Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Anybody working on Nokia 770 front end?
On 13/12/05 3:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not use mythstream to transcode it to 3GPP H.264/AAC at CIF resolution? I would like to do this on my treo, but so far the only H.264 player I found does NOT support AAC. I guess I couldget MP3 Audio, but I want to try to stay 3GPP so it works with the most phones out there. -Nathan I know Apple audio devices use AAC aside from that I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not sure if my suggestion will be helpful or not, but have you taken a look at The Core Media Player for your treo? http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users To chip in, I've used Myth's job queue and a hacked up nuvexport (2 separate techniques) to create 3GPP compliant files from software encoded television shows before. It's not H.264 you're looking for it's H263, or MPEG4 for video and the sound should be Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) or possibly AAC *if the device and player support it*. I used a Nokia N-Gage, which plays H263/AMR in a 3GPP container natively, or you can buy pvPlayer ( http://www.packetvideo.com/solutions/products.html ) For Symbian OS which supports MPEG4. Then you just put the files on a memory card. The difference you have here is that you could use the WiFi to stream the files live. I'm not sure if 3GPP's container streams and I know you'd have to specially build VLC (used by MythStreamTV) to compile in some of the above codecs you'll need. But worth a shot if you had the hardware, but if I was in the house, I'd just watch it on a normal frontend. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Needed: Xbox compatable Lirc with support for the microsoft DVD remote
On 21/11/05 9:03 AM, William [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What am I doing wrong? Is there a special repo for the xbox specific lirc? I had to patch LIRC to add USB support. The patch I used is in the Gentoo package manager (for lirc-0.7.0-r1 from memory), so you might find it via GentooX, I don't know, otherwise it can be downloaded here: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/xbox-linux/lirc/lirc-0.7.0- xbox.patch?rev=1.1 (All one line if it wraps) Note that it patches against 0.7.0. Hope this helps. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: MythTV and FoxTel
Hello Arnie, On 18/11/05 11:23 PM, Arnold Delavigne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Joshua, My name¹s Arnie. You don¹t know me, but I found your blog (via gossamerthreads) when I was researching how to get MythTV to change channels on my FoxTel Digital STU. Unfortunately, the link you gave for the hand tweaked lirc.conf file for the Sky DigiBox is no longer functional. I was wondering if you could e-mail me a copy of the lirc.conf you are using Here it is, as well as a change channel script which works for me with Myth (note it's got a couple of hacks in it to handle other people using the TV -- getting out of Active features before recording, etc). It assumes you have the Myth box plugged into the VCR output of the Foxtel Digital STU (NOT the TV output, if it's in the TV output take out the bit at the bottom that presses the TV button). Copied to the list so Gossamer can archive it. Joshua King ledxmitd.conf Description: Binary data change_channel.sh Description: Binary data ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] xboxusb lircd.conf
On 19/11/05 11:38 AM, Ben Dash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please send me a copy of the lircd.conf for the lirc_xboxusb driver? Here's what I'm using, though from memory this came from the Gentoo ebuild so you should have it. Note that I'm using this on a PC not an Xbox, but that shouldn't change a thing. Joshua King lircd.conf Description: Binary data ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Foxtel Digital STU Channel Change
On 13/11/05 2:30 PM, Lachlan McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Has anyone got myth doing channel changes for the Foxtel Digital STU? Yes. I'd be interested in knowing what equipment that your using to achieve this. You need an infrared blaster (premade or build your own) and LIRC compiled for the IR blaster, and the remote codes. See here: http://techtransit.blogspot.com/2005/06/foxtel-digital-stu-and-mythtv.html And here: http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/mythtv/lirc/ And here for the blaster: http://www.irblaster.info (many others) or: http://www.lirc.org/transmitters.html And here for a howto I used to integrate into MythTV: http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_M odified_LIRC.html Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] EPG in Australia?
On 26/10/05 7:40 AM, William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you use the OzTivo guide in MythTV? Download the tv_grab_au_tuhs script, save it to your backend, make sure it's called tv_grab_au (this is what Myth runs). You'll then need to write a config file for it. You should be able to do this in the mythtv-setup program and then edit the file it creates to suit Perth. OzTiVo's got good data (best I've used so far) for Perth, rarely any gaps. You'll also need to register an OzTiVo account. Links: http://www.tvguide.org.au (guide source) http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/xmltv/tv_grab_au_tuhs.html (grabber download) Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Use of Macintosh G4 as MythTV box
On 20/10/05 7:13 AM, Jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i just assumed there was an issue with endian-ness but i don't have a mac so i'm not sure. I think most endianness bugs were stomped out a while ago in MythTV -- and I've successfully installed (back around 0.17) both a backend (I didn't have any capture devices to test though) and a frontend on Gentoo Linux/PPC. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Use of Macintosh G4 as MythTV box
On 20/10/05 7:02 AM, Nick Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I know the backend won't work on OSX, but it should work on linux/ppc. Actually, I can try to compile the backend (without any capture cards) on my powerbook and I'll let you know. You'll have no problems compiling the backend on OS X Tiger (albeit you'll have to enable it ./configure --enable-backend) (Myth versions 0.18 or SVN) but you won't be able to capture anything last time I checked. Linux/PPC would work fine. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythPodder ... ?
