Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box
On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 00:19 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote: Alex Malinovich wrote: And what about encoding the video? If I get a hardware encoder can it encode HD content the same way as regular content, or am I going to be looking at doing software encoding for HD? It's already encoded. The card hands an MPEG-2 stream (encoded by the broadcaster) to Myth for storage on disk. Whoops... I feel silly... I guess that being a digital stream would mean that HDTV is already... erm... well... digital... :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commonly seen bug with undocumented solution!
Found it! After looking over logs extensively of mythfrontend mythbackend (with --verbose all and using gdb strace). All provided errors such as buffer errors and video errors were entirely unuseful in detecting this bug. I went into mythsetup and chose, Capture Cards (/dev/v4l/video0) device default input = television. I barely noticed but previously default input was set to a value of Television and not television! All other channels were started with a lower case letter (ie. s-video, composite, and radio). So I changed the value to television and Live TV finally worked! When I returned to the same menu applet within mythsetup, Television default input setting no longer existed. All were lower case letters. (wow. ~2 mos of recompiling and other things and it was this!) On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 13:42 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've encountered this bug numerous times and sometimes it was solved erratically, by either recompiling glibc with -O3 ops, or other unknown reasons. I've also done quite a bit of searching in the past month or two and seem to have found that this bug is caused by an audio issue while using the Live TV playback. Hardware: Hauppauge WinTV PVR2 (using pvrusb2 driver http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2.html). The device streams a mpeg2 stream on /dev/v4l/video0 and is very stable. Mike also is extremely aggressive with both the development and maintaining of the pvrusb2 driver. I can easily do: $ cat /dev/v4l/video0 test.mpg | mplayer test.mpg (test.mpg being a fifo file.) Yet, mythtv has issues with playback of this stream using the Live TV profile. I'm seeing this issue on both, my server and laptop. Both using nvidia cards. And I've recompiled mythtv with without nvidia and opengl options including currently debug (-g). I've also recompiled libmpeg2 along with 3-4 different versions of nvidia drivers. I've also toggled all sound options within mythtv settings. -- Roger http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html Key fingerprint = 8977 A252 2623 F567 70CD 1261 640F C963 1005 1D61 Thu Dec 22 00:00:32 PST 2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Choppy video, mythfrontend eating cpu
Hi Rick,Thanks for the tip ! Unfortunately, the nvidia kernel module in 6629 doesn't load in my kernel, known problem too (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113466 ). That's what made me go to ~amd64 on the nvidia driver in the first place.However I went to seek middle ground and I emerged version 7676-r1. That one loads and it fixes my mythfrontend problem !! Playback is smooth and CPU is down to 15-20%, still a bit worse than mplayer, but quite acceptable. Many thanks indeed VincentOn 12/26/05, Rick van der Mieden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vincent, I did have almost the same problem. It's in the nvidia driver. The latest versionis eating your cpu. Just un-install in and emerge the stable one from gentoo. This fixed it for me. * media-video/nvidia-glx Latest version available: 1.0.6629-r6 Latest version installed: 1.0.6629-r6 Size of downloaded files: 16,116 kB Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries License: NVIDIA * media-video/nvidia-kernel Latest version available: 1.0.6629-r4 Latest version installed: 1.0.6629-r4 Size of downloaded files: 16,116 kB Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: Linux kernel module for the NVIDIA X11 driver License: NVIDIA Regards Rick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Vincent BergerSent: maandag 26 december 2005 21:30To: mythtv-users@mythtv.orgSubject: [mythtv-users] Choppy video, mythfrontend eating cpu I'm building my first myth box. I've got most of the stuff working but I have this lingering problem for which I'd appreciate some help.Video playback is choppy, with lots of prebuffering pauses. The CPU is pegged at 100%, all of it on mythfrontend according to top. It's the same whether I play live tv or a recording. If I play with mplayer instead (either live on /dev/video0 or a recording made by myth), it's all smooth with the CPU at 10%, big difference ! Searching the archives, I found references to possible sound problems, but I don't think that's the case here, I've tried to cripple my sound artificially by pointing mythfrontend to an alsa device that doesn't exist (and saying OK to continue with no sound), and the problem remains, choppy video, high cpu (and no sound of course). This is on an up-to-date gentoo, amd64 (Athlon 64 3000), 512MB, sata drive, PVR-150, video output to a CRT TV through S-Video on a cheap nVidia card. Latest nVidia driver (81.78), gentoo ebuild for mythtv (0.18.1-r1 ).Any clue where to look ?Thanks Vincent ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Manual Recording
Hi folks, I have an issue manually recording, by pressing the r button. I searched the list and found exactly the same question dated June 2003. And exactly the same problem. I use S-Video input on Hauppaugh 150 on PAL system. I used wilsonet.com/mythtv as reference and created the mysql db exactly as described. MyMythTV 0.18 (installed from rpms, running on Via SP13000, on Fedora Core 4) responds to the r button but when pressing the s button, in the console, I see first of all QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query message and then Segmentation Fault. Is manual recording supported at all? What is wrong with pressing the s button? And why, segmentaion fault, which is a very critical error, occurs? Thanks, And Happy New Year! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: mythmusic broken deps with atrpms
On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 10:26:49PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mythmusic needs a rebuild, thanks for reporting! Will you drop a line here when it is done? Thanks! Done ;) -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net pgp4vzOSdNXoa.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth....
Hi All, I get a hard-lockup (no mouse/kbd responsiveness, ie no further interrupts, video freezes, nill disk activity) in myth (both in 0.18.x from Atrpms and CVS) when entering livetv. Video source is an old USB pinnacle systems device using the usbvision driver, video display is nvidia MX400. Video stream from device plays fine in xawtv. Last line displayed on-screen (using 'mythfrontend -v all' prior to hard-lockup is: QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV[]:[]live-mythtv-2005-12-27T22:04:58[]:[]0 (retyped from visible screen information - from SVN logs, 0.18.1 was similar, ie containing []SPAWN_LIVETV[] also. Any suggestions of the cause? Buzz. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: barebones MSI Hetis 865GV-E questions
On 12/26/05, travis moralindignation[at]gmail.com wrote: I would ask what you plan to do with the gforce MX 4000, which as I understand it is an AGP card, but this machine lacks an AGP slot (either that or the specs are incomplete). For driving any normal monitor the on-board video is more than satisfactory, so take that vid card back and get a faster processor. There is an agp version, but i got the pci. I don't want to watch tv on my computer, so I need the video out. Also, it was a gift, so I can't easily take it back [and i've opened it :( ]. So my open ended question is will all this work ok? Any thoughts? My other question is about audio. The Hetis says it has 6ch audio, but it just has the 3 audio jacks. Who knows, probably some engineers pipe dream.I notice lots of boards mention 6ch, so is this just bogus? Thanks for the tips! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone in Regina, Sask, Canada for a little advice?
On December 20, 2005 03:25 pm, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote: 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 If you know someone with a digital cable box, you can find out which channels are in the clear by going in to the service menus. On my DCT2000 (Eastlink in Nova Scotia), you hit the OK button just after you turn off the cable box. On one of the menu options ( I think it was #7), you get status about the current channel. It will say near the top whether it is clear, unencrypted (I don't know the difference) or encrypted. You can check this for the HD channels even if your cable box doesn't support HD. On my system, last I checked, most HD channels are encrypted. CBC and CTV weren't, but that was the day after they were added to the system, and things change. Mark Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Adventures in HDTV - Notes from the trenches
Jarod Wilson wrote: On Sunday 18 December 2005 23:26, Yeechang Lee wrote: Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: no HDTV currently accepts 1080p input. Somebody beat me to the BS! call... ;) Not many do, but there are some and more such models are coming out each week; the Magnolia Audio/Video I visited last week was highlighting their selection of them. Now, there are a few caveats: * No readily-available source of 1080p content other than computers (including MythTV, natch). Not cable, not over-the-air broadcasts, not videogames. It's likely HD-DVD and Blu-Ray (including the PlayStation 3) will carry 1080p content, though. * TVs that take 1080p input will sometimes restrict them to only a given input port while others only do 1080i. * Some models that claim to do true 1080p, like a certain Sceptre 37, will internally convert to 1080i then convert back to 1080p, or pull some other tricks. Others, like a Westinghouse 37, is said to be true 1080p all the way. I have said Westinghouse 37 TV, and it most definitely does accept and display a GORGEOUS 1080p signal (from a GeForce 6200's DVI port). Which model is your Westinghouse? The LVM-37w1? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Static on only One Channel
- Original Message - From: Bruce Markey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Static on only One Channel Steve Nuffer wrote: I have changed finetune to +2,+1,0, -1, and -2 with no real change. Does anyone have a suggestion? Some of them actually get worse. Get an adjustable wrench and screw down all the F-connectors in your house (not just the cable connected to your myth box). -- bjm ___ This is especially true if it is one of the lower channels (in the 2-13 range) since these seem to be more suseptible to loose connections. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: barebones MSI Hetis 865GV-E questions
One can do 6 channel audio on three stereo mini jacks... Count 'em :) travis wrote: I notice lots of boards mention 6ch, so is this just bogus? Thanks for the tips! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend
While 4MB is enough for linux, you need X and myth as well... A possible workaround is mounting shares over the network with NFS, although it will probably be a PITA to set up... On 12/26/05, belcampo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network DVD-player HD capable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB Flash-memory. Some hacks are done on Linksys NSLU2, see http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6152296875.html and Linksys wrt54g at http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html I believe the IODATA en Momitsu and Buffallo devices share the same hardware. It would be the ultimate I think/believe/hope Mythfrontend. Henk Schoneveld ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend
I've got an frontend set up to network boot - it doesn't have any hard drive or CF card. Seems to work well - only if you know how to :) A good starting point is http://netboot.sourceforge.net/ Basically it involves getting the computer to download an image either via the BIOS or a floppy drive - boot from floppy - then mount the NFS drive as root filesystem then go from there. For your situation, the 4MB flash might be enough to contain a kernel that will mount a NFS drive as a root filesystem (kernel will need to be compiled to be able to mount NFS drives as root filesystems). If netboot is possible, that might be the way to go for you. Good luck! Cheers - Piers Foo Bar wrote: While 4MB is enough for linux, you need X and myth as well... A possible workaround is mounting shares over the network with NFS, although it will probably be a PITA to set up... On 12/26/05, belcampo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network DVD-player HD capable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB Flash-memory. Some hacks are done on Linksys NSLU2, see http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6152296875.html and Linksys wrt54g at http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html I believe the IODATA en Momitsu and Buffallo devices share the same hardware. It would be the ultimate I think/believe/hope Mythfrontend. Henk Schoneveld ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Manual Recording
On 12/27/05, Felix Rubinstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I have an issue manually recording, by pressing the r button. I searched the list and found exactly the same question dated June 2003. And exactly the same problem. I use S-Video input on Hauppaugh 150 on PAL system. I used wilsonet.com/mythtv as reference and created the mysql db exactly as described. MyMythTV 0.18 (installed from rpms, running on Via SP13000, on Fedora Core 4) responds to the r button but when pressing the s button, in the console, I see first of all QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query message and then Segmentation Fault. Is manual recording supported at all? What is wrong with pressing the s button? And why, segmentaion fault, which is a very critical error, occurs? You might search the archive for 'manual recording channel editor', then look through the 17 hits for some ideas on how to record manually from S-Video inputs and/or Composite inputs. -- MM ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend
On 12/26/05, belcampo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network DVD-player HDcapable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB Flash-memory. The trick is going to be using the decoder hardware built into that box. The hacks you mention work because there was an existing drivers for the hardware. 166 isn't enough to do much of anything video related. Nothing can't be done, what you want to do is going to be exceptionaly hard though. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes
Hello,I've come one step closer to a completed MythTV install by ordering an IR Blaster from www.irblaster.info and a PVR-150 + IR receiver remote. I will be controlling a GI CFT2254 cable box with it. I think I understand everything I will need to do to get this system up and running, but I am curious - will it be possible for me to add a second PVR-150 connected to an identical CFT2254 and have them change channels independently via lirc? I'd like to use one of the tuners for live television, while still having the option to record via a second cable box at the same time. Just curious if I'll need to source more hardware when I reach this point in my project.Thanks in advance,~o411 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Adventures in HDTV - Notes from the trenches
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jarod Wilson wrote: I have said Westinghouse 37 TV, and it most definitely does accept and display a GORGEOUS 1080p signal (from a GeForce 6200's DVI port). Which model is your Westinghouse? The LVM-37w1? Yup. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpImCmwQwqjV.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?
