[mythtv-users] Firewire with Shaw Cable in Western Canada

[Greg Miller]

Has anyone tried 
to connect to a Shaw cable box with firewire? I sent them an email asking if 
their boxes supported firewire. The first reply indicated that the firewire 
ports on their boxes were active but not supported by shaw. I asked them another 
question and they replyed saying the the firwire ports were not 
active.
 
I get the 
impression that the ports are working but they are afraid that someone may 
consume 5 minutes of their time asking a question.
 
I don't even care 
about HD, I just want high quality regular tv.
 
Greg


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[mythtv-users] Has anyone looked at this for a frontend.

[Greg Miller]

http://www.cacmedia.tv/products/sample2_4000.html
 
This looks like it 
might make a really nice front end. It is allready running 
linux.
 

 
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[mythtv-users] Xbox locking up.

[Greg Miller]

Is anyone else 
having issues with Mythtv locking up on an Xbox? I seems that every time I start 
flipping through the guide it locks up. I can't even ssh into the unit.  I 
am running xebian 1.1. 
 
I considering 
updateing to the cvs version but I have a feeling the xbox is missing some of 
the required components to build it from source.
 
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[mythtv-users] xbox picture quality

[Greg Miller]

Is it just me or 
has anyone else noticed that the XBMC displays a clearer picture that Mythtv? Is 
there any way to tone down the color? It seem a little too bright and bleeds a 
little.
 
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[mythtv-users] Firewire with Shaw Cable in Canada?

[Greg Miller]

Has anyone tried the firewire support in Mythtv with Shaw cable in Canada.
Shaw says that the fireware ports are active, but I keep reading all this
stuff about 5c encryption.
 

Greg Miller



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RE: [mythtv-users] Great quality TV-out on a PVR-350?

[Greg Miller]

I am running Gentoo and just added:

post-install ivtv /usr/bin/ivtvctl -j reg=0x6c,val=0xfa -d
/dev/video16&&/usr/bin/ivtvctl -j reg=0x2d,val=0x38 -d /dev/video16

To my /etc/modules.d/ivtv file.

Works great now...

Greg 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Kim
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:26 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Great quality TV-out on a PVR-350?

I'm interested in this as well.  I had a similar experience as the
original poster, only my video was dark and green instead of dark and red.

Justin
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:08:10 -0500, Hank VanZile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Sorry, I probably should have mentioned that in the first place : I am 
> using Fedora Core 2 and it's NTSC.
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >I've just setup my mythbox to a great quality tv-output.
> >
> >So.. Yes.. it is possible to get a perfect image outof the PVR350.
> >
> >What distro are you using ??
> >
> >If you are using Fedora i can support you with help.
> >
> >
> >gr.
> >
> >Patrick de Brabander
> >
> >
> >>I'm seeing all of these messages about tweaking the nvidia cards, 
> >>but I'm wondering if anyone knows of some guidelines for improving 
> >>the quality of PVR-350 viewing.
> >>
> >>I don't really use Myth to watch live TV (haven't tackled the whole 
> >>digital cable interaction yet), but my recordings are commonly 
> >>rather dark and red when played back over my tv-out.  It's not the 
> >>recordings, as they look find when I view them on a monitor.
> >>
> >>I assume that I need to put an "ivtvctl" command in somewhere, but I 
> >>don't know where it goes (modules.conf? rc.local?)  I've tried 
> >>searching this list and the IVTV list for some tips, but all the 
> >>responses I've found are pretty cryptic and aren't well explained.  
> >>(As well as a lot of "try searching the list, this has been brought 
> >>up a million times.")
> >>
> >>I apologize if I'm missing something obvious, but could someone 
> >>provide some "just north of newbie" tips on this issue?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Hank
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RE: [mythtv-users] Re: How I solved my PVR-350 hard lockup problem

[Greg Miller]

I'm having a similar problem. I believe it is related to the ivtv fb driver.
My system will run for days without the frontend running. 

Greg 

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Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:32 AM
To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: How I solved my PVR-350 hard lockup problem

On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 09:43 -0500, Dan Wilga wrote:
> Just to add to the mix: I have the same occasional lockups with the 
> 350, only I use an ATI-based motherboard, not a VIA.

ATI-based motherboard?

> If I set my system to play live TV and then go away for several hours, 
> there's a good chance that it will be locked up by the time I get 
> back. I've had it go for about 8 hours without crashing, but not much 
> longer.

Could heat build-up be the problem?

