Re: [mythtv-users] should I just switch to SVN
On 1/25/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/23/06, Steve Nuffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a list of changes/enhancements that is available on the web? Want to see if it would be worth going to the new version at this time or wait when my Myth box is not used as much. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes_-_0.19 NB: This does *not* indicate that there has been a release, this was posted because there's a feature freeze in effect. Given the timing, I'm waiting for the actual 0.19 release rather than having to upgrade twice in a short period. Hi all,I have just read the release notes for 0.19 and all i can say is,oh boy, gooodie, gdie.I was wondering when the new release was due. Now i can see why it has taken so long. I am not able to post answers very often, as i grew up in a Windoz world and work in a Windo world. So Linux hurts my brain.But i would like to thank all of you that help us (sometimes) annoying people. But before the new release hits why don't we avoid the usual questions i have seen come up 'how do i upgrade, what do i need to save , where is my brain Where is the ANY key by answering a few questions and setting up a FAQ for upgrading. Please feel free to flame me if i get it wrong. ( or you could just change it ;-) )Upgrading check list.--Standard Myth Suite install. (no extra modules IE Mythstream) --this should update to 0.19 # aptget update mythsuiteQ .do you need to do a # aptget upgrade ???A . ???-- Non Standard install (IE extra modules or people that have to use tv_grab_au scripts like me in Australia)--Q. What is 'Best Practice' for upgrades. A. Q. Is there a way to use a program like Norton Ghost to backup you current working system so if you are stupid like me and FUBAR your system you can bring it back before the WAF drops to the point hat she starts to make you sit there and program the video (what is one of those?) so she doesn't miss here shows !!! A . Q. Does the upgrade keep the current recording schedules? IE the wife has set Myth to record all of the 'days of our lives' or something. Will all of those be kept. if not how do we save them.A. ---I cant think of anything else that somebody might ask but if you can please add it. If people make a few responses i will edit the post and put them all together. Hopefully if we can get a nice list of answers ppl MIGHT read it before they post questions. If needed i will re-post this in a new thread.Chris. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [Mythtv-users] - Mythbackend stopping randomly
Hi all,First thanks to all on this list that give your time so freely.I have had my mythtv setup up and running for quite a while now. I am running my setup with Dvico lite cards. With some help form the forum here i got them going. And it seems to be working perfectly. But then i started to run into a, seemingly random, problem. Myth would say that it is recording the program but not actually do it. After checking all the logs i could find, i still couldn't find the problem. So i checked that the backend was running and it was most of the time it was. it seems that even though the backend crashes the mythbackend status command doesn't show or know that the backend has crashed. so i just restart it and it works. So off to the list I go. After a bit of searching i find that there is a known bug when the recordings screen is left open and the log files tries to do something it crashes the mythbackend service.Here is the rub, i found somewhere off this list a person that documents how to use a program that tracks certain process to see if they are still running. (cant find it now. off course) but if the status command says that it is still running, will that work? From memory it says it says that it uses the PID The thread in the forum says that it is fixed in the SVN and therefore in 0.19 should not have that problem anymore. Now i am not anywhere near good enough to try a snapshot of the CVS, even if i knew what that meant ;-) So my questions are;Will the program (that i cant find now) work if the status command says that it is still running?Would it be better to just restart the service at a set time say 1pm everyday? - i would assume that you could use a cron job to do this. can somebody help me with this? Is there something simple to fix this problem? (please don't say, don't leave it in the watch recordings screen.The wife does this every day no matter what i tell her she is the one that complains that it didn't record her show!!! ) Any help would be great..Chris. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend
Hi all, I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying to get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over some money for a new computer for me and mine (P3 1gig) became the BE along with a dvico fusion dvbt card. Once it was all going with a lot of help from people Off list (thanks again guys) the WAF is very high. high enough to get a second dvbt card so she doesnt miss any shows due to confection. I have installed the machine to Jarrod Wilsons FC3 guide (thanks Jarrod for the guide) and i am now using a HP e-vectra as a front end, again using JW FC3 guide. Now come the problem, which is more annoying than anything. Occasionally when watching a program on the frontend that had been recorded previously, it seems to fault somehow. I have searched the list and it was said that the commercial marking jobs can do this. So i turned off the jobs for all recordings. (we don't keep the recordings