Re: [mythtv-users] First Generation Air2PC Card Requires Extended Initialization
On January 28, 2006 12:52 pm, Steve Malenfant wrote: > For the Air2PC card, it seems like it's normal... Even if it shows > that it can't get alock for a few minutes, it is getting it anyway. > Your backend will start normally and start recording just fine after a > few minutes. I don't really like that, but that's the way it is. > > I got 3 cards, and there might be one of them that gives a good status > when I boot up my machine. I don't know if it has to do with 2 cards > being in the system instead of just one. > > Steve Any word on whether these puppies support QAM256, or if they ever will? Mark > > On 1/28/06, William Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently purchased first generation Air2PC cards off eBay. I knew > > there might be issues, but it seemed like a low-cost way to experiment > > with digital / HD TV and that has proven to be true. In fact, the first > > card worked extremely well, no issues whatsoever, so I bought a second > > one. The second card, however, takes much longer to initialize and lock > > up on its startup channel - usually several minutes as compared to less > > than 30 seconds for the first card I bought. Once initialized, both > > cards work fine. However, mythbackend gives up after 30 seconds so > > getting them both initialized is a problem. > > > > I found I could fix that problem by editing 'dvbchannel.h' in libmythtv, > > the line that reads: > > > > "bool TuneTransport(dvb_channel_t& channel, bool all=false, int > > timeout=30);" > > > > Adding an extra zero to the 'timeout' parameter allows the backend to > > wait long enough for my slow card to achieve a lock. However, I'm > > curious if there is an easier way. For example, is there some way to > > condition the card(s) prior to starting the backend that would allow > > them to successfully lock up within the default 30 seconds? > > > > Also, change of subject, is there some trick to getting XvMC to actually > > work? When I first tried to use it on two machines, both with 0.18.1, > > FX5200's and the NVIDIA driver, only the Hardware MPEG checkbox was > > present on the Playback settings page. On both machines, when that > > checkbox was checked, playback and live TV would both fail with a > > message saying that the frontend was unable to initialize the display. > > After fooling around with the stuff mentioned above, including a > > recompile of 0.18.1, a checkbox to enable OpenGL vsync suddently > > appeared on the same settings page as the XvMC checkbox and now XvMC > > works on that machine. But I don't know why it started working and I > > haven't been able to duplicate the feat on my other Myth box. > > > > Bill > > ___ > > 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] Changing channels on DCT2000 series /audio questions
On January 20, 2006 05:25 pm, John Brooks wrote: > > Actually I meant to look at the LED display on the DCT2000 and see what > > happens. > > Ah! Yeah, stupid me. I actually watched the cable box and didn't see > anything happen, so what you're saying about an inactive serial port is > entirely possible. I'll have to call them up and ask about it. Thanks! > > I don't suppose you have any thoughts about the sound, do you? > > Peace! Sorry, I'm pretty useless for digital sound stuff. I can't justify spending money on nice speakers to my wife. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Changing channels on DCT2000 series /audio questions
On January 20, 2006 04:23 pm, John Brooks wrote: > > Have you tried using the change channel script directly. As in > > > > /usr/bin/channel 24 > > Well, so far all I've done is done > > /usr/bin/channel 5 > > from the shell while MythTV was not running. When I ran mythfrontend and > watched LIVE tv, I didn't see any difference. Do you mean I should run > MythTV, then try running the command from a shell outside? Sorry if I'm > being thick about this. And thanks for the suggestion! Actually I meant to look at the LED display on the DCT2000 and see what happens. However, you could definitely try running the channel script while watching livetv from within mythtv. If neither of those show a change, then it is possible that the serial port on the DCT2000 is disabled. You can try asking your cable company to enable it, but they might say no. Mine did, so I'm stuck with IR blasters. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Changing channels on DCT2000 series/audio questions