On 19/10/05 12:26 PM, Anthony Floyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what if some effort was put into a MythPodder module? This would have to be a plugin, I'd expect it would need some backend support though too. I'd suggest it would put video podcasts into MythVideo's list and audio podcasts into MythMusic's list. It should be very simple just to wrap a myth-style UI around a command-line podcast downloader -- something like bashpodder, I use podracer on my mythbox -- and have it triggered on a similar style schedule to mythfilldatabase. Currently I trigger my podracer on system startup (or cron) but I haven't gotten around to registering the files in the database yet... Another project for when I'm on holidays soon. Transcoding would be a nice added feature -- I do this already with podcasts for my mobile phone. 4b) After the transcode daemon is finished with it, through some clever php scripting in the MythWeb interface it'd appear as an RSS feed Did start working on this with Recorded Programs in MythWeb. I think we could do the same with the MythVideo/MythMusic database entries (I'm not yet a music/video user). Would make my life easier, but I need to make it to the holidays (Nov 12 for me :)) first. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac Media Center Development
While I like enthusiastic program development, I'd probably suggest (like Richard did) either working on an existing product first, you seem to be proposing a big project. CenterStage is Mac-specific and well under way, otherwise MythTV on Mac is coming along well and can always do with more developers and testers. As far as MythTV on Mac OS X is concerned: On 14/10/05 11:42 PM, Sam Krupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.Quartz, Open GL, and Graphics Efects Programming on Mac OS X Open GL in the user interface is coming in the future with the new MythUI (you can download MythTV now and compile the mythuitest program and see the progress). 2.Strong Coding Skills In General on Mac OS X I guess you're pointing towards Mac OS X-specific stuff like Core Data/Image, etc, Objective-C. I doubt we'll do that. 3.DVD Playback, Movie Data Provider, iPhoto plugin, and other iLife intergration Most of this is possible already. I believe with have MythMusic/iTunes integration (I don't use it), I'm working on the media monitor so DVD playback fully works (already works with Apple DVD Player). Iphoto could be integrated with MythGallery. 4.ntergration with a TV Tuner and Remote, etc (were not sure what tuner or remote to support, email with suggestions) For TV tuners on Mac we've got nothing but the infrastructure is there, a QuickTime layer just needs to be written. For the remote you can already use Bluetooth mobile phones, the XBOX remote control (third party driver), the Keyspan digital media remote, wireless keyboards. 5.Logo and Icon Design (no coding needed!) Other than XML our themes currently don't require programming. 6.User Interface Design (no coding needed! Users welcome. For this, it is very important that we get someone that can really shape a program to look like a Mac program should) Same with basic menu layout here. 7.Beta Testers I know we have many Mac users here too. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Apple iMac Remote
On 14/10/05 12:46 AM, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With built-in IR and iSight, the new iMac would make a sweet frontend, if a bit pricey. Though, if you figure in the cost of an equivalent flat panel display + frontend PC, it's probably not that expensive. I'll be doing this. I'd really like to see (but don't expect) a LIRC driver for the iSight that enables me to use any remote (ie, one with more buttons) with Myth on the Mac. Otherwise the iMac has built in Bluetooth, so I plan on using my mobile phone as the remote. It's not that pricey on education discount :) and is the most competitive Mac I found (I wrote a spreadsheet to compare my needs). Joshua King PS. I plan to fiddle with FrontRow when I get it -- I'll keep you posted. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Podcasting and Myth
On 8/10/05 6:09 AM, Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I don't see why you couldn't rig up wget to retrieve such things (or, with a little less work, some purpose-built Linux RSS fetcher) On my Linux box, I use Podracer for downloading the podcasts and vidcasts http://podracer.sourceforge.net/index.php I see there is a newer release than I'm using (1.2 vs 1.3). I applied a trivial patch to it (that I keep meaning to forward) to make it trigger an external script when it finishes downloading a file, which filters the file based on extension and does something with it (currently transcodes to a mobile-phone friendly file and sends to me via e-mail, but it could be set to update Myth's database instead). You could look into that. Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] advice on which hardware revision of xbox as a frontend
On 5/10/05 8:31 PM, Joe Harvell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have a link describing this mod? Try http://forums.xbox-scene.com (very comprehensive but confusing in parts) The links here suggest UXE is the mod of the moment http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=82561 http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=422789 Also, what is IIRC? You're right, IIRC = If I Recall Correctly Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac support ?
On 1/10/05 6:44 PM, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the backend was in progress but I do not know what the status is. PCs are cheap though. :) The backend compiles and runs on Tiger, so you can use it on a laptop to get rid of warnings from the frontend but there is no capturing support yet (for any type of device) to my knowledge. I use the backend for testing. Another use for the backend in this mode might be as a slave for running jobs, but I don't have a desktop Mac yet so haven't tried this (might be getting one though). Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debugging DVD burn problems
On 30/9/05 7:48 AM, Jim Geist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all - I installed mythburn last weekend and thought I had it working well, but last night I actually sat down and tried to watch the DVD. About 7 minutes into the program, the DVD player just hangs on one frame. (Behavior is repro on the OS X DVD player, too). I did a DVD using the dvdwizard patch (which also uses dvdauthor 0.6.11 IIRC) and got the same behaviour on Mac OS X DVD Player. It does not like seeking past where commercial breaks had been removed. In my case it unfroze after 1 min, but resuming (stopping the disc and hitting play) would lock up DVD Player completely, only starting from the beginning of the disc would work. Same disc works fine under VLC in the same environment. Looking for a solution too... Joshua ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV Out Blue screen
On 27/9/05 7:39 AM, David Wasylciw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any hints on what I can change to get it going? This is going from ancient memory, but I think you can do something with a NO_XV environment variable, try running export NO_XV=1 Mythfrontend Joshua PS. Found a little reference to this: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/LittleGems Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Various teething problems setting up mythtv, comments wanted please ;-).
