Re: [mythtv-users] Attractive cases and cheap DVD burners
Well I'm almost getting the nerve to actually buy some hardware and geta myth working. I'm still stumbling over which case I want. I've decided it needs to be full-height (I want room for lots of cards, and I'mworried about overheating, and anyhow there is enough space in my TVcabinet so why not). It definitely needs to be black, because everything else I have is black, and it has to look smart enough to 'fit in'.I'm coming round to thinking that the nicest case out there is theAccent HT-400 ( http://www.arisetec.com/products/HT-400.htm ) since itis full-size, well-designed, comes with built in IR hardware and anattractive panel to mount an VFD behind. It's not cheap, though. A closesecond seems to be the Ahanix D.Vine 5. I've looked at a few cases by Silverstone and I just don't think they look as nice (subjective,obviously). Does anyone have any really good or bad reports about any ofthese cases I should take into account?Sorry I don't find that attactive. It looks clunky, too much space. no lcd display. It has too much unused real-estate. They do not look like or suit my home theater system ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythgallery and mythmusic
is there a way to beable to view the gallery with your music playing in the background?it gets a little boring watching a slideshow with no sound. Another suggestion whenplaying music you could select gallery to use the photo gallery instead of the standard visuals you get in mythmusic. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au error
grabbing 5 days into /var/local/tv_grab_au/guide.xml cannot open /var/local/tv_grab_au/cached.pl: No such file or directory at ./tv_grab_au.1 line 316, line 1. I have searched for cached.pl and can't find it. is this a typo?Does the /var/local/tv_grab_au directory exist with correctpermissions?Maybe it is looking for a place to create cached.pl andcan't find it?Thanks for that it worked ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] help with migrating from Mandrake 10.0 to Gentoo
Hi all, I would like some help with migrating Mythtv 0.18 from Mandrake to Gentoo. I have tried gentoo previously and have failed miserably. I would like to know why. The hadware I have is AMD 2800+ 80gig hard drive 512 Meg RAM Fusion Plus HDTV Audigy2 Sound card Nvidia GT6600 I can get the dvb card working using kernel 2.6.3 and linuxtv modules. when I run dmesg my dvb card is found bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at :00:0a.0, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe2006000 bttv0: detected: Twinhan VisionPlus DVB-T [card=113], PCI subsystem ID is 1822:0001 bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,insmod option] bttv0: gpio: en=, out= in=00fb0ffe [init] bttv0: using tuner=4 bttv0: add subdevice dvb0 bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0). bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.1, irq: 18, latency: 32, memory: 0xe2004000 attach: checking bt878 #0 [hw] find by pci: checking bt878 #0 [hw] attach: bt878 #0 [hw], to card 0 DVB: registering new adapter (DST). bt878 find by dvb adap: checking DST dst_check_ci: recognize DTTDIG DST type : terrestial TV DST type flags : DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (DST TERR)... when I less /var/log/messages I can find twinhan fusionplus dvb-t card Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at :00:0a.0, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe2006000 Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv0: detected: Twinhan VisionPlus DVB-T [card=113], PCI subsystem ID is 1822:0001 Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,insmod option] Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv0: using tuner=4 Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bttv0: add subdevice dvb0 Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0). Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.1, irq: 18, latency: 32, memory: 0xe2004000 Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: attach: checking bt878 #0 [hw] Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: find by pci: checking bt878 #0 [hw] Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: attach: bt878 #0 [hw], to card 0 Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (DST). Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: bt878 find by dvb adap: checking DST Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: dst_check_ci: recognize DTTDIG Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: DST type : terrestial TV Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: DST type flags : Sep 27 17:32:24 mythtv kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (DST TERR)... when I run lsmod I get Module Size Used by dst 13804 1 dvb-bt8xx 7620 0 dvb-core 58932 22 dst,dvb-bt8xx bt878 11216 2 dst,dvb-bt8xx tuner 17292 0 bttv 146956 3 dvb-bt8xx,bt878 video-buf 20388 1 bttv i2c-algo-bit 9512 1 bttv v4l2-common 6144 1 bttv btcx-risc 4712 1 bttv i2c-core 23044 4 dvb-bt8xx,tuner,bttv,i2c-algo-bit videodev 9536 1 bttv plus more I run less /var/log/mythbackend 2005-09-27 17:33:11.360 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-09-27 17:33:11.431 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started 2005-09-27 17:33:11.432 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend DST TERR. 2005-09-27 17:33:11.434 DVB#0 WARNING - Unsupported inversion option 'auto', falling back to 'off' 2005-09-27 17:33:12.609 DVB#0 DVB signal 5800 | snr 5c00 | ber 0 | unc 0 2005-09-27 17:33:12.610 DVB#0 Status: LOCK. 2005-09-27 17:33:12.610 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked 2005-09-27 17:33:13.718 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 7. 