Re: [mythtv-users] 2006-01-06 12:00:29.570 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
On 1/6/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: though I ran chmod 4755 on all the myth files in /usr/local/bin I still get: 2006-01-06 12:00:29.570 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. so what else do I have to SUID as root? Please see the updated docs at mythtv.org regarding realtime priority as many distros do not support this method any more. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Feature request / discussion - Record Button Behavior
On 12/2/05, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I was flipping channels last night and came across a program already showing. As I'm watching it, I think this is really good, I want to record it! so I hit record, and keep watching. While it's recording, I go on mythweb, look up the program, schedule a later recording to get the whole thing, go into the frontend, delete the current recording, go back to live TV to continue watching it. Seems complicated when all I wanted to do was make sure I recorded the full program if it was on later. So here's the idea that I came up with: Option A). Multiple record buttons, users can map whichever one they want to the actual red circle on the remote. The standard button will be the same, immediately start recording the current program. The advanced record button will work as follows: Option B). Advance Record button: when you hit record (and there is guide data), it will tell you what the current program is, how long it is, and how far in you are. It will give you these options: - Record Now - Find and record a later showing - Cancel Find and record a later showing would have some kind of feedback where it would let you know if the show is on again and if it can be recorded. If it can, it will be, and if not, it will let the user know and allow them to still immediate record. snip Thoughts? How about a more general function of re-recording shows that are shorter than the length found in the guide data, with the exception of those under the LiveTV recording group. If you are watching LiveTV and hit record it changes the recording group to Default (under current svn). After the recording is finished, the start and end times could be compared to the times in the guide data (accounting for any pre and post time settings) to determine if the entire show was recorded. If not, it could be marked for re-record in a new column in the recordedprograms table, which would be checked each time the scheduler ran. If the new recording is made, then the old recording would be deleted. This would also work on shows that are split because of restarting the backend, which is admittedly a fairly rare event but does happen. It also allows you to immediately get the rest of the recording that you were interested in while watching LiveTV, while allowing it to be re-recorded in full when it is on again, all without adding any additional questions during the process. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Remote encoder on status page gives incomplete information
I have three encoders, two in the master backend and one in a slave backend. On the status page for mythbacked (6544) where it lists the status of each encoder, the first two encoders that are local provide complete information as to what is being recording, what channel, etc, however the remote encoder only states that it is recording or not recording, there isn't any additional text stating just what it is recording. I've had this issue since at least .18 and I'm now running current SVN. Can anyone tell me if this is normal behavorior or if there is anything that I can do to correct this? Thanks, Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] ac-tex damaged and MVs not available found during commerical flagging
I've been getting the following errors in my mythbackend log after a recording finishes commericial flagging:[mpeg2video @ 0xb763c270]ac-tex damaged at 8 8[mpeg2video @ 0xb763c270]Warning MVs not available2005-11-09 16:03: 12.971 commflag: Commercial Flagging FinishedThe recordings seem to play fine, however. I'm recording withtwo PVR-250s using ivtv-0.4.0 with the recommended firmware on Ubuntu Breezy and I'm not transcoding the files. Can anyone tell me what these comments mean and how to go about fixing them? Thanks,Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Help - autoexpire not working
On 10/6/05, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ever since my last 2 SVN upgrades, auto-expire has not been working, andmy disk has been filling up regularly.My last good working was from 8/13 (sorry I don't have an SVN revision; my build system is still setup to use date-name directories, leftover from the CVS days).In mybackend logs, I see this any time it tries to auto-expire a program: 2005-10-06 01:17:19.935 AutoExpiring: Blue Collar TV Tue Oct 4 02:00:002005 865 MBytes2005-10-06 01:17:19.937 AutoExpiring: The Bellboy Tue Oct 4 17:45:002005 1974 MBytesCannot find program info for 'AUTO_EXPIRE 1026 2005-10-04T02:00:00', while attempting to Auto-Expire.Cannot find program info for 'AUTO_EXPIRE 1071 2005-10-04T17:45:00',while attempting to Auto-Expire. I'm seeing the same thing and it's already crashed the backend twice when I wasn't able to delete enough shows in time. I sent an email yesterday to the list but didn't receive any replies. Nice to know it's affecting someone else as well. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Medium DVD Rip quality not always available
When ripping DVDs, I always have the option to rip at Perfect, Excellent or Good settings, however the Medium setting isn't always presented in the list. Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Thanks, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythDora
