[mythtv-users] Standalone VFD/LCD recommendations?

[Yeechang Lee]

I'm looking for recommendations on an add-on VFD or LCD display for my
MythTV box. Most of the relevant threads I've looked at deal with
cases with built-in displays, unfortunately. My criteria:

* Fits into a 5.25" drive bay.
* Readable 8' away in the dark.
* As many lines and columns as is practical while complying with the
  previous two criteria.
* Prebuilt; I don't want to have to solder.
* Cheap as possible.
* Usable hard buttons and status lights (a red light to indicate that
  a recording is occurring, for example) would be nice, but not
  essential.

Suggestions? I've seen the Crystalfontz and Matrix Orbital displays,
but it's hard to tell online how readable they are.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Roland Roberts]

> "J" == Jonathan Tidmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

J> Yeah, cable into a set-top box decrypts the digital cable so your
J> TV can view it.  If you don't use the set-top box, then only
J> analog channels are available.  Every major cable company has
J> different channel layouts for digital than analog.  The problem
J> IS that you have the wrong channel lineup setup for your setup.
J> If you are not using digital, then change your zap2it settings to
J> your cable company's analog lineup.  Chris' answer is correct.
J> -J

Thanks for the additional explanation; I'll see if there is a lineup
that matches what I'm seeing, else I guess it is time to talk to the
zap2it folks.

roland
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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 22:37, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> > To make a long story short, my 2.8TB JFS-on-LVM2-on-software RAID 5
> > array has certain mysterious performance bottlenecks that result in
> > 7.5-10MB/s local write speeds, despite eight spindles and two 3Ware
> > 7506 controller cards in JBOD mode and on separate buses and with
> > iowait never going above a few percentage points at the very
> > most. Over the network that's even slower, of course.
>
> This actually sounds pretty typical of RAID 5 to me. Every write
> results in 2 simultaneous writes. Even slower when you're doing it in
> software. Great for redundancy, terrible for throughput. That's the
> trade-off.

Erm, software RAID 5 isn't *that* bad. I've got a sw RAID 5 array that only 
consists of four ATA drives, and can write at a sustained rate of 30MB/s 
without a problem. I've got a 5-drive U320 software RAID 5 array in another 
machine that does ~80MB/s without a problem.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:


To make a long story short, my 2.8TB JFS-on-LVM2-on-software RAID 5
array has certain mysterious performance bottlenecks that result in
7.5-10MB/s local write speeds, despite eight spindles and two 3Ware
7506 controller cards in JBOD mode and on separate buses and with
iowait never going above a few percentage points at the very
most. Over the network that's even slower, of course.


This actually sounds pretty typical of RAID 5 to me. Every write  
results in 2 simultaneous writes. Even slower when you're doing it in  
software. Great for redundancy, terrible for throughput. That's the  
trade-off.
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[mythtv-users] hd-3000 and pvr-500 together

[Mike]

Is it possible to run this together on 0.18.1
-pvr-500 basic NTSC analog cable
-hd-3000 OTA HDTV

I've gone through and compiled up a new kernel, can cat 
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 and get HDTV from an antenna. But I can't get my 
already working NTSC setup running with the HD channels. I already 
rebuilt mythtv with DVB support, I'm fairly sure that the card is 
working otherwise I don't think I would have gotten files that I could 
play via mplayer out of cat off the hd-3000 card. Although 2.6.14.4 with 
ivytv-0.4.1 and bttv wasn't a fun endevor to figure out why they didn't 
work together. I can't compile half of the guys tools for the HD-3000 
card because hes got a bunch of errors in his code for later versions of 
make. However, I can use build and use azap and those tools which is how 
I tuned it to test it in the first place. So I'm pretty sure the linux 
side of it is done. All I need to do is figure out how to make myth do 
what I want it to do with both of these cards together.


PVR-500 tuners selected to my analog cable profile from zap2it
HD-3000 tuner selected to OTA HDTV channels from zap2it

Can't select 'Scan for channels' or 'advanced'.

Can somebody help me or give me advice?

TIA
Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Yeechang Lee]

Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> Something odd going on there, I have an almost identical setup for
> my master backend, and NFS works great at handling multiple HDTV
> streams (both my HD capture devices are in slave backends that write
> to the master via NFS), along with the occasional SD stream thrown
> in as well.

To make a long story short, my 2.8TB JFS-on-LVM2-on-software RAID 5
array has certain mysterious performance bottlenecks that result in
7.5-10MB/s local write speeds, despite eight spindles and two 3Ware
7506 controller cards in JBOD mode and on separate buses and with
iowait never going above a few percentage points at the very
most. Over the network that's even slower, of course.

I've going to be rebuilding the array after backing it up to an
Infrant 600 (the clear winner, in my mind, among the recent spate of
"NAS in a shoebox" offerings popping up all over the place) with four
500GB drives I'll be temporarily using in RAID 0 for the time being,
and am looking forward to finding out whether the bottleneck is in
mdadm, lvm2 (the likeliest suspect in my mind; none of the several
academic self-assembled terabyte-RAID 5 array setups I've read
benchmarks for online seems to use it, although otherwise essentially
identical), JFS, or elsewhere. I would be surprised if, once I reach
write performance on the array closer to theoretical potential, I can
use NFS to stream recordings to it without any trouble. But in the
meanwhile I'm glad Samba lets me stream a HDTV recording while also
playing back a HDTV stream with no IOBOUND error messages (except the
very occasional one or two if I'm doing something disk- but non-MythTV
related on the frontend/backend MythTV box); after a month of butting
my head against seemingly-endless IOBOUND messages with NFS v3 that's
a good thing, believe me.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Struggling with Xwindows DVI to HDTV 1080i

[Len Reed]

Steve Adeff wrote:

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.


Seriously??  I sure didn't see that in their README.  After my original 
posting, I bought (from somewhere that I can return it) a 6600 card that 
has component video out and it works fine.  (It exhibited exactly the 
same problem with DVI, though.)  The card with HDTV encoding is a 
satisfactory solution if not an ideal one (both technically and in 
cost.)  It sure seems stupid to have the card encode HDTV to have the TV 
turn it back into digital for the DLP display when I should be able to 
do it over DVI.  Certainly the cable box's 1080i DVI is a bit clearer 
than its component video.  Is there any way that the open source (dv) 
driver will work at 1920x1080i to DVI or is a waste of more time to even 
try?


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.


OK, I haven't laid mythtv into this mix yet, so I'll worry about it 
then.  The component video from the new card at 720p and 1080i exhibits 
only small overscan, about what I'd want.


While you're listening, Steve, you were complaining about the VIA 
IEEE1394 chipset.  I can't find anything but VIA.  Fry's had a dozen 
cards, all VIA.  Did you have to mail order to get something with the TI 
chip?  Do you have a recommendation?


Thanks again for the help.

Len
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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Brandon Stoll]

On 12/28/05, Yeechang Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Buechler, Mark R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> > My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the world
>
> [...]
>
> > Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to vew HD content from my
> > DVB card while streaming it to the raid5 array it can't really handle it too
> > well - whereas with a separate live tv buffer it wasn't a problem.
>
> I'm going to blatantly hijack this thread to record for posterity
> that, at least with my setup (streaming HDTV recordings to a software
> RAID 5+LVM2 array over Gigabit Ethernet with Fedora Core and the
> ATrpms version of MythTV 18.1), Samba 3 is rock solid while NFS 3 is
> pretty guaranteed to generate near-endless IOBOUND error messages in
> mythbackend.log. More detail when I have the time and inclination to
> write up my experiences, but I hope this helps others in my situation
> in the meanwhile; a month of IOBOUND error messages despite endless
> tuning attempts.
>
> --
> Yeechang Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | +1 650 776 7763 | San Francisco CA US
>
>

Since you brought it up...

Is gigabit necessary?  I have 2 Myth systems connected via 100mbit
using CIFS/samba with relatively default settings - I searched google
I really couldn't find any options that would help aside from the
default socket options.  One machine is the BE/FE with PVR350+Air2PC
and the other a database/FE/RAID5 file server.  I don't have any major
problems with the SD recordings, although I have seen skips maybe once
per 3-4 hours of recorded content.  HD recordings regularly have tons
of IOBOUND that make shows unwatchable.  It seems like the 1080i
channels do this more than 720, although I thought 720p and 1080i were
effectively the same bandwidth.
   I tried NFS, but I could never get it to work right and had VERY
bad lag problems that would cause the kernel to become more or less
unresponsive until I would force an unmount of the share.
   I didn't think that recording only 1HD/1SD stream could have
problems with 100mbit full duplex, but I'm at a loss as to what other
settings I should be looking at.  I'm hoping there are some buffer
settings with the new HD recorder code in SVN [that patch made some
shows watchable] but I'm not sure where to look for that, or if that
would even help me.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Yeechang Lee]

Greg Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> What mount option are you passing to the nfs share..

I've been using the nfsvers=3, tcp, and 32K read/write buffers options
someone else mentioned in my home network NFS setup since long before
taking up MythTV. Believe me, I'd still much rather use NFS--I'm a
*lot* more comfortable with fiddling with NFS export and mount options
than with smb.conf--but Samba works and works well.

> SMB versus nfs and smb being faster is impossible IMO.

Again, speaking as someone who's had a lot more hands-on experience
with NFS than Samba, I know very well that modern Samba is as fast as,
if not faster than (and certainly a lot more interoperable across
platforms) than NFS. Many found NFS pre-v3 to be noticeably slower
than Samba, for example, and although as I've mentioned I've always
used NFS v3 the notion that today's Samba is faster--or at least more
efficient in some way I haven't figured out yet on my particular
setup--than NFS is hardly a strange one.

N.B. - To be completely accurate, I'm actually using cifs, as smbfs has
a 2GB file limit which I only discovered after mythbackend kept
crashing with no error messages whatsoever after a certain point in my
HDTV recordings.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Jonathan Tidmore]

On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Chris" == Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:Chris> On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from>> datadirect.  But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly>> into the cable *without* the set-top box.  This means I only get
>> the non-encrypted channels but it also means both tuners can>> operate simultaneously.  Unfortunately, it also means that all>> the channels are not where datadirect says they are
>>>> Is there a way to change the channel mappings so the program>> guide matches what I'm seeing?Chris> When you set up you Zap2It lineup, there is a screen that
Chris> gives you the option to select/deselect individual channelsChris> in your lineup.Chris> It sounds like you need 2 separate lineups defined, one forChris> digital cable and one for analog cable.  Define the two
Chris> lineups at Zap2It, then run mythtvsetup and assign theChris> appropriate lineup to each tuner.Uhm, no.  I don't think so.  The two tuners are onboard the PVR-500,internally, no digital vs analog, this is all analog.  And the issue
isn't two different line-ups for the two tuners.My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside theirset-top box. Yeah, cable into a set-top box decrypts the digital cable so your TV can view it.  If you don't use the set-top box, then only analog channels are available.  Every major cable company has different channel layouts for digital than analog.  The problem IS that you have the wrong channel lineup setup for your setup.  If you are not using digital, then change your zap2it settings to your cable company's analog lineup.  Chris' answer is correct.  
-J
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[mythtv-users] Frontend Mystery Crash (glibc detected ...)

