Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 02:36, Matt wrote:
> Sure, I can comment out everything.  What exactly do you want me to do
> and I'll get it for you.

The bit I'm interested in is the bit that should look similar to the following 
that is printed to the console after the program errors out. This will tell 
me exactly which line is causing the problem for you. You shouldn't have to 
do anything special for python to print this this, it's the normal output 
when a program causes an exception. Just cut and paste it to the list.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in ?
  File "", line 2, in my_func
TypeError: exceptions must be classes, instances, or strings (deprecated), not 
NoneType

Like I said, this is a quick hack, and is likely to be fragile. :-)
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Re: [mythtv-users] I am having some audio problems.

[W.Kenworthy]

I turned off the commercial detection and have not had a problem with
recording so far.  I still get a soundless channel occaisionally in
liveTV.  I need to put the keyboard back to check if the +/- keys that
switch the sound channel help or not.

Could it be a shortage of cpu grunt during some process? - I am using an
athlon t-bird 1.4 and its usually just loafing along.

BillK

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 15:46 -0800, &re wrote:
> I am having the exact same issue. My setup:
> 
> - Linux version 2.6.12-12mdkcustom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.0.1
> (4.0.1-5mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)) #1 Sat Dec 17 12:17:46
> GMT 2005
> - MB RS480M2 939
> - kworld tv terminator capture card
> - latest v4l CVS (12-17-2005)
> -mythbackend version: 0.19.20051208 (revision 8332. ??)
> 
> I am using /dev/dsp1 as the capture source and /dev/dsp for audio out
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> thx andre
> 
> 
> 
> > On 18/12/05, William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >   
> > > I am having some audio problems.  Sound sometimes stays muted (?) when
> > > switching to a channel.  A change back and forward from another video
> > > card, or exit live TV and reenter that mode and sound is fine.  This is
> > > annoying, but I can live with it.  However, whats worse is that some
> > > recordings lose sound part way through.  In particular, a daily news
> > > program loses sound just as the weather report starts - wierd as its
> > > hard to see something in a video signal causing the audio to switch off
> > > at this point in a recording every day!  Other programs also sometimes
> > > have the same problem.  There is no problem with the sound (alsa)
> > > system, and exiting the recording and after going to live TV its ok
> > > (same program, sound can go while watching the recording as its being
> > > made).
> > > 
> > 
> > Does this happen only with recordings with multiple audio channels, or
> > all the time? There was/is an issue whereby silent audio tracks could
> > be selected incorrectly. Exiting out of the recording and restarting
> > it would usually solve the issue.
> > 
> > Nick
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[mythtv-users] Problems with KWORLD VS TV 883 DVR PCI Interface TV Tuner, Video Capture Card

[Linuxer Wang]

Hi, all

I got a KWORLD VS TV 883 DVR PCI Interface TV Tuner, Video Capture Card
today. After installing the newest kernel-2.6.15-rc6 of my FC3, I
installed both tvtime and mythtv.
Version of mythtv is 0.18.1.20050523-1.

At first tv channels didn't show, and after adding the following line to
modprobe.conf:
options cx88xx card=1 tuner=1
Some channels can work well.

Totally, I have the following problems:

1. Only 5-6 channels can work, although when changing channel it can
show up the title of all channels the xmltv knows.
2. The card is installed on my server, and I prefer to watch TV on my
laptop, so I setup the backend on server, and frontend on my laptop.
Unfortunately, the video can work on my laptop, while the audio is still
on the server! I hope someone can help me.
3. I noticed that the LED light of hard disk on the server flash quite
frequently when mythtv work, but it doesn't when tvtime work. I am
afraid this will shorten the lifetime of my harddisk. Can anyone give me
a suggestion?

Thank you so much,
Wang

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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[John Yonn]

Total strangeness. Apparently the problem is with the nvidia driver I'm
using. or so it seems. I just turned off the tv out and plugged in a
regular monitor for the first time since I finished building XFree86.
Surprisingly theres a huge difference. I'm not quite sure why. I'm
using an Albatron FX5200LP. Seemed like a cheap nvidia 5200 with a
tv-out at the time. and I'm using the NVIDIA 1.0.8174 drivers that
nvidia provides. Anyone know if theres a bug in that version, or have
any suggestions of a known-good version?

Thanks,
John

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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[John Yonn]

Nope, straight from /dev/video0 they seem fine. and it's ivtv 0.4.1.
I'm really lost as to whats causing this. I thought I'd checked/tried
everything in myth. :/
On 12/21/05, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/21/05, John Yonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Well it took longer than I thought, MPlayers main site was MIA. anyways,> found a good mirror and installed. the streams that myth saved are also out
> of sync. not sure what I could be doing wrong here. Not sure what it proves> or disproves to be honest though.>if you capture straight from /dev/video0 outside of myth are the filesstill out of sync?  what version of the ivtv drivers are you using?
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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[Jake]

On 12/21/05, John Yonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well it took longer than I thought, MPlayers main site was MIA. anyways,
> found a good mirror and installed. the streams that myth saved are also out
> of sync. not sure what I could be doing wrong here. Not sure what it proves
> or disproves to be honest though.
>

if you capture straight from /dev/video0 outside of myth are the files
still out of sync?  what version of the ivtv drivers are you using?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Johan Venter]

Michael Fox wrote:

On 12/21/05, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


i'm also running svn on a debian box.  once you have all the
dependencies figured out it is really very straight forward to compile
myth.



Any chance you could export you dpkg package list of installed
packages. Dont recall the command off the top of my head.

Also are you running unstable? if not, what release


I run unstable, and it's pretty easy working out Myth's dependencies 
when compiling from scratch: a) install the -dev libraries of all the 
dependencies listed in the README and b) just keep installing things 
until a make completes successfully :)


Regards,

Johan.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Michael Fox]

On 12/21/05, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm also running svn on a debian box.  once you have all the
> dependencies figured out it is really very straight forward to compile
> myth.

Any chance you could export you dpkg package list of installed
packages. Dont recall the command off the top of my head.

Also are you running unstable? if not, what release
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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[John Yonn]

Well it took longer than I thought, MPlayers main site was MIA.
anyways, found a good mirror and installed. the streams that myth saved
are also out of sync. not sure what I could be doing wrong here. Not
sure what it proves or disproves to be honest though.On 12/21/05, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/21/05, John Yonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:> classic of the not muting thing in chapter 7 of the how to. Which I did read> and follow, also I've searched the list repeatedly. I have line in muted,> and set to capture.  However, the PVR 500's don't require a patch cable for
> the audio, so I don't see how it could be that.you're right, the pvr-500 captures all the audio internally and hasnothing to do with the soundcard.  have you tried turning on extraaudio buffering?  do the files recorded by the pvr-500 play alright
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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[John Yonn]

Sure thing,
 Cable line comes into the back of the pvr 500. Speakers plug into
the speaker out of the motherboard. Not a whole lot to it.
On 12/21/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
John Yonn wrote:> I'm taking my first shot at mythtv and having one major issue. I'm> running a decent system (Athlon 64 3200 / 1 gig ram) with a Happauge> PVR 500. The sound is on the nforce board recognized by linux as the
> intel 8x0. I've tried switching between ALSA and OSS with the exact> same results. Audio occurs about 2 seconds or more before the video> frame it should accompany (this occurs in live tv as well as recording
> and replaying a show). This is classic of the not muting thing in> chapter 7 of the how to. Which I did read and follow, also I've> searched the list repeatedly. I have line in muted, and set to
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Re: [mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work

[Joacim J]

On 12/21/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 20/12/05, Joacim J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need some help to get my TV card (KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T) working.
> >
> > # uname -r
> > 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4
>
> This card should work straight out of the box in FC4 (I have 2 in a
> slave box and they were autodetected on installation and have worked
> ever since (2.6.12-1.1447_FC4). Why are you compiling the modules?
>
> Your dmesg shows:
>
> # dmesg
> CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 17de:08a6, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
> [card=14,autodetected]
>
> That looks like the card has been identified by the system. What is
> the output of
>
> ls -la /dev/dvb/adapter*
>
> If the DVB devices are present, chances are your card is already set
> up properly. Do you see something like this later in your dmesg:
>
> DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
> DVB: registering frontend 0 (KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T)...
>
>
> Nick

Yes, I thought that to but then I didn't make it work and assumed that
it would need an re-install (Windoze syndrome ;-))

Here is one output:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -la /dev/dvb/adapter*
ls: /dev/dvb/adapter*: No such file or directory

Searching in the mesg output, I can not find anything like you wrote.
Kworld or DVB are only present in the string as I wrote before.
So the registering of new adapter/frontend is not done, I assume.

Ok, what is the next step to take, please help!
BR Joacim
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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[Michael T. Dean]

John Yonn wrote:

I'm taking my first shot at mythtv and having one major issue. I'm 
running a decent system (Athlon 64 3200 / 1 gig ram) with a Happauge 
PVR 500. The sound is on the nforce board recognized by linux as the 
intel 8x0. I've tried switching between ALSA and OSS with the exact 
same results. Audio occurs about 2 seconds or more before the video 
frame it should accompany (this occurs in live tv as well as recording 
and replaying a show). This is classic of the not muting thing in 
chapter 7 of the how to. Which I did read and follow, also I've 
searched the list repeatedly. I have line in muted, and set to 
capture.  However, the PVR 500's don't require a patch cable for the 
audio, so I don't see how it could be that.


How about telling us how you have your cables plugged in...

Mike

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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[John Yonn]

I thought so on the soundcard thing, good to have it confirmed. I have
tried the audio buffering and it has absolutely no impact on the delay.
I'll have to install mplayer and try it. this is a pretty streamlined
system (LFS 6.1.1, and only added the pre-reqs to run myth so far) I'll
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> and set to capture.  However, the PVR 500's don't require a patch cable for> the audio, so I don't see how it could be that.you're right, the pvr-500 captures all the audio internally and hasnothing to do with the soundcard.  have you tried turning on extra
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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Jake]

> Do you have many issues compiling from scratch? I am thinking I will
> do this also. I have been a long time debian user, and I think once I
> determine the modules my dvb card uses I will then do a install of
> debian then go the route of compiling SVN releases etc. That way I can
> have more control on the packages on the system. ie bare minimum

i'm also running svn on a debian box.  once you have all the
dependencies figured out it is really very straight forward to compile
myth.
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Re: [mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[Jake]

On 12/21/05, John Yonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> classic of the not muting thing in chapter 7 of the how to. Which I did read
> and follow, also I've searched the list repeatedly. I have line in muted,
> and set to capture.  However, the PVR 500's don't require a patch cable for
> the audio, so I don't see how it could be that.

you're right, the pvr-500 captures all the audio internally and has
nothing to do with the soundcard.  have you tried turning on extra
audio buffering?  do the files recorded by the pvr-500 play alright
outside of myth, with mplayer for example?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Michael Fox]

On 12/21/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> some people are working on packaging Myth for Deb.
>
> I run Deb on my Myth machine, but I compile Myth from scratch (mostly cause
> I'm running SVN releases).

Do you have many issues compiling from scratch? I am thinking I will
do this also. I have been a long time debian user, and I think once I
determine the modules my dvb card uses I will then do a install of
debian then go the route of compiling SVN releases etc. That way I can
have more control on the packages on the system. ie bare minimum
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[mythtv-users] A/V Sync issue (searched through list, and followed howto.)

[John Yonn]

I'm taking my first shot at mythtv and having one major issue. I'm
running a decent system (Athlon 64 3200 / 1 gig ram) with a Happauge
PVR 500. The sound is on the nforce board recognized by linux as the
intel 8x0. I've tried switching between ALSA and OSS with the exact
same results. Audio occurs about 2 seconds or more before the video
frame it should accompany (this occurs in live tv as well as recording
and replaying a show). This is classic of the not muting thing in
chapter 7 of the how to. Which I did read and follow, also I've
searched the list repeatedly. I have line in muted, and set to
capture.  However, the PVR 500's don't require a patch cable for
the audio, so I don't see how it could be that.

Any clues?

Thanks,
John

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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Steve Adeff]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:17, Marcus wrote:
> Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 9:10:29 AM, you wrote:
> >There are some
>
> Casey> issues with the packages but, they are in the process
> Casey> of being resolved (maintianership,
> Casey> module-frontend/backend version mismatch).
> Casey> Probably should have asked what debian you're running...
>
> I'm running Debian unstable, originally installed from Knoppix, but since
> has been dist-upgraded. Does anybody know what the current status is for
> Debian?
> apt-get mythtv showed the package conflicts mentioned above.
>
> I don't mind installing an older version as long it's stable. At the moment
> I`m just having problems finding packages which work together.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcus

some people are working on packaging Myth for Deb.

I run Deb on my Myth machine, but I compile Myth from scratch (mostly cause 
I'm running SVN releases).