Kevin Kuphal wrote: Dennis Hand wrote: I've finally finished up my newest project called MythDora. You can find it here at www.g-ding.tv. This is along the lines of KnoppMyth but uses Fedora Core 3 instead. Since this is alot younger than KnoppMyth I'm sure there could be some room for improvement. I've tried to make this as easy as possible especially for newbies. I also incorporated some extra features that I personally like. I'm the only one working on this so if there's anyone looking to get involved with a side project thats especially good at scripting, or you have any ideas, love to hear from ya. Let me know what you think. As a parent, my first reaction was: The Explorer? Myth for girls? Not only did I think that too, but with a 2 1/2 yr old daughter, I WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTED! Slightly disappointed to find out it was just a FC3 based distro of Myth. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Ubuntu lirc for the PVRs
Jason Werpy wrote: Has anyone gotten lirc working on Ubuntu with their PVR. I can get all the packages installed and it tries to build but fails. Building lirc by hand generates compile errors on the make. I've googled a lot of information about this but there doesn't appear to be a true universal fix out there. I think the errors are coming from the i2c module integration, and my next step is to build a custom kernel and see if that can clear anything up. The next step after that is just to say goodbye to ubuntu and install Fedora Core 3 instead. There is a Ubuntu installation guide on MythTV.info that include lirc from source. Here is the address: http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/UbuntuInstallation Works great for me. I don't know about using the packages, but needed to use the source for my PVR-150. The only problem with compiling lirc from source is the extremely long wait I had to endure to create all of the linux modules, which took roughly an hour I believe on my Athlon 2500+ and about two hours on my Duron 650Mhz. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Prebuffering pauses in preview on remote frontend
Watching a recorded or live tv show on my remote frontend works great, however the video preview on the Watch Recordings screen generates prebuffering pauses every few seconds resulting in jerky preview video. What could be causing the prebuffering? What is different about displaying fullscreen versus in the preview window other than xv being used? The CPU used is greater with the video preview than with full screen video since xv isn't used (as I understand it), however I still have 70% CPU idle when it is giving prebuffering pauses. I have a 100Mbit ethernet connecting the frontend and backend. I'm running the .18 with fixes branch from cvs from last weekend on Ubuntu. Both frontend and backend were upgraded at the same time. Thanks for any help tracking this down! Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions
Since I just went though building a new frontend, I thought I'd offer a few suggestions of my own. I bought an MSI K7N2GM2-LSR motherboard from newegg for $63 with shipping. This motherboard is an nforce2 with onboard sound and video and both svideo and rca out. It also has SATA. Newegg doesn't appear to carry it any more (I just bought it a month ago, but pricewatch shows ewiz carrying it at that price). I really like the motherboard and it works great. I would suggest a Athlon XP-M 2400+ or 2500+ mobile processor for about $80-$90 for low heat and reasonable cost, plus a CNPS7000b-ALCU Zalman heatsink/fan for $29 from Amazon.com for quiet operation. This would be for the best bang for your buck that I could determine. Good luck, Bob C Adam Pash wrote: Thanks for your replies. Everything makes sense, but there's still one thing... as is, I'm not sure how well my existing soundcard, video card, and motherboard are going to work. Actually, I know that the video card won't work, b/c it doesn't have any s-video or rca video outs. But I don't think that my motherboard will support a newer card, either. So I'm thinking... is there any combination of motherboard (with onboard sound, and ethernet), video card, and processor that anyone could recommend that would cost somewhere in the $100-$200 range that are well-supported? I have no concerns for hi-def, but I would like to transcode video, as disk space is somewhat of a concern. Anyone have some suggestions in this price range that have worked for you? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions
Craig Betts wrote: I built out of an ASUS Pundit-S, $115 on new egg, and a Celeron-D processor, ~$70-80. A little bit pricier than the other suggestions given, but the small case looks just like a DVD player, and Jarod's guide has specific instructions for the pundit. I've been extremely pleased with it so far Considering the Pundit includes a case and motherboard, it isn't really any more expensive (unless you don't need a case of course), and is about as cheap as you can reasonably create a system. It may not have all the room you'd want for a frontend/backend system though a lot of people seem to have been happy with it in that configuration. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is only one IDE channel, no SATA, so you can only fit one optical and one hard drive in the system and installing a PVR-150/250/500 may require some time with a dremel to get it to fit. There seems to be a lot of variability on people's happiness with the noise and quality of the video out from reading the list. Am I wrong in my perception? Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Remote receiver extension for PVR-150?
