[mythtv-users] 0.18.1 - Datadirect deleting guide data.
Hi All, I recently upgraded to 0.18.1 specifically for this fix: Datadirect failures are handled without deleting guide data. Yesterday datadirect failed on me and my guide data for today is missing. Did the fix make it into 0.18.1? Thanks, Chris __ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth/spdif no audio, mplayer works fine
--- John Patrick Poet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have AC3 passthrough turned on, and currently have ALSA:iec958 in the driver box. I have also tried ALSA:default, and I have even tried ALSA:cards.pcm.iec958. Myth does not complain about any of those setting, it just doesn't work. You may have already tried this combo but what works for me is to put ALSA:spdif in the driver box, have AC3 passthrough turned on and internal volume controls disabled. It wouldn't work for me until I disabled internal volume controls but that's not an issue with me since I use my receiver to control volume. Chris __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] EXTREMELY choppy video
--- Mark L. Cukier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom: Yes, I do see the prebuffering pause message in my Xterm.. I'm *pretty* sure that it's just video and not audio, but I'd have to confirm that when I get home from work. I tried switching on the use Video as time base option, but it didn't seem to help... I am using Kernel 2.6.10... has this been confirmed as the cause of heartache? (I saw discussion of it in the archives)... - Mark I don't know if my problem was the same as yours but 0.17 was real choppy for me and turning off the option about something to do with increased priority for threads (I'm at work and I don't remember the exact name of the option) in the playback setup fixed it for me. I believe that option requires mythfrontend to be set suid root which it was but for some reason that option was giving me problems. I'm running a 2.6.10 kernel. Chris __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 0.17 Frontend crashing
--- Kelly Reed Schuerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having a problem on a frontend only machine running 0.17. Anytime I stop watching a show whether it is the end of the show or if I stop playback the frontend crashes. This is what is in my mythfrontend.log: 2005-02-20 14:19:37.655 Using protocol version 14 2005-02-20 14:20:14.423 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-02-20 14:20:14.424 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-02-20 14:20:14.556 Using XV port 61 2005-02-20 14:20:15.692 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-02-20 14:20:15.695 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2005-02-20 14:20:15.721 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x088d3338 *** Any ideas? Thanks, Sherm ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I'm seeing the exact same thing with the final line of output after the frontend crashes being the same as above: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal)... I'm running FC3 on my frontend. If I can find the time I'll recompile mythtv with debug enabled if anyone thinks that will help diagnose the problem. Chris __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Update to 0.17 corrupts PVR 250
--- Rob Rosenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded to 0.17 today, specifically I updated to CVS from CVS of about 5 weeks ago. The first time I started mythfrontend after the update, it started updating schema, but seemed to hang. The next time I ran it, it completed fine. After the update, I cannot watch live TV. In fact trying to do so leaves my PVR 250 in an unusable state. mythfrontend --verbose gives the following output: 2005-02-12 18:34:33.561 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-02-12 18:34:38.561 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-02-12 18:34:43.562 taking too long to be allowed to read.. 2005-02-12 18:34:43.562 Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read, aborting. Couldn't read file: rbuf://192.168.93.106:6543/mnt/mythtv/ringbuf1.nuv 2005-02-12 18:34:43.588 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 18:34:43.588 Decoder not alive, and trying to play.. 2005-02-12 18:35:03.594 ReadStringList timeout (quick). I can do the following just fine after a reboot or removing the ivtv module and reloading it. $ cat /dev/video0 test.mpg $ mplayer test.mpg Once I start mythfrontend and try to Watch Live TV, further attempts to capture as above fail as does watch live TV. I notice that ringbuf1.nuv only gets to about 60k in size. After mythfrontend has been started and things break, a command like mplayer /dev/video0 will stop buffering around 60k. The only changes shown by ivtvctl -a before and after I try to watch live TV are: -bitrate : 800 -bitrate_peak: 960 +bitrate : 450 +bitrate_peak: 600 ioctl: VIDIOC_G_FMT Type : Video Capture - Width : 720 + Width : 480 -Volume = 58880 +Volume = 58950 Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I can fix this? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I read a thread in the archives where I it looks like someone else had a similar problem. The fix for him was to turn of CC in the setup: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/110440?search_string=setup%20cc;#110440 -- Chris __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Cable Modem == Free Basic Cable.
