Re: [mythtv-users] I can't get my HDD to spindown when idle

[Greg Cope]

 /proc/sys/vm/block-dump. When set to 1, it will dump info to
the kernel message buffer about what process caused the io.

you might lik to look at laptop mode as well!
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Re: [mythtv-users] maxtor drive with buffer i/o errors...how to get data off?

[Greg Cope]

I've successfully dd disks that are dying onto another one.  Or use cp.

Might take while thought.

Greg

On 14/12/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> G4U, might help it will image a drive to another.
>
> http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
>
> AJM,
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Re: [mythtv-users] Large-scale myth farm

[Greg Cope]

> We'd only be recording some programmes. We've enough experience of
> enterprise systems to build a resilient backend (though we'd have
> to look at how we'd do failover on the master backend - the SPoF
> of the system). How many quad opterons (Sun do the nice v40z)
> would it take to transcode say four programmes simultaneously?
> Could one server handle 4 DVB capture cards? What's the first
> bottleneck people hit - the PCI bus? hard drive speed?

LOL - fantastic!  Lend me one and I'll tell you :-)

Most "servers" could probably handle lots of DVB cards, as this is
only PCI bandwidth and disk IO speed.  PCI bus is probably you next
problem as disk IO is not usually an issue.

I would think that a quad CPU box will easily transcode 4 programs,
but you did not ask how long it would take?

Linux clustering should be able to remove the SPOF of the backend -
you would also need to cluster the DB and NFS parts.  Obviously if you
have a failure whilst recording then there will be a "gap", unless you
have 2 backends, but most things are broadast twice these days.

Greg

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[mythtv-users] No program guide but OSD fine?!?!

[Greg Cope]

Hi All,

Did an svn update (svn ver 7277) and neither mythweb nor the
mythfrontend program guide have any data, yet I cannot seem to find
any relevant error messages.  The OSD seems to be right however, and
mythfilldatabase seems ok too.

Any ideas?

Greg
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Re: [mythtv-users] CD Copy protection?

[Greg Cope]

or buy it and return it as faulty - not sure where you live, but in
the uk if you are sold a CD it should work as such (like in a car or
computer).

Returning it should show the retailer that these are not worth it.

Greg

On 05/08/05, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> 
> >This doesn't look good for those of us that legitimately buy CDs, but then 
> >would
> >rather rip them to mythmusic and keep the library there...
> >
> >http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050804/tc_nm/media_copyprotection_dc
> >
> >
> 
> Simple fix: don't buy any music without a CDDA logo clearly stamped on
> the case/disc/inlay. If there's an album which is unclear, or you won't
> buy because it's protected, mail the record label, any offical band
> websites not run directly by the label, and tell your normal music
> outlet "I refuse to buy this not-CD, please start stocking CDs again
> instead of round plastic garbage"
> 
> The CDDA logo is your only proof that a disc is safe - many labels now
> put out protected discs with no warning on whatsoever.
> 
> See also my own rant on this, at
> http://apebox.org/index.php?section=six&content=../modules/rants/music.rant
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

[Greg Cope]

On 02/08/05, Neale Swinnerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > While I was hoping to get a third capture card in the mix finding a good
> > relatively cheap frontend only system is a goal.
> 
> I found that with 3 cards I'm pushed to be able to watch all the stuff I
> record. I can rapidly fill my disks!!

are these frontends or is the 12000 a backend?

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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Freeview compatible tuner

[Greg Cope]

Sorry forgot to cc list.

But basically it is 0.27 for months, even when the host has been
"idle" for days.  I am beginging to suspect the DVB cards or drivers.

