Re: [mythtv-users] firmware differences between 4.1 and 4.2?

2006-01-19 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 1/18/06, Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Did the names/locations change between 4.1 and 4.2?  my 4.1 system loads up just fine.   The 4.2fails to load the firmware...This may be of interest (from 'make install'):

v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg needs copying to the hotplug firmware
directory if needed for PVR350 mpeg initialization

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Re: [mythtv-users] XP2100 outperforms my P4-3.2Ghz

2006-01-18 Thread Jeff volckaert

AMD XP2100 procNvidia FX5200Fedora Core 32.6.10 kernelHauppauge PVR250P4 3.2Ghz procATI X300 Fedora Core 42.6.14-SMP kernelHauppauge PVR250

Where you using the Nvidia drivers for the XP2100?  I would bet
the driver off-loaded some of the playback to the video card.  I
would try the FX5200 in the new system with the Nvidia dirvers and see
what happens.

Jeff

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Re: [mythtv-users] Difference between WinTV PVR-250 and 150?

2006-01-12 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 1/12/06, Dorsey Graphics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm looking at these 2 cards back-to-back on the Hauppage site:
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr250.html
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html  And I'm not seeing any difference, besides the tech specs.  
In layman's terms, why would I use a 250 vs. a 150 for a second capture
card? (I'm using a PVR-250 as my current primary capture card).
The 150 is the new lower cost card.  Some people would say the 150
doesn't output as good/clear a picture (different chips), but I
switched to a 150 after my 250 died and have no issues at all.

Jeff

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Re: [mythtv-users] Name that tuner!

2006-01-12 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 1/12/06, Steve Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, I've aquired a tuner and haven't a clue what kind it is, all I have isthe board.It's in a machine at the moment so can't see it to tell you any codeswritten on it but it's got the following I/O from top to bottom.
It's a Hauppauge Analogue Card, and probably at least 1 year old.FM, TV, Line Out, Vid, Line in, IRNow name that tuner!
Hauppauge WinTV... doesn't really matter if it's a Go or regular as far
as Mythtv is concerned.  It's either a PVR card or just an analog
(I'm guessing here).

Jeff

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Re: [mythtv-users] New IVTV 4.1 Stable issues

2005-12-22 Thread Jeff volckaert
Ahh... dropping the card setting and re-adding did the trick.  I still don't know why I couldn't just edit the existing ones, but it was easy enough to fix.I can't tell if the quality is any better yet.  I was pretty impressed with the old drivers though.  I record at 2500min/5000max.
I was having a problem with periodic clipping of long shows.  A 2 hour movie might cut out at 50 minutes for some reason.  Hopefully the new driver will fix it.  If not, then it might be a myth issue.Thanks,
Jeff
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[mythtv-users] New IVTV 4.1 Stable issues

2005-12-22 Thread Jeff volckaert
Hello Everybody,

Yesterday I installed the new IVTV 4.1.  I had some trouble since
I had to move the firmware from /lib/modules to the hotplug
directory.  After that I saw errors about 'tuner 0' not being
found.  After some research with IVTV I see that 'tuner 0' is just
called 'tuner' now.  I reran mythtvsetup and changed it to
'tuner'.  I then started mythbackend and ran mythfrontend.  I
went into live TV and everything was fine.  I thought I was
done.  I scheduled a 30 min show just to test it... and... got
'tuner 0' errors.  Where else do I need to change it?

Thanks,
Jeff
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and PSP

2005-12-15 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 12/15/05, Darren Poulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,I've just managed to get nuv videos encoded into mp4 for playing on a PSP.,thanks to all the useful posts on this list and a few links I've found. I'vewritten up what I had to do to get it all working, along with a few of the
problems I ran into on the way. I've also got a script written that can beused as a mythtv user job (creates unique filename and thumbnail). My writeup is at:
http://www.22balmoralroad.net/index.php?/archives/12-MythTV-and-a-Sony-PSP.html#extendedEnglish may be my first language, but I'm a geek, so rather bad at writing it!One thing I haven't found out is how to set it to automatically run the user
job after each recording. As far as I can tell (from both the frontend, andthe backend mysql tables) it is set up right. Running the job manually fromthe recordings section works fine. I did read on one post that it could be a
problem with using Mythweb to set the recordings, rather than a standardfrontend. Is this still the case (I'll set a recording going from thefrontend at some point when I get chance).Thanks,Darren.