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[mythtv-users] Lockup with PVR-350

[Greg Miller]

Hi I am running Mythtv-0.17 with Gentoo on a Soyo C3/700 PC with a Nexux-s
dvb card and a PVR-350. The backend will run for days with no issues. As
soon as I fire up the frontend through the PVR-350 I get lockups. Some time
it will run for an hour, sometimes it only runs for a minute.
 
Has anyone else had this?
 
Are there any recomended steps to diagnose the problem. I am guessing it is
related to the framebuffer as the problem only appears while X/Mythfrontend
is running.
 
ivtv-osd: Framebuffer module loaded (attached to ivtv card id 0)
ivtv-osd: Framebuffer is at decoder-relative address 0x0051 and has
1704960 bytes.
ivtv-osd: screen coords: [0 0] -> [720 480]
ivtv-osd: original global alpha = 208
ivtv-osd: current OSD state = 39
ivtv-osd: new global alpha = 208 (1 255 0)
ivtv-osd: framebuffer at 0xd551, mapped to 0xd9031000, size 1350k
ivtv-osd: mode is 720x480x32, linelength=2880
ivtv-osd: fb0: iTVC15 TV out frame buffer device

 

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RE: [mythtv-users] OT - Codec for NEXUS DVB MPEG

[Greg Miller]

Try using a DVD player application. I found that even with the right codec
the picture was squished (tall and narrow). I prefer PowerDVD. Once you
install the package you will have the codec.

Greg 

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Subject: [mythtv-users] OT - Codec for NEXUS DVB MPEG

I'd say this is only a small bit off topic - its not a MythTV issue.

When I record programmes on a Nexus-S DVB card they play perfectly through
the PVR350 output - so it looks like the PVR likes the MPEG2 (?) that the
Nexus-S provides.

But I cannot play the files through Windows Media Player and MythWeb (using
MythTV filters and myth:// URLs in MythWeb) - Windows Media player complains
about no codec to play back the files with.  Recordings make with the PVR350
play back perfectly in Media Player so it looks like there is a difference
in the file formats from each card.

Does anyone know of a Codec for Windows that will playback Nexus-S DVB MPEG
files?

Thanks,

Derek

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RE: [mythtv-users] Rogers SA3250 with Firewire?

[Greg Miller]

I just checked with shaw cable in Calgary and the said that they have cable
boxes that support firewire.

Greg 

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Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Rogers SA3250 with Firewire?

On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 17:12 -0500, wheaty wrote:
> 
> I'm tempted to dump Rogers completely and move to a completely free 
> system (via broadcast NTSC and ATSC channels).

I'm assuming by reference to Rogers you are in Canada somewhere.  What
"completely free NTSC/ATSC" material do you have access to?  Major US
networks?  OTA?  How, in Canada?  I have given though to HD/ATSC but I just
don't think there will be enough content here in Canada to make it
worthwhile.  Maybe I am wrong.

b.


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[mythtv-users] Trouble shooting Lirc...

[Greg Miller]

Hi I am trying to get Lirc up and running on my system. I'm running Gentoo,
Mythtv 0.17, PVR350, Nexus-S DVB. They system works reasonably well (a few
DVB issues but it's new code.. )

I followed the instructions as close as I could, because I have sort of a
combo system with DVB and the pvr350. When I try to test lirc with irw, I
just end up back at the command prompt. If I try it again I get a "connect:
Connection refused" error.

If some one could recommend some steps to test the various components that
are required to make lirc run, I would really appreciate it.

Greg

Additional info:

I installed Lirc with the gentoo ebuild. Lircd is running and I have the
lircd.conf for the newer remote in /etc with the following permissions: 
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  3084 Mar  7 14:45 lircd.conf
I also have LIRC_OPTS="--with-driver=hauppauge" in as the last line in my
make.conf. Would I be better of with the source?

lsmod shows:
Module  Size  Used by
sg 28800  0
ivtv_fb  29352  0
msp340026596  0
saa712712456  0
saa711512260  0
tveeprom   11648  0
ivtv  807428  2 ivtv_fb
lirc_i2c8036  0
lirc_dev   13708  1 lirc_i2c
st 34364  0
dm_mod 49052  0
sbp2   20552  0
ohci1394   29828  0
ieee1394   89172  2 sbp2,ohci1394
ohci_hcd   18116  0
uhci_hcd   27824  0
usb_storage26176  0
scsi_mod   65408  4 sg,st,sbp2,usb_storage
usbhid 28416  0
ehci_hcd   25060  0
usbcore96420  7
ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd
 

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[mythtv-users] Lirc with 0.17, Gentoo, pvr350 & Nexus-S

[Greg Miller]

Hi I am trying to get Lirc up and running on my system. I'm running Gentoo,
Mythtv 0.17, PVR350, Nexus-S DVB. They system works reasonably well (afew
DVB issues but it's new code.. )

I followed the instructions as close as I could, because I have sort of a
combo system with DVB and the pvr350. When I try to test lirc with irw, I
just end up back at the command prompt. If I try it again I get a "connect:
Connection refused" error.

