[mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
OK, maybe I sent everyone on a wild goose chase. Somebody tell me if this makes sense: - Start X, Mythbackend, Mythfrontend, and start to play live TV, all is fine. - Watch memory and it grows to almost max, but mythfrontend doesn't increase. - Stop movie and memory returns to normal. - Start live TV again and let it run. Memory grows to max, then swapping starts. Is the memory growth due to buffered-up video (which is used for jumping back)? If that's the case, then this is perfectly normal operation. Or, is there a limit on the amount of ram that mythfrontend should consume during playback? It's starting to sound like my freezing problem is caused by something else? Comments? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
Forgot to mention this: yes, I have about a gig of swap drive setup on the box. Is that the swap you meant? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Is this a memory leak?
Here's some additional data. Actually, I don't see mythbackend or mythfrontend growing at all. It only happens while playing (movie or live tv). Thanks for the help, can I provide any more data? Don Several captures from Top: TopAtStart.txt - X started with no other programs running TopWithMythbackendOnly.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually TopWithMythfrontend.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually - Mythbackend started manually TopAfterPlayingOneMinute.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually - Mythbackend started manually - Live TV playing for one minute TopAfterPlayingTenMinute.txt - X started - Mythbackend started manually - Mythbackend started manually - Live TV playing for ten minutes 07:59:14 up 7 min, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.27, 0.14 104 processes: 103 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 1.1% user 0.7% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 98.0% idle Mem: 385784k av, 245692k used, 140092k free, 0k shrd,9604k buff 45236k active, 147032k inactive Swap: 979956k av, 0k used, 979956k free 97448k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 376 root 9 0 35860 35M 11412 S 0.0 9.2 0:03 0 mythfrontend 223 root 14 -1 32636 23M 2696 S < 0.7 6.2 0:21 0 X 279 root 9 0 15280 14M 13652 S 0.0 3.9 0:00 0 kdeinit 322 root 11 0 14856 14M 13348 S 0.3 3.8 0:02 0 kdeinit 285 root 9 0 14684 14M 13232 S 0.0 3.8 0:00 0 kdeinit 287 root 9 0 14684 14M 13232 S 0.0 3.8 0:00 0 kdeinit 268 root 9 0 14324 13M 12912 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 276 root 9 0 14308 13M 13064 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 164 mysql 9 0 14216 13M 2904 S 0.0 3.6 0:00 0 mysqld 272 root 9 0 13200 12M 12112 S 0.0 3.4 0:00 0 kdeinit 283 root 9 0 12728 12M 11680 S 0.0 3.2 0:00 0 kdeinit 288 root 9 0 12568 12M 10792 S 0.0 3.2 0:00 0 korgac 274 root 8 0 12268 11M 11420 S 0.0 3.1 0:00 0 kdeinit 256 root 9 0 11896 11M 11124 S 0.0 3.0 0:00 0 kdeinit 271 root 9 0 11428 11M 10748 S 0.0 2.9 0:00 0 kdeinit 320 root 9 0 11088 10M 9480 S 0.0 2.8 0:00 0 kalarmd 254 root 9 0 10404 10M 1 S 0.0 2.6 0:00 0 kdeinit 341 root 9 0 10376 10M 7992 S 0.0 2.6 0:00 0 mythbackend 339 root 9 0 9744 9740 9496 S 0.0 2.5 0:00 0 kdeinit 251 root 9 0 9312 9308 9032 S 0.0 2.4 0:00 0 kdeinit 248 root 8 0 9308 9304 9156 S 0.0 2.4 0:00 0 kdeinit 174 root 9 0 4284 4284 4196 S 0.0 1.1 0:00 0 httpd 128 root 9 0 2072 2072 1524 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 0 sendmail 131 smmsp 8 0 1964 1956 1492 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 0 sendmail 176 root 9 0 1824 1824 1268 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 0 smbd 178 root 9 0 1708 1708 1568 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 0 nmbd 113 root 9 0 1416 1416 1200 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 0 sshd 292 root 9 0 1328 1328 1032 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 0 bash 323 root 9 0 1324 1324 1032 S 0.0 0.3 0:00 0 bash 08:10:11 up 18 min, 5 users, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.11 111 processes: 110 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 0.9% user 0.9% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 98.0% idle Mem: 385784k av, 381160k used,4624k free, 0k shrd,1412k buff 238480k active, 109724k inactive Swap: 979956k av,1544k used, 978412k free 254012k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 376 root 9 0 42732 41M 12712 S 0.0 11.0 0:03 0 mythfrontend 223 root 14 -1 32764 23M 2696 S < 0.3 6.2 0:31 0 X 279 root 9 0 15288 14M 13652 S 0.0 3.9 0:01 0 kdeinit 164 mysql 9 0 14352 14M 2920 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 mysqld 268 root 9 0 14324 13M 12912 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 276 root 9 0 14308 13M 13064 S 0.0 3.7 0:00 0 kdeinit 322 root 9 0 14808 13M 12788 S 0.0 3.7 0:03 0 kdeinit 285 root 9 0 14632 13M 12660 S 0.0 3.6 0:00 0 kdeinit 287 root 9 0 14632 13M 12660 S 0.0 3.6 0:00 0 kdeinit 272 root 9 0 13200 12M 12112 S 0.0 3.4 0:01 0 kdeinit 341 root 9 0 13192 12M 8376 S 0.0 3.4 0:00 0 mythbackend 283 root 9 0 12744 12M 11680 S 0.0 3.3 0:00 0 kdeinit 288 root 9 0 12548 12M 10772 S 0.0 3.2 0:00 0 korgac 274 root 8 0 12268 11M 11420 S 0.0 3.1 0:00 0 kdeinit 256 root 9 0 11896 11M 11124 S 0.0 3.0 0:00 0 kdeinit 271 root 9 0 11432 11M 10748 S 0.0
[mythtv-users] Is this a memory leak?