That's pretty cool.  Did you get the cutlist to trim
commercials?  How big was the 30min Simpsons  episode after
re-encoding?

Jeff

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Re: [mythtv-users] Converting shows to PDA suitable format

2005-11-26 Thread Jeff volckaert
I use Virtualdub under windows.  That way I can cut the commercials by hand.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Proliant server as a backend...

2005-11-10 Thread Jeff volckaert

>Proliant 8500r>Quad PIII Xeon 700/2MB CPU's>2GB Ram;>2 x 1000SX Fiber NIC;
>1 x Dual 10/100 backup NIC>4 x 73GB U160 SCSI drives, RAID (0/1/5);>2 x PVR250 PAL Tuners;

4 x 73GB would be 210GB after raid 5 right?  That should be good
for 100 to 150 hours of recordings.  I use a 160GB drive and can
store over 100 hours.   I think I have a 2.5M bit rate. 
Unless you want to archive long term, I wouldn't worry too much about
the posts saying you will need more disk.  Set it up and see how
fast you go through it.  73GB scsi drives are not cheap.

Jeff

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Re: [mythtv-users] Laptop tuner card

2005-11-09 Thread Jeff volckaert

Any thoughts on T.V. tuners other than PCI and USB?
What about USB tuners?  I've never used them myself and I don't if
USB 1.1 is fast enough for decent video, but it's just a thought.

Jeff 

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Re: [mythtv-users] NUV TO WINDOWS PC

2005-11-08 Thread Jeff volckaert
Is there anyway from the command line to also get the commercial
cutlist?  I like the idea of transocde built into Mythtv,
espcially with the builtin cutlist, but I don't want to replace the
recording in MythTv.  I want a seperate directory of AVIs that I
could copy to my pocketpc and still watch the original under Mythtv.

The Myth2Ipod stuff looks interesting.  I may play around with it to see if I can get something working for the pocketpc.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP front end

2005-11-03 Thread Jeff volckaert

Does anyone here have experience with using the Media-MVP as a front end?thanks


I have been using the MediaMVP for over a year and think ti's
great.  The biggest missing feature (for me) is the commercial
skip.  I see from the mailing list that it might be getting some
work done on adding though.

I used to have my PC in the room next to the living room feed the TV
and stereo, but the MediaMVP eliminated that need.  I have my
backend in the basement and the MediaMVP sitting on top of my TV.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: IVTV, FC4 & PVR-250 broken?

2005-07-15 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 7/15/05, Gambit Declined <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/14/05, Jeff volckaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Nobody is using a PVR-250 with FC4?  Is it just that not alot of
> > people have moved to FC4?
> 
> I have the same setup and couldn't get ivtv to modprobe. I was
> following the instructions at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php .I
> would suspect a kernel issue, but I didn't have time to troubleshoot
> it and went back to FC3 -- which is working fine.

I'm glad too see I'm not the only one.  I was beginning to suspect my
hardware had gone bad.  Do you have an early revision PVR250?  I
wonder if it's just an issue with the early models or if it's the 250s
in general.

