145:148:9

(odd that it found KPIX and KTVU at two different frequencies, but
that doesn't seem to affect anything)

Anyway, I'm confident my hardware issues are behind me. Onto the MythTV setup:

I'm following the instructions in this post
(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150118?do=post_view_threaded#150118)
to manually configure my channels. To start, I'm just using one
channel to start (KGO HD, which is cable station 707). I figure out
that the frequencyid is 75300, the mplexid is 25, and the
serviceid is 1, so I enter those figures into the mythtv/channel
table, per the instructions.

Now, I start mythfrontend. I go to Watch TV, and pull of the
onscreen guide. I select channel 707, but only get static. Thinking
that it might be trying to use the PVR-150, I switch tuners (pressing
Y). Now, I just get a black screen. After about a minute or so,
LiveTV stops and Myth goes back to the TV menu. Thinking I may have
mistyped something, I go back to the beginning, check my settings, and
try again, but I get the same results :(

Running mythbackend from the command line, I see this output:

--
2005-10-11 10:41:18.306 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-10-11 10:41:18.342 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-10-11 10:41:18.343 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server
2005-10-11 10:41:18.354 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-10-11 10:41:18.670 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-10-11 10:41:18.671 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV
HD3000 HDTV.
2005-10-11 10:41:18.672 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning
parameters for transport 0
2005-10-11 10:41:18.672 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options
for channel 3.
2005-10-11 10:41:18.681 New DB scheduler connection
2005-10-11 10:41:18.686

[mythtv-users] S-video TV-out to TV's composite input (solution)

2005-10-11 Thread Richard Reiner

In a change from the most common form of posting on this list, I
thought I'd share a solution rather than a problem:

Challenge: connect my new secondary front-end, which has an Nvidia card
with s-video TV output, to an older TV with only composite inputs.

Solution: build this circuit:
http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html using a
5-cent ceramic capacitor and a couple of cable ends.  Works great, and
less filling than buying a commercial S-video-to-composite adapter.

Richard






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Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb on PDA says Empty beers ?

2005-10-11 Thread chris

On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 11:05:09PM +1000, David Whyte wrote:
 Q: Crikey, 10 acres, how long does it take to mow this lawn?
 A: Aww, about 2 six-packs.

Well, I did manage to find the Australian translation package for
mythweb so I knew that my system wasn't hacked, but now that leaves me
wondering what to *do* about it.  The PocketIE that comes on the PDA
doesn't allow me to change things like UserAgent, and the language is
already set to English.  Is it safe to simply delete all the
translation packs from the mythweb directory?

-- 
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Linford

 Oh, I'm close. I'm sooo close ...

 On 10/10/05, Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  -- Forwarded message --
  From: Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Date: Oct 10, 2005 5:42 AM
  Subject: Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?
  To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org

  On 10/9/05, Dennis Lou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   --- Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Something to do with my PVR-150, perhaps? If I have
time tonight, I'll
try removing that card and try again ...

   Sounds like it.  Did you install from atrpms
   or did you compile from source?  I've heard of eeprom
   conflicts when compiling from source, but I have
   been using atrpms and haven't run into it.

   -Dennis

  I'm using the atrpms. Besides installing the nVidia drivers by hand,
  it's a vanilla installation via Jarod's Fedora guide.

  I'll try removing my PVR-150 card, and see if that fixes things. I
  hope that's not the case, though, as I still watch a lot of regular
  content, and I'd hate to lose the PVR card in this box (not 
 to mention
  I use the PVR's remote).

  Mark

  --

  Well, after a little more searching, I found the following threads:

 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/151628?sear
 ch_string=hd3000%20pvr-150

 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/24044?search_
 string=tveeprom;#24044

  Looks like there's a known conflict between the PVR-150 and 
 the HD3000
  with the latest ivtv drivers. So much for my vanilla install ...

  I think I'm gonna try installing the 0.37a drivers by hand, as
  recommended, and see if that makes my cards play nice. I'll report
  back what happens, though it might take me a while :)

  Mark

 So, I've removed the atrpm ivtv drivers, found a copy of the old 0.37a
 drivers, and complied and installed them by hand. Reboot, and no more
 error messages! The PVR-150 and pcHDTV3000 appear to be living in
 harmony. After testing in and out of mythtv, the PVR-150 is working
 like before, that is, perfectly.

 Onto the pcHDTV3000 ...

 So, I got the latest firmware from pchtdv's site, modprobed, and
 everything is working great. I found the thread Dennis recommended
 (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150073?#150073)
 and followed the instructions there. I ran the qamscan that Dennis
 attached in that thread, and it found a bunch of good stations. Next,
 I tried to manually capture some HD channels (azap -r KTVUHD, then cat
 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0  /tmp/out ) and, voila! I can capture HD from
 my cable connection! After experimenting with some of the channels
 found in channels.conf, I even found a few more channels I could
 capture. So far, here's what I've found:

 KNTVHD:74700:QAM_256:33:34:1
 ESPNHD:74700:QAM_256:39:36:2
 KNTV:74700:QAM_256:49:52:3
 KGO HD:75300:QAM_256:33:34:1
 KGO SD:75300:QAM_256:113:116:7
 KQED-E:75300:QAM_256:49:52:3
 KQED HD:75300:QAM_256:36:37:2
 KQED-W:75300:QAM_256:65:68:4
 LIFE:75300:QAM_256:81:84:5
 KIDS:75300:QAM_256:97:100:6
 KPIX DT:76500:QAM_256:49:52:7
 KTVUHD:76500:QAM_256:145:148:9
 KPIX DT:55500:QAM_256:49:52:7
 KTVUHD:55500:QAM_256:145:148:9

 (odd that it found KPIX and KTVU at two different frequencies, but
 that doesn't seem to affect anything)

 Anyway, I'm confident my hardware issues are behind me. Onto 
 the MythTV setup:

 I'm following the instructions in this post
 (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150118?do=
 post_view_threaded#150118)
 to manually configure my channels. To start, I'm just using one
 channel to start (KGO HD, which is cable station 707). I figure out
 that the frequencyid is 75300, the mplexid is 25, and the
 serviceid is 1, so I enter those figures into the mythtv/channel
 table, per the instructions.