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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Steve Adeff]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 13:39, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> > You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to display
> > the current time and map the script to a button on your remote.
> >
> > mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)
>
> This was my first impulse but thought I would check before reinventing
> the wheel. :)
>
> I don't want to exit the show I am watching just to see the time. It
> would be nice to see it in the OSD info.
>
> > On 12/20/05, *David Ellis* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > wrote:
> >
> > And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.
> >
> > David
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ] On Behalf Of Joseph A.
> > Caputo
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?
> >
> > On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is
> >
> > current time
> >
> > > of day displayed anywhere?
> >
> > Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while
> > watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be
> > others, not sure).
> >
> > Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a
> > clock, but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be
> > updated to include it on various screens, anyway.
> >
> > -JAC


its in the OSD in SVN.

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[mythtv-users] No backend for KnoppMyth

[Maurice Rahe]

I installed KnoppixMyth on a box with a Hauppauge PVR-500MCE card.
All that I got was static, so I started looking for problems.

The signal is there when I connect through a VCR using the
red/white/yellow connectors, but not when I try to go through
the coax connector to the tuner. I suspect that the tuners are
not being recognized by autodetect (see below).

At any rate, the backend is not being seen, and I get an error message to
"fix" the ip address (which works just fine for ssh and scp, and allows
me to download programming data).

Has anyone already been down this path and perhaps already knows the fix?

Here is the reference:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_PVR_500_Setup

NEWER Hauppauge DVR 500 cards utilize a Samsung tuner that isn't current
100% supported. Autodetection of the tuner WILL NOT work. Use tuner=57,57
for the time being, and be aware that channels 55 and above won't be
visible until full support is available.

COMMON PROBLEM

Make sure BOTH tuners are detected! it is typical for one tuner to come up
as type 4 - NoTuner. This will prevent you from using both tuners (though
you will still have 1 tuner) The result of using "NoTuner" will be static
or no signal! PVR150 users need only specify tuner=57 as the card only has
one tuner.

To fix this:

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] # rmmod ivtv
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] # modprobe ivtv tuner=57,57
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] # echo ivtv tuner=57,57 >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

side note, setting up /etc/modules.d/ivtv should mean that the tuner=57,57
part happens automatically; however, on my system this is not true as
dmesg shows. In the end, the point remains that you need to check to make
sure BOTH tuners get loaded correctly.

My real question is what changes to make in the module section, since
I'm not sure what the knoppix/debian equivalent is of the echo ivtv
tuner=57,57 >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 that works for gentoo.

Here's my output which seems to indicate that my tuners are being seen
as FM receivers by autodetect. (Yes, there is also one FM receiver on the
card, too.)

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/sysconfig# modprobe ivtv
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/sysconfig# dmesg | grep tuner
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
tuner: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio) by autodetect
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)
ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support.
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #0
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #1
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/sysconfig#

Any help appreciated.

-Maury
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Re: [mythtv-users] Can you use shutdown/wakeup with *slave* backends in MythTV?

[Robert Johnston]

On 12/20/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd had this working on my master backend for some time but was
> wondering whether MythTV supports using this for any slave machines
> that are needed for scheduled recordings? At the moment I make sure
> they are turned on as and when needed (or left on if being used to
> watch media).
>
> Is it therefore possible to control the slave machines from within
> MythTV to allow them to shutdown/wakeup automatically, assuming
> scheduled recordings are schedulable (via card input priority) on the
> slave? For example, I would much prefer that recordings that could be
> made on the DVB cards in a slave machine were scheduled and recorded,
> rather than defaulting to the composite feed from a cable box in the
> master backend machine.
>
> Any input, or even a simple no, would be appreciated.

Yes. From what I recall, the Master Backend can send "Magic Packets"
to a slave backend, to trigger it's "Wake On Lan" system. This should
then bring up the slave backend to start it's recording.

This is all IIRC, however.
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[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv-commits] Ticket #798: Auto-disable AC3 passthru when using timestretch

[John P Poet]

On 12/12/05, MythTV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> #798: Auto-disable AC3 passthru when using timestretch
> ---+
>  Reporter:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  |   Owner:  ijr
>  Type:  patch  |  Status:  new
>  Priority:  minor  |   Milestone:
> Component:  mythtv | Version:
>  Severity:  medium |
> ---+
>  The attached patch (from John Poet originally, though I've updated it to
>  SVN 8235) disables AC3 passthru when using timestretch.  AC3 passthru is
>  re-enabled when you go back to normal playback speed.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: 
> MythTV 
> MythTV

Quick note on this patch...

If you are sending a Dolby Digital bitstream to your surround
processor, and changing the timestretch setting results in silence,
just pause the video for a split-second.

At least with my pre-amp, it gets confused when the data encoding
suddenly switches from Dolby Digital to regular old PCM.  Pausing the
video for a split-second, is enough for it to reset itself and process
the PCM audio data correctly.

John
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Re: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Dewey Smolka]

Let me see if can calrify a few things.

On 12/20/05, Dhaval Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > > My questions are the following:
> > >
> > > - I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a
> > > dual tuner card that is well supported by MythTV and has a
> > > hardware encoder/decoder. I am considering the PVR 500. Do
> > > you have comments/suggestions?
> >
> > A couple of other things to consider. First, unless your dish outputs two
> > streams at the same time you are going to need 2 dish receivers.
>
> I can find out by trying to use Picture in Picture on my TV right? If the 
> receiver is
> able to send 2 things over 1 s-video cable, I should be able to see different 
> channels
> in the PiP. Right?

Each capture source needs its own device. The PVR 500 shows up as two
devices because it has two tuners. It is able to tune two signals
simultaneously through the coaxial RF input. I believe it is also able
to use one tuner through coaxial and the second through S-video,
composite or whatever (500 owners, please clarify). However,  I don't
think that a single S-video can be more than one device at the same
time

> > The 2nd point is controlling your receivers. I dont think that there are 
> > any dish
> > receivers that have serial port control so you are going to need a IR
> > blaster device or two. The big issue with remote control on dish is that
> > they use an odd frequency (56KHz vs 48KHz) which makes things interesting.
> > If you do some searching of the archives you will see that about the only
> > commmercial solution that works well is a device called "MyBlaster serial".
> > I forget the url of the place that sells them but you can get the linux
> > driver for it at myblaster.sourceforge.net That also is in the archives.
>
> Hmm, have not thought of this much. Are you talking about how the MythTV box 
> will
> control the channels on the Dish receiver? (Man I wish I had cable :))

The tuners in the Hauppage PVR series are analog tuners -- they
convert analog NTSC or PAL (etc) signals into MPEG2. To give them a
signal to record, your source needs to be a clean analog signal,
either from the antenna or cable, or from a converter box.

If the signal goes through a converter box (necessary for digital
cable and sattelite + PVR x50/500) then MythTV needs a way to control
the converter. It may be able to do this through a serial cable (I've
seen serial ports on digital cable converters, but have never got a
good look at a sattelite system). Chances are you will need IR blaster
to control the converter -- this will control the dish decoder through
IR signals that mimic the native remote control.

Each input you want to record will require a separate decoder box
(because can a decoder can only put out one channel at a time), and a
separate IR blaster to control each (please correct me if I have this
wrong).

Hope it helps
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Re: [mythtv-users] "Windowed" Front-end?

[Tom E. Craddock Jr.]

Lonnie Borntreger wrote:

I was just wondering if there was a MythTV front-end "client" for Linux
that runs in a window, but gives access to all of MythTVs features.  My
daughter is running Linux, doesn't have a TV, and I would like to allow
her to use MythTV in a way that allows her to continue doing other stuff
also.  So, basically, a "windowed" front-end that doesn't take over the
full screen.  Is there anything like that?

Thanks,
Lonnie Borntreger







Alt+Tab at least in KDE, I do it that way on my laptop all the time.  I 
never choose the option to run myth windowed, just alt-tab to the other 
app I wanna use, then alt-tab or mouse back to mythfrontend.


Tom
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Re: [mythtv-users] Generate thumbnails while watching live recording?

[Michael T. Dean]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Is there a way that I can map a keyboard command, so that when I press
it, it immediately takes a screenshot of the current frame of the
recording I'm watching and uses that as the preview image for that
recording?
 



In settings:

Generate preview image from a bookmark if possible
If enabled, MythTV will ignore the above time offset, and use the 
bookmark inside the recording as the offset for creating a thumbnail 
image. As with the above, MythTV will honour cutlists and increase this 
offset if necessary.



Then press Space or Enter to set a bookmark.  Just make sure you don't 
reset the bookmark (i.e. when exiting the recording).


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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Matt]

On 12/20/05, Stephen Boddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 December 2005 01:53, Matt wrote:
> > I was able to get it working by adding the following to the master list:
> >
> >},
> > 'us': {
> >
> > },
> > 'us-il': {
> >
> > },
> > 'us-in': {
> >
> > },
> > }
> >
> > If you are going to use a country code, it MUST be in the master list
> > or it will error out.
>
> Actually Matt, I don't suppose you've got a copy of the stack trace that
> should have been produced. I think I know where this might have happened, but
> the trace would save me a bit of experimentation time.
>
> Cheers
> --
> Steve Boddy
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Sure, I can comment out everything.  What exactly do you want me to do
and I'll get it for you.

Matt
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Re: [mythtv-users] Searching for kids movies

[Michael T. Dean]

Henry Fleischmann wrote:


Anyone have suggestions for searching for children's movies with
Mythweb? I get some by searching for "children *" with Title and
Category boxes checked, but it seems like I'm missing a lot. Is the a
way to search for all G or PG rated movies?
 

Use the search string "children" (no quotes) and select the "Category" 
checkbox (i.e. leave the "*" out of your search).


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RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Dhaval Patel]

William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> > My questions are the following:
> > 
> > - I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a 
> > dual tuner card that is well supported by MythTV and has a 
> > hardware encoder/decoder. I am considering the PVR 500. Do 
> > you have comments/suggestions?
> 
> A couple of other things to consider. First, unless your dish outputs two
> streams at the same time you are going to need 2 dish receivers. 

I can find out by trying to use Picture in Picture on my TV right? If the 
receiver is
able to send 2 things over 1 s-video cable, I should be able to see different 
channels
in the PiP. Right?

> The 2nd point is controlling your receivers. I dont think that there are any 
> dish
> receivers that have serial port control so you are going to need a IR
> blaster device or two. The big issue with remote control on dish is that
> they use an odd frequency (56KHz vs 48KHz) which makes things interesting.
> If you do some searching of the archives you will see that about the only
> commmercial solution that works well is a device called "MyBlaster serial".
> I forget the url of the place that sells them but you can get the linux
> driver for it at myblaster.sourceforge.net That also is in the archives.

Hmm, have not thought of this much. Are you talking about how the MythTV box 
will
control the channels on the Dish receiver? (Man I wish I had cable :))

> I have a 2 receiver dishnetwork setup here if you want to pick my brain
> about it.

You are using 2 receivers because your receivers only output 1 channel/output? 
Do you
know if the newer receivers are able to do output 2 channels through 1 s-video 
cable?


Thanks,
Dhaval


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RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Dhaval Patel]

"R. Geoffrey Newbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:01:31 -0500, Bob Coffman Jr. wrote:
> 
> > I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a dual tuner
> >card that is well supported by MythTV and has a hardware encoder/decoder. I 
> >am
> >considering the PVR500. Do you have comments/suggestions?
> >
> >I think the PVR 500 is a fine choice, I have a similar setup (DirecTV/2
> >tuners/2 PVR 250s).

One receiver? 

> The PVR500 has 2 tuners running off one cable/antenna input. It has
> S-video and composite inputs. The PVR500 has NO video outputs. Each tuner
> has hardware encoder/decoder which really takes a load off the CPU.
 
> >- Do I just hookup the s-video cable from the receiver to the PVR500 or do
> >I need to some how have 2 s-video cables going in to the PVR 500 (2 
> >receivers, 2
> >s-video outputs)?

> >You will plug your S-video cable into the 500 (I think that does TV-out) or
> >the Svideo-out connector on your video card.

If I was planning to use only 1 tuner I would take the s-video from the 
receiver and
plug it into the tv tuner card, but my question is does the receiver output 1 
or 2
channels? I guess I can find out by trying to use Picture in Picture (I will do 
this
when I get home in a couple of days)
 
> No S-video out, only S-video in, on the PVR500. The PVR350 has only one
> tuner, but it does have S-video out. Choices choices...

This card only has an encoder then not a decoder. No need to decode if it will 
not
output anything, is that a good assumption?

> >- Do I need a seperate video card that has s-video/component output to
> >connect to the TV? Any recommendations?

> >Nvidia FX5200 is a great choice if fanless.  Nvidia seems to be the way to
> >go.
 
> Or a motherboard which has a builtin mpeg hardware decoder such as the
> latest VIA motherboards. I have the SP13 which has both VGA and
> S-video out, and has builtin XvMC acceleration.

I will keep both of these suggestions in mind, thanks. Was it difficult to get 
this VIA
motherboard to work? I heard about problems with VIA chipsets and MythTV. 

Is the SP13 well supported in linux?

> >- If I get a good TV tuner card which has hardware encoder/decoder, can I
> >get by with a  slower processor? I have read about people using Athlons 1.8+ 
> >on>
> their machines and see 50% CPU when saving at 640x480. Since my TV can
>  >
>support it, I would like to use the highest resolution possible. What are the  
>   
  > > experience of the people on this list?