anyway). this didn't seem to fix it. Again i went back to the forum and another suggestion was when the free space in recording drive was low this would happen. But it has happened again the other night while recording Startgate Atlantis (of all things). the recording wok great up till a point then it ands and sits there for ages and then myth craps its self and goes back to the FC desktop. SO i didn't get shitty with it and delete it i ave keep the recording and now on a day off i have killed the automatic start of the backend and frontend and started them up in terminal sessions. (again a suggestion off the list) here is what i got: --- start - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mythfrontend 2005-09-08 10:21:26.408 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1 2005-09-08 10:21:26.509 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0 2005-09-08 10:21:26.517 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-09-08 10:21:26.518 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-09-08 10:21:29.228 Switching to square mode (Titivillus) 2005-09-08 10:21:31.692 Joystick disabled. 2005-09-08 10:21:31.728 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-09-08 10:21:31.832 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-09-08 10:21:32.039 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-09-08 10:21:32.046 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler 2005-09-08 10:21:33.748 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.6:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.6 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2005-09-08 10:44:50.712 All Programs 2005-09-08 10:44:53.629 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.5:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-09-08 10:44:53.741 Using protocol version 15 2005-09-08 10:45:07.780 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-09-08 10:45:07.781 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-09-08 10:45:08.400 Using XV port 61 2005-09-08 10:45:09.942 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-09-08 10:45:10.164 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-09-08 10:45:10.341 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait 2005-09-08 10:45:11.791 prebuffering pause 2005-09-08 10:45:13.380 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2005-09-08 10:49:42.462 prebuffering pause 2005-09-08 10:50:07.742 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... Killed [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ - end --- ANd now for the backend start -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /sbin/service mythbackend stop Stopping mythbackend: [ OK ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mythbackend 2005-09-08 10:44:08.075 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-09-08 10:44:08.185 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-09-08 10:44:08.240 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-09-08 10:44:08.259 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T. 2005-09-08 10:44:08.263 New DB connection, total: 3 2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 DVB signal 963f | snr e4e4 | ber 0 | unc 0 2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 Status: LOCK. 2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked 2005-09-08 10:44:10.536 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 7. 2005-09-08 10:44:10.546 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-09-08 10:44:10.564 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend Zarlink MT352 DVB-T. 2005-09-08 10:44:10.589 DVB#1 DVB signal be3f | snr 0 | ber 0 | unc 0 2005-09-08 10:44:10.896 DVB#1 Status: LOCK. 2005-09-08 10:44:10.897 DVB#1 Multiplex Locked 2005-09-08 10:44:11.771 DVB#1 Successfully tuned to channel 7. 2005-09-08 10:44:11.777 New DB scheduler connection 2005-09-08 10:44:11.813 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-09-08 10:44:11.813 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-09-08 10:44:13.818 Reschedule requested for id -1. 2005-09-08 10:44:13.994 Scheduled 13 items in 0.2 = 0.05 match + 0.12 place 2005-09-08 10:44:13.999 Seem to be woken up by USER 2005-09-08 10:44:53.732 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-08 10:44:53.732 adding:
Re: [Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend
On 9/8/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08/09/05, Chris Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying to get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over some money for a new computer for me and mine (P3 1gig) became the BE along with a dvicofusion dvbt card.sniphas anyone got any ideas?Hi Chris,2 quick questions: i) why are you using OSS and not ALSA for audio (for ALSA, use'ALSA:default' and 'default')? I'm sure Jarod's guide for FC3 usesALSA.ii) do you get the same problems when watching on the backend machine - i.e. eliminating the frontend from the testing?I'd use very verbose logging (-vv I think) to see if there anymessages currently not making it into the logs which might help.Nick Thanks for the suggestions, I thing with a bit of stuffin around i could try and watching it on the BE (as it sits in the study with the other servers) ill try that this arvo. as for the sound, i am not sure. the e-vectra was stubbon at first to get going. Not sure why i a using OSS insted of ALSA. i will have a look at that two. And logging verbos -w how do i do that??? CH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc not working in X using FC 3 and DVICO remote.irxevent does not exist!
