Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Long pause when launching mythfrontend
I know, it's been a long time but this problems been killin' me.
I dug into it a little where Paul suggested and I found out that if I
comment out the following lines it loads up very quickly like it should:
(section of code found in mythmusic/main.cpp)
int mythplugin_init(const char *libversion)
{
if (!gContext-TestPopupVersion(mythmusic, libversion,
MYTH_BINARY_VERSION))
return -1;
UpgradeMusicDatabaseSchema();
// MusicGeneralSettings general;
// general.load();
// general.save();
MusicPlayerSettings settings;
settings.load();
settings.save();
MusicRipperSettings ripper;
ripper.load();
ripper.save();
setupKeys();
Decoder::SetLocationFormatUseTags();
return 0;
}
I tried to understand what was going on in the MusicGeneralSettings
function or whatever it is, but I'm totally lost. I'm afraid if I
comment something out in there I'll bust the works. The
commenting out of MusicGeneralSettings makes sense because the pause
also happens when I go into the General Settings menu for
mythmusic. It seems there's a problem with setting or loading the
General Settings on my system. I've tried changing my audio
device, directory for songs, CD device but without any luck. Any
ideas for further troubleshooting?
Thanks,
-Greg
On 9/6/05, Stutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If scanbus completes straight away then it isn't that. It doesn't looklike there is much logging in mythmusic, so I can only suggest you
look through the 'mythplugin_init' code - I assume this is the bitthat runs when the plugin registers? It is in mythmusic/main.cpp andsee if there is anything that might be tripping up.
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[mythtv-users] Re: Who wants to help me develop a new theme?
My iPod theme uses the blue theme so anything that isn't finfished is the blue theme. There are two major drawbacks so far in doing the iPod. 1. I use the Chicago.ttf which is not a default font. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(font) 2. I also use an image for some text. I was planning on a work around for that one. Does any know if the internationalization stuff can handle images? so I could make the image in say 10 languages and reference it in the xml like the text languages. text lang=DESome Text/text Here are some more screenshots of the mythvideo with the iPod theme http://www.bullshooter.com/~tward/vod7.png http://www.bullshooter.com/~tward/vod6.png does anyone know the differences between the fcnfonts like the selectable vs. selected. It may just be the way listarea is used in mythvideo but the font is only selectable and never selected. So when I change the color it changes both. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pull my hair out over DVI-HDMI for my HDTV
Yes, that's what I meant to say, the current spec doesn't support 1080p. The modelines I have for my TV (obtained over the VGA D-sub port) work fine for the standard 480p/720p/1080i resolutions over DVI but as soon as I go outside those modes the TV displays MODE NOT SUPPORTED the bastards at Samsung disabled the TV from even attempting to display them. The real kicker is that older-model TVs like the 5667W will actually take the incoming transmission and at least attempt to display it coming in over DVI. When I was planning my myth machine I really wanted DVI for the clearest possible picture. I know I am a geek becuase I actually took my machine into the store so I could test it out on their TV before I bought it. When I got it (the 5667W) home I tried like hell to get rid of the overscan over the DVI but I couldn't solve it with modelines and there aren't any options in the TVs OSD to scale it or correct for overscan so I ditched the DVI all together. Once I realized that I'd be running analog, I decided to return the 5667W and go all out on the 5678W, since I could get a whole new slew of resolutions. It actually worked out very well with xMame games since lots of the newer ones require very high resolutions. :) Anyway, I'm rambling again. It's late... good night. -GregOn 10/13/05, Robert Denier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect either the dvi spec just doesn't support it, the thing they don't advertise is that you can't get a 1080p transmission over anything but the D-sub plug.DVI/HDMI doesn't support those high bandwidths (yet?). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Long pause when launching mythfrontend
Okay, I figured out that the MusicGeneralSettings function is really just like the different pages in General Setup on the mythmusic setup page. So I divide and conquered it and determined that this line is the one that's killing me: general2-addChild(CDWriterDevice()); I'm guessing it's the line that's linking up the CD Writer device to ATA:0,0,0 (how it's set in general settings menu2) However, it looks correct and the logs don't show anything, even with -v all option. How can I further troubleshoot? Thanks, -Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mysql access problem
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 22:24 +0100, Martin West wrote:
hhmm, I think I have found the problem. The default mysql installation
3.23.58. I have a local installation of 4.1 in /usr/local.
/usr/bin/mysql -u mythtv -p
Enter password:
ERROR 1251: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by
server; consider upgrading MySQL client
So now have to figure how to get mythtvsetup to use my local
installation.
The solution is http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html
SET PASSWORD FOR 'mythtv'@'localhost' = OLD_PASSWORD('mythtv');
and add old_password to the daemon pragmas in my.cnf.
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 22:06 +0100, Martin West wrote:
I ran the install mc.sql OK but when I run mythtvsetup I get an error
saying authentication protocol not supported. I can logon using mysql -u
mythtv -p at a command line. Im using mysql 4.1.9 on FC3.
Any thoughts?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
Kevin Kuphal wrote: Joe Votour wrote: I've recorded three SD streams off of analog cable using a PVR-350 and a PVR-500, while watching a fourth (or sometimes one of the three). The CPU usage for the recording is very low because of the hardware MPEG-2 encoders in the capture cards. No loss in stream quality. The question that you ask is very vague, because you don't mention what capture hardware you have. An analog BT8x8 card is much more CPU intensive than a PVR-x50, for instance. I don't think that you can capture an HD stream (though I may be wrong on this). There are no HD capture cards that I'm aware of (the bandwidth for HD is insanely huge), and the set-top boxes that support Firewire output downsample the output (how far, I don't know). You can capture ATSC HD with an HD-3000 or an Air2PC card as well as firewire. Both are supported. I believe there are DVB cards for non-US HD capture as well. Any DVB card can capture HD, provided HD is available. This is irrespective of whether it is MPEG-2 HD or H.264. Rudy P.S. I'm curious when DVB-S2 cards will appear on the market. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mysql access problem
Yep, Thanks. Found the solution last night. You also have to add
old_password to my.cnf
The mythtv is one installed by yum following the instructions for
fedora.
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 15:08 -0700, Ben Holt wrote:
On 13/10/05, Martin West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I ran the install mc.sql OK but when I run mythtvsetup I get an error
saying authentication protocol not supported. I can logon using mysql -u
mythtv -p at a command line. Im using mysql 4.1.9 on FC3.
Any thoughts?
It looks like your mythtv version was compiled against an older mysql
version. 4.1 uses a different format than earlier versions. Here's
what you need to do:
mysql -u root -p mysql
(enter root password)
update user SET Password=OLD_PASSWORD('mythtv user password') where
User='mythtv username';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Mythtv should now be able to access your database again.
- Ben
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AW: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
I use 3 budget dvb cards with no problems recording 3 streams and watch ing one of them while recoding. I think also hd recording can be done with this cards, because the data is not decoded by the card and so hd is only a strem with a higher bitrate. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Graham TerMarsch Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Oktober 2005 07:33 An: Discussion about mythtv Betreff: Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded? On Thursday 13 October 2005 4:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the most number of streams anyone on the list has simultaneously recorded without problem? I assume recording 2 streams while watching a third has been done, but has it been done with no loss in quality, etc? How about 3 streams? HD + an analog stream? I'd like to get an idea of what my limitations and potentials are before I get too deep in my current project. I just dropped a PVR-150 into my MythTV machine here, to go along-side of the two PVR-250s that were in it already. Several times a week we've got all three of them recording, while -also- watching something that we'd previously recorded. Funnier yet, I -know- that my box is a bit underpowered; its a 1GHz Athlon, 640MB RAM, runs on a single 200GB WD driver on ATA-100, and uses an Nvidia Geforce4 MX 4000 board for the TV-Out. NOT the beefiest of boxes, but I (and my wife) have been quite happy with it. We did have a few ivtv driver related issues when I put the PVR-150 in it, but I'm hoping that ivtv-0.4.0 resolved the drop-outs we were getting (if not, I'm sure I'll be in the dog house again). Quality wise, all three boards are recording at the default MythTV settings; I can't remember going in and twiddling them when I installed the machine. If you're planning on recording multiple streams, do yourself the favour and get a board that does hardware MPEG encoding. CPU usage on this machine is ~5% when recording 1 stream. I haven't checked on it when we're recording 3 streams and watching a recording, but it hasn't choked on us yet. :) -- Graham TerMarsch ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
Master backend: Recoding 2xHD 1080i Playback 1xHD 1080i Slave backend: Recording 2xAnalog 480i Playback 1xAnalog 480i Remote frontend 1: Playback 1xHD 1080i Remote frontend 2: Playback 1xHD 1080i =8 total streams I've had all streams going flawlessly on multiple occasions with no loss of quality, jitters, pauses, crashes or gremlins of any kind. A typical HD 1080i broadcast, I believe, clocks in around 15 mbit/s. More if it contains multiple streams, but a HD3000 only records one stream at a time in Myth so that's irrelevant. Granted this is all going on through a gigabit lan, but a 100mbit lan should be more than enough bandwidth and possibly even your newer 54 mbit and greater wireless lans. For your average 7200 rpm drive that has sustained read and write rates of about 30 MBytes/s, multiple HD streams should barely be a flicker of activity for the drive. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My apologies if this has been asked and answered already, but I searched the archives and couldn't find the answer. What is the most number of streams anyone on the list has simultaneously recorded without problem? I assume recording 2 streams while watching a third has been done, but has it been done with no loss in quality, etc? How about 3 streams? HD + an analog stream? I'd like to get an idea of what my limitations and potentials are before I get too deep in my current project. --Andy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
What is the most number of streams anyone on the list has simultaneously recorded without problem? I assume recording 2 streams while watching a third has been done, but has it been done with no loss in quality, etc? How about 3 streams? HD + an analog stream? I'd like to get an idea of what my limitations and potentials are before I get too deep in my current project. we have 2 pvr-500's and we regularily record 4 streams at once at an average bitrate of about 4500 without any loss of quality. we have actually been contemplating putting another 500 into the mix. the bitrates of the recordings on a pvr-500 are miniscule compared to the throughput of a modern drive, though latency could be an issue i guess with a large number of streams. i just tried it and we have now recorded 4 shows and watched all four on four different frontends simultaneously without the backend breaking a sweat. though, my roommates did look at me funny as i ran around the house turning on all the tvs. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Recordings appear twice
Hi, I'm using SVN on Debian64. All my recorded shows always appear twice in the recording list. What can cause it? I always can start every show by pressing return on both entries. Adam ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] running backend as debian runlevel service?
Steve Adeff wrote:
I tried setting up mythbackend to run as a debian service in init.d/ but
when I do so I get errors that don't allow it to record or the frontends to
connect. the log files don't seem to show any problems though. I was
wondering if anyone else has set this up and how you did it?
thanks,
Steve
I took this from those abandoned debian packages listed in the myth
documentation. (just modified the paths)
##
#! /bin/sh
#
# mythtv-server MythTV capture and encoding backend
#
# Based on:
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for
/etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED].
# Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
# by Ian Murdock [EMAIL PROTECTED].
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.9.1 08-Apr-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/mythbackend
NAME=mythbackend
DESC=MythTV server
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
USER=mythtv
RUNDIR=/var/run/mythtv
ARGS=--daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile
$RUNDIR/$NAME.pid
EXTRA_ARGS=
NICE=0
if [ -f /etc/default/mythbackend ]; then
. /etc/default/mythbackend
fi
ARGS=$ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS
mkdir -p $RUNDIR
chown -R $USER $RUNDIR
case $1 in
start)
echo -n Starting $DESC: $NAME
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo .
;;
stop)
echo -n Stopping $DESC: $NAME
start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo .
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n Restarting $DESC: $NAME
start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo .
sleep 3
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo .
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
# echo Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload} 2
echo Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload} 2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
##
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Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams
There's an open-source PVR system for Windows called MediaPortal. They've tested a system with 7 tuners (three PVR500 cards and one PVR250) which was recording all 7 tuners for over 24 hours without a hitch. If a Windows system can handle that (nothing particularly special about it either), then I'm sure Linux will cope - provided of course all the necessary things are in place (UDMA etc). On my old Athlon 800 system - UDMA33, 256MB RAM, Via KT233 chipset, I never had any problems recording two dvb-t streams at the same time while watching another. If that crappy old board could handle it, anything can ;-) Though in the bigger scheme of things, maybe it's not quite as 'old' as some. Juski. # This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal # ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] When will 0.19 be released?
Hello! Since version 0.18.1 released on May 16 there was no major release. And a peek at the roadmap says 83% finished... So I dare to ask if 0.19 will be released in near future. And something I always wanted to say: Thanks for that great piece of software! Markus ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] running backend as debian runlevel service?
I'm not sure if this helps, but this is Gentoo's Script. I also
included the /etc/conf.d/mythbackend file. This is the first I noticed
that there was an option to run Myth as another user than root. Since
this is a dedicated box, there shouldn't be a great need to do so, but
it might be something to look into...