[zoiks2004-ivtv]

I have the following in mythfrontend's log file, which
are the last lines before the frontend just up and
crashes (leaving the window manager still functioning
sans mythfrontend):

2005-12-28 21:03:06.177 Changing from None to
WatchingPreRecorded
2005-12-28 21:03:06.178 Realtime priority would
require SUID as root.
2005-12-28 21:03:06.232 Video timing method: USleep
with busy wait
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Major opcode:  140
  Minor opcode:  14
  Resource id:  0x15b
2005-12-28 21:26:51.591 Couldn't get the color key
color, and we need it.
You likely won't get any video.
*** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list:
0x08b268c8 ***
2005-12-28 21:26:51.938 Changing from
WatchingPreRecorded to None
2005-12-28 21:26:51.959 Changing from None to None
[ and then nothing until reboot ]

I was about to declare victory, having solved another
crash related to ivtv settings, though this one seems
unrelated to that.  It occurred when I selected "Back"
(Escape) to go back to the menu while watching a
pre-recorded program.  Myth had been running roughly
18 hours since the last crash, with medium-high usage.

The sytem logs have no entries that coincide with this
event, just mythfrontend's log.

System:
myth 0.18.1
ivtv 0.4.1 (using xv/yuv driver with x.org 6.8.1)
kernel 2.6.8 (SuSE 9.2)
P4 2.4GHz with 1G RAM

Anyone have any idea what's causing this?  Any
suggestions?  Is this a Mythbug (perhaps fixed in a
later version)?  Should I upgrade the kernel?  Could
this still be ivtv-related?

Thanks for any help!
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Ryan Steffes]

On 12/29/05, Greg Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jumbo frames are your friendOn Wed, 2005-12-28 at 21:29 -0800, Jonathan Tidmore wrote:> On 12/28/05, Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> The "tcp" option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the
> time to> benchmark between TCP and UDP.>>> For gigabit ethernet, the nfs people recommend TCP.>> From the man page for nfs (5):>> WARNINGS
>Using NFS over UDP on high-speed links such as Gigabit can> cause silent data corruption.>>The  problem  can  be  triggered
at high loads, and is caused> by problems in IP fragment reassembly. NFS>read and writes typically transmit UDP packets of 4 Kilobytes> or more, which have to be broken  up  into>several  fragments  in  order  to  be
sent over the Ethernet> link, which limits packets to 1500 bytes by>default. This process happens at the IP network layer and is> called fragmentation.>> They go into greater detail about this issue.  For info use 'man 5
> nfs'>>> -J> ___> mythtv-users mailing list> mythtv-users@mythtv.org> 
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Hmm, I wonder if this may be related to why nfs apparently locks my
machine in heavy use.  It started when I switched to gigabit nics
and I was blaming the cards, until I realized I could do high data
transfers with the computer as long as I don't use nfs.

Ryan
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Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26 Backend problems

[Kichigai Mentat]

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On Dec 28, 2005, at 23.08, Cecil Watson wrote:


Kichigai Mentat wrote:

Hello. I'm running a KnoppMyth back-end that's got version R5A26.
However, I've discovered that it's got more than a couple unfortunate
flaws that hinder (IE completely prevent) working with a front-end.


http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7066
I'd suggest you query for help there w/ what doesn't work for you.

Yeah, I've tried everything in that thread. Might as well post to it.

  The fix for this will be in the next release...
Any idea when the next release is? Because if it's something like the  
end of Jan., I can probably just wait, and settle for downloading  
streams manually and playing them back in XBMC or on a burned DVD or  
something.


Cecil
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Greg Oliver]

Jumbo frames are your friend

On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 21:29 -0800, Jonathan Tidmore wrote:
> On 12/28/05, Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> The "tcp" option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the
> time to
> benchmark between TCP and UDP.
> 
> 
> For gigabit ethernet, the nfs people recommend TCP.
> 
> From the man page for nfs (5): 
> 
> WARNINGS
>Using NFS over UDP on high-speed links such as Gigabit can
> cause silent data corruption.
> 
>The  problem  can  be  triggered at high loads, and is caused
> by problems in IP fragment reassembly. NFS 
>read and writes typically transmit UDP packets of 4 Kilobytes
> or more, which have to be broken  up  into
>several  fragments  in  order  to  be sent over the Ethernet
> link, which limits packets to 1500 bytes by 
>default. This process happens at the IP network layer and is
> called fragmentation.
> 
> They go into greater detail about this issue.  For info use 'man 5
> nfs'
> 
> 
> -J
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[mythtv-users] mythcommflag not finding anything

[Sasha Z]

Big long output from mythcommflag... notice it's not finding anything.
It also sits there consuming about 100% CPU during the time
immediately after it rejects the edge width and goes to 7. I admit to
using SVN, but I think the problem is far more likely on my end, as
I've been overhauling everything these last few days.

2005-12-29 00:24:40.905 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 14160
2005-12-29 00:24:40.905 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:24:40.911 Analyzing edge data
2005-12-29 00:24:40.914 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:24:40.919 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:24:40.921 Testing Logo area: topleft (25,59),
bottomright (589,438)
2005-12-29 00:24:40.921 Rejecting Logo area: topleft (25,59),
bottomright (589,438), pixelsInMask (3505). Not within specified
limits.
2005-12-29 00:24:40.921 Trying with edgeDiff == 7
2005-12-29 00:24:40.929 AFD: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:24:40.929 Dec: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:24:40.930 AFD: SeekReset(4294967281, do flush, do discard)
2005-12-29 00:24:40.930 AFD: SeekReset() flushing
2005-12-29 00:24:40.930 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA
2005-12-29 00:24:40.930 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA -- done()
2005-12-29 00:24:40.999 AFD: HandleGopStart: gopset not set, syncing positionMap
2005-12-29 00:24:40.999 Resyncing position map. posmapStarted = 1
livetv(0) watchingRec(0)
2005-12-29 00:24:40.999 AFD: HandleGopStart: Initial key frame distance: 15.
2005-12-29 00:28:27.287 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.287 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 54729
2005-12-29 00:28:27.287 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:28:27.287 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.287 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 54729
2005-12-29 00:28:27.287 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:28:27.288 Analyzing edge data
2005-12-29 00:28:27.290 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.292 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.294 Testing Logo area: topleft (634,474), bottomright (5,5)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.294 Rejecting Logo area: topleft (634,474),
bottomright (5,5), pixelsInMask (0). Not within specified limits.
2005-12-29 00:28:27.294 Trying with edgeDiff == 10
2005-12-29 00:28:27.302 AFD: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.302 Dec: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.332 AFD: SeekReset(4294967281, do flush, do discard)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.332 AFD: SeekReset() flushing
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA -- done()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 16
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 16
2005-12-29 00:28:27.333 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:28:27.414 Analyzing edge data
2005-12-29 00:28:27.416 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.417 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.419 Testing Logo area: topleft (634,474), bottomright (5,5)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.419 Rejecting Logo area: topleft (634,474),
bottomright (5,5), pixelsInMask (0). Not within specified limits.
2005-12-29 00:28:27.419 Trying with edgeDiff == 15
2005-12-29 00:28:27.427 AFD: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.428 Dec: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.428 AFD: SeekReset(4294967281, do flush, do discard)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.428 AFD: SeekReset() flushing
2005-12-29 00:28:27.428 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA
2005-12-29 00:28:27.428 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA -- done()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.428 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.429 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 16
2005-12-29 00:28:27.429 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:28:27.429 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.429 NVP: SetCommBreakIter @ framesPlayed = 16
2005-12-29 00:28:27.429 NVP: new commBreakIter = 3014772 @ frame 7274611
2005-12-29 00:28:27.438 Analyzing edge data
2005-12-29 00:28:27.441 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.443 SetLogoMaskArea()
2005-12-29 00:28:27.444 Testing Logo area: topleft (634,474), bottomright (5,5)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.445 Rejecting Logo area: topleft (634,474),
bottomright (5,5), pixelsInMask (0). Not within specified limits.
2005-12-29 00:28:27.445 Trying with edgeDiff == 20
2005-12-29 00:28:27.452 AFD: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.453 Dec: DoRewind(0, do flush)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.456 AFD: SeekReset(4294967281, do flush, do discard)
2005-12-29 00:28:27.456 AFD: SeekReset() flushing
2005-12-29 00:28:27.456 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():
AAA
2005-12-29 00:28:27.456 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames():

Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Phill Edwards]

> I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question.  So
> I'm warming the thread.
>
> I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question.  I did
> verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a
> terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth "LCD TV" border images)
> I can log in and navigate around, but I cannot figure out how to return
> to the x-windows desktop.  All I can do to get back there is to call
> "reboot now".
>
> How do I return to the x-windows desktop after using Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump
> to a terminal?

If you want to use the keyboard instead of a mouse then Ratpoison may
be the window manager for you. It has no mouse and everything is done
by keys. It's also very lightweight and ideal for something like a
Myth box. Lots of MythTV'ers use it, including myself and I think it's
the cat's whiskers :)

Regards,
Phill
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Jonathan Tidmore]

On 12/28/05, Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The "tcp" option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the time tobenchmark between TCP and UDP.For gigabit ethernet, the nfs people recommend TCP.From the man page for nfs (5):
WARNINGS   Using NFS over UDP on high-speed links such as Gigabit can cause silent data corruption.   The  problem  can  be  triggered at high loads, and is caused by problems in IP fragment reassembly. NFS
   read and writes typically transmit UDP packets of 4 Kilobytes or more, which have to be broken  up  into   several  fragments  in  order  to  be sent over the Ethernet link, which limits packets to 1500 bytes by
   default. This process happens at the IP network layer and is called fragmentation.They go into greater detail about this issue.  For info use 'man 5 nfs'-J
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Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26 Backend problems

[Cecil Watson]

Kichigai Mentat wrote:
> Hello. I'm running a KnoppMyth back-end that's got version R5A26. 
> However, I've discovered that it's got more than a couple unfortunate 
> flaws that hinder (IE completely prevent) working with a front-end.
> 
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7066
I'd suggest you query for help there w/ what doesn't work for you.  The
fix for this will be in the next release...

Cecil
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Roland Roberts]

> "Chris" == Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Chris> I was thinking that you would use your cable box for one of
Chris> the inputs and feed the cable directly into the other.

I could do that, but I don't have a ir blaster (yet anyway).

Chris> Anyhow, you seem to be downloading the wrong channel lineup.

I don't think so

Chris> The solution is to download the correct channel lineup.

Like I said, if I feed the input from the cable into the card *before*
the set-top box, the channels are different.  And I don't seem to have
any option from datadirect to map them any other way, which I why I
don't think I'm downloading the "wrong" channel lineup.

On the other hand, I am poking at the channel editor in mythtv...maybe
this does what I want.

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Re: [mythtv-users] "This is close to an existing cut point" -> missing option

[Wendy Seltzer]

Try this patch (against svn 8386).  The OSD popup seems only to
allow four items (at least without digging deeper into the theme
files), but since you can use ESC to cancel, it doesn't seem much of a
loss to do away with the "Cancel" button from the "close to an existing
cutpoint" popup.

(Since mpeg4-mpeg4 transcoding is still broken for me, I can't tell how
it handles the cutpoints, but at least it lets you place them...)

--Wendy
On 12/28/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/28/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 12/28/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

What
I wanted to do was "place a cutpoint here anyway" since the video I was
cropping to was only 5-10 seconds long for parts. Does that option make
sense to add?
I'd like to see that option too.  If no one else picks it up, I'll take a look at the code.