The cable for the remote IR receiver for my retail PVR-150 is only about three feet long. Since my mythfrontend is located on the other side of a wall from the TV, I need to extend the cable another 6' or so. I'm having a hard time finding a mini-phono extension cable with 4 poles. Does anyone have any suggestions, short of cutting the cable and splicing in a 6' length of wire? I'd really rather not cut the cable if I can avoid it, though that is what I'll probably do if I can't find an extension cable. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Remote receiver extension for PVR-150?
Fedor Pikus wrote: On 5/18/05, Bob Cottingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cable for the remote IR receiver for my retail PVR-150 is only about three feet long. Since my mythfrontend is located on the other side of a wall from the TV, I need to extend the cable another 6' or so. I'm having a hard time finding a mini-phono extension cable with 4 poles. Does anyone have any suggestions, short of cutting the cable and splicing in a 6' length of wire? I'd really rather not cut the cable if I can avoid it, though that is what I'll probably do if I can't find an extension cable. I've just seen this cable yesterday at local Fry's, so they are out there. Thus guy: http://store.pchcables.com/ has some of the most bizarre cables you can think about, and can order some cables not listed on his web site if you e-mail him, so check him out. That's a great website you gave. The prices seem pretty reasonable. I called the phone number on the website and unfortunately they haven't seen any extension cables with 4 poles, just three. The connector has three black lines on it to create four poles to support the IR Blaster in addition to the receiver. I may try a 3-pole to see if it works if I can find one locally since I only care about the remote, but I don't know how it lines up. I don't have a Fry's, but I do have a Microcenter. Radio Shack doesn't have any. Thanks for the response. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Streaming mpeg4 with mythstreamtv
David Whyte wrote: Bob Cottingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I had no trouble streaming both my mpeg2 files from my PVR-250 or the transcoded mpeg4 files over the internet. Everything worked great! Now if we could add streaming of our MythVideo files... If MPEG4 streamed OK, I guess there is just some tweaking of the mythstreatv code to get it to read videos too. Sweet. I am curios, when you stream mmpeg4 files, does it use as much CPU as when it is transcoding MPEG2 to MPEG4 on the fly? I doubt it would, but this would be a great reason for me to set up the transcoding feature =D The load on the cpu was the same whether it was streaming mpeg2 or mpeg4. There were a couple of differences in usage, however, that I didn't really notice until after I sent the email. I can not jump forward in the mpeg4 stream with the +1min button - it simply starts at the beginning of the recording again with an error in the logs (don't recall the error at the moment). I don't have any problem with this in mpeg2 streams. Secondly, the quality of the mpeg4 streams that were transcoded from mpeg2 by mythtv were fairly poor with a lot of blockiness. The original mpeg4 transcoded files look decent on a monitor and look completely fine on a tv, however re-encoding them again on the fly, even at 1000kbs, really brings out the flaws and makes it far worse. The mpeg2 files still look good, however. Overall, I wouldn't use it to watch recorded files on my local network. DSmyth, when it works well, is a better solution for me there. I tried streaming a DVD rip of Shrek (done with MythDVD, 'good' quality, xvid), via the cli and it worked great. The quality was very good even at the 300kbs video and 64kbs audio that I set it to. Quite impressed. Now we just need to create a nice interface for MythWeb. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Streaming mpeg4 with mythstreamtv
I've read several times that mythstreamtv only works with mpeg1/2 files, however mpeg4 nuv files were added to VLC cvs a couple months ago. I finally got around to installing mythstreamtv and used the recently released vlc-0.8.2-test1 version. Following the postings on the list, it was actually easier than I was expecting. I had no trouble streaming both my mpeg2 files from my PVR-250 or the transcoded mpeg4 files over the internet. Everything worked great! Now if we could add streaming of our MythVideo files... Thanks for the great feature! Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slave backend setup
Robert Kulagowski wrote: Did you read section 9.3 of the HOWTO? All access to the backends is transparent to the frontend once everything has been configured correctly. The encoder on my slave backend wasn't picked up by my master backend until the master backend was restarted. After that, the master backend is able to determine if the remote encoder is available. It only seems to look for new encoders on startup, but continuously checks the status of known encoders. One question though, on the MythTV Status page (http://myipaddress:6544), the remote encoder is shown and states whether it is recording or not, however it does not show what it is recording, unlike the local encoders. Is this normal? Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV review from a long-time TiVo user