I used to know this, but I am now drawing a complete blank. I have installed KnoppMyth, but in a fit of rage destroyed my mouse. I used to be able to use the numeric pad in place of the mouse, but now I cannot get that to work at all. at all... so much so that I think my keyboard is also broken. Please advise. Thank you for your time, --== R i c h a r d B r o n o s k y ==-- Nearly all viruses and spyware are designed to use Microsoft internet products. Protect yourself by avoiding Internet Explorer Outlook/Outlook Express. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Powering off computer as non-root
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:58:15 +, Piers Kittel wrote: Hello all, Mythfrontend is set to turn off my computer using the command halt. Mythfrontend is run as an non-root user - in this case user piers - so when I try to exit MythTV, and I select Yes, exit and shutdown - it jsut says Command not found. Obviously this command isn't available to non-root users. So how do I enable the user piers to be able to shut down the computer without opening up too many obvious security holes? put a copy of the program in /home/piers or /home/mythtv as applicable and chmod it so that user 'piers' or 'mythtv' can execute it. If user mythtv owns mythfrontend, then only mythtv and root will be able to execute the shutdown. Geoff R. Geoffrey Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, Canada Facsimile: 905-271-1638 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Powering off computer as non-root
Are you using kde? Which Display Manager are you using? GDM, KDM, XDM?chmod +s /sbin/halt is not a good idea.On 12/27/05, R. Geoffrey Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:58:15 +, Piers Kittel wrote: Hello all,Mythfrontend is set to turn off my computer using the command halt.Mythfrontend is run as an non-root user - in this case user piers - sowhen I try to exit MythTV, and I select Yes, exit and shutdown - it jsut says Command not found.Obviously this command isn't availableto non-root users.So how do I enable the user piers to be able toshut down the computer without opening up too many obvious security holes? put a copy of the program in /home/piers or /home/mythtv as applicable andchmod it so that user 'piers'or 'mythtv' can execute it.If user mythtv owns mythfrontend, then only mythtv and root will be able to execute the shutdown.GeoffR. Geoffrey Newbury[EMAIL PROTECTED]Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, CanadaFacsimile: 905-271-1638___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users-- Jonathan Tidmore ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Starting up mythfrontend automatically?
Piers Kittel wrote: Just need to figure out how to power off the computer as non-root ;) man sudo :) Kim. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Nuvexport and yuvdenoise problems
I'm running my backend on gentoo, and I'm trying to set up a user job to encode my recordings to xvid using nuvexport. No matter what I do, yuvdenoise is called no matter if I'm using noise reduction or not. The bad thing about yuvdenoise being called is that it just sits there and takes up about 5% of my cpu, but does nothing. I am using mjpegtools 1.6.2-r4 from portage. Also, how can I run nuvexport as a non-root user? Here is the command I'm using and the output I'm getting: nuvexport --infile=%FILE% --cutlist --path=/recordings/ --nice=19 --mode=xvid +--crop -F Here is my command output from my mythbackend.log You are running nuvexport as root -- this is not advised. Press ENTER if you really want to do this. Loading MythTV recording info. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column 'basename' in 'field list' at /usr/share/nuvexport/mythtv/recordings.pm line 66. 98% Default resolution based on 4:3 aspect ratio. Now encoding: Ed, Edd 'n Eddy: Little Ed Blue; A Twist of Ed Encode started: Tue Dec 27 15:54:03 2005 First pass... Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Starting ffmpeg. processed: 0 of 53805 frames (0.00%), 0.00 fpsINFO: [yuvdenoise] INFO: [yuvdenoise] Y4M2 Motion-Compensating-YCrCb-Denoiser INFO: [yuvdenoise] INFO: [yuvdenoise] Version: MjpegTools 1.6.2 ++ WARN: [yuvdenoise] Unknown stream tag encountered: 'C420mpeg2' INFO: [yuvdenoise] INFO: [yuvdenoise] Denoiser - Settings: INFO: [yuvdenoise] INFO: [yuvdenoise] INFO: [yuvdenoise] Mode : PASS II only INFO: [yuvdenoise] Deinterlacer : Off INFO: [yuvdenoise] Postprocessing : On INFO: [yuvdenoise] Y frame size : w:480 h:480 INFO: [yuvdenoise] CbCr frame size : w:240 h:240 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Frame border : x: 10 y: 10 w:460 h:460 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Search radius: 16 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Y Filter delay : 3 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Cr Filter delay : 3 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Cb Filter delay : 3 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Y Filter threshold : 5 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Cr Filter threshold : 5 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Cb Filter threshold : 5 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Pass 2 threshold : 4 INFO: [yuvdenoise] Y - contrast : 100 % INFO: [yuvdenoise] Cr/Cb - contrast : 100 % INFO: [yuvdenoise] Sharpen : 125 % INFO: [yuvdenoise] INFO: [yuvdenoise] Using 4:2:0 extended MMX SIMD optimisations. processed: 0 of 53805 frames (0.00%), 0.00 fps ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes
obscure information. wrote: Hello, I've come one step closer to a completed MythTV install by ordering an IR Blaster from www.irblaster.info http://www.irblaster.info and a PVR-150 + IR receiver remote. I will be controlling a GI CFT2254 cable box with it. I think I understand everything I will need to do to get this system up and running, but I am curious - will it be possible for me to add a second PVR-150 connected to an identical CFT2254 and have them change channels independently via lirc? I'd like to use one of the tuners for live television, while still having the option to record via a second cable box at the same time. You should be fine but you will need two SEPARATE instances of lircd running. Also, my experience has shown that you do not want both instances of lircd changing channels at the same time. On my system if they change channels at the same time both instances of lircd die and only about half of the IR commands make it to the cables boxes. I solved this by having one of the channel change scripts sleep three seconds before changing the channel. This might not work so well for you if you use live TV alot, which I hardly ever do. Just curious if I'll need to source more hardware when I reach this point in my project. Thanks in advance, ~o411 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Regards, John P. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email Sticker: My Boss is a Jewish carpenter http://www.GoboLinux.org | User #00010110 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..