Thanks for the help - it worked! For the record: I'm now using latest version of lirc (version 0.7.1 with built-in support for the DVICO remote - no patches required) and I downloaded Chris Pascoe's lircrc file (http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/mythtv-lircrc) and copied it to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc (as you suggested). Jani's lircrc is configured for irxevent so this doesn't work. Now all I need to do is sort out some channel setup issues and I'm away! Thanks again for the help. Cheers Just for the record, with a lot of help from another person on this list we got the dvico remote working as well. The native lirc that comes with standard mythtv distro supports the dvico remote. After a lot of stuff ing around it was as simple as adding the following line to the rc.local startup file. /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=dvico --device=/dev/hiddev0 just do 'locate lircd' and it will tell you where it is. (change path to lircd if necessary) then all you need is the lircd.conf file (tells the deamond what the key presses are) and the lircrc file (tells myth what the outputs from the deamon do) Put them into the following dir's /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc /etc/lircd.conf there is no need to install lirc pre 074 or what ever. The dvico remote works out of the box. So much so that i had a backend /frontend setup in the study and the wife wanted it in the loung. So i built a frontend (E-vetrca) as per jarrods guide and then unplugged the remote off the backend, plugged it into the front end, did what i said above and it worked. Just my 2 cents Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file
-- Forwarded message --
From: Chris Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Jun 30, 2005 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file
To: Berry, David [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for taking time David,
On 6/30/05, Berry, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You need to download and install the LCDProc software.
You then setup the config file /etc/LCDd.conf - and make sure you
specify the com port you have the panel connected to.
Once the LCDd daemon is running, Myth will connect to it as a client.
Sit back and enjoy.
Ok download it, moved it to /usr/local and uncompressed it.
read the option for install and decided that compiling it against
several drivers would be wise. but then i ran into the following
problem with the PATH
see below
-snip-
--enable-drivers=list compile driver for LCDs in list.
drivers may be separated with commas.
Possible choices are:
mtxorb,cfontz,cwlnx,curses,text,lb216,
hd44780,joy,irman,lircin,bayrad,glk,
stv5730,sed1330,sed1520,svgalib,lcdm001,
t6963,wirz-sli,sgx120
all compiles all drivers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lcdproc-0.4.5]# ./configure
--enable-drivers=hd47780,irman,mtorb,cfontz
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether to enable debugging... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
--- snip
any ideas?
CH
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[mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file
-- Forwarded message -- From: Chris Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jun 30, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file To: Berry, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry realised that i extracted it wrong. deleted the dir and re-extraceted the file using tar zxvf lcdproc-0.4.5.tar.gz it extracted a heap more files and i tried the ./configure again and got the same result. CH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file
Thanks guys,
No i didn't install the development stuff at install time. i will have
look at getting it done via FC menu some how. will have to investigate
further on that one. there is properly a way to install more programs
from FC. trying to do it from the command line is going to hurt for
me.
Thanks for you time.
CH
On 7/1/05, Berry, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris
Looks like to me you don't have any development tools installed on your
system.
If you just run 'cc' - you should get:
Cc: no input files
if you get
-bash cc: command not found
Then you don't have a compiler installed.
If that's the case - you'll need to install all the development tools.
I've never installed them onto an already running system - always at
build time.
You should be able to install them via the GUI (programs or something
??).
Cheers
-Original Message-
From: Chris Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 30 June 2005 8:27 PM
To: Berry, David
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file
Thanks for taking time David,
On 6/30/05, Berry, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You need to download and install the LCDProc software.
You then setup the config file /etc/LCDd.conf - and make sure you
specify the com port you have the panel connected to.
Once the LCDd daemon is running, Myth will connect to it as a client.
Sit back and enjoy.
Ok download it, moved it to /usr/local and uncompressed it.
read the option for install and decided that compiling it against
several drivers would be wise. but then i ran into the following
problem with the PATH
see below
-snip-
--enable-drivers=list compile driver for LCDs in list.
drivers may be separated with commas.