> >Athlon 1.2 worked for me for a long time with the above setup.  You will use
> >almost 0 CPU recording, and playback on the Tbird used about 30% CPU.

That helps, thanks. Is this for 720x480?

> I record with the PVR500 or the HD3000 card using 720x480 for standard
> definition TV. Recording 2 shows at once with the PVR500 gives about 7-10%
> load. Playback is about 30%. This motherboard will not likely do HD...I
> haven't gotten any HD content, either recorded or to play, to check it
> out. I'm not really worried about it at this stage.

You are using 30%  CPU even when you have a SP13? (perhaps this is just 
acceleration
and not full decoding)
 
> Then again VIA has just announced a new motherboard/chipset combo for
> release early next year... It is supposed to do HDusing hardware
> encode/decode. Maybe I'll buy myself a late christmas present! The present
> mb would still make a rather nice fileserver here in the office..or just
> replace the Pentium200 which my wife does not use (often) for her email..



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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 01:53, Matt wrote:
> I was able to get it working by adding the following to the master list:
>
>},
> 'us': {
>
> },
> 'us-il': {
>
> },
> 'us-in': {
>
> },
> }
>
> If you are going to use a country code, it MUST be in the master list
> or it will error out.

Actually Matt, I don't suppose you've got a copy of the stack trace that 
should have been produced. I think I know where this might have happened, but 
the trace would save me a bit of experimentation time.

Cheers
-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 01:53, Matt wrote:
> I was able to get it working by adding the following to the master list:
>
>},
> 'us': {
>
> },
> 'us-il': {
>
> },
> 'us-in': {
>
> },
> }
>
> If you are going to use a country code, it MUST be in the master list
> or it will error out.

Okay, another wee buggette to sort tomorrow. Thanks for the feedback.
-- 
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Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC Channel.conf

[Michael Haan]

On 12/20/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/20/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

Hi Norm,Like yourself I have both a Rogers Digital TV Box, Rogers Analog (channels1-80 or so), and recently Rogers Digital over QAM 256.With a HD3000 you can receive about 40 or so Digital TV stations that are
transmitted unencrypted. I do this to receive channels 102 through about 130or so, plus some sports net channels. No HD stations are broadcast in theclear.As for a digital cable box, it's not "useless for Myth" I feed it into a PVR
250 card using SVideo, and use an IR Blaster to control the channel.David-Original Message-From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of MlistsSent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:44 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv; R. Geoffrey NewburySubject: Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC 
Channel.confOn Tue, 2005-20-12 at 10:34 -0500, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:31:24 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:>> >> > > Trying to find-out how I discover and import the list of available QAM
> > > channels for use with my HD3000, in my area.  Can't seem to find a> > > decent tutorial, or the necessary resources.> >> > There are recent emails about that here. You can scan using mythtvsetup.
> > Make sure that mythbackend has stopped first.>> Using an HD3000 to receive QAM broadcasts in myth requires some hands-on> work *after* doing a scan. The HD card + mythtv combo does not populate
> the mysql database with the correct entries (at least not yet..)>> Browse to:I currently have an analog card to pick up my Rogers cable channels butare you telling me that with a DVB-T card I can get the digital
channels?  I have a digital box but its useless with Mythtv.  The analogsignal looks crappy so if I can get the digital signal, that would beawesome.Norm___
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Ok, I'm making some progress on this, but *wow*, this shouldn't be this hard.  Not to discourage new folks - it's not crazy hard, just seems like we could do a better job of centralizing info and automating processes  I know, I know, I'm welcome to do it.  Wish I understood better what I'm doing, then maybe I would
To all, FWIW, Geoffrey's post above has been very useful.  One issue I have is that I found that ESPNHD was unencrypted (when scanning under windows), but it doesn't seem to have shown-up under this method.  Also, there are several channels which are missing an identifier.  Anyonw know why these two situations would arise?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Matt]

On 12/20/05, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/20/05, Stephen Boddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 21 December 2005 00:08, Matt wrote:
> > > On 12/20/05, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing anything.  I've downloaded it,
> > > > > set the variables, and when I type python mythalsig.py nothing
> > > > > happens, it just sits there.
> > > >
> > > >  I assume you editted the script to point it at your database,
> > > > icon storage locations and set your country info ?
> > >
> > > yup
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> >
> > Okay, cut and paste you settings section. Another idea is to try and run
> > ethereal. So; Are you seeing traffic to the machine with the db? I'm 
> > assuming
> > you're running the script on a different machine. If you are, did you allow
> > remote machine access to the db with the grant commands from the MythTV 
> > docs?
> > Are you seeing traffic to Lyng-Sat website? It can take several seconds, 
> > even
> > with the less profligate UK logos. Only once all this is done will you see a
> > prompt.
> > --
> > Steve Boddy
>
>
> Got it working now... I'll also try to come up with a master list for
> most of the major cable networks in the US.
>
> However, I already see a problem.  Where I live, my lists comes from 3
> seperate sources:
>
> http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us-in.html
> http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us-il.html
> and
> http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us.html
>
> So, I've got to change it each time I want to run, and skip the ones
> that don't apply.  I tried putting us-il, but it didn't work.  So, we
> need to make sure that country codes that are more than two letters
> works.
>
> Matt


I was able to get it working by adding the following to the master list:

   },
'us': {

},
'us-il': {

},
'us-in': {

},
}

If you are going to use a country code, it MUST be in the master list
or it will error out.

Matt
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Matt]

On 12/20/05, Stephen Boddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 December 2005 00:08, Matt wrote:
> > On 12/20/05, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing anything.  I've downloaded it,
> > > > set the variables, and when I type python mythalsig.py nothing
> > > > happens, it just sits there.
> > >
> > >  I assume you editted the script to point it at your database,
> > > icon storage locations and set your country info ?
> >
> > yup
> > ___
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> > mythtv-users@mythtv.org
> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
> Okay, cut and paste you settings section. Another idea is to try and run
> ethereal. So; Are you seeing traffic to the machine with the db? I'm assuming
> you're running the script on a different machine. If you are, did you allow
> remote machine access to the db with the grant commands from the MythTV docs?
> Are you seeing traffic to Lyng-Sat website? It can take several seconds, even
> with the less profligate UK logos. Only once all this is done will you see a
> prompt.
> --
> Steve Boddy


Got it working now... I'll also try to come up with a master list for
most of the major cable networks in the US.

However, I already see a problem.  Where I live, my lists comes from 3
seperate sources:

http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us-in.html
http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us-il.html
and
http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us.html

So, I've got to change it each time I want to run, and skip the ones
that don't apply.  I tried putting us-il, but it didn't work.  So, we
need to make sure that country codes that are more than two letters
works.

Matt
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 23:38, Greg Estabrooks wrote:
> > As I'm sure you've sussed out I've included the master list in the main
> > file as a dictionary (or hash in perl parlance)
>
>  I see that.   I just figured that by using external files the script
> wouldn't grow to outrageous sizes plus the user could replace/update the
> master file without having to replace the script itself.

OK, I'll look at that tomorrow some time.

> > "search term" is tested against for a best match. There is a threshold
> > and a max of the 10 best matches.
>
>  I imagine for most of the channels that would be fine.
>
>  One thing I've noticed is that I have some channels with different channel
> numbers but identical "names". You might consider checking the list for
> duplicate names and only pass through a name once.   For example I've
> got several channels named "PPV"  and have to go through and skip through
> each one at a time :)

That should be a sort and uniq on the list from the db, then possibly a tweak 
to the SQL statement that updates the db. Again, a job for tomorrow.

> > > station name "WSET 13 Lynchburg" but doesn't find eityher.
> >
> > Strange, that name should be a good match against the base filename of
> > the icon on LS?!?
> >
> > Does it give you incorrect possibilities? Or is it an empty list? All
> > entries get converted to upper case for matching purposes.
>
>  It returns incorrect options. In fact I've run accross several instances
> of it now . For example the Channel Name "KAFT" doesn't find a match with
> the station "KAFT PBS Fayetteville" with a url/filename of
> http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/icon/tv/kk/kaft_pbs_fayetteville.gif

If I'm understanding you, The channel name in the db is only 4 characters, but 
there is 21 in the LS stripped name (kaft_pbs_fayetteville) I think because 
of the low character count in the name, other names stripped names have "more 
in common". i.e. funkay_trippin would have more in common because there are 
less incorrect letters.

Hopefully neither of us is mixing up name and callsign in the channel table. 
If instead of "KAFT" the channel name was "KAFT PBS Fayetteville" then you'd 
have an almost perfect match.

I think the fuzzy function is probably really dumb, and I'm glorifying it with 
a name it doesn't deserve. All I can suggest is that the first time you set 
these with the "f" option and enter a tougher match like "fayetteville". If 
you set them up as defaults, then you won't have to worry in future... Once I 
change that master_list to suit at least :-)

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 34, Issue 96

[Nick]

On 20/12/05, Jason Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Message: 25
> > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:39:27 -0600
> > From: Brandon Stoll < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 2 Backends, 1 backend use the serial port
> >of the other?
> > To: Discussion about mythtv 
> > Message-ID:
> >
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > On 12/19/05, Jason Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > >  I am 98% done with my mythtv whole house setup! I have learned alot and
> > > look forward to tweaking this sucker out!
> > >
> > >  I have 2 standalone backends, the master has a DCT3200 via firewire and
> a
> > > HD-3000 (OTA) in it. Both inputs working pretty flawlessly (knock on
> wood).
> > > I intend to have the master hold all of the recordings from the 2 BEs
> (about
> > > 1TB in the master so that should be enough for now)
> > >
> > >  I wanted to setup a slave BE to do all the transcoding, Comm flagging,
> > > nuvexport etc so the master BE can focus on recording. I find that 80%
> of my
> > > recordings take place on nights and weekends  along with 100% of the
> viewing
> > > at the same time so why not let the slave do the other tasks while the
> > > master is hard at work recording and serving to the frontends.
> > >
> > >  One of the last steps of this entire project is turning off the TiVo
> (YAY!)
> > > and moving my DishNetwork receiver onto myth. I have read of the
> headaches
> > > of getting a HD-3000 (using DVB drivers) and a PVR-250 working in the
> same
> > > box so I installed a PVR-250 into the slave BE.
> > >
> > >  To start, I am not running LIRC on any frontend or backend for remote
> > > control use. I have PS/2 IR keyboards and learning remotes to make it
> easy.
> > > (that way I can whip out the IR keyboard and use it to browse the
> web/email
> > > when I I don't want to fire up my laptop.)
> > >
> > >  I have a serial IR blaster from www.irblaster.info that I need to use
> to
> > > control the DishNetwork box. My issue is that the slave BE does not have
> a
> > > serial port on it. However my master BE sits right next to the slave and
> it
> > > does have a serial port. I have LIRC working on the master and blasting
> > > correctly using /dev/lircd.
> > >
> > >  Being a linux newbie I am probly asking a basic question, but with the
> > > PVR-250 in my slave BE is there a way to have my slave BE use the serial
> > > port on my master BE to blast to control the DishNetwork box?
> > >
> > >  Again being a newbie I tried NFS just for fun and when I tried to mount
> > > /dev/lircd on the slave it it failed, but I didn't expect it to work
> (exact
> > > error was "mount: 192.168.1.50:/dev/lircd failed, reason given by
> server:
> > > Not a directory")
> > >
> > >  I have a USB to Serial dongle that I could use, but from what I have
> read,
> > > that wouldn't work with the blaster I have and with LIRC. (or am I
> wrong?)
> > >
> > >  I guess the last resort would be to put the HD-3000 in the slave BE and
> the
> > > PVR-250 in the master, but with an hour of HD using 8gig, I figure it
> would
> > > be best to leave it in the master so the slave doesn't have to try to
> push
> > > that large amount of data over the network to store it on the master.
> > >
> > >  Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >  Thanks!
> > >  Jason
> >
> > Yes, you can do this.  lirc has a command-line option to have your IR
> > machine run as a server and have your other machine connect to it to
> > use the remote.
> >
> > As far as I can tell lirc has no documentation on this.  Check lircd
> --help
>
>
>
> Wow, you weren't kidding when you said there is no documentation on the
> networking feature of LIRC.
>
> I thought I had everything working, the slave reported that it connected to
> the master in the log, the master's log showed that it accepted the slave's
> connection. But I couldn't get anything to pass properly to the masterI
> spent a few hours last night searching and testing, but with no luck.
> (however I am a Linux newbie, so it EASILY could have been me..:)
>

This is an interesting thread - how were you attempting to send
signals to the 'server' from the 'client'? Even the lirc mailing list
has sparse information on networking lirc - ensuring you specify the
driver and port when starting lircd and ensuring you connect to the
correct port when starting the client seem to be the key tips.