I can only comment a bit on the G400 card... On 22/9/05 9:55 PM, Simon Iremonger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case, the properly wired up RGB adapter *does* work in e.g. DirectFB, and the wiring/card design is such that the TV 'senses' the card is in S-video mode or RGB mode appropriately. (i.e. Either [Sync-on-video-pin, R, G, B] or [Sync-with-mono-video, Colour, n/a, n/a]. It also connects the video dongle sense such that the card can see the adapter is connected. This is all wired to the SECOND head on the G400, as I understand is how it should be. I have the PAL TV-output BIOS on the Card, but I've never suceeded in getting the TV output to work at boot-time ;-(. I appear to have a 32mb dual-head G400-tv-out (i.e. with the 'Maven' chip). Apart from me having the official S-Vid/Composite (using the composite output, I don't get to use the TV that has RGB in) this is similar to me -- I have it connected to the second head, can see the BIOS but not Linux booting. I believe this is due to the initialisation of the kernel which switches off the TV support until you reactivate it -- I have it set up with a custom modeline and it gets activated at the end of the boot sequence. You could probably patch the kernel to do this/not do this earlier on, but I've never bothered. I notice options on switching video mode in the mythtv setup menus. Does this actually work for anybody, so the X server display switches to different modes according to the video being played? Or is this not sensible?? If you're running on a standard TV (not high-definition) I wouldn't bother resolution-switching. You may see, I've been having a whole host of problems to solve... Mostly related to display with the TV-output! The best G400 support is in DirectFB, but mythtv in DirectFB doesn't seem to be a particuarly viable solution! I don't know if you can enable RGB TV on G400 in X.org X11 ??... You should be able to use the RGB TV modes in X11 -- at worst if you have the console working you should be able to have a line Option UseFBDev on In your xf86.conf/xorg.conf file. You can download a binary driver from Matrox which is still being maintained (www.matrox.com, choose Matrox Graphics - Home and Entertainment - Support - Drivers - Latest Drivers) Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Black screen on watch TV. What to check?
On 23/9/05 8:38 PM, mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any other ideas anyone? I just started having this exact problem today. Are you using a recent version of SVN (mine was last week's SVN, Isaac did fix something since then about Live TV so I'm recompiling now). Can you record and watch a prerecorded show (suggestion: do a 1 min manual schedule and see if that works)? My problem affects my remote frontend laptop and the combined frontend/backend after the first attempt (first works as long as no remote connection has been made) which sounds like revision #7281 to me. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Black screen on watch TV. What to check?
On 23/9/05 9:02 PM, Joshua King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem affects my remote frontend laptop and the combined frontend/backend after the first attempt (first works as long as no remote connection has been made) which sounds like revision #7281 to me. Updating and recompiling fixed this for me. Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Trouble doing a Mac frontend build
Possibly try compiling under GCC 3.3? Run 'sudo gcc_select 3.3' to swap over and try compiling again (I compiled LAME ages ago now using 3.3) Did you try thesniderpad's frontend? It has plugins. There's an 0.18.1 build here: http://www.thesniderpad.com/modules.php?name=Downloadsd_op=viewdownloadcid =1 I'm using his SVN build right now, and it has mythdvd, *mythvideo*, mythgallery, mythcontrols, *mythweather* and mythnews as far as I can tell (these aren't installed on my backend so I don't use them). Joshua King PS. Call me crazy but I've never used the osx-packager, I tend to run Myth from the Terminal. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New fall season.
On 20/9/05 5:53 AM, Bruce Markey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first place to look in any recent version of myth is Schedule Recordings-Search Lists-New Titles. This lists all the show titles that have not appeared in your listing before or at least in the past year. Great news! I used to go through the A-Z listings every once in a while (very painful) to do this. Thanks for the heads-up Bruce. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Turning the mythtv xml feed into an RSS feed
On 17/9/05 8:39 AM, Glen Tregoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Recently I made a little py script that converts the MythTV xml feed to an RSS feed, using it to monitor my MythTV servers stats (disk usage, guide data, upcoming recordings etc). It's especially handy for me as my guide data source occasionally dies here in Aus. I don't know If anyone else is interested, but I have posted a How To for this on my blog: http://www.gtbox.info/gtbox/blog/2005/09/04/mythtv-rss-using-the-xml-feed-from -mythtv/ Interested, thanks will take a look! Earlier in the week I started experimenting with RSS myself -- adding it to MythWeb, so far I got it working for Recorded Programs, so I can see what's waiting to be watched. Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox IR remote lirc?
Here's my suggestions (I'm running an Xbox remote on a PC with Gentoo, so
similar but not identical):
* Does the Xbox remote control appear at all if you run 'lsusb'?
If not it hasn't been detected on the USB port, maybe it's broken?
Is the USB module loaded (either usb-uhci/usb-ohci)?
* Is the DVD receiver the Microsoft brand or a generic clone model?
Mine's a clone from China so I had to edit the source of the driver
And add the product and vendor IDs (you get these from 'lsusb' above, mine
is :)
If you need to edit, you need to look for this part of lirc-0.7's
drivers/lirc_xboxusb/lirc_xboxusb.c:
static struct usb_device_id usb_remote_id_table [] = {
{ USB_DEVICE(0x040b, 0x6521) }, /* Gamester Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit IR
*/
{ USB_DEVICE(0x045e, 0x0284) }, /* Microsoft Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit IR
*/
{ }/* Terminating entry */
};
And add a line before Terminating entry, in my case:
{ USB_DEVICE(0x, 0x) }, /* My DVD receiver */
Then recompile the kernel module -- note that this file is generally
provided by Gentoo not LIRC so you either have to patch and recompile the
source manually or otherwise start the emerge command, hit Control-Z after
it says 'Source unpacked', edit the file (it will be under
/var/portage/lirc...), and type 'fg' and continue the emerge.
* What else does the driver say (have a look at the log files in /var/log/*)
My log (not my dmesg I don't think) has a line in it as such:
Sep 12 09:50:24 [lircd 0.7.0] lircd(xboxusb) ready
After which the remote works.
Note that I'm using 2.6.10 kernel, so it could be a .12 issue.
Hope this helps,
Joshua King
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Re: [mythtv-users] XBox IR remote lirc?
Vic if you're referring to me, it's 2.6.10 *pc* kernel so most of the Xbox options you'd have are switched off -- might e-mail you the kernel config (when I can get it) to see if it helps. Have you tried lsusb? Joshua On 13/9/05 8:41 AM, Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree it does seem to be a generic issue, however I can't resolve it. I followed the steps that lirc gave to edit the rules on the devfs and still no dice. No there is no node only /dev/lircd which isn't it. Someone said they got it working on 2.6.10-xbox kernel so I might play with that soon. BTW, I'm netbooting, don't know if that complicates anything. Vic ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox IR remote lirc?