I'm having a problem with mythfrontend freezing, well, actually it locks up the entire computer. It can play live TV for 30 to 120 minutes before it freezes. The same thing happens with recorded movies. It seems to be memory related. I ran the K performance monitor. Results are: - the machine starts with 380 Meg of ram. - start X and memory stabilizes, running at about 139 Meg, - start mythbackend, it uses about 10 meg of memory and stabilizes. - start mythfrontend, it uses about 35 meg of memory and stabilizes. - Play live TV and memory slowly ramps up to just under maximum available. This takes about 10 minutes. - Leave it playing and I see memory bobbling around 4 meg under max. - If I leave it running like this, it will eventually freeze the machine (press reset button to recover). During the ramp up to max: - Stop playing live TV and memory return to normal (usually). - Start playing live TV again and memory ramps up to max. - While memory is ramping up, change channel and it levels out for about 2 minutes, then starts to ramp up again. Most of my experience says this is a memory leak. Anyone have an idea of what to do? Thanks, Don PS: distro - Slackware 9.1 Kernel - 2.4.7 ivtv driver - 2.ivtv-0.2.0-rc3a firmware - pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe (as I recall) mythtv-0.16 mythweb-0.16 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT - Warning when loading X
Does anybody get this warning in their X log (XFree86.0.log): (WW) VESA Framebuffer: More than one matching Device section found: I've looked at XF86Config and don't see any duplicate entries. Also, it seems to happen whether I have the pvr-350 tv-out setups in XF86Config or not. Thanks for the help, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-350 requires firmware?
Yes, it needs firmware (and it's not that obvious). The manual way to do it is to run: ivtvfwextract.pl FirmwareFileName , where FirmWareFileName is the name of the firmware file you downloaded from: http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=Drivers+and+Firmware Generally, this is done during the installation of the driver, which is probably handled in one of the rpm's mentioned by Axel. If you do it manually, you need to figure out what driver version, kernel module patch file, and firmware versions to use. If the rpm doesn't work out (and if you feel like experimenting), the drivers are here: http://205.209.168.201/~ckennedy/ivtv/ Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Pvr-350 - Do the menus work on tvout
Ok, I tried doing the modprobe after starting X and the menus work. When I tried to modprobe ivtv-fb at boot (rc.local), it freezes the entire machine when I start X. How do you load the drivers? And, by the way, which driver and firmware are you using? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Pvr-350 - Do the menus work on tvout
Thanks for the replies. John at Netdirect - I was talking about the "Use PVR250/350 output" in Mythfrontend's setup, so I'll look at you instructions a bit later. I was following that thread earlier until I realized it was FC related. It seems that every time I attempt to apply FC instructions to Slackware, I get lost (but maybe the X parts still apply). John.P.Harvey at BtInternet - Which driver and firmware are you using? Also, could you post the ivtv and lircd portions of your modules.conf? Thanks, Don distro - Slackware 9.1 Kernel - 2.4.27 driver - ivtv-0.2.0-rc3a firmware - pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip modules.conf: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Pvr-350 - Do the menus work on tvout
I have not been able to get the on-screen menus to appear on the tv-out (press m for menu). They work fine if I disable tvout and use the computer monitor. Does this work for anyone else? If so, what ivtv driver and firmware are you using? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Prob setting up PVR350 card using ivtv
Uuuhh, this may be way off target, but you may want to consider this: >Installed the ivtv 0.3 driver and it seems to be much better - ivtv 0.3 is generally considered bleeding edge, you may want to consider 0.2x http://205.209.168.201/~ckennedy/ivtv/ - If you're using the 0.2x or 0.3x driver the tuner type is automatically detected. There's no need to force it. - If you're using the 0.3 driver, I believe the modules.conf setup should look more like: # use this setup for the ckennedy drivers (0.2x and 0.3x) alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv ### setup with original driver - stock 0.1.9 version - NTSC# #alias char-major-81 videodev #alias char-major-81-0 ivtv #alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c #options tuner type=47 #options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0 #options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 #add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner #add above ivtv ivtv-fb #add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: mysql
I think I sent this to the wrong place in the last post. It looks something like this: - On my system, I have to be logged-in as root in order to access the mysql database (which is where the password is located). Follow Jeff's instructions about logging-in as root. - My distro is Slackware, so it may look a slightly different. - replace yourpassword with whatever it is i.e. -peatatjoes, or whatever. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mysql -uroot -pyourpassword Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 15 to server version: 4.0.15a Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> show databases; +-+ | Database| +-+ | mysql | | mythconverg | | test| +-+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> use mysql; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> show tables; +-+ | Tables_in_mysql | +-+ | columns_priv| | db | | func| | host| | tables_priv | | user| +-+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from user; (this will give you a couple of screens of what looks like giberish because it has many columns and it's not lined up, so do the next command) mysql> select host, user from user; +-++ | host| user | +-++ | % | don| | % | don1 | | 192.168.0.% | mythtv | | localhost || | localhost | mythtv | | localhost | root | | sanson || | sanson | root | +-++ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec) (Now do the update) mysql>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD. mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> quit; Bye [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# I don't know what you're trying to fix, but that's what it looks like. Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: mysql setup help