If some one could recommend some steps to test the various components that
are required to make lirc run, I would really appreciate it.

Greg

Additional info:

I installed Lirc with the gentoo ebuild. Lircd is running and I have the
lircd.conf for the newer remote in /etc with the following permissions: 
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  3084 Mar  7 14:45 lircd.conf
I also have LIRC_OPTS="--with-driver=hauppauge" in as the last line in my
make.conf. Would I be better of with the source?

lsmod shows:
Module  Size  Used by
sg 28800  0
ivtv_fb29352  0
msp340026596  0
saa712712456  0
saa711512260  0
tveeprom   11648  0
ivtv  807428  2 ivtv_fb
lirc_i2c8036  0
lirc_dev   13708  1 lirc_i2c
st 34364  0
dm_mod 49052  0
sbp2   20552  0
ohci1394   29828  0
ieee1394   89172  2 sbp2,ohci1394
ohci_hcd   18116  0
uhci_hcd   27824  0
usb_storage26176  0
scsi_mod   65408  4 sg,st,sbp2,usb_storage
usbhid 28416  0
ehci_hcd   25060  0
usbcore96420  7
ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd

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RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

[Greg Miller]

Thanks to every one that offered sugestions.

I tried to do some tests with the frame buffer by itself and it was
unresponsive.

As it turns out I had this in my /etc/modules.d/ivtv to clean the random
junk off the screen.

post-install ivtv-fb /usr/bin/ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -alpha 0

And that was the problem. I commented it out, rebooted, and X is working.

Greg.

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RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

[Greg Miller]

I tried the latest 0.2 release of ivtv with the same results. I really
appreciate the assistance.

Greg.

Here is the output from startx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] greg $ startx -display=0:0

X Window System Version 6.8.0
Release Date: 8 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux media 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 #3 Thu Feb 3 01:04:04
MST 2005 i686
Build Date: 31 January 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar  7 09:25:22 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Using vt 7
bitsPerPixel=32, depth=24, defaultVisual=TrueColor
mask: ff,ff00,ff, offset: 16,8,0
(EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOPAN_DISPLAY: Invalid argument




Here is /var/log/Xorg.0.log

X Window System Version 6.8.0
Release Date: 8 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux media 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 #3 Thu Feb 3 01:04:04
MST 2005 i686
Build Date: 31 January 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar  7 09:30:41 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "NTSC Monitor"
(**) |   |-->Device "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/s
hare/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/modules"
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
Using vt 7
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8060, mode1Res1 = 0x8000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0601 card , rev 05 class 06,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,8601 card , rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr
01
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1106,0686 card 1106, rev 22 class 06,01,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 10 class 01,01,8a hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 10 class 0c,03,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 10 class 0c,03,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:07:4: chip 1106,3057 card 1106,3057 rev 30 class 06,80,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:07:5: chip 1106,3058 card 1106,3058 rev 20 class 04,01,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 1131,7146 card 13c2,0003 rev 01 class 04,80,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip ,0803 card 0070,4000 rev 01 class 04,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10d9,0531 card 2078,0540 rev 25 class 02,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1023,8500 card 1023,8500 rev 6a class 03,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1  0   0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0xd800 - 0xdaf

[mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

[Greg Miller]

I hope that this 
isn't too far off topic. I am posting here because I assume that others are or 
were in my position. I recently decided to bite the bullet ate buy a PVR 350 
mainly to get a decent quality TV output. I am running Gentoo withe kernel 
2.6.8, DVB and Xorg 6.8.0. I was able to emerge ivtv and get the ouput 
of the pvr350 working, and even fixed the purple & green issue. I spent most 
of the day serching the net for a solution to getting the X11 running on the 
framebuffer. If I follow the ivtv readme it says to use "fbdev" as the driver in 
the xorg.conf that generates an error. Other info sayes to use ivtvdev. I 
finally found ivtvdev in binary form (I think it is for xfree86 though) and that 
generates another error. 
 