On January 20, 2006 03:35 pm, John Brooks wrote: > Hi! I'm struggling with getting my MythTV box going- it's been a lot more > difficult than I'd expected, but I'm really close. I have two issues in > front of me now: > > 1.) When I try to change channels, I end up getting static on every other > channel except channel three. I'm guessing that this is because the channel > I'm changing is on the OVR receiver, and not the Motorola DCT2000 series > set top box I'm connected to. I have a serial cable going out from the > first serial port (which I'm assuming is ttyS0), and I got my hands on a > copy of "channel" from here: > > http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5906&view=previous&; > > Once I got the permissions on ttyS0 set correctly, I told mythtv to use > /usr/bin/channel to change channels; this does not appear to work. I'm not > sure how to look for output that might tell em what's going wrong here. Have you tried using the change channel script directly. As in /usr/bin/channel 24 Does that change the channel for you? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling multiple GI-2200 cable boxes via lirc
On January 15, 2006 12:16 pm, obscure information. wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a myth system I've been running successfully for a few days now > with a single PVR-150 capture card in it, and I'm looking to install a > PVR-500 alongside it so that I can record 2 shows and still watch live tv. > Currently I'm using an IR blaster from www.irblaster.info and their > configuration instructions for using an external cable box, which > coincidentally uses the same programming as my GI-2200. > > I'm wondering what my best option is for controlling 3 GI-2200 boxes with > one or two IR blasters? I've noticed that on the irblaster.info site that > he has a 4-LED IR blaster on one serial wire available as well as a 2-LED > blaster. Does anyone have any experience trying to control multiple 2200's > (or equivalent) with one serial cable? I've seen reference on a few sites > re: satellite boxes that can do this if they are programmed to receive > alternate IR commands, but I doubt that will work on my older cable > boxes... > > Thanks in advance! > > ~Drew, the annoying Linux newbie. You should call your cable company and ask them if the cable boxes can be set to use difference codes. If they are anything like the DCT-2000, then only the cable company can tell them which remote codes to use. Personally, I went with one ir blaster per box, and made little ir tents out of egg cartons to make sure that the right blaster talked to the right stb. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have yo ur casepowerbutton do?
On January 12, 2006 11:28 am, James C. Dastrup wrote: > >> I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured > >> to power-on with any key-press. I programmed my remote to send > >> the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other > >> commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end. My keyboard > >> is always put away and I only need it if I'm working on that > >> computer for some other purpose. > > > >So why doesn't a remote signal meant for your TV, VCR, stereo, etc wake > > your computer? This always seemed to be the biggest roadblock for using > > the remote to wake my frontend. > > If your logic is correct, then every command sent by any remote would > activate any IR receiver and process any command on any device. The answer > is the same reason that when you power on your TV with your remote, you're > DVD player doesn't also turn on. > > The signal sent for the TV is ignored by the keyboard's IR Receiver. The IR > Keyboard receiver only picks up keyboard commands. If I program one > button on my remote to send the letter A, and another button to send > the TV's Volume Up, only the letter A will turn the computer on, since the > keyboard doesn't even have a Volume Up button, much less matching > the same IR signal that the TV would accept. > Ahh, that makes sense. The keyboard IR receiver is a little bit smart about things. Unfortunately that rules out doing a similar thing with lirc, since the computer would have to power-on to decide whether the signal was something that it was supposed to pay attention to or not. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have yo ur casepowerbutton do?