--WendyI just tried to get around it
by manually cropping the video with avidemux2, but that seems to change
the format somehow to make it not work in dvd / vcd making programs
(dvdauthor, dvdstyler, vcdimager, etc). it's not something I would
often use, but it would make sense to have it there for the power users
(since it's really only the power users would would be using the edit
cutpoint feature at all, really)
 - jeff -- Wendy Seltzer

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Index: libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.h
===
--- libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.h	(revision 8386)
+++ libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.h	(working copy)
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
 void SetCommBreakIter(void);
 
 void HandleArbSeek(bool right);
-void HandleSelect(void);
+void HandleSelect(bool selectnear);
 void HandleResponse(void);
 
 void UpdateTimeDisplay(void);
Index: libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp
===
--- libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp	(revision 8386)
+++ libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -3226,7 +3226,7 @@
 handled = true;
 
 if (action == "SELECT")
-HandleSelect();
+HandleSelect(false);
 else if (action == "LEFT")
 {
 if (seekamount > 0)
@@ -3456,7 +3456,7 @@
 osd->SetText("editmode", infoMap, -1);
 }
 
-void NuppelVideoPlayer::HandleSelect(void)
+void NuppelVideoPlayer::HandleSelect(bool selectnear)
 {
 bool deletepoint = false;
 QMap::Iterator i;
@@ -3467,7 +3467,7 @@
 long long pos = framesPlayed - i.key();
 if (pos < 0)
 pos = 0 - pos;
-if (pos < (int)ceil(20 * video_frame_rate))
+if ((pos < (int)ceil(20 * video_frame_rate)) && !selectnear)
 {
 deletepoint = true;
 deleteframe = i.key();
@@ -3487,7 +3487,8 @@
 option3 += QObject::tr("right");
 else
 option3 += QObject::tr("left");
-QString option4 = QObject::tr("Cancel");
+	QString option4 = QObject::tr("Insert new cut point");
+	//	QString option5 = QObject::tr("Cancel");
 
 dialogname = "deletemark";
 dialogtype = 0;
@@ -3497,6 +3498,7 @@
 options += option2;
 options += option3;
 options += option4;
+	//options += option5;
 
 osd->NewDialogBox(dialogname, message, options, -1);
 }
@@ -3539,6 +3541,9 @@
 case 3:
 ReverseMark(deleteframe);
 break;
+	case 4:
+	 HandleSelect(true);
+		break;
 default:
 break;
 }

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[mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Mike Frisch]

On 28-Dec-05, at 10:16 PM, Greg Oliver wrote:

What mount option are you passing to the nfs share..  SMB versus  
nfs and

smb being faster is impossible IMO.



Agreed.

At least the following NFS mount options should be used if not already:

mount -o rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nfsvers=3,tcp server:/nfs/export / 
local/mountpoint


The "tcp" option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the time to  
benchmark between TCP and UDP.


Mike.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 18:31, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Buechler, Mark R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> > My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the
> > world
>
> [...]
>
> > Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to vew HD content from
> > my DVB card while streaming it to the raid5 array it can't really handle
> > it too well - whereas with a separate live tv buffer it wasn't a problem.
>
> I'm going to blatantly hijack this thread to record for posterity
> that, at least with my setup (streaming HDTV recordings to a software
> RAID 5+LVM2 array over Gigabit Ethernet with Fedora Core and the
> ATrpms version of MythTV 18.1), Samba 3 is rock solid while NFS 3 is
> pretty guaranteed to generate near-endless IOBOUND error messages in
> mythbackend.log. More detail when I have the time and inclination to
> write up my experiences, but I hope this helps others in my situation
> in the meanwhile; a month of IOBOUND error messages despite endless
> tuning attempts.

Something odd going on there, I have an almost identical setup for my master 
backend, and NFS works great at handling multiple HDTV streams (both my HD 
capture devices are in slave backends that write to the master via NFS), 
along with the occasional SD stream thrown in as well.

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[mythtv-users] Important information concerning DataDirect's outage

[Bruce Markey]

Zap2It appears to be suffering some system problems today. This
may cause unfortunate problems when running "mythfilldatabase"
for DataDirect video sources. The grab may appear to succeed and
mythfilldatabase may clear data for the target date, however, the
new data file may be empty. Mfdb normally updates the following
day (tomorrow) and the last day two weeks from now. Therefore, if
you ran mfdb today while Zap2It has this problem, it may delete
all your listing for tomorrow.

I would recommend the following:

1) Go to Setup->General and find the page for "Mythfilldatabase"
and uncheck "Automatically run mythfilldatabase". The options
will disappear from the screen but the values are stored and will
return when you check this box again. If you run mfdb from cron,
disable the cron job temporarily. In either case, don't run mfdb
automatically overnight until there is some verification that the
problem has been fixed.

2) Make a backup of your current "program" table that can be
restored in case data is lost in the next few days.

$ mysqldump -tc -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg program > program.sql

If needed, this can be restored with:

$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg -e "delete from program;" 
$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg < program.sql

$ mythbackend --resched

3) If you've already lost program data and have a mysql backup from
within the past week or so:

$ grep "INSERT INTO \`program\` " mythtv_backup.sql > tmp_program.sql

This "tmp_program.sql" file can be restored as above. Older versions
of mysqlbackup may not use the backquotes so the grep string would
be "INSERT INTO program ".

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Re: [mythtv-users] "This is close to an existing cut point" -> missing option

[Jeff Simpson]

On 12/28/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/28/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

What
I wanted to do was "place a cutpoint here anyway" since the video I was
cropping to was only 5-10 seconds long for parts. Does that option make
sense to add?
I'd like to see that option too.  If no one else picks it up, I'll take a look at the code.

--WendyI just tried to get around it by manually cropping the video with avidemux2, but that seems to change the format somehow to make it not work in dvd / vcd making programs (dvdauthor, dvdstyler, vcdimager, etc). it's not something I would often use, but it would make sense to have it there for the power users (since it's really only the power users would would be using the edit cutpoint feature at all, really)
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Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot Change to Some Channels

[Tyler Bartel]

I did some further searching and found that everything in the channels 
table seems alright but I am still unable to select any channel higher 
than 123, if I select one from the program grid (they do all show up in 
the grid) the the channel reverts to the one it was on previously or if 
I channel up/down in live tv it simply wraps from 123 to channel 2. If 
anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it, I'm stuck without a way 
to switch 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?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Greg Oliver]

What mount option are you passing to the nfs share..  SMB versus nfs and
smb being faster is impossible IMO.


On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 18:31 -0800, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Buechler, Mark R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> > My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the world
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to vew HD content from my
> > DVB card while streaming it to the raid5 array it can't really handle it too
> > well - whereas with a separate live tv buffer it wasn't a problem.
> 
> I'm going to blatantly hijack this thread to record for posterity
> that, at least with my setup (streaming HDTV recordings to a software
> RAID 5+LVM2 array over Gigabit Ethernet with Fedora Core and the
> ATrpms version of MythTV 18.1), Samba 3 is rock solid while NFS 3 is
> pretty guaranteed to generate near-endless IOBOUND error messages in
> mythbackend.log. More detail when I have the time and inclination to
> write up my experiences, but I hope this helps others in my situation
> in the meanwhile; a month of IOBOUND error messages despite endless
> tuning attempts.
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[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26 Backend problems

[Kichigai Mentat]

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Hello. I'm running a KnoppMyth back-end that's got version R5A26.  
However, I've discovered that it's got more than a couple unfortunate  
flaws that hinder (IE completely prevent) working with a front-end.


I've been searching the internets and scouring the forums, so far,  
none of the solutions have worked for me. So, I've decided that  
drastic solutions are needed. I'm looking for some opinions.


1.) Delete, Rebuild the Database.
 I've heard this solution does the trick, but I'm worrying about  
the feasibility and how much time I'm going to be wasting with it.


2.) Build from scratch
 Well, I'm thinking I would be better off just making a whole  
new configuration. I don't think I'm going to compile from scratch.  
Been there, tried that, didn't go so well. I've heard good things  
about working with Gentoo, but I've never used it. I've also heard  
Ubuntu has MythTV packages, and since it's Debian based, I feel kind  
of comfortable with it.


Just wondering what people's experiences with these solutions/ 
configurations were like. If it's something to worry about, I'm using  
a PVR-150 capture card.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Glitches in firewire capture from DCT-6200

[Alex Brekken]

I'm using the analog output (composite jack) on my soundcard to go
straight into my stereo receiver.  My master backend/frontend
machine is an AMD Sempron 2300.  Here's the output from mplayer::

[EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# mplayer -vo xv
1005_20051218123000_2005121813
.nuvMPlayer 1.0pre7-3.4.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer TeamCPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6,Stepping: 1)Detected cache-line size is 64 bytesCPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directoryCan't init input joystickSetting up LIRC support...mplayer: could not open config files /root/.lircrc and /etc/lircrc
mplayer: No such file or directoryFailed to read LIRC config file ~/.lircrc.You will not be able to use your remote control.Playing 1005_20051218123000_2005121813.nuv.TS file format detected.DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: -1, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -1,
PROBING UP TO 200, PROG: 0VIDEO MPEG2(pid=2304)AUDIO A52(pid=2305) NO SUBS (yet)!  PROGRAM N. 1Opened TS demuxer, audio: 2000(pid 2305), video: 1002(pid2304)...POS=5640VIDEO:  MPEG2  528x480  (aspect 2)  
29.970 fps  5500.0 kbps (687.5kbyte/s)==Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 2.0 (stereo)  48000 Hz  192.0 kbit/sUsing MMX optimized resamplerAUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)==
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => localdisplay)==Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 528 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...Opening video filter: [scale]The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoderlibmpeg2-v0.4.0bSelected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))==
Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le ->48000Hz/2ch/s16le...AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/s16lealsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: defaultalsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little
EndianAO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le ->48000Hz/2ch/s16le...Starting playback...VDec: vo config request - 528 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.VO: [xv] 528x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.128 msecs. resetting stream% ??,?% 1 0
A:12534.8 V:12534.9 A-V: -0.052 ct: -0.657 409/397  8%  1%  0.9% 15 0demux_mpg: 24000/1001fps progressive NTSC content detected, switchingframerate.A:12535.6 V:12535.6 A-V:  0.046 ct: -0.624 427/415  8%  1%  
0.9% 15 0demux_mpg: 3/1001fps NTSC content detected, switching framerate.Warning! FPS changed 23.976 -> 29.970  (-5.994000) [4]  1%  0.9% 15 0A:12536.9 V:12537.0 A-V: -0.057 ct: -0.571 469/454  8%  1%  
0.9% 15 0demux_mpg: 24000/1001fps progressive NTSC content detected, switchingframerate.
On 12/24/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Friday 23 December 2005 17:08, Alex Brekken wrote:> Playing it back through mplayer looks pretty good - I didn't see any> faults.  THEN, I actually re-named the file to overwrite an existing show> saved on my master machine.  This way I could playback the show through
> myth, to make the simulation as accurate as possible I guess.  Anyway, when> viewing the show through Myth, it DOES have the same slo-mo effect as it> does when playing it back via the slave backend.  So that completely rules
> out the network as a possible failing point.>> Weird...  As I stated before, I have no problem playing back recordings> made via my PVR-250.  One thing I did notice, the codec I'm using for
> PVR-250 recordings is DVD-special2.  I believe Firewire recordings are TS.> Could this be it??  I wouldn't think so since then everyone would probably> have the same problem.>> On 12/18/05, Steve Adeff <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > On Sunday 18 December 2005 08:31, Alex Brekken wrote:> > > Steve, I'd like to try that (copying the .nuv file over to the other
> >> > Myth> >> > > box and playing locally from it's own hard drive) but I'm not exactly> >> > sure> >> > > of the best way to do that...  Are you suggesting to add entries into
> >> > the> >> > > database, etc, and playing it within Myth, - or just manually playing> > > it using mplayer?> >> > just manually play it with mplayer. Lets see if the recording of the
> > firewire> > signal is working ok before we blame that. Since you don't 

[mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

[Yeechang Lee]

Buechler, Mark R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the world

[...]

> Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to vew HD content from my
> DVB card while streaming it to the raid5 array it can't really handle it too
> well - whereas with a separate live tv buffer it wasn't a problem.

I'm going to blatantly hijack this thread to record for posterity
that, at least with my setup (streaming HDTV recordings to a software
RAID 5+LVM2 array over Gigabit Ethernet with Fedora Core and the
ATrpms version of MythTV 18.1), Samba 3 is rock solid while NFS 3 is
pretty guaranteed to generate near-endless IOBOUND error messages in
mythbackend.log. More detail when I have the time and inclination to
write up my experiences, but I hope this helps others in my situation
in the meanwhile; a month of IOBOUND error messages despite endless
tuning attempts.

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[mythtv-users] Re: Remapping channels

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

Roland Roberts wrote:

My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside their
set-top box.  Since I split the signal *before* the set-top box, I only
see the unencrypted channels.


If you do this, make sure that you use the analog cable lineup from 
zap2it, not the digital cable lineup.


If it's still wrong then you should send e-mail to zap2it so they can 
fix the lineup.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Chris Ribe]

I was thinking that you would use your cable box for one of the inputs and feed the cable directly into the other.

Anyhow, you seem to be downloading the wrong channel lineup.  The
solution is to download the correct channel lineup.  On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "me" == Roland Roberts <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:me> My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside theirme> set-top box.  Since I split the signal *before* the set-top box, I only  ^
By this, I mean I am feeding it into my PVR-500 card before the set-top box.roland--  
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[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[Dave Hofstra]

sorry, 1 more file,  this is the spreadsheet I used to figure it out..
I really wish I would learn to write more comments, but maybe it'll
make sense to you now that you are into it.


On 12/28/05, Dave Hofstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did this!  I dont have the xbox hooked up anymore, but here are some of
> the files I had left from the project  I think I compared efc codes
> from
> keymaster with the lircd.conf, and could pretty easily figure out the
> correct hex code--> lircd.conf code for each additional key I wanted...
> Something I could just list in a spreadsheet side by side and guess the
> correct hex code that would correspond with the lircd.conf number...
>
> Hope this helps, it's been a while,  at least it should get you on the
> right
> track... works great for me...
>
>
> the keymapmaster file is from 8.24 if you cant find it I can send it to
> you..
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/28/05, CTD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Curious if anyone had reprogrammed a JP1 capable remote, such as the One
> > For All URC-6131n,  to provide for more keys than is on the original
> > Microsoft Remote.  Using remote code 0522, I can easily get all the
> > original xbox buttons duplicated, but I hoped for more functionality.
> >
> > I think I can figure out to program the remote, but my main question is
> > how to configure lircd by updating the lircd.conf file.  Specifically,
> > how does one determine  the hexadecimal  data value for a new button
> > that was not originally on the Microsoft remote?  For instance when I
> > run irw and press normal xbox remote keys programmed into the universal
> > remote, I can see that lirc sees all the keys which were mapped in the
> > lircd.conf file.  But for enhanced keys that I want to use, irw does not
> > output anything as I expected since there are no key-values pairs in the
> > lircd.conf file.
> >
> > I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the
> > following error:
> > #xbox:~# irrecord test
> > #irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
> > #Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus( [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > #irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
> > permissions)
> >
> > I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some help
> > after investing several hours.
> >
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Roland Roberts]

> "me" == Roland Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

me> My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside their
me> set-top box.  Since I split the signal *before* the set-top box, I only
  ^

By this, I mean I am feeding it into my PVR-500 card before the set-top box.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[Dave Hofstra]

I did this!  I dont have the xbox hooked up anymore, but here are some of the files I had left from the project  I think I compared efc codes from keymaster with the lircd.conf, and could pretty easily figure out the correct hex code--> 
lircd.conf code for each additional key I wanted...  Something I could just list in a spreadsheet side by side and guess the correct hex code that would correspond with the lircd.conf number...Hope this helps, it's been a while,  at least it should get you on the right track... works great for me...
the keymapmaster file is from 8.24 if you cant find it I can send it to you..On 12/28/05, CTD <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello there,Curious if anyone had reprogrammed a JP1 capable remote, such as the OneFor All URC-6131n,  to provide for more keys than is on the originalMicrosoft Remote.  Using remote code 0522, I can easily get all the
original xbox buttons duplicated, but I hoped for more functionality.I think I can figure out to program the remote, but my main question ishow to configure lircd by updating the lircd.conf file.  Specifically,
how does one determine  the hexadecimal  data value for a new buttonthat was not originally on the Microsoft remote?  For instance when Irun irw and press normal xbox remote keys programmed into the universal

remote, I can see that lirc sees all the keys which were mapped in thelircd.conf file.  But for enhanced keys that I want to use, irw does notoutput anything as I expected since there are no key-values pairs in the
lircd.conf file.I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get thefollowing error:#xbox:~# irrecord test#irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc#Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(
[EMAIL PROTECTED])#irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, checkpermissions)
I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some help
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lircd.conf
Description: Binary data
Name:,XBOXv8.24,,,CURRENT DATA
Devices:,RCA,5,,
Manual:,,0 = 1-byte,LSB-COMP,48,NO,,,
Setup:,0522,24 = URC-881x / 801x / 601x,06 - DVD,OBC,USE,5F,1,
URC-881x / 801x / 601x Device Upgrade/Key Move Code:
Upgrade Code 0 = 12 0A (DVD/0522) XBOX (KM v8.24)
AF 0B 2E FE FE E1 5F 26 28 58 27 1C 1A 56 08 19 15 16 1D 57 F4 1F 59 3C 25 2A 
24 20 22
KeyMoves
 22 F3 12 0A 23«sleep»  ¦3B F3 12 0A 17«pip» ¦20 F3 12 0A 21«swap»¦3C F3 12 0A 
18«move»
End
Protocol Code:
Upgrade Protocol 0 = 00 AF (S3C8+) RCA (KM v8.24)
28 60 11 8B 12 95 45 04 08 00 FA 03 D4 00 FA 01 E0 0F 8C 07 D0 07 BC 8D 01 
46
End
Key Move Code:,,,220,


















fFunctions,fOBC,fByte2,bButtons,bFunctions,fNotes,Device 
Combiner,,kFunctions,kBoundDev,kBoundKey,kShift,b$Functions
num 0,048,,0,00 - num 0,,Protocol ID,Fixed Data,num 0
num 1,049,,1,01 - num 1num 1
num 2,050,,2,02 - num 2num 2
num 3,051,,3,03 - num 3num 3
num 4,052,,4,04 - num 4num 4
num 5,053,,5,05 - num 5num 5
num 6,054,,6,06 - num 6num 6
num 7,055,,7,07 - num 7num 7
num 8,056,,8,08 - num 8num 8
num 9,057,,9,09 - num 9num 9
prev,042,,vol up,prev
menu,008,,vol down,menu
guide,026,,mute,guide
info,060,,channel up,34 - ch+info
exit,039,,channel down,35 - ch-exit
up arrow,089,,power,up arrow
down arrow,088,,enter,33 - enterdown arrow
left arrow,086,,tv/vid,32 - tv/vidleft arrow
right arrow,087,,prev,10 - prevright arrow
select,244,,menu,11 - menuselect
play,021,,guide,12 - guideplay
pause,025,,up arrow,15 - up arrowpause
rewind,029,,down arrow,16 - down arrowrewind
fast fwd,028,,left arrow,17 - left arrowfast fwd
stop,031,,right arrow,18 - right arrowstop
next track,032,,select,19 - selectnext track
prev track,034,,sleep,31 - sleepprev track
,,,pip,28 - piprecord
record,022,,info,13 - infopip
pip,023,,swap,30 - swapmove
move,024,,move,29 - moveswap
swap,033,,play,20 - playsleep
sleep,035,,pause,21 - pausetv/vid
tv/vid,036,,rewind,22 - rewindenter
enter,037,,fwd,23 - fast fwdch+
ch+,038,,stop,24 - stopch-
ch-,040,,record,27 - record
,,,exit,14 - exit
,,,surround,
,,,input,
,,,+100,
,,,fav,
,,,device button,
,,,f fwd,25 - next track
,,,f 

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Roland Roberts]

> "Chris" == Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Chris> On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from
>> datadirect.  But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly
>> into the cable *without* the set-top box.  This means I only get
>> the non-encrypted channels but it also means both tuners can
>> operate simultaneously.  Unfortunately, it also means that all
>> the channels are not where datadirect says they are
>> 
>> Is there a way to change the channel mappings so the program
>> guide matches what I'm seeing?

Chris> When you set up you Zap2It lineup, there is a screen that
Chris> gives you the option to select/deselect individual channels
Chris> in your lineup.

Chris> It sounds like you need 2 separate lineups defined, one for
Chris> digital cable and one for analog cable.  Define the two
Chris> lineups at Zap2It, then run mythtvsetup and assign the
Chris> appropriate lineup to each tuner.

Uhm, no.  I don't think so.  The two tuners are onboard the PVR-500,
internally, no digital vs analog, this is all analog.  And the issue
isn't two different line-ups for the two tuners.

My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside their
set-top box.  Since I split the signal *before* the set-top box, I only
see the unencrypted channels.  That's fine for my use (at present
anyway), but it means the program guide shows channel 13, but the mythtv
channel is 23.  And elsewhere the guide shows channel 21, but the mythtv
channel is 69.  And the guide shows channel 1, but the mythtv sees this
as channel 3.  So I want a map that does "program guide says X, use Y".

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re:How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Support [ Ian Ward ]]

Alexander Petkov wrote:


Here's how to use the keyboard for control of the mouse pointer:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-19.html
 

Ratpoison is a window manager that is designed to not need the mouse ( 
hence ratpoison )

Here is a repost of a message I sent some time ago.
Ian

-

Hi all,

I had been meaning to try this for ages, but was bored today so I 
thought I would risk WAF & FAF


I have a master backend/frontend running on FC3, I use my FC4 
workstation as a frontend when the family insist on watching soap.


ratpoison makes alot of sense as kde is such a beast.
I also took the opportunity to change the way the frontend is spawned so 
that on the odd occasion it crashes, you don't need to get up off the 
lounge to "control-alt-backspace" the X

I have gdm set to autologon after 5 seconds.

The newest prebuilt rpm I could find was here:
ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/projects/newrpms/www/htdocs/apt/redhat/en/i386/fc2/RPMS.newrpms/ratpoison-1.3.0-1.rhfc2.nr.i386.rpm 



this is a FC2 version that loaded on my FC3 without issue, and on my FC4 
after installing "compat-readline"


It is a super lean window manager that spawns in an insant.
To get full screen xterm is as easy at typing "Control-c Control-t c" 
(that's three keystrokes)
I would recommend it as it saves mucking around with disabling the kde 
sound server, modifying mouse focus etc..