Are you using irsend to 'send' signals to the 'server' machine? Does
the transmitter on the 'server' work properly when running in
'standalone' mode (i.e. no network options, just using the serial
driver

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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 00:08, Matt wrote:
> On 12/20/05, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing anything.  I've downloaded it,
> > > set the variables, and when I type python mythalsig.py nothing
> > > happens, it just sits there.
> >
> >  I assume you editted the script to point it at your database,
> > icon storage locations and set your country info ?
>
> yup
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Okay, cut and paste you settings section. Another idea is to try and run 
ethereal. So; Are you seeing traffic to the machine with the db? I'm assuming 
you're running the script on a different machine. If you are, did you allow 
remote machine access to the db with the grant commands from the MythTV docs? 
Are you seeing traffic to Lyng-Sat website? It can take several seconds, even 
with the less profligate UK logos. Only once all this is done will you see a 
prompt.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Help with xorg.conf

[Michael T. Dean]

Allan Wilson wrote:


Why is it not a true 1280p?


It's 1080p, not 1280p.  As in 1920x1080 pixels--versus 720p, which has 
1280x720 pixels.  And, when I say, "It's 1080p," I mean to include your 
Sony KDS-R60XBR1 as well as the name of the standard.



Do you have a recommendation on a scaler and what role do they play?

It looks like there is different modelines depending on what you are 
watching? How do you know which ones to pick out of the list? If I 
pick the right modeline will it make my desktop take up the entire 
screen? I am using the nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000, why will it make it 
tougher to push 1280i?


I looked at my log file, Xorg.0.log, and could not find my EDID 
information but I did find where it was trying to setup the resolution:


(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x720" (no mode of this name)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x540p" (not a valid TV mode)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device TV-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0):  Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):  Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 
Hz (D)

(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480


You should not be using TV modes.  Your TV is just a glorified monitor.  
Set it up just like you would any other monitor for a desktop.  And, 
don't use S-Video or composite out.  Check out avsforum.com for details 
(start with 
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=b093c16ad47d82d4c2e75f3ff6cff7fc&t=584936&page=1&pp=30 
--the answer you need is probably in the 4902 posts that are currently 
there).



The two modes it would not pick up where two that I was playing with.

Thanks for the help I am very confused on getting the best out of my 
TV. I don't blame you on waiting, I was using an old 32" TV for my 
main tv viewing and trying to hold out for the prices to go out on the 
1280p but the TV started to go out and I couldn't wait any longer. I 
have to admit I am pretty happy with the purchase so far. I may not 
have the same story a year from now.


I got a Samsung HL-R6768W (67" 1080p TV), because I was waiting for real 
high-def TV's (not 720p "medium-def" TV's).  Like you, I'm happy with my 
purchase.


Mike
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[mythtv-users] Can you use shutdown/wakeup with *slave* backends in MythTV?

[Nick]

I'd had this working on my master backend for some time but was
wondering whether MythTV supports using this for any slave machines
that are needed for scheduled recordings? At the moment I make sure
they are turned on as and when needed (or left on if being used to
watch media).

Is it therefore possible to control the slave machines from within
MythTV to allow them to shutdown/wakeup automatically, assuming
scheduled recordings are schedulable (via card input priority) on the
slave? For example, I would much prefer that recordings that could be
made on the DVB cards in a slave machine were scheduled and recorded,
rather than defaulting to the composite feed from a cable box in the
master backend machine.

Any input, or even a simple no, would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC Channel.conf

[Michael Haan]

On 12/20/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Norm,Like yourself I have both a Rogers Digital TV Box, Rogers Analog (channels1-80 or so), and recently Rogers Digital over QAM 256.With a HD3000 you can receive about 40 or so Digital TV stations that are
transmitted unencrypted. I do this to receive channels 102 through about 130or so, plus some sports net channels. No HD stations are broadcast in theclear.As for a digital cable box, it's not "useless for Myth" I feed it into a PVR
250 card using SVideo, and use an IR Blaster to control the channel.David-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of MlistsSent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:44 PMTo: Discussion about mythtv; R. Geoffrey NewburySubject: Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC 
Channel.confOn Tue, 2005-20-12 at 10:34 -0500, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:31:24 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:>> >> > > Trying to find-out how I discover and import the list of available QAM
> > > channels for use with my HD3000, in my area.  Can't seem to find a> > > decent tutorial, or the necessary resources.> >> > There are recent emails about that here. You can scan using mythtvsetup.
> > Make sure that mythbackend has stopped first.>> Using an HD3000 to receive QAM broadcasts in myth requires some hands-on> work *after* doing a scan. The HD card + mythtv combo does not populate
> the mysql database with the correct entries (at least not yet..)>> Browse to:I currently have an analog card to pick up my Rogers cable channels butare you telling me that with a DVB-T card I can get the digital
channels?  I have a digital box but its useless with Mythtv.  The analogsignal looks crappy so if I can get the digital signal, that would beawesome.Norm___
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Ok, I'm making some progress on this, but *wow*, this shouldn't be this hard.  Not to discourage new folks - it's not crazy hard, just seems like we could do a better job of centralizing info and automating processes  I know, I know, I'm welcome to do it.  Wish I understood better what I'm doing, then maybe I would

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Re: [mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work

[Nick]

On 20/12/05, Joacim J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need some help to get my TV card (KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T) working.
>
> # uname -r
> 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4

This card should work straight out of the box in FC4 (I have 2 in a
slave box and they were autodetected on installation and have worked
ever since (2.6.12-1.1447_FC4). Why are you compiling the modules?

Your dmesg shows:

# dmesg
CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 17de:08a6, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
[card=14,autodetected]

That looks like the card has been identified by the system. What is
the output of

ls -la /dev/dvb/adapter*

If the DVB devices are present, chances are your card is already set
up properly. Do you see something like this later in your dmesg:

DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
DVB: registering frontend 0 (KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T)...


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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Matt]

On 12/20/05, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing anything.  I've downloaded it,
> > set the variables, and when I type python mythalsig.py nothing
> > happens, it just sits there.
>
>  I assume you editted the script to point it at your database,
> icon storage locations and set your country info ?
>

yup
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Greg Estabrooks]

> Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing anything.  I've downloaded it,
> set the variables, and when I type python mythalsig.py nothing
> happens, it just sits there.

 I assume you editted the script to point it at your database, 
icon storage locations and set your country info ?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Matt]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing anything.  I've downloaded it,
set the variables, and when I type python mythalsig.py nothing
happens, it just sits there.

Now what?

Matt
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Re: [mythtv-users] DBT Tuner Card Advice

[Shanon Mulley]

Thanks Andreas,

My Aver771 is now working fine. It just took a lot of research for
this linux newbie to get it working with FC3/FC4. If I could, I would
buy another one in a second (I have Fedora configured to use it now),
but it seems that model is no longer for sale here (In Australia)

On 12/21/05, Andreas Witte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i didnt read the thread of your problems im afraid. That is the normal
> Aver771 bttv-card?
> Im running 2 of them in my box. And i can watch live tv and record
> another on an Athlon 1700+ with 5200 nvidia card. Both are working inclusive
> the included remote-control on mythtv (on gentoo) here.
> Is that the same name with other hardware? I use the bttv-driver, the
> dvb-bt8xx
> and the mt352 module.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>
>
>
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Shanon Mulley
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 00:04
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> Betreff: [mythtv-users] DBT Tuner Card Advice
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking to add another DVB-T Tuner card to my myth machine, and
> after the troubles I had getting my current work working (An Avermedia
> 771), I'd like to make sure that my next one has a proven track record
> with linux.
>
> Right now, I'm looking at the Fusion range (the computer shop I like
> to deal with stocks a few of these). I like the idea of the Fusion
> HDTV DVB-T Dual Digital (at
> http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Products/DualDigital.aspx) - according
> to the blurb, it will give me two TV Tuners (Or - ability to watch one
> channel, and record another at the same time). Has anyone gotten this
> working with mythtv? Do the linux drivers let you use the dual
> functionality of this?
>
> Thanks.
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[mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work

[Joacim J]

Hi,

I need some help to get my TV card (KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T) working.

# uname -r
2.6.14-1.1653_FC4

# dmesg
CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 17de:08a6, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
[card=14,autodetected]
TV tuner 4 at 0x1fe, Radio tuner -1 at 0x1fe
cx88[0]: registered IR remote control
cx88[0]/0: found at :00:0e.0, rev: 5, irq: 11, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf800
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx2388x blackbird driver version 0.0.5 loaded

I have tried the guide at
http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html but when trying to
run 'make' in linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1/build-2.6 I get

[EMAIL PROTECTED] build-2.6]# make
Makefile:8: /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/build/.config: No such file
or directory
make: *** No rule to make target
`/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/build/.config'.  Stop.

How can I fix this?
and Yes, I am a newbie at Linux! :-)

BR
Joacim
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Greg Estabrooks]

> As I'm sure you've sussed out I've included the master list in the main file 
> as a dictionary (or hash in perl parlance)

 I see that.   I just figured that by using external files the script
wouldn't grow to outrageous sizes plus the user could replace/update the
master file without having to replace the script itself.

> "search term" is tested against for a best match. There is a threshold and a 
> max of the 10 best matches.

 I imagine for most of the channels that would be fine.

 One thing I've noticed is that I have some channels with different channel
numbers but identical "names". You might consider checking the list for 
duplicate names and only pass through a name once.   For example I've 
got several channels named "PPV"  and have to go through and skip through 
each one at a time :)


> > station name "WSET 13 Lynchburg" but doesn't find eityher.
> 
> Strange, that name should be a good match against the base filename of the 
> icon on LS?!?
> 
> Does it give you incorrect possibilities? Or is it an empty list? All entries 
> get converted to upper case for matching purposes.

 It returns incorrect options. In fact I've run accross several instances 
of it now . For example the Channel Name "KAFT" doesn't find a match with
the station "KAFT PBS Fayetteville" with a url/filename of 
http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/icon/tv/kk/kaft_pbs_fayetteville.gif

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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 20, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Al Mcintosh wrote:

You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to  
display the current time and map the script to a button on your  
remote.


mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)



This was my first impulse but thought I would check before  
reinventing the wheel. :)


I don't want to exit the show I am watching just to see the time.  
It would be nice to see it in the OSD info.


For a more realistic clock on your video capture machine, use this:

#!/usr/bin/perl
for ( my $i = 0; 1; $i++ )
{
`mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text="12:00"`;
sleep 1;
`mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=""`;
sleep 1;
}

Sorry... couldn't resist.


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AW: [mythtv-users] DBT Tuner Card Advice

[Andreas Witte]

Hello,

i didnt read the thread of your problems im afraid. That is the normal
Aver771 bttv-card?
Im running 2 of them in my box. And i can watch live tv and record
another on an Athlon 1700+ with 5200 nvidia card. Both are working inclusive
the included remote-control on mythtv (on gentoo) here.
Is that the same name with other hardware? I use the bttv-driver, the
dvb-bt8xx
and the mt352 module.

Regards,
Andreas



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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Shanon Mulley
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 00:04
An: mythtv mailing list
Betreff: [mythtv-users] DBT Tuner Card Advice


Hello,

I'm looking to add another DVB-T Tuner card to my myth machine, and
after the troubles I had getting my current work working (An Avermedia
771), I'd like to make sure that my next one has a proven track record
with linux.

Right now, I'm looking at the Fusion range (the computer shop I like
to deal with stocks a few of these). I like the idea of the Fusion
HDTV DVB-T Dual Digital (at
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Products/DualDigital.aspx) - according
to the blurb, it will give me two TV Tuners (Or - ability to watch one
channel, and record another at the same time). Has anyone gotten this
working with mythtv? Do the linux drivers let you use the dual
functionality of this?

Thanks.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 22:45, Greg Estabrooks wrote:
> > I like the idea of the master list, and I'll have a think of the best
> > way. Probably have to be seperated by country in case there are
> > equivalent channel names with different logos.
>
>  Yeah that's basically what I was thinking.  A Plain text format with
> something like
>
> "TEXT" = filename(or URL)
>
>  Where TEXT could be a callsign or a full station name.
>
>   For example :
>
> "WSET" = file1.jpg
> "WSET 13 CityName" = file1.jpg
> "ATV" = file2.jpg
> "ATV Halifax" = http://www.blah.com/logos/file3.jpg

As I'm sure you've sussed out I've included the master list in the main file 
as a dictionary (or hash in perl parlance)

> > getting exact matches. If people have assigned there own names it's
> > likely to be somewhat ineffective.
>
>  I'm not very familiar with Python

I'm not bad with it, and as you can see it's pretty good for hacking up 
versatile little scripts.

>  but are the matches done on the 
> filename, the station name  or both?  I've had many incidents where I
> didn't get a fuzzy match but where the callsign I was matching against
> should have easily matched either and they aren't found. And yeah I've
> updated the lyngsat_page_count value as well as the country code.

Okay, the name field in the channel table is used as the "search term". A list 
of all the available URL's for icons for a country is built. This is 
basename'd (discards the folder) and splitext'd (to lose the suffix) and a 
list of these stripped down icon filenames is created. This list is what the 
"search term" is tested against for a best match. There is a threshold and a 
max of the 10 best matches.

> For example I'm setting up a box for my uncle which will have a channel
> with the callsign WSET  which would match both the file name
> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/tv/ww/wset_abc13_lynchburg.jpg"; and the
> station name "WSET 13 Lynchburg" but doesn't find eityher.