Greg

On 07 Jul 2005 07:31:11 -0700, Jim Reith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 10:25 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote:
> >Thanks everyone.
> >
> >I see 100% CPU idle, but load at 0.27 when mythfrontend and backend is
> >idle.  Which does not make sense.  This is on FC3 with 2 Twinahain
> >cards.
> 
> load is over  (recent) time so you should notice it drop off if it remains 
> idle
> 
> 
> >Greg
> >
> >On 07/07/05, Neil Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 07/07/05, James Stembridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On 7/6/05, Stutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > BBC1 is the highest quality channel on Freeview I think, I haven't
> > > > > tried changing the recording profile from the default (as installed)
> > > > > settings.
> > > >
> > > > The recording profile has no effect for DVB, you're just saving the
> > > > stream as is.
> > > >
> > >
> > > For what it's worth, recording BBC1 will generate the highest load as
> > > it's one of the highest MPEG2 bitrate channels, so there's more bus
> > > traffic and load on the system to stream it to the hard drive.
> > > Probably not that significant though :-)
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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Freeview compatible tuner

[Greg Cope]

Thanks everyone.

I see 100% CPU idle, but load at 0.27 when mythfrontend and backend is
idle.  Which does not make sense.  This is on FC3 with 2 Twinahain
cards.

Greg

On 07/07/05, Neil Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 07/07/05, James Stembridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 7/6/05, Stutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > BBC1 is the highest quality channel on Freeview I think, I haven't
> > > tried changing the recording profile from the default (as installed)
> > > settings.
> >
> > The recording profile has no effect for DVB, you're just saving the
> > stream as is.
> >
> 
> For what it's worth, recording BBC1 will generate the highest load as
> it's one of the highest MPEG2 bitrate channels, so there's more bus
> traffic and load on the system to stream it to the hard drive.
> Probably not that significant though :-)
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Freeview compatible tuner

[Greg Cope]

Paul,

What load do you get with myth idle with your card?

Greg

On 05/07/05, Stutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using a Visionplus DVB-T  (Basically a Twinhan Mini-Ter), seems to
> work okay with the latest Gentoo Kernel (2.6.11-r11) & Mandrake
> (Mandriva) kernel (2.6.11-6mdk).
> 
> Got mine here: 
> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=103057
> 
> (I don't use the remote though, so can't vouch for that).
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] UK Freeview compatible tuner

[Greg Cope]

Out of interest what load are you guys seeing with 2 DVB cards with
myth frontend running, but everything idle?

Greg

On 05/07/05, Peter Dash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Avermedia DVB-T 771
> Nebula DigiTV

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Re: [mythtv-users] Via Epia Hardware

[Greg Cope]

Is anyone running combined front/backends?

Can they do HDTV or transcoding ok?

I am thinking of the 13000 series as a combined
server/frontend/backend host.  Keep the power requirements down.

Greg

On 6/10/05, Paul Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have two EPIA based diskless and fanless frontends: one EPIA ME6000
> and one EPIA SP8000E. I run MiniMyth
>  on both. Both work well.
> 
> I bought the EPIA ME6000 before the EPIA SP8000E was available. The
> downside of the EPIA ME6000 is that it is not capable of HD playback
> (which works for me because I have one SDTV). The downside of the EPIA
> SP8000E is that the drivers for the TV encoder chip are not quite ready,
> so you must use the VGA output (which works for me because my HDTV has a
> DVI-I input).
> 
> Andrew Niemantsverdriet wrote:
> > Looking through the archives not a whole bunch is said about EPIA
> > hardware. I want to build another mythbox based on Epia hardware. Does
> > anybody have advice on pit falls on doing this? What motherboard works
> > the best. I want a fanless box. So any suggestions or tips and tricks
> > are more than welcome
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Re: [mythtv-users] unexpected load with mythbackend running

[Greg Cope]

CPU might be idle but load as returned by top or uptime is:

load average: 0.25, 0.23, 0.18

Greg

On 5/29/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charlie Brej wrote:
> 
> > Greg Cope wrote:
> >
> >> Cpu(s):  0.2% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.3% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,
> >> 0.3% si
> >
> > This says there isn't any load. 99.3% idle.
> 
> Yeah.  I was having problems with the idle process eating up all my CPU
> time, too, until I installed BOINC/[EMAIL PROTECTED]  Now the idle process
> barely gets any time...  ;)
> 
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[mythtv-users] unexpected load with mythbackend running

[Greg Cope]

Hi All,

Why am I seeming such hi load with my DVB cards;  Surely this should
be around 0 as the host is not doing anything:

Can anyone offer any explination?  Or is this normal?

top - 17:44:14 up  8:07,  4 users,  load average: 0.25, 0.23, 0.18
Tasks:  71 total,   1 running,  70 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.2% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.3% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.3% si
Mem:   1034580k total,  1009816k used,24764k free,22320k buffers
Swap:  1052248k total,  148k used,  1052100k free,   832152k cached

This is on a P4 3.0 HT on a uptodate fedora 3 SMP kernel with atrpms.