 Now, I start mythfrontend. I go to Watch TV, and pull of the
 onscreen guide. I select channel 707, but only get static. Thinking
 that it might be trying to use the PVR-150, I switch tuners (pressing
 Y). Now, I just get a black screen. After about a minute or so,
 LiveTV stops and Myth goes back to the TV menu. Thinking I may have
 mistyped something, I go back to the beginning, check my settings, and
 try again, but I get the same results :(

 Running mythbackend from the command line, I see this output:

 --
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.306 New DB connection, total: 1
 Starting up as the master server.
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.342 New DB connection, total: 2
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.343 mythbackend: MythBackend started as 
 master server
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.354 New DB connection, total: 3
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.670 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.671 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV
 HD3000 HDTV.
 2005-10-11 10:41:18.672 DVB#0 ERROR -

[mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Mat Kyne

I have come to assume that the people that frequent this list have interests 
similar to my own. (The ever-persistent desire to make one thing do many 
things). So I am looking for some advice. I would like to automate various 
appliances around my house using X-10 modules, but have them controlled by 
my computer. I am aware of Mister Home, and it looks cool, but it doesn't 
seem to do what I am looking for.


What I would like to do is call my computer, and via touch-tones control the 
X-10 devices. I have DSL, and NEVER use my home phone line. So if I hooked 
it up to a cheap $10 modem card, would it be possible to do this? An example 
might be to call home and turn on the AC on the way home from school by 
punching in *9. Or be able to call home as I am pulling out of the drive way 
in the morning to turn off the porch light by pushing *8.


It seems to me that this is old technology, so it might already be out there 
- maybe even so old that no one knows about it any more. (Like Windows 3.1) 
Any pointers as to where to look would be greatly appreciated. -Mat



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Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OSX Fronted Crashes?

2005-10-11 Thread Todd Houle

There's a folder in the root of your home called .mythtv  which you  
may want to delete and let it recreate.  Perhaps the version formats  
are different?  I found when I changed the IP of my backend, I had to  
delete that directory.

   Todd


On Oct 10, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Michael Jones wrote:


I have been running the mythfrontend from Matthew Mead's page
(http://www.goof.com/~mmead/) with great results for some time.   
It's worked
great.   It can only stream live TV and watch recorded TV.. But so  
far so

good..

Continuing on with my inability to leave well enough alone I  
downloaded the
latest build from the http://willamette.edu/~gkruse/myth site and  
everything

blew up.

When I load the new mythfrontend it seems to start.. It sees the  
backend (or

at least seems to) but it cannot do anything.. Live TV, Play recorded
programs, Schedules etc..

Now when I try using the old version (the one from Matthew Mead's  
page) it
doesn't even open.  It flashes a couple times in the dock and then  
stops.


I am using the same frontend name for both versions.. Maybe that's  
an issue?


Any ideas?  Am I just doing something wrong here?



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Re: [mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

2005-10-11 Thread Robert Denier

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 13:56 -0400, R. Stavros Bezas wrote:
 Robert,

 In regards to the 1:1 pixel mapping idea you suggested: Do you have  
 any more information regarding this so I can look further into it, I  
 am curious to find out more about it.

1:1 mapping only applies to discrete devices like lcd's and dmd (digital
micromirror device). Thanks to google I now know that is what DLP uses.
(This is difference between a technical article read years ago and
something useful.)

At any rate those devices have some real physical resolution since there
is a discrete number of elements.  Perhaps it is 1920x1080.  I don't
know.  What you want to do is set your graphics card to that physical
resolution and use a dvi/hdmi cable to send it to your tv.  

Now the key to 1:1 pixel mapping is your sending digital data for say
coordinate 100,500 over that dvi cable.  That data should only be used
to change the intensities associated with the 100,500th element.  That
is all there is to it.  One would think it would be obvious and work
everywhere there is a digital connection, but it doesn't.

The vizio I have, for one, I couldn't get it to work with the hdmi
connection, but apparently many tv's take that digital signal and
rescale it and make it fit the available pixels, hence even if you input
the exact size for your xorg.conf file, you get something that is
slightly smeared on your screen.

How do you determine if this is happening?  Well create a png file that
is composed of a black and white lines arranged vertically.  Black lines
for the even numbered lines, and white for the odd or visa versa.  Show
that on your tv and if it looks even and uniform then you have 1:1
mapping, if not, then not.

Again, if its mostly video your showing, I doubt you can really tell
from a few feet away.  You might tell with text, and well it will be
obvious with that kind of prepared image.  In general though a 1:1
mapping should make things a little sharper than it otherwise be when
sent from a computer.

Note that you may not be able to manage your full resolution as a 1:1
mapping.  The panel I'm getting is 1366x768 and I've read reports that
you can do 1360x768 and throwing away 6 lines.

At any rate good luck..

-Robert




 

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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Thom Paine

On 10/11/05, Mat Kyne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have come to assume that the people that frequent this list have interestssimilar to my own. (The ever-persistent desire to make one thing do manythings). So I am looking for some advice. I would like to automate various
appliances around my house using X-10 modules, but have them controlled bymy computer. I am aware of Mister Home, and it looks cool, but it doesn'tseem to do what I am looking for.What I would like to do is call my computer, and via touch-tones control the
X-10 devices. I have DSL, and NEVER use my home phone line. So if I hookedit up to a cheap $10 modem card, would it be possible to do this? An examplemight be to call home and turn on the AC on the way home from school by
punching in *9. Or be able to call home as I am pulling out of the drive wayin the morning to turn off the porch light by pushing *8.It seems to me that this is old technology, so it might already be out there
- maybe even so old that no one knows about it any more. (Like Windows 3.1)Any pointers as to where to look would be greatly appreciated. -Mat
Oh, I'm all over this. I had this working fantasically when I rented an
apartment, but now that I bought a house, I haven't had the time to get
it set up on a larger scale.

You want to use Heyu, and basically everything can be controlled from
cron or commands via ssh. I didn't have the phone part, as I was more
happy with being able to ssh in and turn the module on or off.

I also had motion sensors in the spare rooms, the hallway, the
bathroom, and other seldom used rooms to turn the lights on and off.
And I had the outside light controlled from the remote keychain. I
programmed in an advanced feature for my then girlfriend, now wife that
when she went to the bathroom after 11pm, the light would gradually
brighten up to 50% and after she left it would dim back down to off.
This was alot better for her eyes. I was also into homepower.com and
was looking at saving money.