On 13/9/05 10:59 AM, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to go on a humongous tangent, are you guys talking about getting IR working on the Xbox? Yes. Is this some easier way using lirc? Can you point me to some starter reading somewhere? This is using the IR remote and receiver that Microsoft sells for the Xbox -- the DVD Movie Playback Kit (and its cheaper clones), ie, http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/longpage.asp?gameid=6895 Gentoo Linux provide the driver when you compile lirc-0.7.0 on an Xbox, otherwise you can get the patch from Xbox-Linux' CVS. http://cvs.xbox-linux.org/viewcvs.py/xbox-linux/lirc/lirc-0.7.0-xbox.patch?r ev=1.1view=auto The LIRC support requires a 2.6-series kernel (so using something Xebian-based I think probably doesn't work), there are other drivers, look around on http://www.xbox-linux.org, for kernel 2.4. It's not fully supported by LIRC to my knowledge. Joshua King PS. You *can* use other remotes, as always programmed with the appropriates, the receiver is the important bit. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au v1.39 release
On 10/9/05 6:45 AM, Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do I get XMLTV::ProgressBar? Try downloading XMLTV (The source version) from http://membled.com/work/apps/xmltv/ If you want to save download time, you can view the CVS and the ProgressBar module is in the lib folder. Also check your Linux distribution, it likely provides an XMLTV package. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Aus DVBS suggestions
On 10/9/05 5:43 AM, Mary Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I think I have my Mythtv tweaked and humming along so I guess I want to go onto the next stage and add in foxtel .I was wondering what ppl in Aus are doing I am not interested in hacking fox I would like to know what dvbs cards are good / bad has anyone had any success 99.9% sure you can't use any DVB-S card with Foxtel Digital (maybe with Austar but not for long or for the free-to-air Asia satellites though I have no experience there). Foxtel require a smartcard which is 'married' for Foxtel's set top box. There's no smartcard reader for DVB-S cards for Foxtel. You need a valid subscription, set top box, IR blaster and *analog* capture card. More info here: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=22790hl= Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching nuv in windows.
Okay I opened myself up for this... On 30/8/05 1:10 AM, Darren Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/29/05, Joshua King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Supports Live TV Does it??! I mean I know it officially does, but I have been unable to find a player that does the business... What media player software are you using? And what kind of card do you have in your backend? Typing mythlivetv:// into Firefox launched Windows Media Player (in the old skin mode) and it played for at least a couple of minutes. I know there's a known issue with MPEG2 and live TV according to the website. (PVR-150 in the backend). I've yet to sit there and use it (the Windows machines in the house aren't mine to touch, getting permission to install DSMyth to try took subtefuge as it was ;P) Changing channels is buried behind too many screens in Windows Media Player that I probably wouldn't bother with it. What I suggested my folks do is select the program from the program guide, choose Record this showing, click Record and wait a few seconds for it to start recording and then view that, avoiding live TV altogether. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching nuv in windows.
On 30/8/05 7:04 PM, Darren Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh... Thing is, even when I do that, the seek bar/time remaining values dont change. If I let the thing record for two minutes then attempt to watch, I'll get two minutes of video. After that I'll need to re-open the file to see more and repeat until the recording finishes (quite dull). Okay Darren, this could be my bad then. Like I said I was testing everything so the ringbuffer had been allowed to fill a bit and I wasn't paying attention to it that closely... I would hazard a guess that if I tried again I would have the same experience as you (for what it's worth if you want to troubleshoot it, I'm running MythTV 0.17 so DSMyth 0.9.0). Several people have said this works for them though, and there's even a message about using Media Player Classic in this way on the DSMyth website... It just doesn't work on my end. I must be missing some vital detail here. I can't comment on Media Player Classic, haven't used it. Unfortunately Windows support isn't my priority at the moment. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cropping pvr 150 video
On 31/8/05 1:16 AM, Ali Asad Lotia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm guessing here, but its quite likely that distortion is close captioning data. Most TVs are set up such that the boundaries of the image are off the screen so you don't see the CC data stream in the picture. This is the problem guaranteed -- other information that gets transmitted there includes widescreen signalling for European TVs, I see this occasionally on some channels. If its possible for you to adjust VLC window size to slightly bigger than your screen, you wont need to see it. I personally don't know how to do this in VLC on a PC. Nuvexport can be used *after* recording to do this. It asks whether you want to 'crop broadcast overscan'. VLC does have an option to do this -- I use it all the time to make DVDs with black bars (cinemascope) fill the screen. It's in the Preferences (or Options or whatever on Windows) under Video: Filters: crop. There is a text box for Crop geometry in pixels, fill this in. An example is 540x576+90+0 which was written for a 16:9 PAL DVD to make it 4:3. It says take the 540x576 pixel region starting 90 pixels from the left and 0 pixels from the top. This is set *globally* so you'll need to turn it off for other files you view in VLC. You'll need to know the dimensions of your image (part of the Recording Profile in MythTV). Say its 480x480, in the box you could put 460x460+10+10 to shave 10 pixels off each side. Experiment to get the right dimensions. Now choose Video: Filters in the options and make sure Crop video filter is checked otherwise it won't get activated, press Save and try your recordings again. Hope this helps. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] capture card
Hi James, On 29/8/05 7:58 AM, James Howison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if the minimum system requirements listed on the Hauppauge site (ie PII 733Mhz for the PVR-150 and PIII 1.2GHz) applies to using the cards under Linux and MythTV, or are those just for the bundled windows software? That's for Windows. The absolute requirements for Linux/MythTV would depend on what you use it for (is it a backend or a combined backend/frontend?). I put a PVR-150MCE (PAL) into my combined backend/frontend about 2 weeks ago now and its working fine. I'm using a PIII 550MHz, so you'll be fine. Playback would be your issue, but I guess that depends on your graphics card. I transcode much of my content or stream it. Any point in trying the PVR-150 in a box with a PII 713Mhz? Yes. Works in mine, yours is faster and would have a faster bus so I see no problems. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Watching nuv in windows.