Why waste memory on a window manager when it is not required

On RedHat the "switchdesk" command creates .Xclients and 
.Xclients-default in your home directory to set for kde
I created a .Xclients-ratpoison and called it from .Xclients , that will 
keep it safe from being overwritten with "switchdesk"


Instead of having my startup commands in .kde/Autostart/myth-load.sh I 
have put them into the .Xclients script
I also changed things around so that the window manager is spawned to 
the background and it is the presence of mythfrontend process  that 
keeps the X session from dying.  If the frontend exits, so does the X 
session


My one line .Xclients file looks like this

exec ./.Xclients-ratpoison


My .Xclients-ratpoison looks like this

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/ratpoison &

# To get an xterm with Ratpoison, "Control-c Control-t c"

# Load nVidia driver custom settings
#nvidia-settings --load-config-only &
# Stop the Nvidia blue line problem
xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 66048

# Disable screensaver and blanking
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset -dpms
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s off

# Restore sound settings
/usr/bin/amixer set Master,0 80%,80% unmute
/usr/bin/amixer set PCM,0 80%,80% unmute
/usr/bin/amixer set Line,0 80%,80% mute captur
/usr/bin/amixer set Capture,0 80%,80% captur
/usr/bin/aplay /usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav &

# Make sure the DVD is umounted
umount /media/cdrecorder

# Launch myth frontend
mythfrontend

# We are here because mythfrontend crashed or was exited
# After we drop out of here, X will terminate
# We could stay in X and the window manager by changing "exit" to "wait"
sleep 2
exit



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Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Chris Ribe]

When you set up you Zap2It lineup, there is a screen that gives you the
option to select/deselect individual channels in your lineup.

It sounds like you need 2 separate lineups defined, one for digital
cable and one for analog cable.  Define the two lineups at Zap2It,
then run mythtvsetup and assign the appropriate lineup to each tuner.

If you have changed your lineup to correctly reflect the channels you
get, you will need to delete the program data from your database using
the mysql command line.  Unfortunately, I can't recall 
exactly how to do it.   I had a similar problem recently, and
someone on the list was able to give me a solution, so searching the
archives for my name, mysql, and delete might yield some useful
results.  

Hope this helps.

-chrisOn 12/28/05, Roland Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
First of all, I'm a newbie with mythtv.  I've got it running for thepurposes of watching TV, but I haven't tried to record anything yet.I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from datadirect.But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly into the cable
*without* the set-top box.  This means I only get the non-encryptedchannels but it also means both tuners can operate simultaneously.Unfortunately, it also means that all the channels are not wheredatadirect says they are
Is there a way to change the channel mappings so the program guidematches what I'm seeing?regards,roland--  
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Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

[MagicITX]

On 12/29/05, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/28/05, MagicITX <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm seeing the same thing.  I would say the site is screwed up.  Other pages give Oracle errors.On 12/28/05, Ryan Steffes <


[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it?  I'm getting 500
internal service error.  I tried to log into labs.zap2it.com to
see if I accidentally let my subscription lapse, and I'm getting page
not found after entering my log in info.

Someone had mentioned in November they had to rebuild myth after
upgrading gcc, so I tried that, but no change.  Anyone else having
any issues?

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I sent them an email, and they seemed to have fixed something. 
I'm still not getting any listings though, which makes me sad. 


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Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box

[Chris Ribe]

On 12/28/05, Jason Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What about getting a HDTV hardware-based encoder that can take component in?
There just aren't any commercially available.  

 You
could then go from the cable box via component to the encoder in the
computer and have DVI or component going from the computer to your TV.
Use LIRC and a IR-blaster to control your cable box. I, personally am sticking to OTA HDTV and not paying for trash.On 12/27/05, 
Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:>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 <
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> 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
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Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box

[Jason Weinstein]

What about getting a HDTV hardware-based encoder that can take component in?You could then go from the cable box via component to the encoder in the computer and have DVI or component going from the computer to your TV. Use LIRC and a IR-blaster to control your cable box. 
I, personally am sticking to OTA HDTV and not paying for trash.On 12/27/05, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:>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
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[mythtv-users] Serious concerns about LiveTV Ringbuffer changes - a Q for develo pers

[Buechler, Mark R]

I have a question concerning the recent changes in LiveTV
around the Ringbuffer. I'm very concerned that without significant hardware
changes on my part I'll not be able to ever upgrade to the newer MythTV
versions. This is based on what I've seen of the changes so far. Let me
explain.

 

My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the
fastest in the world but can handle two SD recordings just fine - unless it's
syncing. My live tv buffer is a raid0 of a couple disks - VERY fast. Now,
after a power outage my raid5 array takes hours to sync again. That means if
LiveTV is using that raid5 set I'm not watching TV for hours until the
resync is finished. The raid5 set is almost 700gig - not something
cheaply replaced (at least for me).

 

Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to
vew HD content from my DVB card while streaming it to the raid5 array it can't
really handle it too well - whereas with a separate live tv buffer it wasn't
a problem.

 

Is there any plan to have support for a live tv buffer SEPARATE
from recordings? I know the reason behind putting in this change and I agree
with it, however, I don't see how I can ever upgrade with this in place
as it is.

 

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[mythtv-users] Re:How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Alexander Petkov]

Here's how to use the keyboard for control of the mouse pointer:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-19.html




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Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

[Ryan Steffes]

On 12/28/05, MagicITX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm seeing the same thing.  I would say the site is screwed up.  Other pages give Oracle errors.On 12/28/05, Ryan Steffes <

[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it?  I'm getting 500
internal service error.  I tried to log into labs.zap2it.com to
see if I accidentally let my subscription lapse, and I'm getting page
not found after entering my log in info.

Someone had mentioned in November they had to rebuild myth after
upgrading gcc, so I tried that, but no change.  Anyone else having
any issues?

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I sent them an email, and they seemed to have fixed something. 
I'm still not getting any listings though, which makes me sad. 

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Help needed on oldrecordings table...

[Kim B. Nielsen]

Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:

Kim B. Nielsen wrote:
Any chance that I can get one to log into their sql server and make 
an 'describe oldrecorded'?


Or better yet, point me to the sql expression that creates the table, 
because i can't seem to find it...


The version of myth is 0.18.1


CREATE TABLE `oldrecorded` (
  `chanid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
  `starttime` datetime NOT NULL default '-00-00 00:00:00',
  `endtime` datetime NOT NULL default '-00-00 00:00:00',
  `title` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
  `subtitle` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
  `description` text NOT NULL,
  `category` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
  `seriesid` varchar(12) NOT NULL default '',
  `programid` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  `findid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `recordid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`chanid`,`starttime`),
  KEY `endtime` (`endtime`),
  KEY `title` (`title`),
  KEY `seriesid` (`seriesid`),
  KEY `programid` (`programid`),
  KEY `recordid` (`recordid`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
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[mythtv-users] Re: Help needed on oldrecordings table...

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

Kim B. Nielsen wrote:
Any chance that I can get one to log into their sql server and make an 
'describe oldrecorded'?


Or better yet, point me to the sql expression that creates the table, 
because i can't seem to find it...


The version of myth is 0.18.1


CREATE TABLE `oldrecorded` (
  `chanid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
  `starttime` datetime NOT NULL default '-00-00 00:00:00',
  `endtime` datetime NOT NULL default '-00-00 00:00:00',
  `title` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
  `subtitle` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
  `description` text NOT NULL,
  `category` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
  `seriesid` varchar(12) NOT NULL default '',
  `programid` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  `findid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `recordid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`chanid`,`starttime`),
  KEY `endtime` (`endtime`),
  KEY `title` (`title`),
  KEY `seriesid` (`seriesid`),
  KEY `programid` (`programid`),
  KEY `recordid` (`recordid`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
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Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV With Motion Not Smooth

[Michael Haan]

On 12/28/05, Cymen Vig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/28/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's the deal - I can't seem to get HD playbook to look quite right when> there is significant motion.  I'm running FC4 via Jarod's guide from about a> month ago.  Nvidia 6600GT with an AMD64 3800+ and 1T raid 5 sata drives.
> When I playback HDTV w/o xvmc, cpu is about 50-60 %, about 20% with.  I've> tried various combinations of xvmc / deinterlacing (both on and off) with> different filters / libmpeg2 vs ffmpeg.  The only combo which provides
> smooth HD playback when there is motion is Bob2x with ffmeg and xvmc> enabled.  Unfortunately, with xvmc, playback works for some amount of time> but invariably freezes either the front-end or the machine.
>> So, I'm looking for suggestions as to how to either:>> a) Get xvmc to be more stable>> or>> b) Find some combination that looks better w/o xvmc>> Anyone have suggestions?
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[mythtv-users] Remapping channels

[Roland Roberts]

First of all, I'm a newbie with mythtv.  I've got it running for the
purposes of watching TV, but I haven't tried to record anything yet.

I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from datadirect.
But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly into the cable
*without* the set-top box.  This means I only get the non-encrypted
channels but it also means both tuners can operate simultaneously.
Unfortunately, it also means that all the channels are not where
datadirect says they are

Is there a way to change the channel mappings so the program guide
matches what I'm seeing?

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Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV With Motion Not Smooth

[Cymen Vig]

On 12/28/05, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's the deal - I can't seem to get HD playbook to look quite right when
> there is significant motion.  I'm running FC4 via Jarod's guide from about a
> month ago.  Nvidia 6600GT with an AMD64 3800+ and 1T raid 5 sata drives.
> When I playback HDTV w/o xvmc, cpu is about 50-60 %, about 20% with.  I've
> tried various combinations of xvmc / deinterlacing (both on and off) with
> different filters / libmpeg2 vs ffmpeg.  The only combo which provides
> smooth HD playback when there is motion is Bob2x with ffmeg and xvmc
> enabled.  Unfortunately, with xvmc, playback works for some amount of time
> but invariably freezes either the front-end or the machine.
>
> So, I'm looking for suggestions as to how to either:
>
> a) Get xvmc to be more stable
>
> or
>
> b) Find some combination that looks better w/o xvmc
>
> Anyone have suggestions?

What driver version are you using? Have you tried rolling it back to
6629? Have you tried the latest?
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[mythtv-users] Help needed on oldrecordings table...

[Kim B. Nielsen]

Hi...

By accident I overlooked an drop table clause when I wanted to reload 
some database info. Unfortunally, at the same time, I was trying to load 
data in from a previous version, so now I have a table with a missing 
row, according to mythbackend log.


Any chance that I can get one to log into their sql server and make an 
'describe oldrecorded'?


Or better yet, point me to the sql expression that creates the table, 
because i can't seem to find it...


The version of myth is 0.18.1

Regards
/kbn
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[mythtv-users] Help needed on oldrecordings table...

[Kim B. Nielsen]

Hi...

By accident I overlooked an drop table clause when I wanted to reload 
some database info. Unfortunally, at the same time, I was trying to load 
data in from a previous version, so now I have a table with a missing 
row, according to mythbackend log.


Any chance that I can get one to log into their sql server and make an 
'describe oldrecorded'?


Or better yet, point me to the sql expression that creates the table, 
because i can't semm to find it...


Regards
/kbn
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Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

[Joshua Frank]

This will work fine. You will need to make two copies of your Channel change script.
I have changechannel and changechannel2 and in the script specify which
port they control eg. /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1. The myth tv setup
program already allows for specifying a separate program to control
channel changing per each tuner.On 12/28/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
obscure information. wrote:>> On 12/28/05, *Michael T. Dean* < 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:>> John P. Mitchell wrote:>> > obscure information. wrote:
> >> >> 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?> >
> >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.
>> Or separate "channels" for your two cable boxes.  I have two DISH> receivers and changed one to use channel 9, so I use channel 1 and> channel 9 and a single IR blaster.
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[mythtv-users] HDTV With Motion Not Smooth

[Michael Haan]

Here's the deal - I can't seem to get HD playbook to look quite right when there is significant motion.  I'm running FC4 via Jarod's guide from about a month ago.  Nvidia 6600GT with an AMD64 3800+ and 1T raid 5 sata drives.  When I playback HDTV w/o xvmc, cpu is about 50-60 %, about 20% with.  I've tried various combinations of xvmc / deinterlacing (both on and off) with different filters / libmpeg2 vs ffmpeg.  The only combo which provides smooth HD playback when there is motion is Bob2x with ffmeg and xvmc enabled.  Unfortunately, with xvmc, playback works for some amount of time but invariably freezes either the front-end or the machine.

