Re: [mythtv-users] Generate thumbnails while watching live recording?
On 12/20/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In settings: > > Generate preview image from a bookmark if possible > If enabled, MythTV will ignore the above time offset, and use the > bookmark inside the recording as the offset for creating a thumbnail > image. As with the above, MythTV will honour cutlists and increase this > offset if necessary. > Hey, I was looking for this feature and I can't seem to find it under "Settings". Where is it, exactly? Is it present in MythTV 0.18.1? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythconverg Error message
On 1/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am getting the following error from mythconverg: > > Error: Got error 124 from storage engine > > ... when I issue the following SQL statment: > > SELECT MAX( endtime ) FROM program > > > Any idea what this error message means or how to fix it? The perl > script I had containing this SQL statement has been running regularly > for a number of months without issue (although I hadn't checked on it > recently). > > Note: Using MythTV 0.18.1 > Well, I managed to fix the problem by backing up the mythconverg database, dropping the database and then restoring it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Commercial Flagging not working
Hello all, I've been trying to figure out why mythtv has not been commercial flagging. Per the log it looks like it starts and finishes (see below). 2006-01-12 10:00:28.823 Starting Commercial Flagging for "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" recorded from channel 1047 at Thu Jan 12 10:00:00 2006. illegal option: '-V' (use --help) 2006-01-12 10:00:29.378 Finished, 10 break(s) found. However, when I watch the program and tell it to skip the commercial, it says 'not flagged'. Here is what I have done: 1) Went through the entire setup and made sure the commcerial flagging was turned on. Which did nothing to fix the issue. 2) Deleted the Mythtv databases and started over from scratch. If it matters, I am using Fedora 3. Any idea what's going on? Thanks, K Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] I can't get my HDD to spindown when idle
Thanks everyone - it looks like fuser was the command I was looking for. I've found the culprit, and moved it to my OS' drive. Now the disk is sleeping (After running almost continuously for the last year or so) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythconverg Error message
I am getting the following error from mythconverg: Error: Got error 124 from storage engine ... when I issue the following SQL statment: SELECT MAX( endtime ) FROM program Any idea what this error message means or how to fix it? The perl script I had containing this SQL statement has been running regularly for a number of months without issue (although I hadn't checked on it recently). Note: Using MythTV 0.18.1 Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] I can't get my HDD to spindown when idle
I'm trying to get my MythTV backend server to spindown its HDDs after a given period of time in order to save power and reduce unnecessary heat generation. My videos are stored on /dev/hdd, and it spins down fine. However, /dev/hdc only contains the /home mount and it never seems to spindown. I have set: /sbin/hdparm -S120 ... on both drives. If I use hdparm from the command-line to spindown /dev/hdc, it works fine, so I know it's not a hardware-issue. Something must be keeping the HDD active, but I don't know what it is, or how to find out. I have already moved all cron jobs/scripts to another mount, not on this drive. I am running Fedora Core 4. 1) Any ideas what is keeping my HDD spinning up? 2) Is there a linux commandline tool I can use to find out what processes have open filehandles? Specifically on /dev/hdc if possible. Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media library only showing films
Just discovered that if I run Mythtv as a different user the Media Library seems correct. The ~/.mythtv settings folder for root doesn't seem to have anything it to restrict the media library so I'm puzzled. Suggestions gratefully received. Rob. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just setup a new Mythfrontend system on my desktop OpenSuse10 box. I already have a separate Mythbackend running perfectly well and just wanted access to the system from another desktop. Since OpenSuse10 installed GCC 4.x on my system the standard Mythtv download wouldn't compile.So I Googled and found a suggestion to use the svn version. Mistkae #1. So I downloaded the latest svn version and compiled that. The compile worked as expected. However I noted that it wanted Protocol 22 rather than Protocol 15. I realised that the svn version is rather more advanced than I needed. Unfortunately whilst looking around the system I do remember telling the system to filter the Media library on films, which looked quite interesting. Mistake #2. It was clear the the latest svn build was too advanced so I looked around some more and discovered the 0.18.1-fixes branch of the Myth code. This was the one I should have downloaded all along as it has support for GCC 4.x in. So I deleted the more recent svn branch, downloaded 0.18.1-fixes, compiled it and it worked fine. Until I went back to the media library, all I can now see are films. Clearly somewhere there is a setting that filters the Media Library. I would have thought it was in one of the datbase tables but I can't easily see it. I've looked through as many tables as I can but I do feel I'm searching for a needle in a haystack. Anybody any idea how to get rid of the filter on the Media Library? Thanks, Rob. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Media library only showing films
Hi, I've just setup a new Mythfrontend system on my desktop OpenSuse10 box. I already have a separate Mythbackend running perfectly well and just wanted access to the system from another desktop. Since OpenSuse10 installed GCC 4.x on my system the standard Mythtv download wouldn't compile.So I Googled and found a suggestion to use the svn version. Mistkae #1. So I downloaded the latest svn version and compiled that. The compile worked as expected. However I noted that it wanted Protocol 22 rather than Protocol 15. I realised that the svn version is rather more advanced than I needed. Unfortunately whilst looking around the system I do remember telling the system to filter the Media library on films, which looked quite interesting. Mistake #2. It was clear the the latest svn build was too advanced so I looked around some more and discovered the 0.18.1-fixes branch of the Myth code. This was the one I should have downloaded all along as it has support for GCC 4.x in. So I deleted the more recent svn branch, downloaded 0.18.1-fixes, compiled it and it worked fine. Until I went back to the media library, all I can now see are films. Clearly somewhere there is a setting that filters the Media Library. I would have thought it was in one of the datbase tables but I can't easily see it. I've looked through as many tables as I can but I do feel I'm searching for a needle in a haystack. Anybody any idea how to get rid of the filter on the Media Library? Thanks, Rob. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems
I am still getting no listings... and the worst part is that I just cleaned out my program listings last night! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Generate thumbnails while watching live recording?
On 12/20/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In settings: > > Generate preview image from a bookmark if possible > If enabled, MythTV will ignore the above time offset, and use the > bookmark inside the recording as the offset for creating a thumbnail > image. As with the above, MythTV will honour cutlists and increase this > offset if necessary. > > > Then press Space or Enter to set a bookmark. Just make sure you don't > reset the bookmark (i.e. when exiting the recording). > Thanks! That's a very interesting and useful feature. However, I'm one of those users, though that likes to have a bookmark set on exit... it would be nice if there was a way to trigger screenshot without setting the bookmark. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Generate thumbnails while watching live recording?
Is there a way that I can map a keyboard command, so that when I press it, it immediately takes a screenshot of the current frame of the recording I'm watching and uses that as the preview image for that recording? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Configure missing /usr/include/dvdread header path
g++ -c -pipe -march=pentiumpro -I/usr/include/directfb -D_REENTRANT -Wall -W -g `freetype-config --cflags` -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -fPIC -DMMX -Di386 -DUSING_DBOX2 -DHAVE_DVDNAV -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSflags` -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -fPIC -DMMX -Di386 -DUSING_DBOX2 -DHAVE_DVDNAV -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DUSING_OSS -DUSING_OPENGL_VSYNC -DUSING_DIRECTFB -DUSING_XV -DUSING_XVMC -DUSING_FRONTEND -DUSING_V4L -DUSING_IVTV -DUSING_BACKEND -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_SHARED -DQT_TABLET_SUPPORT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -I/usr/qt/3/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -I../.. -I../libmyth -I.. -Idvbdev -Impeg -I../libavcodec -I../libavutil -I../libmythmpeg2 -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -o DVDRingBuffer.o DVDRingBuffer.cpp DVDRingBuffer.cpp:5:29: dvdnav/nav_read.h: No such file or directory I'm using gentoo svn provided ebuild that grabs a cvs version of mythtv & mythtvfrontend. Ebuidls provided by: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66337 mmm.. looking over the online svn version of the configure script and seeing the same configure script. -- Roger http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html Key fingerprint = 8977 A252 2623 F567 70CD 1261 640F C963 1005 1D61 Sun Dec 18 00:36:26 PST 2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Commonly seen bug with undocumented solution!
I've encountered this bug numerous times and sometimes it was solved erratically, by either recompiling glibc with -O3 ops, or other unknown reasons. I've also done quite a bit of searching in the past month or two and seem to have found that this bug is caused by an audio issue while using the Live TV playback. Hardware: Hauppauge WinTV PVR2 (using pvrusb2 driver http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2.html). The device streams a mpeg2 stream on /dev/v4l/video0 and is very stable. Mike also is extremely aggressive with both the development and maintaining of the pvrusb2 driver. I can easily do: $ cat /dev/v4l/video0 > test.mpg | mplayer test.mpg (test.mpg being a fifo file.) Yet, mythtv has issues with playback of this stream using the Live TV profile. I'm seeing this issue on both, my server and laptop. Both using nvidia cards. And I've recompiled mythtv with & without nvidia and opengl options including currently debug (-g). I've also recompiled libmpeg2 along with 3-4 different versions of nvidia drivers. I've also toggled all sound options within mythtv settings. (Please, when replying, omit any unneeded text such as most of the details listed below!) As I'm guessing, running into an issue with sound processing through a buffer causing video to hang after < 1 second of playback. On my laptop, Live TV will stutter erratically. I'm using a SBLive Value card using the kernel emu10k1 driver. No other issues with any other sound or video playing apps on my system. The pvrusb2 kernel logs show streaming is just fine & dandy and waiting for mythtv to stream it. I've seen this bug posted several times without any solution using google. # aplay -l List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: Live [SBLive! Value [CT4670]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback] Subdevices: 32/32 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 ... Subdevice #31: subdevice #31 card 0: Live [SBLive! Value [CT4670]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 0: Live [SBLive! Value [CT4670]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 $ mythfrontend -v all -l mythfrontend.log 2005-12-17 12:54:26.731 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1 2005-12-17 12:54:26.757 Running in a window 2005-12-17 12:54:26.758 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0 2005-12-17 12:54:26.795 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-12-17 12:54:26.795 Enabled verbose msgs :all 2005-12-17 12:54:28.355 max_width: 1024 max_height: 768 2005-12-17 12:54:28.480 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.) mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: No such file or directory lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2005-12-17 12:54:29.392 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-12-17 12:54:29.548 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-12-17 12:54:29.552 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-12-17 12:54:30.193 generating cache image for: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/blank.png 2005-12-17 12:54:30.357 Starting media monitor. 2005-12-17 12:54:34.560 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-12-17 12:54:34.637 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-12-17 12:54:34.638 write->14 21 MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 15: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.669 Using protocol version 15 2005-12-17 12:54:34.669 write->14 37 ANN Playback localhost2.localdomain 0: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.702 write->14 29 GET_NEXT_FREE_RECORDER[]:[]-1: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.724 37 ANN Playback localhost2.localdomain 1 2005-12-17 12:54:34.726 write->16 21 MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 15: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.748 Using protocol version 15 2005-12-17 12:54:34.748 write->16 37 ANN Playback localhost2.localdomain 0: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.765 write->16 44 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]SETUP_RING_BUFFE... 2005-12-17 12:54:34.782 write->17 37 ANN Playback localhost2.localdomain 0: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.830 write->18 39 ANN RingBuffer localhost2.localdomain 1: 2005-12-17 12:54:34.865 write->16 33 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV: 2005-12-17 12:54:38.221 write->16 37 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]GET_PROGRAM_INFO: 2005-12-17 12:54:38.253 Output filters for this channel are: '' 2005-12-17 12:54:38.309 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI... 2005-12-17 12:54:38.338 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=128000, rept=128000, error=0 2005-12-17 12:54:38.339 write->17 66 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]SEEK_RINGBUF[]:[... 2005-12-17 12:54:38.355 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI... 2005-12-17 12:54:38.370 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=128000, rept=128000, erro
[mythtv-users] New PVR 350 - PAL- Ireland
That aged old chestnut, Can't get the tuner card to give me anything but snow ?? Has anybody noticed that the new Hauppauge PVR 350/500 cards have a full range PAL I/G/B tuner and my old systems (working) have simply a PAL I tuner ? Swapped the new with old and new system works fine. I can't help thinking I've missed something new in the config... Thanks in Advance Declan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Alternative to Mythmusic?