Here's some (I just went the DSMyth route): Pros (for DSMyth): * Easy to set up and small on Windows and no setup on the backend (with MythWeb installed) * Streams the recording as is so low performance hit to the backend * Supports Live TV * Got some extra support for listing programs, getting descriptions from Database, integration with Explorer. Cons: * Streams the recording so if you use a high bitrate it might be choppy on low-bandwidth networks (like wireless). * Changing channels in Live TV mode is buried -- better off just scheduling a recording from MythWeb and starting to watch that. * Windows Media Player isn't perfect for it (might try a different player like the ticket suggests) * Will have some problems with some types of files (like DVB according to the news) Pros (for MythstreamTV): * Transcodes the recording on the fly so can use better streaming methods And lower bandwidths without sacrificing quality on the recording. * Should require no installation on a Windows machine? Cons: * Transcodes the recording on the fly so could impact backend performance. * Doesn't seem to support live TV. * Requires installation on the backend, not as simple to setup. * Only seems to support MPEG-2 input. I've set up DSMyth for my backend (it's the first time anyone else in the house has been willing to use my Myth box) but over my 11b wireless it's a little choppy. I was installing Mythstreamtv on my backend to see if it would stream across the Internet but I gave up (didn't want to install VLC etc over my remote SSH tunnel in case it died), might pick that back up later in the week. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sending recordings info over email?
I believe there might be some Python code somewhere that you could look at (I think you could look at either the xbox media center or MythTV for Media MVP to find it I can't remember where it was mentioned). The PHP code is probably a good idea -- get the SQL query and push it through the mysql command if you want a command line, then you might need to tell the backend to reschedule recordings (not sure if this is necessary, I think you only need to do this if you change the program guide). But the main reason I wrote is to say if you get this working, please let the group know because I'd dearly love to have this functionality too (it's on my admittedly very long list of things to do over the summer). Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sending recordings info over email?
On 24/8/05 7:56 PM, Allan Kogerma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know how to parse parameters from mail body (channle,date,time,begin_time,end_time etc))but need info how tu set up scheduled recording in myth. Is there any command line syntax (sample) avaible ? Might have found what you're looking for. Have a look at: http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythplugins/mythweb/includes/record ing_schedules.php Lines 225-258 are the SQL query that you'd pipe into mysql. http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythplugins/mythweb/schedule_manual ly.php Is the manual schedule interface for mythweb. You could probably leave most of the parameters to the SQL query with fixed sensible values (have a look at what's in your database currently). Hope this is a starting point for you. Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] hooking Foxtel up to myth
Kevin is the Fusion HDTV capture card one of the Plus or Lite series (if I recall correctly one has analog video input, the other does not). If you have a Plus or one with a composite video input, then yes, simply plug the Foxtel into that and configure a separate capture card for the bttv device. If you don't have the video input, you'll need to get a second capture card or box that does. You'll need an IR blaster to change channels on Foxtel though. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Foxtel Integration (Australia)
Hi Barry, On 25/8/05 9:17 AM, Barry Hee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After searching the forums I am unsure of the following aspects regarding IR transmission. ie controlling the Pace DC420 STB via LIRC. I did find a product from IRTrans (www.irtrans.de/en/) which seems exactly what I am after as it states that it controls Pace STBs although its expensive at 99 Euros. You don't need the IRTrans, you can build an IR blaster using parts from Dick Smith Electronics following the schematic here: http://www.lirc.org/transmitters.html The first simple transmitter is what I built. Then you stick that on the front of the Foxtel box. You need the remote codes for LIRC, which can be downloaded here: http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/mythtv/lirc/ And a channel change script, which is fairly simple with a couple of caveats -- you should send the SKY button (FOXTEL button) twice and do a short wait before changing the channels. (This makes sure the box is switched on and not in any menus or active services.) Add a wait at the end and set the Foxtel box's Banner Timeout to 1 second in the Picture Settings menu as well. Has anybody been successfully in controlling the Pace STB via some IRBlaster? (homebrew or retail product). Very successful -- the homebrew above. Also does the retail version of the PVR 150 contain an IRBlaster as it does in the US? I don't know, but as a side note I'm very happy so far with my PVR150MCE. Hope this helps. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au is not working
Hi On 21/8/05 9:48 AM, Gera Makarov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, When updating tv guide I'm getting the following message for every channel: ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS - 2005-08-25 I can tell from that message that you're using the d1.com.au grabber. This error is normal for that grabber, they don't always have a full seven days of data for all of the channels. When I used this grabber, most of the time you can ignore the message and wait for it to run the next day and get the data then. Is there a fix for this or maybe another grabber for Australia? No fix, but yes there are plenty of other grabbers. The group's favourite is the NineMSN grabbers which you can get from the mailing list archives or get Michael Smith's version. http://www.immir.com/tv_grab_au Joshua King Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox DVD remote hack. Possible?
On 9/8/05 1:39 AM, Andrew Ziobro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a hack for version 2.6 kernels. I believe that you can find it in gentoo directly, or on the xbox-linux web site browse the cvs area and you will find a patch for lirc-0.7 I believe. Was going to say I couldn't find it, but thanks for the pointer to lirc-0.7 (I'd checked the kernel first). For those who are looking, there is a patch to lirc-0.7 series here: http://cvs.xbox-linux.org/viewcvs.py/xbox-linux/lirc/lirc-0.7.0-xbox.patch?r ev=1.1view=auto Which is used by Gentoo when you emerge lirc. 0.7.0 is the current stable version of LIRC, but 0.7.1 is marked for testing, however the patch doesn't get applied to 0.7.1 and LIRC haven't adopted the driver so you'd have to make sure you get 0.7.0. Also it checks to see if you are running on an xbox before specifically compiling the xboxusb driver -- it should still compile if you just 'emerge lirc' otherwise you need to set LIRC_OPTS=--with-driver=xboxusb before emerging... I'll check this out later in the week, thanks for the pointer. Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone elsehadproblems today?