It looks something like this: - On my system, I have to be logged-in as root in order to access the mysql database (which is where the password is located). Follow Jeff's instructions about logging-in as root. - My distro is Slackware, so it may look a slightly different. - replace yourpassword with whatever it is i.e. -peatatjoes, or whatever. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mysql -uroot -pyourpassword Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 15 to server version: 4.0.15a Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> show databases; +-+ | Database| +-+ | mysql | | mythconverg | | test| +-+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> use mysql; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> show tables; +-+ | Tables_in_mysql | +-+ | columns_priv| | db | | func| | host| | tables_priv | | user| +-+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from user; (this will give you a couple of screens of what looks like giberish because it has many columns and it's not lined up, so do the next command) mysql> select host, user from user; +-++ | host| user | +-++ | % | don| | % | don1 | | 192.168.0.% | mythtv | | localhost || | localhost | mythtv | | localhost | root | | sanson || | sanson | root | +-++ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec) (Now do the update) mysql>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD. mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> quit; Bye [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# I don't know what you're trying to fix, but that's what it looks like. Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Prob setting up PVR350 card using ivtv
This sounds very similar to my experience. Take a look at this thread: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/92748?search_string=don%20brett;#92748 Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cursor disappears when overtop ofmythfrontend
Uuuuhh, ok, cool ;-). Then this falls firmly under the category of "if it aint broke, don't fix it". Works for me. Thanks, Don PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/24/2004 10:27:14 AM >>> > > I run mythfrontend and the program works fine, except the cursor > > (pointer arrow) disappears whenever it's on the gray background of > the > > window. The keyboard works fine, the cursor reappears when it's > over > > the window border at the top. No other program windows do this. > Anyone > > know how to fix it? Thanks, > > Don > > Modify the code ;-) > > Seriously, that's the way it's supposed to work. > > Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Connection problem
I just took a quick look to see what that error was about. Here's what I found: - The connection may be working fine. - It's doing a check on protocol compatibility before proceeding (a good thing to do). - This check throws an error if it doesn't understand the response from the backend, which is what I would expect if the protocol doesn't match. It seems that the backend is a different version than what mythweb is expecting. And probably different enough that it doesn't even understand the answer. Here's the function that's returning the error: ... check_proto_version: Check that we are speaking a version of the protocol that is compatible */ function check_proto_version($fp) { global $MYTH_PROTO_VERSION; $our_version = $MYTH_PROTO_VERSION; $cmd = "MYTH_PROTO_VERSION " . $our_version; $response = explode(backend_sep, backend_command2($cmd, $fp)); if ($response[0] == "ACCEPT") return; if ($response[0] == "REJECT") { trigger_error("Incompatible protocol version (mythweb=" . $our_vers return; } trigger_error("Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION '" . $cmd . "' } /* . Mythweb is expecting the backend protocol version to be 13. >From line 15 of mythbackend.php: ... // MYTH_PROTO_VERSION is defined in libmyth in mythtv/libs/libmyth/mythcontext. // and should be the current MythTV protocol version. $MYTH_PROTO_VERSION = "13"; ... So, looking for mythcontext: #locate mythcontext , mine is located on: /usr/local/include/mythtv/mythcontext.h , and here's the line from mythcontext.h that defines the version (line 114) #define MYTH_PROTO_VERSION "13" So, go look at your mythcontext.h to see what version it is. Don't know if this helps, but it might be a good start. Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Lost connection to MySQL server during query
"Select NULL" works for me when I run it manually: . #mysql -umythtv -pmythtv mysql> SELECT NULL; +--+ | NULL | +--+ | NULL | +--+ 1 row in set (0.09 sec) mysql>quit # . So, it sounds like Mysql is giving you a connection error when the program tries to kick it (sounds like a keep-alive sort of function), which is what you suspected in the first place. Uuuhh, ok, I've never seen mysql timeout like that before, even when I haven't used it for days, but, I don't have any power saver features running, other than defaults. Here's some threads that might help: Variable that can be set in Mysql: http://rucus.ru.ac.za/docs/mysql/SHOW-VARIABLES.html Setting mysql server variables: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Server_system_variables.html Setting wait_timeout variable: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/176811 I know none of this sounds simple, but it's all I could come up with. Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Cursor disappears when overtop of mythfrontend
I run mythfrontend and the program works fine, except the cursor (pointer arrow) disappears whenever it's on the gray background of the window. The keyboard works fine, the cursor reappears when it's over the window border at the top. No other program windows do this. Anyone know how to fix it? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Bounty: Capturing from a PVR-350 card.