2005-09-27 17:33:13.719 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode). 2005-09-27 17:33:13.729 DVB#0 Data read from DMX - This is for debugging with transform.c I am not sure if it's bloatness in mandrake but my HDTV play back is a little jumpy and I get squeaks and pixels jumping across the screen. My plan is to install Gentoo 2005.1. Can anyone help me in building gentoo so that it works with my HDTV card? I don't know the difference between Twinhan VisionPlus DVB-T and Divco VisionPlus DVB-T cards are they one in the same? last time I built the gentoo box and configured the DVB card I didn't get a /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 directory structure but instead I got /dev/dvb.adapter0.frontend0 I don't understand why, and mythtv, mplayer, xine could not find the card or the stream. I would ultimately like to smooth my dvb, and dvd playback. Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] help with migrating from Mandrake 10.0 to Gentoo
As far as your device information is concerned, that may be a symlink,go to /dev and do an ls -al /dev/dvb.adapter0.frontend0 it may tell you if it is pointing to another device entry. the problem was that when i ran a ls -la in /dev dvb.adapter0.frontend0 was a dev file, it wasn't a symlink. also there was no /dev/dvb directory this really scared me. I could see the delay taking ages, with my wife and kids nagging me for their DVDs, Movies, and favorite shows to come back on line. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] using Xine with Mythdvd
I have decided not to use mplayer as my dvd player in mythdvd as it doesn't all me to access the dvd menu. So I have installed xine. The problem i have come across, is playing introduction the display is pixelated. How can I resolve the display issue? The xine I am using is a precompiled for Mandrake 10.0 and I compiled Mythtv 0.18 with it's plugins. Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to fix Movie posters on FE
Backend and frontend can coexist on the one machine happily. If you have like a pxe boot ability you could run frontend and load up the shares using either nfs, smb, or any other sharing technique. I'm assuming here that the backend and the frontend are on seperate machines Correct. and that the backend and the frontend have at least one nfs share both can write to. Correct. However /root/.mythtv/mythvideo is not one of them. It has not been set up in the exports file. What does it say in the setting for the movie poster location? On both locations '/root/.mythtv/mythvideo' Is location on the nfs share? Yes, but it's a hidden directory. Also, what user does your mythtv run as? MythTv Does the directory exists that the frontend has in the setting box? I'm not sure as it's hidden andthis is an Xbox FE? ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-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
[mythtv-users] tv_grab_au
I have downloaded Michael's version of tv_grab_au and got this error. Can't locate XMLTV/ProgressBar.pm in @INC (. xmltv::progressbar does not exist in the cpan where can I download the module? ___ 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
No fix, but yes there are plenty of other grabbers. The group's favourite isthe NineMSN grabbers which you can get from the mailing list archives or get Michael Smith's version.http://www.immir.com/tv_grab_au I have downloaded Michael's version of tv_grab_au and got this error. Can't locate XMLTV/ProgressBar.pm in @INC (. xmltv::progressbar does not exist in the cpan where can I download the module? ___ 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
Well, finally sorted out start and stop times for programs around midnight, as well as dupes from programs listed last on one day andduplicated first on the next (e.g., station close, Rage).I now get no warnings at all from my mythfilldatabase runs (YMMV). http://www.immir.com/tv_grab_auWhere do I get XMLTV::ProgressBar? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Compiling Mythtv with DVB
Which kernel version are you using? The kernel's DVB code is reasonably up-to-date, so if you're using a fairly recent 2.6 kernel, you probablydon't need to compile in linux-dvb separately. I was using 2.6.12-r9 I think, and linuxtv and dvico would not patch the kernel I would experience errors. So I ended up using the vanilla kernel. The problem I found was that when I loaded mythtvsetup and selected dvb, I got a message saying it could not locate the directory or file. I ran ls in /dev and foud the following structure /dev/dvb.adapter0.frontend0 /dev/dvb.adapter0.audio0 etc There was no /dev/dvb directory. I have had success with Mandrake 10.0 community and linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1. So I reinstalled Mandrake10.0 and recompiled linuxtv-dvb against the kernel. I downloaded, and extracted mythtv-0.18, ran ./configure --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1/ then ran qmake mythtv.pro http://mythtv.pro then make and make install.The DVB path should be the path to the linux include files. I don'tthink that's the same as the linux-dvb source files. If your kernel is 2.6.12 or later, you can (and ./configure will) point to the kernelsource tree: /usr/src/linux/include. If your kernel is earlier, youmustn't include the kernel source directly - copy just the dvb stuffsomewhere else, and include that. I found out that ./configure --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1 would not add the dvb instruction set. I modified settings.pro # DVB supportCONFIG += using_dvbDEFINES += USING_DVBINCLUDEPATH +=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1 and now I can watch HDTV :) as a standard user I ran mythtv-setup and configured the capture card I selected dvb and the message I get is recompile with dvb support. Where have I gone wrong?Have you tried doing this as root? Also, have you confirmed that yourDVB card is working using e.g. tzap? Check out Martin Smith's Myth/DVBset-up guide at: I don't like running applications as root, and prefer not to. I have reset the security settings to allow all users to run or access DVB Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Compiling Mythtv with DVB