On January 12, 2006 11:00 am, James C. Dastrup wrote: > >> I'd like to know how you turn your myth box on using the IR remote > >> though. I'm using the IR receiver that came with my Hauppauge Nova-t > >> and IFAIK I can't use this for powering up [I'd be happy to be proved > >> wrong]. > > > >I'd also be very interested in knowing how this is done. Currently, my > >power button kills mythfrontend and since its a combined FE/BE and the > >BE is set to shutdown if idle, this will also shut the machine down > >assuming nothing is recording and there are no flagging jobs running. > >I use nvram-wakeup then to automatically power the machine on when it > >needs to record the next show > > I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured > to power-on with any key-press. I programmed my remote to send > the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other > commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end. My keyboard > is always put away and I only need it if I'm working on that > computer for some other purpose. So why doesn't a remote signal meant for your TV, VCR, stereo, etc wake your computer? This always seemed to be the biggest roadblock for using the remote to wake my frontend. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Suspend options with mythtv
On January 11, 2006 03:51 pm, James C. Dastrup wrote: > >HI everybody, > > > >I've been thinking about the things that still bother me about my mythtv > >setup, and the worst one is definately boot time on the frontend. It > > takes my P3-733 a couple of minutes to boot fully in to mythtv. > > > >I was hoping that some sort of hibernation/suspend to disk setup would > > help me with this. > > > >Does anyone out there do this sort of thing? Any mythtv related caveats? > >How about root over NFS? > > > >My system has a hard drive that I boot from, and then spin down. I > > suppose I could spin it back up to do the suspend to disk... > > > >How much faster would a resume be than a full boot? > > > >Mark > > I've done this using Suspend2 (http://www.suspend2.net/) and it works just > fine suspending to disk. Definitely speeds up the boot-up process. > > I haven't been able to get it working with my P3 HT frontend, since it > doesn't seem to like SMP, although it's supposed to work. Thanks for the reply. I was looking at suspend2, but having to unmount my nfs root drive first kind of scared me. Wouldn't that mean I have to stop all of the services before suspending, then restart them on resume. That part takes up most of the boot time doesn't it? Would I gain anything? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Suspend options with mythtv
HI everybody, I've been thinking about the things that still bother me about my mythtv setup, and the worst one is definately boot time on the frontend. It takes my P3-733 a couple of minutes to boot fully in to mythtv. I was hoping that some sort of hibernation/suspend to disk setup would help me with this. Does anyone out there do this sort of thing? Any mythtv related caveats? How about root over NFS? My system has a hard drive that I boot from, and then spin down. I suppose I could spin it back up to do the suspend to disk... How much faster would a resume be than a full boot? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone in Regina, Sask, Canada for a little advice?
On December 20, 2005 03:25 pm, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote: > On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:40:54 -0600, Robert Johnston wrote: > >I'm here, using Access Communications cable, and I'd like to know if > >anyone else here is using a Digital card (HD3000/Air2PC/something > >else) to recieve Access' "Digital" service (As all I have here at the > >moment are a pair of PVR-250's picking up the "Basic" cable, and if I > >have to use something like FireWire (And so have lots of boxes > >clogging up my already full entertainment unit) I'd rather not bother. > > > >I'm more interested in going with the Digital for the HD and the lack of > > noise. > > > >Anyone here want to stand up and give me some advice here? I'm not > >sure what system Access uses for their cable, and how much is > >broadcast over the line in the clear (Especially as we're in Canada, > >and FCC regs don't apply) > > Yes, instead we have to idiots of the CRTC to deal with! > > Check out my post from earlier today, and follow the links. Basically, > ensure you have the correct modules loaded, get/use the dvbscan utils from > linuxtv.org to scan your cable for active feeds. Check the feeds with > azap, cat > and mplayer. > Extract the serviceid's and insert into mythconverg. > > Bake at 325 for 2 hours, serve with whipped cream. > > More seriously, if Access has any