My music collection is very dynamic and often the songs I have don't have ID3 tags. Because of this I find Mythmusic less than convenient to use and basically I've stopped using it. Is there a way to just point Mythmusic at a directory and just get it to browse the filesystem? I have Mythvideo setup this way and it's way more covenient than having to update the database everytime I add something to my file server. Does anyone use something other than Mythmusic to play music with their Myth machine? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] - Someone is using this mce remote?
Hi all, someone is using this remote? http://193.202.63.249/csiga/mce/mce_remote2.JPG It works well,except that I don't have the four colored buttons working!! Anyone has a good lircd.conf for that,please? Thanks! Alessandro ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nonlinear 16:9 stretch?
I currently have my mythfrontend connected to a 30" 16:9 HDTV via s-video. I'd like to use the compontent inputs on the TV using a a VGA->component transcoder (Audio Authority 9A60) to get a higer resolultion GUI and better picture quality. The only concern I have is the 16:9 stretch mode that MythTV has. Currently I use the built in stretch mode on my TV to stretch 4:3 to 16:9. It does a nonlinear stretch so the edges of the picture are stretched more than the middle. Windows MCE has this feature too. Before I burn an evening mucking with a working X config, i'd like to know if MythTV do this also, or does it stretch the entire picture evenly? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How to get rid of User Job?
I have never defined or set any User Jobs. However, it seems like everytime my slave backend records a show, "User Job #3" gets assigned to some other recording, even if it wasn't recorded on the slave backend. How do I tell MythTV not to run this phantom 'User Job #3' (in mythfrontend or in the mythconverg database)? Example: 2005-10-25 19:58:57.976 Started recording "Close to Home" on channel: 1009 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-10-25 19:58:58.124 Started recording "The Biggest Loser" on channel: 1016 on cardid: 2, sourceid 1 2005-10-25 20:58:57.745 Started recording "Supernatural" on channel: 1013 on cardid: 3, sourceid 1 2005-10-25 21:00:14.954 Started recording "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" on channel: 1009 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 cardid 1 and 2 are on my master backend. cardid 3 is the only tuner on my slave backend. But somehow, "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" is Queued for User Job #3, and it never completes. All other shows recorded both before and after are transcoded and commercial flagged properly. In fact, even "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" is commercial flagged. It's just that the Job Queue shows it being Queued for User Job #3 (and no other jobs are currently running or queued). Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] xbox linux distros
On 10/17/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's a great help! Your above steps were how I thought I read the install but was hoping someone had already given it shot. I'd stumbled across 404 a couple months ago but was unable to get my XBOX to boot from a CD so I was unable to do the install. A loopback install will get me going again though, I like the ability to play my old games and run Myth... Did you get your install to work? or are you still having problems with the loopback? I thought I read a post on 404 that it might have been a Kernel issue with the loopback issue? Unforunately, I still haven't had time to get around to it yet... but I do want to get around to it later this week. I'll post back to report on my results. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] xbox linux distros
On 10/16/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I saw a post on the download site's forum that someone else was having a problem also? Hopefully they'll take a look at it and be able to fix it. Do you mind if I ask how you were installing it? Where you copied it to, etc? I know I posted an issue with the loopback FS to the not404.com forums, so that post might have been me. Basically, the way it is supposed to be done is as follows: 1. Download the FC4Looback.tar.bz file to a PC (preferrably a Linux machine). 2. Un-tar the file to get a set of files (About 5-6 files, totaling a little over 2 GB in size) 3. FTP those 5 files to your XBox, into the E:\debian directory; since that directory is hard-coded into the Cromwell BIOS. 4. Using your EvoX dashboard, or other application to run the E:\debian\default.xbe 5. Choose "Run XFedora4". There was a reply that I remove any old directories named E:\debian, instead of just renaming them. That was valid in my case, since I had an existing installation of Xebian 1.0.3 that I had simply renamed to E:\debian.old. I haven't tried the suggested solution yet. HTH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] xbox linux distros
On 10/15/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, you booted to your CDrom on your Xbox then to perform the install, correct? I thought you had FTP'd this into your Debian directory on your Xbox using the "loopback" method, I think I misunderstood... If this is the case, has anyone used the "loopback" method to do the FC4 install and get a working Xbox... I tried the loopback method last night, and it didn't work for me. Something about not being able to mount the loopback fs. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] scheduler and sports
On 10/13/05, Neil Cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is anyone open to helping out with the espn.com scraping idea? Or amI on my own?It doesn't seem too hard to do, but hard to test and potentially pretty fragile. Can MythTV even be told to "extend a recording" once it has started? I know there's a protocol that you can use to talk to the backend over a TCP socket... but does MythTV itself support changing the end time or duration of a recording in progress? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Returning to playback speed 1X doesn't play at 1X
Why not time the commercial while playing normally. Then exit,restart the program and increase the speed and check the times again. I have noticed it, but just assumed it wsd my head playing around withme. It has a habbit of doing that :\ Alright, so I tested this by comparing the OSD display of the "time within the recording" vs a stopwatch in hand. After 2 mins of real-time, the recording was lagging behind by 11-12 seconds (ie 1:48) 6 minutes - behind by 23 seconds 8 minutes - behind by 30 seconds 10 minutes - behind by 38 seconds 15 minutes - behind by 42 seconds. Any ideas what do to next? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] LInksys NSLU2 as low power master backend?
I have read that you can install Linux on a Linksys NSLU2 network-attached-storage device. If you were to attach some high capacity hard drives to the USB2 ports, would it be possible to use this device as a master backend? As for the tuner cards, put them in another machine and have this backend wake them up via wake-on-LAN. Store recordings on the USB2 external HDDs attached to this NSLU2 so that they are always available for remote frontends. Has anyone tried something like this? I read that the master backend must have a tuner card; but then in that FAQ page, it says a tuner is not required in the backend. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] External CD drivers under Xebian
Sorry for posting this here, but I don't know where else to look. I have an XBox running as a MythTV remote frontend. It is running Xebian 1.0.3. The built-in XBox DVD drive is quite picky about reading CD-R media, so I installed a CD-RW drive into a USB2 5.25" enclosure. I then plugged the enclosure into my XBox through a USB-to-controller cable. I was hoping to use this setup with MythVideo, so I can watch movies on my XBox through MythVideo. The problem is that I can't find the mount point. When I look in the system log, I can see that the USB drive is detected, and it can read off the model number of my CD-RW drive, but I don't know how to mount the drive and access the files. I plugged the same setup into a Windows XP machine and into another machine running Fedora Core 3, and they see it (and mount it) without any problems. Does anyone know how to mount this thing? Or, point me a Xebian help forum (if such a thing exists)? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Returning to playback speed 1X doesn't play at 1X
On 10/9/05, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Put a stopwatch on a 2 minute commercial break and report the results. The problem is, how do you know exactly how long a commercial break is? If the typical commerical is 30 seconds long, a difference of 10% in speed would only be 3 seconds, but how exact are the stations for 30 seconds breaks plus the occaisional few seconds of dead time between commericals. I'll try timing a few commericals tonight, but since no one else seems to notice this issue either, I'm willing to be it's probably just a relative observer effect, as mentioned earlier. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Returning to playback speed 1X doesn't play at 1X
I have MythTV 0.18 running on a remote frontend which is an XBox with Xebian 1.0.3. I have noticed that after I watch any program at an accelerated speed (such as 1.5X or 2X), when I return to normal playback speed (1X), the program is not quite played at 1X. It seems a little slower (maybe 0.95 or 0.9). This is based on observation only, but for example, it seems like the voices of any female-speakers are lower pitched than normal. Anyone else notice this? If I stop the recording and play another recording doesn't seem to work. Maybe reboot the machine clears it up? Does the time stretch function affect the speed at which the system clock runs in anyway? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
On 06 Oct 2005 21:07:40 -0500, Jack Wrobbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've never submitted a patch for this, since it is not Myth which ismuting the BT card (just not unmuting it if it is muted) and no one elsewas seeing this. If you submit a trac ticket( http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/newticket), I'll submit a patch for it. Jack Okay, I submitted the ticket as ticket #431. http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/431 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
I saw this with my BT card quite a while ago. The following patchseemed to fix it for me. It unmutes the card whenever a recording starts. YMMV This patch is sounds like the right solution, but I installed my MythTV from rpms using Jarod's guide. Plus, I'm not that familiar with how to patch the code, and I seem to have a workaround solution that is acceptable for now. Any idea if this patch got incorporated into the current development tree of MythTV for the 0.19 release (whenever that is)? Thanks for the suggestion though. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
On 10/5/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It sounds like your are using ALSA then or at least the ALSA/OSSemulation. If you have the alsamixer running when a recording starts,do you see the CAPTURE input device on your recording card go mute? My alsamixer only shows the soundcard (not the TV Tuner card). When sound is not working, on the the line-in/capture volume is never muted, and muting and unmuting has no effect. If I run "v4lctl volume mute off", and thus I can hear sound from my TV card, then muting and unmuting the line-in on the soundcard has an effect. To me, this seems to rule out the soundcard as the source of this problem. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
On 10/5/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would focus on fixing the problem rather than working around it. Areyou using ALSA or OSS for your audio output? I'm not 100% sure. Strictly speaking, this is a remote master backend, so the machine itself doesn't do any kind of audio output. However, it is running Fedora Core 4. I specify my tuners to use /dev/dsp0 and /dev/dsp1 and I control the line-in record volumes through alsamixer and alsactl. However, it's definitely not related to my soundcards, because when I plug my headphones directly into the TV tuner card, I hear nothing. Then, if I run "v4lctl volume mute off", I hear sound. It would be nice to fix the problem, but I believe this problem is somehow related to MythTV's interaction with the msp3400 driver, and not the OSS/ALSA sound system. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
On 10/5/05, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Could you go the other route and issue it as a user job after each recording? The problem is that once the show is recorded, if the audio was muted, it's too late for me to recover from it. If you meant for it to "unmute the audio before the next recording"... then the problem is that I don't know when MythTV actually mutes the TV audio, so I couldn't guarantee when the audio won't be turned off again sometime before for the next recording. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] advice on which hardware revision of xbox as a frontend
On 10/5/05, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert might have meant UXE. In any case if you add -spam to yourGoogle search, that should remove most of the links to the"Unsolicited Commercial Email" stuff.Actually, I think the latest softmod exploit is the ndure installer, which is nice because it allows you to dual boot the XBox and still play on XBox Live, if you're into that sort of thing. I've got mine set up so that you press the "Eject" button to go to MythTV/Xebian and the Power button for normal XBox games. Check out the forums on http://xbox-scene.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
On 10/5/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What sort of car? If it's a DVB card have you tried recording in TSinstead of PS? The card is a ATI TV Wonder PCI, which is a bt8x8 based card. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] How to issue command when starting a new recording?