Greg
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[mythtv-users] 0.26 load with mythbackend dvb card (twinhain) when doing nothing

[Greg Cope]

Hi All,

I have 2 twinhain cards and even when idle or recording I get a load
of 0.26 - but no cpu/iowait nothing.

This does not strike me as normal.  Stop mythbackend and it goes down to 0.

Cards;

dmesg on modprobe

bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at :02:01.0, irq: 201, latency: 32, mmio: 0xec00
bttv0: detected: Twinhan VisionPlus DVB-T [card=113], PCI subsystem ID
is 1822:0001
bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,insmod option]

lspci:

02:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)
02:01.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)
02:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)
02:03.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)

Surley the load should not be this high?

Greg
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Re: [mythtv-users] Adding a hard drive, LVM or RAID0

[Greg Cope]

Choose a file system that you can grow, otherwise you will add another
volume, but the file system will still be the same size.

Greg
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[mythtv-users] Mythrip won't nor will it look up

[Greg Cope]

Hi All,

grip seems to work fine (both lookups and rip/encoding)

Yet myth either fails to lookup an comes up with unknown artist or
just exits and ejects the cd - going back to the "Import CD" page.

Any ideas?

.18 using atrpms on FC3

Greg
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Re: [mythtv-users] Volume Control for intel8x0 on FC2

[Greg Cope]

I have very quite sound with this too.

Will try anther sound card at the weekend.

G

On 5/6/05, Ryan Pisani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello --
> I'm wondering if anyone can help with this. I've recently picked up a pair
> of nice speakers to use with Mythtv and I was hoping to move away from
> using the television for volume control.  However I tested my alsa sound
> control and apparently I've got something off. The keyboard controls show
> that the volume is adjusting on screen -- yet nothing happens. Apparently
> the only thing that does work is mute, or if I slide the volume control
> all the way down -- it mutes. I've tried using alsamixer and stock mixer
> and the PCM only mutes / unmutes.   I upgraded alsa to the most recent
> version with no help.  I've seen some archived threads regarding this --
> but I've never actually seen a solution. The motherboard is Nforce2 based
> chipset.
> 
> I'd appreciate any help available.
> 
> thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] QT 3.3.4 and highlighted buttons

[Greg Cope]

I looked at reversing a few upgrades, but this becomes a headache as I
was following Jarod's guide and using atrpms.

is Alex from atrpms lisening?

Greg

> > If you are using qt-3.3.4-5.x.x, revert to qt-3.3.4.2.0.2 and the
> > problem will go away.
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Re: [mythtv-users] QT 3.3.4 and highlighted buttons

[Greg Cope]

I have the same issue that is preventing me from configuring a new host.

Any ideas welcome here too.

Greg

On Apr 5, 2005 4:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wondering if this is commonly known, or if a fix for this is known.
> On .17 and FC3  the "enter to press highlighted button" ( eg, in mythtvsetup )
> does not work anymore.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
> 
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[mythtv-users] segfaullt with mythtvsetup

[Greg Cope]

Hiya,

On a fresh FC3 with atrpms updates/myth rpms I get a segfault running
mythtv setup - just a hint of a blue screen then this (with strace):

write(8, "\f\0\0\1\205 \377\377\377mythtv\0", 16) = 16
read(8, "\5\0\0\2", 4)  = 4
read(8, "\0\0\0\2\0", 5)= 5
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

Smells like a qt issue.

Any clues?