No, I don't want the bounty. This is an excerpt from a slackware installation guide at: http://home.comcast.net/~homebrewracing/Mythtv.txt . If you just get a black/blank screen, you're /dev/video16 probably wasn't created correctly. This has happened to me almost everytime i've installed ivtv. Try this: $ su # rm /dev/video16 # mknod /dev/video16 c 81 16 # chmod 777 /dev/video16 # exit $ dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k . Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Msg: "Remote encoder not responding."
I assume it's talking about the encoder hardware on your capture board. I think the process is something like: antenna analog signal into capture board -> signal is encoded into mpeg video stream by the capture board -> video stream is decoded for playback onto your monitor or TV. It seems that the encoding process is dying. You probably want to look for an ivtv driver (assuming you're using the Hauppauge pvr 250 or 350) or video board driver issue. Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Does this sound like a hardware issue?
No, hardware wouldn't be my first guess, but, I've seen lots of posts about early WD drive failures, so, maybe it is. Here's some info: 1. Look for mythpostohfkoL on your machine #locate mythpostohfkoL - This file does not exist on my machine, but, I'm in the US. Does that make a difference? - xtvdService is also not on my machine. 2. On the 401 Unauthorized error >Refreshing Tomorrow's data >- --14:53:16-- >http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService >~ => `-' >Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160 >Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... >connected. >POST data file missing: /tmp/mythpostohfkoL >HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Yes, I've seen the 401 Unauthorized error before. It usually moves on to the next url and is successful. 3. This error: >DB Error (Populating temporary table dd_v_station): >Query was: >INSERT INTO dd_v_station (stationid, callsign, stationname, affiliate, >fccchannelnumber, channel) SELECT dd_station.stationid, callsign, stati >onname, affiliate, fccchannelnumber, channel FROM dd_station, >dd_lineupmap WHERE ( (dd_station.stationid = dd_lineupmap.stationid) >AND ( d >d_lineupmap.lineupid = "OK35543:-") ); >Driver error was [2/2013]: >QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query >Database error was: >Lost connection to MySQL server during query , is probably related to the mythpostohfkoL issue 4. Here's some instuctions to some basic mysql tips: - To enter into the linux mysql client #mysql -uroot -pyourpassword or, using the mythtv user and password, #mysql -umythtv -pmythtv Once into the client: - to display databases: mysql>show databases: - to switch to a particular database (in this case 'mythconverg'): mysql>use mythconverg; - to display all tables in a database: mysql>show tables; - to display all contents of all rows of a table (in this case, the channel table): mysql>select * from channel; - to display only selected columns of a table (in this case chanid, channum, and freqid from the channel table): mysql>select chanid, channum, freqid from channel; Hope this helps, good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Weird Freezing Problem - Hopefully My Last Problem
I don't have this problem and I'm no expert, but you asked, so: 1. It's probably related to frame buffers or video drivers for your specific board. 2. I have friends that claim linux can't be locked up unless you're doing something with frame buffers. 3. I've seen various posts from earlier versions that talk about changing some framebuffer values (no sure what that means). Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Just Can't Get lirc to Work :-(
If you have a video camera, you can test the remote. Start the camera recording, point the remote control at it, and press buttons on the remote. The infra-red signal from the remote will be recorded on the video and look like a bunch of flickers. Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RE: Couldn't find Xv support with a pvr 350
I've been wondering for a while how to fix that error. Thanks! Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Question about Chris's new tuners patch.