-
mythbackend ~ # cat /etc/init.d/mythbackend
#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-tv/mythtv/files/0.18-mythbackend.rc,v
1.3 2005/05/22 22:43:19 cardoe Exp $
depend() {
need net
use mysql
}
checkconfig() {
if [ ${MYTH_USER} != root ]; then
for i in $(groups ${MYTH_USER/:*/}) ; do
[[ ${i} == audio ]] audio=yes
[[ ${i} == video ]] video=yes
done
if [ -z ${audio} -o -z ${video} ] ; then
ewarn
[[ -z ${audio} ]] \
ewarn ${HILITE}${MYTH_USER/:*/}${NORMAL} is not in the
audio group
[[ -z ${video} ]] \
ewarn ${HILITE}${MYTH_USER/:*/}${NORMAL} is not in the
video group
ewarn
ewarn insufficient permissions discovered
ewarn mythbackend may not start correctly
ewarn
fi
fi
}
start() {
[[ -z ${MYTH_USER} ]] MYTH_USER=nobody
[[ -z ${MYTH_NICE} ]] MYTH_NICE=0
[[ -z ${MYTH_VERBOSE} ]] MYTH_VERBOSE=none
checkconfig
HOME=/var/log/mythtv/
QTDIR=/usr/qt/3
# Work around any strange permissions that may be on these files.
chown -R ${MYTH_USER} /var/log/mythtv/
ebegin Starting MythTV Backend
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid ${MYTH_USER} \
--exec /usr/bin/mythbackend --nicelevel ${MYTH_NICE} \
--make-pidfile --pidfile /var/run/mythbackend.pid \
--background -- --verbose ${MYTH_VERBOSE} \
--logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
eend $?
}
stop () {
ebegin Stopping MythTV Backend
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile=/var/run/mythbackend.pid
eend $?
}
--
mythbackend ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/mythbackend
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
#
$Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-tv/mythtv/files/0.18-mythbackend.conf,v
1.2 2005/05/14 17:10:03 cardoe Exp $
# Specify which user to run as
#
# NOTE: this user must have permissions to write
# to the LOG and PID directories specified
# below. Furthermore, this user must be able
# to write to the audio and video devices
# that are configured in MythTV. This can
# be achieved by adding this user to the
# audio and video groups.
MYTH_USER=root
# Specify debug-level in log.
# Accepts any combination (separated by comma) of:
# all,none,quiet,record,playback,channel,osd,file,
# schedule,network,commflag,audio,libav,jobqueue
#MYTH_VERBOSE=none
# Set the nice level (see nice(1)). To give mythbackend a higher
# priority, you may want to set this to -15.
#MYTH_NICE=0
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 01:09 -0700, Mike wrote:
Steve Adeff wrote:
I tried setting up mythbackend to run as a debian service in init.d/ but
when I do so I get errors that don't allow it to record or the frontends to
connect. the log files don't seem to show any problems though. I was
wondering if anyone else has set this up and how you did it?
thanks,
Steve
I took this from those abandoned debian packages listed in the myth
documentation. (just modified the paths)
##
#! /bin/sh
#
# mythtv-server MythTV capture and encoding backend
#
# Based on:
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for
/etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED].
# Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
# by Ian Murdock [EMAIL PROTECTED].
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.9.1 08-Apr-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/mythbackend
NAME=mythbackend
DESC=MythTV server
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
USER=mythtv
RUNDIR=/var/run/mythtv
ARGS=--daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile
$RUNDIR/$NAME.pid
EXTRA_ARGS=
NICE=0
if [ -f /etc/default/mythbackend ]; then
. /etc/default/mythbackend
fi
ARGS=$ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS
mkdir -p $RUNDIR
chown -R $USER $RUNDIR
case $1 in
start)
echo -n Starting $DESC: $NAME
start-stop-daemon --start
[mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
I don't know much about video file formats so bear with me. I am looking into why some of my recordings do not play well (with mythtv-0.18.1) on my frontend box (Epia Via Ezra 1gz with Unichrome enabled) but play fine on another machine (Opteron 64-bit 2gz) - pretty obvious you might think :-) The recordings are made from a Hauppauge DVB Nova-T on the backend (mythtv 0.18.1) - and not transcoded, because the Nova-T kicks out MPEG2, which is what the Epia's h/w can assist with. Recordings that I made some time ago, all seem to play fine with mythtv, xine and mplayer. Some more recent recordings (perhaps since I upgraded to 18.1?) are a little odd - they exhibit sound 'stickiness' using MythTV on the Epia, but play fine on the Opteron. Initially I put this down to issues with the Unichrome driver, or the speed of the Epia, but have discounted both (xine produces a lot of video and audio artefacts when playing these recordings with AND without -Vxxmc - and, when with -V xxmc, cpu usage is usually below 10%). Since it is possible to play the recordings without issue on the opteron, I know that the artefacts are not part of the original signal. So, I began thinking in terms of data format. I played various recordings using mythtv, xine and mplayer on both boxes. Recordings that do not exhibit the sound issue running on mythtv/Epia seem to play fine in xine and mplayer no matter which box they are on. Recordings that have the sound issue, do not. Using mythtv they play fine on the Opteron, but the sounds sticks on the Epia. Using xine, they exhibit artefacts and sound stickiness on both boxes. MPlayer sometimes picked the wrong audio channel (1 instead of 0) and also sometimes suffered from lipsyncing issues... So, it looks like something has changed in my setup which is causing me to occasionally generate less portable recordings than I used to, and that these are causing problems on my Epia (probably because the unichrome h/w (which I cannot seem to prevent mythtv using) is tripping up on the format). If xine (v0.99.4.), mplayer (1.0pre7try2-3.2.3) and, possibly, unichrome are having problems with mythtv-generated MPEG2 files that mythtv can play without issue, is this a bug in mythtv, the other three, or a grey area in the MPEG2 spec - or have I misread the symptoms ? Any help with this wouldbe much appreciated. I can probably find somewhere to put files that exhibit the problem up for ftp. Thanks for mythtv, Jules -- Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system crystallises out around it. /** * Jules Gosnell * Partner * Core Developers Network (Europe) * *www.coredevelopers.net * * Open Source Training Support. **/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again
This may not be a useful solution for everyone interested in running a MythTV frontend on an xbox, but . . . Using the info and downloads at this site, http://www.not404.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/wiki/XFedora4, I was able to effortlessly install Fedora Core 4 on my xbox. Then using Jarod's excellent guide I installed MythTV and was up and running! Just an FYI. Quick question, did this re-format your harddrive on the Xbox or were able to just ftp it over and run it as a dashboard item? Thanks. AJM This installation of FC4 on Xbox has a selection right at the beginning that lets you choose if you want to preserve the game-playing ability of your system or if you want to end up with a Linux-only Xbox. I chose the latter. I presume you end up with a dashboard option if you choose the former. In either case you are using the regular Anaconda installation tool. Once I had the system installed and did some prep then all I did was 'yum install mythtv-suite'. It just works. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
to follow up on my own posting... for it to be a format issue is a bit wierd - because I thought that mythbackend would just be taking the data, already encoded, straight from my Nova-T and filing it, without doing any form of transcoding ? But my Nova-T has not changed and my version of Myth and possibly kernel, has. I guess this is where my lack of knowledge of exactly what is going on under the covers stops me from doing any more digging. Can anyone lend a hand ? Maybe I am seeing the interaction of several related issues ? Jules Jules Gosnell wrote: I don't know much about video file formats so bear with me. I am looking into why some of my recordings do not play well (with mythtv-0.18.1) on my frontend box (Epia Via Ezra 1gz with Unichrome enabled) but play fine on another machine (Opteron 64-bit 2gz) - pretty obvious you might think :-) The recordings are made from a Hauppauge DVB Nova-T on the backend (mythtv 0.18.1) - and not transcoded, because the Nova-T kicks out MPEG2, which is what the Epia's h/w can assist with. Recordings that I made some time ago, all seem to play fine with mythtv, xine and mplayer. Some more recent recordings (perhaps since I upgraded to 18.1?) are a little odd - they exhibit sound 'stickiness' using MythTV on the Epia, but play fine on the Opteron. Initially I put this down to issues with the Unichrome driver, or the speed of the Epia, but have discounted both (xine produces a lot of video and audio artefacts when playing these recordings with AND without -Vxxmc - and, when with -V xxmc, cpu usage is usually below 10%). Since it is possible to play the recordings without issue on the opteron, I know that the artefacts are not part of the original signal. So, I began thinking in terms of data format. I played various recordings using mythtv, xine and mplayer on both boxes. Recordings that do not exhibit the sound issue running on mythtv/Epia seem to play fine in xine and mplayer no matter which box they are on. Recordings that have the sound issue, do not. Using mythtv they play fine on the Opteron, but the sounds sticks on the Epia. Using xine, they exhibit artefacts and sound stickiness on both boxes. MPlayer sometimes picked the wrong audio channel (1 instead of 0) and also sometimes suffered from lipsyncing issues... So, it looks like something has changed in my setup which is causing me to occasionally generate less portable recordings than I used to, and that these are causing problems on my Epia (probably because the unichrome h/w (which I cannot seem to prevent mythtv using) is tripping up on the format). If xine (v0.99.4.), mplayer (1.0pre7try2-3.2.3) and, possibly, unichrome are having problems with mythtv-generated MPEG2 files that mythtv can play without issue, is this a bug in mythtv, the other three, or a grey area in the MPEG2 spec - or have I misread the symptoms ? Any help with this wouldbe much appreciated. I can probably find somewhere to put files that exhibit the problem up for ftp. Thanks for mythtv, Jules -- Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system crystallises out around it. /** * Jules Gosnell * Partner * Core Developers Network (Europe) * *www.coredevelopers.net * * Open Source Training Support. **/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Recordings Fail
Ok, so if my system is up for a day or longer, the system fails. It doesn't crash. I run mythbackend and frontend out of xterm windows. After a restart it will record no problem forever, i mean i set it up to record like 10 hours on each pvr 250 (i have 2), with no problem. But if it sits for awhile, than at times it fails. Like i'll check the watch recordings and the last recording stopped at say like 41:00 into the show, and no more shows scheduled for after that recording will record. If i try to go into the schedule recordings program guide, it locks up. No errors are shown that i can see. Next time it happens I'll try to write everything down, but i've never really seen any error messages. It's almost like it fails to access the database or something. It happens every couple days or every day even. It's like i have to reboot the system every day at 5:00pm to make sure it records my shows for the nite. It really sucks. I never had this problem before with the same system. The only change is the new 300gig harddrive. Now i don't know if perhaps one of the PVR-250 has failed, but it's not always the same one that fails i think. I'll try to record at different times to see if a certain one locks it up, but like lost records 1 minute past 10: and i was recording law and order last nite, lost recorded fine on the first encoder, but law and order failed at 41:33 into the show. Other times there has been no other show recording so it was only the first recorder recording and that's failed, so don't think its that. Could it really be the harddrive? But why would it be able to start but not finish? I used to have a problem before this harddrive, where if i transcoded something, when it ended the same thing happened. Like if i accidently hit the transcode button but than stopped it, it would do the thing where I couldn't access the program guide, locks up mythtv, and would stop any recordings in progress. I know it only happens at the end, because i transcoded a DVD to XVID and it recorded all the shows while it was running, a few hours, but as soon as it finished, it locked up like that. And it only locks up the program guide, i can go to watch recordings and stuff like that. Don't know about live tv, never use it so never checked. But now it does it almost every day, if not every day. Can any one help? New Hraddrive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5 IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM-- Video Card: SiS 315 Memory: PC 133, 2 128 sticks, 1 256 stick 2 pvr-250's, one recently RMA'd got a new one (recently, about 6 months) KT133 mobo i believe, AMD Athlon 850 Need anything else? Sincerely, MacNean C. Tyrrell -- Sincerely, MacNean C. Tyrrell ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
On 10/14/05, Jules Gosnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone lend a hand ? Maybe I am seeing the interaction of several related issues ? A wild stab in the dark, but could it be anything to do with TS and/or PS? You haven't changed your recording card to use on or the other have you? I am not sure how that could affect it though, but it was the first thing to come to my head :| Whytey ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early
I'm having an issue recently. My commercial detection seems to detect perfectly (duration wise) but the commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early. So I miss 5-15 seconds prior to each break and see about 5-15 seconds of the last commercial. The clocks on both machines are synced up to each other. My system is made up of master backend, slave backend, and remote frontend. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
David Whyte wrote: On 10/14/05, Jules Gosnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone lend a hand ? Maybe I am seeing the interaction of several related issues ? A wild stab in the dark, but could it be anything to do with TS and/or PS? You haven't changed your recording card to use on or the other have you? I am not sure how that could affect it though, but it was the first thing to come to my head :| I've no idea what it does - but am pretty sure that I haven't changed the setting. If it was something like that then I could expect all new recordings to have the same problem, couldn't I. whereas it is just the occasional recording that i have trouble with. I had one recording where all the stuff preceding the programme I was recording was fine, then, as soon as the programme itself started, all the audio problems started as well... Perhaps it is some interaction between what is broadcast (can different parts of a DVB broadcast be encoded differently ?) and how it is played ? Jules Whytey ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system crystallises out around it. /** * Jules Gosnell * Partner * Core Developers Network (Europe) * *www.coredevelopers.net * * Open Source Training Support. **/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