Greg
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV does not recognize my Twinhan DVB card

[Greg Cope]

You need to: modprobe dvb-bt8xx to get the devices to appear (but do
this at the end as you need to do the following 1st)

You' also need to

/usr/sbin/groupadd video
/usr/sbin/usermod -G video mythtv
Add the following to the end of: /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions
# DVB devices
dvb/*:$local:video:0660
dvb:$local:video:0660
dvb/adapter*:$local:video:0660

The devices should now have the right perms too.

You might need to add the modprobe to a start script to get them to
appear at boot.

my 2 pence worth

greg

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:52:58 +0100, Niels Dybdahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
> Hi, 
>   
> I am running MythTV 0.16 on FC3. 
> I have recently added a Twinhan VisionPlus 1022 card, which is recognized by
> FC3 according to messages. 
> However when I run mythtvsetup, it states that it does not find any DVB
> devices. 
> I have noticed that there were no entries below /dev/dvb, so I found: 
> http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/personal/angel/mythtv/air2pc-howto.html 
> which suggest to use mknod to create devices in
> /etc/udev/devices/dvb/adapter0. (audio0, ca0, demux0, dvr0, frontend0, net0,
> osd0, video). Do I need the same devices for a VisionPlus board ? And why is
> the video device without a trailing 0 while the others contain a zero ? 
>   
> However I tried to do the same. I now get devices in /dev/dvb after reboot,
> but MythTV still does not find any DVB device. What does MythTV look for ? I
> would appreciate if somebody could describe briefly how the driver interface
> works. I do not understand how MythTV could communicate with a driver via
> the /dev/dvb entries, if the driver itself has not created those entries. 
>   
> I also read that MythTV 0.17 has better DVB support, so would there be any
> chance that my problems disappear after an upgrade ? 
>   
> My best guess is that I miss something in my modprobe.conf. Does anyone run
> a VisionPlus card on FC3 and want to share his modprobe.conf ? 
>   
> Best regards 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Energy Usage of MythBoxes

[Greg Cope]

> Yes, and by these numbers, it should go to show mom's old rant was true.  We 
> don't own stock in the electric company.  Turning off a few of those 60-100 
> watt light bulbs in rooms you aren't in would probably more than offset the 
> cost of an added mythbox.  Especially for frontend-only systems.  I'd wager 
> your CRT TV/monitor consumes more than your Mythbox.

In europe electricty is 2 to 3 times more expensive.

I try and maximise my efficiency to reduce my bills.

Greg
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[mythtv-users] What does all the tzap output mean?

[Greg Cope]

Hiya,

I've installed my DVB card and seem to get sensible channel info from
my "local" transmitter (Isle Of Wight, yet I live in Brighton, East
Sussex which is around 60 miles away, so I have a mast mounted
booster, and downstairs splitter.)

Can someone point me in the right direction for what, or rather how
good/bad this is;

[EMAIL PROTECTED] szap]# ./tzap "BBC ONE"
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 48980 Hz
video pid 0x0258, audio pid 0x0259
status 00 | signal  | snr  | ber 00a42a0e | unc 002da4b3 | 
status 1f | signal 4900 | snr 4600 | ber 00a42a0e | unc 002da4b3 | FE_HAS_LOCK

FW_HAS_LOCK is good - but what about the signal, snr, ber and unc?

Thx.

Greg
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythWeb add on module MythGallery

[Greg Cope]

Ah Sorry, missed that!

Greg


On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:39:38 +1000, David Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is attached to the email that was sent as a TAR.
> 
> Quick question, which version of myth does this work for?
> 
> 
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:14:15 +, Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Not tried it yet, but I've been waiting for something like this to let
> > the Grandparents see pictures of our chappy.
> >
> > Excellent will give it a go.
> >
> > One minor point, where can I get it from?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:38:54 -0500 (EST), Sean G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This is my first take at a module for mythweb to
> > > display images from mythgallery.  It uses the
> > > .thumbcache for thumbnails, and clicking on one one
> > > either displays the image or opens a directory.
> > >
> > > To deploy the module, explode the tar in the mythweb
> > > directory.  And patch themes/Default/theme.php with:
> > >
> > > MythGallery
> > >
> > > Just after MythWeather
> > >
> > > You will also need to add a sym link from mythweb to
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythWeb add on module MythGallery

[Greg Cope]

Not tried it yet, but I've been waiting for something like this to let
the Grandparents see pictures of our chappy.