Possible choices are:
mtxorb,cfontz,cwlnx,curses,text,lb216,
hd44780,joy,irman,lircin,bayrad,glk,
stv5730,sed1330,sed1520,svgalib,lcdm001,
t6963,wirz-sli,sgx120
all compiles all drivers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lcdproc-0.4.5]# ./configure
--enable-drivers=hd47780,irman,mtorb,cfontz
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether to enable debugging... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
--- snip
any ideas?
CH
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[mythtv-users] MythLCD?? is there a config file
Hi all, I have been busy working on the mythtv system. the backend/frontend is downstairs and the Wife Approval Factor is at an all time high. :-) I had the idea to use a Xbox as a frontend (she says its a bit noisy, boy she doesn't ask much.) the money was a approved for the xbox, but i remembered that i had a e-vetra sitting in a cupboard somewhere, and while lurking on the forum i remembered that someone had got one of these working. figuring that i could use the xbox funding to get another DVB card (to make 2) and 200 gb HDD for storage. Off to the mad scientist room and pull out the e-vectra. after a little weirdness with the screen card not refreshing, a apt-get dist upgrade fixed that. (apt-get is great, thanks to the ppl that maintain it) I followed Jarods guide to the letter (great work Jarod, please keep it up for newbi's like me) and low and behold i have the e-vectra playing a recording i made. A little shopping around and i found a gadget at jaycar (aus) called grand Hand View by grandtec. (stock code XC4870) $89 (79 on special) the quality is not bad, but i have nothing to compare it to. The question i have is, i am using 0.18.1 and i have enabled MythLCD in the appearance section of setup. But there does not seem to be a 'setup' section. From all the searching on the Gossamer threads archive and googling i was able to find out that it runs a lcdproc backend and myth just feeds it info. Cool. the archive has nothing recent on it. it all seems to be info on the CVS version before it made it into the 0.18.1 release. I also googled to see if any one had a home page regarding this. no luck there. The bit of info i was able to find was something about a 'settings.pro' file and then edit your mythconverge db. but a quick locate on settings.pro only found /usr/share/services/settings.protocol and it had nothing about an LCD or LCDPROC. I did some reading on the LCDPROC home page but it doesn't seem to relate to myth or i cant make anything of it. I am guessing that somewhere you will have to tell lcdproc that i am using a HD447780 20X4 line Parallel display. SO could anyone help me get this thing to work. Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Updated LxMSuite Website
On 6/26/05, Donavan Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/25/05, Mark H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Call me a purist... Maybe I dont fully get it. I have a feeeling that lxmsuite will be giving back much like the way Steve Jobs goes on and on about how Apple gives back to the open source community. Nah you're not a purist. Uniformed maybe, jaded probably but not a purist. Looks to me like this is pretty much a 1 way street and should not be touted as anything more than that. Then prehaps you should consider glasses? It's anything but one way. Just my 2c worth.. As a mythtv user i think that LxM is a great idea. BUT ( there is always a BUT ) as a person that lives in Australia the tv listings hook is useless. Maybe they could come up with separate pricing for some of there content, like the themes. A lot of people seem to like the Midnight theme (time to put our money where your mouth is or fingers seeing we are typing this :-) ) i think that there would be several people that would buy the Syth or Midnight theme just to help the developers on this list that give there time freely and if you guys can get behind a 'paid' product and get something out of it great, you deserve it. From a purely selfish point of view, it would properly mean that the content and ideas that spawned mythtv would get a great boost. But if the LxM people just want a subscription each month, for me there would be no point. Chris H ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on xbox