digital channels (check their web site) > then the dvbscan will find them. Thereafter its a picky little process of > extracting bits of info from various places and poking the bits into other > places. > > But it does work! I'm watching at least a dozen different QAM256 feeds > from Rogers Cable in Toronto using an HD3000 card. I'm still in the > process of testing some of the channels, and attempting to add some > more...Unfortunately, it appears the CRTC mandates that I get 8 different > timeshifted feeds of CBC from St. Johns to Vancouver...and I never watch > CBC anyway! > > Geoff If you know someone with a digital cable box, you can find out which channels are in the clear by going in to the service menus. On my DCT2000 (Eastlink in Nova Scotia), you hit the OK button just after you turn off the cable box. On one of the menu options ( I think it was #7), you get status about the current channel. It will say near the top whether it is clear, unencrypted (I don't know the difference) or encrypted. You can check this for the HD channels even if your cable box doesn't support HD. On my system, last I checked, most HD channels are encrypted. CBC and CTV weren't, but that was the day after they were added to the system, and things change. Mark Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Xine issues
On December 13, 2005 08:31 am, Brad DerManouelian wrote: > These work for me. -V xshm got rid of my shaky playback. --no-splash > and --no-logo do what they look like they do. > > DVD: > xine -pfhq -V xshm --no-splash --no-logo dvd://%s > > Video: > xine -pfhq -V xshm --no-splash --no-logo %s Hmmm the xine docs claim that xshm is a lot slower than xv. Does real world experience say otherwize? Personally I compiled my xine to use xvmc for more gforce mx 4000. I don't use xvmc for mythtv yet, but it works great with xine. My P3 733 plays DVD's beautifully that way. Mark > > On Dec 13, 2005, at 2:59 AM, Peter Osterberg wrote: > > I use XINE for playing DVD's since it has the ability to handle DVD- > > menus. It works fine but I can't get it to integrate with Myth as I > > can with Mplayer. > > Mplayer starts almost instantly and doesn't show the KDE desktop > > before it starts. Anyway thats a minor problem but if anyone know > > please tell me how to stop XINE from bringing the desktop to the > > front. > > > > The second problem is a bit more irritating. It seems that Xine > > doesn't decode the video "fast" enough. I get strange behaviors on > > fast moving scenes. On slow scenes detail is very good but it gets > > "jerky" in the fast ones. > > I had this problem with ordinary TV in Myth before but someone > > pointed me to a setting that eliminated this problem. Are there any > > equal settings in Xine that will do the same? > > > > Sincerely, > > Peter Österberg > > ___ > > 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] PVR-250 and DCT2200
> You'll need an IR blaster to change channels, and a lot of patience. > I have a low success rate with my IR blaster and my DCT2100. It's not that > the IR blaster is so bad, but that the DCT box is very slow, and sometimes > misses remote button presses. > I finally have things tweaked so that I barely miss any button presses any more with my setup. I found that the most important thing was to use sudo and nice to make the change channel script top priority. That way their is not too much delay between digits being sent to the box. I found in my logs that on the failed channel changes, their was often a 5 second delay between the first and second digits, thus the first digit was lost. I would try to change to channel 26 to watch Gundam Seed, but the 2 would be lost and I would be stuck with half an hour of Leno on 6. In mythtv-setup my change channel script is call thus: sudo nice -n 15 /usr/local/tunetv2 where tunetv2 is my customized change channel script that uses the correct ir blaster (I have 2). Give this a try, it may work for you as well. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Weird stuttering depends on resolution
Hi everybody, I was playing with my settings earlier today, and came across something odd. I have 3 Freestyle PVR-250's on a stock 0.18.1 debian system. I had been recording at 512x384/3000 for quite a while. I read in the archives that 352x480 was a better recording resolution, and would gaive me better quality. When I tried it, I found that I was getting very bad jitters. Every few seconds, the an old frame would seem to jump in to the picture. When I changed the resolution to 368x480, the jitters went away. However, when I went up to 384x480, they came back. Anyone know what is going on with that? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Is anybody else getting 500 errors from DataDirect?