 
So, I'm looking for suggestions as to how to either:
 
a) Get xvmc to be more stable
 
or
 
b) Find some combination that looks better w/o xvmc
 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Program Guide is blank

[Joshua Frank]

Try 
mythtv -c "mythfilldatabase --quiet"

If that doesn't work you need to run
mythtv-setup
and check your channel settings to make sure that zap2it is setup
right. Check the docs on mythtv.com and search for zap2it you'll get a
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I am running MythTV 0.18.1 on Fedora Core 4 with a PVR-350. Whenswitching channels on live TV, the program details shows up on thebottom of the screen. However, when I select the Program Guide, it comesup blank. Same thing when I select the Program Guide from the Manage
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

[Cymen Vig]

On 12/28/05, Abre Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't speak for the PVR-500.  But, I just traded out my Plextor for
> a PVR-150.  The MPEG4 format was more trouble than it was worth for
> me.  I could not get it to play on the xbmcmythtv front end - even
> with the patched mplayer.  I also had some performance problems on my
> machine because its fairly low end - just didn't have the horses to do
> MPEG4 very well.
>
> The Plextor had good driver support from the chipmaker (WIS) through
> the DIVX device forums, but all the devices features aren't available
> in MythTV.  You're must use MPEG4 although the device can also do
> MPEG2.  The Plextor/MythTV integration also did not support changing
> the audio/video bitrates very well.
>
> It seems like there are a lot more people using the PVR150/250/500.
> Because of the popularity, you get more of the card's features built
> in MythTV and better support from the community.
>
> That was my experience in a nutshell.

How does the Hauppauge MPEG-2 compare to the Plextor MPEG-4? How about
to transcoded Hauppauge MPEG-2 to MPEG-4? I realize quality is always
tricky to describe but what would you say?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

[MagicITX]

I'm seeing the same thing.  I would say the site is screwed up.  Other pages give Oracle errors.On 12/28/05, Ryan Steffes <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it?  I'm getting 500
internal service error.  I tried to log into labs.zap2it.com to
see if I accidentally let my subscription lapse, and I'm getting page
not found after entering my log in info.

Someone had mentioned in November they had to rebuild myth after
upgrading gcc, so I tried that, but no change.  Anyone else having
any issues?

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[mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

[Ryan Steffes]

Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it?  I'm getting 500
internal service error.  I tried to log into labs.zap2it.com to
see if I accidentally let my subscription lapse, and I'm getting page
not found after entering my log in info.

Someone had mentioned in November they had to rebuild myth after
upgrading gcc, so I tried that, but no change.  Anyone else having
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Re: [mythtv-users] "This is close to an existing cut point" -> missing option

[Wendy Seltzer]

On 12/28/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What
I wanted to do was "place a cutpoint here anyway" since the video I was
cropping to was only 5-10 seconds long for parts. Does that option make
sense to add?
I'd like to see that option too.  If no one else picks it up, I'll take a look at the code.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Quick question about TV logos

[Michael Fox]

On 12/29/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The path to the logos is stored in the database in the table for the
> channels (IIRC).  This path needs to be present on all frontends.  I
> have accomplished this by placing the icons in a subfolder of my "media"
> share that I mount on each of my frontends so it is identical on all my
> machines.

That makes perfect sense.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[R. Geoffrey Newbury]

The documentation on the lirc site is not as crystal clear as it could be
or should be.

1)  Your module has to match the IR receiving hardware. In my case I
use the lirc_imon module. The remote is handled later on. The module name
is not the remote name.
2)  You need to compile using the correct module. Look at the
configure file in the top of the imon source tree.
3)  You need to load the lirc_dev and your particular module  (in my
case, lirc_imon.)
You can use rmmod and modprobe while testing, then put them into
modprobe.conf.
4)  Lircd needs an lirc.conf file which matches the remote (NOT the
ir receiver).
Mode2 does not need an lircd.conf file: it just pulls the IR data
and pushes it to the screen. If you want extra functionality from a remote
which is masquerading as a different remote, then the output of mode2
should show you the key code outputs for the extra keys.
5)  An lircd.conf file is a matchup listing of the key codes and key
names.
6)  Lircd only works with a corresponding lircd.conf file...the key
codes have to match. Unmatched key codes get ignored.
7)  irw allows you to test the lircd daemon without having an
lircd.conf (Next step up from mode2).
8)  irrecord is a program to create an lircd.conf. You push a key
and name it, and it lines up key codes with that name.
9)  lircd must be running for both irw and irrecord to work.
Finally, if you are passing commands to other programs, then you require a
lircrc file (or .lircrc file). This file must have key names which exactly
match the key names used in the lircd.conf file. The lircrc file lists the
program, and action to be taken for that named key.

Problem areas are:
Your hardware talks to /dev/lirc/0 instead to /dev/lirc. Make a symlink.
Permissions are messed up. Add "GROUP=MYTHTV" "MODE=666" to the correct
line in /etc/udev/rules.d or write a "10-lirc.rules" file.
Your lircd.conf file is not the correct file for your remote. Use mode2 to
look at the actual output of the remote. Browse the remote files to find
the correct one, or use irrecord to write your own.
lircd.conf and lircrc do not match up. Rewrite lircrc

HTH 

Geoff


On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:38:26 -0600, CTD wrote:

>I thought that might be the case, so I killed the lircd pid.  After that 
>I attempted to run "irrecord test" again, but the same error msg was 
>returned.
>
>Thanks
>Mike
>
>Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
>
>> CTD wrote:
>>
>>> I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the 
>>> following error:
>>> #xbox:~# irrecord test
>>> #irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>>> #Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>>> #irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, 
>>> check permissions)
>>>
>>> I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some 
>>> help after investing several hours.
>>
>>
>> I think this means that lircd is not supposed to be running...
>>
>> Bolek
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Re: [mythtv-users] Quick question about TV logos

[Kevin Kuphal]

Michael Fox wrote:


Hi,

I modified my channel settings so that I had a logo for each channel.
These gets displayed during the looking at EPG and also when changing
channels (they display), including when I hit the info button.

The problem I am faced with currently is the only frontend to honour
this is the frontend that is on the same box as the backend.

If I use mythfrontend from a mac or from knoppmyth, neither show the
icons during channel change, however they do show the logos on the
EPG.

Can anyone tell me how to fix it so that all frontends show the
icons/logos during channel changes and when I hit I (for info).
 

The path to the logos is stored in the database in the table for the 
channels (IIRC).  This path needs to be present on all frontends.  I 
have accomplished this by placing the icons in a subfolder of my "media" 
share that I mount on each of my frontends so it is identical on all my 
machines.


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Re: [mythtv-users] lighttpd and mythweb?

[Chris Petersen]

In order to get htaccess files read, I installed htscanner. I don't
know if it's working properly or not... but I don't get the db env
variable error anymore. In fact, I don't get anything but a white
screen when the page has loaded.


you need something equivalent to apache's mod_env and mod_rewrite or it 
won't work. (for svn, that is)


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[mythtv-users] Quick question about TV logos

[Michael Fox]

Hi,

I modified my channel settings so that I had a logo for each channel.
These gets displayed during the looking at EPG and also when changing
channels (they display), including when I hit the info button.

The problem I am faced with currently is the only frontend to honour
this is the frontend that is on the same box as the backend.

If I use mythfrontend from a mac or from knoppmyth, neither show the
icons during channel change, however they do show the logos on the
EPG.

Can anyone tell me how to fix it so that all frontends show the
icons/logos during channel changes and when I hit I (for info).

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[CTD]

I thought that might be the case, so I killed the lircd pid.  After that 
I attempted to run "irrecord test" again, but the same error msg was 
returned.


Thanks
Mike

Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:


CTD wrote:

I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the 
following error:

#xbox:~# irrecord test
#irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
#Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([EMAIL PROTECTED])
#irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, 
check permissions)


I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some 
help after investing several hours.



I think this means that lircd is not supposed to be running...

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Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

[Abre Chase]

I can't speak for the PVR-500.  But, I just traded out my Plextor for
a PVR-150.  The MPEG4 format was more trouble than it was worth for
me.  I could not get it to play on the xbmcmythtv front end - even
with the patched mplayer.  I also had some performance problems on my
machine because its fairly low end - just didn't have the horses to do
MPEG4 very well.

The Plextor had good driver support from the chipmaker (WIS) through
the DIVX device forums, but all the devices features aren't available
in MythTV.  You're must use MPEG4 although the device can also do
MPEG2.  The Plextor/MythTV integration also did not support changing
the audio/video bitrates very well.

It seems like there are a lot more people using the PVR150/250/500. 
Because of the popularity, you get more of the card's features built
in MythTV and better support from the community.

That was my experience in a nutshell.

- Abre


On 12/28/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ray wrote:
>
> >I've been using Myth for years, first with a Matrox Marvel G200 and later
> >with a generic bt878 card and now I'm planning to upgrade to a newer capture
> >card.  I'd like to be able to add a second capture device later and I only
> >have 1 slot free (actually 2 but I'm planning on a better sound card for the
> >other one) so I think that leaves me with either pvr-500 or a pair of
> >Plextor USB boxs.
> >
> >Any opinions on which of those two is likely to be the most solid/reliable
> >as well as having the best quality.  I know some of the older Haumpage cards
> >are very common here but I've seen mixed reviews of the pvr-500 and pvr-150.
> >Reliability is most important due to WAF but I'm not afraid to fiddle a bit
> >at the beginning.  We tend to keep recordings around for quite a while so
> >I'm leaning toward the Plextor since it uses mpeg4 and I'd likely end up
> >having to transcode most of what comes out of the Haumpage in order to make
> >it all fit.  Also, and I'll likely post a seperate message on this, I'm also
> >going to be adding a better sound card, something with surround sound since
> >we recently bought a HT receiver.  Any opinions on ones that work especially
> >well with Myth (no audio sync issues etc)?
> >
> >
> I have a PVR-150 installed with zero problems (0.4.1 drivers IIRC).  I
> just ordered a PVR-500 to replace my two BTTV cards and I should be
> installing it next week.  I'm not convinced it will be as painless but
> we will see.  I can certainly recommend the 150.
>
> As for sound, I use a Turtle Beach Riviera with my optical receiver and
> it works great and was simple to set up (just enable the output in
> alsamixer).  It was like $30 at newegg.  I get 5.1 sound with my AC3
> Divx files just fine.
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Steve Adeff]

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 09:44, Chris Picton wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > Piers Kittel wrote:
> >> Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out
> >> "Recorded Programs" on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded
> >> every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the "Recorded
> >> programs" about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends on how long I watched
> >> the channel hop - took me a while to delete them all.  Why would the
> >> backend record all this and how do I stop this?
> >
> > Because of all the people who requested the recording of LiveTV (i.e.
> > "I was watching LiveTV for 45 minutes and decided the show was worth
> > keeping, so I hit 'r', but it didn't save the first 45 minutes of the
> > show.  This sucks!!!").
> >
> > Search the lists for this issue being discussed ad nauseum--and it
> > won't change (and you can't stop it, short of re-writing a significant
> > portion of Myth in your own personal repository).
>
> This is in my mind a major step backwards in terms of usability.  I
> often browse Live TV to either check the time, or check the upcoming
> schedule, etc.  It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all
> the mini recordings.
>
> How about an option to say 'Automatically delete live recording buffers
> when changing channels' or something like that.
>
> Chris
>


God man, your running SVN, if your  running SVN you should be reading the dev 
list and you should be reading the back log of the dev list.