I have this problem where (for some unknown reason), MythTV will mute my TV card's audio out periodically. This results in recordings with no audio. It's not a frontend or sound card issue. I have found it can be re-enabled by issuing a command to the v4l driver, namely, "v4lctl volume mute off". I tried putting this command into a cron job, but the problem is that everytime it's run, it causes a 1/2 second blank out of the audio. I then tried putting it into the "external command" for changing channels tuner, but the problem is that when that happens, Myth doesn't change the channels properly anymore because it thinks my unmute-volume script is doing the job. Is there some way that I could get MythTV to run my script when starting a recording? Or how can I poll the MythTV tuner status? Since that info is not stored in mythconverg, I was thinking of polling and parsing the last 1000 or so lines from the mythbackend log file every minute. Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: MythTV muting volume, but TVTime fixes it.
Bad form to reply to my own message, but for anyone else who seems to encounter this problem: There is a program that comes with xawtv-3.xx called v4lctl where you can manaully unmute the TV tuner card's volume control with the following command: v4lctl volume mute off I just put it into a cron job to run every 5 minutes. Unforunately, it has a habit of making the audio drop out for 0.5 sec in the recordings, so I didn't want to run it any more frequently than that. I'm looking for a way to run it everytime MythTV starts a new recording. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV muting volume, but TVTime fixes it.
I have a Celeron D 2.93 master backend with a ATI TV Wonder PCI (attached to the onboard motherboard soundcard) and Hauppauge WinTV GO-Plus (attached to a SoundBlaster Live Value). Both are bt8x8 cards. I was previously running Fedora Core 3 and MythTV 0.18.1 without any audio problems, but I needed to reinstall the OS so I upgraded to Fedora Core 4. I have no volume when I watch LiveTV or recordings from the ATI card. The WinTV card works fine. I have a patch cable from the ATI's line-out to the soundcard's line-in and headphones attached to the speaker-out of the soundcard. I hear nothing. The strange thing is that if I run TVTime, audio works fine. Then, if I shut-down TVTime and immediately go into MythTV LiveTV (on a remote frontend), I can hear the channel and switch channels no problem. But inevitably, after exiting to the menu and going back into LiveTV, the volume mysteriously gets muted. At that point, I plug my headphones directly into the ATI's line-out and also now hear nothing. Start up TVTime again, and I can hear audio. The whole time, anything recorded/Live TV from the WinTV works fine with audio, so I know I don't have a problem on the frontend side of things. Is possible that something to do with the msp3400 driver in FC4 is screwing things up? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Comm flagging on multiple tuners
I am using MythTV-0.18.1 on a master backend that contains 2 bt8x8-based tuners. When one tuner is recording, everything works fine, commercials are flagged properly, skipping around is good, and there are no stutters in the recording. However when both tuners are recording different programs, commercial flagging and jumpping never seems to work properly. For example, commercials are flagged in the wrong spot, and if I skip ahead to the next commercial break, it sometimes goes backwards. If a commerical break point was just passed, it jumps back to that same point, if you were to press jump to next commercial repeatedly. Same thing occurs when I use the skip ahead 30 sec (right arrow). It's almost like the time-index is off. There are visual and audio stutters in the recordings, but I can live with those. Could the increased amount of data flooding the PCI be the issue? The backend contains a 2.93 GHz Celeron running at 133 MHz bus speed, and the IRQs are assigned like this (can't control IRQ assignment in the BIOS tho): CPU0 0: 129688726 XT-PIC timer 1: 350 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 4523087 XT-PIC VIA8237, ehci_hcd 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 10: 12898909 XT-PIC bttv0, bt878, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, eth0 11: 1149505 XT-PIC EMU10K1, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd 12: 777376 XT-PIC bttv1, bt878 14: 1753778 XT-PIC ide0 15: 652510 XT-PIC ide1 However, I do see messages like this in my system log when the two tuners are recording: Sep 25 18:07:48 linux kernel: bttv1: SCERR @ 1eb80014,bits: VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW FBUS SCERR* Sep 25 18:07:48 linux kernel: bttv1: timeout: drop=51 irq=469735/469735, risc=1eb8001c, bits: VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW FBUS Sep 25 18:07:48 linux kernel: bttv1: reset, reinitialize Sep 25 18:07:48 linux kernel: bttv1: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363). Sep 25 18:07:59 linux kernel: bttv0: SCERR @ 1e9a5014,bits: HSYNC OFLOW SCERR* Sep 25 18:07:59 linux kernel: bttv0: SCERR @ 1e9a5014,bits: HSYNC OFLOW SCERR* Sep 25 18:07:59 linux kernel: bttv0: SCERR @ 1e9a5010,bits: HSYNC OFLOW SCERR* I also see this in my mythbackend log: 2005-09-25 17:53:57.089 Started recording "CTV News at Six" on channel: 1009 on cardid: 2, sourceid 1 2005-09-25 17:53:57.381 Changing from None to RecordingOnly strange error flushing buffer ... 2005-09-25 17:54:13.689 Starting Commercial Flagging for "CTV News at Six" recorded from channel 1009 at Sun Sep 25 17:54:00 2005. 2005-09-25 17:54:16.303 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.4:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-09-25 17:54:16.394 Using protocol version 15 2005-09-25 17:54:16.428 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-25 17:54:16.431 adding: linux.tse.dyndns.org as a client (events: 0) 2005-09-25 17:58:57.035 Started recording "Smallville" on channel: 1012 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-09-25 17:58:57.478 Changing from None to RecordingOnly 2005-09-25 18:06:40.336 adding: xbox as a client (events: 1) VIDIOCSYNC: Input/output error VIDIOCSYNC: Input/output error VIDIOCSYNC: Input/output error VIDIOCSYNC: Input/output error Can't read vbi data Can't read vbi data Can't read vbi data Can't read vbi data Can't read vbi data Can't read vbi data Can't read vbi data ... (message repeated dozens of times) Can't read vbi data 2005-09-25 18:08:46.659 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Changing script for Hughs DirectTV
I have not had any issues with the serial port with this perl script. The receiver has not locked up either. Though, I give you an actual program should be better and faster. :) K Murphy On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 13:55 -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > I do a something simliar with my satcontrol program, but mine is a > program and not a script. I have had problems with these type of scripts > before, once in a while the serial port doesn't respond correctly and > the only way to fix it is to do a reboot. Haven't had a problem with > that since I started using my program. > > http://ftp.jg555.com/satcontrol > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Channel Changing script for Hughs DirectTV
Hello, Since all of you are so helpful, I'd thought I would contribute back. Attached is a perl script (based off of the Sony perl script) for HTL-HD Hughs DirecTV receivers to change the channels. The script will turn the receiver on and change the channel. A little technical: The way channels are changed on this receiver is a little funny. You send it half of the command string wait for it to say OK then send the rest of the command. I plan on cleaning up the code one day. But it is a usable hack and has been in use for about 3 to 4 months now. K Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] hugh-htl-hd.pl.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] auto-transcode to xvid: Is it possible?
Hello all, I was wondering if it was possible to setup auto-transcode to xvid rather than divx. Thanks, CM ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Keyboard partially working in recordings.
I have a remote frontend-only machine, and for some reason, many of the keyboard commands no longer work. When watching a recording, Esc seems to work, and P (for pause) seems to be okay. But other functions, like i (for Info) or space/enter (to save the current position) don't work whatsoever. The arrow keys also work fine, since we are able to navigate through the menus and choose recordings to view. I checked the host name of the machine, and it does appear to be set properly, as well as the looking the keybindings for that machine via mythweb. Everything looks okay, but still, the keyboard isn't fully functional when playing back recordings. Any idea as to where I might look? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Special Characters in Closed Captions
When watching a recording on my XBox with closed captions turned on, special characters (like the musical note when the theme song is playing) are displayed. However, on my FC3 frontends, those characters just appear as a box, instead of the musical note. What do I need to change on my FC3 boxes to see the special characters? I looked in the settings table, and box the xbox and the FC3 machines are using the same OSD CC Font. I'm in Canada, so we are talking about normal US English programming. Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
I've had something similar happen. When you run it as a service, is your mythbackend service still running? When I run 'service mythbackend status', I usually get a 'pid file exists, but mythbackend is dead' message. When that happens, I find out it's because mythbackend is looking for its settings in //.mythtv/ instead of /root/.mythtv. I created a symlink called /.mythtv/ that points to /root/.mythtv and that seems to solve the problem for me. On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm pretty new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;) > > > Just finished putting together a MythTV/Fedora3 box with Jarod Wilson's > instructions. > > Everything works well except if I run mythbackend as a service watching live > tv doesn't work. > > If I open a console window as root and run it manually: > > #mythbackend & > > everything works. If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live tv > screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes, the system then > waits about 60sec and then returns to the main menu by itself. > > Any ideas? > > I'm almost sure it's a permission thing.. but don't where. > > Thanks > > - Michael > > > > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- Kane Tse http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Prevent slave backend from transcoding
I have a master backend with a bttv and a PVR-250. I also have a slave backend that contains another bttv device. The problem is tha tthe slave backend keeps getting transcoding jobs from the master backend. Since the machine doesn't run 24/7, the master backend always has jobs that its waiting for the slave backend to finish transcoding. I tried to go into mythtvsetup on the slave bakcned and prevent it from accepting jobs from the master backend, but it seems like I can only get it to accept "at most" 1 job. How do I prevent the slave backend from getting any jobs from the Myth job queue? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Commercial skipping stopped working
Sometimes the recordedmarkup table needs to be repaired in the database: >From a command prompt, run mysql -u mythtv mythconverg -p And then within mysql: REPAIR TABLE recordedmarkup; That should fix the table, if that was your problem. However, you will have to get MythTV to re-flag the commericals on the shows which were flagged while the table was corrupted. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [REQUEST] MythCenter theme update wishlist
On 6/2/05, Jeroen Brosens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am planning to do an upgrade on the MythCenter theme > (http://www.fotoniq.nl/projects/mythtv/) since I receive > lots of mails with this question and I want some more features in it myself > too. Please let me know whether you use the theme and if yes, what you would > like to have as a new feature in it. Some of my own suggestions: > > - 16:9 aspect ratio > - on/off button graphics > - more custom images and gui elements > - a clock! <-- does anybody know how to implement this? > > Thanks in advance for your input, I will keep you informed on the update. > This is a really great theme and should be included in the default set of themes that come with MythTV. I would also love to see a clock in the menus (I thought this was on the way for the skins included with 0.18, but was disappointed to see it not there). Also, If there is a matching OSD theme, I would like to see a larger clock on that one too. I currently use mediacenterOSD, but the OSD I used in 0.16, blueosd (?), has a clock in very large digits when you hit the info button in the top-right. That was a nice feature. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Abandoned with Xbox?