I have given up building a gentoo mythtv box, the version of kernel and linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1 didn't work happily together. I have had success with Mandrake 10.0 community and linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1. So I reinstalled Mandrake10.0 and recompiled linuxtv-dvb against the kernel. I downloaded, and extracted mythtv-0.18, ran ./configure --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/src/linuxtv-1.1.1/ then ran qmake mythtv.pro then make and make install. as a standard user I ran mythtv-setup and configured the capture card I selected dvb and the message I get is recompile with dvb support. Where have I gone wrong? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo + Mythtv + Fusion Plus HDTV + Nvidia
Doh!, I had coldplug installed but didn't have the service runningOn 8/26/05, Justin Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Saenz wrote: snip if I run mythsetup, and select the dvb capture card I get can't find the card. To me it appears that the kernel revision I have has changed the dvb location from /dev/dvb/frontend0 to /dev/dvb.frontend. Is there a work around to get my capture card working under mythtv? Thanks Kevin Emerge coldplug add it to the default runlevel.That fixed it for me. It's either that or edit the udev rules for dvb devices. Justin. ___ 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] Gentoo + Mythtv + Fusion Plus HDTV + Nvidia
Justin Emerge coldplug add it to the default runlevel.That fixed it for me. It's either that or edit the udev rules for dvb devices. I tried running coldplug as default rebooted my machine I run mythsetup I get when selecting dvb Card name: could not open card #0 Card Type: No such device or address edit rules for udev? what do you mean? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo + Mythtv + Fusion Plus HDTV + Nvidia
This is from using a stage3 install mind you...Oh - and check that the kernel modules for the DVB card are being loaded at boot time (i.e. that they're in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6)BEFORE mythbackend starts up - that can cause problems too. H is this after installing dvico or linuxtv? I have bloated my kernel image out to include the dvb-t drivers. I have also set them to modules and added to the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 dvb-core bt8xxx dst cx22700 cx22702 cx24110 I'm only assuming the type of card I am using. I run lsmod mythtv ~ # lsmod Module Size Used by sg 24352 0 ipv6 178240 14 ohci_hcd 14596 0 parport_pc 27716 0 parport 21448 1 parport_pc floppy 44500 0 nvidia 3214460 12 via_rhine 16388 0 mii 3072 1 via_rhine eth1394 14600 0 usbhid 25952 0 ehci_hcd 22536 0 uhci_hcd 23568 0 ohci1394 25908 0 ieee1394 58296 2 eth1394,ohci1394 evdev 6656 0 rtc 8120 0 usbcore 74748 5 ohci_hcd,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd cx24110 4996 0 cx22702 3844 0 dvb_pll 2436 1 cx22702 cx22700 3588 0 dst 11908 0 bt878 6712 1 dst dvb_core 53672 0 What I always recommend you do is get the hardware working and verifyit's working BEFORE even going into mythtv.That way you know which is to blame (and it's never myth). mythbackend is not running ATM. I am trying to get my TV back :( ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Gentoo + Mythtv + Fusion Plus HDTV + Nvidia
Hi all, I have finally made the move from mandrake10.0 and Mythtv 0.15, to Gentoo ( I have built a couple of laptops and a server.) I am installing Gentoo 2005.1 I am building against 2.6.12 kernel. When I run dmesg I get Linux video capture interface: v1.00 bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10 PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0a.0[A] - Link [LNKC] - GSI 10 (level, low) - IRQ 10 bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at :00:0a.0, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe2006000 bttv0: detected: Twinhan VisionPlus DVB [card=113], PCI subsystem ID is 1822:0001 bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,autodetected] bttv0: gpio: en=, out= in=00f100fe [init] bttv0: using tuner=4 bttv0: add subdevice dvb0 tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea632 0,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951),ta8874z input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 It looks like my kernel build has picked up the capture card when I run ls in /dev I the only mention I get about dvb dvb0.demux0 dvb0.dvr0 dvb0.frontend0 dvb0.net0 if I run mythsetup, and select the dvb capture card I get can't find the card. To me it appears that the kernel revision I have has changed the dvb location from /dev/dvb/frontend0 to /dev/dvb.frontend. Is there a work around to get my capture card working under mythtv? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] hooking Foxtel up to myth
hi all, is it possible to have Australian Foxtel going into mythtv and displayed to my tv? I have AMD 2800+ 512 Meg of RAM Fusion HDTV capture card Audigy2 100Gb Hard drive 300Gb hard drive currently my Foxtel is plugged into my TV, I would like to have everything centrally controlled by mythtv. Is this possible? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Divx 6 new format?