Is there a way to 
get X running on ivtv with Xorg. 
 
Any tips would be 
greatly appreciated.
 
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RE: [mythtv-users] Failure to connect to remote backend

[Greg Miller]

It's in the Mythtv Documentation. I can't remember the name of the file but
you have to change the bind address from 127.0.0.1 (or what ever it is) to
your IP. I had the same problem with Gentoo.

Greg 

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lonnie Borntreger
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:38 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Failure to connect to remote backend

Most new packages of mysql have network access turned off by default.
Check your mysql startup files and make sure that they allow network access.
On Mandrake (and Redhat, I think) that is set in /etc/sysconfig/mysql, but I
don't know about Gentoo.

Lonnie

On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 13:22 +1300, Bernard Mentink wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have just done a fresh install of Gentoo on my master server which 
> runs mythfrontend and a master mythbackend, IP is 192.168.0.3
> 
> My remote frontend is at IP 192.168.0.2.
> 
> I am getting the following error while trying to access the MySQL 
> database from the remote frontend:
> 
> 
> Unable to connect to database!
> Driver error was [1/2003]:
> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
> Database error was:
> Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.0.3' (111)
> -
> 
> My mysql.txt on the frontend is:
> 
> DBHostName=192.168.0.3
> DBUserName=mythtv
> DBPassword=mythtv
> DBName=mythconverg
> 
> I have grant'ed all permission to mythconverg database on the master 
> backend, so do not know why I cannot access it?
> 
> Any Idea's anyone?
> 
> I presume I do not have to have the mysql daemon running on the 
> frontend, mythfrontend should just use the backend's database.
> 
> Cheers,
> ebike
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RE: [mythtv-users] xbox Mythtv & twinhan or Haupage remote?

[Greg Miller]

Here's a thought...one of my dvb cards is a twinhan that came with a remote
and USB ir receiver. Has any one ever tried this receiver & remote on an
xbox? I would assume that I would need to boot straight to linux as XBMC
would not recognise it. Can some one pint me in the direction of the lirc
config files for the Myth and a twinhan remote.

Greg 

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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:15 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] xbox Mythtv & twinhan or Haupage remote?

"The drawback to using the XBox DVD receiver is that it only responds to the
subset of buttons that are on the original remote, so you are stuck (AFAIK)
with only a subset of functionality."

This does not seem to be true, at least not on the Microsoft XBox DVD dongle
that I have.  Using the extended codes for the type of receiver that the
XBox uses, I was able to program every button (about 30 of
them) on a All-In-One URC-6131 remote control to have a unique code, and all
buttons were recognized by lirc.  (I used the same technique as I have on my
website, www.vulturesnest.net, except that I used the Microsoft DVD code,
instead of RC-5).

I expect that the Radio Shack remotes would work the same way, since they
use the same codes.

-- Joe

--- Greg Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. It looks like I'll stick with the xbox remote 
> for a while. It's just the size of it that was bug'n me.
> 
> Greg. 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Mietz Egli
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:54 AM
> To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] xbox Mythtv & twinhan or Haupage remote?
> 
> On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 12:26 -0700, Greg Miller
> wrote:
> > Hi, I am running an xbox front end and would
> prefer a different
> > remote. Can I just change one of the lirc files
> with one that is for
> > the other remote?
> 
> I use a Radio Shack 8-in-1 Universal Remote
> (15-2116) to control all of my
> AV equipment: a myth-xbox, Sharp Aquos TV, and a Phillips DVD player.
> It's cheap, has a pretty good set of buttons, and supports the XBox 
> DVD remote protocol (code 0522):
> 
> http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie%
>
5Ftest=1&catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=&product_id=15-2116
> 
> The drawback to using the XBox DVD receiver is that it only responds 
> to the subset of buttons that are on the original remote, so you are 
> stuck
> (AFAIK) with only a subset of functionality. 
> Changing the lirc config won't
> give you access to more buttons because the hardware doesn't pass 
> along all of the received signals.  This means that you won't be able 
> to use a remote to access all of the functions you see in keys.txt.
> For me, having pause,
> menu, info, exit, and the arrow keys is enough, but it sounds like you 
> want more functionality, so you should look into USB-IR receivers.
> 
> p.
> 
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RE: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs FX-5200 TVOut

[Greg Miller]

I know that discussion regarding decrypting DVB feeds is not 
allowed here. All the info you need is here please do not email me asking how to do 
it. My system is not running 100% yet and I am considering getting a PVR 350 and 
connecting it to my Mythtv box. 
 