Since this isn't anything to do with mythtv, feel free to email me off list and I'll gladly help you out all I can.

-=/Thom
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Re: [mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA?

2005-10-11 Thread Niels Dybdahl

Would you say, then, that if I just want to watch 
SD (iow I don't need an HD-ready TV monitor) I'm better off connecting the 
mythtv frontend to a good computer monitor than having an S-Video TV monitor?
The horizontal refresh rate is also important. If you are in
PAL-country with 50 half-frames per second and the LCD-monitor
refreshes with 60 Hz, then you will get bad quality. A PAL-TV-LCD might
be more likely to do internal refresh at 50 Hz.

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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Kanotix based Debian for HD-3000

2005-10-11 Thread Steve Adeff

On Tuesday 11 October 2005 03:28, Michael Stevens wrote:
 I had this exact problem. The issue was GCC 4.0. I originally compiled
 mythtv with GCC 3.3, and recently had to recompile it. Unbeknownst to me,
 Debian had upgraded the default GCC to 4.0. Once I changed the symlinks
 back to 3.3, it compiled fine again.

 I'm not running x64 though, but I suspect that it might be your problem
 anyway.

 On 10/6/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Howdy all, entering the realm of MythTV. I've got a HD-3000 card and once
  I
  get my new video card am hoping to get up and running. I have an AMD64
  processor and have been running Kanotix64 and with Stable/Testing
  sources. I'm attempting to compile MythTV(since theres no debs for
  Debian64) and am getting the following error and am hoping for some help
  to figure out whats
  wrong:
 
  make[2]: Entering directory
  `/DataDrive/Files/Tarballs/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libavcodec'
  gcc -c -pipe -march=k8 -w -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -fomit-frame-pointer
  -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -fPIC -DMMX -DUSING_IVTV -DUSING_DVB -DUSING_XRANDR
  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPREFIX=\/usr/local\
  -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT
  -I/usr/share/qt3/mkspecs/default -I. -I.. -I../..
  -I/usr/share/qt3/include -o
  utils.o utils.c
  In file included from avcodec.h:14,
  from utils.c:27:
  common.h:61: error: array type has incomplete element type
  common.h:65: error: array type has incomplete element type
  make[2]: *** [utils.o] Error 1
  make[2]: Leaving directory
  `/DataDrive/Files/Tarballs/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libavcodec'
  make[1]: *** [sub-libavcodec] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory `/DataDrive/Files/Tarballs/mythtv-0.18.1/libs'
  make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2
 
 
  Thanks!
  Steve


Thanks for the response, but I got it compiled soon after i emailed that after 
some help from others.
as a side note:
export CC=gcc-3.3 
will have 'make' use gcc-3.3 instead of 4, so you don't have to change the 
symlinks.

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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Brad Fuller





On 01:38 PM Thom Paine wrote:
 Since this isn't anything to do
with mythtv, feel free to email me off list and I'll gladly help you
out all I can.
 

I'm interested though! Can you keep it on the list? Or, is there a list
to monitor?


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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Richard Bronosky

Thom Paine wrote:
On 10/11/05, Mat Kyne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I
have come to assume that the people that frequent this list have
interests
similar to my own. (The ever-persistent desire to make one thing do many
things). So I am looking for some advice. I would like to automate
various

appliances around my house using X-10 modules, but have them controlled
by
my computer. I am aware of Mister Home, and it looks cool, but it
doesn't
seem to do what I am looking for.

What I would like to do is call my computer, and via touch-tones
control the

X-10 devices. I have DSL, and NEVER use my home phone line. So if I
hooked
it up to a cheap $10 modem card, would it be possible to do this? An
example
might be to call home and turn on the AC on the way home from school by

punching in *9. Or be able to call home as I am pulling out of the
drive way
in the morning to turn off the porch light by pushing *8.

It seems to me that this is old technology, so it might already be out
there

- maybe even so old that no one knows about it any more. (Like Windows
3.1)
Any pointers as to where to look would be greatly appreciated. -Mat

Oh, I'm all over this. I had this working fantasically when I rented an
apartment, but now that I bought a house, I haven't had the time to get
it set up on a larger scale.

Since this isn't anything to do with mythtv, feel free to email me off
list and I'll gladly help you out all I can.

-=/Thom

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I think that controlling home automation from a MythTV menu is a great
Idea and should stay on the list. Keep replying to the list, but
always find a way to tie it back in.

Here's somethings that I'd like to see.
1. A home automation menu in MythTV, where you could get information
from sensors or control modules placed around the house. this would
open the gateway to...
2. A sensor that lets you know when the garage door is up.
3. A list on the lights that are currently on in the home.
4. A UI for setting crons that would turn on/off modules.

Thank you for your time,
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Phill Wiggin

Include me in the wanna know more department.  I'd love to do this 
kind of thing My wife might kill me, but what the heck, I might as 
well spend my remaining days in geek-heaven, right?


--Phill


Brad Fuller wrote:


On 01:38 PM Thom Paine wrote:

Since this isn't anything to do

with mythtv, feel free to email me off list and I'll gladly help you
out all I can.





I'm interested though! Can you keep it on the list? Or, is there a 
list to monitor?




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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Comcast being coy?

2005-10-11 Thread Chris Ribe

I'm pleased to report that I found a Moto DCT6200 waiting for me when I arrived home from work today.

The install guy was confused enough that he called me, but I just told
him that I was going to hook it up to a computer and he was fine with
that.

I am also pleased to report that I get ESPNHD, TNTHD, and DiscoveryHD
even though I am only paying for basic cable (OTA channels only).