MythTV Users, I have a .15 MythTV backend and two .15 XBox MythTV frontends. The systems is used heavily by four individuals on an almost hourly basis and the system has overcome many hurdles to gain the users trust. I am almost about to add a third encoder to try to minimize conflicts. These are personal systems so I do not have alot of money to throw at it. So now on to the questions: I want to upgrade to take advantage of the new features but all the protocol changes have left me in the dust and make upgrading an all or nothing affair. Can someone suggest a minimum impact upgrade path that will not disrupt my MythTV setup for a whole weekend? Which is not acceptable to the users I must say. I can not build a second whole system to work the kinks out of while this one stays running, although I wish I could. Also, I want to know what is the reasoning behind not keeping the protocol between frontend and backend backwards compatible? It seems good practice to not break older versions of MythTV frontends or slaves in an effort to minimize problems for the user and for other MythTV integrated projects out there. -- Regards, John P. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email Sticker: My Boss is a Jewish carpenter http://www.GoboLinux.org | User #00010110 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Cannot Change to Some Channels
It seems that recently something has caused my mythbox to be unable to change to some channels both through the program grid or through the channel up/down functions. My channel lineup goes from channel 2 to channel 175 yet if I try to change to a channel which is beyond channel 123 it wraps past th rest of the 100's to change to channel 2. Anyone have any ideas? Tyler ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Problems with Avermedia A800
Hello, I am new to this list. I have just bought an USB Avermedia DVB-T, the driver is dvb-usb-a800. I cannot to make it work with mythtv, it works correctely with kaffeine (I have not tried any other program). I have configured the channels with mythrv-setups, I assume that I did it correctely because i recognized the channel names. But whe I try to see the TV through mythtv I get a black screen and after a while the mythtv menu appears again. On last detail, in order to make kaffeine work I have to stop mythtvbackend. The following are the messages I get in the terminal 2005-12-27 23:27:24.504 Using protocol version 15 2005-12-27 23:27:24.612 Could not bind to UDP notify port: 6948 2005-12-27 23:27:29.624 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-12-27 23:27:34.628 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-12-27 23:27:43.628 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:27:47.633 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:27:51.637 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:27:55.641 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:27:59.645 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:28:03.650 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:28:07.654 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:28:11.658 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2005-12-27 23:28:11.659 Waited 14 seconds for data to become available, aborting Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/home/mythtv/cache/ringbuf1.nuv 2005-12-27 23:28:11.710 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-12-27 23:28:11.711 Decoder not alive, and trying to play.. 2005-12-27 23:28:11.782 Changing from None to None -- http://antares.sip.ucm.es/~luis In a world without walls, who needs Windows(R)? pgpywgVR7F0uu.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work
On 12/23/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/12/05, Joacim J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to add permissions rules but I can not get it working of some reason. Now I looked into /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules and found: # DVB KERNEL==dvb/*,MODE=0660 KERNEL==dvb, MODE=0660 KERNEL==dvb/adapter*, MODE=0660 I modified it to: # DVB KERNEL==dvb/*,GROUP=mythtv, MODE=0666 KERNEL==dvb, GROUP=mythtv, MODE=0666 KERNEL==dvb/adapter*, GROUP=mythtv, MODE=0666 But still no luck!! Why doesn't this work? Did you remove the old DVB rules file? Did you run udevstart again after deleting the old rules? You probably find the following site very useful: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html From the page: The file /etc/udev/udev.conf contains a udev_log option. Setting this option to yes will cause udev to log some useful information about which rules are being applied to which nodes into the system logger. The logs will be included in /var/log/messages for most users. Nick Hi again, I never get udev to set the permissions correctly. Now I have the following in /etc/rc.d/rc.local # START DVB-T card /sbin/modprobe --remove cx88_blackbird /sbin/modprobe cx88_dvb sleep 5 chmod o+rw /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 chmod o+rw /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 chmod o+rw /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 chmod o+rw /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 ## END DVB-T It seems to work fine but I would have been more satisfied without that hack. To the following issue... I have managed to scan the channels and created a channels.config and have inserted the data in 'dvb_channel' and 'dvb_pids' which I think is correct. I had to made it the hard way since the mythtv scanning finds the channels but doesn't insert them in the tables. When starting mythbackend I get this in the console: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mythbackend 2005-12-27 23:21:37.524 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-12-27 23:21:37.534 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server 2005-12-27 23:21:37.535 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-12-27 23:21:37.538 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-12-27 23:21:37.567 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T. 2005-12-27 23:21:37.569 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-12-27 23:21:37.570 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning parameters for transport 0 2005-12-27 23:21:37.570 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 19. 2005-12-27 23:21:37.575 New DB scheduler connection and when start Watch TV I get: 2005-12-27 23:22:30.982 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-12-27 23:22:31.023 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode). 2005-12-27 23:22:31.024 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your channel setup. 2005-12-27 23:22:32.043 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-12-27 23:22:33.047 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. 2005-12-27 23:22:34.051 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second. I have inserted the information as: # SVT1:62600:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE:1019:1018:1010 INSERT INTO `dvb_channel` VALUES (19, 1010, NULL, NULL, NULL, 62600, 'a', NULL, '2/3', NULL, NULL, 'qam_64', '8', '1/2', '8', '1/8', 'n', NULL); INSERT INTO `dvb_pids` VALUES (19, 1019, 'v', ''); INSERT INTO `dvb_pids` VALUES (19, 1018, 'a', ''); What can be wrong? PS. I can watch the channels using XINE and channel.conf. DS -- Regards Joacim ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..
On 12/27/05, John P. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MythTV Users, I have a .15 MythTV backend and two .15 XBox MythTV frontends. Thesystems is used heavily by four individuals on an almost hourly basis and the system has overcome many hurdles to gain the users trust. I amalmost about to add a third encoder to try to minimize conflicts. Theseare personal systems so I do not have alot of money to throw at it. So now on to the questions: I want to upgrade to take advantage of the new features but all theprotocol changes have left me in the dust and make upgrading an all ornothing affair. Can someone suggest a minimum impact upgrade path that will not disrupt my MythTV setup for a whole weekend? Which is notacceptable to the users I must say. I can not build a second wholesystem to work the kinks out of while this one stays running, although Iwish I could. Also, I want to know what is the reasoning behind not keeping theprotocol between frontend and backend backwards compatible? It seemsgood practice to not break older versions of MythTV frontends or slaves in an effort to minimize problems for the user and for other MythTVintegrated projects out there.--Regards,John P. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]Email Sticker: My Boss is a Jewish carpenter http://www.GoboLinux.org | User #00010110___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users My xbox torrent should make the upgrading of your frontends easy. http://www.piratebay.org/details.php?id=3423245-- Rob Anderson[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade
I running Myth on Gentoo. I upgraded from 2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r5 using gentoo-sources. I noticed lirc was not working after the upgrade. I tried rebuilding it but lirc 0.7.2 (the same version I was using before) fails to build. I have no idea what's wrong and haven't found anything via Google. Any ideas? Thanks, Drew --- BEGIN Build Failure Output ---. creating doc/man/Makefile creating config.h You will have to use the lirc_i2c kernel module. Now enter 'make' and 'make install' to compile and install the package. * Converting lirc-0.7.2/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ... [ ok ] cd . \ /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/missing --run automake --gnu Makefile cd . /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/missing --run autoheader autoheader-2.59: WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot' autoheader-2.59: WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in' autoheader-2.59: WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged. autoheader-2.59: autoheader-2.59: WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and autoheader-2.59: WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without autoheader-2.59: WARNING: `acconfig.h': autoheader-2.59: autoheader-2.59: WARNING: AC_DEFINE([NEED_FUNC_MAIN], 1, autoheader-2.59:[Define if a function `main' is needed.]) autoheader-2.59: autoheader-2.59: WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the autoheader-2.59: WARNING: documentation. configure.in:18: warning: do not use m4_patsubst: use patsubst or m4_bpatsubst aclocal.m4:629: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from... configure.in:18: the top level configure.in:1316: warning: do not use m4_regexp: use regexp or m4_bregexp aclocal.m4:642: _AM_DIRNAME is expanded from... configure.in:1316: the top level cd . \ CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h \ /bin/sh ./config.status creating config.h make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2' Making all in drivers make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers' cd .. \ /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/missing --run automake --gnu drivers/Makefile cd .. \ CONFIG_HEADERS= CONFIG_LINKS= \ CONFIG_FILES=drivers/Makefile /bin/sh ./config.status creating drivers/Makefile make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers' make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers' Making all in lirc_dev make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev' cd ../.. \ /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/missing --run automake --gnu drivers/lirc_dev/Makefile cd ../.. \ CONFIG_HEADERS= CONFIG_LINKS= \ CONFIG_FILES=drivers/lirc_dev/Makefile /bin/sh ./config.status creating drivers/lirc_dev/Makefile make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev' make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev' mv Makefile Makefile.automake cp ../Makefile.kernel Makefile make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo-r5/build/ SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev modules \ KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5' mkdir -p /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_versions WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev/.lirc_dev.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=61 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev/../.. -I /lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo-r5/build//include/ -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=lirc_dev -DKBUILD_MODNAME=lirc_dev -c -o /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_lirc_dev.o /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c /bin/sh: scripts/genksyms/genksyms: No such file or directory make[5]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.o] Error 1 make[4]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5' make[3]: *** [lirc_dev.o] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_dev' make[2]:
Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade
On 12/27/05, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I running Myth on Gentoo. I upgraded from 2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r5 using gentoo-sources. I noticed lirc was not working after the upgrade. I tried rebuilding it but lirc 0.7.2 (the same version I was using before) fails to build. I have no idea what's wrong and haven't found anything via Google. Any ideas? Thanks, Drew http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/162610 John ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..
My xbox torrent should make the upgrading of your frontends easy. http://www.piratebay.org/details.php?id=3423245 I think I downloaded this a couple of weeks ago but I'm not sure how you actually install it. Do you just put it in a XBox dir like E:\Apps\Linux and then execute the default.xbe and hey presto up boots linux and your mythfrontend? I'd love to think it's that easy! Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Strange glitches/pops
I rebuild my system a month ago and now while watching live tv I get tops of pops and glitches in the video. This is a x86_64 system. The only errors I can see are: [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 20 22 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=26 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]00 motion_type at 25 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 20 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=4 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]invalid mb type in B Frame at 23 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]invalid cbp at 28 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=529 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]slice mismatch [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 20 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 23 7 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=217 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=751 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=34 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 27 17 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 19 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 7 23 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 18 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 22 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 28 13 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 16 16 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 25 29 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=342 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]invalid cbp at 22 29 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth....
Buzz [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: I get a hard-lockup (no mouse/kbd responsiveness, ie no further interrupts, video freezes, nill disk activity) in myth (both in 0.18.x from Atrpms and CVS) when entering livetv. = Unless it's been changed in the past few weeks, J. Wilson's Fedora MythTV howto recommends the Nvidia 7667 drivers, which almost alway caused hard locks on Live TV. Upgrading to 7676 solved that issue. (I'm still dealing with the every sixth or so HDTV and non-HDTV recording crashes on playback, either immediately or with any action that displays the OSD issue, but I recall that it's been fixed in SVN.) -- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +1 650 776 7763 | San Francisco CA US ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..