Hi Ian, I can pitch in on OzTiVo... On 2/8/05 4:42 PM, Ian Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be great, where are they located? I had not seen the OzTivo site before. Is this http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/Wktivoguide/ what you are talking about? http://www.tvguide.org.au is the best place to start (that's the backend to the system at that site). BTW press Cancel a couple of times to browse around, you won't be able to see guide data without registering. Do you find this more reliable than d1.com.au? I changed over because d1's reliability was dropping off. If you put yourself on the tvguide mailing list you're warned if things go wrong. The quality is excellent, and includes all of the paid channels (which is my main reason for not moving onto IceGuide). Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyoneelsehadproblems today?
On 2/8/05 7:05 PM, Matthew Carle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many days ahead does the OzTivo data go. I read that it is only updated twice a week and the maximum time forward is one week (so at times there may be only 3 or 4 days or so available). Is this correct? Matthew. What you've read refers to the 'slice generation' for hardware TiVos. Suffice to say that TiVos have their guide data bundled up into a special file called a slice file, and this file is created by the website in (at least) two sets per week. For MythTV's purposes Dr Uther's grabber accesses the web directly where the data is usually continuous for seven days most of the time (from you download the data), so the same as MSN. Joshua Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox DVD remote hack. Possible?
Following up on this -- I've been trying to do this too. The below LIRC driver requires you to compile a kernel module from the same site, however their module is only written to support kernel series 2.4 at this stage. YMMV but I couldn't quickly hack (ie, rewrite) it together for 2.6 yet. If you do get that driver to work (even under 2.4) please let me know, might be able to troubleshoot what I did wrong on 2.6. Joshua King On 30/7/05 9:05 AM, John P. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The XBox DVD Remote is supported under Xebian (Debian for XBox), so I would assume that it would work easily with a PC and lirc. In fact I found some source here: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xbox-linux/lirc/ . I would bet you just need to make a cable to connect it to the USB port of your PC. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Determining State of Set Top Box
Something could be done, but what I suggest you do is modify your change channel script -- see if you can get a 'discrete on' code for your receiver or some button combination which will always turn your box on (whether on or off). Joshua On 27/6/05 7:46 AM, Derek Battams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometime this morning my cable company decided to reset my digital receiver - probably for a firmware upgrade or some such thing. After the reset the power was off. I had no recordings scheduled during this time and was able to turn it back on when I got home and noticed it. I knew this would be one of the issues that couldn't be prevented when having MythTV receive from an external source - or can it be detected? While thinking about this during the day, I noticed that when the receiver was off my screen was blank (no static - blank/black) when trying to watch TV on that tuner. Is there somewhere (the backend daemon?) where a test can be done and if a blank screen is detected for, say, 20 seconds then send the remote code for the receiver's power? Keep doing this as long as a blank screen is detected? I know the commflag program detects commercial breaks via blank frames so it would seem that perhaps something similar can be done for detecting the status of an external receiver? - Derek ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] recording priorities
IIRC, this is because the overrecord does not take priority over another recording. If the tuner card is needed for another recording the *global* overrecord setting won't be used. The settings on each recording schedule would give you the behaviour you're expecting. That is if you had set in the recording schedule End recording 10 minutes late for My Restaurant Rules you would instead cause CSI to come up in Myth as a conflict and not be recorded. The global overrun only takes effect if the tuner is not needed for another recording, the recording schedule overrun always takes effect and as such will trigger conflicts if the number of simultaneous recordings is greater than the number of tuners. Hope this helps, Joshua King On 29/5/05 8:01 PM, Phil Vid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A question about recording settings and priorities. Tonight I had the following situation. My system has 2 tuner cards. Program 1 runs from 7.00 - 9.00 on channel 10 Program 2 runs from 7.30 - 8.30 on channel 7 Program 3 runs from 8.30 - 9.30 on channel 9 Setup-TV Settings-General - Time to record past end of show = 600 seconds All shows are equal priority. My thought was that Program 1 would tape first, taking up tuner card 1 until 9.10. Program 2 would kick off at 7.30, taking up tuner card 2 until 8.40. Program 3 would therefore not be recorded as both tuner cards are in use. However I find the following in my log - 2005-05-29 19:29:32.667 Started recording My Restaurant Rules on channel: 1004 on cardid: 3, sourceid 1 2005-05-29 19:29:32.668 DVB#1 Trying to tune to channel 7. ... 2005-05-29 20:30:00.002 switching to overrecord for 600 more seconds 4: == Date Time 2005-05-29 20:30:02.391 Finished recording My Restaurant Rules on channel: 1004 2005-05-29 20:30:02.473 Changing from RecordingOnly to None 2005-05-29 20:30:02.477 Closing DVB recorder 2005-05-29 20:30:03.613 Started recording CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on ch annel: 1010 on cardid: 3, sourceid 1 2005-05-29 20:30:03.632 DVB#1 Trying to tune to channel 9. ... 2005-05-29 21:10:00.002 Finished recording Big Brother on channel: 1013 2005-05-29 21:10:00.067 Changing from RecordingOnly to None Is this a bug or am I missing something obvious? I only installed the second tuner this weekend so I haven't really messed with it that much. Thanks, phil ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Clock in myth
For me on Watch Recordings and Live TV there's one there if you hit I (or the INFO key). Hit it one in Live TV IIRC or twice quickly in a recording and the time comes up (MythTV 0.17) Don't know about videos and such, don't use them, but the same trick *might* work if you use the Internal player for your videos. JK On 23/5/05 7:52 AM, Griffon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah I was continplating this the other day, it would be nice to be able to pop one up in vidplayer too. I think the TV shell has one allready but hte rest of the interface's could certinaly use one IMO. On 5/22/05, Lego Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, So, I may be the only one, but I would really like to have a clock in the corner of myth. Maybe not when I am watching TV or movie, but when I am going through menus, it would be really useful. So, any thoughts? Is that done and I just need to enable it, or is there hack or does it need to be implemented? Thanks. Andy ___ 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] AUS :- EPG data