I did this patch several weeks ago and made all the mistakes. I ended up rebuilding the kernel and all the modules. However, somebody suggested doing the following (I wish I had thought of this!) 1- Locate your existing tuner.o file and write it down. #locate tuner.o - Mine is located here: /lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/media/video/tuner.o 2- cd to the location of the tuner source code. Mine is here: /usr/src/linux-2.4.27/drivers/media/video/tuner.c 3- Patch the tuner.c and tuner.h files - Note - Pretty much follow the ckennedy instructions, but the path in the patch was not correct for my box. I had to have the patch file on the same directory as the existing source file for the patch to find the tuner.c and tuner.h files. 4- cd to /usr/src/linux 5- run make_modules - do not run make_modules_install !! 6- Rename your original file to something (tuner.o.sav). Copy the new tuner.o file to the installed location (from step 1 above). Warning - Several people have horsed-up their installation when trying to install this patch, but I think this process works. Things went wrong for me when I did make_modules_install, which should have worked, but that's another story! Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Hi Gavin, I think it worked. Well, yes, it definitely worked. To answer your question, yes, I did compile avidemux from source, and the version is: avidemux-2.0.34-test1 (11-06-2004) , which is the latest one posted on: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ They have earlier versions posted, which one do you use? I changed the driver over to ivtv-0.2.0-rc3a and did a couple of more test runs. At first, it failed in a completely different way. Then I started over (new capture and very deliberate moves in creating the cutlist). It worked once and failed once. The steps were: - Capture a 15 minute clip - Wait 2 minutes for processing to finish (mythbackend) - Access Mythfrontend and play movie - Press M to display menu - Select Edit (this puts up a timeline without any commercials shown) - Press Z to load commercial flag list (which displayed the cuts) - Adjust cut points - Escape, escape to exit playing movie - Run immediately after adjusting cuts - Nuvexport runs for 5 seconds and failed - Wait 5 minutes - Run nuvexport (on exactly the same clip), worked fine I think I probably missed a step in the Edit mode during the previous attempt. I didn't load the commercial flagging list, I just put in cut points. It seems to be fairly touchy about the commercial flagging and cutlist so I'll pay closer attention on the next test runs. I'm a little confused about the 'rules of engagement', so I'll be scrutinizing the cutlist thing a little closer. As for nuvexport, outstanding job. Assuming the source is correct, it works fine. Thanks again for all the help, I'll be doing more experimenting. Don PS - The menus on tvout still don't work. They used to work with an earlier version of firmware, so I may try switching back. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
I don't know if it will help any, but here's some extra information on various files: (I did ctrl-c while it was doing 'Cutting out commercials with avidemux2') ---Size of file being cut - 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv--- - File size = 545274K ---Size of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.m2v--- - File size at time of abort = 45280K ---Size of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.m2v.idx--- - File size at time of abort = 0 bytes ---Contents of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.cut--- ADMW0002 01 videos Name : /mnt/store/1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv.idx 3 segments Start : 0 Size : 10156 Ref : 0 Start : 13467 Size : 8032 Ref : 0 Start : 25110 Size : 1741 Ref : 0 Audio codec : none Audio filter : audioNormalizeMode=0 audioResampleMode=0 audioDRC=0 audioShift=0 audioDelay=0 audioFreq=48000 Audio conf : audioProcessMode=0 audioMP3mode=0 audioMP3bitrate=128 ---End of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.cut--- ---Contents of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.cut2--- Start : 0 Size : 10156 Ref : 0 Start : 13467 Size : 8032 Ref : 0 Start : 25110 Size : 1741 Ref : 0 ---End of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.cut2--- ---File contents of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv.idx--- . Beginning of file .. IDXM P c0 68E3 1 /mnt/store/1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv 640 480 29970 I 00 3C 0 56476 B 00DC9C 5368 B 00F194 25456 P 015504 17552 B 019994 14768 B 01D344 14936 P 020D9C 23676 B 026A18 13560 B 029F10 15792 P 02DCC0 24396 B 033C0C 14020 B 0372D0 15748 P 03B054 24616 B 04107C 14292 B 044850 15708 I 0485AC 04D83Cfc0 40408 B 052384 13516 B 055850 16732 P 0599AC 24844 ... --- Many more packets--- ... .. ending of file . B 001DF74008 12748 I 001DF771D4 00213D203C1479cc0 53604 B 001DF84338 14324 B 001DF87B2C 14852 P 001DF8B530 27264 B 001DF91FB0 13352 B 001DF953D8 13524 P 001DF988AC 28144 B 001DF9F69C 14116 B 001DFA2DC0 13892 P 001DFA6404 27060 B 001DFACDB8 11572 B 001DFAFAEC 13892 P 001DFB3130 26440 B 001DFB9878 13268 B 001DFBCC4C 13348 I 001DFC0070 002142183C147c420 52008 B 001DFCCB98 14992 B 001DFD0628 14980 P 001DFD40AC 26484 B 001DFDA820 13620 B 001DFDDD54 14096 P 001DFE1464 27348 B 001DFE7F38 13984 B 001DFEB5D8 13872 P 001DFEEC08 26308 B 001DFF52CC 11256 B 001DFF7EC4 13772 P 001DFFB490 25560 B 001E001868 12924 B 001E004AE4 13056 I 001E007DE4 002147083C147f360 0 ---End of 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv.idx--- Thanks again for the help, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Hi Gaven, thanks for the pointers. I've had marginal success. I installed transcode-0.6.12 from source (had to go through several attempts at patching import/decode_dv.c) and now nuvexport finds the .nuv file statistics properly. On to the next issue. I get this error while rendering: Now encoding: 15 CNN Headline News: 2004/11/29 6:40 AM Encode started: Sun Dec 5 11:06:16 2004 mpeg2cut v1.6 Using mode Xvfb Filename "/mnt/store/1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv" OutFile "./15 CNN Headline News -2004-11-29 6-40 AM.mpg" Last GOP index 1790 Cutlist "-10155 13467-21498 25110-" Finding the AV Offset to use with lvemux: -33 Finding framerate: 29.970 Last Frame 26850 Indexing the file with avidemux2 Cutting out commercials with avidemux2 /usr/local/bin/mpeg2cut: line 178: 8252 Aborted nice -n 19 avid emux2 --load-workbench ${BASENAME}.cut --audio-codec MP2 --save-raw-video ${BASE NAME}.m2v --save-raw-audio ${BASENAME}.mp2 --quit 2>/dev/null >/dev/null Remultiplexing video ERROR: opening A/V streams (0/1) Cleaning up rm: cannot remove `1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.mp2': No such file or directory I'll start looking at the mpeg2cut issues (or is this an issue with avidemux2?). Any suggestions on where to look? Thanks again, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Hi, the version of transcode is: transcode-0.6.12 from: http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?ver=10.0&by=name&what_cat=&subcat=&name=transcode I tried to tcprobe the file, but got the error: #tcprobe -i 1013_2004120320_2004120321.nuv tcprobe: error while loading shared libraries: liblcms.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory liblcms.so.1 is not installed on this box. Should it be? I installed transcode from a package, perhaps I should try installing from source? Next, I tried: #tcscan -i 1013_2004120320_2004120321.nuv found first packet header at stream offset 0x0 found unknown stream [0xbb] found ISO/IEC 13818-2 or 11172-2 MPEG video stream [0xe0] sequence: 480x480 4:3, 29.97 fps, 6000 kbps, VBV 224 kB , Custom Intra Matrix , Custom Non-Intra Matrix found ISO/IEC 13818-3 or 11172-3 MPEG audio track 0 [0xc0] found padding stream [0xbe] - presentation unit [0] --- stream id [0xbb] 1 stream id [0xbe] 1 stream id [0xc0] 1 stream id [0xe0] 22 25 packetized elementary stream(s) PES packets found presentation unit PU [0] contains 1 MPEG video sequence(s) Average Bitrate is 6000. Min Bitrate is 6000, max is 6000 (CBR) I'm using ivtv 0.3.x because I don't know any better! I started with ivtv-0.1.9, but it didn't work for tvout. Do you know which one is recommended for this hardware? I'd be happy to switch. I'm having problems getting the on-screen menus to work on tvout (but I suspect it may be the firmware version I'm using, pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip , not the driver). Thanks again for the help, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Getting there, but somewhat frustrated...
Try looking at this thread: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/97105?search_string=confused;#97105 Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-350 Issues - Poor Colors
I seem to recall something about the black and white thing. If you record in ntsc and the ivtv driver is forced to pal (or vise versa) it would do this. But I have to admit, I'm not sure how you would get that combination. On the pvr350, double check the tuner type it's reporting (dmesg). The latest Hauppauge boards are reporting tuner types that are not supported in the standard 2.4.xx or 2.6.xx releases and require a kernel module patch (tuner.h and tuner.c). Good luck, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Which ivtv driver and firmware should I use for Pvr 350?
Hi, I'm having difficulty getting menus to display on the tvout of the pvr350. If I turn off the tvout feature and just use the computers monitor, it works fine. I started with the release versions of ivtv and the suggested firmware: - Driver - ivtv-0.1.9.tar.gz - Firmware - pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip It worked fine on the computer monitor, but didn't get anything out of tvout. I found a guide that said I had to use one of the ckennedy drivers for the pvr 350. So, I ended up using: Driver - ivtv-0.3.1s.tgz Firmware - pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe The tvout plays movies just fine, but none of the menus do anything. If I turn off tvout, they still work fine on the computers monitor. Which driver and firmware do the developers recommend for the Pvr 350? Thanks for the help, Don PS - Should this question be posted to users list or to the devel list? Distro - Slackware 9.1 Kernel - 2.4.27 Capture board - Hauppauge pvr 350 (tuner type 47 with tuner.c and tuner.h patches) ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: DirectFB error crashes mythfrontend
