Re: [mythtv-users] Lircd runs -> irw: no signal

[Andy Long]

Might be a stupid question, but are you sure you have the proper
lircrc file, and that it is in the proper place?  IRW responding is
dependent on that file.  You can try to run irrecord and see if your
receiver is picking up any signal at all, regardless of the lircrc
file.

On Apr 6, 2005 12:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, I did "ps aux | grep lircd" and got the pid.
> Then I did "strace -p 12165", and this came up:
> Process 12165 attached - interrupt to quit
> select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL
> 
> Don't know what to do from here. But I tried pressing the remote control
> buttons (aimed at the receiver of course) but nothing happens.
> 
> I have a feeling that the answer is in my logs, but I don't know much
> about this subject (logs are posted below).
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> > do an strace on the lirc daemon.  if you see the events being captured
> > there, and not with irw, then more than likely youre using the wrong
> > config file for your hardware.
> >
> > On Apr 5, 2005 1:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> irw starts but nothing happens when I push my remote's button. (I have
> >> the
> >> Pinnacle PCTV STEREO remote & receiver)
> >>
> >> I've installed lirc-kmdl and lirc with apt. Lircd starts. lsmod says
> >> that
> >> lirc_serial and lirc_dev are loaded.
> >>
> >> This is how my modprobe file looks like:
> >> options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> >> install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none ;\
> >> /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_serial
> >>
> >> My lircd.conf was taken from here:
> >> http://yves.gablin.club.fr/pc/linux.php?article=config/pctvstereo
> >>
> >> My /var/log/messages says "lircd 0.7.0[5901]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd", alsa when staring mythfrontend. I tried editing the
> >> /etc/init.d/lircd file and replacing "daemon lircd $LIRCD_OPTIONS" with
> >> "daemon LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver=mp3anywhere --device=/dev/ttyS0"". Then
> >> this happens:
> >>
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5900]: could not open config file
> >> 'LIRCD_OPTIONS=--driver=mp3anywhere'
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5900]: No such file or directory
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: lircd(any) ready
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: could not get hardware
> >> features
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: this device driver does not
> >> support the new LIRC interface
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: major number of /dev/ttyS0
> >> is 4
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: LIRC major number is 61
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: check if /dev/ttyS0 is a
> >> LIRC
> >> device
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: caught signal
> >> Apr  5 01:00:22 mediabox lircd: lircd shutdown failed
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC compiled in by default?

[Andy Long]

I went ahead and did all of the various mythtv parts seperately via
apt-get (mythtv-frontend, mythtv-backend, libmyth, etc...).  It's
there now.

Much thanks.

-Andy


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:03:29 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 March 2005 16:30, Andy Long wrote:
> > Odd, because mine does not have a checkbox for that.  I see the screen
> > that has the PVR350 checkbox (says use PVR350 for TV output, the title
> > of the screen is something like "Hardware decoder settings"), but
> > there's nothing in there for XvMC.
> 
> Yup, that's the page it should be on...
> 
> > If I do an apt-get install of either mythtv or mythtv-suite (after
> > doing apt-get update to make sure it's looking for new packages), it
> > says I already have the newest version installed.  Am I missing
> > something here?  Is there something I need to enable for my graphics
> > card?  It's a GeForce4 MX440, which I understood supported it.
> >
> > Any further help on what I'm doing wrong here would be appreciated.
> 
> Ah, wait, you only did an apt-get install of either mythtv or mythtv-suite...
> Nope, that's not sufficient. Both of those are already their newest versions
> and their dependencies satisfied. Try this instead:
> 
> # apt-get install libmyth mythtv-frontend
> 
> Then see whatcha got.
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:07:24 -0500, Scott Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > In frontend, go to settings, tv settings, playback settings, and go
> > > through the screens (it's toward the end - NOT Xv) until you see a
> > > screen with just two checkboxes on it -- the top one is Use PVR-350 the
> > > bottom one is use XvMC. (in my 0.17 ATrpms setup)
> > >
> > > Might not have gotten all those names just right... but I'm getting
> > > expert at turning XvMC on and off -- trying to get it to work. :-)
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC compiled in by default?

[Andy Long]

Odd, because mine does not have a checkbox for that.  I see the screen
that has the PVR350 checkbox (says use PVR350 for TV output, the title
of the screen is something like "Hardware decoder settings"), but
there's nothing in there for XvMC.

If I do an apt-get install of either mythtv or mythtv-suite (after
doing apt-get update to make sure it's looking for new packages), it
says I already have the newest version installed.  Am I missing
something here?  Is there something I need to enable for my graphics
card?  It's a GeForce4 MX440, which I understood supported it.

Any further help on what I'm doing wrong here would be appreciated.

-Andy




On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:07:24 -0500, Scott Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In frontend, go to settings, tv settings, playback settings, and go
> through the screens (it's toward the end - NOT Xv) until you see a
> screen with just two checkboxes on it -- the top one is Use PVR-350 the
> bottom one is use XvMC. (in my 0.17 ATrpms setup)
> 
> Might not have gotten all those names just right... but I'm getting
> expert at turning XvMC on and off -- trying to get it to work. :-)
> 
> Scott
> On Mar 29, 2005, at 9:14 AM, Andy Long wrote:
> 
> > Would this be the same thing as Xv picture controls?  I've searched
> > all through the setup and could find nothing specifically related to
> > XvMC
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:37:01 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >> On Monday 28 March 2005 21:31, Andy Long wrote:
> >>> Could you enlighten me as to where I would go to enable/find it?  I
> >>> have just pulled down the rpms from ATRPMS, but can't find anything
> >>> for it.
> >>
> >> There's a check box to enable it in the frontend setup under the tv
> >> playback
> >> settings area, IIRC.
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:06:14 -0500, Colin Smillie
> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:08:59 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann
> >>>>
> >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just wondering, the default mythtv installed via apt-get (on FC3),
> >>>>> does
> >>>>> it already have XvMC compiled in?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, assuming you use ATrpms.
> >>
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> >>
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> >>  http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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> >>  http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
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> >>  http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC compiled in by default?

[Andy Long]

Would this be the same thing as Xv picture controls?  I've searched
all through the setup and could find nothing specifically related to
XvMC


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:37:01 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 28 March 2005 21:31, Andy Long wrote:
> > Could you enlighten me as to where I would go to enable/find it?  I
> > have just pulled down the rpms from ATRPMS, but can't find anything
> > for it.
> 
> There's a check box to enable it in the frontend setup under the tv playback
> settings area, IIRC.
> 
> > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:06:14 -0500, Colin Smillie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:08:59 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann
> > >
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Just wondering, the default mythtv installed via apt-get (on FC3), does
> > > > it already have XvMC compiled in?
> > >
> > > Yes, assuming you use ATrpms.
> 
> --
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> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC compiled in by default?

[Andy Long]

Could you enlighten me as to where I would go to enable/find it?  I
have just pulled down the rpms from ATRPMS, but can't find anything
for it.


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:06:14 -0500, Colin Smillie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:08:59 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just wondering, the default mythtv installed via apt-get (on FC3), does it
> > already have XvMC compiled in?
> 
> Yes, assuming you use ATrpms.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: How to renew zap2it subscription

[Andy Long]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:01:40 -0700, Mike McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there anyway to get a longer subscription?  Recreating the
> subscription every 3 months seems kind of an annoyance. 


Well, it might be an annoyance, but you're getting program data from
them for free.  Considering that people using Tivo/Replay pay about
$35 for the same Zap2it program information during those 3 months, I'd
say it's not a bad bargain for taking a 30 second survey.


 I know when
> the time comes I am gonna be hurried to setup a recording and the EPG
> won't be up to date.  Any ideas?
> 
> 
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:55:44 -0500, Gary M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Damn!! You're right. I don't remember going there to sign up ...
> > thanks a million.
> >
> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:51:57 -0500, Boleslaw Ciesielski
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Gary M wrote:
> > > > My subscription expired 3/22. When I went to zap2it it seems my user
> > > > and password were removed too, so registered with same user and
> > > > password. I can log in at the site but mythfilldatabase gives me 401s
> > > > and craps out ... What's going on?
> > >
> > > Are you sure that you are using labs.zap2it.com, not the main
> > > www.zap2it.com?
> > >
> > > Bolek
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Re: [mythtv-users] help - multiple lirc_serial transmitters

[Andy Long]

Have you checked this out?  http://lircsetup.com/lirc/multi/index.php 
 Involves a little bit of extra equipment, but should do what you
want.


On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:17:42 +, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have three identical sat receivers which i want to control from myth.
> they are sky digiboxes. i have a hacked pacelink rf device which will control
> the box. how do i build, compile and/or configure lirc to support three
> separate lirc_serial modules?
> 
> if it means build lirc three times, then so be it. anyone done this or know
> how to do this?
> 
> regards
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> ps the pacelink rf device works like a charm. i previously had a red remote,
> but this device works through the rf input, so the three boxes don't
> interfere with each other.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] By passing tuner and external channel changing

[Andy Long]

Pete Stagman and I have written a fairly extensive guide on how to get
MythTV to change channels on an external cable box.  You can find it
at http://www.lircsetup.com


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:42:17 -0500, Nick Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it possible to connect a coax cable from a cable box to a pvr-250
> tuner, but change channels via the cable box. I basically want to user
> the tuner's coax connection in place of the composite connection. The
> reason for this is the quality of the picture from the cable box is
> much better over the coax cable than the composite video output (no
> s-video). So, I'd like to connect the cable box up to my pvr-250 using
> the coax cable. I've got digital cable so I need to use the cable box
> to get the digitial channels.
> 
> thanks,
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] lircd stopped working

[Andy Long]

either roll back to your previous kernel or install the new kernel
modules.  Jarod describes how to do it for FC3 here: 
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#upgrade


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:13:16 -0800, Frutillar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 March 2005 1:16 am, Osma Ahvenlampi wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 23:43 -0800, Frutillar wrote:
> > > Mar 22 22:47:24 mbox lircd 0.7.0[5865]: lircd(any) ready
> > > Mar 22 22:47:24 mbox lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> > > Mar 22 22:51:40 mbox lircd 0.7.0[5865]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> > > Mar 22 22:51:40 mbox lircd 0.7.0[5865]: could not open /dev/lirc
> > > Mar 22 22:51:40 mbox lircd 0.7.0[5865]: default_init(): No such device
> > > Mar 22 22:51:40 mbox lircd 0.7.0[5865]: caught signal
> >
> > My guess is you just upgraded your kernel (2.6.10-1.770_FC2 is fairly
> > recent), but forgot to install the lirc kernel modules for that kernel.
> This is possible as I used synaptic to upgrade the kernel.  How do I resolve
> this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: USB MCE IR Receiver

[Andy Long]

If you'd like to give compiling LIRC another chance, Pete and I have
written a guide for doing it on FC3.  It's directed at enabling more
devices than 2 with LIRC (now not needed for ATRPMS due to a change a
few days ago), but should be pretty straightforward.  May be worth a
shot if you'd like to try.

http://lircsetup.com/lirc/trouble/kernsource.php

-Andy


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:01:33 -0700, Darren Richards
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My USB MCE remote just came in the mail today.  I figured if there's a
> link to it from Jarod's guide, I should be able to get it working.
> Imagine my dismay when I started searching the archives and came
> across this thread.  Jim, I'm in exactly the same boat as you.  Even
> if there was a magical fix in CVS, I've never successfully compiled
> anything in my life.  I'm completely dependent upon apt-get and
> ATRPMS.
> 
> Please, please keep us posted if you come up with anything.  I'll
> start digging into this probably tomorrow, and maybe I'll have some
> luck...
> 
> -darren
> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:45:15 -0600, Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just looked on ATRPMs website and there is no listing for getting
> > the source code for the lirc drivers.  There is also no mention of
> > exactly what "CVS version" I am using (0.7.0pre 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or
> > 8).  I know that I have lirc 0.7.0-45 from ATRPMs but other than that,
> > I have no idea.  Anyone know what version I could be running?  I would
> > LOVE to get this remote going so I could move on to bugging the list
> > about other problems!  :-)  Thanks!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:44:10 -0800 (PST), Joe Huffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Unless ATRPMS have been updated, then the only way to
> > > get this to work would be to compile the drivers. My
> > > guess is that these drivers will be updated in the
> > > not-too-distant-future, but exactly when that happens
> > > is up to the lirc maintainers. Then the RPMS will have
> > > to be udpated as well.
> > >
> > > Something you can try is to leave your current lirc
> > > installed.
> > >
> > > 1. Download the same version you have installed.
> > > 2. Copy the the previously attached source code to the
> > > appropriate place.
> > > 3. Configure and compile source.
> > > 4. Copy the new lirc_mceusb and lirc_dev modules over
> > > the existing files. (After making a backup of the
> > > originals of course.)
> > > 5. Unload the modules, then load the new modules. (Or
> > > reboot for the easiest way.)
> > >
> > > About your questions concerning my modprobe.conf and
> > > what not. I don't have anything currently in their
> > > except ethernet and video. Since my remote wasn't
> > > working with lirc yet, there was no reason to put
> > > anything in there. Also, I am running gentoo, so I
> > > don't know the exact format of the modprobe.conf file,
> > > but my guess is you would just want the module name
> > > you would want to load. In this case it would just be
> > > lirc_mceusb, all the other modules required by lirc
> > > should be loaded.
> > >
> > > --- Jim Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since I used apt-get to install lirc and
> > > > mythtv-suite, I take it that
> > > > is would be EXTREMELY difficult for me to compile
> > > > this new driver into
> > > > lirc especially since I have never compiled anything
> > > > in my entire life
> > > > (except for those 2 semesters in college compiling C
> > > > code that barely
> > > > worked).  As I understand it, mythtv-suite already
> > > > has the lirc-lib
> > > > included.  Is there a way around all this?  Does
> > > > anyone know?  My
> > > > version of the mce_usb driver is listed as v0.2 but
> > > > doesn't mention
> > > > anything about this Dan Conti.  Also, on ATRPMs it
> > > > looks like Axel
> > > > last updated the lirc drivers on Mar 5th 12:27 CET.
> > > > Could you tell me
> > > > how you were able to get your MCE IR receiver up and
> > > > working (assuming
> > > > I have the right driver).  What did you put in your
> > > > /etc/modprobe.conf?  I didn't have a /dev/lirc0 only
> > > > a /dev/lircd so
> > > > in my rc.local I put these statements in:
> > > >
> > > > ln -s /dev/lircd /dev/lirc0
> > > > chmod 666 /dev/lirc0
> > > >
> > > > /sbin/modprobe lirc_mceusb
> > > > /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
> > > > --output=/dev/lircd
> > > >
> > > > Am I incorrect?  Should I be doing something
> > > > different?  Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:04:11 -0600, Jim Oltman
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Since I used apt-get to install lirc and
> > > > mythtv-suite, I take it that
> > > > > is would be EXTREMELY difficult for me to compile
> > > > this new driver into
> > > > > lirc especially since I have never compiled
> > > > anything in my entire life
> > > > > (except for those 2 semesters in college compiling
> > > > C code that barely
> > > > > worked).  As I understand it, mythtv-suite already
> > > > has th

Re: [mythtv-users] Use PVR-250 Remote with non-PVR-250 card?

[Andy Long]

Depends on who makes the "other card".  If it's not a hauppauge, i
wouldn't think it's very likely.  Only one way to find out.  Plug it
in and try it out.


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:31:01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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!
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv and fc3 source code

[Andy Long]

pete and i have some directions for installing this on our site.  It
is a step-by-step guide, and should make it relatively painless.

http://lircsetup.com/lirc/trouble/kernsource.php


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:46:56 -0800, Jim Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gregg,
> The directions are on the CD itself, in the release notes. Here is a
> link for you
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ about 1/3 of
> the way down, or search for the words kernel-source
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Amazon PVR-150MCE - $66 free shipping

[Andy Long]

Anyone know how the progress of the 150mce is coming for myth?  I know
Jarod said he had both the PVR150 and PVR500 working (or nearly so). 
I was just wondering if anyone has had success with the PVR150mce.


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:27:26 -0500, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wanted to pass this on:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00064GI2O/ref%3Dnosim/techbargainscom/103-1463131-7975038
> 
> The low profile 150 is only $73:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006G36VI/ref%3Dnosim/techbargainscom/103-1463131-7975038
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Re: [mythtv-users] Please Help with an LIRC problem

[Andy Long]

have you tried lirc-0.7.0 instead of the cvs versions?