On 6/20/05, Greg Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't /need/ cromwell, and in fact if you get a new xbox, chances are good that cromwell won't work for you. I'll tell you about my setup, so you know what's possible. I got my box hard-modded by a local guy with a so-called cheap-mod (DuoX2) dunno why it's called a cheapmod, since it seems to do everything I'd want... There are two buttons on a stock Xbox - power and eject. The way the installer hooked it up (and maybe this is default, I dunno) pushing the eject button to power up starts the XBox with the modchip disabled. Powering on with the power button starts the box with the modchip/launches a non-ms dashboard. From there, I booted up a Xebian cd, and followed the install at http://bit.blkbk.com/ - pretty simple. The XBox remote dongle worked out of the box and everything is pretty smooth - aside from the occasional crash :( Thanks for the taking the time to reply. i went and read the mythtv-box website posts, thanks (i didn't find that one :-) ) But i am a little confused still. in the posts there is says that quote snip --- Powering it on via the eject button uses the ms bios (ie unmodded) and power button boots up the modchip bios and boots to evox. (great) The only problem that I have with it is that Xebian doesn't always start properly from the dashboard. ( ??? ) I'd say it's about 50/50 - it'll hang with that dreaded green pixel requiring a reboot/retry. Otherwise it's all good. end quote --- the thing that confuses me is the ' Xebian doesnt always start from the dashboard' part. I was under the impression that Xebian was a full linux install. does that me it reboots the xbox and then loads the Xebian/mythtv setup. Also where did this install of xebian/mythtv go? like i said before i know that the tool 'xbtool' will make a new partition did you put it there? You didnt say if you had replaced the hdd but i got the impression that you didnt. so how do you get the versions of evox and xebian to coexsist? It is sounding like you can play the standard M$ xbox by pressing the eject button. (great the wife will love the simplicity of that) then if you press the power button it starts the 'modded version' of the xbox called evox. from there you can do all of the fun extra bits that the chip allows AND start the liunx version of mythtv. (not the XBox Media Center) Did i get it right. CH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on xbox
Sorry hit enter at the wrong time i guess. On 6/20/05, Greg Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't /need/ cromwell, and in fact if you get a new xbox, chances are good that cromwell won't work for you. I'll tell you about my setup, so you know what's possible. I got my box hard-modded by a local guy with a so-called cheap-mod (DuoX2) dunno why it's called a cheapmod, since it seems to do everything I'd want... There are two buttons on a stock Xbox - power and eject. The way the installer hooked it up (and maybe this is default, I dunno) pushing the eject button to power up starts the XBox with the modchip disabled. Powering on with the power button starts the box with the modchip/launches a non-ms dashboard. From there, I booted up a Xebian cd, and followed the install at http://bit.blkbk.com/ - pretty simple. The XBox remote dongle worked out of the box and everything is pretty smooth - aside from the occasional crash :( Thanks for the taking the time to reply. i went and read the mythtv-box website posts, thanks (i didn't find that one :-) ) But i am a little confused still. in the posts there is says that quote snip --- Powering it on via the eject button uses the ms bios (ie unmodded) and power button boots up the modchip bios and boots to evox. (great) The only problem that I have with it is that Xebian doesn't always start properly from the dashboard. ( ??? ) I'd say it's about 50/50 - it'll hang with that dreaded green pixel requiring a reboot/retry. Otherwise it's all good. end quote --- the thing that confuses me is the ' Xebian doesn't always start from the dashboard' part. I was under the impression that Xebian was a full linux install. does that me it reboots the xbox and then loads the Xebian/mythtv setup. Also where did this install of xebian/mythtv go? like i said before i know that the tool 'xbtool' will make a new partition did you put it there? You didnt say if you had replaced the hdd but i got the impression that you didnt. so how do you get the versions of evox and xebian to coexist? It is sounding like you can play the standard M$ xbox by pressing the eject button. (great the wife will love the simplicity of that) then if you press the power button it starts the 'modded version' of the xbox called evox. from there you can do all of the fun extra bits that the chip allows AND start the liunx version of mythtv. (not the XBox Media Center) Did i get it right. CH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on xbox