There are some huge, major changes going on with LiveTV in SVN. Isaac and 
company are reworking how live tv works, adding new features, abilities, etc. 
One of these is the ability to easily watch live tv, record from live tv, 
etc.

Try this link out, you'll learn a lot about myth!
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/

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[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

CTD wrote:
I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the 
following error:

#xbox:~# irrecord test
#irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
#Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([EMAIL PROTECTED])
#irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check 
permissions)


I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some help 
after investing several hours.


I think this means that lircd is not supposed to be running...

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[mythtv-users] Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[CTD]

Hello there,

Curious if anyone had reprogrammed a JP1 capable remote, such as the One 
For All URC-6131n,  to provide for more keys than is on the original 
Microsoft Remote.  Using remote code 0522, I can easily get all the 
original xbox buttons duplicated, but I hoped for more functionality.


I think I can figure out to program the remote, but my main question is 
how to configure lircd by updating the lircd.conf file.  Specifically, 
how does one determine  the hexadecimal  data value for a new button 
that was not originally on the Microsoft remote?  For instance when I 
run irw and press normal xbox remote keys programmed into the universal 
remote, I can see that lirc sees all the keys which were mapped in the 
lircd.conf file.  But for enhanced keys that I want to use, irw does not 
output anything as I expected since there are no key-values pairs in the 
lircd.conf file.


I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the 
following error:

#xbox:~# irrecord test
#irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
#Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([EMAIL PROTECTED])
#irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check 
permissions)


I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some help 
after investing several hours.



Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

[Michael T. Dean]

obscure information. wrote:



On 12/28/05, *Michael T. Dean* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:


John P. Mitchell wrote:

> obscure information. wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>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.

Or separate "channels" for your two cable boxes.  I have two DISH
receivers and changed one to use channel 9, so I use channel 1 and
channel 9 and a single IR blaster.

I'm not sure I follow ... do you mean what channel the cable box is 
transmitting on?
 


No.  I mean what channel the IR remote is transmitting on.

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[mythtv-users] need help generating/finding lircd.conf for motorola dsr205/315

[Kevin Venkiteswaran]

I need help generating (or finding an existing) lircd.conf for a
Motorola DSR205 or DSR315 with a codeset other than 000. 

Now for some background:
I have multiple Motorola satellite receivers (provided by Starchoice in
Ontario, Canada) that are hooked up to multiple Hauppauge PVR-150's. I'm
using a single IR-blaster from www.irblaster.info to control one of the
satellite receiver (programmed with codeset 000). I'm using the
lircd.conf from http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/motorola/IRC442.

I've been advised to program the second satellite receiver to an
alternate codeset so I can control both with the same ir blaster.

I've tried to create my own lircd.conf using irrecord. I have an Ira-3
IR receiver (uses the irman protocol, purchased from
www.home-electro.com). The generated lircd.conf's have the one and zero
directives set as "0 0" which results in no data being transmitted.  The
size of each message (bits directive) differs widely from my generated
lircd.conf (64bits) to the one I use above (12 bits). 

I've juggled many numbers and have hit a dead-end. Any help is greatly
appreciated.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

[Kevin Kuphal]

Ray wrote:


I've been using Myth for years, first with a Matrox Marvel G200 and later
with a generic bt878 card and now I'm planning to upgrade to a newer capture
card.  I'd like to be able to add a second capture device later and I only
have 1 slot free (actually 2 but I'm planning on a better sound card for the
other one) so I think that leaves me with either pvr-500 or a pair of
Plextor USB boxs.


Any opinions on which of those two is likely to be the most solid/reliable
as well as having the best quality.  I know some of the older Haumpage cards
are very common here but I've seen mixed reviews of the pvr-500 and pvr-150. 
Reliability is most important due to WAF but I'm not afraid to fiddle a bit

at the beginning.  We tend to keep recordings around for quite a while so
I'm leaning toward the Plextor since it uses mpeg4 and I'd likely end up
having to transcode most of what comes out of the Haumpage in order to make
it all fit.  Also, and I'll likely post a seperate message on this, I'm also
going to be adding a better sound card, something with surround sound since
we recently bought a HT receiver.  Any opinions on ones that work especially
well with Myth (no audio sync issues etc)?
 

I have a PVR-150 installed with zero problems (0.4.1 drivers IIRC).  I 
just ordered a PVR-500 to replace my two BTTV cards and I should be 
installing it next week.  I'm not convinced it will be as painless but 
we will see.  I can certainly recommend the 150.


As for sound, I use a Turtle Beach Riviera with my optical receiver and 
it works great and was simple to set up (just enable the output in 
alsamixer).  It was like $30 at newegg.  I get 5.1 sound with my AC3 
Divx files just fine.


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Re: [mythtv-users] How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Richard Bronosky]

I tried that, but I didn't get any result.  In
addition I also tried Ctrl+Alt+(F[2-6]) and did not get new terminals
with a login prompt as I had expected.

Ideas?  Can anyone confirm conflicting or congruent results?

Andrew Close wrote:

  On 12/28/05, Richard Bronosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  
  
I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question.  So
I'm warming the thread.

I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question.  I did
verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a
terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth "LCD TV" border images)
I can log in and navigate around, but I cannot figure out how to return
to the x-windows desktop.  All I can do to get back there is to call
"reboot now".

How do I return to the x-windows desktop after using Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump
to a terminal?

  
  

Ctrl-Alt-F7
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Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

[obscure information.]

I'm not sure I follow ... do you mean what channel the cable box is transmitting on?On 12/28/05, Michael T. Dean <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:John P. Mitchell wrote:> obscure information. wrote:
>>> 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?>>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.Or separate "channels" for your two cable boxes.  I have two DISH
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[mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

[Ray]

I've been using Myth for years, first with a Matrox Marvel G200 and later
with a generic bt878 card and now I'm planning to upgrade to a newer capture
card.  I'd like to be able to add a second capture device later and I only
have 1 slot free (actually 2 but I'm planning on a better sound card for the
other one) so I think that leaves me with either pvr-500 or a pair of
Plextor USB boxs.

Any opinions on which of those two is likely to be the most solid/reliable
as well as having the best quality.  I know some of the older Haumpage cards
are very common here but I've seen mixed reviews of the pvr-500 and pvr-150. 
Reliability is most important due to WAF but I'm not afraid to fiddle a bit
at the beginning.  We tend to keep recordings around for quite a while so
I'm leaning toward the Plextor since it uses mpeg4 and I'd likely end up
having to transcode most of what comes out of the Haumpage in order to make
it all fit.  Also, and I'll likely post a seperate message on this, I'm also
going to be adding a better sound card, something with surround sound since
we recently bought a HT receiver.  Any opinions on ones that work especially
well with Myth (no audio sync issues etc)?

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Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead

[David Rudder]

As always, the answer is "it depends".  Generally, try ctrl-alt-F7 or 
alt-F7.  If that doesn't work, try F8 instead, or F9.  You can also try 
issuing the command "chvt 7", "chvt 8" or "chvt 9".


Richard Bronosky wrote:


I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question.  So
I'm warming the thread.

I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question.  I did
verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a
terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth "LCD TV" border images) 
I can log in and navigate around, but I cannot figure out how to return

to the x-windows desktop.  All I can do to get back there is to call
"reboot now".

How do I return to the x-windows desktop after using Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump
to a terminal?

Richard Bronosky wrote:
 


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,
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Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Ian Campbell]

On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 11:36 -0600, Andrew Close wrote:
> > How do I return to the x-windows desktop after using Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump
> > to a terminal?

> Ctrl-Alt-F7

FWIW If the console is currently in text mode then it's just Alt-F7
(Ctrl is only needed in graphics mode).

In answer to the original question about moving the mouse cursor with
the numeric keypad -- you toggle this mode with Shift-NumLock.

Ian.

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Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Andrew Close]

On 12/28/05, Richard Bronosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question.  So
> I'm warming the thread.
>
> I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question.  I did
> verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a
> terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth "LCD TV" border images)
> I can log in and navigate around, but I cannot figure out how to return
> to the x-windows desktop.  All I can do to get back there is to call
> "reboot now".
>
> How do I return to the x-windows desktop after using Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump
> to a terminal?


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[mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

[Richard Bronosky]

I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question.  So
I'm warming the thread.

I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question.  I did
verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a
terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth "LCD TV" border images) 
I can log in and navigate around, but I cannot figure out how to return
to the x-windows desktop.  All I can do to get back there is to call
"reboot now".

How do I return to the x-windows desktop after using Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump
to a terminal?

Richard Bronosky wrote:
> 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,
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[mythtv-users] TV listings in Latinamerica

[Julian Cerruti]

Does anybody in the list is using mythTV in a latinamerican country,
or knows somebody who does?
If so, which source of TV listings are you/they using?
I'd appreciate any information.

Cheers,
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[mythtv-users] Re: mythgame not starting xmame properly ... so close ...

[Gregg]

I had to modify the xmamerc file and it worked fine after that.  
 >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>> ___
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>--Message: 24Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:22:43 +1100From: Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [mythtv-users] Quick question about channel logos..
To: Discussion about mythtv Message-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1Hi,It appears the channel logos I declared in the mythtv-setup for eachchannel can only be seen on the frontend who runs on the machine withthe master backend.
All other frontends in other locations dont show channel logos. Doesanyone know what setting has to be changed so that the other frontendsalso honour the fact I want channel logos to be show to which I have
declared in the setup.Thanks--Message: 25Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:50:06 +1000From: Johan Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Hardware (video and audio card)questions,  differences and features?To: Discussion about mythtv Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowedChad 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 (tothe 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 chipsetmainboard 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 touse 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 toother codes if it can't access hardware ac3, or the stream is not ac3 atall)> 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

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Hardware (video and audio card) questions, differences and features?

[Chad]

On 12/28/05, Johan Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> ___

Excellent news, I guess I'll continue working with my onboard audio to
see what I can get, sounds promising :)

As for my video, I broke down last night and bought an FX5200,
supposedly this is a great card for doing HDTV decoding through XvMC. 
I found a matrix that isn't completely accurate comparing the
different cards, but it seemed accurate enough for me to pick a decent
card.

Thanks for the reply!

Chad
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[mythtv-users] "This is close to an existing cut point" -> missing option

[Jeff Simpson]

I was recording a news broadcast for a friend and needed to crop out just the article she was looking for. I figured I should be able to use the cutpoint editing to do that without any problems.However - The myth editing program has an intelligent feature where it determines if the point you selected is close to another point, and if it is, it will give you these options:
Move the cutpoint to this locationdelete the cutpointswitch directionscancelWhat I wanted to do was "place a cutpoint here anyway" since the video I was cropping to was only 5-10 seconds long for parts. Does that option make sense to add? It would have also been helpful if maybe the cutpoints were numbered, so it could tell me which cutpoint it thought it was close to - the time-bar across the bottom wasn't very helpful for that, since cutting 5 seconds out of a 30 minute program makes it show up as a very small sliver. Thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

[Robert Anderson]

On 12/28/05, Robert Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 12/28/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 
> This 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.OK, thanks for the info. Sorry to be a pain, but I have now tried to 
re-download it and it seems that the torrent may not be there anymore. When I follow that link(
http://www.piratebay.org/details.php?id=3423245) it redirects to the piratebay home page and when I searched on the ID number it returnedno results. Is the torrent hosted anywhere else?Regards,Phill
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Hmm. That's wierd. You can still find it from the Pirate Bay homepage. Search for 'mythtv' , leave the check box on 'All'. It will be the first one in the results. 
mythtv_0.18.1_xebian_1.1.4_xbox_1.2-- Rob Anderson
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This link should work...