On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:12:16 -0700, DTD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am a first time subsciber to this list and I am hoping that someone
> can help me with this. I've googled my brains out on this and can't seem
> to find the answer. I have been trying to get MythTV working on my box
> for some months now. I finally got it working perfectly except the
> remote.
> 
> Here is my hardware: NF3-150 MB, A64 3200+, 512MB ram, raid1 80GB SATA
> HD x2, WinTV PVR-250, Nvidia FX5700U.
> 
> I am currently running Suse 9.2 X86-64, on vanilla kernel sources for
> 2.6.11. MythTV 0.17, lirc-cvs (from yesterday also tried 0.7.1pre1 and
> 2), ivtv 0.2.0-rc3g (firmware pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe).
> 
> Here is the problem. I can start lircd -n fine, however, whenever I
> start the mythfrontend I get:
> 
> dothedog:/home/dad/download/lirc-cvs/lirc/tools # lircd -n
> lircd 0.7.1-CVS: lircd(H=) ready
> lircd 0.7.1-CVS: accepted new client on H=
> lircd 0.7.1-CVS: Segmentation fault
> 
> I get the same when I try irw, irrecord, irexec etc.
> 
> I also noticed that in dmesg | grep lirc* I get:
> 
> lirc_dev: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
> lircd[11697]: segfault at ffc0 rip 2ac2f320 rsp
> 7fffbf78 error 4
> 
> That doesn't look good. But lsmod looks ok:
> Module  Size  Used by
> ivtv  825380  0
> msp340030688  0
> saa711514872  0
> tuner  24484  0
> tveeprom   16152  0
> i2c_algo_bit9864  1 ivtv
> videodev   12288  1 ivtv
> nvidia   4055068  12
> nls_cp850   6528  4
> smbfs  69896  5
> usbserial  33520  0
> parport_pc 42216  1
> lp 13064  0
> parport40716  2 parport_pc,lp
> floppy 63600  0
> freq_table  5384  0
> thermal20876  0
> edd11552  0
> processor  36672  1 thermal
> fan 6664  0
> button  9888  0
> battery13704  0
> ac  7304  0
> snd_pcm_oss63904  0
> snd_mixer_oss  21120  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_ioctl3228032  0
> snd_ice172466432  1
> snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx  5120  1 snd_ice1724
> snd_ac97_codec 84176  1 snd_ice1724
> snd_pcm   105612  4
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_ioctl32,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec
> snd_timer  26632  1 snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc 11784  1 snd_pcm
> snd_ak4xxx_adda 7424  2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
> snd_mpu401_uart 8704  1 snd_ice1724
> snd_rawmidi27808  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device 10256  1 snd_rawmidi
> ipv6  263232  15
> snd67720  14
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ioctl32,snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> soundcore  10912  1 snd
> af_packet  23692  0
> it87   28188  0
> i2c_sensor  4224  1 it87
> i2c_isa 2816  0
> lirc_i2c8324  0
> lirc_dev   13480  1 lirc_i2c
> evdev  10752  0
> usbhid 44800  0
> joydev 11520  0
> sg 40888  0
> st 40996  0
> sr_mod 18596  0
> nls_utf82688  10
> ntfs   97408  6
> ohci1394   33668  0
> ieee1394  115032  1 ohci1394
> ehci_hcd   33544  0
> i2c_nforce2 7936  0
> i2c_core   25112  10
> msp3400,saa7115,tuner,tveeprom,i2c_algo_bit,it87,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa,lirc_i2c,i2c_nforce2
> ohci_hcd   21512  0
> dm_mod 60504  0
> bcm5700   135644  0
> usbcore   125328  5 usbserial,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> reiserfs  246128  2
> sata_sil   10500  9
> libata 50312  1 sata_sil
> sd_mod 18968  11
> scsi_mod  144336  5 sg,st,sr_mod,libata,sd_mod
> 
> This is the last thing that is preventing me from getting MythTV to
> replace my windows htpc. I am hoping it is something really stoopid.
> Also, I was using the guide at:
> http://www.homerengineeringcorp.net/mythtv/myth.html
> everything in there worked except for LIRC. I even recompiled MythTV
> with a make distclean as he suggested.  Any and all help is appreciated!
> 
> Rob
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] This sounds like good news.

[Andy Long]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:35:24 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 March 2005 22:27, Adam Bodnar wrote:
> > Just saw this on Slashdot and I'm sure others will have posted
> > this...but let's see who is first :P
> >
> > http://www.plextor.com/english/news/press/LinuxPVR_pr.htm
> 
> Er, there's been a thread about these things for a while now (subject: Plextor
> PX-TV402U-NA). 

=
The guy that wrote the drivers is on the list, and IIRC,
> Plextor is already planning to give one to Isaac gratis.
=

That's actually some pretty smart marketing on the part of Plextor. 
I'm somewhat impressed that this is a part of their marketing
strategy.  Leads me to believe that this is something they might
really like to see take off.

> 
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> 
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>  http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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>  http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge grey remote without a PVR250.

[Andy Long]

I used these two sites when I built my serial IR Receiver.  I have
zero experience reading electrical schematics and almost none
soldering, but I was still able to get it working easily.  That should
give you some base as to how difficult these sites are to use.

http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/

http://www.modasylum.com/guides.php?guide=16&page=2

And, a GREAT parts list if you want to use Radio Shack parts (i
haven't had interference problems with my IR Receiver from there).

http://www.casemodgod.com/htpc_ir_receiver1.htm

The only thing not listed there is the voltage regulator.  I got the
5V, 1000mA one.  Though the sites use the 78L05, 7805 will work fine
too.





On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:00:11 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 07 March 2005 10:56, Simon Lundell wrote:
> > Do you have any details? A circuit description would be perfect, but I
> > guess that you don't have one. Do you have any IDs of the components, or
> > a link ti this guy, or something?
> 
> http://www.lirc.org/
> 
> > Robson Braga Araujo wrote:
> > >On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Simon Lundell wrote:
> > >>Hi!
> > >>I have a diskless frontend, and have my desktop as a backend. When using
> > >>the desktop as frontend i will use the keyboard as input, but, i would
> > >>like to use the grey hauppauge remote on my frontend. The problem is
> > >>that the PVR250 is in the backend. So, is it possible to modify the
> > >>hauppauge IR-reciever or build a new reciever to connect to the serial
> > >>port or something, so that I can use the grey remote?
> > >
> > >My Hauppauge IR receiver burned and I bought a serial one, home made by
> > >a Brazilian guy. It works perfectly.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Avoid Suse for mythtv (database issues)

[Andy Long]

Just curious... but what's with all the distro hating lately?  Someone
started a thread earlier hating on FC3, and now this one on SuSe. 
Wouldn't it just be more appropriate to help people deal with problems
on certain distros as they come across them, instead of just writing
off a given distro a "unusable"?  Seems to me that someone out there
has gotten linux running on about every flavor I can think of off
hand.  I understand it's frustrating when someone has troubles with a
given distro, but let's let people decide for themselves and stop the
whining.


On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 18:16:24 -0700, Alexander Petkov
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You, sir, are nuts.
> 
> I don't know what guides you follow, but the Mythtv online docs are plenty 
> sufficient to get Mythtv installed on every Suse release since 7.1
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Re: [mythtv-users] movie trailer plugin!

[Andy Long]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:06:48 -0800, Brad Templeton
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 08:55:14AM -0500, Joseph Caputo wrote:
> > Jeff Simpson wrote:
> > >I just thought of this idea and wanted to share it before I forgot it
> > >again.
> > >
> > >What if there were a way from within myth to look through the program
> > >guide, and on the information screen, download and watch the trailer
> > >from it if there is one found?  Or additionally, have a plugin that is
> > >in the media library that basically says "watch trailers" where it
> > >will list off all the movie trailers it finds on some website and if
> > >you select one it will download and watch it. (kinda like the
> > >video-on-demand trailers on comcast).
> > >
> > >It's just an idea, I don't have the time to implement it or anything,
> > >I just wanted to put it out there in case there was anyone thinking
> > >"what could make myth even better?"
> > >
> > >ps - I don't know if there is a particular website to list off movie
> > >trailers, but I'm sure one must exist. Whether or not they mind us
> > >scraping their page and downloading their trailers is a different
> > >story...
> >
> > Apple might be a good place to try for trailers (www.apple.com/quicktime).
> >
> > Personally, I think a more useful plugin would be movie time listings
> > from local theaters.  I know Apple's 'Sherlock' tool gets this
> > information (as well as the trailers) via a feed from one of their
> > partners (i.e., no scraping needed), but I haven't seen anyone try to
> > leech off of it yet... I'm sure it wouldn't make Apple happy.
> 
> How about bookmark a search for "movie:your-zip-code" on google into
> your mythweb bookmarks?

I am actually looking at writing a movie listings (as in what time
something plays at the local cineplex) plugin.  Anyone else think this
could be useful, or would the bookmark approach be fine for most

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Re: [mythtv-users] [Opinion] FC3 really sucks for mythtv use

[Andy Long]

I am not a guru either (in fact, I'm about a green as a user gets),
and I have had zero probelms with FC3.  I think you warning all people
off it because it didn't work for you is a bit premature, especially
given the fact that a sizeable portion of the people on this list use
FC3 and have virtually no problems with it.  Glad you found something
that works for you though.


On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:31:59 -0500, William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I wanted to pass along my results with FC3 and it's new udev system. I have
> to warn everyone who is not a linux guru to avoid FC3 at all costs. FC2
> works great and should be used instead.
> 
> After a complete wipe and virgin install of FC3 and following Jarods guide I
> wound up with a pretty much unusable system. The first and biggest problems
> is that my 2nd PVR-250 would never work. Any attempt to read from that
> device (video1)would crash the system. I was completely unable to get that
> to work. The device errors out while loading from a modprobe. The backend
> would crash for no reason and with no error output at least 2 times a day.
> 
> Also other services like dovecot and postfix would not work either. I use
> this machine to fetch and filter my mail too. (spamassassin and clamav)
> 
> After fighting this thing for 3 weeks I blew it all away and did a virgin
> install of FC2 using Jarods older FC2 guide (Thanks for keeping it around
> Jarod). FC2 came right up, everything loads correctly (other than lircd
> which I fixed with an entry in rc.local). The video devices are both present
> and work. The mail services came up with the defaults and have worked
> perfectly since. The backend has been running flawlessly for 10 days now.
> 
> I am not a guru but neither am I a novice so unless you like frustration,
> stick with FC2 and request that the repository owners (hey atrpms, are you
> listening?) continue to maintain that release. If you use Jarods guide you
> will definately want to install synaptic to find the latest kernel and
> modules available.
> 
> Of course your milage may vary but looking at how many people have problems
> with fc3 I would say my results are pretty typical.
> 
> Good luck and safe computing,
> Bill
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Re: [mythtv-users] ATRPMS up to date?

[Andy Long]

They appear to be from Feb 11, 2005

http://atrpms.net/dist/fc3/mythtv/


On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:00:07 -, Peter Judge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was just curious. Are Axel's MythTv rpms kept relatively up to date? IOW if 
> I istall the 0.17 mythtv rpm, is it a snapshot of Mythtv as at the release 
> date in Feb, or has it been updated with some of the CVS stuff submitted 
> since?
> 
> (I'm contemplating going to CVS to be able to upgrade to 0.17, but if the 
> rpms are relatively up to date then I'd be more comfortable staying with 
> them.)
> 
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[mythtv-users] Question about EPG in 0.17

[Andy Long]

Ok, hopefully this is really simple, but I haven't been able to figure it out:

Whenever I exit LiveTV, and go back into it, the program guide is set
to Channel 2, no matter what channel I was on when I exited Live TV
the last time.  This is kinda troublesome, given that I have a digital
cable box and would like to know what channel I'm on.  I would like it
to remember the channel when I exit LiveTV and go back to LiveTV
later.  Anyone know where/how to resolve this?
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Presentation - Requesting Comments/Opinions

[Andy Long]

Some other things you might mention:

-Ability to configure the frontend to have a multitude of different
themes.  Can really make your box "stand out" as opposed to the more
generic Tivo/Replay themes

-Ability to add multiple capture cards to record 2, 3 or more shows at
a time.  The most I've ever seen on a store bought box is two

-Ability to put it whatever casing you want.  Can make it look much
nicer in the living room

-Full customizability.  Only does what you want

As for a comment:

I love that MythTV gives me the power to control what I want to watch
and gives me more control over the interface than any commercial
product.  How many other people can record 3 shows at once, and watch
whatever they've recorded in any room of their house?

-Andy


On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:17:50 -0600, Matt Mencel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all...kind of a strange request but...
> 
> I've been running MythTV for a few months now thanks to everyone on the
> MythTV/IVTV lists and Jared's setup guide.  It's working great, and even my
> wife(who hates it when I work on some new project and "change" things on
> her) has had nothing but great things to say about the new 'super sleek'
> black box that sits next to the TV.
> 
> Anyway, I'm putting together a MythTV presentation/demo for a big Technology
> Fest here at the University I work at, and I'm looking for comments and
> opinions.  I know all the nice things I'm going to say about it, but would
> also like to include some from other MythTV users or even from some of the
> developers.
> 
> Some of the comments I'm going to make:
> - Commercial Skipping (more time for other things...watching more shows
> usually...heh)
> - Program Scheduling (The TV no longer controls what we watch...we rarely
> watch liveTV anymore)
> - LiveTV Control (when we DO watch, it's nice to pause,FF,RW...if we miss
> some dialog we can go back...or we can pause for grabbing snacks/potty
> breaks/etc...)
> 
> I'm sure others use it differently than me, I've not even touched any of the
> DVD/video/music/picture features yet, and I'd like to get some different
> "soundbites" from the MythTV community.  If you're willing to share a
> sentence or two feel free to send me an email or post it back to the list.
> If you want to be attributed let me know, otherwise I'll just attribute your
> comments to "Happy MythTV User" or something like that.
> 
> Also, if anyone else is interested in reading them, after I compile any
> comments I get I can post them back to the list for everyone to read.
> 
> Thanks everyone...
> Matt M.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

[Andy Long]

Cable isn't losing money throught people sharing TV shows.  The
networks maybe are (and that is risky).  What about the case of
broadcast television or OTA-HD content.  No one pays a nickel for
that, and never have, yet I haven't seen NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS or any
others go belly up.

Most people pay for cable because its convenient.  If the networks all
decided to distribute their shows over bit torrent and everyone went
that route, then tough shit for the cable companies.  It's not like
they have some right to exist, nor are we indebted to them. 
Innovation has changed how content was distributed before, and it will
do so again.  The broadcast flag is just an attempt by the networks to
keep from having to switch to a new method of distribution, because
when that happens some of the old hats in the industry might lose
money.  We are *slowly* seeing the music industry come around to this
notion that if you sell the people what they want, they won't do it
illegally.

If only one person in the country paid for cable and then shared the
shows, don't you think content creators/copyright holders would
realize that? In such an instance, where everyone has shown preference
for getting TV/movies via the internet, which would you say is better:
 prosecuting everyone and making them get cable, or putting content in
the form people want and letting them access it that way?  It's
something that could still be charged for.  It just takes a different
business model to do it.  Just because people are choosing to get
their content in a different way doesn't mean that it should
inherently be illegal.  It just means the market is changing, and the
law should allow the market to find its happy medium.


On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:01:12 +, Allan Stirling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Grommes wrote:
> > Yes, thank you. The willingness people have to just cave to anything the
> > media industry says is very disheartening. We need to have some common
> > sense about these things and not just allow industry to dictate the
> > features and uses we're "allowed" to have.
> 
> Following this to absurdity, if what you are stating is legal, only one
> person in the US would have to subscribe to each of the available
> channels. They could then share out all the programs with their friends,
> who could share out to their friends.
> 
> I really wouldn't want to have that person's cable bill.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

[Andy Long]

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:57:20 +, Allan Stirling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andy Long wrote:
> >> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:09:36 +, Allan Stirling
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>REALLY gets my back up. Again. This is what the media companies are
> >>trying to (rightly) prevent with the broadcast flag.
> >
> > No, this is not "rightly" something that media companies should be
> > allowed to prevent.  Under current law, they CAN'T prevent it.  It is
> > perfectly legal of you to lend a copy of a movie/TV show to a friend
> > to borrow and watch.
> 
>  From my reading, this only applies to the FIRST copy (ie the original
> work, as broadcast). Does anyone have a reference for this allowance to
> lend a non-derivative copy?

Since a copy has to be transfixed to a medium to receive copyright,
how exactly does broadcasting qualify?  This isn't an attack against
you, just something I have oft wondered.  Nonetheless, it seems to be
splitting hairs on an issue.  So, if you don't own the original
filmstock a movie was shown on, but instead only own the DVD, no one
should be able to watch it with you?  Your friends shouldn't be
allowed to borrow it?  The DVD is not the original copy.  It is only a
copy of the original copy transfixed on a different medium.

By similar logic, it would seem libraries across the country are
committing mass infringement, since I know of few libraries that hand
out original manuscripts.  Any I have been too hand out copies of
copies (read: books).  And if you tape music off Top 40 radio and lend
it to a friend, is that a copyright offense?   I am certainly not a
lawyer (yet), but it would seem that even if this is what copyright
has come to mean, that we are letting fair use be destroyed in the
name of protecting a legal fiction (aka intellectual property).

I am certainly not advocating mass infringement, but let's be
reasonable here.  The framers of our Constitution intended for their
to be a balanced, "leaky" copyright system.  Perfect control over
Intellectual Property was never intended, and in fact was outright
rejected by both Madison and Jefferson as a bad idea.  The purpose of
copyright was to give incentive to produce while allowing for the
transfer of ideas from person to person.  We certianly have a system
that MORE than compensates the originator of a work.  The broadcast
flag only further upsets this balance by making us come more near to
perfect control of IP, which I - as well as many others - believe is
both unhealthy for maintaining a creative environment and a bad
principle for a democratic country.  In every other instance where a
new form of technology has upset the previous scheme of distributing
copyrighted material (player pianos, radio, television, cable, VCRs,
etc...), we have relied on the market to find the solution, not
imposed government regulations to keep the powers that be in business.

