Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtranscode does nothing.
A segfault signifys that the application is trying to write to an area of memory outside of it's allocated "segment". Basically, this should never happen, and points to a problem in the application :( James Paul Manning wrote: When running mythtranscode, nothing seems to happen. It fails with a seg fault. Anyone have any idea from below what is going on? mythtranscode -c 1042 -s 2005-09-28T22:25:00 -p autodetect -d -l 2005-10-06 21:08:25.347 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local 2005-10-06 21:08:25.382 New DB connection, total: 1 2005-10-06 21:08:25.418 New DB connection, total: 2 0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 350.374 1: start_time: 0.029 duration: 350.385 stream: start_time: 0.321 duration: 3893.164 bitrate=5461 kb/s 2005-10-06 21:08:26.633 AVFD: Opened codec 0x80adfa0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video) 2005-10-06 21:08:26.676 AVFD: Opened codec 0x80ae2a0, id(MP2) type(Audio) Segmentation fault (core dumped) __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Thanks to developers, plus a few tips from someone who finally got it working
Lee Koloszyc wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) Don't mess with wireless! Suprisingly enough I just bought a random Dlink 802.11G Wireless USB device at Compusa and it has worked flawlessly. Though for some reason using Samba to copy all my MP3's from my Windows machine took forever and a day, yet when downloading from the internet it flys. Guess I am lucky. I agree with the remote backend, I am only using my old P3 machine and it is very very loud and it isnt easy to find a quiet replacement CPU Cooler for it anymore. Lee You think that's bad, my first 3DFX card (Cheap brand of Riteous 3D card) would overheat after about 30 seconds of gameplay (the original quake). Couldn't actually get a heatsink on the GPU, so I had to put the whole PC outside on the window ledge :) James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Wireless or 10/100 BaseT?
When using a seperate back/front end for mythtv, is it possible to have these running across a reasonable wireless connection? I'm talking about watching an averagely encoded file. If not, could I use an old 10baseT ethernet card, or do I have to order a new 100mbps one? Just curious really :) Thanks, James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Hopping
Lee wrote: There was a recent lengthy (and somewhat heated) thread in the dev list about this. The technical reason for the delay is because the system has to do the following things when changing a channel on "Live TV": 1) Tune the channel. 2) Start encoding the feed. 3) Store the file. 4) Decode the file. Each of these steps takes a little time. If you don't do them, you lost the ability to pause or rewind Live TV, which is one of the sexy things about a PVR. I agree with all of this but, part of this problem is the perception that it takes a long time... On my Tivo, using an external DVB-T box, the channel change takes about the same time as the Mythbox but the Tivo/DVB-T have something happening on the screen all the the time, which makes it seem faster... I.e if Myth got on with changing the channel, but 1 second into the process it popped up 'Changing channel' message on the OSD and then another 1 second later, it popped up 'To Extreme Sports'... the delay would seem much shorter... As opposed to the screen just freezing, sitting there for what seems like an eon, before suddenly changing channel... Lee Absolutely! That's exactly it. The thing about beos was that although it wasn't actually much faster than any other operating system, the UI thread had quite a high priority. This meant that it never felt like the machine itself was sluggish, and made it far easier to accept that certain actions took a few seconds. Just purely an onscreen message and would make myth seem far more fluid. If I get some time I may have a look at the source and see how tricky this is going to be. James ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mpeg decoder video card?
Not really able to answer your question, apart from to say that even on a monitor, moving text (e.g. credits) is never very clear.. If anyone has a solution to this, I'd also be very interested to hear it :) James Ricardo Kleemann wrote: Hi, I was wondering if the output quality is better if I use a video card with mpeg2 decoding, instead of one without. I use a PVR-150 for encoding, and a GeForce4 MX440 with S-Video out for output, but I imagine that the decoding is done in software? Overall the video quality is good. It's a little soft, I'd like to have it sharper, and also it's quite noticeable if, for example, credits are scrolling by on the screen... that certainly causes some jerkyness, I guess quickly scrolling text doesn't come out very good. And I was wondering if decoding was done in hardware on the card, if stuff like that would be of better quality. Having said that, what video cards have mpeg2 decoding? I know the PVR-350 has it, but that's also a capture card. Are there output-only video cards with mpeg2 decode, which don't cost an arm and a leg? Is there a good software alternative? Should I apply some filters? Is there a way to improve the sharpness and also not get the jerkyness on stuff like scrolling text? Thanks for any help. Ricardo ___ 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] Myth install WITHOUT the internet..
:0 supurb thread to follow.. I'll attempt it, and will let you know in due course :D James Will wrote: You will need to recompile myth which is easy enough (source installed to your hd anyway), but more importantly you'll need to add the dvb drivers to your kernel.. which should simply be a case of downloading the www.linuxtv.org dvb drivers and apps archives along with the Knoppmyth install. You could also install a 2.6 kernel which has the dvb drivers already built in, but I personally had several packages break when I did this. YMMV, but if you have the same problems - this would probably cause you to need more files / information from the net to solve these issues. I used this for reference: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1357&highlight=dvb If you do this, check what frontend driver your DVB card uses though because I had to install a different kernel entirely. I needed a patch for the relatively new mt352 frontend that my Avermedia card has, but could only find it for 2.4.26 and not 2.4.25 which Knoppmyth has. Will Hmm.. Does knopmyth handle DVB-t cards? James Stephen Williams wrote: Knopmyth might be worth a look, it'll contain everything you need including all dependencies on a single CD. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth install WITHOUT the internet..
Hmm.. Does knopmyth handle DVB-t cards? James Stephen Williams wrote: Knopmyth might be worth a look, it'll contain everything you need including all dependencies on a single CD. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Myth install WITHOUT the internet..
I know.. Its crippling, and in this day and age almost unthinkable but does anyone think I could manage it? I'd be burning CDs and ferrying them back and forth? :) Oh, and I'll be using DVB listings to get program data, as I don't have the internet at home.. Any suggestions as to where/how I might start? James ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVB in the UK (EPG)
I love this list :D Thanks a lot for the replies.. i'll order one today then. I think i'll go with the hauppauge card though. I've used their cards before, and i've always been pretty happy with them, and i know they're pretty well supported :) James Tom Hughes wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you shed any light about drivers for this card? The VisionPlus that Scan have? As far as I know they are supported. I haven't actually got any yet but I am going to be ordering some soon unless I discover some reason why I shouldn't. They seem to more popular in Australia than here from what I've seen so they should work - people have certainly mentioned them on this list. They are listed at http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/CARDS as well. How does it compare to a Hauppauge Nova-T as I have the non-remote on backorder with Scan, but these seen allot cheaper. 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. 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. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DVB in the UK (EPG)
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 . ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