Strange, that name should be a good match against the base filename of the 
icon on LS?!?

Does it give you incorrect possibilities? Or is it an empty list? All entries 
get converted to upper case for matching purposes.

Two options. Manuall add an override in the master list. It's the entry in the 
channel.name field to the full URL off of LS. Look at the UK one and you'll 
get the idea.

Otherwise if you need further help I'll have to send one with some basic debug 
lines to figure out what the problem is.

> > BTW, what's the policy on attachments to the mail list? Don't want to be
> > on the receiving end of an Isaac lashing <:-(
>
>  Can't say I've seen any complaints about small attachments of small
> scripts or patches.  Larger stuff should of course be put up on a webserver
> with a link to it.

Good to know I won't need my flame retardent clothing ;-)
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Re: [mythtv-users] DBT Tuner Card Advice

[Johan Venter]

Shanon Mulley wrote:

Hello,

I'm looking to add another DVB-T Tuner card to my myth machine, and
after the troubles I had getting my current work working (An Avermedia
771), I'd like to make sure that my next one has a proven track record
with linux.

Right now, I'm looking at the Fusion range (the computer shop I like
to deal with stocks a few of these). I like the idea of the Fusion
HDTV DVB-T Dual Digital (at
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Products/DualDigital.aspx) - according
to the blurb, it will give me two TV Tuners (Or - ability to watch one
channel, and record another at the same time). Has anyone gotten this
working with mythtv? Do the linux drivers let you use the dual
functionality of this?


Don't know about the Fusion card, but I use an Hauppauge NOVA-T with 
MythTV on Debian Linux without any hassles here in Australia.


Channel tuning and LiveTV are excellent, and the included IR receiver 
and remote work like a charm (though the remote repeat rate could be 
higher).


I had to slightly modify the budget-ci module in the kernel when I 
installed the card to get all the buttons on the remote working (the 
author of the module wrote it for a more limited remote), but it's easy 
to do.


Hope you find what you're looking for.

Regards,

Johan.
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[mythtv-users] DBT Tuner Card Advice

[Shanon Mulley]

Hello,

I'm looking to add another DVB-T Tuner card to my myth machine, and
after the troubles I had getting my current work working (An Avermedia
771), I'd like to make sure that my next one has a proven track record
with linux.

Right now, I'm looking at the Fusion range (the computer shop I like
to deal with stocks a few of these). I like the idea of the Fusion
HDTV DVB-T Dual Digital (at
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Products/DualDigital.aspx) - according
to the blurb, it will give me two TV Tuners (Or - ability to watch one
channel, and record another at the same time). Has anyone gotten this
working with mythtv? Do the linux drivers let you use the dual
functionality of this?

Thanks.
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Re: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Fred Squires]

On 12/20/05, Matt Mossholder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



  
  


On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 16:50 -0500, Fred Squires wrote:


You don't need a second coax connector on the PVR-500.  The card splits the signal internally when you're using coax. 

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... unless you have two separate cable sources :)

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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 22:50, Greg Estabrooks wrote:
> > I'll give it a few days, and if all is well I'll see if it can be added
> > to contrib or something.
>
>  I don't see that as a problem :) If it works well I'll add it.
>
> > I've compressed it so Isaac doesn't come after me with a big stick :-)
>
>  I'll host it for you if you like for now.
>
>  http://www.phaze.org/mythtv/mythalsig.py.bz2
>
>  One suggestion though would be a flag/parameter to specify at runtime
> a sourceid for those who have more than one.

Thanks for that. I don't have any reason to run a web server here, and it 
would be a bit OTT to run one for a 2k file :-)

Not sure I understand the need for a source id flag?!? Unless you're trying to 
narrow down the number of channels processed in one hit, the source id 
wouldn't come into it AFAICT. But then I do have a pretty limited 30 or so 
channels...
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Greg Estabrooks]

> To get around stepping through all assigned channels, I'm thinking of an 
> option to skip all entries that have something assigned, be it from the db, 

 I agree, especially as channels are added overtime.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Greg Estabrooks]

> I'll give it a few days, and if all is well I'll see if it can be added to 
> contrib or something.

 I don't see that as a problem :) If it works well I'll add it.

> I've compressed it so Isaac doesn't come after me with a big stick :-)

 I'll host it for you if you like for now.

 http://www.phaze.org/mythtv/mythalsig.py.bz2

 One suggestion though would be a flag/parameter to specify at runtime
a sourceid for those who have more than one.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Greg Estabrooks]

> I like the idea of the master list, and I'll have a think of the best way. 
> Probably have to be seperated by country in case there are equivalent channel 
> names with different logos.

 Yeah that's basically what I was thinking.  A Plain text format with 
something like

"TEXT" = filename(or URL)

 Where TEXT could be a callsign or a full station name.

  For example :

"WSET" = file1.jpg
"WSET 13 CityName" = file1.jpg
"ATV" = file2.jpg
"ATV Halifax" = http://www.blah.com/logos/file3.jpg



> getting exact matches. If people have assigned there own names it's likely to 
> be somewhat ineffective.

 I'm not very familiar with Python but are the matches done on the filename, 
the station name  or both?  I've had many incidents where I didn't get a fuzzy
match but where the callsign I was matching against should have easily matched
either and they aren't found. And yeah I've updated the lyngsat_page_count value
as well as the country code.

For example I'm setting up a box for my uncle which will have a channel 
with the callsign WSET  which would match both the file name 
"http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/tv/ww/wset_abc13_lynchburg.jpg"; and the 
station name "WSET 13 Lynchburg" but doesn't find eityher.

> BTW, what's the policy on attachments to the mail list? Don't want to be on 
> the receiving end of an Isaac lashing <:-(

 Can't say I've seen any complaints about small attachments of small scripts or
patches.  Larger stuff should of course be put up on a webserver with
a link to it.

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Re: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Matt Mossholder]

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 16:50 -0500, Fred Squires wrote:


You don't need a second coax connector on the PVR-500.  The card splits the signal internally when you're using coax. 

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Drop me a line (off list) if you'd like an account. 


... unless you have two separate cable sources :)

    --Matt




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Re: [mythtv-users] Reduce size of DVB-T recordings

[Nick Craig-Wood]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:14:31AM +1100, Phill Edwards wrote:
> I want to burn some of my DVB-T recordings to DVD (like the other
> poster today) but my question is different. This weekend I recorded a
> film which is > 9.5GB. I want to take that file (which, being DVB, is
> MPEG2) and reduce it to a MPEG2 file of around 4GB so I can make a
> 4.7GB DVD out of it after cutting out the ads etc in ProjectX.
> 
> Does anyone know a tool that's good for just reducing the filesize? I
> don't need it to do anything else.

You can use requant (aka m2vrequant).  You'll need to demux it first
(project X does this fine) then you can requant the .m2v.

Requant works by adjusting the quantisation levels in the encoded
video to shrink it down a bit.  It doesn't re-encode the video.  It
works really well if your video is only a bit too big (say 10 or 20%),
but it sounds like your video is 100% too big which might be too much
for it.

If I had a 9 GB recording from DVB I'd put it onto two DVDs ;-)
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 21:33, Stephen Boddy wrote:
> Okay Greg, I've got the bones of a master list set up. The first time you
> run the script, uncomment the last pprint statement. This gives you the
> fundamentals of the master list for your provider (assuming constant
> names). Still needs a little massaging, but it's not hard.
>
> The question is when to use the master list. Now I don't want it to
> download all icons every time, So I suggest using the master only if there
> is 'none' in that field. This way, those of us with hundreds of channels
> don't hammer the LS server everytime we run the script. If you want to do a
> full fresh icon retrieval, set all your icon fields to none.
>
> To get around stepping through all assigned channels, I'm thinking of an
> option to skip all entries that have something assigned, be it from the db,
> or allocated by the master list (i.e. only stop when icon is 'none' and no
> entry exists in the master list). That should speed up entry once the
> master lists start getting fuller.

OK, last one I promise ;-)

Here you go with a working master list and autospeed feature. If the entries 
have been created enter "a" and it will auto fill-in all the entries it has a 
master entry for without waiting for user input. It skips over existing 
entries. It only pauses on 'none' entries. You could even dummy that by 
having a blank icon and adding a master entry for it.

I'll give it a few days, and if all is well I'll see if it can be added to 
contrib or something.

I've compressed it so Isaac doesn't come after me with a big stick :-)
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Re: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Fred Squires]

my PVR-500 came with an extra connector that allows me to hook upanother s-vid in.  i don't remember if it has a second coax in on it
or not.  but it basically gives you a separate connection for eachchip on the card.so it can be used exactly like two separate cards.You don't need a second coax connector on the PVR-500.  The card splits the signal internally when you're using coax.
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RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[William]

> My questions are the following:
> 
> - I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a 
> dual tuner card that is well supported by MythTV and has a 
> hardware encoder/decoder. I am considering the PVR 500. Do 
> you have comments/suggestions?

A couple of other things to consider. First, unless your dish outputs two
streams at the same time you are going to need 2 dish receivers. The 2nd
point is controlling your receivers. I dont think that there are any dish
receivers that have serial port control so you are going to need a IR
blaster device or two. The big issue with remote control on dish is that
they use an odd frequency (56KHz vs 48KHz) which makes things interesting.
If you do some searching of the archives you will see that about the only
commmercial solution that works well is a device called "MyBlaster serial".
I forget the url of the place that sells them but you can get the linux
driver for it at myblaster.sourceforge.net That also is in the archives.

I have a 2 receiver dishnetwork setup here if you want to pick my brain
about it.


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[mythtv-users] Problem compiling mythmusic (svn 8111)

[Mlists]

I'm getting this error when I try to compile mythmusic svn version 8111
(matching version to my myth backend).

playbackbox.cpp:436: error: 'class UIManagedTreeListType' has no member
named 'jumpToLetter'

Any suggestions? 

Norm

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[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport - another error using transcode

[Matt]

Alright... I ran the debug, and it worked... but I have like a 6
minute clip (in xvid) that is now 172MB... wtf?!

Matt

On 12/20/05, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!  Well, nuvexport --transcode was working just fine for me, but for
> some reason I have two problems now:
>
> 1) If I say yes to "Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)?" to yes, I
> get the following:
>
> You have chosen to export 1 episode:
>
>  1. The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:
> (8/25, 11:37 PM) 720x480 MPEG2 (4:3)
> Our Lady Peace performs.
>
> * Separate multiple episodes with spaces
>
>  c. Continue
>  n. Choose another show
>  q. Quit
>
> Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove:  c
> Where would you like to export the files to? [.]
> Enable Myth cutlist? [Yes]
> Enable noise reduction (slower, but better results)? [Yes]
> Enable deinterlacing? [Yes]
> Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)? [Yes]
> Audio bitrate? [128]
> Variable bitrate video? [Yes]
> Multi-pass (slower, but better quality)? [Yes]
> Video bitrate? [960]
> Default resolution based on 4:3 aspect ratio.
> Width? [624]
> Height? [464]
>
> Now encoding:  The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:  Untitled
> Encode started:  Tue Dec 20 14:10:03 2005
> First pass...
> Starting transcode.
> processed:  0 of 118545 frames (0.00%), 0 fps
>
> Transcode had critical errors:
>
> [transcode] critical: invalid top/bottom clip parameter for option -j
>
>
>
> If I don't set it to yes, it'll run, but it won't work because the
> second problem is that when it does run, it takes FOREVER and it'll
> run well over 100%.  For example, I had on recording run for 12 hours
> and it said "processed:  995968 of 59205 frames (1682.24%), 17.53 fps"
> before I just stopped it.   That was when I selected single pass.
> However, if I leave it a multi-pass, all I see is green.
>
> Any ideas?
> Matt
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 20:57, Stephen Boddy wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 December 2005 20:21, Greg Estabrooks wrote:
> > > UK. Let me know if you have probs (or even better, fixes) and I'll help
> > > out where I can. It's not commented, and probably fragile in places,
> > > but it works
> >
> >  I just tried this out and the first thing I noticed was that the loop to
> > go through the list of channels/icons doesn't actually skip the rest if
> > you hit "." as you are resetting the end variable before the while loop
> > starts again. Moving the "end=0" to just before the for loop worked for
> > me.
> >
> >  Now if only we can get the name matches to find more of them. For me
> > it takes a while with a few hundred channels :)  Or better
> > come up with a master list(s) for each country that could be distributed
> > with it? Maybe check the master list for a match, if no match then try
> > the fuzzy match?
>
> Rats. I was play around with the flow since I had that bit working. I was
> so focused on testing the fuzzy stuff that I never tested that again. It's
> actually exit=0 that needs to move, but thanks for catching that one. I
> also changed the text for the f option. The program replaces the string
> that is used for the fuzzy match, and the prompt now better reflects that.
>
> I like the idea of the master list, and I'll have a think of the best way.
> Probably have to be seperated by country in case there are equivalent
> channel names with different logos.
>
> In my case my channel names come from a DVB scan, so the chances are good
> for getting exact matches. If people have assigned there own names it's
> likely to be somewhat ineffective.
>
> The only other concern I have is having read the Disclaimer on their site,
> I'm not too sure of the right or wrong of using their icons in the first
> place. I know the wikipedia has a lot of the UK channel logos, but from
> what I've seen they would be harder to make use of, as the pages wouldn't
> be so easy to parse.
>
> BTW, what's the policy on attachments to the mail list? Don't want to be on
> the receiving end of an Isaac lashing <:-(

Okay Greg, I've got the bones of a master list set up. The first time you run 
the script, uncomment the last pprint statement. This gives you the 
fundamentals of the master list for your provider (assuming constant names). 
Still needs a little massaging, but it's not hard.