On 12/27/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My xbox torrent should make the upgrading of your frontends easy. http://www.piratebay.org/details.php?id=3423245I think I downloaded this a couple of weeks ago but I'm not sure howyou actually install it. Do you just put it in a XBox dir likeE:\Apps\Linux and then execute the default.xbe and hey presto up bootslinux and your mythfrontend? I'd love to think it's that easy!Regards,Phill___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-usersThis torrent has been updated recently. The instructions on the page and the README file included in the torrent explain the installation and post-installation steps. But bassically yes, it is almost that easy. Certainly easier than the alternatlve.. that's the point after all. -- Rob Anderson[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Struggling with Xwindows DVI to HDTV 1080i
I've got an nvidia 6200 with DVI out connected to my Mitsubishi HDTV (DVIS to HDMI cable). The TV does 720p and 1080i on HDMI: it's worked from both the cable box and from a DVD player that does upscaling. I can get the TV to recognize that it's getting 1080i input from the computer. (The info on the screen says so.) I can't get it to deal with 720p for some reason. I can get the TV to handle lower resolution SVGA and XGA modes up to 1024x768 fine. With 1080i I get what is close to the twm screen, but there are two problems: 1. The screen is greatly overscanned. Perhaps 20% is not displayed. 2. The interlacing is off, or at least that's my guess. Everything is displayed twice, with one flickering image directly below another. They are close: the bar at the top of an xterm has its two images overlapping. I've tried every modeline I can find, and have tried two different modeline calculators, but I can't get the two images to converge. The TV seems to be reporting things correctly to X (59-61 Vsync, reasonable Hsync, etc.) Telling X to ignore the TV's info doesn't help in any case. It seems like it should be easy enough to play with the vertical blanking interval to fix this, and that I'm close. But I'm guessing, and I'm not making progress. Is there a reasonble way to tweak the modeline to iterate toward a solution here? Details: Fedora core 4, x86_64 Athlon-64x2 (3800+) ndvidia 6200 card latest nvidia X driver, compiled on the machine Thanks, Len ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] iptables and MythTV
In a few of the MythTV How-to's I've read, it's recommended to turn off the firewall during the Linux install. I'm building a MythTV backend at a remote location and would like to enable the firewall. What are the minimum necessary protocols and ports that I need to setup in iptables so that MythTV will still work, but the box will still be somewhat secure. The backend will just be recording shows. I won't have a frontend for the time being (will just pull the shows via sftp as I want to watch them). I'll also need to be able to schedule recordings remotely via the web interface. Is it possible to do it via https? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kirk __ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythgame not starting xmame properly ... so close ...
hi, I compiled and installed the latest mythgame plugin on my Ubuntu 5.04 system. When I try to start an xmame game, the screen flashes once and returns to the game menu. The error I can decipher from the frontend log is MameRomLocation not set in mythgame-txt, but I DID set my ROM location properly in the mythtv setup screens, and I cannot find a file called mythgame-txt anywhere on my system. (I already followed the instructions to disable the joystick option under mythtv as described in the docs, so I don't think that's the problem). There are a couple other error-ish things from the log that I copied below. What next? thanks, Mary XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Can't open: /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/Iulius/game-ui .xml XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Using default theme file MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero size. A widg et probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the whole screen (i nefficient!). MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero size. A widg et probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the whole screen (i nefficient!). MameRomLocation not set in mythgame-settings.txt, using default./usr/games/xmame -rompath /roms -history_file /var/lib/mythgame/history.dat -hiscore_directory / var/lib/mythgame/hiscore/ -hiscore_file /var/lib/mythgame/hiscore.dat -skip_disc laimer -noskip_gameinfo -fullscreen -noartwork -noautoframeskip -scale 1 -noant ialias -notranslucency -noanalogstick -nowinkeys -nograbmouse -joytype 0 -samp les -volume -16 -nocheat /usr/games/xmame -rompath -lr 2/dev/null 2005-12-26 03:35:31.911 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5 ) 2005-12-26 03:35:31.918 Using protocol version 15 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Strange glitches/pops
On 12/27/05, Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rebuild my system a month ago and now while watching live tv I get tops of pops and glitches in the video. This is a x86_64 system. The only errors I can see are: [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]ac-tex damaged at 20 22 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]end mismatch left=26 [mpeg2video @ 0x324b326d60]00 motion_type at 25 29 I've had the same problem with recordings on my x86_64 system. After some searching I noticed that my first tuner shared an interrupt with one of the disks in my raid array. I thought that this might be causing some data to get dropped on the capture card during heavy I/O. I recently rearranged my PCI cards in an attempt to reorder the interrupts, and it appears to be fixed. I can't say for sure that my diagnosis was correct, but it sounds plausible to me. Any opinions? -- Brian Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade
- Original Message - From: John P Poet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade On 12/27/05, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I running Myth on Gentoo. I upgraded from 2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r5 using gentoo-sources. I noticed lirc was not working after the upgrade. I tried rebuilding it but lirc 0.7.2 (the same version I was using before) fails to build. I have no idea what's wrong and haven't found anything via Google. Any ideas? Thanks, Drew http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/162610 John Just upgraded to 2.6.14-suspend2-r7 myself. I used the ebuild here for lirc-0.8.0: http://pvrguide.no-ip.com/bbs-old/viewtopic.php?t=32727 I also had to edit /etc/conf.d/lircd changed LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc0 to LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc/0 Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] iptables and MythTV
You turn off the firewall during instalation, because you are often using software like apt, yum, up2date, synaptic, etc to resolve dependancies. During operation the open ports will depend on you hardware deployment: database needs port 3306 for mysql, usually only tcp backend needs port 3306 to get to the database backend needs port 80 to access schedule data, usually only tcp backend *may* need 111 for portmap if /mnt/video is on nfs backend *may* need random nfs ports as determined by nfs backend need ports 42160 42161 for streaming, usually only tcp (But I hope you got a really good uplink on your remote if you're gonna try it.) frontend will probably need all the same. --- Kirk Grell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a few of the MythTV How-to's I've read, it's recommended to turn off the firewall during the Linux install. I'm building a MythTV backend at a remote location and would like to enable the firewall. What are the minimum necessary protocols and ports that I need to setup in iptables so that MythTV will still work, but the box will still be somewhat secure. The backend will just be recording shows. I won't have a frontend for the time being (will just pull the shows via sftp as I want to watch them). I'll also need to be able to schedule recordings remotely via the web interface. Is it possible to do it via https? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kirk __ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users - Doug Bunger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - http://www.dougbunger.com/ -- __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Configuring Myth to let TV do scaling
I am running an AMD XP2600 (mythtv 0.18.1.20050523-1 from atrpms), Dvico Fusion 5 Gold (cable, QAM and analog), Nvidia 6200 (7676 drivers), component out (1280x720p) to Sony LCD HDTV. I currently must have xvmc enabled to display HD, but this causes studdering with the OSD during channel changes, timeshifting, etc., so I am exploring options to turn it off. My understanding is that decoding and scaling/deinterlacing are two distinct processes that occur in that order. Without using xvmc, is it possible using Nvidia's drivers to accelerate the video decode process only, and then pass it on in it's native resolution and let the TV do the scaling (which it already does very well outside of myth)? If so, how might this compare cpu wise to doing everything in myth with xvmc? More cpu or less? If the above sounds reasonable for an XP2600, then my step is to start reconfiguring everything, but I am not sure I know all of the steps. In a nut shell: 1. Set up xorg.conf modelines for 480i, 480p, 720p (done) and 1080i. Probably the hard part. 2. Configure mythtv to not use gui size for playback. Am I missing anything? I seem to remember mythtv only supports 3 custom output settings, true? I have 4... Currently serveral (but not all) my the setup screens in mythfrontend are not scaled to fit the display. Some are worse than others, but some or all of the text and buttons on the bottom of the screens are below the bottom of the display and can't be seen. Shouldn't everything in the gui be sized so it can be viewed in the resolution it is set at? Will the above output changes help this problem? Gary ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Powering off computer as non-root
No display manager and not using KDE. When the computer boots up, it loads mythfrontend on its own. No log in manager, nothing. It's intended to be used only for a frontend in my bedroom, so no big deal if someone hacked in and powered the frontend off - very unlikely anyway. Hmm. But then again, the files for the frontend is on the server (diskless frontend using netboot you see) so the halt command is open to all on the server best check that then! Hmm, I seem to be able to access halt via my server as a non-root user - not going to actually invoke the command though! Maybe best to move the halt command somewhere else, rename it to something like fluffy_teddies - no-one'll find it...? Cheers - Piers Jonathan Tidmore wrote: Are you using kde? Which Display Manager are you using? GDM, KDM, XDM? chmod +s /sbin/halt is not a good idea. On 12/27/05, *R. Geoffrey Newbury* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:58:15 +, Piers Kittel wrote: Hello all, Mythfrontend is set to turn off my computer using the command halt. Mythfrontend is run as an non-root user - in this case user piers - so when I try to exit MythTV, and I select Yes, exit and shutdown - it jsut says Command not found. Obviously this command isn't available to non-root users. So how do I enable the user piers to be able to shut down the computer without opening up too many obvious security holes? put a copy of the program in /home/piers or /home/mythtv as applicable and chmod it so that user 'piers' or 'mythtv' can execute it. If user mythtv owns mythfrontend, then only mythtv and root will be able to execute the shutdown. Geoff R. Geoffrey Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, Canada Facsimile: 905-271-1638 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Jonathan Tidmore ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Starting up mythfrontend automatically?
Yeah thought of that, but don't you need to type in a password anyway? Cheers - Piers Kim Wall wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just need to figure out how to power off the computer as non-root ;) man sudo :) Kim. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth....
Thanks for the idea, but I'm not running nvidia driver version 7667, or even 7676. it's a brand new install, and I'm running NVIDIA Driver Version: 1.0-8178. Anyone else got any ideas on my hard-lockup when entering livetv? Ok, how about the best approach to debugging it? (can't attach a debugger if system has hard-locked?) Buzz -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yeechang Lee Sent: Wednesday, 28 December 2005 9:33 AM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth Buzz [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: I get a hard-lockup (no mouse/kbd responsiveness, ie no further interrupts, video freezes, nill disk activity) in myth (both in 0.18.x from Atrpms and CVS) when entering livetv. = Unless it's been changed in the past few weeks, J. Wilson's Fedora MythTV howto recommends the Nvidia 7667 drivers, which almost alway caused hard locks on Live TV. Upgrading to 7676 solved that issue. (I'm still dealing with the every sixth or so HDTV and non-HDTV recording crashes on playback, either immediately or with any action that displays the OSD issue, but I recall that it's been fixed in SVN.) -- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +1 650 776 7763 | San Francisco CA US ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] myth selecting the wrong sound channel
Ive emailed about this problem before and the help has gotten me a little way along - it seems that a number of others have the same problem without a solution we can find. On selecting a channel, it may (randomly, works sometimes, sometimes not) have sound. A press of the sound channel select (+) on a keyboard brings the sound back. Worse, this results in some recordings being blank, and some recordings losing sound half way through. I presume because a number of people have this problem, thats its old and a fix is available but I cant find it. Can someone help? BillK -- William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Program Guide is blank
I am running MythTV 0.18.1 on Fedora Core 4 with a PVR-350. When switching channels on live TV, the program details shows up on the bottom of the screen. However, when I select the Program Guide, it comes up blank. Same thing when I select the Program Guide from the Manage Recordings menu option. I am new to MythTV and am sure it is something simple. I do know that there are entries in the program table in the db. Any ideas? David Robison ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth....