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[mythtv-users] DVB-T card recommendation

[Adam Skinner]

Ello all , 

Im thinking of adding a DVB-T card to my analog UK sky mythtv setup. Im
also thinking of using the provider topuptv.com to give me extra
channels. 

Im guessing I need to find a DVB-T card that has space for a viweing
card / cam or whatever it is they use. Has anyone used such a piece of
hardware?? 

Thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

[Robert Anderson]

On 12/28/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This 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.OK, thanks for the info. Sorry to be a pain, but I have now tried to
re-download it and it seems that the torrent may not be there anymore. When I follow that link(http://www.piratebay.org/details.php?id=3423245) it redirects to the
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mythtv_0.18.1_xebian_1.1.4_xbox_1.2-- Rob Anderson[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Greg Estabrooks]

> >You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a configurable 
> >period of time( a day? )
> >
> Can you auto expire them after a second?

 I don't think so. Can't remember the minimum off hand, either a minute
or more likely a day.

> My machine is running short on space.  I am always fighting to keep 
> enough space free for the next few scheduled recordings.
> I have never turned on auto-expire, though as my recorded shows are 

 I don't think Auto expire is optional anymore though I could be incorrect
about that.

> hardly ever rebroadcast, so I don't want them deleted.  Can you set myth 
> to only autoexpire a certain subset of your recordings?

 Honestly I've never looked to go that. I always have plenty of space.


> Will it auto-expire while recording (Ie, if there is only 500Mb free and 
> dropping fast, start autoexpiring)?

 Yes it will.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Piers Kittel]

Aha.

Fair enough.

Thanks very much for your comment!  Clears up a lot of things.  Makes a 
lot of sense.  Was away for the last 4 months so this being included 
confused me somewhat :)


Cheers - Piers

Michael T. Dean wrote:

Piers Kittel wrote:

Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out 
"Recorded Programs" on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded 
every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the "Recorded 
programs" about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends on how long I watched 
the channel hop - took me a while to delete them all.  Why would the 
backend record all this and how do I stop this?



Because of all the people who requested the recording of LiveTV (i.e. "I 
was watching LiveTV for 45 minutes and decided the show was worth 
keeping, so I hit 'r', but it didn't save the first 45 minutes of the 
show.  This sucks!!!").


Search the lists for this issue being discussed ad nauseum--and it won't 
change (and you can't stop it, short of re-writing a significant portion 
of Myth in your own personal repository).  You probably want to set Myth 
so that the LiveTV recording group is not shown in Watch Recordings 
(should be set by default).  On MythWeb--at least for now--you'll see 
them.  Chris is busy working through a major rewrite of MythWeb, so when 
he finishes, he may add support for hiding the LiveTV group (this is not 
a promise, only a guess of when it may happen if it happens).


Also, note that from the frontend, you can create a playlist that 
contains all your LiveTV recordings and delete them all at once.  Or, if 
you're patient, they will autoexpire.


Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Kevin Kuphal]

Chris Picton wrote:


Greg Estabrooks wrote:

schedule, etc.  It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete 
all the mini recordings.
  



You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a 
configurable period of time( a day? )



Can you auto expire them after a second?

My machine is running short on space.  I am always fighting to keep 
enough space free for the next few scheduled recordings.
I have never turned on auto-expire, though as my recorded shows are 
hardly ever rebroadcast, so I don't want them deleted.  Can you set 
myth to only autoexpire a certain subset of your recordings?


Of course.  Each recording schedule has an autoexpire/don't autoexpire 
setting that is set at record time and can be changed post-recording as 
needed.


. Plus if at anytime more space is required for a regular recording 
myth will expire livetv recordings first.
Will it auto-expire while recording (Ie, if there is only 500Mb free 
and dropping fast, start autoexpiring)?


Yes.  As long as your auto-expire check frequency is high enough.  I 
have mine set to a few minutes so that it will catch when I do things 
like copy a large DVD rip to the partition, etc.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Brad DerManouelian]

Search the forums. Are we really talking about this again?

On Dec 28, 2005, at 7:11 AM, Chris Picton wrote:


Greg Estabrooks wrote:

schedule, etc.  It would be an absolute ballache to have to  
delete all the mini recordings.




You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a  
configurable period of time( a day? )



Can you auto expire them after a second?

My machine is running short on space.  I am always fighting to keep  
enough space free for the next few scheduled recordings.
I have never turned on auto-expire, though as my recorded shows are  
hardly ever rebroadcast, so I don't want them deleted.  Can you set  
myth to only autoexpire a certain subset of your recordings?



. Plus if at anytime more space is required for a regular  
recording myth will expire livetv recordings first.
Will it auto-expire while recording (Ie, if there is only 500Mb  
free and dropping fast, start autoexpiring)?



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Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

[Kevin Kuphal]

Wim Fokkens wrote:


Hi Phill

 


Ok I did not give enough information.

I am running knoppmyth R5A26 at this moment and want to upgrade to the 
latest svn.


How do I do this.

 

Just a suggestion, if you can't figure out how to do this, then you 
shouldn't be doing it.


Wait for the next release.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Chris Picton]

Greg Estabrooks wrote:

schedule, etc.  It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all 
the mini recordings.
   



You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a configurable 
period of time( a day? )



Can you auto expire them after a second?

My machine is running short on space.  I am always fighting to keep 
enough space free for the next few scheduled recordings.
I have never turned on auto-expire, though as my recorded shows are 
hardly ever rebroadcast, so I don't want them deleted.  Can you set myth 
to only autoexpire a certain subset of your recordings?



. Plus if at anytime more space is required for a 
regular recording myth will expire livetv recordings first. 

Will it auto-expire while recording (Ie, if there is only 500Mb free and 
dropping fast, start autoexpiring)?



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RE: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

[Wim Fokkens]

Hi Phill

 

Ok I did not give
enough information.

I am running
knoppmyth R5A26 at this moment and want to upgrade to the latest svn.

How do I do this.

 

Wim

 

>> But I
think you'll be alot happier with a pre-compiled version of 

>> Myth,
try ubuntu linux which has packages of myth in its repository 

>>
("apt-get install mythtv")

 

>Or install
Fedora Core and follow Jarod Wilson's excellent guide which has helped out many
newbees in getting >MythTV up and running. It's at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/

 

>Regards,

>Phill

 









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Verzonden: woensdag 28 december
2005 11:21
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Onderwerp: [mythtv-users] Newbee
Making use of svn



 

Hello

At http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/wiki
I see the following.

If you're looking for anonymous subversion
access, use the following commands to grab the latest code: 

svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtvsvn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythpluginssvn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/myththemes

 

Where can I find a guide what to do afterwards. Or is this
all you have to do.

 

Wim






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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Greg Estabrooks]

> schedule, etc.  It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all 
> the mini recordings.

 You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a configurable 
period of time( a day? ). Plus if at anytime more space is required for a 
regular recording myth will expire livetv recordings first. You can also
configure mythfrontend to not show the livetv recordings in the 
watch recordings screen.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Chris Picton]

Michael T. Dean wrote:


Piers Kittel wrote:

Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out 
"Recorded Programs" on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded 
every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the "Recorded 
programs" about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends on how long I watched 
the channel hop - took me a while to delete them all.  Why would the 
backend record all this and how do I stop this?



Because of all the people who requested the recording of LiveTV (i.e. 
"I was watching LiveTV for 45 minutes and decided the show was worth 
keeping, so I hit 'r', but it didn't save the first 45 minutes of the 
show.  This sucks!!!").


Search the lists for this issue being discussed ad nauseum--and it 
won't change (and you can't stop it, short of re-writing a significant 
portion of Myth in your own personal repository).


This is in my mind a major step backwards in terms of usability.  I 
often browse Live TV to either check the time, or check the upcoming 
schedule, etc.  It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all 
the mini recordings.


How about an option to say 'Automatically delete live recording buffers 
when changing channels' or something like that.


Chris


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Re: [mythtv-users] iptables and MythTV

[Kirk Grell]

At one point, I thought this machine might not be
behind a separate firewall.  But now it looks like it
is going to be after all.

Thanks,
Kirk

--- John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 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.
> 
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[mythtv-users] lighttpd and mythweb?

[Sasha Z]

I'm trying to get into rails programming, so I wanted to switch my web
server over to lighttpd. I've got rails running, and php seems to work
(phpmyadmin functions properly).

In order to get htaccess files read, I installed htscanner. I don't
know if it's working properly or not... but I don't get the db env
variable error anymore. In fact, I don't get anything but a white
screen when the page has loaded.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

[Michael T. Dean]

Piers Kittel wrote:

Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out 
"Recorded Programs" on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded 
every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the "Recorded 
programs" about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends on how long I watched 
the channel hop - took me a while to delete them all.  Why would the 
backend record all this and how do I stop this?


Because of all the people who requested the recording of LiveTV (i.e. "I 
was watching LiveTV for 45 minutes and decided the show was worth 
keeping, so I hit 'r', but it didn't save the first 45 minutes of the 
show.  This sucks!!!").


Search the lists for this issue being discussed ad nauseum--and it won't 
change (and you can't stop it, short of re-writing a significant portion 
of Myth in your own personal repository).  You probably want to set Myth 
so that the LiveTV recording group is not shown in Watch Recordings 
(should be set by default).  On MythWeb--at least for now--you'll see 
them.  Chris is busy working through a major rewrite of MythWeb, so when 
he finishes, he may add support for hiding the LiveTV group (this is not 
a promise, only a guess of when it may happen if it happens).


Also, note that from the frontend, you can create a playlist that 
contains all your LiveTV recordings and delete them all at once.  Or, if 
you're patient, they will autoexpire.


Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

[Michael T. Dean]

Wim Fokkens wrote:


At http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/wiki I see the following.

If you're looking for anonymous subversion access, use the following 
commands to grab the latest code:


svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv

svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythplugins

svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/myththemes

 

Where can I find a guide what to do afterwards. Or is this all you 
have to do.



http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4

Mike
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Re: [mythtv-users] Myth frontend forces disk spin-up

[Michael T. Dean]

Richard Reiner wrote:


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?
 

Sounds like Myth is accessing the XML theme info/images (which it seems 
to do to allow changing the theme without restarting Myth).  Have you 
tried putting these on a tmpfs?  ( probably all of 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/ but you can "trim" out themes you're not using)


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Re: [mythtv-users] Problems running Myth - segfault starting liveTV

[Blastzone]

I ended up blowing away that system and switching to the FC4 build, as FC4 just came out as I was having that problem).I did not have any issues with FC4, AND there were options that were not available to me when I used Gentoo.
I would assume that the build of MythTV installed by gentoo is not the same as the one installed by apt / yum via Jerod's guide.  At least, it was not as of Aug 05.  On 12/28/05, 
Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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

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Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

[Michael T. Dean]

John P. Mitchell wrote:


obscure information. wrote:

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?


   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.


Or separate "channels" for your two cable boxes.  I have two DISH 
receivers and changed one to use channel 9, so I use channel 1 and 
channel 9 and a single IR blaster.


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