> 
> > Would you assert that when you have friends
> > over, they shouldn't be allowed to watch TV at your house because they
> > don't help pay your cable bill?  If you are the person who rents a
> > movie at blockbuster, should your wife/girlfriend/kids have to also
> > rent the movie before they can sit down and watch it with you?
> These are all seperate issues, since you are watching either the first
> copy, or timeshifting for your own personal use.
> 
> > The
> > broadcast flag is trying to enforce a legal lie that you are the only
> > person who should be allowed to watch content that came from your
> > television, when both previously written law and common law say
> > otherwise.
> 
> > What she advocates doing is legal, and should remain legal
> > as a form of fair use.
> >
> Again, references. The only one I can find that answers this specific
> question is:
> 
> http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=434043
> 
> Which says this is *not* legal.
> 
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> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

[Andy Long]

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:09:36 +, Allan Stirling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maverick wrote:
> > Thought some of you all might want to read...
> >
> > http://www.sfbg.com/39/22/cover_fcc.html
> >
> 
> The article is great - Mainly. However, opening with this quote:
> 
> 'ALL I WANT  is to make a high-definition copy of Buffy the Vampire
> Slayer, save it on a DVD, and loan it to my friend," says Sarah Brydon,
> looking up from a long table covered with half-built computers.
> 

==

> REALLY gets my back up. Again. This is what the media companies are
> trying to (rightly) prevent with the broadcast flag. 

==

No, this is not "rightly" something that media companies should be
allowed to prevent.  Under current law, they CAN'T prevent it.  It is
perfectly legal of you to lend a copy of a movie/TV show to a friend
to borrow and watch.  Would you assert that when you have friends
over, they shouldn't be allowed to watch TV at your house because they
don't help pay your cable bill?  If you are the person who rents a
movie at blockbuster, should your wife/girlfriend/kids have to also
rent the movie before they can sit down and watch it with you?  The
broadcast flag is trying to enforce a legal lie that you are the only
person who should be allowed to watch content that came from your
television, when both previously written law and common law say
otherwise.  What she advocates doing is legal, and should remain legal
as a form of fair use.


And MythTV is
> appearing to be referred to consistently in this light.
> 
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> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project?

[Andy Long]

This might be kinda douche (i'm known for coming up with that sort of
idea in the morning), but how about a reccomendation-type feature,
similar to what Tivo has but on a much smaller scale.  Maybe have it
keep a log/database of important characteristics about what you watch
and record (such as actors, director, genre, etc...).  This would then
be used to generate show ideas that the user might want to see based
on what they previously watched.  I'm not sure if something like that
would meet your requirements or not.  Or hell, maybe it already has
something like that in or available for myth.  Just a thought.


On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:33:39 -0600, Michael J. Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure...it could use AI to make itself better and better at interpreting the
> logs and telling the user how to fix the problem.  Once it got to certain
> proficientcy level it could just fix the problem itself by making changes
> to the system.  If the problem couldn't be fixed via software fixes and/or
> configuration fixes, it could just design new hardware, have it built at
> an automated factory..   :-)
> 
> Craig Partin wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:12:03 -0600, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 09:43 -0500, Craig Partin wrote:
> >>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>
> >>>If its going to figure out what's wrong and tell you how to fix it,
> >>>then it might as well just fix it itself right?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Its usually not that simple.  A tool like that ultimately can
> >>propose possible solutions to a problem, and give you the option
> >>of implementing those solutions, but there are times when the
> >>possible solutions are useless and its good for the software to
> >>at give the user enough information that he or she has the chance
> >>to figure out the true solution.
> >>
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Re: [mythtv-users] remote lock all?

[Andy Long]

Just use the remote to hit the kids.  Especially effective with the
monstrosity that is the Radio Shack remote.  Though it won't lock the
TV, it will either induce fear or coma, both of which should be
effective in achieving your ends :-P


On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:24:00 -0800, Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 19:33 -0700, Dave Packham wrote:
> > Is there a way to use the remote to lock all functions like live tv
> > videos everything?  I found the setup lock but nothing that would lock
> > it all up
> >
> > Like child proof it when they should be doing their homework?
> 
> Heh - you could always have an authenticated web page that chmods the
> various modules so that the frontend user can't load them!  Of course,
> this won't work for Live TV...
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] FC3, lirc and irman

[Andy Long]

Not sure how much experience you have using irrecord or linux, but
this might be helpful in getting irrecord to work (it was for me).

First, kill the process that's using lirc.  Type:

# /sbin/fuser /dev/lirc

You'll get a process number.  Then type

# kill(where  is your process number)

Now, to run irrecord, type;

# irrecord /home/mythtv/remoterec.conf

The /home/mythtv/remoterec.conf is the outptut file irrecord will
make.  You'll be able to tell pretty quickly.  One of the first steps
asks you to hold down a button on the remote.  If it gets input, it
will make a series of dots across the screen.  If it gets nothing, it
will just sit there.

Be sure to sit within a few feet of the TV and aim at the receiver for
best results.
 


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:29:56 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 March 2005 16:19, hondaman wrote:
> > Jeez.  I would have no idea Jarod. Im pretty ignorant about all this
> > kind of stuff.  I did as Tom Hughes suggested, and then ran irw.  It is
> > sitting there, like its accepting remote commands, but the pvr-250
> > remote isnt talking to it.  There is no "feedback" on the screen.
> 
> I'd wager a guess the irman doesn't support RC5, but first, try shutting down
> lircd and fire up the program irrecord. See if you can get it to recognize
> any keypresses that way. If not, then probably no RC5 support.
> 
> > Would
> > it be possible to use my DirectTV remote with this irman?  Its a HRMC-12
> > remote (thats what it says on the top of it anyway)
> 
> I'd assume so, but I don't have either a DirecTV remote or an irman. :-)
> 
> I think DirecTV uses the other more popular IR protocol. Note that you'll have
> to hunt for an lircd.conf for that remote (could be one distributed w/lirc,
> not sure) or use irrecord to create your own.
> 
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> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV

[Andy Long]

That is odd.  The only thing you could maybe try is:

1)  Recompile mythtv
2)  Try just running the front end off a KnoppMyth CD and see if you
still have the problem.


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:01:01 -0600, Lane Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:29:40 -0700, Caleb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently downloaded and installed MythTV.  The documentation clearly
> > and concisely guided me through the initialization and configuration of
> > both the required MySQL database and the Myth Backend itself.  I've
> > rarely had such a good software installation/configuration experience
> > :).  The first time I ran the Frontend, everything ran smoothly.
> > However, since then, any time I run the Myth Frontend, there is a
> > several-second lag in between screens.  Additionally, whenever I must
> > scroll through a list (such as in the Program Finder) there is about a
> > one-second lag going from entry to entry.  This makes it take
> > ridiculously long to get where I need to go.  I have tried running the
> > program in both Gnome and KDE, as well as XFCE, which is very
> > lightweight.  What should I do?  Thank you in advance for any help that
> > you can provide with this problem.
> 
> Hi Caleb. Welcome to the Myth community! :)
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to solve your particular problem.
> 
> But fyi, in case you don't get any helpful responses, you might try
> reposting this message with a more descriptive title.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Fontsize problem in Myth menus with FC3

[Andy Long]

This problem is specifically addressed for FC3 in the link below. 
Quite easy to fix.

http://www.users.on.net/~jani/dvico-mythtv-10.html#ss10.1




On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:06:16 +0100, Thomas Börkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HI!
> 
> I am running mythfrontend 0.16 on FC1 (connected to TV) and FC3
> (connected to monitor). Both running in 800x600. Both have the same font
> settings and theme in MythTV.
> 
> On FC1, the menu font size if perfect. It's big, but not too big and the
> character portion under the line (like in chars "g", "y", etc.) is visible.
> 
> On FC3, the menu font size is too big. Character portion unter the line
> is truncated. The buttons at the bottom of the myth preferences screens
> are not visible.
> 
> Now, if I run mythfrontend on FC3 inside a VNC session forced to 75dpi,
> then the font size is too small.
> 
> I also tried setting the display size in xorg.conf, so that the local
> display is also 75x75dpi (xdpyinfo reports this correctly), but this had
> no effect on Myth. Somehow Myth gets the dpi setting from somewhere
> else. And even if that worked, the fonts would be too small then (like
> in the 75dpi VNC session).
> 
> So, I am lost/out of ideas.
> 
> Anyone has any hints on that? I'd like perfectly sized menu fonts on
> FC3, like I have on FC1.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Instalation Problem on FC3

[Andy Long]

It would probably be easier for you to install mythtv using apt.  That
way there is no compiling.  There is a fantastic guide for doing this
on FC3 here: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:56:55 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I hope that You be able to help me. I'am download a tar.bz2 file with
> mythtv.org, then I untar this file, and then type ./configure, and
> 
> CPU  x86
> Big Endian   no
> MMX enabled  yes
> Vector Builtins  no
> 
> then I type make, and ...
> 
> make: *** You do not type objects, or there is no makefile. Stop.
> 
> What I do wrong, please help me - probably this program is only one, on which
> will be works my TVtuner - winfast 2000XP Expert. Maybe on the net is some of
> very simple faq, about instalation.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC problems....Aargh!

[Andy Long]

it seems lirc is working if /usr/bin/irw gets input.  if you are going
to reinstall anything, i'd leave it at jsut mythtv



On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:15:57 -0800, Christopher Robbins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Still nothingShould I reinstall and start from scratch? (Includ.
> recompiling mythtv?)
> 
> -Chris
> 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:48:23 +0100, Marcel Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 20:09, Christopher Robbins wrote:
> > > linux:~ # ls -l /dev/lirc*
> > > crw---  1 root root 61, 0 Feb 28 22:14 /dev/lirc
> > > crw---  1 root root 61, 0 Feb 28 22:14 /dev/lirc0
> > > srwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Feb 28 22:32 /dev/lircd
> > > prw---  1 root root 0 Oct  2 01:37 /dev/lircm
> > >
> > > Should I chmod both lirc and lirc0?
> >
> > I think /dev/lirc is enough, but than again I don't even have
> > a /dev/lirc0.
> >
> > regards,
> > Marcel
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Re: [mythtv-users] Removing Parts of Myth

[Andy Long]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:06:53 -0500, Thom Paine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you want to speed your machine up a bit without reinstalling your
> > OS, the top few suggestions I would make are:
> >
> > 1) If you have a software-only TV card, get a PVR-X50
> 
> I have a 350 and a 250. 350 is doing the TVOut.
> 
> > 2) If you don't have a decent graphics card, spend $70 and get a GeForce 
> > FX5200
> 
> > 3) Disable GNOME/KDE and use a lightweight windowmanager like fluxbox,
> > fvwm, etc.
> 
> I'd like to explore this option. I'm currently using gnome, but had
> heard that fluxbox was faster for something like this. I'll look into
> it more.
> 


For me in FC3, gnome is VERY slow (i'm running w/ an Athlon 2800 and
1GB of RAM).   Even just clicking on icons too for ever.  Swtiching to
KDE gave me a substantial boost.


> > 4) Disable any non-essential services in your startup scripts
> 
> Already tweaked.
> 
> > 5) Close any ports that don't need to be open in your inetd.conf/xinetd.conf
> 
> None open except ssh.
> 
> > 6) Check system stats with 'cat /proc/meminfo', sar, iostat, vmstat -
> > react accordingly. If you're RAM limited, add ram. If you're spending
> > lots of system time waiting for your disk, get a faster disk and/or
> > balance disk I/O across multiple spindles
> 
> Ram is good. at 1G. Hard drives are ata 133 with the 133 cable on them.
> 
> > 7) ensure that your IDE drives are using dma (google for dma linux hdparm)
> 
> HDparm has been tweaked as well.
> 
> > 8) use a simple theme in MythTV and disable cpu-intensive options like
> > transparency and other OSD options.
> 
> Running GANT and I put al the options on CPU low that I could find.
> 
> Thanks.
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Re: [mythtv-users] load ivtv at boot

[Andy Long]

Read jarod's guide.  he goes into substantial details on it.  It's in
the part about the PVR250/350 stuff

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#capture




On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:34:55 -0600, Timothy Waters
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> How do you get the ivtv modules to load at boot on FC3?
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] is my processor to blame? (lockups, problems with FF and REW)

[Andy Long]

>From the main screen in mythfronted:

Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles 

In the screen that comes up, choose MPEG-2 Encoders 
Then choose Live TV
For me it's the 3rd screen in (first one is to change the profile
name, second is to set the resolution...  make sure it's at 720x480 or
less).  On the top field of the 3rd screen it will say something like
"Codec".  Look below that for "Stream Type."  Change that around to
some different ones (MPEG2-PS works great, but lots of people says
DVDSpecial 2 is the best quality).  Restart and see what happens.

As for the IVTV codec, which are you using.  If you installed from an
rpm or via apt-get, you can check the version with the following
command:

# rpm -qa ivtv

I am currently using ivtv 0.2 rc3e and it works well in terms of stability.

-Andy


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:33:29 -0500, Aaron Aguilar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW I just saw that there is an update to ivtv that I can download.
> Maybe this will help?  I am scared to download it since I hear about
> people updating and their systems breaking totally.
> 
> Andy where exactly do I find those settings?
> 
> Thanks everyone for being so helpful.
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
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Re: [mythtv-users] Announcing TVWish Beta -- A super wishlist for Myth

[Andy Long]

This definitely looks badass.  I for one will be trying this.  Thanks
for the new toy!

-Andy


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:40:15 -0800, Brad Templeton
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> This is to announce a new add-on program for Myth aimed at managing
> giant wishlists of shows to record, including lists imported from
> others.
> 
> The program, TVWish, can be found with tarball and documentation at:
> 
> http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/tvwish.html
> 
> >From that web page, a sampling of things you can do with it:
> 
> * Generate/grab a list of the hundreds of top movies you wish to see
> someday, and arrange for them to be recorded if they are ever on TV.
> 
> * Look for and record the pilot episodes of the top TV series
> of all time, in case you missed them, or want to try them out.
> 
> * Grab a list of all the episodes of a TV show with rankings, and then
> record and watch only the best episodes, avoiding the turkeys. Do
> anything from all but the worst on good series to only the very top
> on occasionally good series. I call this an "abridged" TV series.
> 
> * Record all of a series except for a list of exceptions -- episodes
> you have already seen, or known turkeys.
> 
>  * Record episodes of a series in order, even if they are not airing
> in order.
> 
>  * Import lists generated by others -- critics, friends, other
> watchers even programs that amalgamate -- by fetching from a web
> URL. A critic you trust can make a recommendation in the morning that
> causes your recorder to automatically record the show that night.
> 
> * Place wish results in a lower priority and autoexpire class so
> they only go into spare disk space, never interfering with more
> important recordings.
> 
> Right now this is implemented as a perl script you run by hand or from
> the cron.  There are detailed setup instructions that should be easy
> for anybody with moderate linux experience.  Sometime down the road
> a web-based GUI will be developed that will be slightly less powerful
> but easier to learn.
> 
> Installed by default, it will make MythTV record any movies from the list
> of the top 300 or so, plus the pilot episodes of the top 100 series of
> all time, plus a number of the most famous TV episodes of all time.
> There are sample files for popular series to easy add abridged viewing
> of them.  It's some minor work with a text editor to remove movies you
> have seen from the movie lists etc.
> 
> This works well with Myth .16 and .17 with DataDirect.   It should
> work partially with .17 and other sources but some tweaks are needed
> and I appreciate such patches from overseas testers.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] is my processor to blame? (lockups, problems with FF and REW)

[Andy Long]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:08:20 -0500, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I run mythbackend on FC3 with a 1 GHz P3 and a pinnacle capture card,
> and the system is generally unstable.  I generally run my front end on
> a 400 Mhz PII running KnoppMyth, and that system is more stable.
> 
> I know this isn't terribly helpful, but I often run other apps (mostly
> firefox and bittorrent) while mythbackend is running, and I get a lot
> of system crashes.



=
> 
> What I'm trying to say is, I don't believe FC3 is a terribly stable OS.
> 
=

I'd have to disagree there.  My FC3 system is quite stable (though I'm
wrestling w/ some issues, but none are related to FC3 or cause
crashes).Aaron, what codec are you using (it would be in your
recording profile under the LiveTV profile.  MPEG-PS, DVD-SPECIAL2,
another one?  Have you tried changing those around to see if there's
any difference in behavior?




> 
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:29:27 -0800, Yan-Fa Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Aaron Aguilar wrote:
> > > First off thanks so much to this list and to Jared for helping me set
> > > up a working mythtv box.  My setup:
> > >
> > > AMD Duron 650Mhz
> > > 384mb RAM
> > > Samsung 160GB HDD
> > > FX5200
> > > Hauppauge PVR250
> > > FC3 2.6.10kernel
> > >
> >
> > Ugh.  It could be so many things.  Are you running a VIA chipset ?  Have
> > you checked the Capacitors on your board lately and are they leaking
> > (Brown Goo) ?  Do you have a decent power supply ?  Have you checked the
> > RAM lately with Memtest86 ?
> >
> > So many ways your system could be borked.  It's possible you are
> > triggering some weird race condition in myth due to a low-end cpu, but
> > apparently people have run myth on PIIs so I doubt it.  That's a fairly
> > slow piece of gear these days.  $99 bucks gets you a Sempron 2200 with
> > motherboard if you shop around.
> >
> > I have myth running on a P3 933 quite well as a front end.  Last time I
> > had problems with the IVTV and a system it was because I had bad
> > capacitors.  Pulled it all and replaced it with a nforce2/sempron.
> > Since then I fixed the bad caps on the old board and it runs reliably as
> > a windows box.  Haven't tested mythtv on it again.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
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[mythtv-users] MythTV and codec question/problem

[Andy Long]

I'm using the DVD-Special1 codec for both live tv viewing and
recoding, as it give me the clearest picture.  However, whenver I
pause a show that i'm watching live, the timer showing how long it has
been paused does not increment (it just sits at 0:00).  Similarly, if
I rewind live TV, it doesn't ever increment the timer showing how far
back I've gone.  It just always stays at 0:00.  This is a pretty big
problem, because if I rewind live TV, I can't fast forward or jump to
get it back to live (or almost-live, I know there's a buffer). 
Similar behavior happens under DVD-Special2.  But, under MPEG-PS I
have no problems, and everything behaves as it should.  I would just
use MPEG-PS, but the video quality is quite a bit worse than the
DVD-Special codecs. I have rebuilt my system looking to correct this
(using a different kernel and newer version of IVTV), but to no avail.
 Anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it?