Buzz wrote: Thanks for the idea, but I'm not running nvidia driver version 7667, or even 7676. it's a brand new install, and I'm running NVIDIA Driver Version: 1.0-8178. I had terrible problems with this driver (I never even got to Myth - I couldn't get the card to send the right refresh rate to sync my TV). Reverting to 7676 fixed the issue. Anyone else got any ideas on my hard-lockup when entering livetv? Ok, how about the best approach to debugging it? (can't attach a debugger if system has hard-locked?) Buzz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth....
Thanks Johan, I'll try reverting it tonite and see what happens. As an aside, and in regards to your problem, this driver seems to be working just fine for my TV-OUT, and I've currently got the VGA and TV-OUT running in xinerama. Were you running a custom mode-line or something off-normal? Buzz. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Venter Sent: Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:45 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hard-lockup in myth Buzz wrote: Thanks for the idea, but I'm not running nvidia driver version 7667, or even 7676. it's a brand new install, and I'm running NVIDIA Driver Version: 1.0-8178. I had terrible problems with this driver (I never even got to Myth - I couldn't get the card to send the right refresh rate to sync my TV). Reverting to 7676 fixed the issue. Anyone else got any ideas on my hard-lockup when entering livetv? Ok, how about the best approach to debugging it? (can't attach a debugger if system has hard-locked?) Buzz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Starting up mythfrontend automatically?
Hate to answer to my own email. Yup the answer's in the sudo man pages... can limit the user to invoke one command only using the /etc/sudoers file. I'm going to boil my head now :) Thanks very much for everyone's help. Cheers - Piers Piers Kittel wrote: Heh. Fair enough. OK playing the devil's advocate now... If I disable the need of the password, isn't that a lot more dangerous than just enabling anyone to use halt - I mean, now anyone can be root without needing a password? Someone malciously invoking halt can be annoying but at the end of the day, it just turns off the computer without destroying anything? Also if I pass the password, wouldn't it be viewable in mythtv setup? I mean, if someone browses my setup screens (unlikely I guess, but bear with me) and spots the password and goes Ooooh! ? I'm sure the answers to those 2 are in the man pages for sudo I guess? :) Cheers - Piers Jason W. wrote: You obviously haven't read man sudo then. :) You can 1) disable the need for password 2) pass the password in on standard in (in the command string). Sudo is the easiest (and safest) way to do what you want. P.S. you will also want to read man visudo. Piers Kittel wrote: Yeah thought of that, but don't you need to type in a password anyway? Cheers - Piers Kim Wall wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just need to figure out how to power off the computer as non-root ;) man sudo :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Starting up mythfrontend automatically?
Heh. Fair enough. OK playing the devil's advocate now... If I disable the need of the password, isn't that a lot more dangerous than just enabling anyone to use halt - I mean, now anyone can be root without needing a password? Someone malciously invoking halt can be annoying but at the end of the day, it just turns off the computer without destroying anything? Also if I pass the password, wouldn't it be viewable in mythtv setup? I mean, if someone browses my setup screens (unlikely I guess, but bear with me) and spots the password and goes Ooooh! ? I'm sure the answers to those 2 are in the man pages for sudo I guess? :) Cheers - Piers Jason W. wrote: You obviously haven't read man sudo then. :) You can 1) disable the need for password 2) pass the password in on standard in (in the command string). Sudo is the easiest (and safest) way to do what you want. P.S. you will also want to read man visudo. Piers Kittel wrote: Yeah thought of that, but don't you need to type in a password anyway? Cheers - Piers Kim Wall wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just need to figure out how to power off the computer as non-root ;) man sudo :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Powering off computer as non-root
Well, I don't have KDE or Gnome installed :) Only Windowmaker and FVWM but they aren't used. My .xinitrc just has a few xset lines in and the path to the mythfrontend binary itself and nothing else. When I used FVWM as window manager it windowed the video playback which annoyed me - removing FVWM as window manager sorted it. Look, no windowmaker or fvwm in ps aux: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 7.6 0.1 1492 504 ?S01:52 0:04 init [2] root 2 0.0 0.0 00 ?S01:52 0:00 [keventd] root 3 0.0 0.0 00 ?SN 01:52 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 4 0.0 0.0 00 ?S01:52 0:00 [kswapd] root 5 0.0 0.0 00 ?S01:52 0:00 [bdflush] root 6 0.0 0.0 00 ?S01:52 0:00 [kupdated] root 8 0.2 0.0 00 ?S01:52 0:00 [rpciod] root 318 0.0 0.0 00 ?S01:53 0:00 [khubd] root 420 0.0 0.3 2360 864 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 dhclient -e -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0 daemon 425 0.0 0.1 1608 448 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /sbin/portmap root 586 0.0 0.3 2244 804 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /sbin/syslogd root 589 0.0 0.2 1492 560 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /sbin/klogd root 597 0.0 0.2 2220 724 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd root 605 0.0 0.6 3720 1552 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd daemon 613 0.0 0.2 1672 636 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 616 0.0 0.2 1748 724 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron piers 622 0.0 0.4 2464 1152 vc/1 Ss+ 01:53 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/mythfrontend_startup root 623 0.0 0.1 1484 476 vc/2 Ss+ 01:53 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 vc/2 piers 624 0.0 0.4 2472 1188 vc/1 S+ 01:53 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx piers 635 0.0 0.2 2360 636 vc/1 S+ 01:53 0:00 xinit /home/piers/.xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc root 636 7.0 11.0 38128 28268 ? SL 01:53 0:02 /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp piers 640 0.0 0.4 2456 1144 vc/1 S01:53 0:00 /bin/sh /home/piers/.xinitrc piers 644 31.4 37.4 118848 96016 vc/1 S01:53 0:09 /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend piers 647 0.0 37.4 118848 96016 vc/1 S01:53 0:00 /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend piers 648 0.0 37.4 118848 96016 vc/1 S01:53 0:00 /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend root 649 0.1 0.8 7176 2172 ?Ss 01:53 0:00 sshd: piers [priv] root 651 0.0 0.8 7176 2172 ?S01:53 0:00 sshd: piers [priv] piers 655 0.0 0.8 7184 2240 ?S01:53 0:00 sshd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/0 piers 656 0.1 0.6 2984 1648 pts/0Ss 01:53 0:00 -bash piers 665 0.0 0.3 2480 860 pts/0R+ 01:53 0:00 ps aux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ But if I add in fvwm in my .xinitrc file, I get all the above again, but also the following line from ps aux: piers 686 1.1 0.9 4924 2436 vc/1 S01:55 0:00 /usr/bin/fvwm But I don't need fvwm, so I remove it from my .xinitrc file. Still works, and don't have the windowing problem. Acutally it's probably fixable, but I don't strictly need a window manager. Actually I think you can say You're using Mythfrontend as a display/window manager It doesn't matter anyway, the frontend calls halt to power off as default - and I've added in so that sudo allows the user that runs the frontend to run halt without entering the password. Works fine. Sure, someone can log in as piers and call the halt command via sudo, but it's a dedicated frontend machine, who cares? ;) Cheers - Piers Jonathan Tidmore wrote: If you are using X, then you are still using a display manager whether or not you have automatic login. If you want to be able to shutdown from mythfrontend, then you need to match you display manager with your desktop manager. i.e. kdm if using kde or gdm if using gnome. KDE and Gnome tie into their display manager's admin access to shutdown or restart the server. So if you're using KDE, use KDM and then you can shutdown your server. To use KDM edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and add: DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE On 12/27/05, *Piers Kittel* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No display manager and not using KDE. When the computer boots up, it loads mythfrontend on its own. No log in manager, nothing. It's intended to be used only for a frontend in my bedroom, so no big deal if someone hacked in and powered the frontend off - very unlikely anyway. Hmm. But then again, the files for the frontend is on the server (diskless frontend using netboot you see) so the halt command is open to all on the server best check
[mythtv-users] Stupid problems with MythTV and MySQL
StupidMySQL I'm getting some oddball errors with MySQL and MythTV. I've used apt to get everything downloaded, and all seems to work fine but I get errors with the database. 1.) MySQL keeps forgetting that I've used mythconverg as the database. When I check on which database is being used, this is what I get: mysql \s -- mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.13, for suse-linux (i686) using readline 5.0 Connection id: 48 Current database: Current user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSL: Not in use Current pager: less Using outfile: '' Using delimiter: ; Server version: 4.1.13 Protocol version: 10 Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket Server characterset: latin1 Db characterset: latin1 Client characterset: latin1 Conn. characterset: latin1 UNIX socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Uptime: 24 min 30 sec 2.) I get MySQL driver errors like this when I try to run setup 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 No error type from QSqlError? Strange... 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 Database not open while trying to save setting: Language 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 Unable to connect to database! Ad infiniumI've executed all the right commands to setup the initial database, and the mysql daemon is up and running. (I wrote the guide, you'd think I'd know how to fix this... :) ) Thanks for any help anyone can throw my way -Chris Robbins ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Starting up mythfrontend automatically?