So how do you get mythtv/dvd mencoder and xvid working? when recording/ripping a show I end up with files 1.5 gig. I second that. XviD is better (or atleast as good + open source, which makes it better). But again it is a matter of one's own choice. For me MythTV + mencoder + XviD is the best combination I could have. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: MythShyte One unhappy customer (John
H the silence is deafening. Looks like Chuck (I have heard of chuck steak, wot kind of name is chuck?) is a complete dolt ;-) , he even used a dummy mail address typical coward that he is. lmao. Wow impressive hardware. What distro were you using? so that I won't use it. When you installed linux did you select the smp kernel option? What window manager did you use? What ripping software were you using to rip DVDs? Because when I rip dvds using the myth interface. I don't go and watch a show in myth. Funny you are comparing 2 different hardware. Why haven't you got MCE running on the dual PIII? I have Myth running on XP2800 with 512 meg of ram and a fusion HDTV card, with Audigy2 card. I don't have any problems with viewing TV, or dripping my dvds or music. Your problem is laughable you are comparing apples and oranges. If we were to value your point of view compare apples with apples. Hi, Actually I'll throw in some useful facts. I did have a dual PIII-550 system with 2gigs of ram running mythtv with a software encoder card. I found from a system perspective that I could get good live tv off the following specs: MPEG4 encoding bitrate 4000 (scaled) Capture at: 320x240 (?don't remember these settings) mpg audio encoding, quality 7 (no features turned on) If my system wasn't loaded then I could do live TV/pause/etc. The OSD was a little slow to pop up. Screen wise, I would see Mpeg4 artifacts. Now, please bear in mind that this system was also my server (file, web, mysql, and development box). By Nicing -19 my mythbackend and making sure i didn't load up too many processes things were okay. However, if I tried to do a compile or rip more then 1 DVD at a time (all at nice +19) then the system would stutter all over the place. I also noticed that I could run RTJPEG with out much cpu loading on this machine... but ran into soo many IO bound issues that it effectively strangled the machine so I'd do the Mpeg4, just turn down the capture size significantly and you should be okay. I'm now running an MCE150 card in another machine doing video capture. The quality is worlds better then the software encoding card in an XP2400 box...file sizes are much larger, but over all its a better experience. -Chuck ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: MythShyte One unhappy customer (John
lmao. Wow impressive hardware. What distro were you using? so that I won't use it. When you installed linux did you select the smp kernel option? What window manager did you use? What ripping software were you using to rip DVDs? Because when I rip dvds using the myth interface. I don't go and watch a show in myth. Funny you are comparing 2 different hardware. Why haven't you got MCE running on the dual PIII? I have Myth running on XP2800 with 512 meg of ram and a fusion HDTV card, with Audigy2 card. I don't have any problems with viewing TV, or dripping my dvds or music. Your problem is laughable you are comparing apples and oranges. If we were to value your point of view compare apples with apples. Hi, Actually I'll throw in some useful facts. I did have a dual PIII-550 system with 2gigs of ram running mythtv with a software encoder card. I found from a system perspective that I could get good live tv off the following specs: MPEG4 encoding bitrate 4000 (scaled) Capture at: 320x240 (?don't remember these settings) mpg audio encoding, quality 7 (no features turned on) If my system wasn't loaded then I could do live TV/pause/etc. The OSD was a little slow to pop up. Screen wise, I would see Mpeg4 artifacts. Now, please bear in mind that this system was also my server (file, web, mysql, and development box). By Nicing -19 my mythbackend and making sure i didn't load up too many processes things were okay. However, if I tried to do a compile or rip more then 1 DVD at a time (all at nice +19) then the system would stutter all over the place. I also noticed that I could run RTJPEG with out much cpu loading on this machine... but ran into soo many IO bound issues that it effectively strangled the machine so I'd do the Mpeg4, just turn down the capture size significantly and you should be okay. I'm now running an MCE150 card in another machine doing video capture. The quality is worlds better then the software encoding card in an XP2400 box...file sizes are much larger, but over all its a better experience. -Chuck ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
Wot are you smoking? The minus gives you root env variables. obviously su is not doing the right thing, so bump up the priviliages a little more by using su - you do _not_ need to add the minus to do what is suggested here. you forgot the minus after su so it should be su - su /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start then run ps ax|grep mythbac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
you forgot the minus after su so it should be su - su /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start then run ps ax|grep mythbac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
open a terminal type su - su terminals suck ;-p then try it again. Ok.. We may be getting somewhere? Rebooted so everything was fresh.. At a su terminal window (gave me permission errors if I did it as a non su user): /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start Closed the terminal window Start the mythfrontend from the pulldown menu in KDE Watch tv.. It works. whereis mythbackend returns the same path as listed in the /etc/init.d/mythbackend script. So what does this mean? sorry barking up the wrong tree. try which mythbackend that will tell you the path that mythbackend resides in, it sould be something like /usr/local/bin/mythbackend I don't use the gui to start and stop services. the other thing is if mythbackend is generating an error you might have a log if you have not modified the ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
open a terminal type su - su terminals suck ;-p then try it again. Ok.. We may be getting somewhere? Rebooted so everything was fresh.. At a su terminal window (gave me permission errors if I did it as a non su user): /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start Closed the terminal window Start the mythfrontend from the pulldown menu in KDE Watch tv.. It works. whereis mythbackend returns the same path as listed in the /etc/init.d/mythbackend script. So what does this mean? sorry barking up the wrong tree. try which mythbackend that will tell you the path that mythbackend resides in, it sould be something like /usr/local/bin/mythbackend I don't use the gui to start and stop services. the other thing is if mythbackend is generating an error you might have a log if you have not modified mythbackend file in /etc/init.d directory you might have a log file /tmp/ it might tell you why mythbackend fails at boot up. also check your /var/log/messages file for any errors. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