System info:

Distro: FC3
Kenel: 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 (also used on of the 2.6.9 versions)
IVTV: 0.2.0-63_rc3e (have also used the 0.1.9 version)
MythTV: 0.16

Thanks.

-Andy
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Re: [mythtv-users] Remote mappings

[Andy Long]

Open the lircrc file.  Look for the "Guide" button entry for mythtv. 
Whatever the current command is (I think it's set to " i ' right now)
change it to an M.  you'll need to reload lirc for it to take effect
(reboot or depmod).

Info on it here  http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1  
See the part under "Watching TV or a recording" about bringing up the
EPG.  More info on EPG a little further down in the doc too.

-Andy


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:07:14 -0800, Praveen Shenoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just setup my mythtv with PVR-350 using the how-to on wilsonet.com.
> Works great. Great how-to. Didn't expect it to go smoothly:-). I am
> really impressed with the way its working. I have the new gray hauppauge
> remote. I would like to customize it myself though  I am using the
> lircrc from the how-to. Especially I would like the program-guide to
> come on when I click the guide button. It does not work right now. After
> reading thru the archives looking for info on howto map the keys to
> actions in mythv, I did not find any. Is there any doc on what are the
> allowed actions for mythtv that I can use in the lircrc?
> 
> Thx
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[mythtv-users] MythTV and News Scroller

[Andy Long]

Does anyone know anything about News Scroller and using it w/ mythtv? 
I had never heard of it, but I saw a pic of it on the Isthmus OSD
site, and it looks kinda cool.  Is this something that is integrated
into myth somewhere, or is it a seperate module?  I've dug around on
google looking for info on it, but have just come up empty handed

http://www.aldorf.no/mythtv/  (it's on the top row, far right picture).
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Re: [mythtv-users] New Style Hauppauge Remote

[Andy Long]

it certainly looks better, but for an additonal $10-$20, you can get a
pretty stout all-in-one remote.  That would seem to be a better deal,
IMHO


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:26:29 -0500, Ken Mink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw that Hauppauge has a new remote control for sale. According to
> the text on the site, it's compatible with existing boards. Has anyone
> purchased one yet for use with MythTV? If so, were there any problems
> getting it configured? It's got many more buttons and looks like it
> would be well worth it. I'm using a PVR-250, so obviously I'm
> wondering how well they play together. If this has been covered
> before, my apologies.
> 
> http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware.asp#remote
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
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Re: [mythtv-users] Big headaches trying to get LIRC working

[Andy Long]

What happens if you run $ /usr/bin/irw after a reboot?  


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:22:00 -0500, Jason Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I actually did re-read the lirc section of the howto. I applied the
> patch, and removed the first line of lirc.rules. I think it may be an
> issue with my modprobe.conf.
> 
> I kind of guessed at the appropriate line:
> 
> alias char-major-61 lirc_mceusb
> 
> With this line I just noticed that even if the receiver is not plugged
> in, the lirc_mceusb and lirc_dev modules get loaded on reboot. If I
> manually unload them, and plug in the receiver they don't get loaded. So
> it seems there is something wrong.
> 
> I've also tried:
> 
> alias lirc0 lirc_mceusb
> 
> Anyone know what the modprobe.conf line should be?
> 
> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 11:04 -0800, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 February 2005 10:57, Jason Donahue wrote:
> > > I have several Myth Boxes, and have done a bunch of installs, mainly
> > > based around Jarod's HOWTO.
> > >
> > > Currently I am trying to get a USB XP MCE receiver working on a front-
> > > end only box.
> > >
> > > I have everything installed, and the proper module loads when I plug in
> > > the receiver.
> > >
> > > The main problem is that /dev/lirc0 is not getting created, so nothing
> > > works.
> > >
> > > What do I need to do to get /dev/lirc0 created ? I even tried creating
> > > it with mknod, but when I manually create it, things like irw and
> > > irrecord seg fault.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated...
> >
> > Re-read the lirc parts in my latest doc rev. There's a patch for rc.sysinit
> > and a udev rules file needed to get everything to auto-load properly at
> > startup.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Added a second Tuner

[Andy Long]

perhaps in /etc/rc.d/rc.local ?


On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:25:02 -0700, Garry Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:00:08 +1100, Phill Edwards
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > If bothe shgows recorded then I'd say you're home and hosed. FYI, I
> > > > have 2 BT8x8 cards but the theory should be the same. Here's the
> > > > relevant bit from my modprobe.conf:
> > > > #bttv#
> > > > alias char-major-81 videodev
> > > > alias char-major-81-0 bttv
> > > > alias char-major-81-1 bttv
> > > > options bttv card=55,37 radio=0 tuner=0,28 chroma_agc=1 combfilter=2
> > > >
> > > Funny, I only have the 'char-major-81-0 ivtv' line, I don't have a
> > > line for 81-1. However, both tuners are working fine. I tested this by
> > > pressing 'Y' to switch between them. Should I add this?
> >
> > Hard to say - it ain't broke, so perhaps not! However, you could
> > always add it in, reboot and see if everythings still works. If it
> > does go with that, if not go back to how it was before. It's only a 1
> > line change.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Phill.
> >
> 
> I added the line. Seems to be working just fine, although it worked
> fine without too. Dunno. I'll leave it that way for now.
> 
> Earlier in the thread you mentioned your mythrestart script, because I
> was having trouble with the one from Jarod's guide. Well, I have them
> both working now, whichever one I choose to use will stop the frontend
> or start it if it is not running.
> However, upon startup, two instances of mythfrontend will start up.
> This causes all sorts of audio and video problems when I don't realize
> that it's happened. Once I shutdown one of the instances, everything
> is fine again.
> 
> When I reboot, only one mythfrontend is started. However, I don't know
> where it is coming from. I originally fixed this by commenting it out
> in my myth-load.sh script, because a few days back I was having
> trouble with two instances starting at boot. I think this is
> contributing to the problem with the power button script, but since I
> can't figure out how mythfrontend is being run, I'm just not sure.
> 
> Any suggestions on where to look? This is making me nutz.
> 
> Garry
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppage PVR-401

[Andy Long]

I have never even heard of this card, and i don't see it on
Hauppauge's site.  Are you sure you have the model number right?


On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:19:03 -0600, Mike Guidry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just bought a hauppage PVR-401 capture card, and was wondering if it
> was supported like the 250/350s are.  I'm going to try a MythTV install
> on a FC3 box.  Has anyone tried one of these yet?
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Re: [mythtv-users] No sound until channel is turned (only in MythTV)

[Andy Long]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:27:11 -0800, emory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had the same problem.  I think I fixed it by adding
> 
> alias msp3400-ivtv msp3400
> 

close.  I think you should have it as:
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv


Reboot and see if that fixes it.


> near the beginning of my /etc/modprobe.conf file, but I'm not sure.
> I'm not at home right now, but when I get home, I'll check my notes.
> 
> I fixed this around the same time that I switched to alsa 1.08 and
> Myth 0.17, so if you're not using these, you might try upgrading.
> 
> - emory
> 
> 
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:53:22 -0500, Craig H Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Not sure what is going on here.  Everything sound wise worked great
> > before I updated everything (the video didn't but thats fixed now).
> >
> > In Myth when I go to Watch TV or it records a show, I get no sound at
> > all.  If I manually turn the channel, everything is fine
> >
> > I did a mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 and that plays just fine.  Sound and
> > picture.
> >
> > I can capture, plays fine.
> >
> > So what does Myth do when it changes the channel that it doesn't do when
> > it kicks off a recording or you try to watch Live TV?
> >
> > And ideas on how to remedy this last problem of mine?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Resend- Time Warner/Scientific Atlanta success stories

[Andy Long]

Check out this post in the Tivo Forums.  There's a bunch of good stuff
in there about people troubleshooting IR Blasters and SA boxes.  Some
say putting the blaster off to the side of the SA's IR Receiver helps

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=d8d9cf708ae38916a727b3b0a61099c7&threadid=128743&perpage=20&pagenumber=1


On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:48:01 -0500, Chris Thompson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sending this again because it turns out that my mail server had been
> wrongly flagged as a spam haven by SORBS, so I'm guessing a bunch of people
> didn't even see the original.
> 
> I'm about to start up my myth project again, it had been disassembled
> last year when I moved. New place has no line of sight for DirecTV, and
> we've been living with just an antenna since August because I can't decide
> what to do.
> 
> I'm looking for any and all comments on Time Warner and Scientific Atlanta
> Explorer boxes with Myth. I've heard from a friend with a Replay that the
> Explorer has really lousy sensitivity to IR blasters.
> 
> Any comments, positive or negative, would help greatly
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Re: [mythtv-users] separate remote for PVR-250-MCE

[Andy Long]

you can hit newegg or search the archives for this info too.  it's
been discussed before.

Look here http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ under the users part.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:12:43 -0800, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 24 February 2005 10:22, Timothy Waters wrote:
> > I just got a PVR-250-MCE because I found a good deal on it and the
> > ONLY thing it lacks is a remote. What 3rd party remote works well with
> > this card, linux, and mythtv?
> 
> http://www.lirc.org/
> 
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>  http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc, Fedora Core 3, Dish Network, ir blaster, can't make it work.

[Andy Long]

Can you describe a little more for me about what you've tried.  

1)  Does LIRC work at all for anything?  If you open /usr/bin/irw 
does it actually open and recognize your signals from your remote?
2) I am one of the authors of lircsetup.com, and am most comfortable
using that method.  Just a heads up so you know where I might be
steering you.  Can you attach the following files for me:

/etc/lircd.conf
/etc/modprobe.conf
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
your channel changing script

3) Which version of LIRC are you using? (you can find out by typing
"rpm -qa lirc" minus the quotes in a command prompt.

4)  Have you tried both COM1 and COM2 for your IR blaster?



On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:01:22 -0700, Tyson Bryner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've built a mythtv system using jerod's guide, and have everything working
> great except for lirc.  I'm trying to make it change channels on a dish
> network receiver using a blaster bought from www.irblaster.info
> 
> I've tried using the rpm's as well as compiling it, no matter what I do when
> trying to send to the ir blaster, I get "Irsend: Could not connect to
> socket", and then "Irsend: Connection refused".
> 
> I've searched the archives, asked in the IRC channel, been through countless
> guides on the web, I'd guess that I've spend 25 or 30 hours trying to figure
> lirc out, and this is my last resort before just giving up and turning the
> thing into a Microsoft media center pc.  (since it's basically worthless to
> me as a myth box that records great, but can't change channels.)
> 
> Has anyone with dish network ever been able to make this work?
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 System Done, a few issues

[Andy Long]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:03:58 -0600, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 19:34 -0500, Thom Paine wrote:
> > I just completed my system, and have a few outstanding issues with it.
> >
> > 1. Sound is giving me an error when I go to watchtv.
> > It says that /dev/dsp is in use, and gives me the option to continue
> > without sound.
> 
> Kde might be grabbing it, or whatever window manager you are using.
> Make sure to turn off the sound manager for your window manager if thats
> applicable.
> 
> Doing a /etc/init.d/alsasound restart or equivalent for your
> distribution should reset alsa and allow it to work..
> 

=
> > 2. The remote doesn't work very well. I think this is because I
> > downloaded Jarod's lircrc file and dumped it into my ~/.mythtv/lircrc.
> > I didn't customize it at all, and I have the new hauppauge remote with
> > the 4 coloured buttons at the bottom. Is there another downloadable
> > remote map for this, or do I need to customize it for myself?
> 
> No idea on remotes.  I have an ati rf remote and haven't really spent
> much time there.
> 
> >

If you grabbed the lircd.conf file for the new remote from Jarod's
site, and also grabbed the lircrc file from Jarod's site, you'll have
problems.  The button mappings in the lircrc file don't correspond to
what the buttons have been named in the lircd.conf file.

Here's the contents of what I posted in another email:  You can find
the full contents of the email here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/112865?search_string=lircd.conf;#112865

 ***Email paste

I'm just taking a stab here, but it would seem that while you are
using the proper lircd.conf file, your are using the lircrc file for
the "old" grey/black remote. You should be able to tell fairly
easily, and it shouldn't be hard to fix. The "codes" section of your
lircd.conf file should look as follows:


BEGIN lircd.conf PASTE--

begin codes
Power 0x17BD
Go 0x1FBB
TV 0x179C
Videos 0x1F98
Music 0x1799
Pictures 0x1F9A
Guide 0x179B
Radio 0x1F8C
UP 0x1794
LEFT 0x1F96
RIGHT 0x1797
DOWN 0x1F95
OK 0x17A5
Back-Exit 0x1F9F
Menu 0x178D
Prev-Channel 0x1F92
Mute 0x178F
Volume-UP 0x1F90
Volume-DOWN 0x1791
Channel-UP 0x1FA0
Channel-DOWN 0x17A1
Record 0x1FB7
Stop 0x17B6
Rewind 0x1FB2
Forward 0x17B4
Play 0x1FB5
Previous 0x17A4
Next 0x1F9E
Pause 0x17B0
1 0x1F81
2 0x1782
3 0x1F83
4 0x1784
5 0x1F85
6 0x1786
7 0x1F87
8 0x1788
9 0x1F89
0 0x1780
star 0x1F8A
hash 0x178E
red 0x1F8B
green 0x17AE
yellow 0x1FB8
blue 0x17A9
end codes

END PASTE


Does your lircrc file look like this? Here's a snippet from the top
of the one I saw on Jarod's site:

---BEGIN lircrc PASTE

# Channel Up
begin
prog = mythtv
button = CH+
repeat = 3
config = Up
end

# Channel Down
begin
prog = mythtv
button = CH-
repeat = 3
config = Down
end

# OK/Select
begin
prog = mythtv
button = OK
config = Space
end

# Play
begin
prog = mythtv
button = PLAY
config = Return
end

--END PASTE

Look at the "button = " part for each entry in the lircrc file. One
says "button = CH+". Another "button = CH-" and so on. These entries
for button need to correspond to something in your lircd.conf file.
With they lircd.conf for that old grey/black remote, the lircd.conf
called the channel up button on the remote "CH+". However, the
lircd.conf file for the new remote calls it "Channel-UP". The old
lircd.conf called channel down "CH-", while the new one calls it
"Channel-DOWN". If you change the "button =" entries in your lircrc
file, changing "CH+" to "Channel-UP", changing "CH-" to "Channel-DOWN"
and so on, reboot the box, and test mythtv, this should fix the
problem. Make sure you change any copy of lircrc that you're using.

You can look at the file differences for some comparisons of the
lircrc file to the old and the new remotes.

lircrc file on Jarod's site (for old black/grey remote)
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/lircrc-haupgrey.txt

lircd.conf file for old grey/black remote:
http://lircsetup.com/lirc/blaster/files/haupgreyold.conf.txt

lircd.conf for new grey/black remote:
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/lircd-g3.conf.txt

Please reply with whether or not this was the issue.

Thanks.

-Andy 



> > 3. The video seems to be slow. It's a little choppy on fast moving
> > things. I'm not sure the problem here, but a spec list is as

Re: [mythtv-users] installing lirc kernel module on custom kernel

[Andy Long]

won't work without the kernel module.   You'll either have to build
your own against the kernel, or just use the kernel listed on Jarod's
site.


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:56:29 -0500, Pete Stagman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The install should still go fine until you try to load the kernel
> module. You'll have to build a custom module to match the kernel.
> 
> --Pete
> 
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:47:15 +1100, Nicholas Comino
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [newbie question]
> >
> > I'm following the instructions for installing from
> > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc
> > I am using FC3, with a custom kernel 2.6.10.
> >
> > The command for installing the required kernel module isn't working,
> > # apt-get install lirc-kmdl-$KVER
> > probably because it cannot find the correct kernel version or corresponding
> > kernel module. Can anyone advise whether it's fine to go ahead without
> > intsalling that kernel module, as in whether the next step:
> > # apt-get install lirc
> > will work fine?
> >
> > ~Nick
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Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-500MCE

[Andy Long]

check the status of the IVTV project.  I believe that the v0.3 drivers
have preliminary support for it.