The question is when to use the master list. Now I don't want it to download 
all icons every time, So I suggest using the master only if there is 'none' 
in that field. This way, those of us with hundreds of channels don't hammer 
the LS server everytime we run the script. If you want to do a full fresh 
icon retrieval, set all your icon fields to none.

To get around stepping through all assigned channels, I'm thinking of an 
option to skip all entries that have something assigned, be it from the db, 
or allocated by the master list (i.e. only stop when icon is 'none' and no 
entry exists in the master list). That should speed up entry once the master 
lists start getting fuller.
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RE: [mythtv-users] ATSC Channel.conf

[David Ellis]

Hi Norm,

Like yourself I have both a Rogers Digital TV Box, Rogers Analog (channels
1-80 or so), and recently Rogers Digital over QAM 256.

With a HD3000 you can receive about 40 or so Digital TV stations that are
transmitted unencrypted. I do this to receive channels 102 through about 130
or so, plus some sports net channels. No HD stations are broadcast in the
clear.

As for a digital cable box, it's not "useless for Myth" I feed it into a PVR
250 card using SVideo, and use an IR Blaster to control the channel.

David


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To: Discussion about mythtv; R. Geoffrey Newbury
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC Channel.conf

On Tue, 2005-20-12 at 10:34 -0500, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:31:24 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:
> 
> >
> > > Trying to find-out how I discover and import the list of available QAM
> > > channels for use with my HD3000, in my area.  Can't seem to find a
> > > decent tutorial, or the necessary resources.
> >
> > There are recent emails about that here. You can scan using mythtvsetup.
> > Make sure that mythbackend has stopped first.
> 
> Using an HD3000 to receive QAM broadcasts in myth requires some hands-on
> work *after* doing a scan. The HD card + mythtv combo does not populate
> the mysql database with the correct entries (at least not yet..)
> 
> Browse to:

I currently have an analog card to pick up my Rogers cable channels but
are you telling me that with a DVB-T card I can get the digital
channels?  I have a digital box but its useless with Mythtv.  The analog
signal looks crappy so if I can get the digital signal, that would be
awesome.  

Norm


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Re: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Andrew Close]

On 12/20/05, Bruce Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The PVR500 has 2 tuners running off one cable/antenna input. It has
>  > S-video and composite inputs. ...
>
>  Can I use a PVR500 if I have two different inputs?
>  (one from analog cable and one from my cable box)
>
>  i.e.  Can I run the analog cable to an input on the PVR500, and
>  run the digital cable box input to a different input on the PVR500
>  and it will keep them separate?
>
>  I do it now with two different capture cards, and am wondering if
>  I can upgrade to a PVR500.  TIA!  :-)

my PVR-500 came with an extra connector that allows me to hook up
another s-vid in.  i don't remember if it has a second coax in on it
or not.  but it basically gives you a separate connection for each
chip on the card.
so it can be used exactly like two separate cards.
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Re: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Bruce Smith]

> The PVR500 has 2 tuners running off one cable/antenna input. It has
> S-video and composite inputs. ...

Can I use a PVR500 if I have two different inputs?
(one from analog cable and one from my cable box)

i.e.  Can I run the analog cable to an input on the PVR500, and
run the digital cable box input to a different input on the PVR500
and it will keep them separate?

I do it now with two different capture cards, and am wondering if
I can upgrade to a PVR500.  TIA!  :-)

 - BS

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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 20:21, Greg Estabrooks wrote:
> > UK. Let me know if you have probs (or even better, fixes) and I'll help
> > out where I can. It's not commented, and probably fragile in places, but
> > it works
>
>  I just tried this out and the first thing I noticed was that the loop to
> go through the list of channels/icons doesn't actually skip the rest if you
> hit "." as you are resetting the end variable before the while loop starts
> again. Moving the "end=0" to just before the for loop worked for me.
>
>  Now if only we can get the name matches to find more of them. For me
> it takes a while with a few hundred channels :)  Or better
> come up with a master list(s) for each country that could be distributed
> with it? Maybe check the master list for a match, if no match then try the
> fuzzy match?

Rats. I was play around with the flow since I had that bit working. I was so 
focused on testing the fuzzy stuff that I never tested that again. It's 
actually exit=0 that needs to move, but thanks for catching that one. I also 
changed the text for the f option. The program replaces the string that is 
used for the fuzzy match, and the prompt now better reflects that.

I like the idea of the master list, and I'll have a think of the best way. 
Probably have to be seperated by country in case there are equivalent channel 
names with different logos.

In my case my channel names come from a DVB scan, so the chances are good for 
getting exact matches. If people have assigned there own names it's likely to 
be somewhat ineffective.

The only other concern I have is having read the Disclaimer on their site, I'm 
not too sure of the right or wrong of using their icons in the first place. I 
know the wikipedia has a lot of the UK channel logos, but from what I've seen 
they would be harder to make use of, as the pages wouldn't be so easy to 
parse.

BTW, what's the policy on attachments to the mail list? Don't want to be on 
the receiving end of an Isaac lashing <:-(
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RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[R. Geoffrey Newbury]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:01:31 -0500, Bob Coffman Jr. wrote:

>>- I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a dual tuner
>card that is
>well supported by MythTV and has a hardware encoder/decoder. I am
>considering the PVR
>500. Do you have comments/suggestions?
>
>I think the PVR 500 is a fine choice, I have a similar setup (DirecTV/2
>tuners/2 PVR 250s).


The PVR500 has 2 tuners running off one cable/antenna input. It has
S-video and composite inputs. The PVR500 has NO video outputs. Each tuner
has hardware encoder/decoder which really takes a load off the CPU.

>>- Do I just hookup the s-video cable from the receiver to the PVR500 or do
>I need to
>some how have 2 s-video cables going in to the PVR 500 (2 receivers, 2
>s-video outputs)?
>You will plug your S-video cable into the 500 (I think that does TV-out) or
>the Svideo-out connector on your video card.

No S-video out, only S-video in, on the PVR500. The PVR350 has only one
tuner, but it does have S-video out. Choices choices...

>- Do I need a seperate video card that has s-video/component output to
>connect to the
>TV? Any recommendations?
>Nvidia FX5200 is a great choice if fanless.  Nvidia seems to be the way to
>go.

Or a motherboard which has a builtin mpeg hardware decoder such as the
latest VIA motherboards. I have the SP13 which has both VGA and
S-video out, and has builtin XvMC acceleration.

>>- If I get a good TV tuner card which has hardware encoder/decoder, can I
>get by with a
>slower processor? I have read about people using Athlons 1.8+ on their
>machines and see
>50% CPU when saving at 640x480. Since my TV can support it, I would like to
>use the
>highest resolution possible. What are the experience of the people on this
>list?
>Athlon 1.2 worked for me for a long time with the above setup.  You will use
>almost 0 CPU recording, and playback on the Tbird used about 30% CPU.

I record with the PVR500 or the HD3000 card using 720x480 for standard
definition TV. Recording 2 shows at once with the PVR500 gives about 7-10%
load. Playback is about 30%. This motherboard will not likely do HD...I
haven't gotten any HD content, either recorded or to play, to check it
out. I'm not really worried about it at this stage.

Then again VIA has just announced a new motherboard/chipset combo for
release early next year... It is supposed to do HDusing hardware
encode/decode. Maybe I'll buy myself a late christmas present! The present
mb would still make a rather nice fileserver here in the office..or just
replace the Pentium200 which my wife does not use (often) for her email..

Geoff

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RE: [mythtv-users] Choppy hd live tv playback with HD3000

[Rick van der Mieden]

Mark,

I didn't follow your complete topic, so sorry if I missed something, but I
had the same problem with my PVR500 (No HDTV in the Netherlands yet).
Eventually it seemed to be the nvidia driver. I installed the latest
(downloaded from the official nvidia website) but this eats all the cpu
power. So after un-installing this driver and emerge (gentoo) a stable one
which is 1.0.6629-r6 my cpu load dropped to 8 or 10%. Resulting in a good
quality of audio and video.

Rick

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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Choppy hd live tv playback with HD3000

Thanks for the tips.

Because others have mentioned CPU usage is higher using mythtv as opposed to
xine and mplayer, I looked at CPU usage this morning and found that when
playing live hdtv mythtv absolutely pegs the CPU at what looks like 100%
(and this is a 2.66gHz Celeron).  I noticed the
jerkiness increases as the screensaver kicks in.   This all indicates
to me that the CPU is doing most if not all of the playback work, even
though the system has an HD3000, a Nvidia e-GeForce MX4000 AGP, and a
Soundblaster audio card.  From prior posts, it appears that CPU usage is the
last resort for playback if appropriate video hardware can't be found.  This
leads me to believe my video card or the drivers that control it aren't
being properly recognized or there is some configuration setting I'm
missing.  Does this seem to be a reasonable assumption?

In any event, I will follow your suggestion and wait until .19 is released
prior to changing out hardware.

Mark Johannessen

On 12/19/05, Daniel Kristjansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 19:44 -0800, Mark Johannessen wrote:
> > On 12/19/05, Daniel Kristjansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The audio can often be addressed by turning on "Extra Audio 
> > > buffering" in the frontend settings, but sometimes requires the
purchase of a new audio card.
> > I was afraid that this might be a hardware problem.  I've tried 
> > turning on "Extra Audio buffering" and no change.  If it makes any 
> > difference, the sound and the video studder together and not 
> > independently (same rate, etc.)
> It's really hard to tell what causes the problem on any particular 
> system. Generally people try swapping in an old audio card try using 
> the motherboard audio if they were using an sound card. I had one 
> motherboard that had the audio causes stuttering problem, and I 
> installed an old SoundBlaster audio card which cured the problem.
> My current motherboard has built-in ICH5 audio and I haven't had any 
> problems with it.
>
> > I'm sorry - what is "SVN"?  Does the ./configure relate to a kernel
recompile?
> SVN is the code repository for MythTV. There are directions for using 
> it at http://svn.mythtv.org  Generally I wouldn't recommend SVN to 
> novice users, but for HDTV there have been a lot of improvements since
0.18.1.
>
> > > I recommend against using XvMC with nVidia cards for HDTV unless 
> > > you can't get MythTV to work without it. If you do need it, you 
> > > need to enable it in ./configure, and in the frontend settings under:
> > >   "Setup"->TV Settings"->"Playback"->"Preferred MPEG2 Decoder"
> > I don't see the "Preferred MPEG2 Decoder" on my system.  Does 
> > ./configure relate to a kernel recompile?
> No ./configure relates to a MythTV recompile. The steps are:
> ./configure [configure options]
> qmake
> make
> su [type root password]
> make install
>
> There are more directions in the docs at http://www.mythtv.org
>
> If you can wait, I would guess the next release (0.19) will come 
> before the new year. But it most likely will not be compiled 
> specifically for you CPU, which you may need to get HDTV working. It 
> only adds about 10 to 25% to the speed at which MythTV runs, depending 
> on the CPU. But that may make the difference between stuttering and not
stuttering.
>
> > I've installed almost everything from scratch using yum and I would 
> > hate to go manual unless absolutely necessary.  For me, it will be 
> > much simpler to ditch an incompatable nvidia and sound card than to 
> > go through another weekend of config hell - which I very likely 
> > would face if I tried to modify the kernel.
> There is no need to modify the kernel, but you will most likely need 
> to uninstall the MythTV installed by yum, so that there are no conflicts.
>
> > On that point, is there a listing anywhere of sound and display 
> > video cards that are known to work with myth and the HD3000, and 
> > hopefully the playback settings in myth to use?
> No, not really. If you search the archives some cards and motherboard 
> audio that don't work well are mentioned. For display cards, nVidia 
> cards work pretty well, just not in XvMC mode with 1080i video. I use 
> one in XVideo mode everyday without problems (though I need to use the 

[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Configuration questions

[Intense Red]

   Does anyone poing me at a newbie-level guide to configuring Myth-TV with a 
Win PVR-350? I'm lost and am wandering in the wilderness and no amount of 
docs or mail archives I've found so far has helped.

   The setup: I installed Kubuntu GNU/Linux on a box as per the instructions 
 (setup using ivtv driver). This is a simple 
install, both backend and frontend on the same box with the PVR-350 connected 
to analog cable TV.

   At one time, I had the "Watch TV" function working fine, but videos would 
record as blanks. I read a warning in the MythTV docs about having "Cable" 
assigned to both the Tuner and Composite inputs, and figured that was my 
problem so I redid the mythtv-setup. Since then nothing has worked.