> > I've got a nicely functioning .16 backend and a xbox front end running > > .16 built off this distro http://bit.blkbk.com/ from Dennis Cartier. I > > used the .0.4.4 code. I'd like to upgrade, but after reading the > > posts here, I'm not real confident that I can take the xbox to .18 > > without losing major plugins. > > > > Whats the real deal? has Dennis abondoned this project? has anyone > > really had success with xfedora and myth? I don't see much detail on > > xfedora or Dennis' build anywhere in regards to .18. > > > > I've tried to upgrade the xbox per the upgrade doc with no luck and > > not real sure about trying again without someone from the project > > talking about a supported path. > > > > Evil-Barney I was running 0.16 last week on a setup that included a server a few PC frontends and an XBox. I upgraded all the systems using apt successfully to 0.18. The mythweather plug in on the XBox needed a little more attention. Another annoying bit was that the mythtv package insisted on installing mysql, mythbackend and mythtv-database, but I just apt-get remove'd mysql afterwards and everything is running nicely now. I just did an apt-get update followed by apt-get install mythtv on the XBox. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nuvexport: Unrecognized mpeg stream type
KET_SIZE, pos 1, char: 44
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: 44
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: c
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: c
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: 6
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: 6
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: fa
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: fa
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: af
GET_PACKET_SIZE, pos 1, char: af
TRIED UP TO POSITION 67345, FOUND 47, packet_size= 0, SEEMS A TS? 0
CACHE2_SEEK: 0x0 <= 0x0 (0x10711) <= 0x12800
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x86fe110
CACHE2_SEEK: 0x0 <= 0x0 (0x0) <= 0x10800
Checking for LMLM4 Stream Format
typ: 442 chan: 0 size: 1140851704 pad: 0
Invalid packet in LMLM4 stream: ch=0 size=1140851704
LMLM4 Stream Format not found
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x86fe110
system stream synced at 0xD (0)!
==> Videostream gefunden: 0
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
CACHE2_SEEK: 0x0 <= 0x0 (0x4E251350) <= 0x800
Out of boundaries... seeking to 0x4E251000
s->pos=5A newpos=4E251000 new_bufpos=4E251000 buflen=0
Seek done. new pos: 0x4E251000
CACHE2_SEEK: 0x4E251000 <= 0x0 (0x9C4A26A0) <= 0x4E252800
Out of boundaries... seeking to 0x9C4A2000
s->pos=4E2F3000 newpos=9C4A2000 new_bufpos=9C4A2000 buflen=0
Seek done. new pos: 0x9C4A2000
FRAMESIZE: 0, layer: 3, bitrate: 0, mult: 144000
invalid framesize/bitrate_index
==> Audiostream gefunden: 0
ID_AUDIO_ID=0
MPEG Stream reached EOF
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
CACHE2_SEEK: 0x9C4A2000 <= 0x0 (0x0) <= 0x9C51C7C0
Out of boundaries... seeking to 0x0
s->pos=0 newpos=0 new_bufpos=0 buflen=0
Seek done. new pos: 0x0
MPEG-PS-Dateiformat erkannt!
Searching for sequence header... OK!
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 6000.0 kbps (750.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x1002 size:720x576 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400
get_path('sub/') -> '/root/.mplayer/sub/'
get_path('default.sub') -> '/root/.mplayer/default.sub'
==
Öffne Audiodecoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
dec_audio: Reserviere 4608 + 65536 = 70144 Bytes für den Ausgabepuffer.
mp3lib: made decode tables with MMX optimization
mp3lib: using 3DNow!Ex optimized decore!
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
MPEG 1.0, Layer II, 48000 Hz 384 kbit Stereo, BPF: 1152
Channels: 2, copyright: No, original: No, CRC: No, emphasis: 0
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==
ID_FILENAME=/multimedia/store/1017_20050523215200_20050523225000.nuv
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x1002
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=600
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=720
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=576
ID_VIDEO_FPS=25.000
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=80
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=384000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_LENGTH=4075
==
Öffne Videodecoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: VO wird versucht, auf 720 x 576 (Bevorzugter Farbraum: Mpeg PES) zu
setzen.
Trying filter chain: vo
vo_debug: query(Mpeg PES) returned 0x1 (i=0)
VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
Film-Aspekt ist 1.33:1 - Vorskalierung zur Korrektur der Seitenverhältnisse.
VO Config (720x576->768x576,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x4D504553)
VO: [null] 720x576 => 768x576 Mpeg PES
VO: Description: Null video output
VO: Author: Aaron Holtzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm:mpegpes (MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/DVB
card))
==
Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [null] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
AO: Description: Null audio output
AO: Author: Tobias Diedrich
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
Starte Wiedergabe...
*** uninit(0xE4B)
Uninit audio filters...
[libaf] Removing filter dummy
Deinitialisiere Audio: mp3lib
Deinitialisiere Video: mpegpes
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x86fe110
DEMUXER: freeing sh_audio at 0x86b29c8
DEMUXER: freeing sh_video at 0x86b2908
[[[uninit getch2]]]
Config poped level=2
Config poped level=1
*** uninit(0x80)
vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited..
Beenden... (Dateiende erreicht.)
max framesize was 0 bytes
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Is there something I'm missing or what else can I do to make it work?
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Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv newbie needs help: ATI TV-wonder and bad visual quality
On 5/20/05, John Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't help... I can say i've had the same issues with that card under > linux... > > I believe it's todo with using a improper tuner type... but i cant seem > to find the correct one it needs.. i gave up on it in the end.. the card > itself works fine under windows > There is a script out there called "findtvcardoptions.sh" that you can use. It will cycle through all the possible tuner settings for the bt8x8-based cards and display the result using xawtv. Once you find the one that works, it will insert the appropriate lines into your /etc/modprobe.conf file. Unforunately, I can't see to find the URL for the file. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Closed captioning support
> > A bttv based card will pass out a VBI stream that MythTV can decode > during Live TV, but it is not (AFAIK) recorded by Myth. > My master slave backend contains the ATI TV Wonder PCI (which I believe has a bt878) and decodes CCs properly during both LiveTV AND in recordings as well. This means that Myth does indeed recording the CC data into the .nuv file. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Nuvexport problem transcoding divx to xvid (May be a mythtranscode issue)
Does anyone know why nuvexport will not transcode a DIVX to an xvid? The following is my session. It looks like mythtranscode doesn't do anything. I did use the --debug option and tried the commands on the commandline. The mythtranscode command just came back to a prompt right away. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, K Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have chosen to export 1 episode: 1. Family Guy: Ready, Willing and Disabled (5/24/2004, 11:30 PM) 480x480 DIVX (1.333:1) Peter helps Joe regain his confidence by training him for a decathlon. * Separate multiple episodes with spaces c. Continue n. Choose another show q. Quit Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove: c Where would you like to export the files to? [.] /vid Enable Myth cutlist? [Yes] Enable noise reduction (slower, but better results)? [Yes] Enable deinterlacing? [Yes] Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)? [Yes] Audio bitrate? [128] Variable bitrate video? [Yes] Multi-pass (slower, but better quality)? [Yes] Video bitrate? [960] Default resolution based on 4:3 aspect ratio. Width? [624] Height? [464] Now encoding: Family Guy: Ready, Willing and Disabled Encode started: Wed May 11 18:58:48 2005 First pass... Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos. Waited too long for mythtranscode to create its fifos. Please try again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] store]# ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] First frontend only machine
> > Probably won't be anything beyond 1.6, right? With the next XBox due > to get talked about next month they probably won't continue to do much > with the older design. > > I went to Fry's today but they didn't have any XBoxs in stock! > I haven't got a clue what is going on with any future revisions of the XBox. There was a shortage of XBoxes this past Christmas; and some claimed that it was due to Microsoft shifting production to the next generation XBox 360. Others have gone as far as to say this is why we are still seeing v1.4s and v1.5s, because they're being produced in plants that were previously shifted to XBox 360 production before the v1.6 designs were out. This is all rumour and probably not true though. People have started seeing a fourth DVD drive type appear (an LG) this year, so it's possible that changes are still being made to the XBox design. The previous DVD drives uses were the Thompson, Phillips and Samsung. > > OK, I wanted to use Gentoo but I'll check Xebian out. Are you a Debian > user in real life or did Xebian offer something specific in terms of > doing the install? (Like everything from an XBox controller, etc?) > I'm a RedHat user for my PCs. I chose Xebian mainly because all the MythTV frontend install scripts on the old XBox-MythTV site were based on Xebian 1.0.3. Probably a stupid reason, but I needed something that worked more than I needed the lastest and greatest distro. Unforunately, I think development in Xebian is discontinued now. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > 2) There are no Microsoft keyboards or mice *for the XBox*. However, > > in order to control MythTV, you will need a DVD Remote. I had a third > > party XBox DVD remote which I could not get to work; so I ended up > > buying the offical Microsoft DVD Dongle kit. > > Cool. That seems to be about $25 or so? It has a little IR thingie > that goes in a controller port and then the remote, correct? > Yep. I'm in Canada though, so it was $49 Canadian; purchased in January 2005. > > I'm reading about the Xebian stuff now. GentooX also I suppose. > Good luck with that. I'm much more comfortable with RedHat (and now apt-get, thanks to MythTV), so I didn't want to bother with downloading all the dependencies and compiling everything myself. Xebian was a pretty painless installation too. But I'm sure there are other XBox MythTV users who could help you out if go that route. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] First frontend only machine