Jules Gosnell wrote: to follow up on my own posting... for it to be a format issue is a bit wierd - because I thought that mythbackend would just be taking the data, already encoded, straight from my Nova-T and filing it, without doing any form of transcoding ? But my Nova-T has not changed and my version of Myth and possibly kernel, has. I guess this is where my lack of knowledge of exactly what is going on under the covers stops me from doing any more digging. Can anyone lend a hand ? Maybe I am seeing the interaction of several related issues ? Jules Jules Gosnell wrote: I don't know much about video file formats so bear with me. I am looking into why some of my recordings do not play well (with mythtv-0.18.1) on my frontend box (Epia Via Ezra 1gz with Unichrome enabled) but play fine on another machine (Opteron 64-bit 2gz) - pretty obvious you might think :-) The recordings are made from a Hauppauge DVB Nova-T on the backend (mythtv 0.18.1) - and not transcoded, because the Nova-T kicks out MPEG2, which is what the Epia's h/w can assist with. Recordings that I made some time ago, all seem to play fine with mythtv, xine and mplayer. Some more recent recordings (perhaps since I upgraded to 18.1?) are a little odd - they exhibit sound 'stickiness' using MythTV on the Epia, but play fine on the Opteron. Initially I put this down to issues with the Unichrome driver, or the speed of the Epia, but have discounted both (xine produces a lot of video and audio artefacts when playing these recordings with AND without -Vxxmc - and, when with -V xxmc, cpu usage is usually below 10%). Since it is possible to play the recordings without issue on the opteron, I know that the artefacts are not part of the original signal. So, I began thinking in terms of data format. I played various recordings using mythtv, xine and mplayer on both boxes. Recordings that do not exhibit the sound issue running on mythtv/Epia seem to play fine in xine and mplayer no matter which box they are on. Recordings that have the sound issue, do not. Using mythtv they play fine on the Opteron, but the sounds sticks on the Epia. Using xine, they exhibit artefacts and sound stickiness on both boxes. MPlayer sometimes picked the wrong audio channel (1 instead of 0) and also sometimes suffered from lipsyncing issues... So, it looks like something has changed in my setup which is causing me to occasionally generate less portable recordings than I used to, and that these are causing problems on my Epia (probably because the unichrome h/w (which I cannot seem to prevent mythtv using) is tripping up on the format). If xine (v0.99.4.), mplayer (1.0pre7try2-3.2.3) and, possibly, unichrome are having problems with mythtv-generated MPEG2 files that mythtv can play without issue, is this a bug in mythtv, the other three, or a grey area in the MPEG2 spec - or have I misread the symptoms ? Any help with this wouldbe much appreciated. I can probably find somewhere to put files that exhibit the problem up for ftp. Thanks for mythtv, Jules this is just another stab in the dark that came to mind - do you have any differences in the general playback section of setup between the two machines? deinterlacing playback settings for example? like I said just a stab in the dark - first thing that came to mind Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 06:14:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the most number of streams anyone on the list has simultaneously recorded without problem? I assume recording 2 streams while watching a third has been done, but has it been done with no loss in quality, etc? How about 3 streams? HD + an analog stream? I'd like to get an idea of what my limitations and potentials are before I get too deep in my current project. The current limitations on number of streams has to do with what hardware you choose to use. This includes tuner cards, hard drives, network cards, and CPU. I think it would still be rather easy to get 10+ streams recording and 4-5 being played back (1 local, 3-4 remote) before you see any problems. To do this you would need either hardware assisted analog encoders, or an HD tuner because they won't use more than 3% or so CPU. To reach a 10Rec 5Play number, you would want a good processor and memory, something 3.4Ghz or over would be fine -- If you're not going to watch video locally though, I bet you could do all this with 2Ghz or less. Disk usage is the next issue. Using raid 0, 5 or 10 would help in this areas you may be able to do 15 streams total with 2-3 striped drives I would bet. Networking will be the final issue. HD streams run up to just under 20Mb/s. As much as we wish to get 1Gb/s speeds all the time, expecting much over 400Mb/s constant is not always possible. Myth struggles to play video smoothly unless it feels like it has room to breath and almost no packet loss. Personally I've recorded 5 HD streams at once (3 pcHDTV HD-3000's and 2 pcHDTV HD-2000 tuners) and watched 1 at once. The load on the (backend) AMD 2500XP was about 10% (Viewing the single stream to a frontend, P4 3.0Ghz). I've recorded 4 full HD station feeds (One channel was broadcasting 43Mb/s of data so I recorded this stations feed 4 times and saved the entire feed as-is to disk) to a single drive. This was all done prior to Myth getting an internal memory buffer that now only write disk when it needed to, not every second. When this buffer was added, the overall throughput to disk went up 3x-5x times. However, if I peg a 6 disk setup with dd'ing /dev/zero to a file, I can interupt a single recording disk write and lose some data - Ths fix for this though is simply increasing the memory buffer in Myth for recording HD data. Right now the only limitation I see is how many PCI slots your computer has, how many firewire devices you can reach before hitting the max bandwidth for the motherboards firewire bus, and how much data you can push through a network client to remote frontends. Right about when you max these things out I think the CPU and system bus would be near maxed and that's the point where Myth would start to struggle. At this point, adding extra backends will let you scale on a new level, but I've never experimented in this area. --Brandon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
Craig Tinson wrote: Jules Gosnell wrote: to follow up on my own posting... for it to be a format issue is a bit wierd - because I thought that mythbackend would just be taking the data, already encoded, straight from my Nova-T and filing it, without doing any form of transcoding ? But my Nova-T has not changed and my version of Myth and possibly kernel, has. I guess this is where my lack of knowledge of exactly what is going on under the covers stops me from doing any more digging. Can anyone lend a hand ? Maybe I am seeing the interaction of several related issues ? Jules Jules Gosnell wrote: I don't know much about video file formats so bear with me. I am looking into why some of my recordings do not play well (with mythtv-0.18.1) on my frontend box (Epia Via Ezra 1gz with Unichrome enabled) but play fine on another machine (Opteron 64-bit 2gz) - pretty obvious you might think :-) The recordings are made from a Hauppauge DVB Nova-T on the backend (mythtv 0.18.1) - and not transcoded, because the Nova-T kicks out MPEG2, which is what the Epia's h/w can assist with. Recordings that I made some time ago, all seem to play fine with mythtv, xine and mplayer. Some more recent recordings (perhaps since I upgraded to 18.1?) are a little odd - they exhibit sound 'stickiness' using MythTV on the Epia, but play fine on the Opteron. Initially I put this down to issues with the Unichrome driver, or the speed of the Epia, but have discounted both (xine produces a lot of video and audio artefacts when playing these recordings with AND without -Vxxmc - and, when with -V xxmc, cpu usage is usually below 10%). Since it is possible to play the recordings without issue on the opteron, I know that the artefacts are not part of the original signal. So, I began thinking in terms of data format. I played various recordings using mythtv, xine and mplayer on both boxes. Recordings that do not exhibit the sound issue running on mythtv/Epia seem to play fine in xine and mplayer no matter which box they are on. Recordings that have the sound issue, do not. Using mythtv they play fine on the Opteron, but the sounds sticks on the Epia. Using xine, they exhibit artefacts and sound stickiness on both boxes. MPlayer sometimes picked the wrong audio channel (1 instead of 0) and also sometimes suffered from lipsyncing issues... So, it looks like something has changed in my setup which is causing me to occasionally generate less portable recordings than I used to, and that these are causing problems on my Epia (probably because the unichrome h/w (which I cannot seem to prevent mythtv using) is tripping up on the format). If xine (v0.99.4.), mplayer (1.0pre7try2-3.2.3) and, possibly, unichrome are having problems with mythtv-generated MPEG2 files that mythtv can play without issue, is this a bug in mythtv, the other three, or a grey area in the MPEG2 spec - or have I misread the symptoms ? Any help with this wouldbe much appreciated. I can probably find somewhere to put files that exhibit the problem up for ftp. Thanks for mythtv, Jules this is just another stab in the dark that came to mind - do you have any differences in the general playback section of setup between the two machines? deinterlacing playback settings for example? I think the only difference is XvMC support selected on the Epia (and deselecting does not seem to prevent its use!). But this does not take into account the fact that the particular files with which MythTV has a problem on the Epia (most play fine on both machines) also seem to be problematic to xine, mplayer on both boxes keep trying :-) Jules like I said just a stab in the dark - first thing that came to mind Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system crystallises out around it. /** * Jules Gosnell * Partner * Core Developers Network (Europe) * *www.coredevelopers.net * * Open Source Training Support. **/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] why do i have a 2 gig limit on avi files
Hi I'm new(re-subscribed) to the list. Has anybody encountered this before: I seem to have a 2 gigabyte limit on avi files (transcoded movies). When either the Internal player or the mythcommflag reaches that they just hang. I know the files are fine because gnome totem plays them movies fine to the end. quick facts about my box: 1. it used to be debian STABLE (kernel 2.4). 2. I turned it into UNSTABLE, and upgraded to 2.6. 3. I use XVID for transcoding. 4. I have compiled my own mythtv packages using the debian mythtv versions. Whereas I am perfectly happy right now sticking with 2 hour movies I will be grateful for somebody who points me in the right direction, thanks. thanks for a great software! jondz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [apps] [mythtv-users] why do i have a 2 gig limit on avi files
What filesystems are you using? According to jondz, Hi I'm new(re-subscribed) to the list. Has anybody encountered this before: I seem to have a 2 gigabyte limit on avi files (transcoded movies). When either the Internal player or the mythcommflag reaches that they just hang. I know the files are fine because gnome totem plays them movies fine to the end. quick facts about my box: 1. it used to be debian STABLE (kernel 2.4). 2. I turned it into UNSTABLE, and upgraded to 2.6. 3. I use XVID for transcoding. 4. I have compiled my own mythtv packages using the debian mythtv versions. Whereas I am perfectly happy right now sticking with 2 hour movies I will be grateful for somebody who points me in the right direction, thanks. thanks for a great software! jondz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Best Regards, Tony ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] myth music is so slow
On 14/10/05, Justin Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi agian, I followed the instructions on that link to gossamer threads and no improvement. I also know for a fact that there are no symlinks in the directories. In fact its not the import that is unbearable its trying to select music to play thats slow. Thanks again I can't realistically use the playlist editor either, I just assumed that was due to the size of my music collection, I always just use 'all music' from the music player viewer, editing playlists is a whole world of pain :( If I had any time spare I'd figure it out, fix it and submit a patch ;) - Ciaran ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Getting started, which tuner card Haup. or NVTV
Hello, I am trying to figure out which tv tuner card to buy for mythtv. I plan on running Xbox (XBMC mythtv plugin) as frontend. However, for my backend I am trying to decide between Hauppauge series or eVGA NVTV series card. Does eVGA NVTV series cards even work with mythtv ? I want to be able to watch TV and record shows at the same time, does this mean I need the Hauppauge pvr 500 - dual tuner card ? In summary, I have Xbox frontend so that covers my video out and I want to watch and record shows at the same time, so I need a dual tuner card, is this right? Thanks for any advice you can give me. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
David Whyte wrote: On 10/14/05, Jules Gosnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone lend a hand ? Maybe I am seeing the interaction of several related issues ? A wild stab in the dark, but could it be anything to do with TS and/or PS? You haven't changed your recording card to use on or the other have you? I am not sure how that could affect it though, but it was the first thing to come to my head :| I've no idea what it does - but am pretty sure that I haven't changed the setting. If it was something like that then I could expect all new recordings to have the same problem, couldn't I. whereas it is just the occasional recording that i have trouble with. I had one recording where all the stuff preceding the programme I was recording was fine, then, as soon as the programme itself started, all the audio problems started as well... Perhaps it is some interaction between what is broadcast (can different parts of a DVB broadcast be encoded differently ?) and how it is played ? Jules Whytey ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system crystallises out around it. /** * Jules Gosnell * Partner * Core Developers Network (Europe) * *www.coredevelopers.net * * Open Source Training Support. **/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
Oops, I've learnt that the back button in my webmail is not good, here's what I meant to post A wild stab in the dark, but could it be anything to do with TS and/or PS? You haven't changed your recording card to use on or the other have you? I am not sure how that could affect it though, but it was the first thing to come to my head :| this is definitely a strong candidate, PS recording is deprecated, because it's flakey. You should change all your capturecards to use TS regardless. You can do this quickly int the DB with update capturecard set dvb_recordts=1 I've no idea what it does - but am pretty sure that I haven't changed the setting. If it was something like that then I could expect all new recordings to have the same problem, couldn't I. whereas it is just the occasional recording that i have trouble with. I had one recording where Not necessarily, there are lots of variations in each stream dependent on content. Is it always the same program that causes trouble? e.g. I had a lot of trouble recording Law Order: Criminal Intent on five in the UK until I changed this setting. One last thing, have you checked your aerial is still pointing where you expect? :-) N. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting started, which tuner card Haup. or NVTV