--- Scott Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 09:14, Cook, Garry wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 01:44, Jack Trout wrote: Sure it is. If I leave my car in your driveway with the keys in the ignition and the car running and you decide to take it for a test-drive can I report my car stolen? Just because they didn't put the filter on doesn't give someone the justification to be able to help themselves to whatever they want. They still own the content. IF you left your car on my property with the keys in it etc, I would still have to perform the action of entering your car and driving away with it. but I would be within my legal right to have it towed away... What I am saying is you have content being delievered to your lines you cannot control without performing something illegal IE climbing the pole and hooking up a filter that is the Cable Companies domain. If your television is passively on the wiring in your house and the wiring is recieving cable its a grey area, because you are not paying for that specifically, but you actions did not cause the cable to be there, if everyone is self reporting you could call the cable company and complain about why are these annoying channels interfering with your normal Snow Pattern you normally get, But if you find 20$ in your mail box, do you call the post office pissed off because you got money? Its the Cable companies job to install and block thier services correctly, if they dont the consumer cant be blamed, if the consumer has made no action to obtain these services, and has not requested these services. But saying we are advocating illegal actions no one has said go to the pole and rip the filters off, no one has said run a line from your neighbors house, no one has suggested running a cablebox not provided by the cable company, so I dont see how anyone is advocating illegal activity I understand your point, but the issue is you make the conscious decision to take the signal that doesn't belong to you and that you don't have rights to because you haven't paid for them. According to the law there are three types of lost property: Mislaid - I placed something somewhere and I forgot that I put it there. Whoever finds it at this point becomes the legal caretaker of the product until I come and claim it. They have no ownership rights/title to it and are responsible for the upkeep of it. Lost - I had an item but now I cannot find it and don't know where it is. The finder of it has legal title of it against the world to everyone except the true owner. Abandoned - I had an item but now I decided I don't want it so I just discarded it. The finder of the item has legal title of it against the world and the true owner. In this case the cable company's ownership is definitely mislaid. Because of this you have no ownership rights or title to it and in fact you are responsible for making sure that it is kept in good shape and not used an any way contrary to how the owner would want. According to the law you have the responsibility of telling the cable company about the service being given to you. Once you have done this you are now absolved from any legal wrongdoings. By not doing so you remain liable. Scott With 99 channels, how do I know which ones the cable company has 'mislaid'? I pay my bill directly from my checking account, so I don't see any paperwork in the mail stating which channels I have requested and which I have not. If I'm using MythTV, I may not even notice what channels I have. But if I'm recording something from any channel on which it is found, am I now breaking the law if it comes from one of the 'mislaid' channels? Garry W. Cook, CCNA Network Infrastructure Manager MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/ 303.273.5050 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile) __ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Ignorance might be bliss, but if you didn't know which channels where 'mislaid' then we really wouldn't be having the conversation concerning whether or not you were stealing. Scott ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I have a friend living in North Carolina who was paying for a cable modem but not TV. He kept having troubles with his Internet cutting out. When he had the cable guy come out to look at it he said the filter was the problem and he removed it giving my friend free basic
Re: [mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips
Yeah. I got the Harmony 676 remote for Xmas. It's on the expensive side but for me it truly is universal so it's worth it. My wife likes it and I can put all of my other remotes away finally. You connect it to your computer through USB and download all of your remote profiles to it from their website. They had the profiles for all of my remotes including the pvr-250 grey remote. What I really like about it is you can set up activities like 'Watch MythTV' or 'Watch a DVD' and it turns on all the appropriate components and puts them on the right inputs. Logitech is having a giveaway for the remote I have btw: http://www.logitech.com/promotions/promo.cfm?contentid=9927countryid=19languageid=1ad=camp39 -- Chris --- M S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Definitely check out the Harmony line of remotes from Logitech! http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlistharmony/US/EN,CRID=2080 You can get them for almost half the price as MSRP on newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactorycatalog=283manufactory=8060DEPA=0 On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:21:28 -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny you should say that. I have one of the lite-on IR keyboards and love it. I also have an MX-500 and a Radio shack 2116 (long story). They all work through the keyboard IR receiver. I find that I use the keyboard most of the time, but my wife uses the 2116. My kids use both, because when playing mythgame, some of the games can be two players simultaneously, and one will use the mx500, and the other one will use the keyboard. I've even gotten my wife to use OpenOffice running on the family room front end. Now if I could just figure out how to do PIP with two different display cards so that I can watch the news or a movie while I'm writing a paper or she's making up a test, I'd be extremely happy... Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/26/2005 10:59:01 AM Heh... all these remotes. My solution (after severely failing with the WinTV one) is to use a cordless keyboard (which has a mouse eraser on it). A genuine 104-Key remote (but you have to remember what key does what. Still better than the WinTV one where I was trying to remember that Red = Display and the like). Added benefits: 1 - Switch to an rxvt window and fire off the DVD transcoder, and burn DVD 2 - Larger than most remotes (a plus for me-I keep losing the dang things) Drawbacks: 1 - Gotta remember the keys (though I suppose keylabels would work) 2 - Promotes lazyness (see #1. I really should put a menu entry in) 3 - Doesn't play well with other devices (except thru an IR Blaster) Got it a computer show for $25 (cheap... the mouse doesn't work any more), but when it dies, I think I'll move to a Logitech unit. -Thor Johnson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:36 PM To: MythTV Users Subject: [mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips I see that Jarod recommends the Radio Shack 15-2116: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php Anybody else have a favorite universal remote? CNET has a roundup here (updated 7/04): http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7900_7-5114325.html The two editor's picks are quite a bit more than the Radio Shack remote. Any tips on selecting a universal remote? I'm just getting started and have just looked at the $10 ones at Circuit City (which looked like junk). Thanks, John __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ 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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