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Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] ivtv troubles

2005-07-15 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 7/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 07:31:55AM +0200, Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
> > The 2.6.12 kernel has changes in the i2c interface. ivtv 0.2 has not yet
> > been patched to support this (or the version is not yet easily
> > available). Take one of the latest 0.3 which should support this.
> > Considering its gentto, you should be comfortable with compiling ivtv.
> 
> The 0.2 line *has* been patched to support 2.6.12 kernels.  The problem
> is that there is a lot of documentation on the web sending people to
> sourceforge to get ivtv drivers but that location hasn't been updated.
> You can get ivtv version 0.2.0-rc3k at:
> 
> http://www.ivtv.tv/releases/ivtv-0.2/ivtv-0.2.0-rc3k.tgz
> 
Please post if this works for you.  I have a FC4 system with 2.6.12
and an old PVR-250 card which has such a jumpy picture I can watch it.
 I have been very frustrated trying various version of the IVTV driver
without success.

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Re: [mythtv-users] What's a good mini front-end-only box?

2005-07-14 Thread Jeff volckaert
The cheapest, smallest, and quietest frontend I can think of is the
Hauppauge MediaMVP for $86.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116617

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[mythtv-users] Re: IVTV, FC4 & PVR-250 broken?

2005-07-14 Thread Jeff volckaert
On 7/13/05, Jeff volckaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> 
> Is IVTV broken under FC4 with a PVR-250?  Anyone got it working?  If
> so, can you post what version and your modprobe.conf?  Also, what
> firmware are you using?
> 
> I have been trying to get this working without any success.
> 
> The best I can get is jumpy video that is unwatchable.
> 
> Did kernel 2.6.12 change something?
> 
> Jeff
> 
Nobody is using a PVR-250 with FC4?  Is it just that not alot of
people have moved to FC4?

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[mythtv-users] IVTV, FC4 & PVR-250 broken?

2005-07-13 Thread Jeff volckaert
Hello Everybody,

Is IVTV broken under FC4 with a PVR-250?  Anyone got it working?  If
so, can you post what version and your modprobe.conf?  Also, what
firmware are you using?

I have been trying to get this working without any success.

The best I can get is jumpy video that is unwatchable.

Did kernel 2.6.12 change something?

Jeff
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[mythtv-users] Jumpy video with a PVR250

2005-07-06 Thread Jeff volckaert
Hello Everybody,

I posted this on the IVTV mailing and haven't gotten any replys yet. 
I thought I would post it here to see if anyone has had a similiar
problem.

I have been having a problem with jumpy video and audio ever since I
wiped my box a while back. I am using a PVR-250 I have had for a
couple years now. I had FC3 running fine with Mythtv and had to wipe
the box for other reasons. After the wipe, the video was jumpy. It
didn't matter if I tried the stable 0.2 or unstable 0.3.

I recently wiped the box again when FC4 came out to see if I could get
a clean slate on it. The problem is still there. I am using the
recommended firmware (pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe) and the latest driver
(ivtv-0.3.6w).

Any help/thoughts? Anyone know how to capture a single frame so I
could post an example?

Below is some spew from my log.

Thanks,
Jeff



Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: 
START INIT IVTV 
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.6 (w) loading
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Linux version:
2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include
the debug info
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT
IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel
mailinglist.Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Autodetected
WinTV PVR 250 card
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC]
enabled at IRQ 6
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 6 as level-triggered
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt
:01:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 6 (level, low) -> IRQ 6
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x01a4
vendor: 0x10de
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model =
32031, rev = B110, serial# = 6151179
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: tveeprom: tuner = Philips
FI1236 MK2 (idx = 10, type = 2)
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M)
(eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor =
MSP3435 (type = 10)
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach
[client=tveeprom[50],ok]Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv:
Tuner Type 2, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00891450,
Revision 0x
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: tuner: Ignoring new-style
parameters in presence of obsolete ones
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2
i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
Jul 1 21:02:00 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner
unset),ok]
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: saa7115: starting probe for
adapter SMBus nVidia nForce adapter at 5500 (0x0)
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv
i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: saa7115: detecting saa7115
client on address 0x42
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: saa7115: writing init values
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[50],ok]
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: saa7115: status: (1E) 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: msp34xx: ivtv version
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: msp34xx: init:
chip=MSP3435G-B6, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode, simpler (G)
no-thread mode
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Jul
1 2005 20:18:53
Jul 1 21:02:01 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3435G-B6,ok]
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250
card with 5 streams
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device for encoder
MPEG minor 0
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder MPEG
stream: 0 x 32768 buffers (0KB total)
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device for encoder
YUV minor 32
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder YUV stream: 0 x
10800 buffers (0KB total)
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device for encoder
VBI minor 224
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder VBI stream: 0 x
8736 buffers (0KB total)
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device for encoder
PCM audio minor 24
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder PCM
audio stream: 0 x 4608 buffers (0KB total)
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device for encoder
radio minor 64
Jul 1 21:02:02 24-177-165-133 kernel: ivtv: Create encoder 