> > Thanks for the info. I am assuming that if I go buy a box this > afternoon that I will get a 1.6 version so I was being just a bit > careful. > >From what I've seen, it seems like 1.4's 1.5 and 1.6s are still available on store shelves. However, since all versions (up to 1.6) are currently soft-moddable, it shouldn't be a problem. > A few more questions if I might. Mouse and keyboard?? For simplicity > do they have to be M$ stuff? Looking at my kid's XBox I don't see > anything except controller ports on the front and Ethernet and video > on the back. I am assuming that the keyboard must plug into a > controller port? > I'll try to answer this in the order I see it: 1) I did not need a mouse and keyboard attached to my XBox. Once I got Xebian installed, I did everything via SSH. 2) There are no Microsoft keyboards or mice *for the XBox*. However, in order to control MythTV, you will need a DVD Remote. I had a third party XBox DVD remote which I could not get to work; so I ended up buying the offical Microsoft DVD Dongle kit. 3) The 4 controller ports on the front of the XBox are actually just standard USB 1.1 ports with a different shaped connector and an extra wire. You can find many sites on the 'net that have instructions on how to wire your own USB to XBox cable (or buy one). > In the end it might be nice to do no keyboard at the TV and just turn > on MythTV remotely from some other PC in the house. I.e. - COMMAND: > Show The Daily Show on TV #3 and the program pops up using the XBox > sitting at TV #3. > Generally remotely controlling the XBox from another PC can be done; but I have no idea how to do it. I recommend you get a DVD IR Remote and control the MythTV frontend that way -- it is simpler for end-users to work with and works 'out of the box'. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] First frontend only machine
On 4/26/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kanetse - Is it a true statement that if I go the direction of a > software mod to start that nothing is lost other than time if it > doesn't meet my needs? If I can back out the software mods later then > I have a new XBox again and could add a hardware mod at that point? > The softmod is only supposed to affect the files on the hard drive, so you can back out at any time. If you mess things up badly, you can download an ISO called "Slayers EvoX Auto-Installer", burn it to a CD-RW and then insert it into your XBox, it takes about 15 minutes to restore the XBox back to its factory state. From there, you can either use it as a normal XBox or go the hardware mod method. > If so then is the software only mod that you're done the one discussed > on http://www.xbox-linux.org ? > Unforunately, the xbox-linux.org website is out-of-date, as it only lists the MechAssult exploit and states that the XBox v1.6 cannot be soft-modded. I own a v1.4, but from what I have read on http://www.xbox-scene.com forums, all versions including the v1.6 can be exploited using MechAssault, 007:Agent Under Fire or Splinter Cell. So to answer your question, no, I did not use the one discussed on xbox-linux.org, but it was something very similar. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] First frontend only machine
On 4/26/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >After setting up MythTV and recording overnight I'm ready to start > looking more deeply into what I'll eventually be placing at multiple > (4-5) locations in the house. I could use your inputs on what some of > the most reasonable alternatives are: > > 1) XBox with mods >- What mods? Who's mod chip really is best? >- Purchase modified XBox ready to go? >- Software only mods for now? (no mod chip?) > The first softmod I did was tricky because there are so many versions of the XBox (1.0 through 1.6) and various methods and installers that can be used. Compounding all of this was the facts that the documentation out there ranges wildly in terms of dates and that makes it even more confusing. But once you've done the softmod on one XBox, it gets much less intimidating from there. The thing I like about a softmod is that you can always revert back to an unmodified state without having to worry about damaging anything inside the XBox. Even if you go wrong, there are tools that will restore the HDD to a factory state. However, softmods probably do take longer to apply than using a chip. I've never soldered a chip myself. I've managed to get through the Xebian install and the MythTV installation in fairly short order... and my XBox can still be used to play XBox games too (except for the XBox-live part). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: OT: Power off monitor on X login screen
On 4/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a bit of a tricky problem; and hard to search for. > > I have a slave backend running the standard Fedora Core 3 install. It > shares an LCD monitor with an XBox (D-Sub). The backend is hooked up > via DVI. The LCD monitor is a BenQ monitor that auto-detects the > signal and switches to the input to DVI or D-Sub depending on which > one is sending a signal. > > Frequently, I will turn on the backend end/DVI just so that its > recorder is available while I play XBox. Thus, the screen is > displaying the Fedora/X login screen. After a few minute, the screen > saver kicks in, but it only blanks the screen and doesn't turn the > monitor off. > > Now, I manually switch back to the XBox (D-Sub) and play for a little > bit. But the when the XBox is reset (or switches video modes), it > usually blanks the screen and then the LCD monitor reverts back to the > DVI input. Unforunately, almost all of the time I want the LCD to > stay on the D-Sub/XBox. > > How do I get Fedora Core 3's X login screen to send no signal to the > monitor? It's gotta be one of the power saving features; but I tried > setting the power manangement/screen saver properties for the 'root' > Desktop account via the control center, but I don't think those are > the settings that apply to the login screen. > I'm still trying to figure out this problem. Thanks to Bryan Halter, I've been able to determine that I need to use the xset command, but I can't figure out where to put that line so that it takes effect on the login screen. I think it's .xinitrc in the user's home directory, but that's only AFTER a user has logged in. What about before a user has logged in (i.e. while it's on the graphical "Fedora Core" login screen)? rc.local is obviously too early in the process. Help! Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Dublin (Ireland) Users
I've been using mythtv for about 18 Months in Dublin, Raheny. Declan Hogan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of VJ Sent: 18 April 2005 15:55 To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Dublin (Ireland) Users > anyone in the dublin area using myth want to meet up? > -- > simon > I am from Lucan. I am in for MUG(MythTV Users Group) meetings/conversations. Regards from VJ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Power off monitor on X login screen
On 4/21/05, Mike Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i know this sounds like a very simple and stupid ideabut unplug it from > the FC3 boxif the system is stable and doesnt need any user > intervention...just let it run with power, cable tv, and ethernet running to > it > Mike > > Yeah, this slave backend serves as a dual boot machine into Windows as well, so unforunately, unplugging it from the monitor is not really an option. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Power off monitor on X login screen
On 4/21/05, myth joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been contemplating desiging an uirt2-controlled monitor on/off > switch. The switching would be done using a Maxim switch chip through > which the monitor clocking signals pass. If you're clever and more > ambitious than I, you could do the same thing. > I think it's not quite the same thing I was looking for; as I need the monitor to stay on (for the XBox); but no signal from the computer so the monitor won't auto-switch back to the computer/DVI input. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Power off monitor on X login screen
On 4/21/05, Bryan Halter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Turn DPMS on using the xset util, this will provide a timeout afterwhich > the video card will send no signal AFAIK. > Thanks, I'll take a look at this, so do I just put... xset +dpms dpms 1 1 1 ... into my rc.local file? I'm not exactly sure how xset works, do command that you issue to it get applied immediately? I would assume this would have to be done as root, since I need it to power off the login screen. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT: Power off monitor on X login screen
This is a bit of a tricky problem; and hard to search for. I have a slave backend running the standard Fedora Core 3 install. It shares an LCD monitor with an XBox (D-Sub). The backend is hooked up via DVI. The LCD monitor is a BenQ monitor that auto-detects the signal and switches to the input to DVI or D-Sub depending on which one is sending a signal. Frequently, I will turn on the backend end/DVI just so that its recorder is available while I play XBox. Thus, the screen is displaying the Fedora/X login screen. After a few minute, the screen saver kicks in, but it only blanks the screen and doesn't turn the monitor off. Now, I manually switch back to the XBox (D-Sub) and play for a little bit. But the when the XBox is reset (or switches video modes), it usually blanks the screen and then the LCD monitor reverts back to the DVI input. Unforunately, almost all of the time I want the LCD to stay on the D-Sub/XBox. How do I get Fedora Core 3's X login screen to send no signal to the monitor? It's gotta be one of the power saving features; but I tried setting the power manangement/screen saver properties for the 'root' Desktop account via the control center, but I don't think those are the settings that apply to the login screen. Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythgames not showing Mame-Games
Hello everybody! I'm having a problem with the current version of mythgame (0.18): When I choose Mame I can select the year and the genre but not any game (except for genre 'unknown'). There's not even an arrow to the games in a genre. This only happens in Mame-Games not in SNES or PC-Games. There I am able to select and play a game. I have also tried to detect the games again but that didn't change anything. Maybe someone can give me a hint. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-250 and closed captions
I'm uncertain what is the status of closed captioning with a PVR-250 in MythTV. I know this question has been asked many times before, but there's been a new versions of both MythTV and the IVTV drivers, and I'm wondering if things have changed... I remember there was a patch for the IVTV driver what enabled to it to embed VBI/CC data into the MPEG2 file, but then I read that MythTV (0.16 at the time, I think) didn't support reading it. Presumably, this patch has been incorporated into the IVTV-0.2 series of drivers, but did MythTV under go any kind of revision in 0.17 to read the embedded VBI data? Or maybe I'm totally incorrect in my interpretation of various mailing-list messages... Anyway, is anyone successfully getting closed captions on a PVR-250 right now in MythTV? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] frontend only remote?