You obviously haven't read man sudo then. :) You can 1) disable the need for password 2) pass the password in on standard in (in the command string). Sudo is the easiest (and safest) way to do what you want. P.S. you will also want to read man visudo. Piers Kittel wrote: Yeah thought of that, but don't you need to type in a password anyway? Cheers - Piers Kim Wall wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just need to figure out how to power off the computer as non-root ;) man sudo :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Powering off computer as non-root
If you are using X, then you are still using a display manager whether or not you have automatic login. If you want to be able to shutdown from mythfrontend, then you need to match you display manager with your desktop manager. i.e. kdm if using kde or gdm if using gnome.KDE and Gnome tie into their display manager's admin access to shutdown or restart the server.So if you're using KDE, use KDM and then you can shutdown your server. To use KDM edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and add:DISPLAYMANAGER=KDEOn 12/27/05, Piers Kittel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:No display manager and not using KDE.When the computer boots up, it loads mythfrontend on its own.No log in manager, nothing.It's intended to be used only for a frontend in mybedroom, so no big deal if someone hacked in and powered the frontendoff - very unlikely anyway.Hmm.But then again, the files for the frontend is on the server (diskless frontend using netboot you see) so the halt command is open toall on the serverbest check that then!Hmm, I seem to be able toaccess halt via my server as a non-root user - not going to actually invoke the command though!Maybe best to move the halt commandsomewhere else, rename it to something like fluffy_teddies - no-one'llfind it...?Cheers - PiersJonathan Tidmore wrote: Are you using kde?Which Display Manager are you using?GDM, KDM, XDM? chmod +s /sbin/halt is not a good idea. On 12/27/05, *R. Geoffrey Newbury* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:58:15 +, Piers Kittel wrote:Hello all, Mythfrontend is set to turn off my computer using the command halt.Mythfrontend is run as an non-root user - in this case user piers - so when I try to exit MythTV, and I select Yes, exit and shutdown - itjsut says Command not found.Obviously this command isn't availableto non-root users.So how do I enable the user piers to be able to shut down the computer without opening up too many obvious security holes? put a copy of the program in /home/piers or /home/mythtv as applicable and chmod it so that user 'piers'or 'mythtv' can execute it. If user mythtv owns mythfrontend, then only mythtv and root will be able to execute the shutdown. Geoff R. Geoffrey Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, CanadaFacsimile: 905-271-1638 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Jonathan Tidmore ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users-- Jonathan Tidmore ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Horsepower required for realtime commercial flagging
I currently have an AMD duron 950 wiht 256 Megs of ram and two pvr 250s. I'd like to be able to do realtime commercial flagging on two streams. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how much how much horsepower is required to hit this target? I also have a AMD Athalon 2200 XP+ that's currently my workstation that I could move to the Myth box and buy a new motherboad/CPU for my workstation. Thanx for all comments and suggestions. Jack ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box
On 12/26/05, Alex Malinovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 17:49 -0800, Ian Forde wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 18:11 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: There are two ways to capture HDTV. 1) OTA with an HDTV tuner card 2) via Firewire from a cable box like the Motorola DCT-6200 (IIRC). This is limited only to the channels that the cable provider provides unencrypted on the firewire port Make that 3... 3) Cable QAM with an HDTV tuner card to get the digital channels that that the cable provider provides... effectively a subset of option 1, but suitable for those in places where HD antennae can't be put up effectively... So if I get an HDTV card like the pcHDTV-3000 and it has support for QAM (which I believe the 3k does), I can just plug the cable into the card and have it pick up any unencrypted HD channels? So HBO-HD probably won't work, but Fox HD should, right? Or is there something else I'm missing? And what about encoding the video? If I get a hardware encoder can it encode HD content the same way as regular content, or am I going to be looking at doing software encoding for HD? Thanks much for the help. You might want to find a TV with a built-in tuner or something to that extent to find out what exactly you're going to be getting over QAM. I get the big networks, Discovery Times, and TNT... but from other comments it seems to vary a lot depending on provider. I like getting the networks in HD and all, but spending $100+ to only get like 6 channels is disappointing. So basically, firewire has 5C copy protection, QAM has little content, OTA has (understandably) limited content. Digital broadcasting in the US is trash. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 Firewire issue User Database
For all you firewire users out there, I got a message from a guy on the linux1394.org mailing list that made all the difference for me. My firewire setup has been stable for a week now without missing any recordings. The message includes a couple of kernel patches specifically for DCT-6200 boxes that seem to help stabilize things a bit. The message follows. It was in response to my question about problems with my DCT-6200 and via firewire chipset, specifically a problem with the node changing on me sporadically: This is probably the same issue as seen with this DCT6200 here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux1394-develm=113444562824848 Save this patch somewhere: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/scjody/ ieee1394.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=14c0fa243b358c24040ff5f44b60c47aaf6430 c3 Then change into the linux-2.6.14.2 directory and apply the patch with patch -l -p1 /path_where_you_saved/the_patch_file. Then edit linux-2.6.14.2/drivers/nodemgr.c like mentioned in the posting at linux1394-devel, recompile, reinstall, and reload the driver modules. The patch and modification do not prevent the node from disappearing temporarily, but it might help to bring it back more quickly. I assume the actual cause of the disappearances is an issue of signal tolerances of the card's and DCT6200's physical interface chips. -- Stefan Richter -=-=-=-= ==-- =--=- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 Firewire issue User Database
[A somewhat belated answer to a survey question.] Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: 1. firewire chipset being used (lspci|grep FireWire) Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61) 2. your plugreport output for the Node connected to the DCT. Node 2 GUID 0x000e5cfffe5d3a08 -- oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63 oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=1 channel=63, data_rate=3, overhead_id=0, payload=376 iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2 3. the output from a 6200ch -v channel change 4. Your Kernel (uname -r) 5. Your 'modinfo raw1394' output 6. your accuracy rate (0 - 5, 5=3Dperfect channel changes, 0=3Dnumbers get = detected but rarely does it work). 7. a brief description of what your box does when you try and change channe= ls. = I have a brief description of what happens to me below in the quoted email. Hopefully we can figure this out and end the problem. -- = Steve On Monday 12 December 2005 13:12, Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 12 December 2005 10:50, Frank Lynch wrote: On 11/30/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote a script that would change the channel +1 run test-mpeg and if data was received write the channel and ok in a text file. This was so I could quickly figure out what channels were 5C'd for me, through the whole script I didn't run into a channel change error. I then played around with it (in awe that it actually worked of course) and again had no issues. all through p2p. Hi Steve, Would you mind sharing your script with the list? I'm in the process of setting up a firewire connection to my cable box, and your script could save me quite a bit of time (as opposed to going through and manually finding out which channels are 5C'd). thanks, --Frank i would, but I think I deleted it (ie. I can't find it...). whats funny is that now that I have a permanent Myth setup with my cable box using 6200ch to tune the channels I've noticed a lot of mis-changes. I'm sitting here ssh'd in to the machine running 6200ch over and over trying different channels (this box is p2p only which may be of issue?) a= nd am getting qute a few mis-controled channel changes. it looks like whats happening is the box thinks it receives doubles of so= me numbers. This will either cause the box to think its receiving 4 or 5 numbers. ie. tell it to tune to 256 and when it errors I get: 255 - no 6 even gets sent! 2556 =3D ch 6 gets tuned 25566 =3D ch 66 gets tuned. so far its usually the middle # that gets repeated but I've had the third number repeated occasionally. Which leads me to think that perhaps its something wrong with libavc1394/libraw1394 or the 6200ch program. -- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +1 650 776 7763 | San Francisco CA US ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box
Digital broadcasting in the US is trash. It's no more trash than analog TV, though. Just better protected trash ;-)On 12/27/05, Brandon Stoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On 12/26/05, Alex Malinovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 17:49 -0800, Ian Forde wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 18:11 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: There are two ways to capture HDTV. 1)OTA with an HDTV tuner card 2)via Firewire from a cable box like the Motorola DCT-6200 (IIRC). This is limited only to the channels that the cable provider provides unencrypted on the firewire port Make that 3... 3) Cable QAM with an HDTV tuner card to get the digital channels that that the cable provider provides... effectively a subset of option 1, but suitable for those in places where HD antennae can't be put up effectively... So if I get an HDTV card like the pcHDTV-3000 and it has support for QAM (which I believe the 3k does), I can just plug the cable into the card and have it pick up any unencrypted HD channels? So HBO-HD probably won't work, but Fox HD should, right? Or is there something else I'm missing? And what about encoding the video? If I get a hardware encoder can it encode HD content the same way as regular content, or am I going to be looking at doing software encoding for HD? Thanks much for the help.You might want to find a TV with a built-in tuner or something to that extent to find out what exactly you're going to be getting over QAM.I get the big networks, Discovery Times, and TNT... but from othercomments it seems to vary a lot depending on provider.I like getting the networks in HD and all, but spending $100+ to only get like 6 channels is disappointing.So basically, firewire has 5C copy protection, QAM has little content,OTA has (understandably) limited content.Digital broadcasting in theUS is trash.___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade
On 12/27/2005 4:04 PM Paul Harrison wrote: - Original Message - From: John P Poet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade On 12/27/05, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I running Myth on Gentoo. I upgraded from 2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r5 using gentoo-sources. I noticed lirc was not working after the upgrade. I tried rebuilding it but lirc 0.7.2 (the same version I was using before) fails to build. I have no idea what's wrong and haven't found anything via Google. Any ideas? Thanks, Drew http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/162610 John Just upgraded to 2.6.14-suspend2-r7 myself. I used the ebuild here for lirc-0.8.0: http://pvrguide.no-ip.com/bbs-old/viewtopic.php?t=32727 I also had to edit /etc/conf.d/lircd changed LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc0 to LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc/0 Paul Thanks. That seems to work for me, however I didn't have to edit /etc/conf.d/lircd as you did. Cheers, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] myth selecting the wrong sound channel
On 12/27/05, William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On selecting a channel, it may (randomly, works sometimes, sometimesnot) have sound.A press of the sound channel select (+) on akeyboard brings the sound back.Worse, this results in some recordings being blank, and some recordings losing sound half way through. Nope it doesn't. In order for the inc/dec audio channel to work the audio channel must be present in the stream. It's used for playback only and not recording. I presume because a number of people have this problem, thats its old and a fix is available but I cant find it. Try the 18.1 fixes / 18.2 branch for a fix or wait till 19. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] myth selecting the wrong sound channel
William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Ive emailed about this problem before and the help has gotten me a little way along - it seems that a number of others have the same problem without a solution we can find. On selecting a channel, it may (randomly, works sometimes, sometimes not) have sound. A press of the sound channel select (+) on a keyboard brings the sound back. Worse, this results in some recordings being blank, and some recordings losing sound half way through. My trouble is similar, yet entirely different. Audio on the first television channel in Live TV is always fine, but when changing channels, there's a good chance the audio will be distorted, fainter, and crackly. Before I switched over to ALSA, the problem was even more peculiar: certain audio tracks would be entirely missing on my two-speaker, no Dolby decoder system. For example, in the movie Alexander I could hear the clanging of swords in battles but the dialogue would be so faint I could barely tell there were spoken words at all. In both situations the picture flickers a little, too, as if the CPU is spending more time with the audio than normal. Neither switching sound channels nor muting one channel at a time (as I previously saw suggested here, I think) does nothing to help, but exiting then reentering Live TV always fixes the problem (pre- and post-ALSA). On the other hand, I've *never* had the issue with a recording, thank goodness. I am using the ATrpms version on Fedora Core 4 with an Intel HDA motherboard audio system. -- Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +1 650 776 7763 | San Francisco CA US ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stupid problems with MythTV and MySQL
Christopher Robbins wrote: StupidMySQL I'm getting some oddball errors with MySQL and MythTV. I've used apt to get everything downloaded, and all seems to work fine but I get errors with the database. 1.) MySQL keeps forgetting that I've used mythconverg as the database. When I check on which database is being used, this is what I get: mysql \s -- mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.13, for suse-linux (i686) using readline 5.0 Connection id: 48 Current database: Current user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSL:Not in use Current pager: less Using outfile: '' Using delimiter:; Server version: 4.1.13 Protocol version: 10 Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket Server characterset:latin1 Db characterset:latin1 Client characterset:latin1 Conn. characterset:latin1 UNIX socket:/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Uptime: 24 min 30 sec 2.) I get MySQL driver errors like this when I try to run setup 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 No error type from QSqlError? Strange... 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 Database not open while trying to save setting: Language 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 Unable to connect to database! Ad infiniumI've executed all the right commands to setup the initial database, and the mysql daemon is up and running. (I wrote the guide, you'd think I'd know how to fix this... :) ) Thanks for any help anyone can throw my way -Chris Robbins ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users got qt-mysql installed? Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [OT] Hardware (video and audio card) questions, differences and features?