Re: [mythtv-users] ETA for FC4 RPMs?

2005-06-22 Thread Jeff volckaert
Thanks for replying.  I will try the FC3 RPMs.

I had Mythtv and FC3 working fine but then had to wipe my server for a
different reason.  After that wipe the jitter came up.  I don't think
Mythtv is the issue.  I think it's IVTV.  I have tried about four
drivers from stable and unstable with varying degrees of success from
way worse to almost normal.

I thought I would try FC4 just to get a fresh start.

I have had Mythtv running for a couple years now without anything but
minor issues (like xmltv).  It seems like the problems came about
after the PVR-150 support was added to IVTV (I have a PVR-250).  Just
a hunch.

Jeff

On 6/22/05, Alan Hagge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff volckaert wrote:
> 
> >I was having trouble with FC3 & Mythtv getting unwatchable recordings.
> > I would get a real jittery recording.  I tried a bunch of IVTV driver
> >version, but no luck.
> >
> >I wiped my server (keeping my recording partition and a copy of the
> >Mysql Database) and put FC4 to see if that will help.  Now I am
> >waiting on RPMs for Mythtv.  Anyone got an ETA?  Where there problems
> >compiling for FC4?
> >
> >I don't mean to sound like I'm rushing anyone... I would just like a
> >status update.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> I've got Myth running on a FC4 install by installing the FC3 RPMS from
> ATrpms and then whatever FC4 RPMS there were over the top.  It seems to
> be working just as well as when I had FC3 installed.
> 
> But if you're convinced that FC3 is the root of your jittery recording
> problems, then this may not help.  Have you thoroughly debugged the
> source of the jittering?  Looking at the mythbackend log, starting up
> mythfrontend & mythbackend with all messages (mythfrontend -v all,
> mythbackend -v all)?  Ensuring you have enough CPU horsepower and/or
> that you have an nVidia driver with a funtional XvMC setup?
> 
> Unfortunately, at this stage, the MythTV debugging learning curve is
> quite steep.  It helps immensely to read others' posts and the excellent
> info at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv and http://www.mythtv.info .
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Alan
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[mythtv-users] ETA for FC4 RPMs?

2005-06-22 Thread Jeff volckaert
I was having trouble with FC3 & Mythtv getting unwatchable recordings.
 I would get a real jittery recording.  I tried a bunch of IVTV driver
version, but no luck.

I wiped my server (keeping my recording partition and a copy of the
Mysql Database) and put FC4 to see if that will help.  Now I am
waiting on RPMs for Mythtv.  Anyone got an ETA?  Where there problems
compiling for FC4?

I don't mean to sound like I'm rushing anyone... I would just like a
status update.

Thanks,
Jeff
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Re: [mythtv-users] MediaMVP (mvpmc) with .18

2005-06-17 Thread Jeff volckaert
I'm using the May 22 release and it works fine with 0.18 and Fedora Core 3.