Stupid question why are you running mythtv in root? why are you symlinking a directory to / ? that is like creating a directory in windows and shortcutting it to c:\ You are not running windows here. :) set your system to autologon as a gumby user, and autolaunch mythfrontend. do you have mythbackend file in /etc/init.d? what is the file's settings? is it executable? if not then chmod +x mythbackend will help. if you run chkconfig --list can you see mythbackend there? if so is activated? if not all you need to do is run chkconfig --add mythbackend 3456 or something like that I haven't used redhat variants for a while. Thanks.. but no cigar.. Tried that, rebooted and still has problems. I created a symlink to /root/.mythtv in // and it still does the same thing. When I run 'service mythbackend status' it returns mytbackend (pid 3647) is running...' and returns me to the command prompt. I've had something similar happen. When you run it as a service, is your mythbackend service still running? When I run 'service mythbackend status', I usually get a 'pid file exists, but mythbackend is dead' message. When that happens, I find out it's because mythbackend is looking for its settings in //.mythtv/ instead of /root/.mythtv. I created a symlink called /.mythtv/ that points to /root/.mythtv and that seems to solve the problem for me. On 6/22/05, Michael Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;) Just finished putting together a MythTV/Fedora3 box with Jarod Wilson's instructions. Everything works well except if I run mythbackend as a service watching live tv doesn't work. If I open a console window as root and run it manually: #mythbackend everything works. If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live tv screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes, the system then waits about 60sec and then returns to the main menu by itself. Any ideas? I'm almost sure it's a permission thing.. but don't where. Thanks - Michael ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Kane Tse http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse ___ 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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console
mythbackend 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off Ok what happens when you run /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop then /etc/init.d/mythbackend start ? if you type where mythbackend is that the same location as what is entered into /etc/init.d/mythbackend ? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] skip commercial in Au /ACT
Has anyone in ACT been able to skip commercials when recording shows? I have the skip commercials switch turned on, but all my recordings include commercials. Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] editing recorded shows
I have used the edit feature to remove commercials from a recording when I select transcoding my system doesn't want to save the recording without commercials. how save the show after the edit is complete? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Why 2 cards for PIP?
Was one of these shows a pre-recorded one? The vast majority of DVB card are only single tuners (you do get a couple of dual tuner cards, but they are very rare). Myth can serve pre-recorded shows to many frontends at the same times. These can all be different pre-recorded shows, the livetv stream(s) from your capture card(s), or a combination of the two. No this was all live tv. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Why 2 cards for PIP?
Hi all, I was wondering why would I need more than 1 card to have PIP capabilities especailly if my card under other oses is capable of running PIP? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Why 2 cards for PIP?
I was wondering why would I need more than 1 card to have PIP capabilities especailly if my card under other oses is capable of running PIP? You need 2 tuners. Does your card have 2 tuners? If so, you may not need a second card. I say may because you still need to make it work with both tuners. How would you tell if I have more than one tuner in the card? I know that before I up graded my machine to the latest drivers and latest version of mythtv I was capable of watching tv on 2 machines and record a show. Now I can't the recent versions of drivers or mythtv tells me that the card is in use. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Why 2 cards for PIP?
I can understand why this user would be confused. That you need 2 tuners is an artifact of Myth's particular implementation of PiP -- watching two different live broadcasts at once. An odd interpretation for a program where the whole idea is not to watch live broadcasts at all. Original PiP in TV sets, in fact, was single-tuner. You used it to watch a live broadcast in a box while watching a signal from something else like a VCR. (If the VCR had a tuner you could watch 2 live broadcasts.) 2 tuner PiP was the 2nd generation of PiP. No I never had a vcr configured anywhere near the Mythtv server. the only thing I had attached to the tv that displayed Mythtv was a dvd player, and FM radio. Last year my set up was. In lounge room 80cm LG TV LG Home theater pack (includes little speakers, dvd player, and radio) Computer system (AMD 2800+, 512 Meg RAM, 80Gig HDD, Fusion DVB card, NIC) belkin switch/hub Kitchen Hp pavilion ze4103s Study 2x Computer systems (same as above without dvb card) I could watch tv using mythtv in the lounge room leave it running, and walk into the study activate mythfrontend and what another channel, while recording another show using mythtv. earlier this month I rebuilt the box after my move I accidently called up PIP but I can't remember the key I pressed I am not sure if it's Myth or mplayer related. I don't think you should ever need PiP once you embrace the DVR vision, or if you need it, it would be extremely rare. Almost all TVs made recently have it anyway, so I have never felt it should be a priority in Myth, 2 tuners or not. I would like to have to ability to watch two seperate shows without the need to purchase another dvb. PIP can be handy and the TV set doesn't have PIP capability. so it is handy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] www.d1.com.au
Thanks Stef, I appreciate the heads up. Is there a central body managing compliance and 'infringements' There is a site it's called gpl-violations.org from the homepage The gpl-violations.org project tries to raise public awareness about past and present infringing use(r)s of GPL licensed software. The ultimate goal is to make vendors of GPL licensed software understand that GPL is not public domain, and that there are license conditions that are to be fulfilled. The project wants to act as information and communication platform between all parties involved with licensing of free software: * authors and copyright holders * vendors, OEM's, VAR's * users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Skip commercial