Hello! I'm looking for an easy-to-use website that will explain the differences of the nvidia cards to me. MythTV says I need a Geforce 4 or better to do XvMC, but I've got an MX440 and it barely (nearly unusably) does it. I am looking for a faster/better/newer card and want to know the difference in the 5200, 6200, 6600, GT versions of those, the 4000... Second question: I'm looking for a card that actually works (well) in linux/mythtv with it's Digital Coax output. I have yet to actually be able to get anything to play through my digital out and have my receiver pick it up as a Dolby Digital sound source (when it's a HD recording with DD audio). Optimally, I would set my output device to something suitable (/dev/dsp?) and it would send it out the digital coax jack on the soundcard, and my receiver would auto-detect (which it does with things like DVD's) it's audio type (digital or analog) and playback actual sound that's pleasing to the ears. The best I've gotten is a loud repeated 'beat' (which is my best description, I would guess it's an analog version of the digital pulse?) which I quickly mute or kill. I've tried/used a cmipci, an emu10k1, and onboard via-82xx, all through very new versions of ALSA, with no avail. Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Horsepower required for realtime commercial flagging
Jack Lowry [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I currently have an AMD duron 950 wiht 256 Megs of ram and two pvr 250s. I'd like to be able to do realtime commercial flagging on two streams. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how much how much horsepower is required to hit this target? I also have a AMD Athalon 2200 XP+ that's currently my workstation that I could move to the Myth box and buy a new motherboad/CPU for my workstation. There's an even easier solution, IMHO. I wanted to use the horsepower of a couple of pretty powerful workstations for commercial flagging, so I made them slave backends with the master backend mounted via NFS and with no tuners, set their job search interval at a fraction of the master backend, and set their job limit at 2 and the master backend's job limit at 1 (I also used 0 for a while to disable it completely). The upshot of this is that these slave backends end up doing all the commercial flagging instead of the master backend. To also partially answer your question, my athlonxp 2400+ workstation seems to be able to easily do realtime commercial flagging on at least one sdtv show (from a pvr250 at high capture res) at once. My second input is an hdtv card and the demands of flagging hdtv are much higher, of course, so I can't really tell you if it could do two sdtv shows at once. -Andy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade
Alternatively, if you want to get LIRC version 0.7.2 to work, you can just edit the lirc_i2c.c file and swap two lines there and add a define for I2C_ALGO_BIT there or in kcompat.h. As documented here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-401340-highlight-i2calgobit.html2005/12/27, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:On 12/27/2005 4:04 PM Paul Harrison wrote: - Original Message -From: John P Poet [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.orgSent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:15 PMSubject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel UpgradeOn 12/27/05, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I running Myth on Gentoo.I upgraded from 2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r5 usinggentoo-sources.I noticed lirc was not working after the upgrade.I tried rebuilding it but lirc 0.7.2 (the same version I was using before)fails to build.I have no idea what's wrong and haven't found anythingvia Google.Any ideas? Thanks,Drewhttp://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/162610 JohnJust upgraded to 2.6.14-suspend2-r7 myself. I used the ebuild herefor lirc-0.8.0: http://pvrguide.no-ip.com/bbs-old/viewtopic.php?t=32727I also had to edit /etc/conf.d/lircdchangedLIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc0toLIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc/0 PaulThanks.That seems to work for me, however I didn't have to edit/etc/conf.d/lircd as you did.Cheers,Drew--Visit The Alchemist's WarehouseMagic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users-- -Daniel Savard ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Svideo Black white
I had myth working perfectly fine for about a year, and just today I decided to change the input to composite to record something. Right when I switched it, it showed up black and white until I told myth to use the composite input. Now that I'm back to svideo, it's refusing to use the svideo input, and showing the video in black and white. mplayer /dev/video0 shows black and whiteivtvctl -P shows input 6 (svideo0 according to ivtvctl -n)I tried ivtvctl -H (reload firmware) and it didn't workivtvctl -p 4 (set input to tuner) shows static like I'd expect it to ivtvctl -p 6 (set back to svideo) is back in black and white againThis should be something simple, but I can't find it. Suggestions? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Myth frontend forces disk spin-up
I've got a frontend-only box which spins down its disk once it has booted. I've done all the things necessary to make this work, e.g. disabling swap and syslogd, putting ntpd's drift file on a tmpfs partition, etc. This works fine -- there are never any spontaneous disk wakeups. HOWEVER, some menu operations within mythfrontend cause the disk to spin up -- an example is accessing the 'Watch Videos' menu item. Has anyone else encountered this, and fixed it? If so, how? Thanks, Richard -- Automated announcement follows: In September I'll be climbing 14,410ft. Mt. Rainier to help raise money for Big City Mountaineers, an organization dedicated to trying to improve life outcomes for inner-city kids. To find out more, please visit http://www.summitforsomeone.org. To help support my climb, click the Donate link at the bottom left. Thanks! __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade
On 12/27/2005 7:57 PM Daniel Savard wrote: Alternatively, if you want to get LIRC version 0.7.2 to work, you can just edit the lirc_i2c.c file and swap two lines there and add a define for I2C_ALGO_BIT there or in kcompat.h. As documented here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-401340-highlight-i2calgobit.html Thanks. I may try that because now I'm not getting video to play in mythfrontend. Typically this happens after kernel upgrades and I have to recompile ivtv against the new sources. I've done this but the video still does not play. Any idea if this could be related to the new version of lirc? I had video before upgrading lirc but was unable to use my remote. Now I can use my remote but don't get video. :) I'm using ivtv 0.4.0-r2 from the Gentoo portage system. It's the newest available AFAIK. Thanks, Drew 2005/12/27, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/27/2005 4:04 PM Paul Harrison wrote: - Original Message - From: John P Poet [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc Broken After Kernel Upgrade On 12/27/05, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I running Myth on Gentoo. I upgraded from 2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r5 using gentoo-sources. I noticed lirc was not working after the upgrade. I tried rebuilding it but lirc 0.7.2 (the same version I was using before) fails to build. I have no idea what's wrong and haven't found anything via Google. Any ideas? Thanks, Drew http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/162610 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/162610 John Just upgraded to 2.6.14-suspend2-r7 myself. I used the ebuild here for lirc-0.8.0: http://pvrguide.no-ip.com/bbs-old/viewtopic.php?t=32727 I also had to edit /etc/conf.d/lircd changed LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc0 to LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc/0 Paul Thanks. That seems to work for me, however I didn't have to edit /etc/conf.d/lircd as you did. Cheers, Drew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] myth selecting the wrong sound channel
I cannot remember if I have tried it during recording, but myth is definitely selecting a wrong (non-existent) audio stream during tuning. It is also definitely changing streams during (that is, in the middle of) recording, its just harder to catch it in the act as its usually unattended. I have come across a number of older emails about this, as well as having been contacted by a number of people with identical problems. The nearest I have found to a solution is that a bug was raised against the problem, and a fix was in cvs - but I cannot find it - I cant find a bugzilla link or any type of bug reporting system to check. BillK On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 21:24 -0500, Donavan Stanley wrote: On 12/27/05, William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On selecting a channel, it may (randomly, works sometimes, sometimes not) have sound. A press of the sound channel select (+) on a keyboard brings the sound back. Worse, this results in some recordings being blank, and some recordings losing sound half way through. Nope it doesn't. In order for the inc/dec audio channel to work the audio channel must be present in the stream. It's used for playback only and not recording. I presume because a number of people have this problem, thats its old and a fix is available but I cant find it. Try the 18.1 fixes / 18.2 branch for a fix or wait till 19. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] iptables and MythTV
Great, thanks! I presume I'll need one for ntp as well. Looks to be UDP and on port 123. Kirk --- Doug Bunger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You turn off the firewall during instalation, because you are often using software like apt, yum, up2date, synaptic, etc to resolve dependancies. During operation the open ports will depend on you hardware deployment: database needs port 3306 for mysql, usually only tcp backend needs port 3306 to get to the database backend needs port 80 to access schedule data, usually only tcp backend *may* need 111 for portmap if /mnt/video is on nfs backend *may* need random nfs ports as determined by nfs backend need ports 42160 42161 for streaming, usually only tcp (But I hope you got a really good uplink on your remote if you're gonna try it.) frontend will probably need all the same. --- Kirk Grell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a few of the MythTV How-to's I've read, it's recommended to turn off the firewall during the Linux install. I'm building a MythTV backend at a remote location and would like to enable the firewall. What are the minimum necessary protocols and ports that I need to setup in iptables so that MythTV will still work, but the box will still be somewhat secure. The backend will just be recording shows. I won't have a frontend for the time being (will just pull the shows via sftp as I want to watch them). I'll also need to be able to schedule recordings remotely via the web interface. Is it possible to do it via https? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kirk __ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users - Doug Bunger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - http://www.dougbunger.com/ -- __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Stupid problems with MythTV and MySQL
On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 02:11:26AM +, Craig Tinson wrote: 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 No error type from QSqlError? Strange... 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 Database not open while trying to save setting: Language 2005-12-27 18:22:41.133 Unable to connect to database! got qt-mysql installed? This one just bit me as well. When I upgraded my frontend-only machine from 0.18.1-5 to 0.18.1-7 the usual uninstall everything and then reinstall everything process occurred (because of a dependency loop?). After everything was reinstalled I couldn't connect to the SQL server. It took a few evenings of hunting until I figured out libqt2-mt-mysql was missing. I don't know what happened exactly, but I did another apt-get update and then it installed itself. I'm guessing the frontend originally inherited libqt3-mt-mysql from some other dependency and that intermediate package was changed. It's working as of today. -- Joke template: Three guys walk into a bar. One of them is a wee bit stupid, and the whole scene unfolds with a tedious inevitability. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mini-ITX M, Winfast TV 2000 Expert problems