Now I just need to wait another week for my firewire cable to show up in the mail...On 10/7/05, Patrick Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Brad Benson wrote: On 10/7/05, *Marc Infield*
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was also impressed that they only charge $5 more for their DVR, are
they any good? I hope not, by the time you add up what I have invested in parts for all my Myth learning it would end being DVR rentals for about 10 years. :) No, the Comcast HD-DVR is crap.My sister has one and the storage
space is severely lacking.I don't recall off hand how many hours it can store, but it's not much more than 10, if that.Also, they seem to have a serious bug in them.If the DVR is powered off and it is
scheduled to record a show it will actually begin the recording, but not display to the user that it is powered on and working.If you then hit the power button while it is recording it will turn on and
display video so you can watch TV on the second tuner.However, the second tuner is MUTED.I have yet to find a way to get it to unmute other than turning off the DVR (which kills whatever recording was in
progress) and then turning it back on.Also, it clearly has two tuners since you can record and watch at the same time, but I also haven't yet been able to get it to record two shows at once.If
there's two tuners in there I see no reason why it shouldn't be able to record two shows if I'm not using either of the tuners to watch TV.I agree that the Comcast DVR isn't the best of them, but it really isn't
all that bad once you figure out its quirks. To help with your sister'sproblems I'll share my experiences.First, there are several versions of their HDTV DVR out there that lookalmost identical from the outside. The three I know of are, in order
from oldest to newest: 80GB single tuner, 80GB dual tuner, 120GB dualtuner. They'll upgrade your box (or at least they did for me) withoutany hassle if you ask. The 120GB dual tuner device hasn't given me any
trouble about recording two shows at once.Second, you must realize that the different encodings use different bitrates and thus take up different amounts of room. You probably alreadyknew this, but just in case: HDTV uses the most space followed by SDTV
analog. SDTV digital takes up the least space. I get a heck of a lot ofSDTV storage, analog or digital. I'm not sure how many hours of HD the120GB will hold.The mute-on-wakeup problem plagued me for a very long time. However, I
eventually realized that it isn't the DVR's fault, it's the universalremote that is causing problems. You see, Motorola designed the DVR tobe polite when hooked up to non-TV sound systems, which people quite
often can forget to turn off. It mutes itself to prevent you from beingstartled out of your mind when a show starts up in the middle of thenight or something. Anyway, by default Comcast sets up your remote tocontrol the TV's volume no matter if the rest of the remote is on Cable,
TV, or Aux. To unmute the cable box, you have to disable this so thatyou can control all the volumes separately. After unmuting, I usuallyswitch it back to TV controls all mode.To enter independent volume mode:
1. Press cable (the cable button blinks once)2. Press and hold setup until the cable button blinks twice3. press 9, press 9 press 3, press VOL-. The cable button will blink 4 times4. You can now control the cable box audio when in cable mode and the TV
audio in TV mode.To enter global mode (TV volume is always controlled):1. Press TV (the TV button blinks once)2. Press and hold setup until the TV button blinks twice3. press 9, press 9 press 3, press the TV button. The TV button will
blink twice.4. Any time you press the volume buttons it will now control the TV volume.I made myself a tiny little label and taped it to the back of the remoteso I don't forget how to do it. Also, there's a timeout between each of
the steps above; I think its three seconds.The problems I have with the DVR is that it seems to forget to recordshows in a series sometimes. It also sometimes has trouble telling if ashow is first run or a repeat. Some shows it doesn't even identify as
a series. For example, The HDTV version of the Simpsons never records asa series; I have to do it manually. The muting problem really stinks,but I can work around it.Patrick___
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[mythtv-users] FC4 and HD-3000 - my steps to success... and a couple questions.

2005-10-11 Thread ToadMazter

After months of lurking around this forum, and after a several failed installations, I FINALLY havewatched someHDTV via Myth! WooHoo I'm not out the woods yet, nor even close to being able to present this project to my wife, but I thought I would share some of the extra steps I had to do make it work. Hoping this might keep a few folks from having to spend hours scouring the web for answers...

My dedicated backendsetup:

Tyan S2466N
Dual AMD 1600's
512 MB RAM
Nvidia FX-5200
(2x)160GB Western Digital IDE (RAID 1 - software)
3ware 9508-SMI 8 port SATA RAID card
(4x) 200GB Western Digital SATA (580GB RAID 5 - hardware)
NEC DVD burner
Intel Pro 1000XT PCI-X NIC
(2x) pcHDTV HD-3000 (connected to UHF antenna)
Sounblaster Audigy 2 (not working yet, seems to be a PCI resource conflict)
Hauppauge PVR-500 (ivtv drivers not installed yet... too afraid of conflicts with the HD3000's!)

I followed Jarod's awesomeFC4 HowTo guide. Without that document, I would have never been able to get up and running. However, it did seem WAY too easy at section 10 for the HD-3000 setup. Here's a couple things I had to do to make it work.

1. Whenattempting to configure my capture cards inmythtvsetup, I would get Could not open card #0 and Permission denied errors in the capture card settings. What I eventually figured out was that the mythtv user did not have permissions to access the DVB devices. I found a hint on the pcHDTV forums that suggested I edit
50-udev.rules file located in etc/udev/rules.d/ . Assuming your myth username is mythtv, add GROUP=mythtv to the last line of the file so that the line looks like this:

KERNEL==dvb*, PROGRAM==/etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh %k, NAME=%c, GROUP=mythtv
Then reboot. This should give permission to the mythtv user to access the DVB devices. You should see the card name listed with the type ATSC.

HOWEVER, after running a yum update again, it removed the changes, and I had to go back in and edit the file again. Anyone else know a better fix for the above issue, or how to make my fix permanent?

2. So, I was really excited once Myth could access my HD-3000 cards. I then proceeded through the rest of the setup steps, but once I got to the Channel Editor step, my card would never lock in any channels. It seemed to be going through the scanning process, but just would never find any. After further research, I found out that just having DVB drivers for the HD-3000 in the kernel wasn't enough to make the card work, but that it also needed firmware. So, I did a
# wget http://pchdtv.com/downloads/firmware.tar.gzin the lib/ directory, and then a tar -xf firmware.tar.gz
to extract the three files into the lib/firmware directory. (You should probably # rm firmware.tar.gzto remove the tar file from thelib/ directory). Now, when you do a channel scan, it should find some!

Here's where myquestion is: Before I can do a channel scan, I am required to create a Video Source (Zap2it) and then assign it to my DVB cards in the Input connections screen. However, after doing a scan I then have duplicate channels; the ones from the scan and the one's from the Zap2It database. How do I combine the two so I don't have duplicates? Or, is it possible just to get programming info for the digital channels OTA? I'm really confused here on this...

3. This one is minor, but it did stump me for a few minutesso Ifigured I should share. When attemtpting to record content for the first time, I noticed the backend was throwing out permission errors on my
/video/recordings directory. Make sure you have created /video/recordings and /video/buffer , and then issue a # chmod a+rwx /video/recordings and # chmod a+rwx /video/buffer
so that MythTV can write files to the directories.