On November 19, 2005 02:14 am, Scott Alfter wrote: > I thought I had some database corruption going on (the frontend was hanging > when I asked it to delete some shows), so I figured I'd try rebuilding some > of the data. > > I went into mythtv-setup and told it to wipe out the channel lineups. When > I went to retrieve them, though, I ended up getting nowhere: > > 2005-11-18 21:36:22.707 Fetching lineups from DataDirect service... > --21:36:22-- > http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService => `-' > Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160 > Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... > connected. POST data file missing: /tmp/mythpostVdgDsX > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized > Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... > connected. POST data file missing: /tmp/mythpostVdgDsX > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 500 Internal Server Error > 21:36:23 ERROR 500: Internal Server Error. > > The 401 error is a normal byproduct of the authentication method DataDirect > uses, but the 500 error is abnormal. Is anyone else running into this > problem? Without the ability to download channel lineups, my MythTV box is > dead in the water (yeah, I should've backed up the database, but I didn't > figure I'd run into this problem). > The only time I get 500 messages is when I let my subscription expire. (oops). When is yours up? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] QAM question
Hi everybody, I'm looking in to the HD cards like the 3000 and the fusion 5 to use with digital cable. On my system there are a lot of SD channels in the clear as well. I was looking at the diagnostic menus on my cable box, and there I can see information like the frequency and whether the channel is in the clear or not. I have seen three options as to whether a channel is clear or not. They are: CLR -- obviously clear UNE -- unencrypted?? UNC -- encrypted Does anyone know what the difference between clear and unencrypted is? Would I be able to get unencrypted channels with a tuner card? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Long term stability?
On November 8, 2005 06:33 pm, Robert Denier wrote: > Does anyone have a backend that runs for a week or more under reasonably > heavy use? By run, I mean with no manual intervention or cron jobs > resetting things/etc. I still have to occasionally do > a /etc/init.d/mythbackend restart although I'm not quite sure why... > I run for many weeks at a time with no problems (except some IR blaster issues, see some of my threads). Actually, I don't recall having any mythtv stability problems since I swapped motherboards. I'm using prepackaged 0.18.1 debs. > If people do, perhaps a few could give their > > 1) PVR hardware 3 Hauppauge Freestyles (OEM 250's) > 2) Motherboard chipset SiS 745 (Aopen AK75 Motherboard)/ Duron 800 MHz > 3) Kernel version 2.6.12.5 rolled my own. > 4) IVTV version. ivtv 0.2.0 rc3k > 5) Firmware version? 2.04.211 > 6) System Memory > 256 MB > and, well, anything else they think relevant to stability. > I run Debian, if that helps. Also, I run with the side of my case open. Otherwise, my biggest advice is to stay far away from older VIA chipsets. When I changed from a VIA based board to a SiS based board, things got a lot better for me. Mark > Actually, I wonder if there is a database anywhere of such things, or if > such a thing would be useful. If nothing else, this might give someone > a bit of guidance when putting together a system. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] IR blaster fails sometimes?
Hi everybody , sorry if this is a double post... I've got a recurring issue that is starting to really annoy me. On many weeknights I record two consecutive programs on the same channel. The first recording stops at at 00:35, and the second record starts at the same time. Quite often, the second recording gets tuned to the wrong channel. Last night, I got half an hour of Leno instead of Ghost in the Shell. My ir blaster tuned my DCT2000 to channel 6 instead of channel 26. The 2 got lost somewhere along the way. When I look in my syslog, I can see the lirc events for each digit. The 2 gets sent at 00:35:05 The 6 gets sent at 00:35:08 The OK gets sent at 00:35:09 (tell dct2000 to really change the channel -- auto tune is off) The EXIT gets sent at 00:35:10 (kill dct2000 osd) I think that the 3 second lag between the 2 and the 6 is causing my problem. By the time the 6 comes along, the 2 has been ignored. On successful channel changes, the digits get sent every second. (I pause 0.7 seconds between sends.) I'm guessing that at the time of the failed channel change, the machine is heavily loaded. But why would it happen for at 00:35 every night, thus killing the channel change for some of my favourite shows? I checked, and there are no cron jobs running at 00:35 to slow things down. My cron.hourly is at 17 minutes past, my cron.daily is at 12:25 (noonish), and my cron.weekly and cron.monthly are between 4:00 and 6:00. I looked through lots of logs, and I noticed that at 00:35:03, in mythtvbackend.log, there is a "reschedule requested for id 0" This finishes at 00:35:08. Is this what is slowing my machine down so much? What can I do about it? Faster CPU? More RAM? nice the channel change script? My backend is a Duron 800 with 256MB RAM and 3 PVR 250s. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] IR blaster fails sometimes?
