Re: [mythtv-users] Do I really need a mouse on the frontend?
- Original Message - From: "Gavin Haslett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:02 AM Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Do I really need a mouse on the frontend? I think the true answer is; it depends. In my case, WAF (Wife Approval Factor) is extremely important. Trying to get my wife to change channels and operate my Mythbox with a keyboard would be less than optimal. A remote is designed for a particular job, a keyboard is designed for another. While the keyboard can do the job of the remote, it's not the optimal tool for the job. Just my 2c worth. I've found having a remote far more convenient than a keyboard/mouse. And more importantly my fiance is actually willing to use the remote... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Static on only One Channel
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Markey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Static on only One Channel Steve Nuffer wrote: I have changed finetune to +2,+1,0, -1, and -2 with no real change. Does anyone have a suggestion? Some of them actually get worse. Get an adjustable wrench and screw down all the F-connectors in your house (not just the cable connected to your myth box). -- bjm ___ This is especially true if it is one of the lower channels (in the 2-13 range) since these seem to be more suseptible to loose connections. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] False "previously recorded" flag for new episode?
My copy of Grey's Anatomy recorded fine. I'm on Rogers in the Grand River area (Ontario), so recording from channel 12 at 22:00-23:00. Hmmnext week it's scheduled for 22:01-23:00...no conflicts though so it should still record. - Original Message - From: "Cymen Vig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] False "previously recorded" flag for new episode? On 12/11/05, Universo Dos Mil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/11/05, Mark Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Universo Dos Mil wrote: > > > For some reason, tonight's new episode of Grey's Anatomy (which had > > the correct Zap2It description & whatnot) didn't record on my Myth > > box, being marked as "previously recorded," even though it obviously > > wasn't. Anyone know why this happened and if there's a fix? > > > > Thanks! > > -David > > If you go into Manage Recordings -> Upcoming Recordings and then select > the show (it will probably be designated 'R' indicating that show has > already been recorded), you can then choose the option 'record anyway' > Not much help for a past event, though. > mark That I know. I'd like to find out why this happened, though, and how I can prevent it from happening again. The same thing happened to me. I took a look at the Sunday lineup and opened up the show from listings. It was not attached to any schedule even though I thought it would be. I noticed my recording schedule did have 9:01 PM - 10:00 PM on that channel while the show last night was listed in 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Maybe that was a factor? I added a second schedule to see what happens in the future. ___ 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] Absolute NEWBIE, question about Linux
- Original Message - From: "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:32 PM Subject: [mythtv-users] Absolute NEWBIE, question about Linux Hi all. I just joined this mailing list about 2 days ago, and have been reading almost every message for tips and tricks. I am completely new to the MythTV scene and am very interested in becoming a part of the growing community. One thing that I have noticed in the messages and on the increasing number of websites is that it seems to require quite a bit of knowledge when it comes to Linux. I have been a dedicated PC/Windows guy since Windows 3.1 and the day's of DOS. However, I don't really know anything about Linux and the like. How much into Linux should I go as far as training for preparations? I downloaded KnoppMyth and ran the front end only to kinda get the basics, but even that has me overly confused. I downloaded the SUSE Live Eval DVD and have been experimenting with that. I'm not a slow learner, and have never taken any courses to learn any of this. I'm a self-taught computer fanatic/hobbyist so I'm not scared to learn something new. I'm just curious how much into Linux I should read about and play with to get a good system up and running. Any help, and/or ideas on directions to go would be great. You sound like you learn the same way I do, so I think the best thing I can suggest for learning linux is the way that I did it. Get a spare computer, install linux (I personally prefer Debian www.debian.org which is the distro that knoppix is based on), and play around with it. If you are used to DOS, you should be able to get used to linux. A LOT of stuff is done from the command line, and I've seen a few tutorials for people switching from DOS to Linux (google for them). Figure out what you want to do with it. My linux machine runs mythtv (frontend and backend), a small webserver, and acts as a file server for all my windows machines. Best way to learn (at least for me) is to just dive in, and whenever I get stuck, try to find the solution myself (man pages and google are your friends). Best of luck! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Frontend for home theater
On 11/4/05, Michael Tiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At work we just got a $700 computer projector that looks fantastic. I hooked my laptop up to it while watching a widescreen DVD and it even seems to support the widescreen format quite nicely. So, I'm thinking about getting one of these for my basement. My plan would be to mount it on the ceiling and project it against a wall. I'd also like to hook a very simple MythTV frontend up to it. My plan would be to have only a DVD reader, small hardrive (if necessary), network and video card in it (i.e. no tuner cards and no direct live TV feed to the projector...only live TV from a backend over the network). The only thing I'd caution you about a projector is bulb life/cost. I know the newer projectors have a longer bulb life than they used to, but last time I was looking into it replacement bulbs were at least a couple hundred dollars. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Updating SVN?
I'm currently running the SVN version of mythtv. I finally figured out that to do SVN update you have to be in the directory it downloaded the source to (silly) me. So if I originally ran the "svn co ..." command in ~/mythsource, I assume that to update I do this: cd ~/mythsource cd mythtv svn update ./configure make make install cd ../mythplugins svn update ./configure --enable-all make make install (and for myththemes too) Does that look right? Also, do I need to stop mythbackend/mythfrontend before doing "make install", or restart them once everything is installed? Thanks, Grant Emsley ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Feature suggestions
I was writing down some of the things I would like to eventually see in mythtv. Does anyone know if any of these are being worked on, already requested as a feature, been rejected, or already possible and I just missed it? I know a little bit of programming but not likely enough to implement any of these things, though I might try it anyways just for fun. Any comments on these ideas would be appreciated. File browser --> Browse through all files in any preset directories, and launch the default program associated with that file when selected. CD/DVD File Burning --> Relates to file browser, select files to be burn to DVD, allow you to organize them into directories, then burn to disc. Text entry from remote --> Allow you to enter text anywhere that needs it from the remote either using a popup keyboard or cellphone style entry. Writing lircrc from within mythfrontend --> Let you define the remote control keys from within the frontend, like you can from the keys editor now for keyboard controls. Additionally a help button that will show what button does what (increases wife accceptance factor) Joystick control --> Would be really nice when using mythgame to not have to switch between joystick and remote RSS Ticker --> Overlay RSS news feeds over playback/live tv and mythmusic screens Cut commercials without transcode --> Would it be possible to cut out commercials without transcoding? I suppose it could only be cut on keyframes, but it would be nice to be able to just cut out the commercials directly Scrolling text --> There are many places (eg. program description, system status, song names in mythmusic) where text is too long to fix on the screen at a reasonable size. Automatically scrolling it would be nice Kids Mode --> A setting that can prevent any or all of: Setup, deleting programs, deleting scheduled recordings, adding scheduled recordings, conflict management. Require a password to exit this mode. This would make it so you could give the remote to your kids and not have to worry about them randomly mashing buttons, since they can't change any settings. Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Page down in mythmusic?
Is there any key that does page down in mythmusic? I have mostly singles, and have a giant directory of MP3s...scrolling with the remote is far too slow. Even scrolling with the keyboard, which has a much faster repeat rate takes forever. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