On Friday 14 October 2005 10:11 am, Frank Dux wrote: Hello, I am trying to figure out which tv tuner card to buy for mythtv. I plan on running Xbox (XBMC mythtv plugin) as frontend. However, for my backend I am trying to decide between Hauppauge series or eVGA NVTV series card. Does eVGA NVTV series cards even work with mythtv ? Never heard of it so I can't help you there. I want to be able to watch TV and record shows at the same time, does this mean I need the Hauppauge pvr 500 - dual tuner card ? Well it means that you want two tuners. I have the pvr 500 myself and I do like it although its been a bit of work to get the card to work reliably, the drivers are still fairly new. Once you get it working the quality of the video is very good, much better than the cheap winTV Go I had before this. In summary, I have Xbox frontend so that covers my video out and I want to watch and record shows at the same time, so I need a dual tuner card, is this right? Don't know about the Xbox, but I've seen people posting on it so hopefully someone else will pipe up. pgpSPeUhxcWit.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] LiveTV, Recorded TV, no Audio - request for help
Hi all, I know this topic has been covered many times in the archives, but none of the solutions seem to fix my situation. I have searched the archives, and I have read and reread Jarods how to. Basically, I get no audio on live tv or when watching a recorded show (may be because of no audio on live tv when I recorded it?). I _do_ get audio when watching a dvd via mythtv, both with xine and mplayer. Here are the specifics of what Ive done and what Ive tried: * I followed Jarods audio section in the howto with success at every step (Jarod: _Great_ how-to by the way). * ALSA is configured, and a can hear music with aplay as described in jarods howto * I have sound disabled in the KDE WM, as per Jarods HowTo * I added the most basic .asoundrc file as described in Jarods HowTo (even though aplay was working before I did this). * My sound card is a turtle beach montego II, which FC4 identifies as Aureal, Semiconductor Vortex 1, module: snd-au8820 * I am using a Hauppauge PVR-150, and FC4 * I have set the mixer up as specified in the mythtv HOWTO using KMix (also did same with alsamixer) * In MythTV-settings-general, I have audio set to ALSA:default, and mixer set to default. I have also tried unchecking the user internal volume controls (no success), and I have set mixer controls to both pcm and master, neither with any success. * I read in the HOWTO that there should be no cabling required from the PVR-150 to the sound card (in fact, there are no pins on the PVR-150 to even do this). * As a test, I tried to use mkmovie to transcode a recorded program to AVI and watch it on my windows box to see if I had any audio. The windows box basically didnt play it because it didnt find the right codec, so no useful info there, but I tried. * As stated before, I _do_ get audio when watching a dvd thru MythTV, with mythtv configured either for mplayer or xine. What else can I try, I am emailing here only because Ive basically run out of ideas and not sure how to troubleshoot any further. Last bit of info, dont know if its useful but at times in the shell that I launch mythfrontend from, I get a line saying WriteAudio: buffer underrun. Dunno if that means anything or not, or is even related to this issue. If my sound card is too old and tired to work, just say so and Ill have a good reason to upgrade, but the mythtv docs say any sound card that works with ALSA will workand since aplay works, I am assuming I am working with ALSA. Thanks in advance, I appreciate the help and am looking forward to moving my mythbox from its setup and testing state over to my actual TV for daily use -Eric. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mac Media Center Development
Hey All! I am starting a new open source project, SilverScreen (more info about coders: http://www.silverscreen.theplaceforitall.com/ ). SilverScreen will be a Mac Media center. I am aiming for SilverScreen to be to Front Row what the $1300 Final Cut Pro 5 is to the $80 iMovie. I want to create a team first, no half-hearted efforts. Here is what we are looking for: 1.Quartz, Open GL, and Graphics Efects Programming on Mac OS X 2.Strong Coding Skills In General on Mac OS X 3.DVD Playback, Movie Data Provider, iPhoto plugin, and other iLife intergration 4.ntergration with a TV Tuner and Remote, etc (were not sure what tuner or remote to support, email with suggestions) 5.Logo and Icon Design (no coding needed!) 6.User Interface Design (no coding needed! Users welcome. For this, it is very important that we get someone that can really shape a program to look like a Mac program should) 7.Beta Testers Sam Krupa -- Sam Krupa ThePlaceforitAll.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac Media Center Development
Sam Krupa wrote: Hey All! I am starting a new open source project, SilverScreen (more info about coders: http://www.silverscreen.theplaceforitall.com/ ). SilverScreen will be a Mac Media center. I am aiming for SilverScreen to be to Front Row what the $1300 Final Cut Pro 5 is to the $80 iMovie. I want to create a team first, no half-hearted efforts. Here is what we are looking for: 1.Quartz, Open GL, and Graphics Efects Programming on Mac OS X 2.Strong Coding Skills In General on Mac OS X 3.DVD Playback, Movie Data Provider, iPhoto plugin, and other iLife intergration 4.ntergration with a TV Tuner and Remote, etc (were not sure what tuner or remote to support, email with suggestions) 5.Logo and Icon Design (no coding needed!) 6.User Interface Design (no coding needed! Users welcome. For this, it is very important that we get someone that can really shape a program to look like a Mac program should) 7.Beta Testers Sam Krupa -- Sam Krupa ThePlaceforitAll.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Not to be negative but, http://centerstageproject.com/index.php How will your project differ? -- Thank you for your time, --== R i c h a r d B r o n o s k y ==-- Nearly all viruses and spyware are designed to use Microsoft internet products. Protect yourself by avoiding Internet Explorer Outlook/Outlook Express. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Manual channel editing
Hi, I live in a condo which has non-standard channels (I have taken the issue to Zap2IT Labs but they haven't fixed their lineup). I have tried manually editing the channels after running a mythfilldatabase but haven't had much success. Once I edit the channels do I need to run mythfilldatabase again? What should the entry in my crontab be like? I am running Gentoo with MythTV 0.18.1-r2 on an AMD64 system. Regards, ~Danesh P.S. mythfilldatabase --manual doesn't work for me (it doesn't ask me any questions at all).. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting started, which tuner card Haup. or NVTV
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:11:57 -0500, Frank Dux wrote Hello, I am trying to figure out which tv tuner card to buy for mythtv. I plan on running Xbox (XBMC mythtv plugin) as frontend. However, for my backend I am trying to decide between Hauppauge series or eVGA NVTV series card. Does eVGA NVTV series cards even work with mythtv ? I suspect the answer is No, since the info on eVGA's Website loudly proclaims Requires Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 (will not work with any other version of Microsoft Windows) and Designed for Windows XP. Generally, with that level of tie-in, even if they are using a chipset that is supported by a Linux driver, there is Microsoft-specific firmware involved. However, this is still speculation, so if someone out there knows how to make it work, sing out! -- WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: OT: nVidia and XvMC?
Sorry I haven't followed up on this right away. The past couple of days I haven't had much time to play around with my Myth box :) On 10/12/05, Axel Thimm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 05:30:22PM -0700, Mark Linford wrote: On 10/12/05, Mark Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/12/05, Axel Thimm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 05:52:47AM -0700, Mark Linford wrote: On 10/11/05, Tj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Linford wrote: If you use libXvMCW, check that you have a file /etc/X11/XvMCConfig and the contents is just libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 without the quotes. If it doesn't exist, create it and libXvMCW should work fine now.. Yep, I have that exact XvMCConfig file, with no luck ... Check ls -lu /etc/X11/XvMCConfig before and after running the frontend. Before running mythfrontend: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Oct 12 05:40 /etc/X11/XvMCConfig And after: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Oct 12 17:14 /etc/X11/XvMCConfig Hmmm. Is it supposed to change like that? Yes, that means it was read, e.g. xvmcw became active. You should do the same with libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1. A couple of other things I forgot to mention: Looking at my /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, I see this line: (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation So, it looks like nVidia is using XvMC ... xvmcw is working, and nvidia xvmc, too. The missing bit is the link. Does xvmcw find libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1? How do I check that xvmcw can find libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1? Do you have multiple versions of nvidia drivers installed? If yes, use nvidia-graphics-switch to choose one. Also, searching various nVidia-related boards didn't yield any definitive answers to my problem, but it did mention a few people having problems with XvMC with various incarnations of nVidia's drivers. Also, nothing about my specific card (6200). So, if anyone has a similar setup to mine, and you have XvMC working, could you please tell me which version of nVidia's drivers you're using? Thanks! Just install all available ones from atrpms and use nvidia-graphics-switch in runlevel 3 to switch from one to the other. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net Before, I wasn't using the atrpm nvidia packages. Rather, I used the nvidia installer to manually install the drivers. So, to get back in sync with everything else, I've manually removed the drivers I installed, and then installed all of the versions of the nvidia drivers from atrpm's I could find. Then, using nvidia-graphics-switch, I tried them all out in mythfrontend to see what happened. Here's my results: v. 7167 and v 7174: X wouldn't even work correctly (dim or garbled output) v. 7667 and 7676: Same behaviour as before. mythfrontend starts up fine, but playing back any video, screen goes black and freezes up. v. 7664: Ah, this is interesting. Instead of going to black and freezing, v7664 stops almost immeadiately with an error message saying that it couldn't playback the video. I can then escape back into the Myth interface. To get a better idea of what's going on, I ran mythfrontend and -v playback'd to a log file. Here's from v. 7664: --- 2005-10-14 08:25:34.779 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=1920, height=1200, numscreens=1 2005-10-14 08:25:34.807 Using screen 0, 1920x1200 at 0,0 2005-10-14 08:25:34.810 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-10-14 08:25:34.810 Enabled verbose msgs : important general playback 2005-10-14 08:25:35.265 max_width: 1920 max_height: 1200 2005-10-14 08:25:35.316 Switching to square mode (MythCenter) 2005-10-14 08:25:35.971 Joystick disabled. 2005-10-14 08:25:35.972 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-10-14 08:25:36.011 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-10-14 08:25:36.027 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-10-14 08:25:36.027 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-10-14 08:25:36.481 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.50:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.50 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2005-10-14 08:25:37.014 Starting media monitor. 2005-10-14 08:25:42.287 All Programs 2005-10-14 08:25:43.003 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.50:6543 (try 1 o f 5) 2005-10-14 08:25:43.018 Using protocol version 15 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 AVFD 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 AVFD: Opening Stream #0: codec id 2 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 29.97, 480) - Interlaced Scan 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan video_height: 480 fps: 29. 97 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 AVFD: Looking for decoder for 2 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 AVFD 2005-10-14 08:25:46.140 AVFD: Opening Stream #1: codec id 86016
Re: [mythtv-users] .nuv format, mythtv, xine, mplayer, unichrome compatibility....
Neale Swinnerton wrote: Oops, I've learnt that the back button in my webmail is not good, here's what I meant to post A wild stab in the dark, but could it be anything to do with TS and/or PS? You haven't changed your recording card to use on or the other have you? I am not sure how that could affect it though, but it was the first thing to come to my head :| this is definitely a strong candidate, PS recording is deprecated, because it's flakey. You should change all your capturecards to use TS regardless. You can do this quickly int the DB with update capturecard set dvb_recordts=1 I've no idea what it does - but am pretty sure that I haven't changed the setting. If it was something like that then I could expect all new recordings to have the same problem, couldn't I. whereas it is just the occasional recording that i have trouble with. I had one recording where Not necessarily, there are lots of variations in each stream dependent on content. Is it always the same program that causes trouble? e.g. I had a lot of trouble recording Law Order: Criminal Intent on five in the UK until I changed this setting. Aha ! This sounds interesting, because I had a case where the trouble only started when the adverts finished and the programmes began. Plus, it always seems to be programmes that my wife wants to watch which get screwed up :-) One last thing, have you checked your aerial is still pointing where you expect? :-) I have been playing with the aerial, but, as I pointed out earlier in the thread, since the problems only appear when played with particular pieces of s/w or h/w and the same file will play faultlessly elsewhere, I am assuming that the problems are happening after the signal has arrived. So, I just pulled up mythtvsetup and, sure enough, it was set to record 'PS' :-( I've changed it to 'TS'. Time will tell whether this works or not. Apologies to Whytey for giving him the brush-off when he suggested this as the root of the problem, and thanks to both of you for pointing it out to me. Lets hope it does the trick, cheers, Jules N. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system crystallises out around it. /** * Jules Gosnell * Partner * Core Developers Network (Europe) * *www.coredevelopers.net * * Open Source Training Support. **/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] LiveTV, Recorded TV, no Audio - request for help
* I am using a Hauppauge PVR-150, and FC4 Make sure the card and driver are working properly first. Do you get audio when you stream directly into mplayer with: mplayer /dev/video0 ? If not, make sure you have the latest ivtv driver (0.4.0) and firmware. There have been audio issues recently with the ivtv driver and the PVR-150. Richard. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythstreamtv Errors Please Help
I have installed and compiled everything per the readme file and am getting the following error.
VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus[0198] main interface: creating httpd[0198] http interface error: invalid src dir[0199] main http daemon: httpd doesn't reference any host, deleting
[0198] main interface error: no suitable intf module[0001] main vlc error: interface (null) initialization failed
when I run this command it works form the console...
vlc -vvv /video/recordings/3038_2005101320_2005101321.nuv
--sout
'#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,fps=24,vb=300,scale=.5,acodec=mp3,ab=32,channels=2,aspect=1.33}:std{access=mmsh,mux=asf,url="">
any help is greatly appriciated.
-Gregg
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Re: [mythtv-users] running backend as debian runlevel service?