I don't know about the rest of Australia, but in Canberra when recording programs skipping commercials doesn't work. How can I get skip commercials working? I have use all commercial detection methods, enabled skip commercials. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] editing video
Hi all I stumbled across the edit recording feature last night, and have selected the ads in the show. how do I get the system to remove the ads from the recorded show? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV screen cut off
Got my frontend up running and even showing live TV... but all the menus have the bottom of the screen cutoff (can't even see the next button). I tried resizing the GUI in the appearance menu but while the display resizes re adjusting so the menu is still cut off. Also tried adjusting font size to 6 as well as changing through the themes. I there something outside of the frontend that needs to be adjusted to correct this? -- Can you normally see your entire desktop when the frontend is not running? just wondering if you have got virtual desktop turned on. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] www.d1.com.au
Well first of all getting a maintenance plan to plan for issues like this DST issue. Then you gotta have a distributor to get you parts for cheap. Then you have to have a standard way to get people setup with accounts through zap2it and correctly configure their machines (setup wizard that maybe runs from another working windows machine and configures the linux machine mysql database) (or maybe some sort of friendly wizard) (or you configure it all for them - they provide email info and address). Also you need a standardized distro that is stable on your hardware, and will provide little to no hiccups Why a zap2it account? they have their own server which hmc downloads channel information from. that is why there are 2 tv_grab_au scripts around one looks at the xml pages from d1.com.au and the other is capable of downloading from 2 sites. ninemsn.com.au and d1.com.au. I think their market is the Australian consumer, and zap2it doesn't have channel information for any states or postcodes in Australia. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au - perl XML broken
First you will have to get XML::Parser I don't know if you can get it from Gentoo site, you can also get the files from cpan.org. The easiset way to get reqiured files from cpan is to run the following commands perl -MCPAN -e shell then allow perl to create a configure script select the sites you trust and will download from. then run install XML::Parser Hi, This is really more of a gentoo question I think, but it relates to tv_grab_au so maybe somebody here has seen it before. I have posted a more detailed description to the gentoo forums here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-317593.html But if anyone in mythtv-land knows what I'm on about, please chip in... I wanted to use the tv_grab_au off the list, but it complains about needing threaded perl. So I've re-emerged perl, with threads, but now get errors when running tv_grab_au like this one: bash-2.05b$ tv_grab_au Can't locate XML/Parser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 .) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/XML/Twig.pm line 82. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/XML/Twig.pm line 82. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/XMLTV.pm line 108. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/XMLTV.pm line 108. Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 107. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 107. bash-2.05b$ No idea how to fix this, so any suggestions welcomed. Thanks Richard ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I have found that after re-emerging/upgrading Perl, you have to re-emerge in the other programs as they will not be found, Parser.pm is one of them, but there is a script that can be run to fix that issue, when you emerge perl, that script is displayed at the end of the merge, just before it unmerges the older version, or if your not quick over the 5 second break, you loose that vital info ___ 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
[mythtv-users] Resolutions, image issues.
I have some weird issues in Canberra with displaying DTV. the default resolution is set to 800x600, when I watch TV, any show that has heaps of movement and sound I get some drop out and the image is horizontal waves, it seems like the refresh rates is too slow or the machine can't handle the work. I have an AMD XP2800+ 512 Mg RAM 200Gig hdd. Fusion DVB card ATI9700 Card Pioneer DVD Writer. When I watch DVDs I only have a 3rd image display so the mail box view is smaller than watching dvds on a normal dvd player. What is the best resolution to set X for TV display? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Very Good at Killing Linux
What are you smoking? :) You have had software that isn't stable on Linux. What software? I would be inclined to blame it on bad memory. Run some memory checking software. Did you install the 64bit version of all software installed including the kernel? I don't know much about AMD64 but I want to get one Well, I've had software that wasn't very stable on linux, I've had software that brought linux to a crawl, software that consistently froze windows and now I've managed to find a package that routinely freezes linux - Myth. The box is a combo FE/BE and isn't lacking for resources (AMD64 3800+, 1G RAM, 750G SATA, 20G IDE for OS, PVR-350 for encoding, nVidia 6600 GT for tv-out) and was actually running like a champ (recording one show, flagging another while we decoded flac to different players) with no hiccups (maybe 40-50% CPU usage) until just recently. I added a new sound card (Turtle Beach Riviera) so I could get optical spdif and the setup was about as simple as they come. However, now I'm having issues with myth freezing the box. The box is not under load - running around 5-15% - but pausing, rewinding ffwding all have the ability to freeze the box (though more often its rw/ff). Someone please tell me that there is an explanation for why this is happening. How is myth taking down this box? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Visionplus DVB card
Brad you can not use xawtv as far as I am am aware xawtv is for analogue tv recievers. I use Linuxtv to get my DVB card working Hi Guys, Got the WAF peaked so bought Visionplus DVB card. Installed knoppmyth R5A12 which seemed to detect the card. Myth boots but when I go to watch live TV all i get is a black screen. I am not sure the what the next step in troubleshooting is on digital cards. Any advice welcome. Can I use xawtv to test with (like i did with analog) or are their other tools to use? Cheers Brad ___ 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] Fwd: PVR 250, Picture, No Sound..IVTV problem? Read archives....tried most everything, but, am stuck...