Donavan Stanley said: On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:25:38 -0500, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wanted to chime in here -- I tried last night with 2/12 CVS. DPMS behaves properly, but xscreensaver doesn't. Myth doesn't end the screensaver when remote buttons are pressed. I'll try this weekend after I upgrade to current CVS. Are you using native lirc support or irxevent? I noticed the same thing with xscreensaver kicking in during the show and the remote not exiting xscreensaver, though the keyboard does. I'm using native lirc support with the cvs from last night. Thanks, Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV review from a long-time TiVo user
Donavan Stanley said: On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:20:21 -0600 (CST), Bob Cottingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Donavan Stanley said: Myth will allow your existing screensaver to kick in as needed, provided you have one of course. This doesn't appear to be entirely accurate to me. I believe that Myth only supports DPMS. If you turn on screensavers in KDE or use xscreensaver, the screensaver will kick in regardless of whether you are watching a show or not. I tried this again last night just to be sure and it started up 10 mintutes into our TV show. I've just done a quick instrumentation of the code and verified that the calls are being made to disable/enable the screensaver properly as well as turn off dpms. Why they're not working for all users, I'm not sure and right now I'm too tired to dig into it. I just downloaded the latest cvs and tried with xscreensaver. It still starts while watching a recording. I didn't try with the kde screensaver. I have no idea why it might work on others and not mine. I'm running Mandrake 9.1. If there is anything I can do to help track it down, please let me know. I would be very appreciative of your help. Thanks, Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV review from a long-time TiVo user
Donavan Stanley said: On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:07:19 -0500, Ben Giddings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another minor thing I miss from my TiVo is the screensaver. If you didn't hit a button for a while on the TiVo it would by default go back to monitoring Live TV after a while. Myth will allow your existing screensaver to kick in as needed, provided you have one of course. This doesn't appear to be entirely accurate to me. I believe that Myth only supports DPMS. If you turn on screensavers in KDE or use xscreensaver, the screensaver will kick in regardless of whether you are watching a show or not. I tried this again last night just to be sure and it started up 10 mintutes into our TV show. This is something I've wanted for quite some time, so if there is some other way to do this I would be very interested in hearing it. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
David Whyte said: I have to say, WMV2 seems to be the better codec for me. I can run it quite happily at 2000Kbit/s but I have chosen 1000/320 (video/audio) and I am quite happy for my LAN. Infact the Celeron 1.0Ghz machine that is viewing it is struggling at somem points. The Myth machine is running at around 70-75% CPU usage when transcoding, regardless of the bit rates or codec chosen. If you are just using it on your local LAN to view content on your windows boxes, I would think that the best solution would typically be using the dsmyth directshow filters to stream the video using the mythtv backend. The only issue I would expect would be on some 802.11b networks, depending on how much traffic you have on it, or if you are talking about HDTV. I would expect far less CPU usage and better quality. Mythweb can already support dsmyth for a nice interface. MythStream seem better suited to streaming your myth video over the Internet I would think. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
Joshua Ebel said: I've released a new project on Source Forge called MythStreamTV. MythStreamTV is currently available in Alpha at http://mythstreamtv.sourceforge.net/ for download. MythStreamTV is a MythTV addon that allows live transcoding of nupplevideo to Windows Media Player/Mplayer and allows control via MythWeb. Current featureset of MythStreamTV includes: -Codec Selection of DIV3 and WMV2 -Video Bitrate Selection -Playlist Creation -Streaming of LiveTV and Recorded programming I was considering attempting to stream my mythvtv mpeg2 files and mythvideo mpeg4 files to my Sanyo MM7400 PCS phone using mpeg4ip to reencode to .3gp and using an RTSP server like Darwin Streaming Server to stream the files. I wasn't too sure about reencoding the mythtv mpeg4 nuv files. You wouldn't happen to be using mpeg4ip or RTSP would you? Your website is rather sparse on details. Sounds like a very interesting project! Thanks! Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