There are a couple of install options - one of which is to create the root filesystem as a loopback file on the xbox filesystem - no need to run fdisk. The entire system is contained in a half dozen files on the E: drive. That sound interesting. When I boot with the modchip, the evox dashboard comes up, and I added the option to boot Xebian to a menu. When I choose that option, Xebian starts up (most of the time - it's probably closer to 3:1 now) Supposedly this is an issue with Xebian 1.12 on v1.6 xboxes. I haven't tried 1.13 yet to see if it fixes the problem. Ok this is sounding good. So that sounds like that you don't need to use a new BIOS. and the wife can use it simply. Cool. How did you get it to boot to Xebian. did you have to configure the chip to boot to the right files? Did the install of Xebian do this for you or did you have to edit the mod chip to allow the booting of linux for this menu. Really i don't know of the use for the xecuter3 then. it sounds as if you can boot linux/mythtv from the dashboard of evox. If that is the case and it can be done by a simpleton like me, i am going out to by one. I have only had the briefest look at the xbox. but the start up time on the thing is really quick. too quick for a computer. I don't know how it works. might be worth reading up on that. Did i get it right. Yup. I also have XBox Media Center installed on my evox menu, and the myth scripts installed there, but I never use it anymore. I have taken so long to get this ruddy mythbox going i would prefer to use mythtv app so the wife see the money that i have spent. ;-) Since I got my myth frontend working and configured the way I like, I haven't spent much time in the dashboard, or doing other stuff. Supposedly I'd be able to play on xBox Live, but I have my suspicions - it would be easy enough to detect that the box has been modded even if the modchip is disabled (just by the presence of unauthorized files on the HD) well i was wondering that, if they use a worm to do the checking, then i would be a simple task to just look for an f: drive. if there is one it has a mod. -banned- I suppose that you could all ways use XBCONNECT.com which is free (ATM) and they don't care if it has been modded or not. Not that it matters much to me - I don't get to use the XBox for anything other than TV anymore ;) It's a 24 hour Blues Clues machine it seems like. Now that is cruel. very cruel. you are a better man than i Not starting to collect guns and plans for buildings are you?? haha - just kidding - i couldn't put up with that. (can you tell i have no kids?) Greg would you mind if i emailed you off list for some more details? CH PS thanks for the info re the software mod. - i will have look at that too ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythtv on xbox
Well i have finally got mythtv going with the help of Carl (off list help) thanks carl. I have working version of mythtv ver0.18 with 1dvb card ATM. the wife approval factor has sored since i got it to work in the study. I see extra money coming my way for upgrades (2 3rd tuners as she misses some of her shows). Get the tv out working on the computer and it can go into the lounge. But that is not why i am emailing the list. The other day we were over at a friends place and she started to play the xbox, lord of the rings i think, and liked it. so i casually mention that i can make the xbox be frontend for myth and be the xbox as well. there was quite pause and she said, really, how much?. COOL. Not one to knock back money for toys when it thrown at me, i started to cost it out. i would prefer a beemer in the lounge and use a normal computer to play games on, but that is never going to happen. neither is a HDTV in the near future so this seems a great solution. Also this is just going into 68cm Sony tv. 5 or so years old. (it doesnt even have a s-video in, just to make life fun) so as much as the dvico is HD i aint going to be using HD for a long time. as i have yet to get tv out of the mx 440 going though the TV i am not sure of the quality i will get from the GF4 mx440. But it sould be as good as normal free to air analog. And from the posts i have read re the xbox this is all i can expect from it. (maybe even better SD???) Any feedback??? So here i am searching the mythtv posts regarding the xbox. i have found several sites etc regarding the mythtv on the xbox. it seems it needs to run under linux, (really i never would of thought :-0 ) It seems fairly straight forward, So did myth and carl know how long it took me. :-) but there is several things i cant seems to find answers for I have googled from here to lower Bombay and back via every web server it seems and i can find a clear picture of what needs to be done to use the xbox as an xbox and as a pvr. (also it could be that i am a bit dense) there are a couple of possibilities. Chip the xbox with a OS based chip like the ICE or the Executer and install a big arse HDD. use the buttons that can be brought to make switching between xbox -orig, PVR xbox modified. ( this seems to be the most wife friendly option. also the LCD available for this ? can it be utilised for the mythtv frontend ) OR One of the cheaper mods called the aladin and the etxender so that i can have 2 or 3 hdd in the box. Just push the button for PVR and start it on a completely separate hdd. then there is something about the different bois's needed. the guy that i talked to down at the local swap meet here in AUS said that you need a special bois 'cromwell' i think. and that you can load this into the aladin. The thing i can get straight ATM