Good Luck.
 
Greg
 
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AMTo: Discussion about mythtvSubject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs 
FX-5200 TVOut
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:31:08 -0500, Thom Paine 
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way. I'm most > interested.
Please don't take it off the list, there are lots of us who are 
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RE: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs FX-5200 TVOut

[Greg Miller]

This is the most interesting thread I've followed for a long time. For what
it's worth I am running Mythtv with DVB in Canada and gave up on getting
good quality s-video out. I also have an Expressvu PVR that gives Excellent
picture quality and it has become the benchmark. The problem with the PVR is
that it is a piece of junk and only records based on a timed event. In an
attempt to get decent quality video from Mythtv I went and bought a used
Xbox ($139CDN) and loaded up a frontend. It is a little slow (only 64mb
memory) and the picture quality is pretty good (way better that the nVidia
5600 and ATI Radeon 9200 I tried) but not as good as the PVR.

I find it quite amazing that High Quality S-Video is so difficult to
achieve.

Greg

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RE: [mythtv-users] xbox Mythtv & twinhan or Haupage remote?

[Greg Miller]

Thanks for the reply. It looks like I'll stick with the xbox remote for a
while. It's just the size of it that was bug'n me.

Greg. 

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On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 12:26 -0700, Greg Miller wrote:
> Hi, I am running an xbox front end and would prefer a different 
> remote. Can I just change one of the lirc files with one that is for 
> the other remote?

I use a Radio Shack 8-in-1 Universal Remote (15-2116) to control all of my
AV equipment: a myth-xbox, Sharp Aquos TV, and a Phillips DVD player.
It's cheap, has a pretty good set of buttons, and supports the XBox DVD
remote protocol (code 0522):

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie%
5Ftest=1&catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=&product_id=15-2116

The drawback to using the XBox DVD receiver is that it only responds to the
subset of buttons that are on the original remote, so you are stuck
(AFAIK) with only a subset of functionality.  Changing the lirc config won't
give you access to more buttons because the hardware doesn't pass along all
of the received signals.  This means that you won't be able to use a remote
to access all of the functions you see in keys.txt.  For me, having pause,
menu, info, exit, and the arrow keys is enough, but it sounds like you want
more functionality, so you should look into USB-IR receivers.

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[mythtv-users] xbox Mythtv & twinhan or Haupage remote?

[Greg Miller]

Hi, I am running 
an xbox front end and would prefer a different remote. Can I just change one of 
the lirc files with one that is for the other remote?
 
Has anyone else 
done this? 
 
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RE: [mythtv-users] Building front end only machines (KnoppMyth ?)

[Greg Miller]

For what it's worth, I picked up a couple ox used Xboxes at a local pawn
shop for $130CDN (Approx $110US). I reflashed the bios and loaded Xebian (I
believe it also has an NFS install option). They are a litthe sluggish with
only 64MB RAM but the price was right.

Greg 

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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 03:18:57PM -0800, Paul Bender wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 17:34 -0500, stan wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 07:36:51PM -0800, Paul Bender wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 21:53 -0500, stan wrote:
> > > > I've finally gotten (what I hope) to be a stable backend machine set
up.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Have you considered using network boot to install and configure 
> > > your front end? Something like . In 
> > > addition to pulling the boot image from the server, it pulls the 
> > > configuration from the server as well.
> > 
> > Does this work sort of like the Linux Terminal Server Project? If so 
> > it would be worht setting up, as the front ends could be diskless.
> 
> I am not familiar with how the Linux Terminal Server Project does 
> things.
> 
> MiniMyth from  is completely diskless. Right 
> now, it downloads the kernel, root file system and configuration from 
> a TFTP server. Media directories for pictures, music and videos can be 
> mounted using NFS or SMB. In addition, there are thoughts of adding 
> support for NFS mounting the root file system.

That's close.

LTSP ises PXE boot, which gets it an IP address, then it does tftp to get a
minimal loader, and then gets the kernel. Everything else is done ive NFS
from the "server". Works like a charm. Once loged in to the diskless
machine, you are "on the host" for all user practical purposes.