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:24:49 +0100, Marius Schrecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone know if this works?
> 
> http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr500mce.html
> HAs 2 tuners, so one could record one channel and watch another, or even
> record 2 with enough disk throughput??
> 
> Cheers
> Registered Linux user
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Re: [mythtv-users] hauppauge 350 remote troubles

[Andy Long]

Please post the contents of both your lircd.conf and lircrc file


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:29:26 -0700, Jim (Mythtv Mailing List)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a file in
> 
> /home/mythtv/.lircrc
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
> 
> they are owned by mythtv user still the remote does not work...
> 
> Jim
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Harry Orenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] hauppauge 350 remote troubles
> 
> > On Friday 18 February 2005 5:49 pm, Jim (Mythtv Mailing List) wrote:
> >> I have followed Jareds guide for FC3, and PVR350  I have gotten
> >> everything
> >> working except my remote.. its the silver remote from the 350
> >>
> >> I have copied in a new lircd.conf (a few different ones) and tweaked the
> >> lircrc file in ~/.mythtv
> >>
> >> and no go.,.  Remote works when I test it via irw.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> > I assume you compiled Myth from source and enabled lirc, right?  If not,
> > try
> > adding irxevent defs to ~/.lircrc and then run irxevent instead.  Also,
> > you
> > could verify that mplayer or xine (or any other lirc enabled app) works
> > with
> > your .lircrc to make sure that you're setup correctly.  When irw works it
> > only means that your /etc/lircd.conf is working.
> >
> > -- Harry O.
> >
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350

[Andy Long]

if nothing else, put the modprobe line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local  Not
very elegant, but should solve the issue.


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:23:57 -0500, Thom Paine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hiya List.
> 
> I got all my hardware this week and have my mythbox all put together
> and am partway through Jarod's guide, which is working well.
> 
> The problem I'm stuck on is that there seems to be a module that isn't
> loading during boot.
> 
> I haven't gone past it yet, as I'd like to get this glitch ironed out
> before proceeding.
> 
> I need to
> 
> # modprobe ivtvdev-fb
> 
> manually every boot. For some reason the line in modprobe.conf doesn't
> seem to load during bootup.
> 
> I finally managed to get the 350 to display X on the TV.
> 
> I found that I needed to convert the hex to decimal to get it to load
> in the xorg.conf file.
> 
> Mine was listed at 0:0c.0 and I put in my xorg.conf BusID 'PCI:0:12:0'
> and magically it worked.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc and DVD problems

[Andy Long]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 01:23:30 -0500, Scot L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First I want to thank Jarod and the MythTV developers.  While my initial
> pass at building a MythTV system is not yet 100% the parts I do have
> working are amazing.  And Jarod's guide has been very helpful in getting
> this far.
> 
> First some system specs just in case this is causing some of the issues.
> 
> Asus P5GD2 Deluxe Mother board, 3.6GHz CPU, Mad Dog FX 5500 GeForce FX
> PCI video card, Hauppauge PVR-350, 2GB memory, 1TB disk space.
> 
> Fedora Core 3 and using the ATRPMS for MythTV 0.17 following Jarod's
> guide for installation.
> 
> Basic setup required a minor dance to get the on board ethernet working
> and of course to install the NVIDIA drivers for the video card.  Nothing
> there that could not be handled and all that seems to work as expected.
> 
> One surprise was with the audio drivers.  I did have to install the
> alsa-driver package separately but the system still refuses to find the
> built in audio card.  However when I started up MythTV the sound works
> just fine.  Seems like the sound card detection tool just does not
> believe the audio device is there.  Leaving this for later scrutiny.
> 
> The big problem I am having at the moment is getting the remote control
> to work with MythTV.  It appears that I have the "new" Hauppage remote
> control, gray on top black on the bottom with the four colored buttons
> along the bottom.  I installed the lirc packages and can use irw to see
> all the keys being pressed.
> 
> The guide indicates that the lircrc file needed to be placed in the
> ~mythtv/.mythtv directory.  However I saw an error message indicating
> that the .lircrc file could not be found in the ~mythtv directory.
> Initially I did not seem to get any response to the remote while running
> the mythfrontend.  After putting a copy of .lircrc in the ~mythtv
> directory there seems to be partial recognition of the remote.  The OK
> button seems to work as well as the mute button.  Very little else seems
> to work as expected.

Since irw is registering "all" the keys your press, it is not likely a
problem with your lircd.conf file.  Instead, it seems to be a problem
with your lircrc.  Just to make sure we're on the same page, your have
copies of your lircrc file in the following locations:

/home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
/home/mythtv/lircrc  Re: [mythtv-users] hauppauge 350 remote troubles


2005-02-19

Thread
Andy Long

Oh, and try putting a copy of your lirc file in ~/lircrc  (the home
directory of your mythtv user).


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:42:49 -0600, Andy Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Check to make sure that the directory you put your lircrc file in is
> actually in the directory for your mythtv user and not root.  i.e. If
> your non-root account is called "mythuser", then make sure that it's
> in /home/mythuser/.mythtv/lircrc  and also make sure that you are
> launching mythfrontend as mythuser and not as root.  Launching as
> root, or having the lircrc file in the a directory only root has
> access to would cause this problem.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:49:06 -0700, Jim (Mythtv Mailing List)
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have followed Jareds guide for FC3, and PVR350  I have gotten everything
> > working except my remote.. its the silver remote from the 350
> >
> > I have copied in a new lircd.conf (a few different ones) and tweaked the
> > lircrc file in ~/.mythtv
> >
> > and no go.,.  Remote works when I test it via irw.
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
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Re: [mythtv-users] lircd dying. Requires modprobe on reboot


2005-02-19

Thread
Andy Long

my guess is because LIRC and fedora core 3 play very badly with each
other.  It seems like there's a race condition between IVTV and LIRC. 
There are several ways this can be fixed, depending on your kernel
version (i'm using 2.6.9-1.724_FC3), but adding the following in
/etc/rc.d/rc.local is what did it for me.  put it under the line that
says "touch /var/lock/subsys/local"

/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe ivtv
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c

Reboot again, and see if it that solves it.



On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:52:10 -0700, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> lircd is dying on startup.
> 
> FC3 .17 install via Jarods guide and ATRPMS.
> 
> To get it working I have to:
> depmod -a
> modprobe lirc_i2c
> then restart lircd
> 
> Then all is well till the next reboot.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] hauppauge 350 remote troubles


2005-02-19

Thread
Andy Long

Check to make sure that the directory you put your lircrc file in is
actually in the directory for your mythtv user and not root.  i.e. If
your non-root account is called "mythuser", then make sure that it's
in /home/mythuser/.mythtv/lircrc  and also make sure that you are
launching mythfrontend as mythuser and not as root.  Launching as
root, or having the lircrc file in the a directory only root has
access to would cause this problem.


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:49:06 -0700, Jim (Mythtv Mailing List)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>   
> I have followed Jareds guide for FC3, and PVR350  I have gotten everything
> working except my remote.. its the silver remote from the 350 
>   
> I have copied in a new lircd.conf (a few different ones) and tweaked the
> lircrc file in ~/.mythtv 
>   
> and no go.,.  Remote works when I test it via irw. 
>   
>   
> Any ideas? 
>   
>   
> Jim 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Article on MythTV in the latest PC Magazine -	Article included


2005-02-18

Thread
Andy Long

I disagree with your assessment of Dvorak's article.  I sometimes
disagree with him, but I really don't think he paints MythTV in a
negative light whatsoever.  This is posted for the purposes of
academic discussion about the article and its implications.

--BEGIN ARTICLE---

While you have surely read about HP Media Centers and new DVRs from
cable providers, the real action is underground: a slow and steady
invasion of incredible products created by slick young coders who are
sick of products designed not to make life easier but to appease a
Hollywood preoccupied with digital rights management. The leader in
this effort is MythTV, perhaps the most powerful DVR yet devised.

MythTV is all the rage among high-level engineering types in Silicon
Valley. It's the brainchild of 26-year-old Isaac Richards, who told me
he started it two and a half years ago because he "was bored." MythTV
is a free software system written in C++ that, when combined with
various TV tuner, audio, and other cards, will turn a small computer
into a slick, powerful, feature-rich DVR. Do you hate commercials? You
can set it up so that it doesn't just skip commercials in playback but
never records them in the first place, so there's nothing to skip.

The software also incorporates MP3/Ogg features, along with slide
shows and everything else you can imagine, including WebTV-like
functionality for the TV set. While Richards has carefully avoided
adding any illegal features, such as DeCSS for ripping DVDs, the
architecture of the product works with plug-ins. In no time, someone
anonymously threw a plug-in into the ether that allows a MythTV box to
rip DVDs and strip out both CSS and Macrovision code so the material
can be transcoded. This means that MPEG-2 DVDs can easily be turned
into MPEG-4 files and watched on a laptop or even passed around
trading networks. Worried about country codes? Forget it, they're
gone.

Richards is working on the 17th version of the software and has about
15 coders working with the source code, adding features, debugging,
and tweaking.

What do the MythTV folks get out of all this, besides praise? If you
listen to them (and the users), they get TV the way they want it.

This movement doesn't stop here. MythTV is just the tip of a
multimedia iceberg that has managed to float under the radar so far.
For example, at CES, as far as I could tell only Transmeta was showing
a MythTV lash-up. Few showgoers had a clue as to what they were
looking at.

MythTV is a Linux-based system and requires some knowledge to set up.
Windows users are seeing a similar effort called myHTPC (my Home
Theater Personal Computer), a much looser initiative that first
appeared in detail in 2002. myHTPC is not a wide-open architecture
like MythTV, and it seems to emphasize quality imagery, especially by
incorporating various line doublers and other tweaks that are out
there if you look hard enough.

Probably the most interesting of these is DScaler, found at
http://www.dscaler.com www.dscaler.com . According to its Web site,
the project has a simple goal: "The DScaler project is an ongoing
attempt to get the best video quality possible from a Windows PC."
Like the MythTV team, these folks are essentially using the
open-source approach to public development. Headed by deinterlacing
expert John Adcock, they're producing code that gives you the
image-improvement power that was once the domain of Faroudja, whose
line doublers used to cost thousands of dollars.

All this activity within the video-image realm is a result of needing
to find a purpose for the wasted power of today's processors. We've
been waiting for a jazzy new direction in personal computing, and this
appears to be it. This is the real convergence we've been told about.
And what's interesting is, yet again, it's the small shops with the
smart young coders doing all the heavy lifting.

Everyone I know who has ever seen or played with MythTV wants it, but
it's a do-it-yourself project and not for the timid. Eventually that
will change as packagers appear and bundle prebuilt systems together.

There are other implications of all this. In a changing universe,
technologists will refuse to be hemmed in by artificial roadblocks
created for the purpose of maintaining the status quo. Microsoft and
Hollywood and whoever else can create all the DRM schemes they want;
they can sue college kids for trading songs, block trading networks,
shut down BitTorrent systems-but it won't do them any good. The forces
of "We want it our way" will overpower them again and again, because
that's the way technology works.

And this will all be shared. In a networked, computer-based world, the
sense of community breeds a socialistic desire to share, not covet.
This mentality is at the root of all the open-source activity and
cannot be ignored or denied. I want my MythTV.

--END ARTICLE---



On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:44:09 -0800 (PST), J. Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
> 
> John Dvorak's colum



Re: [mythtv-users] Re: No Sound in Just MythTV


2005-02-18

Thread
Andy Long

I had this problem.  Sound in FC3, all volumes in Kmix all they way
up, but no sound in myth.  It was a result of not loading everything
necessary in my modprobe.conf  file.  Are you using IVTV version 2?
(or 0.2...not exactly sure what their versioning is).  If so, see if
these lines are in your /etc/modprobe.conf file:

alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv

If not, add them.  I added those near the top of my modprobe.conf,
rebooted, and magically I had sound in myth.

-Andy

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:20:02 -0500, Jonathan Link
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've had some issues similar to this.
> I have a PVR250, which I think is relevant to my situation, maybe
> yours, but no one mentioned that was their capture card.
> Restarting the backend after bootup would allow me to record sound to
> my card.  I've seen some other issues on the list relating to
> ivtv/mythbackend loading issues (static or stuck on a channel), but
> I've since lost the email, and haven't been able to retrieve it from
> my gmail archive (search parameters).
> I'd search more right now, but I'me coming back from a party and am a
> bit inhebriated, or something.
> 
> -Jonathan
> 
> 
> On  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:13:34 -0700, Garry Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm also having this issue, after following Jarod's guide. FC3,
> > ATRPMs, PVR250 (MCE), Dell PC with onboard sound. Any pointers on what
> > to look for would be a great help. My linux experience is mostly with
> > servers, so I'm not too sure what sound should look like.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:38:38 -0800, Obie Fayth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Jonathan Chapman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have sound just fine in FC3 but when I playback a recorded show in
> > > > Myth theres no sound nor is there a /dev/dsp in use error. What could
> > > > cause Myth to not have sound yet I have sound out of Myth.
> > > >
> > > > This is a fresh install of FC3 with MythTV 17 from ATrpm
> > >
> > > Jonathan,
> > > Do you have sound when you do a test capture? (# cat /dev/video0
> > > > /tmp/tc1.mpg) I'm having a similar problem and find that if I do
> > > several tests in a row I sometimes have sound and sometimes do not...
> > >
> > > -Obie
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Re: [mythtv-users] Dish TV question


2005-02-17

Thread
Andy Long

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:20:58 -0500, John Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, all. I've been following this list for a while in preparation for
> my own adventures in Mythland. I've just picked up a Hauppauge PVR 250
> and am looking to put together a mythtv box. Currently, I have Dish TV
> with a Model 2700 receiver. After a little digging, I found a few
> posts to the mailing list regarding getting MythTV set up with it- the
> most useful of them being the following:
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/56136?do=post_view_threaded
> 
> I've only seen references to using irblaster for this model. If
> possible, I'd like to avoid using the irblaster. I have noted that it
> has a "2400 baud internal modem/phone jack" in the back. Well, this
> page claims it's a modem jack:
> 
> http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/rbelanger/onhold/PRODUCT_INFO.html
> 
> So I guess I have two questions: has anyone successfully attempted to
> make use of this port? And if not, is there another Dish TV model that
> does have a working serial port? I guess I'm just concerned about
> introducing another potential point of failure into this process.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John.
> 
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If there is a DISH receiver out there with an activated serial port
that can be used for channel change, I sure haven't been able to find
it.  Isn't that modem jack for pay-per-view stuff so the box can
"phone home"?  The IR Blaster is probably you're best approach unless
you find out otherwise.  You might try calling Dish's tech support,
tell them you have a Tivo and would like to get the serial port
enabled or get a model with the port already enabled.  The worse
that'll happen is they'll say no or try to sell you a Dish/DVR combo. 
And please, if you do happen to stumble across one, post it to this
list.  A lot of Dish users would be thankful.

Out of curiosity, what is your hesitation for using the blaster? 
There is some cost (you're looking at about $15 to have a pre-made one
shipped to you in the US), but that really seems to be the only major
disadvantage I've seen.  *knock on wood* I have yet to have a single
dropped digit on my Motorola DCT2000 cable box.  I know that while
dropped channels is a risk, it seems to be a problem that people also
occassionally experience using a serial port too.  It probably has
more to do with the timings for changing the channel than anything
though.  Regardless, I have found the IR Blaster to be a lot better to
use for changing channels on my cable box that I had anticipated it
would be.

(*shameless plug*) If you are thinking of using Fedora, Pete Stagman
and I have written up a guide showing you how to set up an IR Blaster
(the guide is written with those using Jarod's guide in mind, but it's
not exclusive to them).  The examples shown are based around both
Motorola and DISH boxes.  You can probably use it on non-Fedora setups
too, I just haven't had a chance to confirm it yet (I will remedy that
in the coming weeks).  The nice thing about this setup is you can just
use the single instance of LIRC that you will already have installed
on your box in order to use your remote control. 
http://www.lircsetup.com
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Re: [mythtv-users] 766_FC3 kernel and 6629 nVidia


2005-02-17

Thread
Andy Long

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:46:38 -0500, Jeff Wormsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Started a from scratch reinstall tonight, and can't follow Jarrod's
> guide because I can't install my graphics drivers.  It seems Axel
> doesn't have 766_FC3 support yet.  Any workaround other than wait?
> 
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760_FC3 seems to be the most recent version he has support for. 
Install that kernel instead.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Linux Neophyte


2005-02-17

Thread
Andy Long

As always, "it depends"  If you are just wanting to learn enough to
set up a mythbox, then I would start with Jarod's guide
(http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php).  It will be a good way to get
your feet wet, and you'll be able to learn a lot as you go.  The
O'Reily books on Linux are good.  I actually used the "Teach yourself
Fedora Core in 24 hours" series about 8 months ago (it's probably up
to Fedora Core 3 now).  Even though it was distro specific, it gave me
a lot of insight on working with linux.  I certainly wouldn't consider
myself as proficient as I am with windows, but I can now do most basic
tasks, and know enough about it that I can troubleshoot problems by
digging around online.  For me at least, that's been more than enough
to get a stable mythbox going.