Dear Myth TV users, I am hoping that some someone will be able to help with a problem that I have been experiencing with Myth TV. I have been using myth 18.1 on a debian 3.1 based system, with a custom compiled kernel, hardware accelerated MPEG 2 decoding. For a TV card I have installed Winfast TV 2000 Expert, as this is one of the few that I was able to source in South Africa that was compatible with Linux and a low profile model (my box does not accommodate a full height card) Initially I had problems tuning to the correct TV channel as the channel numbers do not correspond to the transmission frequencies used here. By entering the frequency in the frequency ID field on the myth setup program I have been able to tune to a specified frequency. This was discovered by examining the source code, it is not mentioned in the documentation. One problem that I still have not solved yet it the washed out colours that I obtain with the MythTV program. Using TVTIME I can tune to a broadcast frequency and view the program in lovely chrisp colours but using the MythTV program the colours are washed out and almost appear to be black and white. Adjusting the picture settings have a minimal effect on the colour of the image. Has anybody else experienced this with the Winfast TV2000 Expert and if you have how was it solved. Many thanks in advance Robin Gilham ___ Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Problems running Myth - segfault starting liveTV
On 8/23/05, Blastzone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, next step was to build the proprietary ATI driver and see if thathelped.Nope.So I'm running the fglrx driver instead of the radeon driver in X, butno joy, still segfaulting.I did manage to figure out the security lockdown in gentoo's X (go into the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx script and pull the --nolisten tcp flag)and get some GDB output.What I got was all the same log messages(see above) but also this line after the segfault:#0 0xb65b6dbc in nanosleep() from /lib/libc.so.6 I hope that helps - it's frustrating being so close, and so far.Is there at least a hack that I can use in the interim to point watchrecordings to mplayer instead of the internal player?trying to find shows by 1066_MMDDhhmm_etc.is not easy.If it helps any, I am having the EXACT same problem with my setup (gentoo, brand new install, Radeon Mobility 7500. myth worked fine with the normal ati drivers, crashes with a segfault with the radeon DRI OpenGL drivers. I have the nvidia use flag turned off. is myth hardcoded to use nvidia for some reason? Logically, it should not be trying to open /dev/nvidia0 at ALL if I have nvidia turned off. - Jeff ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] iptables and MythTV
On 12/27/05, Doug Bunger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You turn off the firewall during instalation, because you are often using software like apt, yum, up2date, synaptic, etc to resolve dependancies. During operation the open ports will depend on you hardware deployment: database needs port 3306 for mysql, usually only tcp backend needs port 3306 to get to the database backend needs port 80 to access schedule data, usually only tcp backend *may* need 111 for portmap if /mnt/video is on nfs backend *may* need random nfs ports as determined by nfs backend need ports 42160 42161 for streaming, usually only tcp (But I hope you got a really good uplink on your remote if you're gonna try it.) frontend will probably need all the same. --- Kirk Grell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course most of these are only of concern if you do agressive egress filtering. For your in-house server, presumably behind a firewall, it becomes sort of self defeating to filter at that level. Personally, I don't even run IPTables on my Myth Boxes because nothing gets through my seperate firewall, and I don't have the bandwidth to push live tv out of my box over my internet connection. -- --JSA- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ide controller advice
On Sunday 25 December 2005 22:32, Jarod Wilson wrote: On Sunday 25 December 2005 19:16, Mike Schiller wrote: OK, but can anyone recommend a cheap IDE controller I have a few Promise Ultra 133 TX2 and Ultra 100 TX2 cards. They work great, only cost $20-30 new, IIRC. I had a Promise Ultra100TX2 card as well (have since replaced a few drives with SATA so I don't use it anymore), worked great, no problems with it, SMART capable. -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Horsepower required for realtime commercial flagging
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 22:54, Andy Poling wrote: Jack Lowry [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I currently have an AMD duron 950 wiht 256 Megs of ram and two pvr 250s. I'd like to be able to do realtime commercial flagging on two streams. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how much how much horsepower is required to hit this target? I also have a AMD Athalon 2200 XP+ that's currently my workstation that I could move to the Myth box and buy a new motherboad/CPU for my workstation. There's an even easier solution, IMHO. I wanted to use the horsepower of a couple of pretty powerful workstations for commercial flagging, so I made them slave backends with the master backend mounted via NFS and with no tuners, set their job search interval at a fraction of the master backend, and set their job limit at 2 and the master backend's job limit at 1 (I also used 0 for a while to disable it completely). The upshot of this is that these slave backends end up doing all the commercial flagging instead of the master backend. To also partially answer your question, my athlonxp 2400+ workstation seems to be able to easily do realtime commercial flagging on at least one sdtv show (from a pvr250 at high capture res) at once. My second input is an hdtv card and the demands of flagging hdtv are much higher, of course, so I can't really tell you if it could do two sdtv shows at once. -Andy I just set up my spare computer to do all my commercial flagging as a slave backend, works great. The bonus is when I need to use its CPU for somehting I can shutdown the slave backend and the cpu is free until I start it up again. -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Struggling with Xwindows DVI to HDTV 1080i
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 18:38, Len Reed wrote: I've got an nvidia 6200 with DVI out connected to my Mitsubishi HDTV (DVIS to HDMI cable). The TV does 720p and 1080i on HDMI: it's worked from both the cable box and from a DVD player that does upscaling. I can get the TV to recognize that it's getting 1080i input from the computer. (The info on the screen says so.) I can't get it to deal with 720p for some reason. I can get the TV to handle lower resolution SVGA and XGA modes up to 1024x768 fine. With 1080i I get what is close to the twm screen, but there are two problems: 1. The screen is greatly overscanned. Perhaps 20% is not displayed. 2. The interlacing is off, or at least that's my guess. Everything is displayed twice, with one flickering image directly below another. They are close: the bar at the top of an xterm has its two images overlapping. I've tried every modeline I can find, and have tried two different modeline calculators, but I can't get the two images to converge. The TV seems to be reporting things correctly to X (59-61 Vsync, reasonable Hsync, etc.) Telling X to ignore the TV's info doesn't help in any case. It seems like it should be easy enough to play with the vertical blanking interval to fix this, and that I'm close. But I'm guessing, and I'm not making progress. Is there a reasonble way to tweak the modeline to iterate toward a solution here? Details: Fedora core 4, x86_64 Athlon-64x2 (3800+) ndvidia 6200 card latest nvidia X driver, compiled on the machine Thanks, Len newer nvidia drivers don't support interlace modes over DVI. Overscan won't change what you see for TV (ie. the overscan is the same whether from your computer or your cablebox), so change the gui overscan settings for your TV to fix the gui. if you want to fix tv video, SVN lets you adjust overscan, or find the service menu info for your tv to lessen its overscan. -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythgame not starting xmame properly ... so close ...
Mary, Try running the xmame cmdline by itself and you should see the problem. The cmdline is in your error message. rgds, andrew On 12/27/05, Mary Strimel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, I compiled and installed the latest mythgame plugin on my Ubuntu 5.04 system. When I try to start an xmame game, the screen flashes once and returns to the game menu. The error I can decipher from the frontend log is MameRomLocation not set in mythgame-txt, but I DID set my ROM location properly in the mythtv setup screens, and I cannot find a file called mythgame-txt anywhere on my system. (I already followed the instructions to disable the joystick option under mythtv as described in the docs, so I don't think that's the problem). There are a couple other error-ish things from the log that I copied below. What next? thanks, Mary XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Can't open: /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/Iulius/game-ui .xml XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Using default theme file MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero size. A widg et probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the whole screen (i nefficient!). MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero size. A widg et probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the whole screen (i nefficient!). MameRomLocation not set in mythgame-settings.txt, using default./usr/games/xmame -rompath /roms -history_file /var/lib/mythgame/history.dat -hiscore_directory / var/lib/mythgame/hiscore/ -hiscore_file /var/lib/mythgame/hiscore.dat -skip_disc laimer -noskip_gameinfo -fullscreen -noartwork -noautoframeskip -scale 1 -noant ialias -notranslucency -noanalogstick -nowinkeys -nograbmouse -joytype 0 -samp les -volume -16 -nocheat /usr/games/xmame -rompath -lr 2/dev/null 2005-12-26 03:35:31.911 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5 ) 2005-12-26 03:35:31.918 Using protocol version 15 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Quick question about channel logos..
Hi, It appears the channel logos I declared in the mythtv-setup for each channel can only be seen on the frontend who runs on the machine with the master backend. All other frontends in other locations dont show channel logos. Does anyone know what setting has to be changed so that the other frontends also honour the fact I want channel logos to be show to which I have declared in the setup. Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Hardware (video and audio card) questions, differences and features?
Chad wrote: Hello! I'm looking for an easy-to-use website that will explain the differences of the nvidia cards to me. MythTV says I need a Geforce 4 or better to do XvMC, but I've got an MX440 and it barely (nearly unusably) does it. I am looking for a faster/better/newer card and want to know the difference in the 5200, 6200, 6600, GT versions of those, the 4000... I use the SVideo out on an MX440 and had little luck with XvMC in 0.18.2 (the fixes release), but am having far more luck with the latest SVN - it's totally watchable and lowers my CPU usage quite significantly (to the point where HD channels used to be unwatchable, but now only ocassionaly skip with a 'pre-buffering pause'). I'm looking for a card that actually works (well) in linux/mythtv with it's Digital Coax output. I have yet to actually be able to get anything to play through my digital out and have my receiver pick it up as a Dolby Digital sound source (when it's a HD recording with DD audio). Believe it or not, I'm using the AC97 onboard audio on a KT600 chipset mainboard through the SPDIF out. All I did was enable IEC968 output in alsamixer, turn IEC968 playback all the way *down* (it seems to work in reverse?), and pointed Myth to use alsa:spdif as the output device. For mplayer, I use a command line similar to: mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv -ao alsa:device=spdif -ac hwac3, (NOTE: extra ',' at the end is required, tells mplayer to fallback to other codes if it can't access hardware ac3, or the stream is not ac3 at all) The best I've gotten is a loud repeated 'beat' (which is my best description, I would guess it's an analog version of the digital pulse?) which I quickly mute or kill. I've tried/used a cmipci, an emu10k1, and onboard via-82xx, all through very new versions of ALSA, with no avail. That's it, my AC97 chipset uses the via-82xx driver. Regards, Johan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