Don't forget about the ATi Remote Wonder, it has worked very nicely for me. On Apr 4, 2005 10:30 AM, Chris Picton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Care to share how to make the receiver? > > You can start at: > > http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html > > Regards > > Chris > > -- > Chris Picton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- Kane Tse http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Setting brightness and contrast by card
I have a master backend running 0.16 with a ATI TV Wonder PCI card in it (bt8x8). I have noticed that when it records TV shows, the colours are washed out and the blacks aren't truly black. I have read the previous posts about adjusting the brightness settings through the OSD in the frontend; and also changing the settings on a per-channel basis through MythWeb. The problem is that I have a slave backend with a PVR-250 and it's recordings are perfectly fine; so I don't want to change the settings for it. Is there a way for me to adjust the brightness/contrast settings for the bt8x8 card only? I tried to search through the list, but it seems like the most recent postings on this are quite old (possibly relating to significantly earlier versions of MythTV). Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Redefining the shutdown commands
I'm running Mythtv 0.16 frontend on an XBox (but I figure the answer to this question probably to non-XBox frontends too). I use my XBox as a gaming platform as well as a MythTV frontend; so when the XBox is first powered up, it boots into the EvolutionX dashboard. Users can then select a "Watch TV with MythTV" option to boot into Xebian 1.0.3 which auto-loads mythfrontend. Once the user is finished watching MythTV on mythfrontend, they usually want to do one of two actions: Action #1) Shutdown the XBox. Action #2) Reboot the XBox back to EvoX to play games. Currently, when you hit ESC from the main menu of the mythfrontend, you get 3 choices: Option A) No, cancel shutdown Option B) Yes, exit MythTV Option C) Yes, exit and shutdown. By default, option C will go to action #1. I redefined the shutdown command within the mythfrontend general options to send option C to action #2. In general action #1 really isn't that useful to me; in my case, there isn't much the users can or would want to do with an X desktop. I would prefer to have option C map to action #1 (as default) and option B map to action #2. Is there anyway I can redefine the "Yes, exit MythTV" option to run a command? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox Frontend Font Size
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:53:37 -0500, Fred Squires <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:33:02 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've never modified the theme files. How is that done? Where are the > > theme files located? > > Sorry I took so long to reply. > > I use Titivillus, it's probably similar for the other themes as well. > > The themes are located in /usr/share/mythtv/themes on your xbox. > > In the file /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Titivillus/theme.xml > > Under the section labeled > Under both sections and on lines 134 and 152 > change the font size attribute from 28 to 24. > > That will resize the text in all of the menus. > > -- > I probably still have a few (well, now a whole bunch) gmail invites. > Drop me a line (off list) if you'd like an account. > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Thank you, that solved my problem. I also had to edit the ui.xml file to make the text litle more visible in the Watch Recordings menu too. Any idea on how to make the icons (commercials flagged, bookmark present, uuto-expirt etc.) show up? That line seems to be absent from the "Watch Recordings" view in XBox version of the Titivillus skin. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250, sound problems, wrong directories
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:32:28 -0600, Scott Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 15:30 -0700, Ryan M wrote: > > I've seen the archives on this but so far haven't had any luck. > > I've followed the Jarod's guide but I can't get sound to work for my > > PVR-250, sound does work on the rest of the system. There is a lot of > > talk about a msp3400.ko file not being the right version. On my > > machine the msp3400-ivtv.ko file is in a different directory. The > > regular files are at > > /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/video the > > msp3400-ivtv.ko along with some other files are located at > > /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3/updates/drivers/media/video. I've tried > > copying them all over to my kernel directory and renaming > > msp3400-ivtv.ko to msp3400.ko and running > > # /sbin/rmmod ivtv > > # /sbin/depmod -a > > # /sbin/modprobe ivtv > > # cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg > > # mplayer /tmp/test_capture.mpg > > but it still doesn't work. If there is something obvious here that a > > linux noob wouldn't see please tell me. If there are any tests I can > > run or config files that would help, I can post those. > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > You have double checked that your alsa master line/line in/etc aren't > muted haven't you? To me this is always the issue when I don't have > volume. > > Scott > > -- > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > Another thing along those lines to try is to move the .mpg file to another machine where you know sounds works (like a Windows machine) and see if you can play it with sound or not. Also, have you rebooted your machine since renaming the msp3400 kernel modules? I find that sometimes the non-ivtv module gets loaded even though I've rmmod'ed it and deleted the non-ivtv msp3400 file. Or it might even be as simple as rmmod'ing the msp3400 (you didn't specify if you did that or not). Just some ideas for you to try out. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] What to do on XBox when the backend crashes
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:55:15 +1100, Berry, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > However, on my XBox I can't click on it. I hit every button on my > > XBox DVD Remote but I can't dismiss that box. And since I don't have > > a keyboard hooked up, the only thing I can do is to hard power-off my > > XBox (or SSH into the XBox and issue a shutdown -r now). > > > > What do other users do? > > I have a process that watches the backend via this script > > #!/bin/sh > logger Starting mythbackend as daemon process... > echo "Backend is running" > /myth/backend.flag > mythbackend --logfile /var/log/mythbackend.log > logger "Mythbackend process has died - removing flag and sleep before > restart." > rm -f /myth/backend.flag > sleep 1m > > When starting up, it creates the file backend.flag, if it crashes, it > removes that flag. > > On the xBox, I have a cron job that checks for the existence of that > flag (via a NFS share), if it's not there, it assumes the backend has > crashed, and reboots itself. > > HTH. > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > I have a cron job on my backend that does something similar (i.e. monitors backend to see if it is running or not). However, I'd be interesting to take a peek at the XBox script. The thing is that if you are watching a recording on the XBox, and the backend dies, under your scheme, it would seem that the XBox would mysteriously reboot itself. Put if you play the .nuv video files through an NFS mount, I think the frontend can continue to play the file without an active backend. So it would unnecessarily cause the XBox to reboot. It's interesting to see that the simple answer I was hoping for was that someone had a way to click that stupid "OK" button, when the XBox frontend reports that the connection to the master backend has been lost. But maybe there is no way? Shouldn't hitting ENTER on the keyboard do the trick? And isn't the SELECT button on the XBox DVD remote assigned to ENTER? Why doesn't that work? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] What to do on XBox when the backend crashes
Hey all, I'm got my MythTV 0.16 running on a headless remote backend. One of the frontend machines in my setup is an XBox (v1.4) running Xebian 1.0.3. The problem I have is when the backend crashes or goes away. Eventually, I get the dreaded pop-up window (on the XBox) that the "Connection to the backend server has been lost... is the backend running..." or something to that effect. At this point the only option displayed on screen is to press "OK". On a normal computer, you can usually hit the ENTER or SPACE key to get rid of that box. However, on my XBox I can't click on it. I hit every button on my XBox DVD Remote but I can't dismiss that box. And since I don't have a keyboard hooked up, the only thing I can do is to hard power-off my XBox (or SSH into the XBox and issue a shutdown -r now). What do other users do? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox Frontend Font Size
I've never modified the theme files. How is that done? Where are the theme files located? On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:33:13 -0500, Fred Squires <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:25:53 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there anyway to reduce the font-size used on the MythTV menus? Mine > > are huge; to the point where the "TV" menu says "Watch" instead of > > "Watch Recordings". Presumably this was done because of the > > low-resolution of standard TV. > > You can change the font size in the theme files, that's what I did. > There's probably a better way, though. > > -- > I probably still have a few (well, now a whole bunch) gmail invites. > Drop me a line (off list) if you'd like an account. > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Use PVR-250 Remote with non-PVR-250 card?
I bought my PVR-250 and installed it in a dedicated backend machine. As a result, I didn't need to hook up the remote that came with it. I happen to have another TV tuner card that also has an IR receiver/remote plug on it. However, I've lost the IR receiver. Does anyone know if I can plug in my unused PVR-250 IR receiver into this card and then the PVR-250 remote with the TV Tuner card (through LIRC)? Has anyone ever tried to use the PVR-250 remote with another device? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] XBox Frontend Volume Control
I read on this list that since the XBox doesn't have a mixer on board, it is not possible to control the volume of MythTV using the XBox; however, I noticed on Microsoft's Media Extender for XBox remote control, there are volume up/down and mute keys. Any idea if this means we can find some way to control the volume in MythTV? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] XBox Frontend Font Size
Is there anyway to reduce the font-size used on the MythTV menus? Mine are huge; to the point where the "TV" menu says "Watch" instead of "Watch Recordings". Presumably this was done because of the low-resolution of standard TV. In my case, I have my XBox outputting to a VGA monitor (through a VD-Z3/progressive scan setup), so I can afford to make the text a little smaller so I can see more. I am using MythTV 0.16 on Xebian 1.0.3. Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythweb /var/www/html/mythweb/config/conf.php example file
can someone show me an example of a completed /var/www/html/mythweb/config/conf.php file so that I can try to figure out what lines I need to modify and where. the wilsonet.com/mythtv was a little lacking here and I wasn't too sure what variables to change. Or should I just leave it alone and fire up the httpd server? thanks ___ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] xfx geforce5200fx to hdtv over s-video issue
mythtv box with s-video cable from s-video out to a toshiba theatreview HD the s-video output works until right after the drives are mounted, the screen flickers and then i get random patterns of light. I tried all resolutions for the video card 640, 800, tried different colour depth and still cannot get play back over the s-video card. If I disconnect the s-video card and then choose the vga output instead, the computer monitor appears normal, X starts, and I can login to the gui. I have never used s-video before so not sure what settings I might have to hack to get the s-video to display properly on the HD tv. thanks ___ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] hauppauge will not change channels but ptune works
nooby here setting up my first mythtv box i have followed the wilsonet.com/mythtv concerning the pvr-250 and downloaded the wget http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/lircrc-haupgrey.txt i tested /usr/bin/irw and i can see the feedback for the change channels up and change channel down... but once i start watching a tv show, i can no longer change the channels nor does the guide button work. it seems like no matter what button i press, i only get to pause, review or forward any ideas? ___ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox - praise
I have a 160GB Maxtor under the hood of the Xbox I ugraded. No issues. I installed to the E: partition (which is where all of my Apps are) C: System crap and XBMC XBE & XML file D: (This is the active XBE's home folder) E: Apps and Game saves. Also had my Emulators on here, but no ROMs. Xebian is here in E:\Apps\Linux F: Game images and movies Original Message: - From: Nav Jagpal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:48:40 -0800 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox - praise So after a dozen restart attempts, Xebian finally booted from the CD again; perhaps its the media? Anyways, now onto the install. There are a few options as to which partition I want to install Xebian. I previously upgraded my HD to an 80GB drive. Which partition should I install to? I believe F: is used for my applications like EvoX, XBMC etc. Do any of you have a non-retail HD installed with different partition setups than original? Which option did you select? Thanks -- n On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:34:31 -0500, Tom E. Craddock, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt S. wrote: > > >I have xebian 1.1.2, will that work with the .0.4.5 beta version of the scripts? > > > >Thanks! > > > > > > > Seeing as how it just came out, I doubt it. How about ya try it and > find out for the rest of us? > > Tom > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Crash with Live TV (PVR-250MCE)
Let me give you a little info: OS: Fedora Core 3 (all packages up to date) Tuner: PVR-250-MCE MythVersion: 0.17 I followed Jarod's guide while setting up my current backend server. I was previously using KnopMyth with the same hardware, and after a tweak to ivtv, the tuner was working wonderfully. I was under the impression that the latest ivtv had built in support for this tuner, but I am having some issues. I have not installed LIRC, as I don't need it on this computer (its a backend only). MythTV itself is working just fine, until you try to view Live TV (it did however Record a show this evening, although not on the proper channel, and not with sound, but thats for a later time). Live TV will actually start for about 2 seconds, then it hangs. When I launch it from a terminal I get all sorts of error output (see below). After hanging for maybe 30 seconds, I get dropped to the Program Guide. Then the frontend crashes. This happens when running the frontend on the backend server or from a remote frontend. The backend however, stays up and running. The tuner does not lock up, I can repeat this over and over without having to unload any drivers or reboot. The other thing I have noticed is that the color from the video feeds is horribly wrong now, everyones skin is purple. This: # /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl & # mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 Works just fine. Although the color is horrible as mentioned above. Any help here would be greatly appreciated. **Terimal Error Output:******* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mythfrontend 2005-03-02 01:35:56.337 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-03-02 01:35:56.338 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-03-02 01:35:56.811 Switching to square mode (Iulius) mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: No such file or directory lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2005-03-02 01:35:57.445 Joystick disabled. 2005-03-02 01:35:57.458 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-03-02 01:35:57.479 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-03-02 01:35:57.480 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-03-02 01:35:57.683 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 172.22.1.55:5060 NAT address 172.22.1.55 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2005-03-02 01:36:04.607 Connecting to backend server: 172.22.1.55:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-03-02 01:36:04.615 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-02 01:36:04.644 Using protocol version 14 2005-03-02 01:36:04.753 Disable DPMS 2005-03-02 01:36:06.881 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-03-02 01:36:06.881 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-03-02 01:36:06.902 Using XV port 61 2005-03-02 01:36:07.279 The realtime priority setting is not enabled. 2005-03-02 01:36:07.299 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-03-02 01:36:07.322 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait 2005-03-02 01:36:08.012 prebuffering pause 2005-03-02 01:36:08.970 prebuffering pause 2005-03-02 01:36:27.303 ReadStringList timeout (quick). Remote encoder not responding. 2005-03-02 01:36:27.303 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-03-02 01:36:27.303 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. 2005-03-02 01:36:27.304 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-03-02 01:36:27.305 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) 2005-03-02 01:36:27.305 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-03-02 01:36:27.305 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. 2005-03-02 01:36:27.307 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-03-02 01:36:27.307 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. 2005-03-02 01:36:27.316 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-03-02 01:36:27.316 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr**Terimal Error Output:***/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/**Terimal Error Output:***qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (372) ASSERT: "i <= nodes&qu
[mythtv-users] nuvexport and .17 problems?