   Despite the problem, I'm fairly confident in the software install, kernel, 
ivtv driver and that side of things -- all seems well there. I think my 
problem is simply the configuration in MythTV itself.

   Here is my configuration; if anyone can whack me with a clue-bat and 
explain where and why I'm making a mistake, I'd greatly appreciate it.

* In mythtv-setup I have the Capture Card Setup configured as an MPEG-2 
Encoder Card (PVR-250, PVR-350), using /dev/video0, and a default input of 
Tuner 0. That seems straightforward.

* In mythtv-setup's Video sources I have my cable/zap2it set up, and this is 
working fine as I can see the proper channels and listings in the front end. 
(I've also tried both the "default" and "us-cable" options for the Channel 
frequency table with no luck -- it's presently set to default.)

* The Input connections setup is baffling to me.  I have "/dev/video0 (Tuner 
0)" set to my Cable system and nothing else set. Is this correct?

   In the front end side of things, in the setup's "TV Settings" I have many 
questions:

* In "Playback", under "Hardware Decoding Settings" should I have the "Use the 
PVR-350's TV out/MPEG decoder"? Right now, I'll be watching TV on my 
computer; in the future, I plan on using the TV out to pipe stuff to a TV. 
(Right now, that item is not checked.)

* The "Recording Profiles" section is a mystery. Under "MPEG-2 Encoders 
(PVR-250, PVR-350)" like in other things, I've opted to change as little as 
possible. Under "Default - Video Compression" it lists a Codec of "MPEG-2 
Hardware Encoder" with a stream type of "MPEG-2 TS", and "Default - Audio 
Quality" of "MPEG-2 Hardware Encoder" with all the other default settings. 
The "Live TV" settings are similar.

* The "Recording Profiles" section's "Transcoders" is also a mystery to me and 
I've no clue as to how to configure this so I've left the defaults in place.

   The little plugins -- News feeds, weather, web, etc. -- seem to work fine, 
but at this point those are just annoying teases reminding me of my failure 
to configure the big feature: TV.

   Anyone have any advice or whacks with a clue-bat? TIA.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Greg Estabrooks]

> UK. Let me know if you have probs (or even better, fixes) and I'll help out 
> where I can. It's not commented, and probably fragile in places, but it works 

 I just tried this out and the first thing I noticed was that the loop to go 
through the list of channels/icons doesn't actually skip the rest if you hit 
"." as you are resetting the end variable before the while loop starts again.
Moving the "end=0" to just before the for loop worked for me.

 Now if only we can get the name matches to find more of them. For me
it takes a while with a few hundred channels :)  Or better
come up with a master list(s) for each country that could be distributed with
it? Maybe check the master list for a match, if no match then try the fuzzy 
match?

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[mythtv-users] Nuvexport - another error using transcode

[Matt]

Hi!  Well, nuvexport --transcode was working just fine for me, but for
some reason I have two problems now:

1) If I say yes to "Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)?" to yes, I
get the following:

You have chosen to export 1 episode:

  1. The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:
 (8/25, 11:37 PM) 720x480 MPEG2 (4:3)
 Our Lady Peace performs.

* Separate multiple episodes with spaces

  c. Continue
  n. Choose another show
  q. Quit

Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove:  c
Where would you like to export the files to? [.]
Enable Myth cutlist? [Yes]
Enable noise reduction (slower, but better results)? [Yes]
Enable deinterlacing? [Yes]
Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)? [Yes]
Audio bitrate? [128]
Variable bitrate video? [Yes]
Multi-pass (slower, but better quality)? [Yes]
Video bitrate? [960]
Default resolution based on 4:3 aspect ratio.
Width? [624]
Height? [464]

Now encoding:  The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:  Untitled
Encode started:  Tue Dec 20 14:10:03 2005
First pass...
Starting transcode.
processed:  0 of 118545 frames (0.00%), 0 fps

Transcode had critical errors:

[transcode] critical: invalid top/bottom clip parameter for option -j



If I don't set it to yes, it'll run, but it won't work because the
second problem is that when it does run, it takes FOREVER and it'll
run well over 100%.  For example, I had on recording run for 12 hours
and it said "processed:  995968 of 59205 frames (1682.24%), 17.53 fps"
before I just stopped it.   That was when I selected single pass. 
However, if I leave it a multi-pass, all I see is green.

Any ideas?
Matt
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RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

[Bob Coffman Jr.]

>- I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a dual tuner
card that is
well supported by MythTV and has a hardware encoder/decoder. I am
considering the PVR
500. Do you have comments/suggestions?

I think the PVR 500 is a fine choice, I have a similar setup (DirecTV/2
tuners/2 PVR 250s).

>- Do I just hookup the s-video cable from the receiver to the PVR500 or do
I need to
some how have 2 s-video cables going in to the PVR 500 (2 receivers, 2
s-video outputs)?

You will plug your S-video cable into the 500 (I think that does TV-out) or
the Svideo-out connector on your video card.

- Do I need a seperate video card that has s-video/component output to
connect to the
TV? Any recommendations?

Nvidia FX5200 is a great choice if fanless.  Nvidia seems to be the way to
go.

>- If I get a good TV tuner card which has hardware encoder/decoder, can I
get by with a
slower processor? I have read about people using Athlons 1.8+ on their
machines and see
50% CPU when saving at 640x480. Since my TV can support it, I would like to
use the
highest resolution possible. What are the experience of the people on this
list?

Athlon 1.2 worked for me for a long time with the above setup.  You will use
almost 0 CPU recording, and playback on the Tbird used about 30% CPU.


>Thanks,
>Dhaval



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Re: [mythtv-users] "Windowed" Front-end?

[Dwight Hubbard]

Well, I have a program I coded in python that creates a simple windowed
player that can play recorded programs in a window that can be resized,
etc.  But it doesn't do anything more than that and it doesn't
have a configuration dialog as of yet so some things are hard coded for
my environement.   It also requires the directory containing
the recordings be nfs mounted.  About the only thing it does the
current frontend doesn't is it handles window resizing like any other
window.

If anyone wants to play with the code I'd be happy to have put it up somewhere. 

However, my current focus is on splitting the front-end functionality
into multiple parts to get it to do some advanced stuff I want to do
for my own needs so adding functionaly that the current mythtv frontend
has isn't at the top of my list. On 12/20/05, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also.  So, basically, a "windowed" front-end that doesn't take over the> full screen.  Is there anything like that? There is a menu option in the mythfrontend settings to make mythwindowed rather than fullscreen. So she would be able to drag it around the
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Re: [mythtv-users] Choppy hd live tv playback with HD3000

[Mark Johannessen]

Thanks for the tips.

Because others have mentioned CPU usage is higher using mythtv as
opposed to xine and mplayer, I looked at CPU usage this morning and
found that when playing live hdtv mythtv absolutely pegs the CPU at
what looks like 100% (and this is a 2.66gHz Celeron).  I noticed the
jerkiness increases as the screensaver kicks in.   This all indicates
to me that the CPU is doing most if not all of the playback work, even
though the system has an HD3000, a Nvidia e-GeForce MX4000 AGP, and a
Soundblaster audio card.  From prior posts, it appears that CPU usage
is the last resort for playback if appropriate video hardware can't be
found.  This leads me to believe my video card or the drivers that
control it aren't being properly recognized or there is some
configuration setting I'm missing.  Does this seem to be a reasonable
assumption?

In any event, I will follow your suggestion and wait until .19 is
released prior to changing out hardware.

Mark Johannessen

On 12/19/05, Daniel Kristjansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 19:44 -0800, Mark Johannessen wrote:
> > On 12/19/05, Daniel Kristjansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The audio can often be addressed by turning on "Extra Audio buffering" in
> > > the frontend settings, but sometimes requires the purchase of a new audio 
> > > card.
> > I was afraid that this might be a hardware problem.  I've tried
> > turning on "Extra Audio buffering" and no change.  If it makes any
> > difference, the sound and the video studder together and not
> > independently (same rate, etc.)
> It's really hard to tell what causes the problem on any particular
> system. Generally people try swapping in an old audio card try using
> the motherboard audio if they were using an sound card. I had one
> motherboard that had the audio causes stuttering problem, and I
> installed an old SoundBlaster audio card which cured the problem.
> My current motherboard has built-in ICH5 audio and I haven't had
> any problems with it.
>
> > I'm sorry - what is "SVN"?  Does the ./configure relate to a kernel 
> > recompile?
> SVN is the code repository for MythTV. There are directions for using it
> at http://svn.mythtv.org  Generally I wouldn't recommend SVN to novice
> users, but for HDTV there have been a lot of improvements since 0.18.1.
>
> > > I recommend against using XvMC with nVidia cards for HDTV unless you can't
> > > get MythTV to work without it. If you do need it, you need to enable it in
> > > ./configure, and in the frontend settings under:
> > >   "Setup"->TV Settings"->"Playback"->"Preferred MPEG2 Decoder"
> > I don't see the "Preferred MPEG2 Decoder" on my system.  Does
> > ./configure relate to a kernel recompile?
> No ./configure relates to a MythTV recompile. The steps are:
> ./configure [configure options]
> qmake
> make
> su [type root password]
> make install
>
> There are more directions in the docs at http://www.mythtv.org
>
> If you can wait, I would guess the next release (0.19) will come before
> the new year. But it most likely will not be compiled specifically
> for you CPU, which you may need to get HDTV working. It only adds about
> 10 to 25% to the speed at which MythTV runs, depending on the CPU. But
> that may make the difference between stuttering and not stuttering.
>
> > I've installed almost everything from scratch using yum and I would
> > hate to go manual unless absolutely necessary.  For me, it will be
> > much simpler to ditch an incompatable nvidia and sound card than to go
> > through another weekend of config hell - which I very likely would
> > face if I tried to modify the kernel.
> There is no need to modify the kernel, but you will most likely need to
> uninstall the MythTV installed by yum, so that there are no conflicts.
>
> > On that point, is there a listing anywhere of sound and display video
> > cards that are known to work with myth and the HD3000, and hopefully
> > the playback settings in myth to use?
> No, not really. If you search the archives some cards and motherboard
> audio that don't work well are mentioned. For display cards, nVidia
> cards work pretty well, just not in XvMC mode with 1080i video. I
> use one in XVideo mode everyday without problems (though I need to
> use the 6629 drivers, rather than newer drivers, for it to use my
> 1920x1200 LCD at full resolution.)
>
> -- Daniel
>
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC Channel.conf

[Mlists]

On Tue, 2005-20-12 at 10:34 -0500, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:31:24 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:
> 
> >
> > > Trying to find-out how I discover and import the list of available QAM
> > > channels for use with my HD3000, in my area.  Can't seem to find a
> > > decent tutorial, or the necessary resources.
> >
> > There are recent emails about that here. You can scan using mythtvsetup.
> > Make sure that mythbackend has stopped first.
> 
> Using an HD3000 to receive QAM broadcasts in myth requires some hands-on
> work *after* doing a scan. The HD card + mythtv combo does not populate
> the mysql database with the correct entries (at least not yet..)
> 
> Browse to:

I currently have an analog card to pick up my Rogers cable channels but
are you telling me that with a DVB-T card I can get the digital
channels?  I have a digital box but its useless with Mythtv.  The analog
signal looks crappy so if I can get the digital signal, that would be
awesome.  

Norm

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[mythtv-users] Generate thumbnails while watching live recording?

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Is there a way that I can map a keyboard command, so that when I press
it, it immediately takes a screenshot of the current frame of the
recording I'm watching and uses that as the preview image for that
recording?

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[mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 34, Issue 96

[Jason Sharpe]

Message: 25Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:39:27 -0600From: Brandon Stoll <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 2 Backends, 1 backend use the serial port   of the other?To: Discussion about mythtv Message-ID:   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On 12/19/05, Jason Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hello!>>  I am 98% done with my mythtv whole house setup! I have learned alot and
> look forward to tweaking this sucker out!>>  I have 2 standalone backends, the master has a DCT3200 via firewire and a> HD-3000 (OTA) in it. Both inputs working pretty flawlessly (knock on wood).
> I intend to have the master hold all of the recordings from the 2 BEs (about> 1TB in the master so that should be enough for now)>>  I wanted to setup a slave BE to do all the transcoding, Comm flagging,
> nuvexport etc so the master BE can focus on recording. I find that 80% of my> recordings take place on nights and weekends  along with 100% of the viewing> at the same time so why not let the slave do the other tasks while the
> master is hard at work recording and serving to the frontends.>>  One of the last steps of this entire project is turning off the TiVo (YAY!)> and moving my DishNetwork receiver onto myth. I have read of the headaches
> of getting a HD-3000 (using DVB drivers) and a PVR-250 working in the same> box so I installed a PVR-250 into the slave BE.>>  To start, I am not running LIRC on any frontend or backend for remote
> control use. I have PS/2 IR keyboards and learning remotes to make it easy.> (that way I can whip out the IR keyboard and use it to browse the web/email> when I I don't want to fire up my laptop.)
>>  I have a serial IR blaster from www.irblaster.info that I need to use to> control the DishNetwork box. My issue is that the slave BE does not have a> serial port on it. However my master BE sits right next to the slave and it
> does have a serial port. I have LIRC working on the master and blasting> correctly using /dev/lircd.>>  Being a linux newbie I am probly asking a basic question, but with the> PVR-250 in my slave BE is there a way to have my slave BE use the serial
> port on my master BE to blast to control the DishNetwork box?>>  Again being a newbie I tried NFS just for fun and when I tried to mount> /dev/lircd on the slave it it failed, but I didn't expect it to work (exact
> error was "mount: 192.168.1.50:/dev/lircd failed, reason given by server:> Not a directory")>>  I have a USB to Serial dongle that I could use, but from what I have read,> that wouldn't work with the blaster I have and with LIRC. (or am I wrong?)
>>  I guess the last resort would be to put the HD-3000 in the slave BE and the> PVR-250 in the master, but with an hour of HD using 8gig, I figure it would> be best to leave it in the master so the slave doesn't have to try to push
> that large amount of data over the network to store it on the master.>>  Any suggestions?>>  Thanks!>  JasonYes, you can do this.  lirc has a command-line option to have your IR
machine run as a server and have your other machine connect to it touse the remote.As far as I can tell lirc has no documentation on this.  Check lircd --help
 
 
Wow, you weren't kidding when you said there is no documentation on the networking feature of LIRC.
 