On Friday 14 October 2005 06:00, Robert Denier wrote: I'm not sure if this helps, but this is Gentoo's Script. I also included the /etc/conf.d/mythbackend file. This is the first I noticed that there was an option to run Myth as another user than root. Since this is a dedicated box, there shouldn't be a great need to do so, but it might be something to look into... thanks a ton Mike and Rob! Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] i can't get TV-out for PVR 350 to work
Hello Tom now that I have mythtv running... I wanted to try to send the out to a TV so I went back and followed Jarod's diections on HOW To.. Well the first thing that he said is to modify the kernel boot so it can force ivtv to load on /dev/fb1... I added the 'vga=791' at the end of all 'kernel/vmlinuz... lines like he said (in boot/grub/grub.conf) and the rebooted the computer.. but it crashes all the time and have to used the fedora disk to reboot and delet the vga=791 line for fedora to work again can you please give me any info about this thank you for all your help Peter --- Tom Lichti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nada De nada wrote: 2005-09-27 09:59:30.237 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-09-27 09:59:30.245 Using protocol version 15 The frontend has successfully connected to the backend. What does it show on the actual screen? ie do you see the MythTV frontend program? -- I run back end again and gave me the same error that i have been getting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mythbackend [2] 19943 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ 2005-09-27 10:09:38.211 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-09-27 10:09:38.233 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-09-27 10:09:38.248 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-09-27 10:09:38.746 New DB scheduler connection 2005-09-27 10:09:38.755 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-09-27 10:09:38.755 Enabled verbose msgs : important general QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket Failed to bind port: 6543 That is because the backend is already running. It looks like you have it working, what exactly are you trying to do? Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Long pause when launching mythfrontend
Yup Paul, you nailed it on the head. I traced it all the way back to where the cdrecord command gets called from the code. Then I tried runnning is as they do (and as you quoted). And of course it paused. I got it working by adjusting my /etc/default/cdrecord file and now it starts up flawlessly. Thank you for your help, even though I didn't listen to it well enough. :) -Greg I had problems with cdrecord --scanbus on my system, took a good 15 seconds to complete, I think mythmusic uses this on startup. Try running 'cdrecord --scanbus' from the console to see how long it takes. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Friday 14 October 2005 02:56, Jake wrote: we have 2 pvr-500's and we regularily record 4 streams at once at an average bitrate of about 4500 without any loss of quality. we have actually been contemplating putting another 500 into the mix. the bitrates of the recordings on a pvr-500 are miniscule compared to the throughput of a modern drive, though latency could be an issue i guess with a large number of streams. i just tried it and we have now recorded 4 shows and watched all four on four different frontends simultaneously without the backend breaking a sweat. though, my roommates did look at me funny as i ran around the house turning on all the tvs. awesome, I've been thinking about getting a PVR-500, its good to know its working well. hopefully it will work with a couple DVB HD3000 cards as well. Question, my play is to use one tuner and the svideo/audio(from cablebox) as the two inputs to the 500, is this combination possible? Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Friday 14 October 2005 10:16, Brandon Beattie wrote: The current limitations on number of streams has to do with what hardware you choose to use. This includes tuner cards, hard drives, network cards, and CPU. I think it would still be rather easy to get 10+ streams recording and 4-5 being played back (1 local, 3-4 remote) before you see any problems. To do this you would need either hardware assisted analog encoders, or an HD tuner because they won't use more than 3% or so CPU. To reach a 10Rec 5Play number, you would want a good processor and memory, something 3.4Ghz or over would be fine -- If you're not going to watch video locally though, I bet you could do all this with 2Ghz or less. Disk usage is the next issue. Using raid 0, 5 or 10 would help in this areas you may be able to do 15 streams total with 2-3 striped drives I would bet. Networking will be the final issue. HD streams run up to just under 20Mb/s. As much as we wish to get 1Gb/s speeds all the time, expecting much over 400Mb/s constant is not always possible. Myth struggles to play video smoothly unless it feels like it has room to breath and almost no packet loss. another option if you find yourself recording this much is to use LVM (logical volume manager). It would allow you to connect, say four 300gig drives and use them all as one AND stripe data across them (like RAID 0). Or you could use 3 striped and the 4th as a parity drive in case one dies. This would most definitely give you the drive speed required to not only record 4+ streams at once, but play back equally as many. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] why do i have a 2 gig limit on avi files
On Friday 14 October 2005 10:47, jondz wrote: Hi I'm new(re-subscribed) to the list. Has anybody encountered this before: I seem to have a 2 gigabyte limit on avi files (transcoded movies). When either the Internal player or the mythcommflag reaches that they just hang. I know the files are fine because gnome totem plays them movies fine to the end. quick facts about my box: 1. it used to be debian STABLE (kernel 2.4). 2. I turned it into UNSTABLE, and upgraded to 2.6. 3. I use XVID for transcoding. 4. I have compiled my own mythtv packages using the debian mythtv versions. Whereas I am perfectly happy right now sticking with 2 hour movies I will be grateful for somebody who points me in the right direction, thanks. thanks for a great software! jondz IIRC, the avi format does not allow for greater than 2gig file sizes. It has to do with the fact that AVI is a microsoft container and at the time they developed it their file systems wouldn't allow for greater than 2gig files. So they wrote that in as the max file size. Whether this ever got fixed i dunno, and whether the linux programs ever followed this I dunno either... Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: mythstreamtv Errors Please Help
Okay. I solved the problem. Please disreguard the last post. Thanks. I added this option to the mythstreamtv.sh script. In case anyone has the same problem. --http-src /var/www ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again
Thanks. Very interesting, does MythGame work? AJM,. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] usb mpeg2 encoders
Are there any plans to support mpeg2 encoding in the Plextor ConvertX usb device or are any other usb mpeg2 encoder supported by mythtv? I am running an EPIA board that cannot decode mpeg4. Thanks, Trevor ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200
Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:1] (select)Just a thought, but do you get full time reception if you're not using myth?Does the dropout happen always or only at certain times of the day?I'm wondering if you could be experiencing "fading" issues (http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/glossaryA.html#fading)___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording
I have 2 recordings on my Myth box that I can't seem to delete. When i try to delete them from the frontend, it sits for a few seconds, and then continues to show the recording in the Recorded Programs listing. I've looked in my /video/recordings directory and the file is not there anymore, so obviously it was able to delete the file, just not the database entry. I've tried deleting them through MythWeb as well, and have had the same result. Is there any easy way to remove these recordings from the database as well, without having to go through manually and delete every occurrence of it through something like phpMyAdmin? I've tried the mysqlcheck and it doesn't find any error with the database. Any help would be appreciated, as every time I select one of these programs in the listings, it locks the frontend up for a few seconds. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early
I'm having an issue recently. My commercial detection seems to detect perfectly (duration wise) but the commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early. So I miss 5-15 seconds prior to each break and see about 5-15 seconds of the last commercial. The clocks on both machines are synced up to each other. My system is made up of master backend, slave backend, and remote frontend. Any suggestions appreciated. Can you look at the frame numbers for the commercial markers in recordedmarkup and see if they match up to the proper frame numbers where commercials start/end when you look at them in the editor? If the frame numbers match up (so commercial detection is correct), you can put some debug statements into NuppelVideoPlayer::AutoCommercialSkip() to see if this is being triggered early for some reason or if frame numbers look off in there for some reason. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording
You can determine the file name of the missing file and then run `touch filename`, which will create an empty file. Then deleting it via the frontend or mythweb will work. The easiest way to determine the filename(s) of missing file(s) is to load up the recorded programs page in mythweb while running `tail -f path-to-backend-log`. Every file the backend cannot find will be logged as an error. You can use sed to generate a `touch` script, or you can just copy/paste the filenames if you don't have too many. I believe the current version of myth (0.18) either touches the file before attempting to delete it or ignores non-existant files, which fixes this annoyance. -neil On 10/14/05, Jon Kunze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 2 recordings on my Myth box that I can't seem to delete. When i try to delete them from the frontend, it sits for a few seconds, and then continues to show the recording in the Recorded Programs listing. I've looked in my /video/recordings directory and the file is not there anymore, so obviously it was able to delete the file, just not the database entry. I've tried deleting them through MythWeb as well, and have had the same result. Is there any easy way to remove these recordings from the database as well, without having to go through manually and delete every occurrence of it through something like phpMyAdmin? I've tried the mysqlcheck and it doesn't find any error with the database. Any help would be appreciated, as every time I select one of these programs in the listings, it locks the frontend up for a few seconds. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
Steve, is there any way to add an LVM on an up-and-running system, or must it be done during the OS install when partitioning the disk? (sorry, I don't mean to hijack this thread but I figured this would be a quick answer) Thanks!On 10/14/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 14 October 2005 10:16, Brandon Beattie wrote: The current limitations on number of streams has to do with what hardware you choose to use.This includes tuner cards, hard drives, network cards, and CPU.I think it would still be rather easy to get 10+ streams recording and 4-5 being played back (1 local, 3-4 remote) before you see any problems.To do this you would need either hardware assisted analog encoders, or an HD tuner because they won't use more than 3% or so CPU.To reach a 10Rec 5Play number, you would want a good processor and memory, something 3.4Ghz or over would be fine -- If you're not going to watch video locally though, I bet you could do all this with 2Ghz or less.Disk usage is the next issue.Using raid 0, 5 or 10 would help in this areas you may be able to do 15 streams total with 2-3 striped drives I would bet.Networking will be the final issue.HD streams run up to just under 20Mb/s.As much as we wish to get 1Gb/s speeds all the time, expecting much over 400Mb/s constant is not always possible.Myth struggles to play video smoothly unless it feels like it has room to breath and almost no packet loss.another option if you find yourself recording this much is to use LVM (logicalvolume manager). It would allow you to connect, say four 300gig drives and use them all as one AND stripe data across them (like RAID 0). Or you coulduse 3 striped and the 4th as a parity drive in case one dies.This would most definitely give you the drive speed required to not only record 4+ streams at once, but play back equally as many.Steve___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early
Chris Pinkham wrote: I'm having an issue recently. My commercial detection seems to detect perfectly (duration wise) but the commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early. So I miss 5-15 seconds prior to each break and see about 5-15 seconds of the last commercial. The clocks on both machines are synced up to each other. My system is made up of master backend, slave backend, and remote frontend. Any suggestions appreciated. Can you look at the frame numbers for the commercial markers in recordedmarkup and see if they match up to the proper frame numbers where commercials start/end when you look at them in the editor? If the frame numbers match up (so commercial detection is correct), you can put some debug statements into NuppelVideoPlayer::AutoCommercialSkip() to see if this is being triggered early for some reason or if frame numbers look off in there for some reason. Chris, this problem has existed for a long time with software encoding but I hadn't ever wanted to bother you with it. If a file is damaged by a pegged CPU, temporary loss of signal or any other reason that might cause a significant number of dropped frames, the commercial markers will be off by the same amount for the remainder of the show. I assume that this is because the frame numbers are sequential and don't count the dropped frames while something else is assuming the frame number should be time * framerate. -- bjm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] why do i have a 2 gig limit on avi files
jondz wrote: Hi I'm new(re-subscribed) to the list. Has anybody encountered this before: I seem to have a 2 gigabyte limit on avi files (transcoded movies). When either the Internal player or the mythcommflag reaches that they just hang. I know the files are fine because gnome totem plays them movies fine to the end. quick facts about my box: 1. it used to be debian STABLE (kernel 2.4). 2. I turned it into UNSTABLE, and upgraded to 2.6. 3. I use XVID for transcoding. 4. I have compiled my own mythtv packages using the debian mythtv versions. Whereas I am perfectly happy right now sticking with 2 hour movies I will be grateful for somebody who points me in the right direction, thanks. thanks for a great software! jondz and.. the file-system isn't remote is it? like over a samba share? I fell into that one and it's a pain Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] diskless backend?
On Monday 10 October 2005 18:11, Sonni Nørløv wrote: Hi, I have a setup with a backend/frontend running on a diskless server in my living room, and a 24x7 server running mysql and nfs, and the daily tv channel update. Main reason for this is setup is that I have no antenna at the 24x7 server location, and did not want or needed the idle power consumption of the tuner card when not in use. Also I could then use the remote on the prv250 tuner. This setup has been running ok for over a year now, the main issue is that I have no mythweb on the 24x7 server unless the backend is running, which requires it to be booted. Hmmm. Must admit that this is similar to my thoughts on a slightly odd frontend/backend configuration. I'm curious why you can't run MythWeb on your 24x7 server though. I undestood the web pages and db updates are served by apache/php/mysql. Why does the backend need to running? If the backend does have to be running, could you possibly turn the frontend/backend in the frontroom into a slave, then run a master backend on the 24x7 server without any local tuners? -- Steve Boddy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Automated update of video database
Is there a way to automate the updating of the media video database? I am not talking about the television recordings database, but the table that holds media information. I would like to avoid having to go to Setup and manually update the database every time I add a video to the media filesystem, perhaps with a cronned update. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
LVM *was* Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Friday 14 October 2005 14:25, Alex Brekken wrote: Steve, is there any way to add an LVM on an up-and-running system, or must it be done during the OS install when partitioning the disk? (sorry, I don't mean to hijack this thread but I figured this would be a quick answer) Thanks! On 10/14/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 14 October 2005 10:16, Brandon Beattie wrote: The current limitations on number of streams has to do with what hardware you choose to use. This includes tuner cards, hard drives, network cards, and CPU. I think it would still be rather easy to get 10+ streams recording and 4-5 being played back (1 local, 3-4 remote) before you see any problems. To do this you would need either hardware assisted analog encoders, or an HD tuner because they won't use more than 3% or so CPU. To reach a 10Rec 5Play number, you would want a good processor and memory, something 3.4Ghz or over would be fine -- If you're not going to watch video locally though, I bet you could do all this with 2Ghz or less. Disk usage is the next issue. Using raid 0, 5 or 10 would help in this areas you may be able to do 15 streams total with 2-3 striped drives I would bet. Networking will be the final issue. HD streams run up to just under 20Mb/s. As much as we wish to get 1Gb/s speeds all the time, expecting much over 400Mb/s constant is not always possible. Myth struggles to play video smoothly unless it feels like it has room to breath and almost no packet loss. another option if you find yourself recording this much is to use LVM (logical volume manager). It would allow you to connect, say four 300gig drives and use them all as one AND stripe data across them (like RAID 0). Or you could use 3 striped and the 4th as a parity drive in case one dies. This would most definitely give you the drive speed required to not only record 4+ streams at once, but play back equally as many. Steve from my understanding, yes it is, and properly set up you can also add and remove drives from an LVM at any point as well. I recently discovered LVM so I've yet to implement it, but I did a good amount of research and it seems to be quite easy now and I did not see anything that made me think I'd have to reinstall. Of course, I wouldn't use a LVM for your root partition, at least until you know what your doing... I'm just going to be using it for my storage drives. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early
Bruce Markey wrote: Chris Pinkham wrote: I'm having an issue recently. My commercial detection seems to detect perfectly (duration wise) but the commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early. So I miss 5-15 seconds prior to each break and see about 5-15 seconds of the last commercial. The clocks on both machines are synced up to each other. My system is made up of master backend, slave backend, and remote frontend. Any suggestions appreciated. Can you look at the frame numbers for the commercial markers in recordedmarkup and see if they match up to the proper frame numbers where commercials start/end when you look at them in the editor? If the frame numbers match up (so commercial detection is correct), you can put some debug statements into NuppelVideoPlayer::AutoCommercialSkip() to see if this is being triggered early for some reason or if frame numbers look off in there for some reason. Chris, this problem has existed for a long time with software encoding but I hadn't ever wanted to bother you with it. If a file is damaged by a pegged CPU, temporary loss of signal or any other reason that might cause a significant number of dropped frames, the commercial markers will be off by the same amount for the remainder of the show. I assume that this is because the frame numbers are sequential and don't count the dropped frames while something else is assuming the frame number should be time * framerate. To confirm part of this, I am using 2 software capture cards in the master backend and a single PVR-150 in slave backend. It only seems that this started recently when I am capturing 3 shows. The slave backend has no local disk so it is writing over the network to the master. The master is indeed close to CPU bound with 2 simultaneous recordings + commflagging. The shows that exhibit this typically have portions in them when I watch them were the video lags behind the audio (dropping frames) but eventually catches up. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early
Chris Pinkham wrote: I'm having an issue recently. My commercial detection seems to detect perfectly (duration wise) but the commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early. So I miss 5-15 seconds prior to each break and see about 5-15 seconds of the last commercial. The clocks on both machines are synced up to each other. My system is made up of master backend, slave backend, and remote frontend. Any suggestions appreciated. Can you look at the frame numbers for the commercial markers in recordedmarkup and see if they match up to the proper frame numbers where commercials start/end when you look at them in the editor? If the frame numbers match up (so commercial detection is correct), you can put some debug statements into NuppelVideoPlayer::AutoCommercialSkip() to see if this is being triggered early for some reason or if frame numbers look off in there for some reason. I'll try to get some data for you tonight. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv 4.x compatible with HD-3000 DVB?