I've no clue what your problem is, but I did some poking around (it sounded interesting). Here's what I found: - DirectFB is a video driver layer (direct frame buffer), similar to MS-DirectX (or at least that's how they describe it) - It should be compatible with V4L (video for linux) - videoout_directfb.cpp and videoout_directfb.h are part of the MythTv source code (that's a good sign) - Your error starts at: (!) DirectFB/fbdev/vt: KD_GRAPHICS failed! --> Operation not permitted , which sounds like a permissions issue. This is the only thread I found on the subject: http://212.227.36.85/mailinglists/directfb-users/2004/06-2004/msg00101.html Also look at: http://www.directfb.org/ , maybe there's some clues there (or a fix) It doesn't sound like he's working on the same thing you are, but maybe it's the same root cause. Good luck, Don PS - DirectFB/fbdev/vt does not exist on my Linux box (Slackware 9.1 - if that means anything??) ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Hi Gavin, thanks for the response. Here's some more information: Capture card - Hauppauge pvr 350 (new one with tuner type 47 ) ivtv driver - ivtv-0.3.1s (ckennedy) Distribution - Slackware 9.1 Movie file names: (I've recorded and deleted a couple of shows, so the names are different from the last example) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/store# ls 1013_2004120320_2004120321.nuv Myth2Mpeg* 1013_2004120320_2004120321.nuv.png Myth2Mpeg~ 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv bob1/ 1015_20041129064000_20041129065500.nuv.png bob2/ 1056_20041203214000_20041203215500.nuv nfslockfile.lock 1056_20041203214000_20041203215500.nuv.png test1/ -These are the display I get:-- What would you like to do? 1. Export to XviD 2. Export to SVCD 3. Export to VCD 4. Export to DVCD (VCD with 48kHz audio for making DVDs) 5. Export to DVD 6. Export to WMV (disabled) 7. Export to MP3 (disabled) 8. MPEG2->MPEG2 cut only 9. Export to .nuv and .sql q. Quit Choose a function: ---Then select #8 -- You have recorded the following shows: 1. 15 CNN Headline News (1 episode) 2. 56 Sci-Fi Channel (1 episode) 3. Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode) q. Quit Choose a show: - Select #1 and get: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nu vexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 316, line 2. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nu vexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 316, line 2. You have chosen to export 1 episode: 1. 15 CNN Headline News: 2004/11/29 6:40 AM (11/29, 06:40 AM) x MPEG Mon Nov 29 - (15min) - Manual recording * Separate multiple episodes with spaces c. Continue n. Choose another show q. Quit Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove: This happens regardless of which is selected on the first menu (1-9) or which movie is selected. This is the information that MythWeb displays:(thought it might be helpful) Dec 3, 2004 56 Sci-Fi Channel 2004/12/03 9:40 PM Fri Dec 3 - (15min) - Manual recording 56 - Sci-Fi Channel Dec 3, 2004 (09:40 PM) 15 mins 553 MB Delete flagged commercials: Yes / has cutlist: No / being edited: No / auto expire: Yes / has bookmark: No Star Trek: Enterprise Kir'Shara Archer, T'Pol and rebel leader T'Pau try to make public a revered ancient artifact that could revolutionize Vulcan society and overthrow the corrupt government. 13 - WUAB Dec 3, 2004 (08:00 PM) 1 hr 2.2 GB Delete flagged commercials: Yes / has cutlist: No / being edited: No / auto expire: Yes / has bookmark: No Nov 29, 2004 15 CNN Headline News 2004/11/29 6:40 AM Mon Nov 29 - (15min) - Manual recording 15 - CNN Headline News Nov 29, 2004 (06:40 AM) 15 mins 532 MB Delete flagged commercials: Yes / has cutlist: Yes / being edited: No / auto expire: Yes / has bookmark: No 3 programs, using 13 GB (1 hr 30 mins) out of 18 GB I did another short test capture. Here's the first few bytes of the file: ( - 00f0) 00 00 01 ba 44 00 04 00 04 01 01 33 9f f8 00 00 01 bb 00 12 80 99 cf 04 e1 7f b9 e0 e8 b8 c0 20 bd e0 3a bf e0 02 00 00 01 e0 07 d4 80 c1 0d 31 00 03 19 89 11 00 01 d3 27 1e 60 e8 00 00 01 b3 1e 01 e0 24 0e a6 23 82 10 10 10 12 10 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 1a 18 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1c 1c 1c 22 22 22 1c 1c 1c 1a 1a 1c 1c 20 20 22 22 24 26 24 22 22 22 22 26 26 28 28 28 30 30 2e 2e 38 38 3a 44 44 53 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0b 0c 0c 0c 0c 0c 0c 0c 0c 0d 0d 0d 0d 0c 0d 0d 0d 0d 0d 0e 0e 0e 0e 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 10 00 00 01 b5 14 82 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 b8 00 08 00 40 00 00 01 00 00 8f ff f8 00 00 01 b5 8f ff f3 80 00 00 00 01 01 1a c9 f0 f0 0b fb 06 20 f2 4e 10 a5 ad 76 be b5 9e Thanks for the help, let me know if there's anything else I can provide, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Nuvexport - is it just me, or is this normal?
Hi, I'm trying to figure out where my problem is: 1. Start nuvexport and get the normal menu (picklist of 1-9) (good so far) 2. Pick any selection (1-9) and get a listing of movies (still good) 3. Pick any movie to process and get this error(s): Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nu vexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 316, line 2. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nu vexport/nuv_export/ui.pm line 316, line 2. You have chosen to export 1 episode: 1. 15 CNN Headline News: 2004/11/29 6:40 AM (11/29, 06:40 AM) x MPEG Mon Nov 29 - (15min) - Manual recording * Separate multiple episodes with spaces c. Continue n. Choose another show q. Quit Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove: If I were to disregard the error, the remainder is correct. Is this normal? I haven't seen this problem posted, so I suspect it has something to do with my machine. I can pick any of the next selections and it will continue (but fails later during rendering) Thanks for any pointers, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Confused...