Last question I really want to use my PVR-500 with the two HD-3000's. But last time I installed the ivtv drivers it broke the DVB drivers. Anyone else able to share their steps to success with the two cards?

This is fun (?)

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Re: [mythtv-users] Configuring IR transmitter for changing channels

2005-10-11 Thread Nick

On 11/10/05, Tomas Roos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hello.

 Since I use my Digital Terrestrial receiver to recieve television I
 only use the composite or S-video input (not the tuner) on my PVR-150
 card to record programs (which by the way works excellent).

Identical to users having digital satellite or cable and using a
direct input on the PVR to record.

 Now I wish to have tabloids etc in MythTV to be able to choose a
 program for recording. I want MythTV to trigger an external program to
 send an IR signal to my receiver and change the channel

I think you mean you want listings for all channels available on the
DVB-T box and want to be able to select which programs to record using
the guide?

 How I send IR signals I already know, it is quite easy with lirc or
 similar programs but do I have to have several channels configured in
 my MythTV to be able to use tabloids or how does it work? Is there a
 howto on this subject? Has anyone else done this before?

Create a video source (called DigitalTerrestrial for example). Add all
of the channels you want to be able to record from to this source (and
configure your channel listings retrieval method)). Then assign this
source to the composite or S-Video input on the PVR card in Input
Connections.

In a channel's setup, the freqid field is the value that you want
MythTV to pass to the channel changer script. Add your remote
control's listing to /etc/lircd.conf to enable your transmitter to
emulate the DVB-T STB's own remote, and you should be up and running.

On my system I use a combination of DVB-T cards, tuners, and direct
inputs from digital cable boxes, and I think this combination covers
most likely config scenarios.

When configuring my system to be able to record from and control a
digital cable box (using S-Video in, and a serial IR blaster), I added
all of the channels available into MythTV, configured them with the
same channel numbers as the cable guide, and then assigned the channel
change script to the S-Video input on the PVR card as the 'external
command'. The script is:

#!/bin/sh
REMOTE_NAME=DI4001N
for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./ /g'); do
  /usr/local/bin/irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
  sleep 0.5
done


Simple to set up and hasn't failed yet!

Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation


Mat Kyne wrote:

I have come to assume that the people that frequent this list have 
interests similar to my own. (The ever-persistent desire to make one 
thing do many things). So I am looking for some advice. I would like 
to automate various appliances around my house using X-10 modules, but 
have them controlled by my computer. I am aware of Mister Home, and it 
looks cool, but it doesn't seem to do what I am looking for.


What I would like to do is call my computer, and via touch-tones 
control the X-10 devices. I have DSL, and NEVER use my home phone 
line. So if I hooked it up to a cheap $10 modem card, would it be 
possible to do this? An example might be to call home and turn on the 
AC on the way home from school by punching in *9. Or be able to call 
home as I am pulling out of the drive way in the morning to turn off 
the porch light by pushing *8.


It seems to me that this is old technology, so it might already be out 
there - maybe even so old that no one knows about it any more. (Like 
Windows 3.1) Any pointers as to where to look would be greatly 
appreciated. -Mat


Isn't this what http://www.plutohome.com is doing?

Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Thom Paine

My nightly cron included (I didn't have a garage door ) a script to
make sure appropriate lights were off, I'd make all the lights come on
that were turned on with motion sensors brighten to 50% and dim back to
0%. The software would tell you the state of a given module with the
status command.

I had an 'away' routine (because of my guys night out crew but thats a
different post) that would turn on and off certain lights in the house
to make it look lived in, rather than one light coming on and staying
on for several hours and then turn off. I would turn on a light in the
living room starting at around 8:30pm in the summer. I'd let that run
until about 10:30pm, then I would turn on the hall light for 10
minutes, and I'd have my bedroom light on the nighttable come on until
11:15. This simulated a night routine I normally would have. It was
VERY effective, especially if I left my truck in the laneway.

When I get home from work, I'll dig around and find all my old
software. I had started writing preliminary docs trying to plan things
like motion sensors and one for switches, and all kinds of things.
Basically I used all the module numbers and letters in seperate areas to make good structure.
-- -=/Thom
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RE: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of PAUL WILLIAMSON
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/11/05 4:49 PM 
  On 01:38 PM Thom Paine wrote:
   Since this isn't anything to do with mythtv, feel free to email 
   me off list and I'll gladly help you out all I can.
 
  
  I'm interested though! Can you keep it on the list? Or, is there a 
  list to monitor?
 
 I second the motion to keep it on list.  Maybe a plugin that a user 
 could dictate what type of HA desired?  I know X-10 is out there 
 (what I use, moving to some sort of Crestron deal), but I'm sure 
 there are others...JDS Stargate, HAL, etc.
 
 Paul
 

How about security cameras, with motion detection software initiating 
recordings? A good feature for MythTV!

Richard.
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[mythtv-users] Controlling a cable box that outputs only on a single channel.

2005-10-11 Thread Steve

I have a strange predicament, or at least I haven't stumbled upon anyone else with it yet. I have a Scientific Atlanta 4200HD box. I am using the cable out on the back of my cable box and it goes into my second tuner card (PVR-250). Here's the problem:


The cable box's cable out only broadcasts on channel 3. So when Myth has a listing for lets say... channel 5, it tunes from 3 to 5. Now it only picks up static, however for it to work, it needs to stay tuned on 3. The cable box can be on whatever channel needs to be recorded, that's whyI bought an IR Blaster, but getting that to work is a problem for later. I hope most, or at least all of this, made sense.

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RE: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread John Harvey

I once considered whether we should just look at adding a GUI to something
like misterhouse (http://www.misterhouse.net ) rather than re-inventing
everything. I looked at it briefly a while ago and it looked like it could
do most things and maybe just needs a frontend launching some application or
maybe just run the browser to it's web interface.

John

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Kuphal
 Sent: 11 October 2005 22:01
 To: Discussion about mythtv
 Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation
 
 Mat Kyne wrote:
 
  I have come to assume that the people that frequent this list have
  interests similar to my own. (The ever-persistent desire to make one
  thing do many things). So I am looking for some advice. I would like
  to automate various appliances around my house using X-10 modules, but
  have them controlled by my computer. I am aware of Mister Home, and it
  looks cool, but it doesn't seem to do what I am looking for.
 