On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:14:49 -0500, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>  
> 
> Hello, 
> 
>   
> 
> I am interested in any suggestions list members may have for a person who
> has never used Linux before (I have used an mfstools version to upgrade my
> TiVo).  I would be looking for links and/or books on learning Linux (I am
> pretty Windows savvy) but probably for the sole purpose of creating and
> using a mythtv box/network. 
> 
>   
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
> 
>   
> 
> Regards, 
> 
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[mythtv-users] Re: New guide for controlling external	cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3


2005-02-16

Thread
Andy Long

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:50:51 -0600, Andy Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to
> guide for controlling an external cable/satellite box using an IR
> blaster.  What makes this guide different from other guides on this
> matter is that this guide shows how to achieve cable/sat box control
> WITHOUT compiling a second instance of LIRC.  Both Pete and I have
> been using this method for a while now, and it has been trouble free.
> 
> At the moment, the guide is currently geared around users who are
> using FC3 and followed Jarod's guide to do their myth install.
> However, I would like for it to be more "distro-neutral," so any
> community feedback I could get to achieve this would be greatly
> appreciated.  Also, info from people using non PVR-x50 cards is needed
> as well, especially concerning some of the edits made to the
> modprobe.conf file in Step 3 of the guide.
> 
> This guide should be useful to FC3 users since FC3 no longer comes
> with Kernel source code.  Regardless of that fact, since this process
> only involves making changes to a few files (noteably modprobe.conf,
> lircd.conf and rc.local), it should be substantially faster than
> compiling a second instance of LIRC, and a bit easier for newbies as
> well.
> 
> This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any feedback
> (positive or otherwise) is welcome.
> 
> http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Andy
> 


I have changed the location of the LIRC/IR Blaster guide Pete and I
wrote.  The new URL is http://www.lircsetup.com  (no clever points for
me, but still easy to remember).  This should hopefully be a bit more
stable than my previous server.  For those wondering, the guide is
centered around setting up an IR Blaster with MythTV and LIRC, but
doing so without having to compile a second instance of LIRC.  Very
useful for any FC3 users since the kernel source isn't included.  As
always, feedback/criticism is appreciated.

-Andy
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Re: [mythtv-users] Single most frustrating thing about MythTV...


2005-02-16

Thread
Andy Long

> Those are all options that are worthwhile.  I'm a dev so I have that
> ability, but some are not and certainly do help contribute to MythTv in
> other ways.  

I echo these sentiments.  I am not a coder, but I would certainly like
to think that most OSS projects are not soley based on developers. 
I'll be the first to say that without them, the software, bug fixes,
etc...wouldn't exist, and they are certainly the heart and core of the
project.  But what about those doing testing on different features? 
Or working to track down the source/cause of bugs?  Or writing
documentation for compoenents or usage of the software?  Or even
answering other users' questions on the mailing list.  I would
certainly like to think that all of these people are "giving something
back" to the software, even if they aren't coding it.  I know devs are
busy, doing the coding in their spare time for no reward other than
usable software and the gratitude of others.And it must be
frustrating to hear people essentially say, "ya this is nice, but it
needs this too."  I don't think this is at all bashing the software
itself (which nearly everyone on this list seems to love), but is
basically just asking those who do have the savvy/know-how to write
code to consider something that would make the software even better. 
While the original poster have worded his request better, I would hate
for this entire project to gain a "code it yourself or go home"
mentality.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge PVR-250 IR dongle


2005-02-16

Thread
Andy Long

I would suggest posting a comment for help in either the hauppauge
help forums or calling their customer support.  If it was a warranty
or paid repair issue, they should send you a new IR receiver if there
is an incompatibility.


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:47:36 -0600, Josh Burks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I recently had to send my older PVR-250 back to Hauppauge, and they
> sent me a new one. The card I had was a Rev. 1 card (it is larger,
> with a black heatsink on the iTVC15 chip). It came with the sorry
> solid black remote.
> 
> The card Hauppauge sent back appears to be a newer, smaller card with
> no heatsink, a iTVC16 chip instead, a Rev. 3 maybe?? They sent the
> board only, no accessories.
> 
> I can't get the remote to work now. irw reports nothing when I press a
> key. I'm using the lircd.conf file from Jarod's site. I popped in my
> test WinXP drive, installed to newest drivers for the card, and no
> remote in WinXP either. I even restarted lircd using my Radio Shack
> remote conf (remote and conf same as Jarod's guide), and nothing there
> either!
> 
> Are the IR dongles from older Hauppauge cards compatible with newer
> cards? Don't some of the new dongle's have transmitters and receivers
> (I think the PVR-150 does)?
> 
> Thoughts? Experiences?
> 
> Josh
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Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Changing


2005-02-13

Thread
Andy Long

Not sure if  you've fixed this or not, but try restarting mythbackend
(no reboot)

# /sbin/service mythbackend stop
# /sbin/service mythbackend start

Launch mythfrontend and see if that fixes it.


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:43:56 -0500, Ronald Kohsman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>  
> 
> I got the lirc working but now the channel changing is broke. I have to
> issue commands directly to /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune.pl to change channels. The
> myth can not change them. 
> 
>   
> 
> Aggrevating. I rolled back the lircrc from the ~/.mythtv/ directory and it
> did not fix it. 
> 
>   
> 
> Any ideas? 
> 
>   
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] no sound in live TV after changing kernel


2005-02-09

Thread
Andy Long

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:39:26 -0600, Andy Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> not sure if these are in your modprobe.conf or not, but you might try
> adding them near/at the top, rebooting and see if it fixes it:
> 
> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> 
> You may try it with just one or the other as well.
> 
> You could also set up a symlink to mes3400.o and see what that does as well.

Doh!  meant a symlink to msp3400.o   Stupid fingers.

> 
> 
> On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:31:31 -0500, Ken Schutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > After switching kernels (now using 2.4.26-1.ll.rhfc1.ccrma), I am
> > getting no sound on live TV.  I do get sound on MythMusic and watching
> > old recordings (thru xine), so would I be right in saying it must be my
> > ivtv setup?
> >
> >  From what I gather, msp3400 might be handling the sound.  I tried
> > moving the msp3400.ko (as in Jarod's guide), but my
> > __/kernel/drivers/media/video only has msp3400.o, and if it's moved it
> > won't let me 'modprobe ivtv'.  I also tried setting the options in
> > /etc/modules.conf as in Jarod's guide:
> > options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
> >
> > Could anyone point me in the right direction, or suggest something else
> > I can check?  I had everything working before, and didn't change any
> > hardware setup - just installed new kernel and associated kmdl's.
> >
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Re: [mythtv-users] no sound in live TV after changing kernel


2005-02-09

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Andy Long

not sure if these are in your modprobe.conf or not, but you might try
adding them near/at the top, rebooting and see if it fixes it:

alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv

You may try it with just one or the other as well.

You could also set up a symlink to mes3400.o and see what that does as well.


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:31:31 -0500, Ken Schutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After switching kernels (now using 2.4.26-1.ll.rhfc1.ccrma), I am
> getting no sound on live TV.  I do get sound on MythMusic and watching
> old recordings (thru xine), so would I be right in saying it must be my
> ivtv setup?
> 
>  From what I gather, msp3400 might be handling the sound.  I tried
> moving the msp3400.ko (as in Jarod's guide), but my
> __/kernel/drivers/media/video only has msp3400.o, and if it's moved it
> won't let me 'modprobe ivtv'.  I also tried setting the options in
> /etc/modules.conf as in Jarod's guide:
> options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
> 
> Could anyone point me in the right direction, or suggest something else
> I can check?  I had everything working before, and didn't change any
> hardware setup - just installed new kernel and associated kmdl's.
> 
> Thanks.
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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and ivtv - No sound


2005-02-08

Thread
Andy Long

what happens if you add this near the top:

alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv

I would also re-order your modprobe stuff a little bit so it looks
more like this:

#TOP OF MODPROBE.CONF
alias eth0 e100 
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 
options snd-card-0 index=0 
install snd-emu10k1...


Also, why do you have two soundcards installed?


On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:15:01 -0500, Ronald Kohsman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>  
> 
> Sound comes out when mplayer is used and mythmusic. 
> 
>   
> 
> Nothing for mythtv. 
> 
>   
> 
> MODPROBE.CONF: 
> 
> options snd-card-0 index=0 
> 
> alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 
> 
> install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : 
> 
> remove snd-emu10k1 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1 
> 
> options snd-card-1 index=1 
> 
> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : 
> 
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 
> 
> alias char-major-81 videodev 
> 
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv 
> 
> install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb 
> 
> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv 
> 
> alias eth0 e100 
> 
>   
> 
>   
> 
> DMESG: 
> 
>   
> 
> Linux version 2.6.9-1.724_FC3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
> 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)) #1 Sun Jan 2 15:43:49 EST 2005
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV won't call change channel script


2005-02-08

Thread
Andy Long

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:01:07 +, Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Around about 07/02/05 16:12, Andy Long typed ...
> > Also, look in /var/log/messages and /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> > and see if you are getting any messages generated.  Especially ones
> > about /dev/video0 not being found or something of the sort.
> 
>I'll have a look, but FWIW I don't think that's the issue;  if I
> select watch-tv and get a black screen (with no skychannel [not .sh]
> called - I'll check perms. this evening;  of course, it's the backend
> doing it, not mythfrontend) I can manually turn on the digibox and the
> picture appears, so myth's streaming /dev/video0 OK.
> 
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature
> ls: .signature: No such file or directory
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Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC problems with the 350


2005-02-08

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Andy Long

My guess is because LIRC doesn't ever seem to like to load properly
under that kernel.  Ever.  You can modify your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file
to try to get it to load properly.  The problem is basically that the
device is actually /dev/lirc0, but LIRC is looking for /dev/lirc. 
Making the rules file discussed in Jarod's guide doesn't work for me
under that kernel (it does work under 2.6.10 kernels, but not
2.6.9-1.724_FC3 for some reason).  Here's a copy of my rc.local file:

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe ivtv
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c
mythbackend &  < wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:38:53 -0500, James Olsovsky wrote:
> >
> > Feb  8 16:30:35 Mythtv lircd 0.7.0[2917]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> > Feb  8 16:30:35 Mythtv lircd 0.7.0[2917]: could not get file
> > information for /dev/lirc
> > Feb  8 16:30:35 Mythtv lircd 0.7.0[2917]: default_init(): No such file
> > or directory
> > Feb  8 16:30:35 Mythtv lircd 0.7.0[2917]: caught signal
> 
> What do you get when you run the command ls -l /dev/lirc*
> 
> This is what I get with a working setup.  I suspect that you might not
> have those device files set up properly.
> 
> crw---  1 root root 61, 0 Feb  6 21:42 /dev/lirc
> crw---  1 root root 61, 0 Feb  6 21:42 /dev/lirc0
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Feb  6 21:42 /dev/lircd
> 
> Are the driver modules loaded?  Try running lsmod to see if they are
> in the list.  I have lirc_i2c, lirc_dev loaded.
> 
> Alex
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv write up in australian financial review


2005-02-08

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Andy Long

Ah...it's good to see our journalism brothers down under have no
qualms about re-using American crap.  I guess that explains how
"Friends" made it across the Pacific too :-)


On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:31:11 +1000, Lachlan McIntosh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> for those interested the article from the NYT is reprinted in the australian 
> financial review today.
> -Unmodified Original Message-
> There's always this one as well:
> 
> http://www.pacificcable.com/Picture_Page.asp?DataName=9A60
> 
> Apparently supports 1080i/720p/480p
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Re: [mythtv-users] Changing channels works once then breaks


2005-02-08

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Andy Long

Out of curiosity, what method/guide did you use to set this up?


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:34:19 +, Tom Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The title says it all really.  I can change channels as much as a like
> using the change-channel-lirc.sh script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> REMOTE_NAME=SKY
> cmd="$1"
> 
> case $cmd in
>[0-9]*)
>for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
>irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
>sleep 1
># If things work OK with sleep 1, try this for faster channel changes:
># sleep 0.3
>done
>;;
> 
>*)
>irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $cmd
>;;
> esac
> 
> but when i go into mythtv it works once then just stops.  This also
> includes changing channels manually, both using the script and using
> irsend.
> 
> Restarting the machine is the only thing that works.  Restarting
> lircd, mythtv or removing the lirc module and modprobing it again
> doesn't help.
> 
> Any suggestions?
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Re: [mythtv-users] lirc and mythtv


2005-02-08

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Andy Long

In your ~/.mythtv/lircrc file, how are the buttons which don't work
right configured?  They probbaly are set to do something else within
myth.


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:04:29 -0800, Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have built a mythtv using jarods guide.  I am having problems with
> lirc.  Most of the buttons work, but the ff and rew do not skip
> forward and backward, and the vol+ and vol- do not skip. Every other
> button works.  They send a signal when I run 'irw'.  I am currently
> using the config from jarods site.  I have a grey hauppauge remote,
> and a pvr250.  Any suggestions?
> 
> -Gregg
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Re: [mythtv-users] IVTV problems, can't get beyond blinking cursor


2005-02-07

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Andy Long

Sorry if these seems like a stupid response, but did your kernel get
upgraded when you did the dist-upgrade?  If so, did you update your
kernel modules for you video card drivers (nvidia presumably?) and
ivtv?


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:26:51 -0500, Gabe Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hopefully someone can help.  I have emailed a few times about this
> problem, but I am stuck and have no idea what to do.  My system was
> fine last week, but after doing an apt-get dist-upgrade, I can no
> longer run X and ivtv seems to have some issues.  I have tried
> downgrading also with no luck.  This is a FC1 system.
> 
> I am not a member of the ivtv list, and am hoping there are some
> knowledgable folks here that can help me.
> 
> The relevant parts of the logs:
> dmesg:
> ivtv:  START INIT IVTV 
> ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3e) loading
> ivtv: Linux version: 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl_52.rhfc1.at
> ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
> ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
> ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
> PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0b.0
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x0635 vendor: 0x1039
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by
> insmod option
> tuner: The type= insmod option will go away soon.
> tuner: Please use the tuner= option provided by
> tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead.
> saa7127: Selecting NTSC video Standard
> saa7127: Selecting S-Video+Composite
> saa7127: Turn WSS off
> saa7127: Widescreen Mode 4:3 Full Format
> saa7127: Selecting Normal Encoder Input
> saa7127: Enable Video Output
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7127[0],ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
> saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on address 0x42
> saa7115: writing init values
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok]
> saa7115: status: (1E) 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
> msp34xx: ivtv version
> msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode,
> simpler (G) no-thread mode
> msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Jan 25 2005 08:24:56
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-A2,ok]
> ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found!
> ivtv: Error -19 reading Hauppauge eeprom.
> ivtv: Possible causes: the tveeprom module was not loaded, or
> ivtv: the eeprom kernel module was loaded before the tveeprom module.
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware is buggy, use version 0x02040011
> ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 350 card with 9 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers  4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 5 using 16 65536 byte buffers  1048576 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 5 minor 16
> ivtv: Create stream 6 using 1024 2048 byte buffers  262144 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 6 minor 228
> ivtv: Create stream 7
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 7 minor 232
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 8
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 8 minor 48
> ivtv: Could not detect tuner standard, defaulting to NTSC.
> ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 2526, itv = 0xd0a1c620
> ivtv: ivtv_dec_thread: pid = 2527, itv = 0xd0a1c620
> spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
> saa7115: decoder set norm NTSC
> saa7115: set audio: 0x01
> saa7127: Setting Encoder Video Standard
> saa7127: Set NTSC Video Mode
> saa7127: Selecting NTSC video Standard
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
> ivtv:   END INIT IVTV  
> ivtv-osd: Framebuffer module loaded (attached to ivtv card id 0)
> ivtv-osd: Framebuffer is at decoder-relative address 0x0051 and
> has 1704960 bytes.
> ivtv-osd: screen coords: [0 0] -> [720 480]
> ivtv-osd: original global alpha = 208
> ivtv-osd: current OSD state = 39
> PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:02.7
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:02.6
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:03.0
> ivtv-osd: new global alpha = 208 (1 255 0)
> ivtv-osd: framebuffer at 0xd951, mapped to 0xd17cf000, size 1350k
> ivtv-osd: mode is 720x480x32, linelength=2880
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 90x30
> ivtv-osd: fb0: iTVC15 TV out frame buffer device
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
>



Re: [mythtv-users] almost there - help me past the finish line :)


2005-02-07

Thread
Andy Long

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:39:28 +0800, Max Waterman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have almost made it to a good MythTV set-up :)
> 
> Some problems that I need pointers on :
> 
> 1) audio - my audio works, but I must always run system-config-soundcard
> after a reboot.
> 

Do you just get the audio problems in myth, or is it systemwide (try
playing a wav file when not it myth).  One option would be to just put
system-config-soundcard and any appropriate settings for you in
/etc/rc.d/rc.local   More importantly, is the card not working AT ALL
before running system-config-soundcard, or are the volume levels just
screwed up?


> 2) mouse - I can't see a mouse pointer while MythTV is running; it works
> fine when MythTV isn't running.
> 
> 3) capturing - I can't figure out how to capture a DVD to a file.
> 
> 4) font problem - the fonts that descend below the line seem to have the
> lower parts chopped off. How can I fix this?
> 
> 5) can I use VLC instead of movieplayer? if so, how can I install it on fc3?
> 
> Anyone care to help?
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Cable Modem == Free Basic Cable.