Excellent will give it a go.

One minor point, where can I get it from?

Greg

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:38:54 -0500 (EST), Sean G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is my first take at a module for mythweb to
> display images from mythgallery.  It uses the
> .thumbcache for thumbnails, and clicking on one one
> either displays the image or opens a directory.
> 
> To deploy the module, explode the tar in the mythweb
> directory.  And patch themes/Default/theme.php with:
> 
> MythGallery
> 
> Just after MythWeather
> 
> You will also need to add a sym link from mythweb to
> your image storage dir. i.e.
> 
> ln -s /images gallery
> 
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> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs FX-5200 TVOut

[Greg Cope]

So what chipsets/cards do ouput interlaced?

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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: LCD Monitor vs. LCD TV for Display

[Greg Cope]

As much as I'd love to spend $/£1300 on something like this, I don't
have the spare cash at the moment.

In the interium I am thinking of getting a 19" LCD Monitor for £200 to
replace my 21" TV - I know the formats are not quite the same so the
19" will be smaller, but I need a tv that accepts Svideo (mine does
not!).

Its that or spending £500 on a 32" WideScreen non HD TV , but I do not
see the point as in a few years we will have HD tv in europe (UK
eventually) so I'd be replacing that again (and by then LCD tv's
will be half/third the price they are now).

Am I makeing a mistake? 

Greg

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:10:11 +0100, Per Åge Sørvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:49:43 -0600, Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:11:32 -0500, Craig Partin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > In doing some recent window shopping it seemed to me that you get more
> > > for your money in buying an LCD monitor than a TV.  With a myth system
> > > the need for a tuner in the TV isn't really necessary.  You also
> > > wouldn't have any of the HDCP worries like that poor guy with the
> > > Samsung.
> > 
> >
> > a recent Wired magazine had several large LCD tv/monitors as featured
> > products.  the Apple cinema display ranked 3rd only because it didn't
> > have s-video in (it has DVI only) but it was the cheapest of the 4.
> > i want to say it was the Jan issue, i'm about a month or so behind on
> > my Wired reading. :)
> >
> 
> The HP L2335 uses the same panel as the apple, is much cheaper and has
> composite,svideo,component, vga & DVI-I inputs. And it's not as
> expensive. I bought mine last summer, and have been very happy with
> it.
> 
> Running HDTV res gives you thin black stripes top/bottom or a slightly
> stretched picture. I think the 16:10 format screens is a good
> compromise to watch both 16:9 and 4:3 content.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

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> > He quotes the MiniMac drive as being 7200RPM, which I simply do not believe.

What that the Mini Mac has a 7200rpm drive (I thought it had a 5400rpm).

You can get 7200rpm 2.5" drives - I have one in my laptop - nice and
fast they are too.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Low power backend suggestions?

[Greg Cope]

What's wrong with what you have?

The Mprocessors and motherboards are very expensive - to the point
that I thought the cost/benefit would be an issue.

Thought about the VIA stuff?

Greg


On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:48:55 -0800, Kristo Kriechbaum
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> So I'm looking to build a backend only machine that consumes the least
> amount of power.  My first thought is to go with something like a
> Pentium-M, so if I need a little extra cpu for transcoding or
> something, I can get it, but can throttle it down when I don't need
> it.
> 
> Right now, my backend/frontend is:
> P3 900 MHz
> 512 MB ram
> 2 x Avermedia M179 (just like a PVR250)
> 1 x 200 gig ide hd
> 1 x 250 gig ide hd
> 
> and I have a third 200 gig ide hd sitting around while I build this
> machine.
> 
> My main requirements:
> 
> 1. Low low power.  I don't want to be keeping the electric company in
> business :-)
> 2. quiet.  I don't want the room this machine is in to sound like an
> airport.  I don't mind hacking in a bigger slower fan.
> 3. ample PCI slots for my M179's and at least one IDE controller (and
> maybe an hdtv card in the near future).
> 
> I hardly ever transcode anything, and I have the mpeg2 encoder cards,
> so I don't really need much raw processing power.  This machine will
> also share out my music, videos, etc.
> 
> Like I said above, my first thought is to go with a Pentium-M 1.6 GHz.
> I would just as easily go with AMD, as they are much cheaper, I just
> don't know as much about their mobile processors.  My laptop has a
> Pentium-M, so I know that the cpu throttling "just works" with
> cpuspeed.  I've found various related threads in the archives, but
> nothing that ended up verifying my thoughts.
> 
> Thanks for any help/suggestions!
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] 3.06 GHz on a Pundit?