Is anyone else having problems with nuvexport and .17? I've downloaded the latest cvs of nuvexport and still nada. The only thing that has changed from my view is updating to .17 Here is my situation: Trying to export any shows that i've recorded using any of the exporters do not work. I've tried Xvid, Dixv, vcd, and svcd. What happens is it seems mythtranscode will eat up all avialable memery and the system will kill the process in order to save itself. dmesg shows this: Out of Memory: Killed process 3832 (mythtranscode). Tried using nuvexport --debug and followed the commands. Created the fifo dir and off went the first command: ------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/bin/nice -n19 mythtranscode --showprogress -p autodetect -c 1065 -s 2005-02-18-20-56-00 -f "/tmp/fifodir_3455/" 2>&1 2005-02-22 20:27:55.969 Transcoding from /mmedia/video/mythtv/1065_20050218205600_2005021900.nuv to /mmedia/video/mythtv/1065_20050218205600_2005021900.nuv.tmp 2005-02-22 20:27:56.075 Created video fifo: /tmp/fifodir_3455//vidout 2005-02-22 20:27:56.076 Created audio fifo: /tmp/fifodir_3455//audout 2005-02-22 20:27:56.077 Video [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio rate: 32000 2005-02-22 20:27:56.078 Created fifos. Waiting for connection. 2005-02-22 20:28:00.987 Processed: 366 of 330780 frames(12 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:06.207 Processed: 635 of 330780 frames(21 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:11.227 Processed: 766 of 330780 frames(25 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:16.363 Processed: 932 of 330780 frames(31 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:21.371 Processed: 1077 of 330780 frames(35 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:26.511 Processed: 1208 of 330780 frames(40 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:31.917 Processed: 1363 of 330780 frames(45 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:37.107 Processed: 1515 of 330780 frames(50 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:42.297 Processed: 1703 of 330780 frames(56 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:47.570 Processed: 1825 of 330780 frames(60 seconds) 2005-02-22 20:28:52.582 Processed: 1937 of 330780 frames(64 seconds) Killed So i figure both commands needed to be ran at the same time since nuvexport forks both commans presumable at the same time. No luck there either. The first command does the same as above while the second command just sits there. Anyone can help it would be much appreciated. Dray ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Hughes HTL-HD Serial port channel changing script -- Anyone got one?
Does anyone have a script to change the channels on a Hughes HTL-HD DirectTV reciever? I've been googling and have not found one. Thanks, K Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT: free Mac Mini, with a catch (was Re: New Mac Mini)
Loren H. Burlingame wrote: I am really astounded at the amount of people willing to drop $500 on a frontend device... You all must be rich as hell. I always thought the backend was supposed to be the one with the horsepower.I mean, I run a P2 500Mhz machine as a frontend right now with no problemand you can pick those up for maybe $30. I was thinking the same thing. It would be nice though. For those of you with some spare time on your hands and not afraid to hit some friends up for a favor... I mean pyramid scheme, Gratis Networks (of freeipods.com fame) is now offering up the mini macs. fwiw, my link is: http://www.freeminimacs.com/?r=14629883 -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] asterisk [was: vonage caller id]
John Williams wrote: Asterisk is open source PBX, that can be easily connected to outside scripts, that can then do mythnotifies .Misterhouse that will send notifies on more important events So you have a PBX and a home automation system in your home? How much do each of these projects cost? I took a good look at the asterisk project and it didn't look like much of an outlay, but what are the advantages to having a PBX in your home if you have one line? Maybe you have a business in your home? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users For those of you looking into asterisk for the first time, check out [EMAIL PROTECTED] (http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net). It is painless install on just about any old hardware. Installs CentOS, Asterisk, and a web interface for voicemail and programming automagically. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTv hits Slashdot, New York Times
Craig Partin wrote: Wow, is everyone ready for the big time? Too bad the article is so focused on the "stealing" of content, and the media corps defending their industry from "piracy." It also stinks that MythTV is being lumped in with all the software that people use for copyright infringement. Last I checked it wasn't really very handy for sharing files, and is designed for handling media in ways that are well recognized by legal precedent. Slashdot link http://slashdot.org/articles/05/01/30/1943240.shtml?tid=129 NYT link http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/arts/television/30manl.html?oref=login ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users for those of you who aren't registered at NY Times, u: squidly56789 p: 56789 Courtesy of http://www.bugmenot.com -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythGame fceu-sdl slowness...
Josh wrote: It would surprise me greatly that given the large group of people on here that are using the PVR-350's TV-out that this problem is widespread. I'm still going to hold out hope that there is some sort of command line argument that resolves this issue. Otherwise, I think we should look into figuring out a way to resolve this one, the PVR-350 TV-out should suffice for this. Anyone else experiencing this one? Josh Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've got the same problem. That's the price you pay for using the pvr-350 tv-out. I don't believe there is anyway around it. If there is a solution I'd very mush like to here it. -Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Last time I checked, I had the same problem with my nVidia tv-out on a Athlon 2000. I rarely use it so I didn't bother troubleshooting. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythstream bundled in 0.17?
Dave wrote: On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:04:33 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any chance of mythstream making it into 0.17? I rarely listen to my mp3's since I installed it. Any reason why it hasn't been included? -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The FAQ on the streamtuned website lists the following: Q: Why is MythStream not an official plugin? A: That requires alignment with MythTV concepts and acceptance by Isaac. I have to find time to work on both requirements. Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Any reason Isaac hasn't/isn't going to sign off on it. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythstream bundled in 0.17?
Any chance of mythstream making it into 0.17? I rarely listen to my mp3's since I installed it. Any reason why it hasn't been included? -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TAO Linux?
Hugo van der Kooij wrote: Hi, How much of the packages are ready to go for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0? I started of with FC3 only because Jarod's guide made it look like a jiffy. However I am not that big a fan of the short lifespan of Fedora Core sets. So I have used TAO linux for a number of installations. This is in effect a RHEL 3.0 clone with the advantage of having the long lifespan. Any thoughts? Hugo. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users After seeing white box enterprise linux all but dry up for timely updates (without building your own) I might recommend CentOS -- http://www.centos.org -- for a rhel clone. They seem to have the most people working on the project and have a commitment to getting updates out in a timely fashion. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TAO Linux?
Michael Starks wrote: On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 16:16 +0100, Hugo van der Kooij wrote: Hi, How much of the packages are ready to go for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0? I started of with FC3 only because Jarod's guide made it look like a jiffy. However I am not that big a fan of the short lifespan of Fedora Core sets. So I have used TAO linux for a number of installations. This is in effect a RHEL 3.0 clone with the advantage of having the long lifespan. I know what you mean about Fedora. I have been thinking of switching to a different distro because of that. I haven't tried Myth on an Enterprise III system, but I can tell you that I help to administer some EIII servers, and that they don't seem much different than RH9.0 and Fedora Core II. I bet it would work fine. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users afiak rhel is still on the 2.4 kernel which I think makes you jump through a few more hoops to get a working system. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: RE: [mythtv-users] WinTV Go 2 sound issues...