If you are not getting sound have you tried adding the following line to /etc/mplayer/mplayer ao alsa9 I think that is the format. Hello..thanks for the reply. I've seen someone else is posting with same type problemswith same advice. I'm using a gentoo distro... I went to /etc/modules.d/aliases, and added the suggested line. I did modules-update command...and this indeed put the line in my /etc/modules.conf However, I still get picture but, no sound when playing directly from mplayer (mplayer /dev/video0), nor with mythtv. Have I missed something else...would this require a computer reboot or is there another command to refresh a process this affects? Thanks in advance.. K On Mar 19, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Adam Gianola wrote: perhaps an 'alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv' in the modprobe.conf could help... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] tv_grab_au issues in ACT
Hi all, I know this is a little off topic and I appologies, I am having problems getting updates for ACT Free to air programming information when I run mythfilldatabase I get the following errors. ERROR! - no channel icon found for freesd.Canberra.9! ERROR! - no channel icon found for freesd.Canberra.9-EPG! ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-18 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-19 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-20 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-21 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-22 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-23 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-03-24 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-03-18 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-03-19 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-03-20 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-03-21 ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-03-22 this continues for all the channels I have tried free to air option, free to air digital, and free to air HD, for ACT. so far my does anyone know what is wrong? or is it that D1 is a little flakey? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] converting mythdvd transcode to smaller files
Hi all I would like to convert the dvds that I transcode from the large 4gig files to smaller files what would be the best tool to ues? I think it could be between mencoder and transcode. Where could I get some good doco on using the tools to convert the .vob files to avi or mpg? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Is mythTV ready for prime time?
After fighting with database issues on Suse 9.1, I switched to KnoppMyth, which supposedly auto-installs all the prereqs and sets up the database. Yet it cannot connect to the master backend database. I'm throwing in the towel. Looking at the archives of this list, it appears that this tool is still packed with gotchas, one complication after another. Does anyone else share the same thoughts, or am I just having unusual difficulties? I threw in the towel with Suse9.0 and 9.1 (I was testing Suse as place of employment is a Novell house). There are a few people who have had success with using mythtv on suse. I was thinking of using knoppMyth the only question that I has was does it support dvb? So far I have not found an answer to that. I used Mandrake because I moved away from RH, and I read that it has a little more support for most codecs. I am not entirely happy with Mandrake but at least it works. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can no longer start transcoding
is mtd running make sure it hasn't segfaulted I have been using MythTV 0.16 for half a year now and I am transcoding most shows. However two days ago transcoding has stopped working. Most shows are set to automatically transcode, but they dont anymore. If I select Begin transcoding from the I menu on a show, transcoding does not start. The menu entry does not even switch to Stop transcoding as it used to. If I press X while viewing a show, the prompt stating that transcoding starts does show, but the show is not transcoded. Does anyone have a clue where to look for a solution ? Best regards Niels Dybdahl ___ 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] Can no longer start transcoding
It depends on your switchs you have activated. run a mtd --help it might give you some switches. I know that when I was playing with 0.16 I had to enable mtd to transcode dvds it's a daemon that mythc connects to so that you can transcode dvds. is mtd running make sure it hasn't segfaulted It is not running (at least it is not in ps -A). Could it have crashed on a specific show ? Is there a transcoder log somewhere ? But I thought that the transcoding state was stored in the database, so that I should be able of toggling whether a show should be transcoded or not. Is it a queue in mtd instead ? Best regards Niels Dybdahl I have been using MythTV 0.16 for half a year now and I am transcoding most shows. However two days ago transcoding has stopped working. Most shows are set to automatically transcode, but they dont anymore. If I select Begin transcoding from the I menu on a show, transcoding does not start. The menu entry does not even switch to Stop transcoding as it used to. If I press X while viewing a show, the prompt stating that transcoding starts does show, but the show is not transcoded. Does anyone have a clue where to look for a solution ? Best regards Niels Dybdahl ___ 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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Is mythTV ready for prime time?
No my question is. Does KnoppMyth support dvb out of the box install? I have a fusion dvb card it's pretty generic and it works when I install linuxtv-dvb. Also I had a strange episode which I can not reproduce and that was pip using that card. I threw in the towel with Suse9.0 and 9.1 (I was testing Suse as place of employment is a Novell house). There are a few people who have had success with using mythtv on suse. I was thinking of using knoppMyth the only question that I has was does it support dvb? So far I have not found an answer to that. KnoppMyth is just the distro; based on Knoppix, which is based on Debian. but you knew that. :) i think your question was meant to be: does Myth support DVB?, correct? i can't give a definitive answer on that because i'm not 100% certain on what DVB is. but i'm guessing you're referring to the DVB cards. too bad the KnoppMyth forum is down at the moment, i'm sure you could find the answer there. this might help though: http://www.pvrguide.no-ip.com/bbs/lofiversion/index.php?t4506.html http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page=DVBHowTo hopefully that will help a bit. KnoppMyth is a great distro. it's not quite as hyped up as FC2/3 here in the Myth mailing list. but it's extremely easy to get up and running. - a 'whole lotta' GMail Invites available Please Email me OFF-list only... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Is mythTV ready for prime time?