2005-02-07

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Andy Long

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:37:58 -0500, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> darn
> 
> I pay for digital cable and I don't even get analog cable for free!
> I'd really like to be able to just plug a TV into the wall without
> needing another cable box
> 
> comcast MA cable
> 
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:33:58 -0800, Ajay Sharma
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I have Adelphia in Riverside, CA for my cable modem service.  For
> > television, I'm using Dish Network (mainly for some international
> > channels that aren't available anywhere else).  Money's kinda tight, so
> > I scaled back my programming and only get the international channels and
> > local channels on my Dish.
> >
> > Someone told me that you can take the line from your cable modem and
> > stick it in a regular "cable ready" TV and get basic cable.  So I stuck
> > it into my PVR-250 and sure enough was able to tune up to channel 99.
> > So now I have Comedy Central, CNN, History, Travel for free (yes, I know
> > I'm still paying for the net connection).
> >
> > Also, it integrates *perfectly* with my Myth box.  I can schedule
> > recordings on the satellite or the cable and Myth switches between the
> > two without any problems.
> >
> > This is probably common sense to a lot of you but I just found this out
> > and was quite excited.
> >
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> I pay for digital cable and I don't even get analog cable for free!
> I'd really like to be able to just plug a TV into the wall without
> needing another cable box

NOT getting analog cable if you have digital seems odd, unless they
have installed some kind of filter on your line.  I know in our
neighborhood, all you have to do is open the neighborhood box (none
are locked in this area), plug yourself in, and you've got basic
analog cable.  Take the filter that may or may not be there off, and
you've got the full package (less HBO, Cinemax, etc...).  Not that
I've ever done this stuff...just know others who have.  Basically,
once there is a cable connection going into your home, there should be
analog signal travelling down it unless your cable provider is (for
some stupid reason) intentionally blocking it. Though, with Comcast,
I'm sure the stupid reason part is there.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Quicky query about MythTV and native LIRC key	bindings


2005-02-07

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Andy Long

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:45:23 -, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> (Eagerly awaiting the new 0.17 release so thought I would get a few things
> sorted before it's out.)
> 
> When using native LIRC with MythTV (I have ~/.lircrc symlinked to
> ~/.mythtv/lircrc) am I correct in thinking that when you want to add/amend a
> current remote binding (e.g. I'm using Jarod's PVR350 config file) you set
> the new 'config' option in the lircrc file to the current keyboard key bound
> to that event, and not the name of the event (e.g. for switching capture
> cards in livetv, set the 'config' to Y, and not SWITCHCARDS.) I also take it
> this means if the keyboard key binding are ever changed, one must remember
> to update the remote config too.
> 
> E.g. Jarod's file does not have a definition to volume control (+/-) when
> watching TV. To add one, I reckon I add the new section with the current key
> as per the /etc/lircd.conf file, and for 'config' use the current keys for
> volume control (F10/F11). Is this the correct way to do it? (I also want to
> add a binding to swap cards and inputs on the remote).
> 
> Looking through the archives, is there a comprehensive list of key
> definitions for non-alphanumeric keys - e.g. greater/less than, function
> keys, keypad etc. I've seen some people having trouble getting the required
> key to bind without knowing the magic definition to place in the lircrc
> file.
> 
> Thanks everyone,
> Nick
> 
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That sounds pretty much dead on (at least as how I've done it.  Just
change the "config=" to whatever keystroke it should be.  For
instance, when I wanted to change what my guide button did, I changed
my lircrc file so under the GUIDE button, it said "config=S" instead
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV won't call change channel script


2005-02-07

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Andy Long

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:10:41 -0600, Andy Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:23:16 +, Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I'm setting up a mythtv box to (initially) record off my satellite
> > box (UK; Sky digibox), but I can't get mythtv to change the channel on
> > my box.
> >
> >I've a red-eye serial cable to control the thing, with a little
> > script 'skychannel' in /usr/local/bin to break the channel no. down,
> > turn on the Sky box & type in the channel digits.
> >
> >I've also set up the TV channels & listings, and I *think* they're in
> > OK (I used a script I found and amended to crate the channel table in
> > mysql and the associated .xmltv file).
> >
> >I've set up 'skychannel' (and tried /usr/local/bin/skychannel) as the
> > script to run before changing stations (can't remember where that is
> > OTTOMH).
> >
> >It's never being called :-(
> >
> >I've some debug in the script to log the last channel selected into
> > /tmp so I know when it's called, and it works a treat from the command line.
> >
> >mythtvsetup reports all of my channels are attached to the
> > 'Satellite' source I've created, and entering 'Watch TV' does show the
> > correct program info. as I 'change channel', but the script just doesn't
> > get called, so I actually only get black as the box is left off (picture
> > appears if I turn it on & change channel by hand).
> >
> >I don't have clue #1 as to where to start trying to fix this.  Any
> > ideas anyone?  Anyone on the list doing the same as me with a Sky box?
> >
> > --
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature
> > ls: .signature: No such file or directory
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> 
> Nick,
> 
> A couple of things to check.
> 
> 1)  Is your script called "skychannel" or "skychannel.sh"?
> 
> 2)  Are your directory permissions where the script resides open the
> entire way down? i.e. is each directory (/usr, /usr/local,
> /usr/local/bin) set so everyone has read and execute permissions?
> Additionally, does your script have it set for everyone to have
> read/execute permissions?
> 
> 3)  Does your debug statement in your script generate log output when
> calling via the command line?
> 
> 4)  Have you set the channel frequencies (it's in mythtvsetup).  See
> these posts:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/90803
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/56565
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/104255
> 
> Let me know if any of those help.
> 
> -Andy
> 

Also, look in /var/log/messages and /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
and see if you are getting any messages generated.  Especially ones
about /dev/video0 not being found or something of the sort.
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV won't call change channel script


2005-02-07

Thread
Andy Long

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:23:16 +, Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>I'm setting up a mythtv box to (initially) record off my satellite
> box (UK; Sky digibox), but I can't get mythtv to change the channel on
> my box.
> 
>I've a red-eye serial cable to control the thing, with a little
> script 'skychannel' in /usr/local/bin to break the channel no. down,
> turn on the Sky box & type in the channel digits.
> 
>I've also set up the TV channels & listings, and I *think* they're in
> OK (I used a script I found and amended to crate the channel table in
> mysql and the associated .xmltv file).
> 
>I've set up 'skychannel' (and tried /usr/local/bin/skychannel) as the
> script to run before changing stations (can't remember where that is
> OTTOMH).
> 
>It's never being called :-(
> 
>I've some debug in the script to log the last channel selected into
> /tmp so I know when it's called, and it works a treat from the command line.
> 
>mythtvsetup reports all of my channels are attached to the
> 'Satellite' source I've created, and entering 'Watch TV' does show the
> correct program info. as I 'change channel', but the script just doesn't
> get called, so I actually only get black as the box is left off (picture
> appears if I turn it on & change channel by hand).
> 
>I don't have clue #1 as to where to start trying to fix this.  Any
> ideas anyone?  Anyone on the list doing the same as me with a Sky box?
> 
> --
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature
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Nick,

A couple of things to check.

1)  Is your script called "skychannel" or "skychannel.sh"? 

2)  Are your directory permissions where the script resides open the
entire way down? i.e. is each directory (/usr, /usr/local,
/usr/local/bin) set so everyone has read and execute permissions? 
Additionally, does your script have it set for everyone to have
read/execute permissions?

3)  Does your debug statement in your script generate log output when
calling via the command line?

4)  Have you set the channel frequencies (it's in mythtvsetup).  See
these posts:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/90803
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/56565
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/104255

Let me know if any of those help.

-Andy
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Re: [mythtv-users] RE: black screen on watching TV if channel fucked	up - how can I switch the channel?


2005-02-07

Thread
Andy Long

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:46:26 +0100 (CET), Hugo van der Kooij
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2005, Felix Huttmann wrote:
> 
> > - remove the broken channel from the list.
> >   ( I don't know how to remove channels in the channel editor, so I edit
> >   its number to something > 1000 )
> 
> If you happen to have mythweb running you can rather easily remove the
> channel from the web interface.
> 
> Hugo.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC problems in MythTV


2005-02-06

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Andy Long

If I was to shoot a guess, I bet if you look in /var/log/messages
you'll find that whenever you try to fire up /usr/bin/irw, you're
getting a message saying it can't open /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0.  Is
that there?


On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 07:20:23 +0100 (CET), Hugo van der Kooij
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> yOn Sun, 6 Feb 2005, Robin Smith wrote:
> 
> > So after months of happy Mything on FC2 2.6.8-1.521, I decided to
> > update my kernel to FC2 2.6.9-1.11. After fighting with ndiswrapper
> > (current version doesn't work and I forgot I had to re-install each
> > time I changed the kernel) and the breaking video capture (the latest
> > ivtv drivers recognized my PVR-250 as a PVR-150 and wouldn't work, so
> > I rolled back to ck100zz), I still can't get my Universla remote
> > working.
> >
> > Basically, irw "works" in that it reports incoming remote presses the
> > way it did before. I am confident my lircrc and lircd.conf file are
> > correct (they worked on my 2.6.8 config). But, the remote does nothing
> > in MythTV.
> 
> Did you verify the results are identical when you test irw on both
> kernels?
> 
> > If I do a dmesg after a modprobe ivtv I get this in the results:
> > ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found!
> 
> What do you have in /etc/modprobe.conf? I think you need at least:
> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> 
> Hugo.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] remote control options


2005-02-06

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Andy Long

Quite simple.  In your ~/.myhttv/lircrc file, look for whatever your
guide button is.  Change it from what it is now (probably "config=0") 
to "config=S"  (without the quotes).  That'll bring up the guide.


On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:51:44 +1100, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > First let me say I did search the list archives but didn't find answers to
> > all my questions. So here they are.
> >
> > I'm using v0.16
> >
> > Is their a way to define my Radio Shack 8-in1 remote GUIDE button to
> > actually open up the guide? Right now it opens the menu and then I have to
> > use select to open the guide. Maybe its just a problem with the programming
> > on my remote. I used Jarud's remote howto to setup things.
> >
> > Is their a way to page up or down in the program guide, instead of going up
> > or down item by item?
> >
> > When watching a recorded show is their a way to skip to the beginning or end
> > of the video?
> 
> Have a look at the keys.txt file which describes which keys do what
> and then map that to a button on your remote. The file can be also
> found online at
> http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page=HowToUseMyth
> 
> Some of the things are possible (such as EPG page up/down), others may
> require you to define a jump point. I haven't done this, but I think
> you have to have MythWeb running. Search the archives for more info on
> jump points.
> 
> Regards,
> Phill
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[mythtv-users] IVTV v0.20 vs v0.19


2005-02-06

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Andy Long

Can anyone here relate their experiences using IVTV v0.2?  I'm using
FC3 w/ kernel 2.6.9-1-724_FC3 and was wondering if anyone was having
stability problems (or good experiences).

Thanks.

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Re: [mythtv-users] 0.17 release


2005-02-06

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Andy Long

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:27:33 +0100, Asciimonster
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bruce Pennypacker wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody know if 0.17 is still on track?
> 
> In the Netherlands we have the tale about the bakery with always show
> the sign "bread is free tomorrow". The question is whether you get free
> bread when you walk into the bakery the next day, or in this case: which
> weekend is 'next weekend'?
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beer tomorrow."  I have a bit more faith in getting the new mythtv
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Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC w/ PVR-350


2005-02-06

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Andy Long

are you using the right lircd.conf file?  what is the color of your 350 remote?


On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:48:44 -0800 (PST), Joe Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have posted this to the lirc mailing list, but figured it would be worth
> posting here as many MythTV users are using the PVR-350.
> 
> I am unable to use the PVR-350 remote.  I never see output when running irw.
> 
> The system I am running on is Fedora Core 3 with the 2.6.9-1.724_FC3 kernel.
> 
> -- The driver loads --
> # /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c
> 
> # dmesg
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=Hauppauge IR,ok]
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10
> 
> # lsmod |grep lirc
> lirc_i2c9092  0
> lirc_dev   13708  1 lirc_i2c
> i2c_core   22081  8
> lirc_i2c,bttv,msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,tveeprom,i2c_algo_bit
> 
> # ls -la /dev/lirc*
> crw-r--r--  1 root root 61, 0 Feb  6 07:57 /dev/lirc0
> 
> -- If I cat /dev/lirc0 and press buttons on the remote, I see output. -- #
> cat /dev/lirc0 | od -ch
> 000 037 340 037 340 037 340 037 340 037 340 027 320 027 320 027 320
> e01f e01f e01f e01f e01f d017 d017 d017
> 020 027 320 027 320 027 320 037 341 037 341 037 341 037 341 037 341
> d017 d017 d017 e11f e11f e11f e11f e11f
> 040 027 321 027 321 027 321 027 321 027 321 027 321 027 321 037 305
> d117 d117 d117 d117 d117 d117 d117 c51f
> 060 027 305 027 306 027 306 037 301 027 302 037 303 037 303 027 306
> c517 c617 c617 c11f c217 c31f c31f c617
> 100 027 306 037 304 037 304 027 305 027 305 037 306 027 307 027 307
> c617 c41f c41f c517 c517 c61f c717 c717
> 
> -- lircd runs and attches to /dev/lirc0.  If I run irw and strace the
> lircd process, I see lircd reading from /dev/lirc0.  I do not see it
> writing however. irw attaches to /dev/lircd. --
> 
> # lircd -d /dev/lirc0 -n
> # ls -l /dev/lirc*
> crw-r--r--  1 root root 61, 0 Feb  6 07:57 /dev/lirc0
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Feb  6 08:02 /dev/lircd
> 
> # irw
> 
> # strace -p 1532
> Process 1532 attached - interrupt to quit
> select(8, [4 6 7], NULL, NULL, NULL)= 1 (in [7])
> gettimeofday({1107705875, 168161}, NULL) = 0
> read(7, "\27\375", 2)   = 2
> gettimeofday({1107705875, 168401}, NULL) = 0
> gettimeofday({1107705875, 168508}, NULL) = 0
> select(8, [4 6 7], NULL, NULL, NULL)= 1 (in [7])
> gettimeofday({1107705875, 270118}, NULL) = 0
> read(7, "\27\375", 2)   = 2
> 
> # lircd -d /dev/lirc0 -n
> lircd 0.7.1pre1: lircd(hauppauge) ready
> 
> lircd 0.7.1pre1: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> lircd 0.7.1pre1: removed client
> 
> 
> I have tried lirc versions 0.7.0 and 0.7.1pre1.  I have seen posts with
> simular symptoms.  Could someone point me in the right direction for
> resloving this?
> 
> Based on the strace I think lircd is not writing to /dev/lircd.
> 
> Any help is appreciated,
> Joe
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Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware Review


2005-02-04

Thread
Andy Long

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:22:20 -0600, Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:42:11 -0800, Kenneth Hong
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:42:07 -0600, Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:41 -0800, Kenneth Hong
> 
> > I'm all for doing the soft-mod.  But how difficult is it to get the right
> > box (version 1.4 or older).  I know that there was a big rush on Xbox during
> > the holidays.  So, I'm thinking that the right box is going to be hard to
> > find.  Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> ebay, ebay, you'll find it on ebaay
> 
> 
> 99.% of the xboxen in stores right now are v1.6.
> 
> -
> a 'whole lotta' GMail Invites available
> Please Email me OFF-list only...
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I used an xbox v1.6 (got it after the holidays) and soft-modded it
with no problem.  Took about 45 minutes in all.  I will not post the
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they are needed and I can point you in the right direction.
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Re: [mythtv-users] ir recieving with a pvr 250


2005-02-04

Thread
Andy Long

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:05:43 -0700, Jim B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to connect my mythbox with a pvr 250 to my directv box with a
> serial cable; so I would not need a IR blaster, right?
> 
> Then for recieving ir singnals from the remote to the mythtv box I could
> just use the ir connection that comes with the pvr 250 so the remote would
> go to the ir reciever that would be directly connected to the pvr 250 and
> myth could accept the signals from the ir reciever that would be directly
> attached to the pvr 250?
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
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Presuming your DirectTV box actually has it's serial port enabled
(just because it's there doesn't mean it actually is functional),
that's about right.  Your IR Receiver hooks into your PVR 250 and
captures signal from the remote.  You then either find or create a
script that handles interpreting the signals from your remote into the
output your DirectTV needs to receive from the computer.  Let myth
know where this script is (you specify the script to myth in
mythtvsetup under "Input Connections" in the "External Channel Change"
command part).  From there, myth will take all the remote control
input (coming in through the PVR250's IR Receiver) and output it to
change your DirectTV receiver.
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Re: [mythtv-users] "Steal This Show" John Markoff's response


2005-02-04

Thread
Andy Long

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:23:00 -0800, Cecil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Doh!  Blam it on jetlag and lack of sleep...  I didn't mean for Mr
> Markoff's contact information to become public.  Please don't contact
> him and reassert your displeasure with the article.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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Though I disagree with him, I wouldn't contact him directly, as that
would certainly be in bad taste.   Besides, I like to save all my
criticisms for the editor :-)
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Re: [mythtv-users] "Steal This Show" John Markoff's response


2005-02-04

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Andy Long

Well, it is at least good to see that he wasn't pleased with the
outcome of the story.  But, as he said the damage is done.  No doubt
Congressman Dipshit had someone read him the article, and is drafting
legislation against it so he can have his 15 minutes.