They provide a product called iceGuide which is positioned as a legal free-to-air EPG for PVRs -- including the Topfield set top boxes, Windows Media Centre and (recently) MythTV. However, they require you to take out a yearly subscription (14 day money back guarantee) in order to get the data. Their data was pretty good when I was testing it last month, and very complete, as long as you live in Melbourne or Sydney and don't use subscription television at this stage. They will be expanding to cover other free-to-air regions. Joshua King PS. The information with regards to MythTV is on their bulletin board, otherwise I can forward info. On 30/4/05 12:02 PM, Mary Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone seen or know about this company ? http://www.icetv.com.au/ ___ 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] Australian TV grabber (tv_grab_au)
On 16/4/05 4:56 PM, Matthew Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you live in Melbourne or Sydney. For the rest of us who live in the mysterious other inhabited parts of the continent we're, as with d1, SOL ;) IceTV are seriously interested in expanding out to (at least) other urban areas in Australia. Drop them a line and tell them what region you're interested in so they know what to work on. As for D1 -- I still use this one -- the biggest issue for me is missing channels/regions not the lack of descriptions (which come and go, they're back for the FTAs this week). Joshua King http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Australian XMLTV grabbers
On 10/4/05 10:41 PM, dean collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow that's weird, they certainly did when I lived in Australia (though I think it was 5 days) Where were you in Australia? I haven't heard about it being like this (except for Nine possibly) in Perth over the last 2.5 years. Not saying it didn't happen, just not for me :( Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Australian XMLTV grabbers
On 10/4/05 9:18 PM, dean collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A little - OT.but I don't get exactly what Ice are providing to the topfield boxes? The television broadcasters don't *always* provide the guide information and in most cases when they do it is only for the current and next program (so-called Now and Next). It is rare for a station to provide even a day's worth of day, though I believe some Channel Nine's do. Icetv provides a way to insert up to 7 days worth of FTA data into the Topfield and other software PVRs - including MythTV soon once they approve some documents and a grabber. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Foxtel Digital Capture card recommedation(Australia)
On 9/4/05 6:56 PM, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua, You use d1? Yes -- it's performance is average. I find that the data from d1 is crap - eg it doesnt give eposide names so if you record a particular tv show, myth will record it on the main channel then again 2 hours later on the +2 hour channel. You're right but I didn't notice this until last week -- when daylight savings ended I swapped the recording schedules from 'record this timeslot' to 'find one showing' and I got a lot of duplicates over the week. I might go back to forcing the timeslot. Better guide data will come. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Australian XMLTV grabbers
Hi Will, all: On 10/4/05 11:25 AM, William Uther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/xmltv/ Good job, I'll just add a note for those who don't know that minnie.tuhs.org currently requires registration. When I was looking at their guide data last year, I found it to be the equal of (at least) d1.com.au if not better. Also you might add a pointer to http://www.icetv.com.au who are working on MythTV support (ie, XMLTV grabber). (Melb/Syd FTA only) Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Foxtel Digital Capture card recommedation (Australia)
Hi Jeremy, On 8/4/05 2:14 PM, Jeremy Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, My first post here. I've looked through the archives and not found out much about Foxtel. There's some of us here? However, to record Foxtel via svideo - do I need an Analogue Card? eg Does the hardware decoder in say a Happauge 250 help with analogue capture? Or would I be just as happy recording Foxtel via the svideo input in the DN-TV card? Yes you would need *either* an analog card or an MPEG encoder card. I'm using a WinTV Go (BT878 chipset) with its composite input and its okay, but the recordings take a lot of space. If you were starting out, I'd suggest getting a PVR-150 MCE. For the guide data I use D1.com.au. I don't suppose anyone's going to crack Foxtel's NDS encryption any time soon ;-) I hope not - we're paying for this! Hope this helps, Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to delete a recording profile ?
On 6/4/05 11:15 AM, Kevin Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does one delete a recording profile ? When I wanted to do this I went into the MySQL database to delete them manually. They are in the recordingprofiles table (from memory - not at home now), and if you want to delete an empty group after that I think that's in the profilegroup (again from memory) table. Otherwise experiment with some keys (this is what I tend to do when I get stuck), try D (DELETE), I (INFO), O (OPTIONS?), M (MENU) or whatever buttons correspond if you have a remote. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]
Hello Brian, On 17/3/05 5:51 PM, Brian May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you had any problems with the quality of the data retrieved from d1? If by quality you mean accuracy -- no, if I get data its as valid as a printed guide (It's by no means as live as an onscreen guide). In terms of completeness - it's not as rich as it used to be, hasn't been updated with new channels, sometimes have to fudge the timezones (shouldn't be an issue at all in Melbourne). On some occasions I have noticed the times are completely out (so I get the last 30 minutes of the previous show but miss out on the last 30 minutes of the show I wanted), on other occasions it gets the wrong TV show for a given time slot. I haven't noticed this. The majority of my recordings are from Foxtel and these tee up pretty well, the free-to-air ones tend to miss a few minutes. Ideally, it would be nice if mythtv could realize that the same input data could be used to write both shows. Is this possible? YES! This is in my wishlist too - myth would automagically connect adjoining programs into a single physical recording and offer multiple virtual recordings (mapped by a cutlist like currently implemented) within the single recording. If one show runs late, you just adjust the dividing point in the cutlist. Reference counting would need to be used to manage deletes (attention any devs desperate for ideas?) The alternative, that we currently use, is to set each program up to record only this time, so you can manually adjust the end time for each time slot. Unfortunately, TV stations seem to swap/change TV shows so often that this frequently results in missing a show. I've also use the global 'record an extra number of seconds' option which gets ignored if recording string together, or manually scheduling the block of time instead. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]
I'm not using this script, so...