I didn't start the thread. I was answering the initial problem. I have no intention to use KnoppMyth. No my question is. Does KnoppMyth support dvb out of the box install? I have a fusion dvb card it's pretty generic and it works when I install linuxtv-dvb. The alpha version, R5A12 probably does. The earlier released version R4V5 probably does not. You may get a more definitive answer if you change the subject line to something that includes the works KnoppMyth and DVB. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 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
[mythtv-users] Mythtv and PIP
Last night I was trying to resolve some issues with viewing TV. When all of a sudden I got PIP, could anyone tell me what key I need to press to get PIP? I am running mplayer, my card is Fusion-DVB ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SUSE 9.1 Professional X86_64 MythTv?
I am talking about my personal experience. Unless that is a crime now :). I would be more inclinded to use Gentoo, though I haven't got the time to build it. I have had no problems with getting codecs for Redhat, Mandrake, Debian. Out of the box looking for rpms for Suse was too much work. I appreciated the message advising me due to licencing laws Suse 9.1 didn't come with dvd codecs (it could be because I had the eval dvd from a Novell expo). What are you talking about? It's harder to get codecs for Redhat or fedora than suse :) Suse 9.1 is great, use it on my athlon 64's no problem.. infact its one of the only distros that works very cleanly with the 16/32bit mix of apps. Don't use suse. I tried it 6 months ago it was the worst couple of days in my life. You will have a hard time getting codecs for dvd playing and other commonly used codecs. Try a more popular distro. Anyone successfully got MythTV to work on SUSE 9.1 Professional X86_64? Isn't there firmware code that requires a 32-Bit OS? ___ 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] Re: Australian Setup Help Needed
I'm in Canberra, I have Fusion DVB Audgy2 zs (?) Logitec Z5500 speakers ATI radeon 8xxx card Mandrake 10.0 the output is to an 80cm tv. I have can view digital tv. I think my reception is poor so I am looking for a signal amplifier for my internal antenna. I have two digital tuners - Nova-T's from Renura in Canberra. Under my original build (2.4) I had some difficulties but under my new Mandrake 10.1 build (2.6), they just work! No customisation required. (I gave up trying to get the built in remote working though and now just use a serial IR receiver and LIRC.) If you're watching on anything larger than a 19 TV, the improved quality is well worth going digital. Martin Any other recommendations on good/easy to install configure digital TV cards to use for Australia from anyone? I'd been steering clear of digital because there are lots of tales of woe with them in this list! Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] port in use
Hi all, I have searched the channels in Canberra for some reason I can only find 2 channels 7 and win when searching SBS and updating the database I get no lock and the searching for channels hangs. When I select watch TV I get the following message. Mythtv is already using avaliable inputs for recording if you want to watch live tv cancel one of the in progress recordings from the delete menu. If you want to watch an in progress recording select one from the playback menu The problem is that I have not configured recordings. I am wondering what I have missed, and where should I start trouble shooting? Thanks Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend can't connect to database
it's not explained well in the documentation from the mythtv install directory run the following commands cd setup ./setup it will generate the gui and allow you to setup the backend once you have finished you will be able to run mythbackend in mythfrontend Setup-General the first screen says myth can't connect to the database. I filled in: Host 127.0.0.1 Database mythconverg User mythtv Password mythtv and Database Type was set as MySQL. I think these are correct: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mysql -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 41 to server version: 3.23.58 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql show tables; ++ | Tables_in_mythconverg | ++ | callsignnetworkmap | | capturecard| . BUT, next time I go to Setup - General I get the same message that myth can't connect. any suggestions? sean ___ 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] Sydney DVB-T DIGITAL FORTY FOUR
Correct me if I am wrong but Digital44 is offline temporarily. I'm having trouble tuning one specific channel in Sydney. With most channels, scanning works, by entering frequencies of each known transport frequency (http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=22). Channels 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 OK! Also, extra channels 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 33, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 90, 99, 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 100, etc OK! But DIGITAL FORTY FOUR causes problems!! The transport info says it is 0Hz (57) (1), which is obviously wrong - and then mythbackend log complains that it can't find channel info when starting the backend. This is the only channel that uses QAM16 instead of QAM64, if that is a clue for anyone?? Any ideas? -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology, Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ___ 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] Aussie Foxtel
What I was told last night is if you have cable connection you will have a good chance of pumping foxtel thru mythtv. I have been told that Transact, optus and not sure about foxtel are sending the video using mpeg technology thru cable system I keep meaning to look at the back of mine to see if it has serial. I can't remember if I have fox or austar, but I imagine the units they use are identical. will take a look tonight though. On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:14:52 +1100, Martin Ravell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone in Australia been able to come up with a working solution for controlling a Foxtel receiver here in Australia yet? I'm currently building up a new box based on FC3 with Jarod's guide and a 350 and would be interested in hearing from anyone who has managed to get their MythTV doing channel changing on their cable boxes. The unit in question in an Amstrad STU 200. Have looked at various circuits for use with lirc but would be interested in experiences that you guys have had. Regards Marty ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ 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