Thanks for all the replies and help. I'm still having a problem it seems with the PVR 500. I was able to install th ivtv 0.4.x drivers, and had to replace the tveeprom-ivtv.ko file with the tveeprom from the kernel in order for the HD-3000 to work again. I also then had toedit modules.pcimap and make the cx88_dvb line come before the cx_88_blackbird line so that the DVB driver would load at startup. Now when I attempt to setup my capture cards in mythtvsetup, for the PVR-500 I select MPEG-2 as the card type and /dev/video0 for the device, but I am not offered a choice in the defult input list, it is just blank. I was expecting to see tuner0. If I save the card and go back in, it lists the input as Television, but I can't assign a Video Source to it. How should I troubleshoot this? ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loadingivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4smp SMP 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines whenivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:08.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 177 ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 8428663tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57)tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000) tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0TEA5767 detected.ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60] tuner: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio) by autodetecttype set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)cx25840 1-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support. ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.binivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)ivtv0: Create encoder radio streamtuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0ivtv: == NEXT CARD ==ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:09.0[A] - GSI 16 (level, low) - IRQ 201 ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1) cx25840 2-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b] tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 8428663tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57) tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit ivtv1: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.binivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #1 ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1ivtv: END INIT IVTV Thanks for the help! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] why do i have a 2 gig limit on avi files
jondz wrote: Hi I'm new(re-subscribed) to the list. Has anybody encountered this before: I seem to have a 2 gigabyte limit on avi files (transcoded movies). When either the Internal player or the mythcommflag reaches that they just hang. I know the files are fine because gnome totem plays them movies fine to the end. quick facts about my box: 1. it used to be debian STABLE (kernel 2.4). 2. I turned it into UNSTABLE, and upgraded to 2.6. 3. I use XVID for transcoding. 4. I have compiled my own mythtv packages using the debian mythtv versions. Whereas I am perfectly happy right now sticking with 2 hour movies I will be grateful for somebody who points me in the right direction, thanks. thanks for a great software! jondz If you are writing to NFS, I had a similar problem with different versions of NFS on the frontend and backend. I brought both up to v3 and used the /etc/fstab settings in the documentation and it started working. Henry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] backend cannot find mythcommflag
Commercial Flagging is not working anymore. I'm getting this error in the backend logs. Commercial Flagging ERRORED for The Drew Carey Show Science Names Suck recorded from channel 1010 at Fri Oct 14 13:00:00 2005, unable to find mythcommflag, check your PATH and backend logs. mythcommflag is on the path. ( /usr/local/bin ) It's running on Open SUSE 10 -- _\ | /_ (@ @) -oOOo-(_)-oOOo- ~ Mark Gardner ~ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] issues with slavebackend
Hi, I'm using the HD3000 for OTA (my cable company has few HD channels on QAM) and I am having issues as well. I got the card working, set up my card as DVB- set the 50-udev.rules to allow myth group- added the card to the slave backend- added a HDTV video source to the master backend- filled the database- used mythweb to adjust the channels- and got the card to work, sort of. The card is viewed by all the front ends but when I switch to the card the screen goes black for a few seconds then drops me back to the menu. I can see (on the terminal window) RemoteFile:: openSocket (control socket): Could not connect to server "" @ port -1. Now the card DOES work if I launch a front end on the slavebackend machine!! The error only occures when it is opened by a front end machine that does not have the card localy loaded. When I used mythweb to check the front end (http://ipoflocalmachine:6544) I can see all the cards on the masterbackend and the hd3000 card on the slave. Anyone have any thoughts here? I've put about 50 hours into the setup of this card already. ==="I think the whole world's gone mad.""Uh-Uh. It's always been like this. You probably just don't get out enough." -- From "Death, the High Cost of Living" Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PHP error in MythWeb
After installing php4-gd in KnoppMyth R5A16, I'm getting the following error when trying to access MythWeb: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/includes/init.php on line 54 Any ideas how I can fix this? Thanks. -alex ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv 4.x compatible with HD-3000 DVB?
Hmmm actually I just saw some output after exiting mythtvsetup that probably is the problem. Couldn't open /dev/video0 to probe its inputs.Couldn't open /dev/video1 to probe its inputs. I assumed this is a another permissions issue so I tried running mythtvsetup as root. Sure enough, I could setup the card as expected. What is the command or file I need to edit to give permission to the mythtv user to use the videoX devices? The official docs reference instructions for Mandrake, but I am on FC4. Thanks! On 10/14/05, ToadMazter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the replies and help. I'm still having a problem it seems with the PVR 500. I was able to install th ivtv 0.4.x drivers, and had to replace the tveeprom-ivtv.ko file with the tveeprom from the kernel in order for the HD-3000 to work again. I also then had toedit modules.pcimap and make the cx88_dvb line come before the cx_88_blackbird line so that the DVB driver would load at startup. Now when I attempt to setup my capture cards in mythtvsetup, for the PVR-500 I select MPEG-2 as the card type and /dev/video0 for the device, but I am not offered a choice in the defult input list, it is just blank. I was expecting to see tuner0. If I save the card and go back in, it lists the input as Television, but I can't assign a Video Source to it. How should I troubleshoot this? ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loadingivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4smp SMP 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines whenivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:08.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 177 ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 8428663tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57)tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000) tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0TEA5767 detected.ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60] tuner: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio) by autodetecttype set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)cx25840 1-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support. ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.binivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)ivtv0: Create encoder radio streamtuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #0 ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0ivtv: == NEXT CARD ==ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:09.0[A] - GSI 16 (level, low) - IRQ 201 ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1) cx25840 2-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b] tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 8428663tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57) tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit ivtv1: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.binivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers
Re: [mythtv-users] i can't get TV-out for PVR 350 to work
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 13:02, Nada De nada wrote: Hello Tom now that I have mythtv running... I wanted to try to send the out to a TV so I went back and followed Jarod's diections on HOW To.. Well the first thing that he said is to modify the kernel boot so it can force ivtv to load on /dev/fb1... I added the 'vga=791' at the end of all 'kernel/vmlinuz... lines like he said (in boot/grub/grub.conf) and the rebooted the computer.. but it crashes all the time and have to used the fedora disk to reboot and delet the vga=791 line for fedora to work again can you please give me any info about this thank you for all your help Are you sure your system has /dev/fb1? The two systems I setup using PVR-350's have fb0. That would be the first thing I would verify. And double check the PCI bus ID for your system. Which OS are you using? I set this up on an FC3 system earlier this year. For FC3 I added the vga line to the kernel line. This weekend I will be setting this up on an FC4 system as well. The FC4 instructions I don't see anything about adding vga=791 on the kernel lines. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] backend cannot find mythcommflag
Mark Gardner wrote: Commercial Flagging is not working anymore. I'm getting this error in the backend logs. Commercial Flagging ERRORED for The Drew Carey Show Science Names Suck recorded from channel 1010 at Fri Oct 14 13:00:00 2005, unable to find mythcommflag, check your PATH and backend logs. mythcommflag is on the path. ( /usr/local/bin ) It's running on Open SUSE 10 Is that path in the path of the user that is running mythcommflag? Remember, if mythbackend is running from a startup script, many environment variables, including the PATH aren't set yet. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 14:05, Jon Kunze wrote: I have 2 recordings on my Myth box that I can't seem to delete. When i try to delete them from the frontend, it sits for a few seconds, and then continues to show the recording in the Recorded Programs listing. I've looked in my /video/recordings directory and the file is not there anymore, so obviously it was able to delete the file, just not the database entry. I've tried deleting them through MythWeb as well, and have had the same result. Is there any easy way to remove these recordings from the database as well, without having to go through manually and delete every occurrence of it through something like phpMyAdmin? I've tried the mysqlcheck and it doesn't find any error with the database. Any help would be appreciated, as every time I select one of these programs in the listings, it locks the frontend up for a few seconds. Had something similar happen a while back. Determine the name of the file and use touch to create an empty file of that name in the directory. Then go back and try the delete again. I found the file name by checking the mythbackend log file after trying to delete the file. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv 4.x compatible with HD-3000 DVB?
ToadMazter wrote: Hmmm actually I just saw some output after exiting mythtvsetup that probably is the problem. Couldn't open /dev/video0 to probe its inputs. Couldn't open /dev/video1 to probe its inputs. I assumed this is a another permissions issue so I tried running mythtvsetup as root. Sure enough, I could setup the card as expected. What is the command or file I need to edit to give permission to the mythtv user to use the videoX devices? The official docs reference instructions for Mandrake, but I am on FC4. Thanks! On my system the /dev/video devices belong to the video group as does my mythtv user, allowing the user to acces the devices. I would assume this is the proper way to do it, though I am new to this whole thing. Lee ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Channel Setup
I'm struggling to understand the mechanics of setting up the channel information in Mythtv/XMLTV. What is the relationship between the channel.xmltv files and the channel table in the database? What does clearing the channels in mythtvsetup actually do? What is the role of mythfilldatabase in respect of the channel information? What is the best way of managing a channel database? Is this stuff documented anywhere, or shall I delve into the sourcecode? Richard ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] GLX is not supported with the Composite extension
On Oct 13, 2005, at 11:19 PM, Keith C wrote: I've googled like crazy and still can't solve this problem. I've never been able to get OpenGL VSync to work, because I've never gotten GLX to load. I'm currently on nvidia7676 (atrpms), 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4smp, Geforce 6200 PCI-e with component out. Here's the error message from Xorg.0.log : (EE) GLX is not supported with the Composite extension Problem solved. There were some old libraries around from previous versions of the nvidia drivers that had been installed with the nvidia installer instead of the atrpms packages. The only way to fix it, unfortunately, was to strip out all the atrpms and reinstall with the nvidia installer. I never could get all the sym links rebuilt with the atrpms. Of course, I've now disabled OpenGL sync because it didn't work as well as RTC for me. Keith ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: LVM *was* Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:11:42PM -0400, Steve Adeff wrote: another option if you find yourself recording this much is to use LVM (logical volume manager). It would allow you to connect, say four 300gig drives and use them all as one AND stripe data across them (like RAID 0). Or you could use 3 striped and the 4th as a parity drive in case one dies. This would most definitely give you the drive speed required to not only record 4+ streams at once, but play back equally as many. Steve from my understanding, yes it is, and properly set up you can also add and remove drives from an LVM at any point as well. I recently discovered LVM so I've yet to implement it, but I did a good amount of research and it seems to be quite easy now and I did not see anything that made me think I'd have to reinstall. Of course, I wouldn't use a LVM for your root partition, at least until you know what your doing... I'm just going to be using it for my storage drives. Before you go running off let me give you a warning. Although LVM supports striping, adding/removing disks, shrinking and growing fs's, they do _not_ all work together. If you stripe you can't add/remove disks or change fs size. If you use xfs or jfs you can't shrink a fs. After using Raid 0, 1, 5, LVM on 6 disks with XFS, JFS, and Reiser I have settled with only LVM and ReiserFS (As much as I dislike Reiser for performance downsides with many gig files compared to xfs and jfs). In my experience, raid 5 is overkill for my desire to record TV shows. Anything I want safe I backup to another computer completely. In dealing with 6 drives I've found it very useful to shrink fs's at times, and since ReiserFS (Not Reiser 4) is the only fs that supports shrinking I use it. Striping would be nice, but adding/removing disks I've found to be a much better feature. I've also found seagate drives to run 10%-30% faster for reading and writing (reading and writing 100+ gig files) plus the 5yr warranty comes in nice, since of 9 drives I've had in the last 3 years, half the Maxtor 200GB drives have gone bad. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again
Thanks. Very interesting, does MythGame work? AJM,. I have no experience with MythGame but I don't see why it would not work. Something kind of ironic about running an emulated Pacman game on an Xbox. I like it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording
Ok, I'll give this a shot tonight when I get home. I'm running MythTV 18.1 on Fedora Core, so it's pretty much the most up to date without running CVS.On 10/14/05, Scot L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 14:05, Jon Kunze wrote: I have 2 recordings on my Myth box that I can't seem to delete. When i try to delete them from the frontend, it sits for a few seconds, and then continues to show the recording in the Recorded Programs listing. I've looked in my /video/recordings directory and the file is not there anymore, so obviously it was able to delete the file, just not the database entry. I've tried deleting them through MythWeb as well, and have had the same result. Is there any easy way to remove these recordings from the database as well, without having to go through manually and delete every occurrence of it through something like phpMyAdmin? I've tried the mysqlcheck and it doesn't find any error with the database. Any help would be appreciated, as every time I select one of these programs in the listings, it locks the frontend up for a few seconds. Had something similar happen a while back.Determine the name of thefile and use touch to create an empty file of that name in thedirectory.Then go back and try the delete again.I found the file name by checking the mythbackend log file after trying to delete the file.___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: LVM *was* Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Friday 14 October 2005 16:13, Brandon Beattie wrote: Before you go running off let me give you a warning. Although LVM supports striping, adding/removing disks, shrinking and growing fs's, they do _not_ all work together. If you stripe you can't add/remove disks or change fs size. If you use xfs or jfs you can't shrink a fs. After using Raid 0, 1, 5, LVM on 6 disks with XFS, JFS, and Reiser I have settled with only LVM and ReiserFS (As much as I dislike Reiser for performance downsides with many gig files compared to xfs and jfs). In my experience, raid 5 is overkill for my desire to record TV shows. Anything I want safe I backup to another computer completely. In dealing with 6 drives I've found it very useful to shrink fs's at times, and since ReiserFS (Not Reiser 4) is the only fs that supports shrinking I use it. Striping would be nice, but adding/removing disks I've found to be a much better feature. I've also found seagate drives to run 10%-30% faster for reading and writing (reading and writing 100+ gig files) plus the 5yr warranty comes in nice, since of 9 drives I've had in the last 3 years, half the Maxtor 200GB drives have gone bad. Thanks for the info! I'll keep all that in mind. I might just stick with a RAID 0 for my recording drive and leave backup to the LVM or plain filesystem or something... I'm looking at getting WD's w/ 3yr warranty's. I've had very good luck with them (and seagate as well) and they're about $40 less for 320gb than the seagates, which I can live with, since in 3 years time I plan on having 1TB drives ;-) (or something much larger than my current drives). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: LVM *was* Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
If one wanted redundancy only (is that RAID-0??) then I take it you would skip LVM entirely, correct? - IOW, are the 2 mutually exclusive or can you use LVM with RAID? The reason I ask is because I'm starting to put together some plans to build a master backend server (currently I have a frontend/backend combo) which will not only house myth and it's recordings, but also all of my music and pictures/videos of the kids. (the latter of which I would want the redundancy in case of a drive failure). On 10/14/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 14 October 2005 16:13, Brandon Beattie wrote: Before you go running off let me give you a warning.Although LVM supports striping, adding/removing disks, shrinking and growing fs's, they do _not_ all work together.If you stripe you can't add/remove disks or change fs size.If you use xfs or jfs you can't shrink a fs.After using Raid 0, 1, 5, LVM on 6 disks with XFS, JFS, and Reiser I have settled with only LVM and ReiserFS (As much as I dislike Reiser for performance downsides with many gig files compared to xfs and jfs). In my experience, raid 5 is overkill for my desire to record TV shows. Anything I want safe I backup to another computer completely.In dealing with 6 drives I've found it very useful to shrink fs's at times, and since ReiserFS (Not Reiser 4) is the only fs that supports shrinking I use it.Striping would be nice, but adding/removing disks I've found to be a much better feature. I've also found seagate drives to run 10%-30% faster for reading and writing (reading and writing 100+ gig files) plus the 5yr warranty comes in nice, since of 9 drives I've had in the last 3 years, half the Maxtor 200GB drives have gone bad.Thanks for the info!I'll keep all that in mind. I might just stick with a RAID 0 for my recordingdrive and leave backup to the LVM or plain filesystem or something... I'm looking at getting WD's w/ 3yr warranty's. I've had very good luck withthem (and seagate as well) and they're about $40 less for 320gb than theseagates, which I can live with, since in 3 years time I plan on having 1TB drives ;-) (or something much larger than my current drives).___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: LVM *was* Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 14:13 -0600, Brandon Beattie wrote: ng and writing 100+ gig files) plus the 5yr warranty comes in nice, since of 9 drives I've had in the last 3 years, half the Maxtor 200GB drives have gone bad. I just want to second this. I have had two 160GB Maxtor drives die within a month of purchase. Maxtor used to be a reliable brand when disks were smaller, but my experiences with their larger drives have been bad and I won't ever buy another one. Got shafted on a rebate to boot )-: --Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Help converting HD recording to burn to dvd
On 10/13/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 12 October 2005 20:27, Byron Poland wrote: I am recording something for a friend. I have an HD only back end. Does anyone have a formula for going from a HD mpeg2 stream to a DVD compatible mpeg2 stream? Thanks. run through ProjectX, edit and convert in avidemux2. Steve Thanks for the tip. I recorded the nova einstein e=mc2 program from pbs, and ran it through the demuxer on ProjectX, and got a ton of errors, and an audio stream only. full program stream plays fine on my frontend. I'm currently running the mpeg through mplayer to rescale, and dump to yuv and piping the yuv output to mpeg2enc to encode back to the dvd complient stream. I'm a little baffled though as the original program stream seems to be a mix of 24fps and 30fps. Mplayer is dumping the following messages as it dumps to yuv: demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. V:71858.3 20301/19944 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 43% demux_mpg: 30fps NTSC content detected, switching framerate. Warning! FPS changed 23.976 - 29.970 (-5.994000) [4] V:71863.9 20468/20107 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 36% demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. The errors in ProjectX and then the multiple fps all seem strange to me. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PHP error in MythWeb
After installing php4-gd in KnoppMyth R5A16, I'm getting the following error when trying to access MythWeb: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/includes/init.php on line 54 Any ideas how I can fix this? Thanks. google could have answered this just as easily as me... http://www.google.com/search?q=Call%20to%20undefined%20function%3A%20mysql_connect()%20 you need to install the php-mysql package for your distro (probably php4-mysql in your case). -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: OT: upgrading kernel problems / atrpms fedora mirror repo problems?
For the archives. I posted this problem on the fedora-list mailing list and there was someone else who had the exact same problem. I posted my hw list on that forum and he had the same video card. He was able to try a different video card and the problem went away. Seems to be a problem with the ATI Radeon 7000 video card. I submitted a bug to bugzilla.redhat.com Bug #: 170873 Noel On 12-Oct-05, at 10:17 AM, Axel Thimm wrote: On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 11:22:44PM -0400, Noel Murphy wrote: I have gotten myself into a weird situation. I had a working FC4 / myth 18.1 box, but for some reason it somehow got messed up and would not boot. I have since just formatted the drives (after slapping the drives into a different machine and backing up some stuff) and did a fresh install. However, now I have the following situation. I'm following Jarod's guide. I did the install from the dvd. After the initial boot, I end up in the following problem. Kernel 2.6.11-1.1369 boots my machine no problem. Unfortunately, that kernel is too old to get the ivtv modules. When I upgraded my kernel (to 2.6.13-1.1526) my machine gets to the ui screen where all the services start up, but then goes completely black instead of bring up the login screen. The LED on the monitor goes orange (indicating there is no video signal) and i can't seem to do anything. I can ssh into the machine, but can't find anything obvious as to what went wrong. Now, I was pretty sure that I had a 2.6.12 kernel installed on this box before the big format, so I tried to install one of the two 2.6.12 kernels available, but for some reason, I can't seem to get yum to install it. Doing a yum list available does not list any 2.6.12 kernels, but I can see them if I point my browser to the correct url. Now, even weirder is I just carried on with the guide (knowing full well there was going to be stuff I couldn't install), I installed the ivtv package. This in turn installed the ivtv- kmdl-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 module and thus in turn installed the corresponding kernel. Why it found it this way, but not when I specifically asked it to I'm still confused on. However, this kernel has the same problem as the 2.6.13 kernel (Blank screen instead of login screen) So, all this being said. 1. Anyone know what is going on with my machine and the latest kernels? What should i check / look at? 2. Anyone know why i can't install the older kernels? I'm assuming yum install kernel-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 should work? I get a nothing to do message. 3. Anyone got any other ideas as to what i can do I'm probably not comfortable with compiling my own kernel / modules. You didn't mention your hardware. I had some issues with 2.6.13-1.1526 on x86_64 hardware. I would try to install FC4 and do only a yum update w/o adding any kernel moudles or any other 3rd party stuff. If you hit the problem already in this state (and it looks so), please report to bugzilla.redhat.com including dmesg/hardware info etc. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: LVM *was* Re: [mythtv-users] Highest number of simultaneous streams recorded?
On Friday 14 October 2005 16:45, Alex Brekken wrote: If one wanted redundancy only (is that RAID-0??) then I take it you would skip LVM entirely, correct? - IOW, are the 2 mutually exclusive or can you use LVM with RAID? The reason I ask is because I'm starting to put together some plans to build a master backend server (currently I have a frontend/backend combo) which will not only house myth and it's recordings, but also all of my music and pictures/videos of the kids. (the latter of which I would want the redundancy in case of a drive failure). I'm doing something similar, I already have a file server, I plan on having a seperate MythTV computer with its own recording drives, but I plan on doing xvid encodes to my file server. RAID 0 is striped, RAID 1 is mirroring. I want to basically have one large drive on the file server with some sort of parity backup in case I loose one of the drives. I'm hoping to do this with LVM and one drive for parity repair. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Help converting HD recording to burn to dvd
On Friday 14 October 2005 16:53, Byron Poland wrote: On 10/13/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 12 October 2005 20:27, Byron Poland wrote: I am recording something for a friend. I have an HD only back end. Does anyone have a formula for going from a HD mpeg2 stream to a DVD compatible mpeg2 stream? Thanks. run through ProjectX, edit and convert in avidemux2. Steve Thanks for the tip. I recorded the nova einstein e=mc2 program from pbs, and ran it through the demuxer on ProjectX, and got a ton of errors, and an audio stream only. full program stream plays fine on my frontend. I'm currently running the mpeg through mplayer to rescale, and dump to yuv and piping the yuv output to mpeg2enc to encode back to the dvd complient stream. I'm a little baffled though as the original program stream seems to be a mix of 24fps and 30fps. Mplayer is dumping the following messages as it dumps to yuv: demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. V:71858.3 20301/19944 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 43% demux_mpg: 30fps NTSC content detected, switching framerate. Warning! FPS changed 23.976 - 29.970 (-5.994000) [4] V:71863.9 20468/20107 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 36% demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. The errors in ProjectX and then the multiple fps all seem strange to me. are you performing any inverse telecine or deinterlacing? I use avidemux2, and am not too familiar with what mencoder has, but I'm sure it has a deint capable of handling mixed interlacing methods. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Help converting HD recording to burn to dvd
On 10/14/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 14 October 2005 16:53, Byron Poland wrote: On 10/13/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 12 October 2005 20:27, Byron Poland wrote: I am recording something for a friend. I have an HD only back end. Does anyone have a formula for going from a HD mpeg2 stream to a DVD compatible mpeg2 stream? Thanks. run through ProjectX, edit and convert in avidemux2. Steve Thanks for the tip. I recorded the nova einstein e=mc2 program from pbs, and ran it through the demuxer on ProjectX, and got a ton of errors, and an audio stream only. full program stream plays fine on my frontend. I'm currently running the mpeg through mplayer to rescale, and dump to yuv and piping the yuv output to mpeg2enc to encode back to the dvd complient stream. I'm a little baffled though as the original program stream seems to be a mix of 24fps and 30fps. Mplayer is dumping the following messages as it dumps to yuv: demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. V:71858.3 20301/19944 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 43% demux_mpg: 30fps NTSC content detected, switching framerate. Warning! FPS changed 23.976 - 29.970 (-5.994000) [4] V:71863.9 20468/20107 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 36% demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. The errors in ProjectX and then the multiple fps all seem strange to me. are you performing any inverse telecine or deinterlacing? I use avidemux2, and am not too familiar with what mencoder has, but I'm sure it has a deint capable of handling mixed interlacing methods. Steve Not that I know of... Maybe I'm missing something.. when you demux in projectX, do you then bring the seperate audio and video streams into avidemux2? Also with this program I I didn't even get a video stream output from demuxing in projectX. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording
Recreate the files, you can do empty files for this. For example: touch /video/recordings/filename If you don't know the filename look at your backend logs when you use mythweb, it will show the files that it can't open. Then go ahead and delete them via mythweb. This should work. Alberto On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 14:05 -0400, Jon Kunze wrote: I have 2 recordings on my Myth box that I can't seem to delete. When i try to delete them from the frontend, it sits for a few seconds, and then continues to show the recording in the Recorded Programs listing. I've looked in my /video/recordings directory and the file is not there anymore, so obviously it was able to delete the file, just not the database entry. I've tried deleting them through MythWeb as well, and have had the same result. Is there any easy way to remove these recordings from the database as well, without having to go through manually and delete every occurrence of it through something like phpMyAdmin? I've tried the mysqlcheck and it doesn't find any error with the database. Any help would be appreciated, as every time I select one of these programs in the listings, it locks the frontend up for a few seconds. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PHP error in MythWeb (SOLVED)
Perhaps you should start your own search engine ;-) Anyway, I figured it out about 10 mins after posting here. Just didn't check back in time to post the fix. Anyway, yes I had to install php4-mysql AND php4 again. Weird. Thanks again. -alex On Friday 14 October 2005 03:54 pm, Chris Petersen wrote: After installing php4-gd in KnoppMyth R5A16, I'm getting the following error when trying to access MythWeb: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/includes/init.php on line 54 Any ideas how I can fix this? Thanks. google could have answered this just as easily as me... http://www.google.com/search?q=Call%20to%20undefined%20function%3A%20mysql_ connect()%20 you need to install the php-mysql package for your distro (probably php4-mysql in your case). -Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again
Getting Linux to Boot
In order to get Linux to boot you need either Cromwell or
xbeboot. I personally use Xromwell (xbe version of
Cromwell). They are very similar in their configuration,
but I'll stick to Xromwell here on out. Xromwell is a grub
type boot-loader so its configuration file (linuxboot.cfg)
is similar to grub's. Check out:
http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Cromwell_Manual#Linuxboot.cfg_syntax
for syntax.