  What I would like to do is call my computer, and via touch-tones
  control the X-10 devices. I have DSL, and NEVER use my home phone
  line. So if I hooked it up to a cheap $10 modem card, would it be
  possible to do this? An example might be to call home and turn on the
  AC on the way home from school by punching in *9. Or be able to call
  home as I am pulling out of the drive way in the morning to turn off
  the porch light by pushing *8.
 
  It seems to me that this is old technology, so it might already be out
  there - maybe even so old that no one knows about it any more. (Like
  Windows 3.1) Any pointers as to where to look would be greatly
  appreciated. -Mat
 
 Isn't this what http://www.plutohome.com is doing?
 
 Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Comcast being coy?

2005-10-11 Thread Steve Adeff

On Tuesday 11 October 2005 16:57, Chris Ribe wrote:
 I'm pleased to report that I found a Moto DCT6200 waiting for me when I
 arrived home from work today.

 The install guy was confused enough that he called me, but I just told him
 that I was going to hook it up to a computer and he was fine with that.

 I am also pleased to report that I get ESPNHD, TNTHD, and DiscoveryHD even
 though I am only paying for basic cable (OTA channels only).

 Now I just need to wait another week for my firewire cable to show up in
 the mail...

what area do you live in? I'm looking at doing this as well but am afraid 
they're going to insist on installing the box and not let me connect it to my 
computer...

Steve
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Re: [mythtv-users] FC4 and HD-3000 - my steps to success... and a couple questions.

 Last question I really want to use my PVR-500 with the two HD-3000's.
 But last time I installed the ivtv drivers it broke the DVB drivers.  Anyone
 else able to share their steps to success with the two cards?

 This is fun (?)



I just had a similar problem with a PVR-150 and a HD-3000. Turns out
that the latest drivers that come with the atrpm-ivtv packages don't
like playing with the HD3000. So, I removed all of the atrpm-ivtv
packages, went to  the ivtv website and downloaded the older 0.37a
version (which, from my research, seemed to be the last version to
work  correctly with the 3000). After installing the older ivtv
drivers and rebooting, my PVR-150 and HD-3000 now co-exist peacefully
:)

Mark
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation


John Harvey wrote:


I once considered whether we should just look at adding a GUI to something
like misterhouse (http://www.misterhouse.net ) rather than re-inventing
everything. I looked at it briefly a while ago and it looked like it could
do most things and maybe just needs a frontend launching some application or
maybe just run the browser to it's web interface.
 

IIRC, plutohome integrates MythTV, Asterisk and Misterhouse into one 
package with some of their own stuff added in...


Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a cable box that outputs only on a single channel.


Steve wrote:

I have a strange predicament, or at least I haven't stumbled upon 
anyone else with it yet. I have a Scientific Atlanta 4200HD box. I am 
using the cable out on the back of my cable box and it goes into my 
second tuner card (PVR-250). Here's the problem:
 
The cable box's cable out only broadcasts on channel 3. So when Myth 
has a listing for lets say... channel 5, it tunes from 3 to 5. Now it 
only picks up static, however for it to work, it needs to stay tuned 
on 3. The cable box can be on whatever channel needs to be recorded, 
that's why I bought an IR Blaster, but getting that to work is a 
problem for later. I hope most, or at least all of this, made sense.


Set Myth to use an external channel changing script.  This will cause it 
to not tune internally to different channels and then you configure that 
script to send the appropriate commands to your cable box via LIRC or 
whatever.


Kevin
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Re: [mythtv-users] ITX vs ATX for dual-DVB system

2005-10-11 Thread Simon Kenyon

On Sunday 09 October 2005 00:05, Nick wrote:
 On 08/10/05, Jules Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  The system will be for watching DVB-T digital broadcast TV, as well as
  DVDs. This means that it presumably doesn't need to be terribly
  powerful from a CPU point of view? No encoding or transcoding to do.
  It will be in the living room, under the TV, so it has to be quiet and
  look reasonable. No HDTV; I doubt we'll have HDTV DVB in the UK for a
  few years.

 For few, read likely when hell freezes over ...! Just wait until
 they start pumping out proper 1080 video and all those people who
 bought HDTV-ready plasmas and LCDs (with a native v-res of 720 pixels)
 realise they've been shafted...

taken from http://www.eicta.org/files/LicenseAgreement-114914A.pdf;

the HD-Ready campaign being run in Europe defines HD-Ready thus:
-
4. Requirements for the logo “HD ready”
The EICTA HD ready Minimum Requirements for display devices are neutral 
towards the technology used (plasma, LCD, DLP, DLA, LCoS, CRT, ...) as well 
as the implementation thereof (flat panel, rear projection, front projection, 
direct view, ...).

A display device has to cover the following requirements to be awarded the 
logo “HD ready”:

1. Display, display engine

The minimum native resolution of the display or display engine is 720 physical 
lines in wide aspect ratio.

2. Video Interfaces

The display device accepts HD input via Analogue YPbPr1, and DVI or HDMI

HD capable inputs accept the following HD video formats 1280x720 @ 50 and 60Hz 
progressive (“720p”), and 1920x1080 @ 50 and 60Hz interlaced (“1080i”)

The DVI or HDMI input supports content protection (HDCP)
-
so as you see HD-Ready means support for 720p and (note the and - it is not an 
or) 1080i. sky has announced that they will start broadcasting in early 2006. 
i am sure they will do so in time for the world cup (9th june 2006)

--
simon
ps so hell freezes over on the 8th june 2006 (at the latest)
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Re: [mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA?

2005-10-11 Thread Andrew Wilson

Of course, you're correct and I agree with you that displaying non-TV
output is far superior on a monitor.

I was talking about the quality of the TV picture. The fast response
time of the picture on a monitor is actually a disadvantage when
displaying a 25Hz interlaced TV picture, especially for things like
scrolling text and fast action, where the blurring caused by the slow
refresh on a TV make the moving picture appear smoother.

This is all just my opinion. I've also never investigated high end
equipment because I don't have that kind of cash to spend on a TV, so
it's possible that none of this applies to expensive equipment, though
it has to be said, I still think the picture on the (much cheaper)
CRTs in the TV shop is better than the LCD and plasma screens.

cheers
Andrew
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Comcast being coy?