Hello Peter I had my rounds with what I think is the same card, and let me tell you that in the end I gave up and bought another card. Anyway, I do remember that the driver's author say the sound is still in progress. Also, I don't know why, I could get sound in tvtime IF I chose mono and did some magic with the alsa controls, muting some channels that I would think they should be unmuted. I never got the card to work well with mythtv, sorry about that. Sorry that I can't help much more. Juan--- Mensaje Original -- De: NYSSEN Peter \(BMB\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Discussion about mythtv [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: Asunto: RE: [mythtv-users] WinTV Go 2 sound issues...Fecha: 30/12/2004 04:25:00Mensaje: I've found on http://www.bttv-gallery.de that this card is actually a WinTV Go 2. Peter -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NYSSEN Peter (BMB)Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:02 AMTo: mythtv-users@mythtv.orgSubject: [mythtv-users] WinTV Go sound issues... Hi all, I'm setting up MythTV 0.16 on a friend's box. It has a recent WinTV Go card with a Conexant chip so I'm using the cx8800 kernel module. After fiddling a bit with the hue and color settings I got video playback and recording just fine. I wish I could say the same about audio... This card has a audio line-out. For use in MythTV this line-out is connected to the line-in of the onboard sound card. I'm also using tvtime to test the drivers. When using tvtime I connect the line-out of the WinTV Go card directly to the amplifier of my sound system. I've tried both the cx8800 v4l driver with kernel 2.6.9 and the snapshot from http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/video4linux-20041217-141849.tar.g z. Here are my experiences: - tvtime (non-buffered playback) works perfect with both the 2.6.9 drivers and latest snapshot V4L drivers. Line-out of the WinTV Go card is connected directly to my sound system. - mythtv with kernel 2.6.9 V4L drivers: I can't get any sound out of this. I can change channels, playback and record video, but without audio. - mythtv with V4L snapshot drivers:The same as with kernel 2.6.9 drivers, except that with these drivers a radio device is now also detected while loading the drivers. When I'm doing TV playback on mythtv (without sound), and I do a 'cat /dev/v4l/radio0', the tuned frequency of the card changes, mythtv playback switches to static, and i _do_ get static out of the speakers all of a sudden. Note that in this case the line-out of the WinTV Go card is connected to the line-in of the sound card. When I now change the channel in mythtv, I get normal tv playback _with_ audio. Video and audio are perfectly in sync. I can change channels and audio keeps on working. If I now press the 'r' key on the keyboard to record the live stream audio get's turned off again. I'm watching the tv stream without sound. Also if I exit live playback and play back the recording stream from the media library, I see that no sound is being recorded. If I do 'cat /dev/v4l/radio0' again, I can watch live (buffered) TV again with sound. There is no radio device detected with the kernel 2.6.9 cx8800 V4L driver so I can't try this with those drivers As you can see in the dmesg output below, with the snapshot drivers a radio device is created and not with the kernel 2.6.9 drivers. Also, the snapshot drivers detect a MSP3425 audio processor but the msp3400.ko module is not needed for audio to work. Since unbuffered TV playback in tvtime is working fine and via 'cat /dev/v4l/radio0' I can get sound output on the WinTV Go card enabled in MythTV, I suppose the problem lies in MythTV itself. Has anybody seen this before? Is this card maybe not yet supported in MythTV? Or maybe the CVS version of MythTV has some fixes for this? Thanks & kind regards, Peter root # lsmod Module &nb sp; Size Used by snd_pcm_oss &nbs p; 48296 0 snd_mixer_oss 17536 1 snd_pcm_oss lirc_dev & nbsp; 10636 0 tuner &nbs p; 19624 0 cx8800 &nb sp; 25616 0 v4l1_compat &nbs p; 12804 1 cx8800 v4l2_common &nbs p; 4480 1 cx8800 cx88xx &nb sp; 45792 1 cx8800 i2c_algo_bit &nb sp; 8328 1 cx88xx video_buf 16708 2 cx8800,cx88xx ir_common 3844 1 cx88xx btcx_risc 3592 2 cx8800,cx88xx tveeprom & nbsp; 7364 1 cx88xx i2c_core & nbsp; 19024 4 tuner,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom videodev & nbsp; 7232 2 cx8800,cx88xx usbhid &nb sp; 22720 0 uhci_hcd & nbsp; 28752 0 usbcore &n bsp; 101732 4 usbhid,uhci_hcd nvidia &nb sp; 4813076 0 snd_via82xx &nbs p; 22692 0 snd_ac97_codec 68
[mythtv-users] mythphone questions
I found an old webcam (D-Link DSB-C100 CPiA chipset), but I this message when I fire-up mythphone Webcam does not support YUV420P, YUV422P, or RGB24 modes; these are the ony ones currently supported. Closing webcam. The camera works in xawtv. Anyway to work around this? I am using mythphone from atrpms stable. Also, I don't think this is mythphone related, but I can't get my mic working. On my main soundcard (SB Audigy) I can hear the mic through the speakers, but in the setup it says I can't use the same sound device for the mic. I plugged it into my onboard mic port, but I don't get any sound. Both /dev/dsp0 & 1 are chmoded 666. Anybody have any ideas? -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Jarod's HOWTO for FC3/PVR-350/X - Please Take Offline
Michael J. Lynch wrote: Here's my two cents worth. As far as I'm concerned, Jarods guide is the bible when it comes to installing and getting myth up and running. I researched linux PVR stuff for about a week before I found myth and Jarods guide. I read the guide over a couple of times and took the plunge. I'm not a linux newbie but I'm not an expert either. Using Jarod's guide, I was able to install FC1 (it was a while back) and myth, configure everything and have it all working in a period of maybe 6 hours. I've used his guide for FC2 installs and have done it enough times now that I can install FC, myth, configure and have a running system in about 3 hours. I for one am grateful for Jarods guide and think he did an outstanding job with it. The only thing that would make it even better would be if there was a link on the site to a kickstart to use to install the whole works from the ground up. Then about all his instructions would need to say would be: Download kickstart. Boot linux install aiming at kickstart floppy. Come back later when it's done. Obviously it wouldn't be that easy, but pretty close. :-) Jack Trout wrote: Well helping to fix the problem is great, but shutting it down doesnt help, Maybe Jarod hasnt had time to update it I mean he only has a life away from mythtv, including a job, and a holiday season, but I am sure any positive input to how to fix it might be useful, but if he takes it down he might not get the info needed to finish the support. We are all very lucky that jarod was nice enough to even write anything down for people less linux or even technically inclined have something to guide them. How many people are good at writing step by step documentation especially in the higher ups in unix/linux. Someone with decent technical documentation skills is hard to come by and seeing he is giving up his time and effort for free (although he does accept donations). I consider myself on the lower middle of linux tech skill and google searching, but I was able to build my first myth box barely functional after about 4-5 days of solid work and even then It wasnt 100% functional. and with jarods guide and about 4 hours my first time I had a fully functioning and recording box. On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:26:38 -0800 (PST), Matt D. Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As I said before, I'm trying to help figure out what's broken. If it can be fixed, then I'm all for it (and I'm doing rebuilds now to try and see what happened). I don't believe in "put up or shut up" -- if it's broken, someone should say something, and people (including me) should try and help fix it. If open source and/or open project work revolved around "put up or shut up" perspectives, much less would get done and people would be afraid to give any feedback whatsoever. Thanks for your enthusiastic response, however. --Matt On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Mike Matsuzaki wrote: |>Hey, I got an idea. |> |>Make your own Howto guide! |> |>Jarod's guide has been a life-saving resource for many of us. If you |>have any better ideas where to start. Put up or shut up. |> |>Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I haven't tried it yet, but this is supposed to come close to what you are looking for... http://g-ding.tv/?q=node/6 -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythtv menu translations
First of all Merry xmas to everyone. I know this is a not very important topic, but in order to improve to the best mythtv we might think about an answer together. Showing how the program work to my dad, who doesn't speak at all english, I saw that some menues are not totally translated. For example, the menu of advanced recording, the one that shows up when you are selecting a recording from the search list, shows some text in the translated language, and some in english. To me this is not anoying, since I like it better in english, but to my dad who wants everything in Spanish is bothering. I tried to look inside of almost every .xml file and didn't find where to change this. To be a little more specific, the not translated parts are those introduced by the new menu schema in mythtv 0.16. So, If there is someone who knows where to change this can you let me know. I am most than willing to provide a patch (if someone tells me how to do it), and I can translate the text to a couple of languages (swedish, japanese, spanish, italian ...) I hope someone knows something. Thanks in advance Juan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] simulataneous operation?
Ersin Akinci wrote: hi, everyone. i originally heard about mythtv when i was browsing the amatuer PVR projects at http://www.mini-itx.com. i went to the mythtv website and everything looks super-keen, but i just had a few questions: 1. can you do different media operations simultaneously? for example, could you play music while watching TV on mute? or rip DVD's while watching one you've saved to the harddrive? DVD ripping can be done in the background, but other than that only one thing at a time for now. This has been discussed before and I believe it is a goal down the road. 2. using a remote, can you quickly switch between modes, or do you have to use the main menu? my remote control has different buttons for different appliances (i.e., "TV", "Audio", "DVD", "VCR", "Cable", etc.) is there some way i could program mythtv so that when i pressed, say, the "Audio" button it would immediately bring up the mythmusic module, or if i pressed DVD it would bring up the mythDVD module? yes. 3. again, same question...if i *could* do #2, then could i still do other operations in the background? like if was listening to music watching a visualization, could i press TV, watch TV, and still listen to music in the background? not yet. thanks for all your help! i read the manual, but these issues weren't addressed, i don't think. -Ersin Akinci ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] yet another mythtv theme - nuvola 0.1
Here's my first crack at a theme. Let me know what you think. http://www.umich2.com/files/2004/12/nuvola_mythtv_t.html Be sure to check out the README for credits on who designed everything. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Jarod's Guide and LCDProc
Da Worm wrote: I've installed MythTV via Jarod's guide, and would like to use my MatrixOrbital VFD with MythTV. Everything I find in the archives indicates it takes a recompile. How do I go from an (almost - see previous posts) working system installed via apt-get to a compiled version without messing up everything? Or is there an LCD enabled apt-get file out there I can install? Thanks, Jeff. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Check out the "compiling your own stuff" section of Jarod's tips and tricks page http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php for info on moving to a compiled version. The directions are for upgrading to CVS, but should work fine for release version as well. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching from s-video
Matt Lane wrote: When I try to "watch tv" and I have the input connections set to s-video, I am getting a black screen and these errors on the terminal: 2004-12-24 22:55:06 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION: 2004-12-24 22:55:06 Changing from None to None Any thoughts? I want to record exclusively from the s-video and I am getting a solid a/v stream when I run the following from the terminal: /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl & mplayer /dev/video0 Thanks for any help. Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I would double check your settings in mythtvsetup. It sounds like your tuner card isn't setup properly. -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] possible frontend hardware?
What do you think the chances of hacking this are? At $220 MSRP the price is right. http://www.netgear.com/products/details/MP115.php -- http://www.umich2.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Weird Freezing Problem - Hopefully My Last Problem
Hello I have been experiencing something similar, and is driving my crazy. I tried changing the ivtv driver, but nothing. Then I tried changing the kernel and nothing again. So, after trying checking with a friend machine, which have a very similar configuration, I think it should be a hardware related problem. It might be that the video card, or the tv-card ar getting too hot. I will not be at home for a couple of weeks so I can't try anything new, but maybe you can consider this option, and check by yourself. Juan --- Mensaje Original -- De: David Bosiljevac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: mythtv-users@mythtv.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Asunto: [mythtv-users] Weird Freezing Problem - Hopefully My Last Problem Fecha: 21/12/2004 22:19:06 Mensaje: Hi all, I'm hoping that this is the last question I'll have to pose to the list. I'm noticing a weird freezing happening on my system. It seems to happen when I watch live TV. For some reason, out of the blue, the system will freeze up and the TV will actually appear as though it's a broken record, replaying a few frames over and over. There's no way to do anything else on the system - I can't change to a terminal window, nor can I telnet/ssh into the system to kill the process. Basically, a hard reboot is required. Once the system comes back up, there's nothing in the syslog or myth log to indicate there was a problem at the time it freezes up. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Quickly, my setup is as follows: - ivtv 0.1.9. - AMD XP 3200+, 1 GB RAM, 1 x 120 GB IDE drive, 2 x 120 GB S-ATA drives striped together (this is where my recording data goes) - Myth 0.16 Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, --db ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