I personally use the UXE to run Xromwell. UXE will take
control of the xbox and look for E:\debian\default.xbe to boot.
Xromwell is hardcoded to look for E:\linuxboot.cfg. If
Xromwell finds your linuxboot.cfg a FATX option will appear.
Xromwell also allows you to load your kernel over bootp; I've
never done this so I'm not sure how good this is. Instead I
compiled a kernel and copied it to E:\ and netbooted the
filesystem but not the kernel.
Compiling your kernel
I'm a big fan of the 2.6 kernel (not to say that I'm not of
the 2.4 kernel) so I compiled a 2.6 kernel for my xbox. At the
time of setting up my xbox the most recent was 2.6.12. However
as of now (10/14/05) there are xbox patches up 2.6.13. Download
the patches:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54192package_id=147485
and patch your corresponding kernel version. Then load up your
kernel with Xromwell, if your kernel is working, you should see
Unable to mount root=
Kernel Options
FATX - FatX is not needed if you don't plan on manipulating the
harddrive, but I'd recommend compiling it as a module as it is
experimental and I have seen some problems with it.
ReiserFS,ext3,ext2 - Not needed since there will be no mounting
of any of these filesystems.
ALSA - I would disable this. I didn't and ran into some problems
with alsa 1.0.19b. Make sure you install 1.0.18 as I know this
works.
Processor Type - Subarchitecture - XBOX - I'm pretty sure this is
enabled by default when you run the xbox patch, but just make sure.
i2c - This is required to be able to control your fan speed and
your led. More on this Later.
Gentoo
Gentoo's emerge is a very nice utility that just wont run on 60megs
of RAM. If you are netbooting, you can just chroot on the NFS server
and run the emerge from the NFS Server. If you aren't nebooting,
make an NFS server on the xbox, and chroot from another machine that
has mounted the xbox harddrive somewhere. Before you emerge make sure
you are using the xbox make profile. See:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Gentoo_for_Xbox
i2c
GentooX's Shallax wrote some very nice utilities to control the
hardware on the xbox. They can be found at
http://cvs.xbox-linux.org/viewcvs.py/xbox-linux/shallaxs_i2c_stuff/
Feel free to email if you have more questions.
Vic
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vic,
Can you pass along any info on your process of getting your xbox up
and running? I have focused on the xebain world, so I am not too
familiar with getting gentoo on a xbox.
From http://www.mythtv-xbox.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=23, I assumed it
was a little more troublesome to go the gentoo option.
Thanks
Mike
*On Thu Oct 13 11:45 , Victor sent:
*
I have gentoo running on my xbox not gentoox. I've had no problems
(except for the new alpha version of alsa). Is there a reason it must
be xebain?
Vic
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
javascript:top.opencompose('[EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','') wrote:
I may not be intelligent enough, however. Currently I'm trying to
determine which X11 dev library is needed to compile and then,
how to get
X working again once the lib is installed (X dies on reboot with
this
message repeated: agpgart: Unsupported NVIDIA chipset (device
id: 02a5),
you might want to try agp_try_unsupported=1 ). Slow going.
I get that message once every time I start X up, and it works
fine. You
might have to look elsewhere for troubleshooting.
Also, for those of you trying to compile from source...I recall
reading
somewhere that the compile will fail partway through because of
the memory
contraints of the XBox, but that restarting compilation will work. I
don't have the details handy, but IIRC it was in a thread
somewhere that
people were using Gentoo (not Gentoox) and trying to compile.
Sorry I couldn't be more help, but I thought I'd throw in what
little info
I've got.
Greg
Re: [mythtv-users] Help converting HD recording to burn to dvd
On Friday 14 October 2005 17:37, Byron Poland wrote: On 10/14/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 14 October 2005 16:53, Byron Poland wrote: On 10/13/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 12 October 2005 20:27, Byron Poland wrote: I am recording something for a friend. I have an HD only back end. Does anyone have a formula for going from a HD mpeg2 stream to a DVD compatible mpeg2 stream? Thanks. run through ProjectX, edit and convert in avidemux2. Steve Thanks for the tip. I recorded the nova einstein e=mc2 program from pbs, and ran it through the demuxer on ProjectX, and got a ton of errors, and an audio stream only. full program stream plays fine on my frontend. I'm currently running the mpeg through mplayer to rescale, and dump to yuv and piping the yuv output to mpeg2enc to encode back to the dvd complient stream. I'm a little baffled though as the original program stream seems to be a mix of 24fps and 30fps. Mplayer is dumping the following messages as it dumps to yuv: demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. V:71858.3 20301/19944 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 43% demux_mpg: 30fps NTSC content detected, switching framerate. Warning! FPS changed 23.976 - 29.970 (-5.994000) [4] V:71863.9 20468/20107 36% 98% 0.0% 0 0 36% demux_mpg: 24fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. The errors in ProjectX and then the multiple fps all seem strange to me. are you performing any inverse telecine or deinterlacing? I use avidemux2, and am not too familiar with what mencoder has, but I'm sure it has a deint capable of handling mixed interlacing methods. Steve Not that I know of... Maybe I'm missing something.. when you demux in projectX, do you then bring the seperate audio and video streams into avidemux2? Also with this program I I didn't even get a video stream output from demuxing in projectX. ProjectX lets you remux or output as seperate files you have to tell it in the process window what you want, either TS or demux. Avidemux can use either, under the audio menu is the option to use an external audio file. Right now though I've found avidemux to have an odd sync issue that the author is beginning to look into, but if u use ProjectX to cut commercials you can then use mencoder to do the encoding, at least till avidemux solves the issue(which only occurs for the late night talk shows for me...?). anyway, i'm outta here for the evening... Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac Media Center Development
While I like enthusiastic program development, I'd probably suggest (like Richard did) either working on an existing product first, you seem to be proposing a big project. CenterStage is Mac-specific and well under way, otherwise MythTV on Mac is coming along well and can always do with more developers and testers. As far as MythTV on Mac OS X is concerned: On 14/10/05 11:42 PM, Sam Krupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.Quartz, Open GL, and Graphics Efects Programming on Mac OS X Open GL in the user interface is coming in the future with the new MythUI (you can download MythTV now and compile the mythuitest program and see the progress). 2.Strong Coding Skills In General on Mac OS X I guess you're pointing towards Mac OS X-specific stuff like Core Data/Image, etc, Objective-C. I doubt we'll do that. 3.DVD Playback, Movie Data Provider, iPhoto plugin, and other iLife intergration Most of this is possible already. I believe with have MythMusic/iTunes integration (I don't use it), I'm working on the media monitor so DVD playback fully works (already works with Apple DVD Player). Iphoto could be integrated with MythGallery. 4.ntergration with a TV Tuner and Remote, etc (were not sure what tuner or remote to support, email with suggestions) For TV tuners on Mac we've got nothing but the infrastructure is there, a QuickTime layer just needs to be written. For the remote you can already use Bluetooth mobile phones, the XBOX remote control (third party driver), the Keyspan digital media remote, wireless keyboards. 5.Logo and Icon Design (no coding needed!) Other than XML our themes currently don't require programming. 6.User Interface Design (no coding needed! Users welcome. For this, it is very important that we get someone that can really shape a program to look like a Mac program should) Same with basic menu layout here. 7.Beta Testers I know we have many Mac users here too. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] /dev/lirc missing during FC4 setup
I'm having a very similar problem. (PVR 150 retail) Initially, following Jarod Wilson's instruction to the letter, my setup is working just fine, and the remote works. /dev/lirc0 exists, and /dev/lirc points to it. There's also /dev/lircd I can watch live tv, play music, etc ... just fine. And suddenly, while watching live TV, I go to change the channel... The remote simply stops responding. only /dev/lircd is left trying irw, it simply exits. mythbackend mythfrontend don't echo any error messages. nothing new in /var/log/messages nothing in modprobe.conf has changed, no software was updated. reloading the modules or rebooting doesn't solve the problem. the devices are simply never created ... --Coutch ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial skips about 5-15 seconds early
Chris, this problem has existed for a long time with software encoding but I hadn't ever wanted to bother you with it. If a file is damaged by a pegged CPU, temporary loss of signal or any other reason that might cause a significant number of dropped frames, the commercial markers will be off by the same amount for the remainder of the show. I assume that this is because the frame numbers are sequential and don't count the dropped frames while something else is assuming the frame number should be time * framerate. mythcommflag is using the frame number from the video frame itself in this: VideoFrame* currentFrame = nvp-GetRawVideoFrame(); currentFrameNumber = currentFrame-frameNumber; I think I used to use my own frame counter that just did currentFrameNumber++ a long time ago but it also was off in some cases of corrupt files I believe. NVP updates its frame counter from the decoder's framesPlayed. I think the issue may be with different ways that framesPlayed is handled in the decoders or a difference when you just play frame-by-frame vs. when you use DoFastForward/DoRewind which reset framesPlayed based on the seek. Kevin, If you are using software encoding, can you try a couple changes in ClassicCommDetector.cpp? Change the declaration of currentFrameNumber to inialize it to 0. Then change the above currentFrameNumber = currentFrame-frameNumber; to just currentFrameNumber++; Then rerun mythcommflag for one of these recordings and see if that helps or fixes things for these software-encoded recordings. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv 4.x compatible with HD-3000 DVB?
Sorry for the newb question, but how would I do this? Is it a rules file in udev?I see references to video* in the 50-udev.rules, but which lines do I need to assign to my mythtv group? Or, is there an alternative best practice? Thanks! On 10/14/05, Lee Koloszyc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my system the /dev/video devices belong to the video group as does mymythtv user, allowing the user to acces the devices. I would assume this is the proper way to do it, though I am new to thiswhole thing.Lee ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] /dev/lirc missing during FC4 setup
This is what I have done to fix lirc.. I am not sure why modprobe does not load it properly sometimes. When I boot, I go to the command line and issue modprobe lirc-dev modprobe lirc_i2c lircd lircmd That fixed the problem for me. It recreated the devices and link them properly. Alex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of coutch Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:49 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] /dev/lirc missing during FC4 setup I'm having a very similar problem. (PVR 150 retail) Initially, following Jarod Wilson's instruction to the letter, my setup is working just fine, and the remote works. /dev/lirc0 exists, and /dev/lirc points to it. There's also /dev/lircd I can watch live tv, play music, etc ... just fine. And suddenly, while watching live TV, I go to change the channel... The remote simply stops responding. only /dev/lircd is left trying irw, it simply exits. mythbackend mythfrontend don't echo any error messages. nothing new in /var/log/messages nothing in modprobe.conf has changed, no software was updated. reloading the modules or rebooting doesn't solve the problem. the devices are simply never created ... --Coutch ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] sound ca106 Sound Blaster Live Audigy LS and MythTV
Title: sound ca106 Sound Blaster Live Audigy LS and MythTV I'm having a fun time trying to get my sound to work in Myth. I have ALSA:default, default, and Master as my options. When I start Myth I get: Unable to open control Master if I change it to PCM I get Unable to open PCM. Other errors I've gotten by playing around with the device is: snd_pcm_mixer(default) can't open. Any Ideas? My soundcard is Sound Blaster Audigy LS 24 bit using the ca106 driver. I can cat sdome /dev/dsp and get sound, so my soundcard is definitely working. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythmusic plays one song then stops
Hi I have a fresh install of KnoppMyth R5A16 and a windows share containing my mp3's mounted on /myth/music. Everything seems to work fine, except that the player will only play one song, and then stop. If I press select on the next song in the playlist, it starts playing with no problem. I've checked mysql database for corruption, rescanned my music, and tried various play modes. Strange thing is my previous installation of R5A16 on the same box did not have this problem. (I have even tried switching to NFS instead of smbfs, still no luck). Any ideas? thanks, Dirk -- You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] why do i have a 2 gig limit on avi files
It's an mplayer thing, well not just mplayer, but that's the default player for avi files. Couple things. It doesn't have support for large files configured by default: You need to enable support for large files and your glibc must support it. ./configure --help --enable-largefilesenable support for files 2 GBytes [disable] Second, i would search the mplayer mailing lists. I think you also need to run the option -idx if you need to seek, that can take a long time, so there is the -saveidx and -loadidx but i've never used those. You might see a mplayer mailing where it didn't work for me, xvid 2gb limit or something, back then i never got it working, but i did at some point. Since my system crashed with my new harddrive, i haven't gotten aroudn to refixing it yet, but i'm sure it'll work for you. Also, are you transcoding into divx or xvid? I think those are the only two options, i could be wrong, anyways you might want to download the newest codecs, newest mplayer source, and compile them. Just my thoughts on the subject. Hope it works for you.On 10/14/05, jondz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HiI'm new(re-subscribed) to the list.Has anybody encountered this before:I seem tohave a 2 gigabyte limit on avi files (transcodedmovies).When either the Internal player or themythcommflag reaches that they just hang.I know the files are fine because gnome totem playsthem movies fine to the end.quick facts about my box:1. it used to be debian STABLE (kernel 2.4).2. I turned it into UNSTABLE, and upgraded to 2.6. 3. I use XVID for transcoding.4. I have compiled my own mythtv packages using the debian mythtv versions.Whereas I am perfectly happy right now stickingwith 2 hour movies I will be grateful for somebody who points me in the right direction, thanks.thanks for a great software!jondz___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users-- Sincerely, MacNean C. Tyrrell ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Getting started, which tuner card Haup. or NVTV
Does eVGA NVTV series cards even work with mythtv ?I suspect the answer is No, since the info on eVGA's Website loudly proclaims Requires Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 (will not work withany other version of Microsoft Windows) and Designed for Windows XP. Why am I thinking that the Hauppauge's site said the same thing about the PVR500 when it first came out? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