I for one will welcome the creation of googlezon and its subsequent
domination of the New York Times.  (for those unfamiliar, see
http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/ )

-Andy

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:38:06 -0800, Cecil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My email to John:
> 
> John,
> >
> >  When you contacted me about the article you were writing about
> > MythTV, you stated that it was about the community.  After reading the
> > article, it made it sound like the community was a pack of thieves.
> > This has cause a great stir in the community.  Many, myself included
> > feel the article protraits us in a bad light.  Having been a member of
> > the community for well over a year, I can say without reservation that
> > this isn't the spirit of the community.  The development community
> > around MythTV works on it because we feel there is a better way.  The
> > program "Videora" isn't a MythTV module, it doesn't even run on Linux.
> > Prior to reading your article, I had not even hear of Videora.  While
> > the past cannot be undone, I feel the least you can do is personally
> > apology to the community.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Cecil Watson
> 
> His response:
> 
> Hi Cecil,
> 
>Although I don't specifically remember saying it was about community, I
> totally agree with you. I was tremendously upset with the title and the top
> of the story, which is not what I had reported. It represents the danger of
> working with another reporter who has a very different view of the world. My
> original charter had been to find out how hacking (in the good sense) was
> changing TV. That is what I reported. That is not what appeared in the
> article.
>The problem was complicated by the fact that I was traveling to Europe
> during the time the piece was written and edited. It was largely a fait
> accompli by the time I had arrived and gotten over jet lag.
>That said, that is not an excuse. I was totally shocked by the headline.
> I did write that Isaac was a "rebel," but once again I didn't mean it in the
> thief sense of the word. And I attempted to correct some of the material
> about not needing set top boxes after that, but was ignored.
>Anyway, if you go back and look at my stuff over the years, although
> I've been attacked by the Kevin Mitnick crowd, I think you'll see that I
> have been very supportive of the real hacker community.
>I understand that the damage has been done, so please apologize to the
> community on my behalf. I will try to rectify it in the future.
> 
> Best,
> 
> John Markoff
> 
> 
> 
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: John Markoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Cecil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:13:49 -0800
> Subject: Re: "Steal This Show"
> Hi Cecil,
> 
>Although I don't specifically remember saying it was about community, I
> totally agree with you. I was tremendously upset with the title and the top
> of the story, which is not what I had reported. It represents the danger of
> working with another reporter who has a very different view of the world. My
> original charter had been to find out how hacking (in the good sense) was
> changing TV. That is what I reported. That is not what appeared in the
> article.
>The problem was complicated by the fact that I was traveling to Europe
> during the time the piece was written and edited. It was largely a fait
> accompli by the time I had arrived and gotten over jet lag.
>That said, that is not an excuse. I was totally shocked by the headline.
> I did write that Isaac was a "rebel," but once again I didn't mean it in the
> thief sense of the word. And I attempted to correct some of the material
> about not needing set top boxes after that, but was ignored.
>Anyway, if you go back and look at my stuff over the years, although
> I've been attacked by the Kevin Mitnick crowd, I think you'll see that I
> have been very supportive of the real hacker community.
>I understand that the damage has been done, so please apologize to the
> community on my behalf. I will try to rectify it in the future.
> 
> Best,
> 
> John Markoff
> 
> =
> John Markoff Voice: (415) 836-6700
> West Coast Correspondent Cell: (415) 606 0126
> New York Times
> 201 Spear St. #1560 [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> San Francisco, CA 94105 http://www.nytimes.com
> ==
> 
> > From: Cecil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:21:48 -0800
> > To: John Markoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: "Steal This Show"
> >
> > John,
> >
> >  When you contacted me about the article you we



Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 with included remote,	or PVR-500 MCE and 3rd party remote?


2005-02-03

Thread
Andy Long

If you're comfortable w/ the driver support for the PVR500, i'd say do
it.  Just note the pvr250 has been around a lot longer, and support
for it is pretty solid in myth.  I'm not sure what the latest ivtv
drivers look like concerning the pvr500, but you may have to do more
troubleshooting.

As far as remotes, the PVR250 remote is mediocore IMO.  I'd suggest
getting a radioshack 15-2116 remote.  It'll run you about $30-$40, but
is wonderful and well built. There's even a guide on how to get it
running in myth:

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php




On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 01:00:02 -0500, Ben Giddings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm building a new MythTV box, and am trying to decide what to do about
> the tuner.  I know I want a hardware tuner, so I'm trying to decide
> between the Hauppage PVR-250 and 500.
> 
> I know the PVR-250 has been around much longer, and is well supported,
> and from reading the list, the support for the PVR-500 is still at a
> pretty alpha stage.  On the other hand the cheapest I've found the
> PVR-250 in stock is $148 US, I've found the PVR-500 for $140.
> 
> It sounds like the PVR-500 is close to being ready for actual use, at
> least for standard US-NTSC, so I'm leaning towards getting it
> (especially since a dual tuner would be really handy today, what with
> annoying broadcasters ending their shows at 10:02 instead of 10:00 and
> such.
> 
> So far, am I making sense?
> 
> So if I do get the PVR-500, I'll need to do something else about the
> remote control.  I saw a thread recently that discussed people's fave
> remote controls.  Is the one that comes with the PVR-250 actually a
> decent remote control?  How does it compare to the ATI remote wonder,
> or to a standard universal remote?
> 
> I guess the other option for getting two tuners is one single-tuner
> card (PVR-250, PVR-250 MCE or PVR-150 or PVR-150MCE) and then getting a
> pcHDTV card.  They do work with standard NTSC cable, right?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Ben
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Re: [mythtv-users] Customizing Channels in MythTV


2005-02-03

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Andy Long

I lived on campus at the University of Arkansas.  Our lineup was
different that the standard cable companies lineup for the rest of the
community.  We just contacted Zap2It, who in turn contacted Cox (our
cable provider).  Within about 1 - 1.5 weeks, our lineup was one of
the options listed for the zip code.


On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:23:39 -0500, MacNean C. Tyrrell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> > Is there a way to customize the channel numbers in MythTV so that I
> > can use the TV Listings of this other cable company but remap the
> > channels so that it works like my own channel lineup?
> 
> 
> Yes, run mythtv-setup (at least on Knoppmyth, don't know if it's
> different for straight mythtv install).  Say no, no.  Go to channel
> options or editor.  Number 5.  Select each channel and change the
> channel number to the actual number.
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythXXXX no remote?!


2005-02-03

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Andy Long

you probably do.  Why don't you open up the lircrc file and see what
it's set up to control.


On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:51:40 +0100, Didde Brockman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, maybe I'm too lazy to RTFM, but how come my remote (PVR-350 silver
> & black) stops working when I'm in MythDVD or MythMusic? Basically, it
> only works in MythTV â nothing else. Doesn't MythDVD use
> "~/.mythtv/lircrc"? Do I have to set up mplayer with the remote?
> 
> Kindly,
> Didde
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Sorry - This should have been - IR Blaster


2005-02-02

Thread
Andy Long

Are you able to get it to change when you run the script via command
line?  Or really not at all?


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:36:38 -0500, Mark Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Has anyone got the basic (LED/DIODE/RESISTOR) blaster working on a Dishnet
> 3000 or 4000 Receiver ?
> If so i would like to know what ledxmtd.conf file you are using
> 
> I've have tried all the lirc configs i could find to do with dish with
> little luck
> I'm able to occasionaly get the receiver to pickup the number '2' but that's
> it
> This does tell me the setup is working partially - i even put the
> oscilloscope to it
> and checked for pulses - looks good to me but the receiver doesn't like it
> 
> Is it a timing issue ?
> 
> Any help greatly appreicated
> 
> Markus
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Response to the NYT article (petition)


2005-02-02

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Andy Long

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:48:25 -0800, Brad Templeton
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 04:01:42PM -0500, Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:32:12 -0800, Brad Templeton
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > But the paranoid are clever, and good at the game.  For example, I recall
> > > seing a quote that because of fear of lawsuits, MythTV would probably
> > > never incorporate the sort of features that really raise the wrath of
> > > the MPAA, like filesharing gateways.
> >
> > It's not simply fear of lawsuits that prevents the core developers
> > from implementing such features or accepting patches that implment
> > such features.  It's the fact that we're aware of the difference
> > between right and wrong, legal and illegal. There are a LOT of cool
> > things one could do if Myth were P2P enabled, however few of them are
> > legal so we choose to do the right thing and not implement P2P.
> 
> Well, this is the can of worms.   Should we not make a useful technology
> because some of the users will use it for ill?  What number of users
> makes the difference?   A few users?  Most of the users?  Almost all of
> the users?   The law has forbidden it when it's all of the users (ie.
> the technology has no other purpose than breaking the law) but the
> supreme court has said that as long as there are significant legit
> uses, the technology can be built.   They are reviewing that doctrine
> this year, we're parties to the case.
> 
> You're asking however a slightly different question, which is what
> do you _want_ to create, as opposed to what's legal to build, and the
> answer can indeed be different, but it's not easy.
> 
> And no question in some places, they make the decision based on fear
> or pressure, which is exactly why the studios sued Replay over their
> commercial skip, to create such fear.  And why we countersued the studios
> to get a declaration that the users were not criminals for using such
> products.
> 
> Would you have written bittorrent?  Clearly BT is being used for distributing
> infringing works but it's also the best way to get new linux ISOs and
> is growing as a method of distributing things like independent films.
> 
> I myself would also not feel motivated to build a tool that became
> almost entirely a platform for piracy.
> 
> But there are many compelling applications that I could see wanting to
> create.   The use of bittorrent is, as I already noted, being seen as
> a way to bypass the networks in order to distribute independent film
> and video.   An application that let people, from their set-top-box,
> select openly distributable independent videos and then downloaded them
> efficiently could change the very nature of television distribution.
> By this I mean, if your neighbour next-door has the video, you get it
> from them rather than a central server.
> 
> Indeed, I have described a vision on my web site I call poor man's video
> on demand, which could replace the existing TV distribution infrastructure
> of cable TV and satellite, using only slower (1 megabit connections) today.
> It's based on the idea that we don't care as much as they think about
> getting our video now-now-now.   We are quiety happy -- as Mythtv and
> even Netflix show -- to select a video and then have it show up days
> later to watch it.
> 
> This would be really interesting, and could even support paying for content
> to support an industry.  But it could also be a platform for copyright
> infringement.  So how do you decide?
> 
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>So how do you decide?

Very interesting points.  For me, my decision is always on what gives
me the most control. It's not about keeping television producers in
business.  Nor is it about worrying how to best compensate the
creators of intellectual property.  People will always innovate and
create works for free or near-free.  Do I think that making sure
creators receive some compensation is generally a good thing?
Absolutely.  Do I think I should work my TV/music habits in such a way
that this is always insured?  Absolutely not.  Those who create,
produce and own much of the legal fiction known as intellectual
property in this country do not serve to look out for my interest (the
FOSS movement withstanding).  Myself and those other consumers who
know that it is ok to record a TV show and skip commercials are the
only ones who I feel have my interests at heart.  The potentially
glorious copyright system in the US, which in all my studies I have
found was originally set up to FIRST get ideas and works available to
the public, and THEN to compensate their creators, has become so
bastardized that I can't trust the government or the courts to protect
my rights as a consumer (yes, Fair Use is a right - at least until
March).  We have let copyright holders create a system whe



Re: [mythtv-users] Response to the NYT article (petition)


2005-02-02

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Andy Long

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 06:25:35 -0800, Alex Harford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:15:51 +, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > if we are all so squeeky clean, why do we have:
> >
> > nuvexport
> > CD ripping
> > transcoding
> 
> There's nothing illegal about that where I live (Canada).
> 
> Alex
> 
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There's nothing illegal about it where I live either, here in the US. 
It is perfectly allowable for me to capture analog signals (or digital
signals converted to analog) via my capture card, store them on a
device, and then change them into a format which saves hard drive
space.  If it wasn't Tivo, ReplayTV, Windows MCE, and the assortment
of cable company-provided DVRs would have been litigated into
oblivion.

Similarly, it's perfectly legal for me to rip a copy of a CD that I
purchased and store the music on my mythbox in a different format.  If
having MP3s were patently illegal, then Apple, Creative, and any other
company selling equipment to play them on would have similarly been
sued.

The presence of those utilities is not indicitive of illegal
activities.  Saying they do indicate something illegal is like saying
that having a network card in your mythbox is also wrong, since you
then could potentially trade your recordings over the internet.
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[mythtv-users] Problems with Pause/Rewind and timer


2005-02-01

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Andy Long

Whenever I attempt to pause live TV, the timer saying "0:00 behind"
never increases.  The same happens when I rewind.  The show actually
rewinds, but the timer never increases to show how far I backed up. 
This creates problems because I cannot fast-forward back to live-tv,
and am always stuck back as far as I rewound it.  Anyone have a
suggestion as to the cause of this problem and how to possibly fix it?

Thanks.

-Andy
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Re: [mythtv-users] External Channel Changer script


2005-02-01

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Andy Long

Another user I have been working with is having this same issue.  Also
with a dish receiver, but using FC3 setup via Jarod's guide (myth 0.16
too).  Anyone using DISH (or not using DISH) have a clue what might be
going on?


On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:27:39 -0500, Kirk Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After many long hours I think I'm down to the final gotcha.
> I have a DISH 501 receiver that I am trying to control from
> within myth.  I have the lirc-ledxmit stuff all in and
> apparently working and I can call my "change_channel" script
> by hand and it actually changes the channel on the receiver.
> 
> But when I enter ANY script name into mythtv-setup, in the
> "External Channel Change Script" field, it never appears to
> get called when I do a remote control channel change operation.
> 
> My channel changer script permissions are:   rwxr-xr-x
> I've tried other scripts and programs with the same (none) results.
> It just looks like Myth never invokes the script I've specified.
> 
> When I run the frontend with "--verbose all" I do get the following
> one-liner each time I try a channel change operation:
> 
> timestamp   QUERY-RECORDER 1[]:[]CHANGE_CHANNEL[]:[]1
> 
> Any ideas what I could be doing wrong.
> 
> I am on the 0.16 myth Debian release.
> 
> Thanks
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[mythtv-users] "Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card" error


2005-02-01

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Andy Long

Can anyone explain what this error means or how to resolve it?  It
occurs no matter which input the card is set to:

2005-01-31 19:11:06 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
2005-01-31 19:11:06 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on car

Similar error on tuner0:

2005-02-01 16:06:59 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
Couldn't find input: Tuner 0 on card

This is keeping the external channel change command from working.

Here is a chunk of the log:
-
Starting up as the master server.
2005-01-31 19:11:06 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
2005-01-31 19:11:06 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card
2005-01-31 19:11:06 mythbackend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-01-31 19:11:06 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-01-31 19:11:08 Found changes in the todo list.
2005-01-31 19:11:11 Scheduled 3 items in 2.59327 seconds.
2005-01-31 19:11:11 Seem to be woken up by USER
2005-01-31 19:12:40 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 19:12:40 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 19:12:40 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 19:12:40 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 1)
Starting up as the master server.
2005-01-31 19:24:20 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
2005-01-31 19:24:20 Channel::Open(): Can't open: /dev/video0
/dev/video0: No such file or directory
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card
2005-01-31 19:24:20 mythbackend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-01-31 19:24:20 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-01-31 19:24:22 Found changes in the todo list.
2005-01-31 19:24:25 Scheduled 3 items in 2.53517 seconds.
2005-01-31 19:24:25 Seem to be woken up by USER
2005-01-31 19:25:12 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 19:25:12 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 19:25:12 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 19:25:12 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 1)
2005-01-31 19:25:12 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 19:25:12 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 19:25:12 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 19:25:12 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 19:25:12 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote ringbuffer
2005-01-31 19:25:12 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card
2005-01-31 19:26:27 Found changes in the todo list.
2005-01-31 19:26:28 Scheduled 4 items in 0.960251 seconds.
2005-01-31 19:26:31 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-01-31 19:29:51 Started recording "Coronation Street" on channel: 1208
on
rdid: 1, sourceid 1
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card
2005-01-31 19:29:51 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-01-31 19:32:07 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2005-01-31 19:32:07 Found changes in the todo list.
2005-01-31 19:32:08 Scheduled 4 items in 0.813512 seconds.
2005-01-31 19:59:51 Started recording "SAS Desert: Are You Tough Enough?" on
c
nnel: 1524 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card
2005-01-31 19:59:51 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-01-31 20:09:27 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 20:09:27 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 21:00:00 Finished recording SAS Desert: Are You Tough Enough? on
ch
nel: 1524
2005-01-31 21:00:00 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2005-01-31 21:00:00 Found changes in the todo list.
2005-01-31 21:00:02 Scheduled 4 items in 2.40485 seconds.
2005-01-31 21:00:02 Started Commercial Flagging for "SAS Desert: Are You
Tough
nough?" recorded from channel 1524 at Mon Jan 31 20:00:00 2005
2005-01-31 21:03:23 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 21:03:23 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 21:03:24 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-01-31 21:03:24 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)
2005-01-31 21:03:24 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote ringbuffer
2005-01-31 21:03:24 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Couldn't find input: Composite 4 on card
2005-01-31 21:20:30 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-01-31 21:34:48 Finished Commercial Flagging for "SAS Desert: Are You
Toug
Enough?" recorded from channel 1524 at Mon Jan 31 20:00:00 2005.  Found 7
comm
cial break(s).
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Re: [mythtv-users] Invoking mencoder


2005-02-01

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Andy Long

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:51:42 +0100, Alex Polite
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to hack myth to invoke a mencoder script to record tv instead
> of recording with myth. Where should I start looking?
> 
> alex
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so you want it to use something else to redord rather than the default
mythtv recorder?  Not sure why, especially when you can just transcode
the video later.  A good place to look would probably be the myth
source code.
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