The variable $#pidsrowspansnames just mean (in Perl) the number of elements
in the array $pidsrowspansnames, so you need to look at the previous bit of
code which sets the $pidsrowspansnames variable, possibly a subroutine
returning undefined/null. Probably an error condition relating to the lack
of data everyone is experiencing *again*.
Joshua King
On 14/3/05 6:11 PM, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I noticed that I am getting errors as an output of mythfilldatabase
that state...
18032005 downloading
Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_au line 693.
19032005 downloading
Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_au line 693.
20032005 downloading
Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_au line 693.
queue is complete
all threads done
building xml structure
no pids in /var/local/tv_grab_au/18032005/guide.prn
no pids in /var/local/tv_grab_au/19032005/guide.prn
no pids in /var/local/tv_grab_au/20032005/guide.prn
writing file
When I look at this line, there is the following...
print PRN $pidsrowspansnames[$#pidsrowspansnames];
It is the $#pidsrowspanames variable. I don't know perl, but there
has been no changes to this script. Anyone tell me what I should do
to this?
FYI: The rest of the code around that area...
if (open(PRN, , $guide_prn_file))
{
for (my $count=0; $count$#pidsrowspansnames; $count++)
{
print PRN $pidsrowspansnames[$count];
}
print PRN $pidsrowspansnames[$#pidsrowspansnames];
close(PRN);
}
else
{
print can't open for writing $guide_prn_file\n;
}
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:11:09 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmmm,
Interestingly enough I only have till Thursday for Adelaide also.
I wonder if its just a temporary problem with ninemsn - they may fix it?
After having a look around at other possible sources, it looks like the
foxtel site is out - they have 1 months worth of data for foxtel, but if you
look at the source for the pages with the info, it looks like someone has
designed it specifically to stop people harvesting the data (its encoded
somehow?).
However it looks like someone has written some scripts for Windoze Media
Centre 2005 which strips the data from here :
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bin/TV/grid?date=Saturday_19_MarchTVperiod=
Nightstate=Adelaidefta=0fox=1opt=0lk=sofcom
I dont suppose one of those wonderful people who wrote our last data harvest
script could have a look at this?
M.
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From: David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings -
FoxtelMissing]
I only have four days of data left on free to air, Brisbane. I think
ninemsn have gotten wise to something.
I would like some more data please :P
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:09:45 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that tvguide.ninemsn.com.au no longer has foxtel
listings as of today? (14th)
M.
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Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]
Sssh! Don't tell everyone but d1's grabber is still working (as of Saturday -- I only see my mythbox once a week). *Crosses fingers hoping it continues to work* Joshua King On 14/3/05 6:33 PM, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahem ;) What script are you using :P ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]
I agree. When the grabbers are not working, I use yourTV's 7 day personal guide feature to generate a list of programmes I'm interested in and then I manually schedule these into myth. Joshua King On 14/3/05 6:46 PM, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yourtv.com.au is another good site. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]
All I can say conclusively is that for the last 2 weeks running I've had 100% data (FTA Foxtel) from the old tv_grab_au (I think version 0.6 from late last year) without me having to change anything. I can't say whether the data is still there this week and I won't be able to check until Thursday. Last time I checked (as I said, Saturday) it was filled until at least Thursday. This is for Perth, not that it should matter. I never bothered switching over to ninemsn. Joshua King PS. I can't log in to my machine remotely (firewalled) and I'm 80km away (and I don't drive ;-P). On 14/3/05 7:10 PM, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your kidding right? I just tried my old copy and still don't have data! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]
Phill, I believe this is the grabber I'm using: http://www.onlinetractorparts.com.au/rohbags/xmltvau/index.html You will probably have to tweak the channel_ids file(s) to suit your location whether you have Foxtel, etc. Joshua King On 14/3/05 7:51 PM, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All I can say conclusively is that for the last 2 weeks running I've had 100% data (FTA Foxtel) from the old tv_grab_au (I think version 0.6 from late last year) without me having to change anything. I can't say whether the data is still there this week and I won't be able to check until Thursday. Last time I checked (as I said, Saturday) it was filled until at least Thursday. This is for Perth, not that it should matter. Can someone please post up the old tv_grab_au? Thanks, Phill ___ 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] Live and recorded TV strethed to the right
Title: Re: [mythtv-users] Live and recorded TV strethed to the right Just a thought (I dont have this card) but I read in an earlier message over the weekend that the PVR150 is only working in IVTV at exactly 720x480, with the default in MythTV being 480x480. If the IVTV driver just cropped to give you 480x480 and then MythTV output it as 4:3 by stretching it, this would give the output you describe. Try setting the Default recording profile to 720x480 and see if it fixes your problem. Joshua King On 14/3/05 6:38 AM, Tim Hamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got a myth setup running with a pvr-150 ver. 1045, and it works great for the most part. However, when I watch live tv or recordings, almost a quarter of the screen on the right side is missing and the remaining picture is stretched to full screen. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. tim ___ 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] New Australian XMLTV grabber
On 27/12/04 1:40 PM, Lachlan McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So that means that Foxtel Digital has time shifting for ALL channels or are they ALL on EDST? FD is across the country in AEDST. All channels become 'live' channels if you're used to analog cable. Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't attach LWP xxx operation not permitted.
Hi Christian On 26/12/04 11:35 AM, Christian Hack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing I have changed lately is to upgrade to latest CVS My guess would be that you've got mythfrontend setuid root (I don't know how old your previous version of myth is) and the new thread is the thread owned by root. The HOWTO mentions this, http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html under Enabling real-time scheduling of the display thread, note Making this change will affect your ability to run mythfrontend within gdb for debugging purposes. If you need to debug, you will need to run as root. If this is not your problem, ignore me :) Joshua King ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