Hi everybody, I've got a recurring issue that is starting to really annoy me. On many weeknights I record two consecutive programs on the same channel. The first recording stops at at 00:35, and the second record starts at the same time. Quite often, the second recording gets tuned to the wrong channel. Last night, I got half an hour of Leno instead of Ghost in the Shell. My ir blaster tuned my DCT2000 to channel 6 instead of channel 26. The 2 got lost somewhere along the way. When I look in my syslog, I can see the lirc events for each digit. The 2 gets sent at 00:35:05 The 6 gets sent at 00:35:08 The OK gets sent at 00:35:09 (tell dct2000 to really change the channel -- auto tune is off) The EXIT gets sent at 00:35:10 (kill dct2000 osd) I think that the 3 second lag between the 2 and the 6 is causing my problem. By the time the 6 comes along, the 2 has been ignored. On successful channel changes, the digits get sent every second. (I pause 0.7 seconds between sends.) I'm guessing that at the time of the failed channel change, the machine is heavily loaded. But why would it happen for at 00:35 every night, thus killing the channel change for some of my favourite shows? I checked, and there are no cron jobs running at 00:35 to slow things down. My cron.hourly is at 17 minutes past, my cron.daily is at 12:25 (noonish), and my cron.weekly and cron.monthly are between 4:00 and 6:00. I looked through lots of logs, and I noticed that at 00:35:03, in mythtvbackend.log, there is a "reschedule requested for id 0" This finishes at 00:35:08. Is this what is slowing my machine down so much? What can I do about it? Faster CPU? More RAM? nice the channel change script? My backend is a Duron 800 with 256MB RAM and 3 PVR 250s. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cable company renumbering channels
On October 13, 2005 10:23 am, James Alexander wrote: > On October 11, my cable service provider renumbered their channel lineup. > I'm getting my guide data from http://labs.zap2it.com, and I know I need to > get them to update their lists so I can get my program data, but I was > wondering if anyone had experience with this problem. > > According to a sticky post on zap2it's forums, one can submit the new > lineup to them, and they will update the channel lineups accordingly, but > after I have sent in my new lineup to them from my cable company's website, > they still haven't updated my lineup. I've tried adding a new lineup, to > see if I needed to get rid of the old one, and replace it with the new, but > the channels are still numbered the old way on the website. > > Has anyone else had this problem? How long did it take zap2it, to fix their > lineups? Is there anything I need to do on mythtv, other than running > mythfilldatabase once the new numbering is in place? About a year ago, my cable company did a minor change to their lineup (3 channels). I told zapt2it about it and it took them a week or two to implement the change. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recording The Daily Show
On October 9, 2005 06:42 pm, Derek Battams wrote: > Quoting Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Derek Battams wrote: > >> The reason I started tackling this was that I needed a rather > >> complicated search rule for Jon Stewart and realized that power > >> search would be nice to have via the web. This is the rule I need: > >> > >> program.title = "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" AND > >> ((DAYOFWEEK(program.starttime) >= 2 AND DAYOFWEEK(program.starttime) > >> <= 5 AND (HOUR(program.starttime) = 23 OR HOUR(program.starttime) = > >> 0)) OR (DAYOFWEEK(program.starttime) = 6 AND HOUR(program.starttime) > >> = 0)) > > > > TDS has always presented some interesting challenges. > > > > - New episodes are shown Mon-Thur at 11pm. > > > > - Repeated at 1am, 10am and 7 or 8pm the next day. > > > > - Specific episodes have the guest listed in the subtitle with > > a unique programid and an originalairdate. > > > > - "Generic episodes" have: > > > >description: A humorous slant on top news stories. > > programid: SH293053 > > originalairdate: 1999-01-11 > > > > - Often the day's episode is followed by a repeat of the previous > > day's episode on the half hour. > > > > - On any given day, the second week away has all generic episodes > > listed but the guest and programid will be filled in by the day > > the show airs. > > > > - Often they do not have the guest list in