My config looks like:
*
mkdir /video
mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nfsvers=3
192.168.0.1:/video /videomvpmc -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.0.1 -r
/video &
*

Jeff

On 6/17/05, James Pifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 13:17, Mudit Wahal wrote:
> > James,
> > Did you set the correct path to /myth ? How about -s ?
> > Do you see the myth menu and other stuff atleast ?
> >
> > Here is my config file
> > =
> > rdate -s 192.168.123.3
> > mkdir /MyPrograms
> > mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nfsvers=3,hard,intr
> > 192.168.123.3:/myth/recorded /MyPrograms/
> > mvpmc -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.123.3 &
> > =
> >
> > I'm also exporting /myth directory.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mudit
> >
> >
> 
> Well, I haven't changed anything except the bin file. My config file is
> still the same as when it was working with 0.16.
> 
> mkdir /mythtv/
> mkdir /mythtv/recordings
> mkdir /mythtv/videos
> /etc/nfsmount.sh 192.168.1.22:/storage/mythtv/recordings
> /mythtv/recordings
> /etc/nfsmount.sh 192.168.1.22:/storage/mythtv/mythvideos /mythtv/videos
> /bin/mvpmc -M -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.1.16 -m ntsc -r
> /mythtv/recordings &
> 
> Thanks,
> James
> 
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Archos AV400 Portable

2005-04-26 Thread Jeff volckaert
I use VirtualDub under windows to make AVIs for my Dell Axim.  I use
320x240 and a 200K bitrate.  I think the videos look great on the
handheld and an hour long show minus commercials is about 75M.

Jeff

On 4/26/05, Mike Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting Mike Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > Has anyone got exporting files for viewing on a Portable device working? 
> > I've
> > got an Archos AV400 and currently transfer the nuv files over to
> > Windows before
> > converting them. Obviously, this is a bit of a faff and I'm sure
> > there must be
> > some way to do it in Linux
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions
> >
> > Kind Regards
> >
> > Mike
> >
> 
> Hi
> 
> Nobody responded to my original request, so I've been doing a lot of playing
> around with all the options available, such as mkmovie, nuvexport to divx and
> xvid, and also playing with all the various tools available on Linux such as
> mencoder, ffmpeg, etc
> 
> A lot of the methods I tried all ended up with similar results, but I
> was always
> left with a lot of progressive scan issues on the portable, and quite
> often the
> sound would be a second or so delayed (this may be because of a separate
> problem I seem to be having with my dvb card skipping after about 4:30 minutes
> on every recording at the moment for some reason I haven't quite worked out.
> Also, some of the more satisfactory results required enormous amounts of
> processing time on an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3200+ Processor and processing through
> two separate programs.
> 
> Anyway, the reason for the post was to say that it looks as though I've struck
> gold. The following command gives me fantastic results every time with
> no audio
> snyncing problems whatsoever. Also, this encodes direct from the Myth nuv file
> directly to the avi in one go. On my system it encodes about 25fps which is
> realtime for the uk, also I'm not sure if I should be expecting a better
> compression ratio - ie, a 1.8Gb file compresses down to about 480Mb
> 
> mencoder -oac mp3lame -vf scale=352:192 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts
> pass=2:bitrate=900 -o /mythtv/video/Jamies\ School\ Dinners.avi
> /mythtv/recordings/1008_2005030921_2005030922.nuv
> 
> I hope this helps anyone out in a similar position to myself.
> 
> Incidentally, does anyone know whether mythweb is going to be updated to allow
> you to queue jobs remotely? It's be well handy if I could queue a job up to do
> this.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Mike
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[mythtv-users] OT:FTA sat setup

2005-01-12 Thread Jeff volckaert
Hello Everybody,

I have been reading about FTA programming and was curious what a FTA
sat reciever setup would run?  I think I need a dish, a dish
directioner, and a FTA reciever.  Is this right?  What would a setup
like this cost?

Can I use ANY of the equipment left over from a directtv setup?  My
in-laws just bought a cottage with an old directtv dish.  I would like
to setup the place to get FTA programming since we really don't want a
cable bill for the few days a month we will be there.

Would it be better to use a PC+Hauppage Nexus card+TV-out than getting
a FTA reciever?

Thanks,
Jeff
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