[Greg Cope]

My Pundit seems quite happy with a 2.8P4 - some noise but the temps
when idle are only a few c higher than with a 2.4 celery (think that
it what I had).

Greg

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:01:31 -0800, Emory Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is something you should seriously think about when putting a P4
> in a Pundit.  I have a 2.66 GHz Celeron D in a Pundit-R, and it
> generates quite a bit of heat. The variable-speed CPU fan makes some
> noise, but the PSU fan is incredibly noisy.  The Prescott cores
> obviously take a lot more power than previous generations, but I can
> imagine that a >2.8 GHz P4 Northwood would get pretty hot as well.
> 
> I don't think ASUS really designed the Pundit for such hot CPU's.
> There really is not that much room for air to flow.  If you want the
> power, go with a bigger case. If  you don't need the power, I've heard
> that people with low end Celerons and P4's say that their Pundits are
> virtually silent. They run Myth just fine, and the processors are way
> cheaper.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:57:54 -0800, Alex Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > The P4-3.06 should work (have no Pundit to test on), but the heat from
> > such a unit may exceed the design parameters of such a small case...
> >
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Re: [mythtv-users] 3.06 GHz on a Pundit?

[Greg Cope]

If this is a pundit not pundit-r then I doubt it will work.  I could
not get mine to boot from a Celeron D (no post, nothing)

Greg


On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:20:07 -0500 (EST), Brian R. Pilnick
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> According to the Asus cpu support page ( 
> http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx ) the Pundit only 
> supports up to P4-2.80 GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB).  Will a P4-3.06 GHz 
> (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB) work?  I wouldn't expect it to run at full speed, 
> but could it clock down or something in order to work?
> 
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[mythtv-users] LCD display or CRT TV or projector

[Greg Cope]

Hi All,

I am struggling to understand the differences between all of these.

My TV (21") does not accept S-Video In, so I need a different
solution.  Presently HD is not due in the UK until 2006 at least. 
What are the choices for a good PVR display

What is the best quality/best VFM display.

Do I:

- Get an 19" LCD montior - cheap, but what is the quality like
(interlaced vs non-interlaced)
- Get a different TV - Wide Screen 28/32" - expensive, and most accept
SVideo which seems a bit of a comprimise.
- Get a Projector and use DVI - expensive.

Basically what is the best way to get a good picture akin to a
Component in TV + Component out DVD player, which at the mo seems the
best way to get a good AV picture.

Hope the above makes sense.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hard Drives that Actually Work?

[Greg Cope]

Sorry, meant no.

Most disk failures that I have seen (100+ disks, in DC's that have
1000's) have been when the systems have been power cycled, and the
disks fail at startup or just after.

Normal policy at some places is to replace at the the 1st sign of
errors, as you can factor this work in when you want to, compared to
it failing when you do not want it to (Friday afternoon).  The cost of
the disk is actually small compared with the work required to replace
it properly (take a backup, replace disk, check it etc ... A sysadmin
has to do some work, along with a disk swapping monkey (might be one
and the same!))

I've only seen a few (less than 10, probably 5) fail whilst in use. 
So a rough guestimate would be that 95% of disks failures I have seen
are at power up.

I am supplier agnostic, with Seagate and IBM/Hitachi being a
perferance at the mo.  But have Samsung/WD drives too.  Oh - I also
have lots of backups, my preferance being a USB enclosures ~ these are
cheap and mobile.