> 
> MiniMyth is tailored for Via EPIA M series motherboards. It does not 
> contain support for other hardware.
> 

Ues, that's why I asked. I don't have that hardware. LRSP supports a variety
of hardware, so I was thinking of looking into using it.

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RE: [mythtv-users] Xbox Gentoo Vs GentooX Vs Xebian

[Greg Miller]

Is there a specific version I need? I don't think my i286 cd would even
boot.

Greg 

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I'd go with gentoo myself.  AFAIR, GentooX is no longer supported by the
main gentoo distro, and since gentoo itself will now install ok on an xbox,
I think gentooX is no longer needed.  Besides, Gentoo rocks.

-Nate


On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:08:47 -0700, Greg Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> That is exactly what I tried. For some really weird reason it fails 
> every time. I went through the perl script to try and narrow down the 
> problem. I noticed that the first thing it did during the config step 
> (installing Xebian went fine..) was do an apt-get update. I tried 
> running this manually and it came back full of errors like the one I 
> described. I know that the network works because I can use lynx to go 
> to the same sites that apt-get has problems with.
> 
> I changed the sources.list locations for the debian part to the local 
> university and it worked better, but it still failes on the Mythtv
sources.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Squires
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:55 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox Gentoo Vs GentooX Vs Xebian
> 
> On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:35:11 -0700, Greg Miller 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi, I just picked up a couple of used xboxes to used as frontends 
> > for Mythtv. I am now trying determine what Linux distribution I 
> > should use. I tried Xebian because it looked like the fastest way to 
> > setup s dedicated frontend. For some reason apt-get is failing. I 
> > see errors like "stdin: not in gzip format" I am running via ssh and 
> > the network seems to work for other apps (wget, lynx).
> >
> > Now I'm considering a Gentoo flavor. With the two choices being 
> > Gent00 and Gentoox, does one have much of an advantage over the 
> > other? Is Gentoo going to be more difficult than GentooX (drives, 
> > lirc, mpeg chip support, etc...)
> >
> > Any Tips, comments, and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Greg.
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> 
> With Xebian did you follow the instructions from http://bit.blkbk.com/?
> They worked very well for me.
> BTW, (this might have changed) there were problems with the 1.1 
> version of Xebian and mythtv.  1.03 should be used instead.
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RE: [mythtv-users] Xbox Gentoo Vs GentooX Vs Xebian

[Greg Miller]

That is exactly what I tried. For some really weird reason it fails every
time. I went through the perl script to try and narrow down the problem. I
noticed that the first thing it did during the config step (installing
Xebian went fine..) was do an apt-get update. I tried running this manually
and it came back full of errors like the one I described. I know that the
network works because I can use lynx to go to the same sites that apt-get
has problems with.

I changed the sources.list locations for the debian part to the local
university and it worked better, but it still failes on the Mythtv sources.

Greg 

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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:35:11 -0700, Greg Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>  
> 
> Hi, I just picked up a couple of used xboxes to used as frontends for 
> Mythtv. I am now trying determine what Linux distribution I should 
> use. I tried Xebian because it looked like the fastest way to setup s 
> dedicated frontend. For some reason apt-get is failing. I see errors 
> like "stdin: not in gzip format" I am running via ssh and the network 
> seems to work for other apps (wget, lynx).
> 
> Now I'm considering a Gentoo flavor. With the two choices being Gent00 
> and Gentoox, does one have much of an advantage over the other? Is 
> Gentoo going to be more difficult than GentooX (drives, lirc, mpeg 
> chip support, etc...)
> 
> Any Tips, comments, and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> Greg. 
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With Xebian did you follow the instructions from http://bit.blkbk.com/?
They worked very well for me. 
BTW, (this might have changed) there were problems with the 1.1 version of
Xebian and mythtv.  1.03 should be used instead.

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[mythtv-users] Xbox Gentoo Vs GentooX Vs Xebian

[Greg Miller]

Hi, I just picked up 
a couple of used xboxes to used as frontends for Mythtv. I am now trying 
determine what Linux distribution I should use. I tried Xebian because it looked 
like the fastest way to setup s dedicated frontend. For some reason apt-get is 
failing. I see errors like "stdin: not in gzip format" I am running via ssh and 
the network seems to work for other apps (wget, lynx).
Now I'm considering 
a Gentoo flavor. With the two choices being Gent00 and Gentoox, does one have 
much of an advantage over the other? Is Gentoo going to be more difficult than 
GentooX (drives, lirc, mpeg chip support, etc...)
Any Tips, comments, 
and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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