Chris Ribe wrote:

I'm pleased to report that I found a Moto DCT6200 waiting for me when 
I arrived home from work today.


The install guy was confused enough that he called me, but I just told 
him that I was going to hook it up to a computer and he was fine with 
that.


I am also pleased to report that I get ESPNHD, TNTHD, and DiscoveryHD 
even though I am only paying for basic cable (OTA channels only).


Now I just need to wait another week for my firewire cable to show up 
in the mail...


Interesting.  Hopefully, I'm not reiterating the entire previous thread, 
but did you have to pay for this box and if so, how much?  I currently 
get Comcast basic cable ($13/mo) and if all I need to get is a cable box 
from them with firewire support and I can get those HD stations as well...


Kevin
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RE: [mythtv-users] FC4 and HD-3000 - my steps to success... and a couple questions.


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Linford
  Last question I really want to use my PVR-500 with the 
 two HD-3000's.
  But last time I installed the ivtv drivers it broke the DVB 
 drivers.  Anyone
  else able to share their steps to success with the two cards?
 
  This is fun (?)
 
 
 
 I just had a similar problem with a PVR-150 and a HD-3000. Turns out
 that the latest drivers that come with the atrpm-ivtv packages don't
 like playing with the HD3000. So, I removed all of the atrpm-ivtv
 packages, went to  the ivtv website and downloaded the older 0.37a
 version (which, from my research, seemed to be the last version to
 work  correctly with the 3000). After installing the older ivtv
 drivers and rebooting, my PVR-150 and HD-3000 now co-exist peacefully
 :)

I'm using ivtv 0.4.0 (and previously 0.3.8) for a PVR-150, and the 2.6.13 
kernel dvb driver (and previously 2.6.12) for an HD3000. The only conflict is 
tveeprom; I deleted the ivtv version of tveeprom and use the kernel version for 
both. I have a Gentoo system so everything is compiled from sources in their 
portage tree.

Richard.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a cable box that outputs only on a single channel.

2005-10-11 Thread Brad Benson

On 10/11/05, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a strange predicament, or at least I haven't stumbled upon
anyone else with it yet. I have a Scientific Atlanta 4200HD box. I am
using the cable out on the back of my cable box and it goes into my
second tuner card (PVR-250). Here's the problem:


The cable box's cable out only broadcasts on channel 3. So when
Myth has a listing for lets say... channel 5, it tunes from 3 to 5. Now
it only picks up static, however for it to work, it needs to stay tuned
on 3. The cable box can be on whatever channel needs to be recorded,
that's whyI bought an IR Blaster, but getting that to work is a
problem for later. I hope most, or at least all of this, made sense.


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When you run mythtv-setup and configure your capture cards you need to
tell myth not to change channels on the tuner that's connected to your
cable box. I believe this setting is in the Input Connections
section. You select Tuner0 for the 250 and tell it which source
is connected to that input. There is a box towards the bottom of
that screen where you can enter an external channel changer
command. This is where you put the full path to the script you'll
use to control the IR blaster and change channels on the cable
box. Just below that there is a box labelled something like
'Preset tuner to channel'. You want to enter 3 in that box.
It tells myth to set its tuner to channel 3 whenever it uses that
input. Obviously, you'll also need to get the IR blaster working
so myth can actually change the channel on the cable box.

As another alternative, you could use composite or s-video cables to
connect the cable box to the pvr-250. This would completely
bypass the tuner on the 250 and prevent this problem, but you'll still
need to configure the external channel changing.

Hope that helps,
Brad


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Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb on PDA says Empty beers ?

2005-10-11 Thread Chris Petersen


Well, I did manage to find the Australian translation package for
mythweb so I knew that my system wasn't hacked, but now that leaves me
wondering what to *do* about it.  The PocketIE that comes on the PDA
doesn't allow me to change things like UserAgent, and the language is
already set to English.  Is it safe to simply delete all the
translation packs from the mythweb directory?


Just remove the australian stuff from includes/translate.php

(this is all fixed in svn, btw)

-Chris
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Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a cable box that outputs only on a single channel.

2005-10-11 Thread Brian Bosch

On 10/11/05, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

The cable box's cable out only broadcasts on channel 3. So when
Myth has a listing for lets say... channel 5, it tunes from 3 to 5. Now
it only picks up static, however for it to work, it needs to stay tuned
on 3. The cable box can be on whatever channel needs to be recorded,
that's whyI bought an IR Blaster, but getting that to work is a
problem for later.
Hi Steve -- There is a setting for this in Myth's backend setup. I believe that it's in the Input Connections section.
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.1

Cheers,

-Brian.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

2005-10-11 Thread Chris Ribe

Without the firewire connection am I correct in assuming that there
is no way to capture HD encrypted content like HD Espn, HD TNT, HD
Discovery, etc? Is this a blanket problem or are there ways around it?

The problem isn't encryption, as HD content over component output isn't
encrypted, the problem is simply a technical one. An uncompressed
HD signal contains far more data than today's PC's can handle in
software, and nobody makes a consumer priced encoder chip.

For a crude idea of what is going on, my 1ghz PIII can barely keep up
with encoding NTSC content. A 720p stream contains almost 8
times as mush data as a 480i signal.





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RE: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Scot L. Harris

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 17:07, Simpson, Richard wrote:

 
 How about security cameras, with motion detection software initiating 
 recordings? A good feature for MythTV!

Take a look at zoneminder.  http://www.zoneminder.com



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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?

On 10/11/05, Simpson, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Mark-

 Yes, you are very close! I have just recently succeeded in getting both a 
 HD3000 and a PVR-150 to work in MythTV, and I believe the Myth part was the 
 hardest. I first setup the Zap2it account with the OTA channels I wanted to 
 capture, and downloaded it via mythtv-setup. Then I ran the Myth channel 
 scanner. Well, this was backwards from what I should have done. I ended up 
 with duplicate channel numbers in the mysql database, but only some of these 
 had corresponding records in the dtv-multiplex table, the latter being 
 populated by the scan program. I had to manually weed out the duplicates, 
 making sure the remaining channels had valid mplexid and xmltvid fields (if I 
 get these field names a little wrong, I going by memory).