is if you can run the STD xbox (for xbox live), the Improved xbox and the -linux-mythtv app on the same drive. I understand that the orig xbox only comes with a 10gb hdd so i know that i will have to get a bigger one 160-200gb are cheap. While searching i found www.xboxscene.com and that has a lot of links and info on it. in there somewhere i found mention of the ability to create and f: drive when you put the bigger hdd in. I would assume (and i know what assume means) i could install the linux app in there?. But isnt that space for the game to be loaded? From what i can figure out the Xectuor3 comes with a switch bank that allows you to use different bios's and to turn off the chip to use xbox live. the switch bank is what decide it for me if it behaves the way i hope it does. this way i can get more upgrade money from the wife. Any info you can give me would be a great help. please feel free to email off list if this is to far out there. I would like to take the time to thank all the people on the list that put up with the newbies like me. this is a great product and i hope to be able to contribute back soon. Chris Location Melbourne, Australia Backend P3 1ghz 512 ram, 40 80 gb hdd for recordings, 1xdvico fusion lite GF4 MX440 -tv out, LG DVD-rom (burner later) Mythtv Version 0.18.1 (thanks Jarrod , Issac and anyone else that helped) Network 100mhz switched File Server Linux running SME(formally e-smith) 3x200gb hdd (waiting on $ for two more to turn it over to raid 5 for recordings and music) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myxer theme available
Also there is a selection in the settings part of the front end, in the themes part, that allows you to change the menu style. look for that and switch it to classic. That should give you the menu style youare looking for, i think. just my 2cents. Chris PS i use the theme as well under classic. On 5/31/05, Stuart Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue 31 May 2005 07:41, Fedor Pikus wrote: I think I misunderstand something very fundamental about how myth themes work... I donloaded Myxer, untarred it under /usr/share/mythtv/themes, now I can select Myxer from Setup. But it does not make Myth look like the screenshot: the screenshot shows TV, Music, Videos, etc. My screen has Watch TV, Media Library, Manage Recordings, all the same stuff as with any other theme, only colors change. I actually would not mind different menus... How do I get them? You will have to edit the mainmenu.xml file in /usr/share/mythtv You can edit other menus by browsing through the other XML files in that folder. Remember to save a backup of any menus you edit as they will be overwritten when upgrading. -- Stuart Morgan ___ 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] Myxer theme available
Also there is a selection in the settings part of the front end, in the themes part, that allows you to change the menu style. look for that and switch it to classic. That should give you the menu style you are looking for, i think. just my 2cents. Chris PS i use the theme as well under classic. On 5/31/05, Stuart Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue 31 May 2005 07:41, Fedor Pikus wrote: I think I misunderstand something very fundamental about how myth themes work... I donloaded Myxer, untarred it under /usr/share/mythtv/themes, now I can select Myxer from Setup. But it does not make Myth look like the screenshot: the screenshot shows TV, Music, Videos, etc. My screen has Watch TV, Media Library, Manage Recordings, all the same stuff as with any other theme, only colors change. I actually would not mind different menus... How do I get them? You will have to edit the mainmenu.xml file in /usr/share/mythtv You can edit other menus by browsing through the other XML files in that folder. Remember to save a backup of any menus you edit as they will be overwritten when upgrading. -- Stuart Morgan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] IceTV has just announced support for aussie mythtv
Ice tv has just announced support for mythtv. -- quote --- -- snip -- iceguide now compatible with more PC Media Centres and PVRs... IceTV has now expanded its range of compatible PVRs and Media Centres for iceguide, its 7 day Electronic Program Guide (EPG). iceguide is now available for: * Topfield 5000PVRt * DigiTV * MythTV * SageTV * Showshifter --snip -- -- quote -- I know that you can do it for free but this has to be a good thing. www.icetv.com.au Chris. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: help with install Dvico Lite