Don't know what distro you're using, but your description sounds allot like mine. Here's the setup guide I followed: (I am using Slackware 9.1) http://home.comcast.net/~homebrewracing/Mythtv.txt Take a look at "===Install IVTV Driver===" section for a couple of tips on troubleshooting the pvr 250. It doesn't have much (if anything) on the audio setup but the video parts might help. The instructions in this section are fairly generic. Audio took me forever to get working. Here's what I ended up doing: (assuming you're using alsa and it's installed) 1. Run alsaconf, it will find your sound hardware and set up /etc/modules.conf #alsaconf 2. At the end of alsaconf, it says it will run rcalsasound (?? not sure that's the exact thing it tried to run, but it's close) to configure the mixer setting, but that program is nowhere to be found on my machine. I had to do it manually: #alsamixer , make sure the master volume is not muted (MM at top of slider means left and right are muted). Esc to exit and your settings will be saved to memory but not permenent. #alsa store , saves mixer settings #alsa restore , reloads mixer settings 3. Now go into X #startx 4. open a console and run xmms (very commonly found music player in Linux). It should play properly. I found that if this worked, mythtv would have sound. 5. Here's a couple of commands that I found to be handy: lsmod - displays list of kernel modules that are loaded (like sound and video). Here's what mine looks like: Module Size Used byNot tainted msp340019692 1 (autoclean) saa7127 7804 0 (autoclean) (unused) saa7115 7644 0 (autoclean) (unused) tuner 10208 1 (autoclean) tveeprom7456 0 (autoclean) (unused) ivtv 790368 2 (autoclean) i2c-algo-bit7144 1 (autoclean) [ivtv] videodev5792 9 (autoclean) [ivtv] appletalk 20196 1 (autoclean) ipx16676 1 (autoclean) lirc_i2c3804 1 i2c-core 12676 0 [msp3400 saa7127 saa7115 tuner tveeprom i2c-al go-bit lirc_i2c] lirc_dev8628 1 [lirc_i2c] snd-pcm-oss37032 0 snd-mixer-oss 12280 1 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-ens137110980 1 gameport1436 0 [snd-ens1371] snd-pcm55080 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1371] snd-timer 13444 0 [snd-pcm] snd-rawmidi12324 0 [snd-ens1371] snd-seq-device 3696 0 [snd-rawmidi] snd-ac97-codec 49264 0 [snd-ens1371] snd30980 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1371 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec] snd-page-alloc 4716 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi s nd-seq-device snd] soundcore 3332 6 [snd] pcmcia_core39296 0 ide-scsi9168 0 epic10011180 1 mii 2304 0 [epic100] crc32 2880 0 [epic100] agpgart43780 0 (unused) (don't know why appletalk and ipx are loaded, I'll have to look into that!) lspci -v - displays pci hardware that has been found. The capture board should look something like: (except mine is a pvr 350) 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Enc oder (rev 01) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4000 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9 Memory at d800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 apachectl start - starts web server (if you're using mythweb) apachectl stop - stops web server httpd -l - (lower case L) - shows modules that are loaded in apache dmesg | less - shows progress of drivers loading (like video and audio and others, q to quit) locate xxx (xxx is whatever file name you're looking for) - shows location of file(s) updatedb - updates 'locate' listing (good to run this after you install something) That's l it took for my setup. Good luck, Don PS - Here's what my /etc/modules.conf looks like: # use this setup for the ckennedy drivers alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv # added for lirc remote control #alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c #add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c ### setup with original driver - stock 0.1.9 version# #alias char-major-81 videodev #alias char-major-81-0 ivtv #alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c #options tuner type=47 #options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0 #options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 #add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner #add above ivtv ivtv-fb #add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.6 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-servi
[mythtv-users] Nuvexport error on picking shows to process
Hi, I'm trying-out the nuvexport MPEG2->MPEG2 cut only feature, but I get an error. It starts with: You have recorded the following shows: 1. 15 CNN Headline News (1 episode) 2. Band of Brothers (1 episode) 3. Nip/Tuck (1 episode) q. Quit Choose a show: , then I pick show number 1 and get: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/nu v_export/ui.pm line 316, line 2. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/nu v_export/ui.pm line 316, line 2. You have chosen to export 1 episode: 1. 15 CNN Headline News: 2004/11/29 6:40 AM (11/29, 06:40 AM) x MPEG Mon Nov 29 - (15min) - Manual recording * Separate multiple episodes with spaces c. Continue n. Choose another show q. Quit Choose a function, or episode(s) to remove: Line 316 is: sub confirm_shows { my @episodes = @_; my $num_episodes = @episodes; .. $query .= "($episode->{'showtime'}) ".$episode->{'finfo'}{'width'}.'x' .$episode->{'finfo'}->{'height'}.' '.$episode->{'finfo'}{'video_type'}; . It looked like it was having trouble getting the showtime from the hash, but the showtime is properly displayed. I tried 'c' to continue, but it errored-out when the processing started (as expected). Looks like maybe something is out-of-sync? Any ideas? Thanks, Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users