Yep, this is exactly what I did, and you're right, I found a BUNCH of
duplicates in the 'channel' database table. So, after backing up that
table, I removed all of the duplicate entries, also making sure that
my source #1 channels (the PVR card) didn't overlap the source #2 (the
pcHDTV)

Interestingly, the only two channels that had mplexid fields were 702
and 707, two channels that I had set up manually in previous steps.
That's ok for now, though, if I have to add the others manually, I can
live with that.



 Make sure that there is a valid channel number in the startchan field (card 
 table?).

Ah, for cardid #1 (the PVR card), there was a valid setting, but for
cardid #3 (the pcHDTV card), there was nothing. I set it to 702, the
first HD channel I can receive



The last piece of the puzzle was making sure the channels were
assigned to a source in the channel config of mythtv-setup, then
restart the backend. If any of these pieces are not in place, you get
the famous 20 seconds of black screen, crashing backends, and
meaningless error messages.

I didn't check all of the channels, but I did make sure that 702 (my
first HDTV channel) was set to a source that I'd previously set up in
zap2it.com.



 The Myth database is not officially documented that I could find, and 
 additionally there are some deprecated tables left over from earlier 
 versions, so be wary of older postings and howtos. Here's were I found some 
 good information for MythTV = 0.17:
 http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb2.html

 It addresses DVB-T, but it's applicable to ATSC.

 Richard.




Well, I am at least getting a picture, but it is unwatchable :( The
sound is nothing but static, and the picture is very choppy. After a
few minutes, the mythfrontend process dies, and I have to kill it.

In another terminal, I notice that CPU usage is pegged when playing
back this content, even though my video card (nVidia 6200) is supposed
to support on-the-fly MPEG decoding. Looks like I need to track this
down, as well ...

In my frontend logs, I'm seeing this line an awful lot:

[mpeg2video @ 0x3795b4]MPEG motion vector out of boundary
[mpeg2video @ 0x3795b4]mb incr damaged

Could this have something to do with the bad output?

Mark
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[mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?

On 10/11/05, Dennis Lou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Now, I start mythfrontend. I go to Watch TV,
 and pull of the onscreen guide. I select channel
 707, but only get static. Thinking
  that it might be trying to use the PVR-150, I
 switch tuners

 Did you set up a separate line-up at zap2it for
 the HD3000 or did you just add the HD channel
 to the existing lineup associated with the PVR150?
 I think you need to do the former.

 What I did was add the digital lineup at zap2it,
 kill mythbackend, do a channel scan from myth,
 do a mythfilldatabase, go into mysql to
 change the xmltvid of the scanned channels to
 be that of the channels mythfilldatabase added
 restart mythbackend and used mythweb to delete
 the channels from zap2it.

 For the channels without PSIP data, I used
 the existing channels as a template to add
 to the mysql db.

 -Dennis


Yes, I created a separate zap2it list for just the HD channels,
assigned that to the pcHTDV3k, and manually adjusted the database.
Now, it looks like I can get Myth to tune my HD channels (hurray!),
but I'm having playback issues (please see my previous post) that I'm
hunting down ...

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[mythtv-users] Re: OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Mat Kyne

I am glad to know that my assumption about the people on this list was 
correct. - Unfortunately Heyu and Heyu2 will not work for me (I have the 
Firecracker PC Module), but most importantly it won't do the part with the 
phone. That is the most important part for me. I can log onto my computer 
from anywhere there is a available WiFi connection with my PDA, but with my 
cell phone (or even a pay phone) I could call from anywhere. I have heard 
about Linux computer based answering machines, that will effectively give 
you voicemail. It seems to me that any computer can discern one touch-tone 
from another. So why can't I use specific tones to run specific commands. 
-(this is one of the few times I wished I had chosen computer engineering 
over mechanical engineering)- Surely some one has thought of this before. 
Thanks for the replies, and keep 'em coming. -Mat



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[mythtv-users] DMA not enabled

2005-10-11 Thread Phil Strong

I recently replaced my mythbox with a shiny new machine that now has
SATA drives. After initial install of OS and Myth ... I play live
tv and it is slow and/or skips. I checked the hdparm for
/dev/hda5 (/video) and find out that DMA is disabled :).

How do I go about enabling DMA?

If the answer is reinstall how do I insure this won't happen again?-- Phil StrongSynergetic Data Systems(w) 240 793 6565[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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[mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?

On 10/11/05, Dennis Lou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 The 20 seconds of blank screen?  That could
 be caused by not having a valid start channel
 (i.e. don't use the default '2' or '3').

I think you're right. After I manually set the start channel to a
valid entry, Live TV worked


 Also, have you tried recording a program rather
 than Live TV?

Ah, I didn't even think of that. I'll try that now ...



 -Dennis

 P.S.  I'm surprised that those are the only
 entries you saw in list.txt or the streams directory
 after running the qamscan script.  I would have
 expected to see a few more.

There were about 50 or so channels it found in list.txt, but the first
few I tried seemed to be encrypted, or had no video. However, I'd
already found a good sample to start with - when I'm up and running,
I'll go back and explore the other entries :)

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[mythtv-users] US Broadcast Flag

2005-10-11 Thread Brad Fuller

Those in the US, might want to send your rep a msg about how you feel 
toward recent MPAA and RIAAs tactics.


http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004047.php

the EFF article has a convenient way to contact your rep (see last link 
in article.) Or, you can always write your rep directly.


--
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[mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?

On 10/11/05, Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 10/11/05, Dennis Lou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Also, have you tried recording a program rather
  than Live TV?

 Ah, I didn't even think of that. I'll try that now ...



Nope, output still jumpy, nothing but static from audio :(

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[mythtv-users] No Remote after restart

2005-10-11 Thread Todd Houle

 I have a PVR 350 running Fedora 4 setup with Jarrod's guide about a month ago.  It's working great.  In fact, I need to upgrade the hard disk, but my family loves it and won't let me take it down to replace the HD :)   Thanks Jarrod!One thing I can't figure out though - when it power cycles, it auto logs in and auto starts MythFrontEnd but the remote doesn't work.  Only the keyboard works...   I have to exit out of the frontend using the keyboard and then start it again.  Then it's fine..  A little puzzling...Thanks!   Todd __ Todd Houle Apple Certified System Administrator   ___
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