On Mar 22, 2005 2:12 PM, Chris Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please email me off list to help me work though the setup of the mythtv box. p3 1gig 512 ram 20 gb 80 gb hdd SB Live (this is not correctly found by kudzu) Dvico fusion lite HDTV card. mx 440 video card (monitor ATM, TV once working) Location: Melbourne Aust. I have tried to run though Jarrod's guide with no luck. then i tried Jani Talikka' s guide for the plus version of the card, again with no luck. I tried to email jani directly politely asking for help but no answer. I know that it is bad form for you to do that but the WAF is almost non existent as i cant get this going. I think i have to compile the kernel so that it supports DVB but i have not been able to find any howtos that explain how to do it. (the dvb side of things and options to pick.) googling for the errors that i receive is getting me more confused. I know that this setup is possible but i cannot seem to get it to work. I must say that i am very new at linux and coming from a windows world it hurts my brain. So as a last resort i am email this list in the hope that someone will take pity on me and email me off list to help me. Chris Thank to the people that have replied off list to help me get this going. But i have a couple of problems that i though i would ask the list about. (1) the 2.6.10.77.fc3 kernal supports dvb and with some help off list i got the dvico card to work by manually starting some modules dvb-core, bt878, dvb-bt8xx, bttv card=0x80. (thanks Jason) in that order. it seemed to work the first time. then i screwed the system with a format command (whoops was that hd1 or 2) time for a reinstall. the second time i tried to put them in the rc.local. but the card would not work. Again off to the list and with a lot of searching i found a post about the same problem except for the module was the cx88 ( for the conextant chipset of the plus version my card). Again (in Jarrod comes charging in on his great white steed) comes Jarrod with a post saying that he plugs it into line 157 or something of the rc.sysinit. following the advise i removed that modprobe line from the rc.local and placed it in the rc.sysinit. bang up it comes. Excellent. (keep reading the questions are linked, i think) (2) I too have been bitten by the latest QT bug, the buttons in the setup don't seem to work, but after following good list practice a used the search function and low and behold there is the answer (thanks Jarrod for the ctrl-enter answer and the excellent guide. Please keep up the great work.) (2.1) this maybe related to the above problem i am not sure. But mythtvsetup does not seem to save any of the settings that i select. for example when i change the locations of the recordings to /video/recordings (as per guide) and carry on. (still with the QT issue. ctrl-enter to proceed) when i got to the selecting the card i had some initial trouble (see q1) then i found the card and set what i needed to. ctrl-enter. back to the list but there is no card. do it again, ctrl-enter. no card. once more just for the slow (me) off to the list. Oh yea after i could not find anything related to this i started to gather the info for this post and realised that mythtvsetup is not saving anything. this seems to be a permissions issue to my MS$ trained brain. but could that be it? as it was install from the mythtv user. and i tried to run setup in the terminal in both $ and # SO is the QT issue related to the saving problem? is the dvb card, that is now working not related? and can anyone help me with the saving issue in setup. thanks for your time. Chris (background) p3 1gig asus mobo 512 ram 20 gb 80 gb hdd SB Live digital (this is not correctly found by kudzu, should be emu10k1) Dvico fusion lite HDTV card. vanilla nvidia mx 440 video card (monitor ATM, TV once working) Location: Melbourne Aust. setup following Jarrod's guide until step 10ish due to HDTV card and being aust. Setup in the mythtv user as per guide with su - when needed. run setup out of mythtv user under $ then # same result. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] help with install Dvico Lite
Could someone please email me off list to help me work though the setup of the mythtv box. p3 1gig 512 ram 20 gb 80 gb hdd SB Live (this is not correctly found by kudzu) Dvico fusion lite HDTV card. mx 440 video card (monitor ATM, TV once working) Location: Melbourne Aust. I have tried to run though Jarrod's guide with no luck. then i tried Jani Talikka' s guide for the plus version of the card, again with no luck. I tried to email jani directly politely asking for help but no answer. I know that it is bad form for you to do that but the WAF is almost non existent as i cant get this going. I think i have to compile the kernel so that it supports DVB but i have not been able to find any howtos that explain how to do it. (the dvb side of things and options to pick.) googling for the errors that i receive is getting me more confused. I know that this setup is possible but i cannot seem to get it to work. I must say that i am very new at linux and coming from a windows world it hurts my brain. So as a last resort i am email this list in the hope that someone will take pity on me and email me off list to help me. Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