Greg


On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:06:44 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 10:00:39AM +, Greg Cope wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:43:33 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > Does a disk which is spinning 24x7 but is mostly idle
> > > (eg my Myth installation) fail more quickly than a disk
> > > which is powered off for those other hours?
> 
> > I'd say yes, as in most datacentres I've seen more disks die at
> > spinup/start up than during normal 247 use.
> 
> Err, did you mean no? I'm confused.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hard Drives that Actually Work?

[Greg Cope]

I'd say yes, as in most datacentres I've seen more disks die at
spinup/start up than during normal 247 use.


On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:43:33 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does a disk which is spinning 24x7 but is mostly idle
> (eg my Myth installation) fail more quickly than a disk
> which is powered off for those other hours?
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] RAID5 ATA IDE hardware card recommendations for mythbackend machine

[Greg Cope]

Just 2 pence worth to the discussion;

a) Hardware solutions like the 3ware ones only need to use the PCI bus
once for a read/write, whilst the software solution will need to chat
to each disk controller for each disk as I understand.  On most file
servers this is not an issue, but might be on a monster mythbox!

b) I've used software raid without issue for years - and have moved
disks from hosts that died without issue.  So unless you have muliple
controlers beware a controler dying and leaving you stranded.

c) Never underestimate the power of a good restoration (and associated
good backups, but you do test you backups with a restore right!)

d) These days get a USB enclosure with a 200~300Gb drive, or use
anotherhost to send backups to... "cheap as chips " compared to DAT
tapes, ot the hassel of loads of DVD's - plus you can take the USB
drive off site, or remove the disk and cycle it with another.  The
realms of backup parania are amazing.

Less than 1 pence (sterling) per point, which has to be a bargain,
even with the dollar at such a low rate!

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[mythtv-users] Graphics card output choices

[Greg Cope]

Hi All,

I know graphics cards have been done to death.

I was wondering if it was worth getting one with DVI as well as DSub/S-video.

Initally I plan to use and LCD monitor as a display (as my TV cannot
accept S-video) is this wise.

I then plan to get a new TV with all the associated connectors they
come with, or a projector and go from there..

Thx.

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Re: [mythtv-users] DVB in the UK (EPG)

[Greg Cope]

Many thanks.

sounds like a bargain - and quite easy to boot - no need to rebuild
the kernel

I have a 5 month old son - so not much time for anything else!

Greg


On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:25:08 +, Tom Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Any good how to's on getting them working with Fedora Core2/3?
> 
> Well FC3 has all the drivers you need, and the bttv module loads
> automatically but the frontend doesn't. After some googling I wound
> up with this in /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
>   options bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71
>   install bttv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install bttv && /sbin/modprobe 
> dvb_bt8xx && /sbin/modprobe dst
> 
> I also built dvb/adapter0/* and dvb/adapter1/* in /etc/udev/devices so
> that they are copied into /dev at boot. That might not be necessary as
> the frontend wasn't loading when I did that - it may be that udev will
> add them automatically once you manage to load the frontend.
> 
> I then grabbed the DVB command line tools from linuxtv.org and build
> scan and tzap and used those to find the channels and enter the details
> in Myth.
> 
> >  > Well they came this morning and they seem to be working OK so far.
> >
> > Did you get the scan ones?
> 
> Yep.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] DVB in the UK (EPG)

[Greg Cope]

Any good how to's on getting them working with Fedora Core2/3?

 > Well they came this morning and they seem to be working OK so far.

Did you get the scan ones?

Greg

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Re: [mythtv-users] DVB in the UK (EPG)

[Greg Cope]

scan are out of stock...