I thought I had everything working, the slave reported that it connected to the master in the log, the master's log showed that it accepted the slave's connection. But I couldn't get anything to pass properly to the masterI spent a few hours last night searching and testing, but with no luck. (however I am a Linux newbie, so it EASILY could have been me..:)

 
I will just figure something else out!
 
Thanks to everyone who replied with ideas!
 
Jason 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone in Regina, Sask, Canada for a little advice?

[R. Geoffrey Newbury]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:40:54 -0600, Robert Johnston wrote:

>I'm here, using Access Communications cable, and I'd like to know if
>anyone else here is using a Digital card (HD3000/Air2PC/something
>else) to recieve Access' "Digital" service (As all I have here at the
>moment are a pair of PVR-250's picking up the "Basic" cable, and if I
>have to use something like FireWire (And so have lots of boxes
>clogging up my already full entertainment unit) I'd rather not bother.
>
>I'm more interested in going with the Digital for the HD and the lack of noise.
>
>Anyone here want to stand up and give me some advice here? I'm not
>sure what system Access uses for their cable, and how much is
>broadcast over the line in the clear (Especially as we're in Canada,
>and FCC regs don't apply)

Yes, instead we have to idiots of the CRTC to deal with!

Check out my post from earlier today, and follow the links. Basically,
ensure you have the correct modules loaded, get/use the dvbscan utils from
linuxtv.org to scan your cable for active feeds. Check the feeds with
azap, cat > and mplayer.
Extract the serviceid's and insert into mythconverg.

Bake at 325 for 2 hours, serve with whipped cream.

More seriously, if Access has any digital channels (check their web site)
then the dvbscan will find them. Thereafter its a picky little process of
extracting bits of info from various places and poking the bits into other
places.

But it does work! I'm watching at least a dozen different QAM256 feeds
from Rogers Cable in Toronto using an HD3000 card. I'm still in the
process of testing some of the channels, and attempting to add some
more...Unfortunately, it appears the CRTC mandates that  I get 8 different
timeshifted feeds of CBC from St. Johns to Vancouver...and I never watch
CBC anyway!

Geoff

R. Geoffrey Newbury  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 

Mississauga,Ontario, Canada  Facsimile:   905-271-1638

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[mythtv-users] Re: OT: Anyone up for a little modeline assistance?

[Jason Sharpe]

Message: 15Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:39:15 -0600From: James Oltman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Anyone up for a little modeline   assistance?To: Discussion about mythtv 
Message-ID:   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
He was saying he was having problems with xvidtune.  Now whether that'sbecause he is using component out I don't know.  (Can't remember theprevious post and too lazy to look).  I have used PS in the past and it's
been fine.  I've never checked the X.log for this info either.  Definatelyworth trying.On 12/19/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> On Monday 19 December 2005 10:52, James Oltman wrote:
> > > Any suggestions on how to make everything fit properly?> > >> > > Thanks,> > >> > > Jason> >> > You should check out PowerStrip.  I remember seeing some guides online
> > somewhere.> >> > Jim>> no need, latest nvidia and ati drivers output the EDID info to the X log,> same> information powerstrip grabs. all the other things powerstrip does can be
> done with xvidtune and the online mode line generators.>> it does require you to connect via the DVI/VGA port though, but this is a> hardware requirement, not software.>> --
> Steve> 
 
 
Thanks Everyone for your input,
 
I am currently using DVI > HDMI but will try the PC port.
 
  
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Re: [mythtv-users] "Windowed" Front-end?

[Greg Estabrooks]

> also.  So, basically, a "windowed" front-end that doesn't take over the
> full screen.  Is there anything like that?

 There is a menu option in the mythfrontend settings to make myth 
windowed rather than fullscreen. So she would be able to drag it around the
screen. You can also specify the size of the window in those menus.

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[mythtv-users] "Windowed" Front-end?

[Lonnie Borntreger]

I was just wondering if there was a MythTV front-end "client" for Linux
that runs in a window, but gives access to all of MythTVs features.  My
daughter is running Linux, doesn't have a TV, and I would like to allow
her to use MythTV in a way that allows her to continue doing other stuff
also.  So, basically, a "windowed" front-end that doesn't take over the
full screen.  Is there anything like that?

Thanks,
Lonnie Borntreger


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Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

[Stephen Boddy]

On Monday 19 December 2005 23:26, Stephen Boddy wrote:
> On Monday 19 December 2005 23:02, James Oltman wrote:
> > I wish I could do that!  I am relatively to fully useless when it comes
> > to writing any kind of software.  Given enough time, I am sure I could
> > READ some code, but write it, definately not.  Haha.
> >
> > Jim
>
> It's OK, I was just pulling your leg.
>
> I was thinking about a python program (coz I'm good at python, lousy at C)
> that would fuzzy string match the channel name against the web site icons,
> retrieve them and amend the db. Should be doable.

Okay, find the first cut attached. You need python and the python-mysql libs. 
Go through the settings at the top, and change them for your situation. Then 
just run the program. It's all self explanatory. I've only tested it for the 
UK. Let me know if you have probs (or even better, fixes) and I'll help out 
where I can. It's not commented, and probably fragile in places, but it works 
for me!

Oooh my first contribution back to Myth. It may be small, but I've got a warm 
fuzzy feeling ;-)

Have fun...
-- 
Steve Boddy


mythalsig.py
Description: application/python
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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 13:48, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> 
> >On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hey,
> >>
> >>Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current 
> >>time  
> >>of day displayed anywhere?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while 
> >watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be 
> >others, not sure).
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> I didn't notice current time in OSD while watching recordings. I'll 
> have to double check.


 Your OSD theme would have to have it, but I get it in mine by pressing 
"I" (info) twice.  I'll have to check what OSD theme I'm using...

-JAC
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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[greg]

> I didn't notice current time in OSD while watching recordings. I'll have
> to double check.

Most themes that I've used only show it on the "details" view - ie, press
i twice.  You can easily tweak whatever OSD theme you're using to put the
time on screen though, just by copying and pasting in the xml file.

Greg
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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Al Mcintosh]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
 


Hey,

   Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time 
of day displayed anywhere?
   



Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while 
watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be 
others, not sure).


 




I didn't notice current time in OSD while watching recordings. I'll have 
to double check.





Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock, 
but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be 
updated to include it on various screens, anyway.


-JAC
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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Al Mcintosh]

You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to display 
the current time and map the script to a button on your remote.


mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)



This was my first impulse but thought I would check before reinventing 
the wheel. :)


I don't want to exit the show I am watching just to see the time. It 
would be nice to see it in the OSD info.





On 12/20/05, *David Ellis* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:


And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.

David

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
] On Behalf Of Joseph A.
Caputo
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is
current time
> of day displayed anywhere?

Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while
watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be
others, not sure).

Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock,
but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be
updated to include it on various screens, anyway.

-JAC
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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Jonathan Tidmore]

You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to display the current time and map the script to a button on your remote.mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)
On 12/20/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.David-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Joseph A. CaputoSent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PMTo: Discussion about mythtvSubject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> Hey,>> Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time> of day displayed anywhere?Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD whilewatching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be
others, not sure).Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock,but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to beupdated to include it on various screens, anyway.
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RE: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[David Ellis]

And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.

David

-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph A. Caputo
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time 
> of day displayed anywhere?

Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while 
watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be 
others, not sure).

Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock, 
but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be 
updated to include it on various screens, anyway.

-JAC
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Re: [mythtv-users] Problems with auto deleting recordings

[Les Gondor]

Peter Darley wrote:

Folks,
I have my machine set up to delete recordings when there is less  
than 30G free on the drive, but it is not actually deleting things.   
This is the first time the drive has been filled up, and as far as I  
can tell it's never deleted stuff based on free space.  It deletes  
correctly through mythweb and through the frontend when I  specifically 
delete.  I'm using 18.1 stable.

Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check settings wise?
Thanks,
Peter Darley




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Check to see whether auto-expire is on by default in the recording profile and also the frequency of 
auto-expire runs in the setup pages. Mythweb shows a checkbox for recordings subject to auto-expire: 
if it isn't set, your recording profile hasn't flagged the recordings, otherwise, the frequency of 
auto-expire runs is too rare to avoid filling the disk. I think the latter case is unlikely, however.


Cheers,
Les

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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time 
> of day displayed anywhere?

Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while 
watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be 
others, not sure).

Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock, 
but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be 
updated to include it on various screens, anyway.

-JAC
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[mythtv-users] Problems with auto deleting recordings

[Peter Darley]

Folks,
	I have my machine set up to delete recordings when there is less  
than 30G free on the drive, but it is not actually deleting things.   
This is the first time the drive has been filled up, and as far as I  
can tell it's never deleted stuff based on free space.  It deletes  
correctly through mythweb and through the frontend when I  
specifically delete.  I'm using 18.1 stable.

Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check settings wise?
Thanks,
Peter Darley
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[mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Al Mcintosh]

Hey,

   Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time 
of day displayed anywhere?


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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Jeff Simpson]

On 12/20/05, Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 9:10:29 AM, you wrote:>There are someCasey> issues with the packages but, they are in the processCasey> of being resolved (maintianership,Casey> module-frontend/backend version mismatch).
Casey> Probably should have asked what debian you're running...I'm running Debian unstable, originally installed from Knoppix, but since has been dist-upgraded.Does anybody know what the current status is for Debian?
apt-get mythtv showed the package conflicts mentioned above.I don't mind installing an older version as long it's stable. At the moment I`m just having problems finding packages which work together.
If you have the time to dedicate to installing gentoo, you're guaranteed to have packages that work together, since they are built from source. Works great for a desktop and myth environment together.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest installation?

[Marcus]

Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 9:10:29 AM, you wrote:
>There are some
Casey> issues with the packages but, they are in the process
Casey> of being resolved (maintianership,
Casey> module-frontend/backend version mismatch).
Casey> Probably should have asked what debian you're running...

I'm running Debian unstable, originally installed from Knoppix, but since has 
been dist-upgraded.
Does anybody know what the current status is for Debian?
apt-get mythtv showed the package conflicts mentioned above.

I don't mind installing an older version as long it's stable. At the moment I`m 
just having problems finding packages which work together.

Thanks,

Marcus

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Re: [mythtv-users] DVB, HD3000 and Myth

[Brad Fuller]

Michael Haan wrote:

I know people are doing this, so it must be documentable.  What are 
the steps for configuring a fresh install to tune qam?  That is:


1) How do I find-out how to tune my channels?
2) How do I import this into myth?
3) What else?

Seems like there are a-lot of people doing this, so I know the info is 
out there.


Although for OTA, here's what I did:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/165554/#165554.
It has links to other msgs here that helped me.
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[mythtv-users] Anyone in Regina, Sask, Canada for a little advice?

[Robert Johnston]

I'm here, using Access Communications cable, and I'd like to know if
anyone else here is using a Digital card (HD3000/Air2PC/something
else) to recieve Access' "Digital" service (As all I have here at the
moment are a pair of PVR-250's picking up the "Basic" cable, and if I
have to use something like FireWire (And so have lots of boxes
clogging up my already full entertainment unit) I'd rather not bother.

I'm more interested in going with the Digital for the HD and the lack of noise.

Anyone here want to stand up and give me some advice here? I'm not
sure what system Access uses for their cable, and how much is
broadcast over the line in the clear (Especially as we're in Canada,
and FCC regs don't apply)
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Re: [mythtv-users] recommended ivtv and firmaware versions for PVR-500

[Micha Kersloot]

Hi,

Op 19-dec-2005, om 11:29 heeft Marius Schrecker het volgende geschreven:


Hi,

 Now that sound is (kinda) working I can devote myself to fixing the
terrible quality from my PVR-500.


As i'm struggeling with some quality issues myself, are you sure the  
problems ar at the input side?


Met vriendelijke groet,

Micha Kersloot

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