greg


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:48:49 +, Martin Ebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 09:45, Tom Hughes wrote:
> > Indeed. It's hard to justify paying for the Hauppage, Nebula or
> > Pinnacle cards if the Twinhan one is going to work. The others might
> > have better Windows software but I don't care about that.
> 
> I don't think the visionplus one comes with a remote control. The remote
> with the nova-t is pretty good and works well with MythTV. It'd be worth
> the extra for that.
> 
> Also, scan sell the nova-t without remote for only 5 quid more than the
> visionplus. Again I'd be prepared to pay the extra for consistency, and
> because I already have the nova-t (though the last model) and it works
> very well.
> 
> As to the software, windows users seem to complain lots about the
> hauppage, so I don't think you're paying for that. :)
> 
> > My main concern is actually which card is going to cope best with
> > a poor signal - my old Pioneer OnDigital box has a lot of trouble
> > with one of the Muxes and I'm hoping that a modern card will be a
> > bit better.
> 
> Not heard anything on the visionplus, but the nova-t has pretty good
> reception for a tv card. Certainly mine is very good - you should see
> the picture on an analogue set, virtually unwatchable at times.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: RAID5 ATA IDE hardware card recommendations for mythbackend machine

[Greg Cope]

> The problem is that there is *NO* economical backup solution for
> end-users with hundreds of GB of data. The only thing that comes close
> is to have another RAID in another machine that you mirror to.
> 
> Individual drives aren't big enough for large collections (I don't even
> have Myth running yet nor do I rip DVDs and I've got > 150GB), DVD-R
> media is not that cheap, especially when you need dozens of discs to
> back things up (can you say inconvenient). Tape drives have the
> capacity, but are very expensive.
> 
> I agree that having an offline backup is ideal, but it just isn't
> practical for normal users at these data volumes. Building a RAID is
> it...and hope you don't get a power spike that blows the whole machine up.
> 
> -Pete

400Gb drives are becoming common and cheap.

Plus a surge plug is not that expensive.

Althought your point is still valid.

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Re: [mythtv-users] DVB in the UK (EPG)

[Greg Cope]

Tom,

Can you shed any light about drivers for this card?

How does it compare to a Hauppauge Nova-T as I have the non-remote on
backorder with Scan, but these seen allot cheaper.

Thx.

Greg


On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:31:42 +, Derek Jennings
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> On Thursday 09 December 2004 19:15, James Hansen wrote:
> 
> 
> > I've read a number of posts stating how poor the EPG broadcast with the
> > DVB signal is, and that everyone uses the ukrt (radio times) list.  My
> > problem is i dont have internet access at home to download these
> > listings, so my question is, is the broadcast EPG really that terrible
> > to the point that it is unusable?
> >
> > If not then i'll go out and buy a DVB card tomorrow :)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > james
> >
> I have no problem with the dvb EPG apart from the issue with ITV3 which has
> been commented on (I run dvb-grab hourly to get around the ITV3 issue)
> 
> If you do intend to dash out and buy a DVB card tomorrow check out
> ebuyer.co.uk. They have the Hauppauge Nova-T at a really good price
> (£53 +VAT) Its the latest version with the Conexant chip set.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Where to get JFS for FC2

[Greg Cope]

jfsutils-1.1.6-1 includes what you need.

I installed FC2, then created the jfs fs afterwards.

Greg


On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 08:04:53 -0600, Marty Boeckman
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> FC2 has a documented problem with with trying to format a JFS partition at
> install time - by entering "linux jfs" at the boot prompt, and then selecting
> JFS as the partition type when in disk druid. As a result, JFS is not 
> installed
> on my system.
> 
> I want to try JFS as the file system for my video partition. But I can't find
> binaries that I can apt-get. Does anyone know where I might get them. Google
> turns up squat.
> 
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> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Video card choices.

[Greg Cope]

If this is not a gaming system then 64Mb should be more than sufficient.

A friend of mine told me to steer clear of FX cards due to heat issues.

I've just ordered a GF 4000MX.

Greg


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:56:16 -0500 (EST), Randy Carpenter
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> 
> >From reading the list, it seems that Nvidia cards are the best supported.
> I am probably going to build at least one system with separate video card
> and sound card. What would be a good choice for an nvidia card? Here are a
> couple of choices I've seen:
> 
> GF4 MX 64MB with TV out - ~$40
> GF FX 5200 128MB with TV out - ~$60
> GF FX 5200 256MB with TV out - ~$75
> 
> Is there much difference in the amount of ram or between the GF4 mx and
> the FX 5200 ? DVD playback is important, as well as TV viewing.
> 
> thanks,
> -Randy
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