place by the time data > > is grabbed for Monday but the data for the week will be available > > by Tuesday. > > > > - Therefore Monday's generic episode may be a new show but other > > than that, generics are usually repeats. > > > > I have 25 kPowerSearch rules but none are for TDS. First, I know > > that I will never have enough shows higher in priority than TDS > > to fill all my cards so I know that TDS will always 'win' the 11pm > > time slot. I know I want to record even generics on Monday but > > only new episodes for the rest of the week. > > > > So, I have a kWeekslotRecord on Monday with normal duplicate matching. > > This will record a new or generic episode but will not record a > > specific episode that was previously recorded. I then add another > > rule that is a kTimeslotRecord with "Record new episodes only". This > > will not record generics or anything more than 14 days old. If Monday > > is generic and turns out to be a repeat, the rest of the week's > > generics will be repeats. > > > > This has worked well every since they started including episode info > > about the time that John Edwards announced his candidacy on the show. > > > > Some notes on your rule that you may want to consider or discard. > > > >> program.title = "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" > > > > Obviously okay but they sometimes have things like "Indecision 2008: > > A Daily Show Report" > > > > program.title LIKE "%Daily Show%" might catch these. > > > >> AND ((DAYOFWEEK(program.starttime) >= 2 > >> AND DAYOFWEEK(program.starttime) <= 5 > > > > TDS is only shown at 11pm on Mon-Thurs and never on Fri, Sat or Sun > > so this doesn't buy you much. > > > >> AND (HOUR(program.starttime) = 23 OR HOUR(program.starttime) = 0)) > >> OR (DAYOFWEEK(program.starttime) = 6 AND HOUR(program.starttime) = > >> 0)) > > > > In the Pacific timezone, the first rerun is at 1am. I've never seem TDS > > at 12:00 or 12:30. HOUR == 23 matches any start time from 11:00 thru > > 11:59 and will therefore match the 11:30 showing of the previous day's > > show. However, "MINUTE(program.starttime) = 0" would only match the > > showings at the top of the hour and exclude the repeats at half past(!). > > > > One might think that kFindDailyRecord was invented for TDS but it was > > for NewsNight with Aaron Brown and a daily NASCAR show with multiple > > generic repeats. TDS is not a good find daily because of the half past > > repeats and the Friday thru Sunday repeats. > > > > So, here is a complicated ;-) rule to grab either the first or second > > showing accepting generics on Mon evening but not the rest of the week. > > > > program.title LIKE "%Daily Show%" > > AND MINUTE(program.starttime) = 0 > > AND HOUR(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) > 20 > > AND WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) < 4 > > AND (WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) = 0 > > OR program.previouslyshown = 0) > > > > Any "Daily Show" title, on the hour, whose start time minus two is > > in the evening of Monday through Thursday with generics accepted on > > Monday but must be new episodes for the rest of the week. > > > > Way too complicated =) but definitive. > > > > +-+-+---+ > > > > | starttime | title | subtitle | > > > > +-+-+---+ > > > > | 2005-10-10 23:00:00 | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | | > > | 2005-10-11 01:00:00 | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart |
Re: [mythtv-users] digital cable multiple channels
On September 28, 2005 11:01 am, SpEnT wrote: > Mark, > > I was just wondering how you do your channel changing with multiple > DCT-2000 boxes. Right now I'm running just one but I have another PVR-250 I > just put in my backend and would like to excersize the whole "watch one > digital channel and record another" option. As it sits I'm using a serial > connection to change channels on the one box but this looks like it's going > to get confusing adding more STB's to the backend. > > Just curious how you worked around this. > > -- > Lonny I have two IR transmitters, each on a serial port of my backend. My cable provider won't enable the serial ports on my stb's. I had to hack together a custom lirc module to let lirc deal with two separate serial port IR transmitters. I copied the entire lirc_serial module in to lirc_serial1, and edited the new module appropriately. I have two separate change channel scripts, which I call tunetv1 and tunetv2. The only difference between the scripts is the device in the irsend commands. Since my STB's and transmitters are very close to each other, I have to be very careful not to get the signals mixed up. I built little tents out of egg cartons to hide the STB's IR receivers from each other. Hope this helps, Mark > > On 5/26/05, Mark J. Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 26, 2005 02:57 pm, Egeekial wrote: > > > This is probably a stupid question, but is there any way to watch and > > > record two different channels with a single DCT2XXX receiver? > > > > The short answer is no. > > > > The long answer is that on many cable systems, most of the channels that > > people actually want to watch are on analog anyway. So what you can do is > > split the cable, send one straight to a tv tuner card for analog channels > > and > > the other to your set top box for analog + digital. > > > > My current backend uses three PVR250 cards. Two of them are fed by > > DCT-2000 > > STB's and the third uses straight analog cable. > > > > Mark > > ___ > > 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] Weird scheduling problem -- doesn't change channel/wrong channel
Hi everybody, I've run in to a really strange scheduling problem. Given the following recordings: 12:00 - 12:30 channel 93 The Daily Show 12:04 - 12:35 channel 26 Inuyasha (set to start 1 minute early) 12:35 - 1:09channel 26 Gundam Seed (set to run 4 minutes late) the third recording gets recorded incorrectly. Instead of getting Gundam Seed, I get what was on channel 93 (Everybody Loves Raymond). Either the channel is not being changed, or the wrong tuner is being used for the recording. I have three PVR Freestyle (250) tuners, with tuner 1 connected to analog cable, and tuner 2 and 3 connected to DCT2000 digital cable boxes. The cable boxes are controlled by separate lirc ir transmitters. Occasionally (<< 5% of the time) a cable box will miss a signal from the transmitters, and I'll get channel 2 or 6 instead of 26. At first this is what I thought had happened in this circumstance, but it has happened every Tuesday night since the schedule changed for fall. So there must be another cause for my problem. My logs show that the Daily Show and Gundam Seed are both being recorded on cardid 3, while Inuyasha is being recorded on cardid 2. The logs also show the the change channel script exited without error for all 3 recordings. By the way, tuner 1 NEVER seems to be used for recording, but it is the default for livetv (which I never watch). I am running Matt's Debian 18.1 packages, the last ones that worked for Debian Sarge. If anyone needs more info, I'll gladly provide it. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Methods for perfecting NVidia TV Output (was 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200)
On August 26, 2005 06:18 am, Louie Ilievski wrote: > Since this has become a topic of much interest, I thought I would start a > seperate thread on it. It seems that quite a few of us are seeking methods > to make the picture quality of our NVida cards better for recordings and > just in general. I would like to ask those who believe they have a good > picture what settings they use, such as: > > 1) Any specific Xorg modelines or settings? > 2) Any adjustments to nvidia-settings such as the flicker filter, > sharpness, etc > 3) X display resolution > 4) Capture resolution, bitrate, etc > 5) De-interlacing methods and other filters, if any > 6) Output method of choice (S-Video, Composite, etc) > 7) Specific video card > > I know that I and many others would GREATLY appreciate some setups that you > all are using. I personally am also interested in what kinds of setups the > devs are using, if any are still using SD configurations. > > Thanks, > > ~Lou This sounds like a really good idea to me. My big question: If I have an interlaced signal recorded, why would I want to de-interlace to send it my TV? Wouldn't an interlaced signal be closer to the original?? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] NO DATA between 9:30PM and midnight?
On August 14, 2005 02:05 am, Anatoly Ivasyuk wrote: > I have MythTV 0.18.1 from atrpms installed on FC3 according to Jarod's > guide, and I'm using Zap2It DataDirect for guide data. Normally it gets > about 13 or 14 days of complete data, but starting a couple weeks ago > I've noticed that data on weekdays between 9:30PM and 12:00AM is showing > NO DATA except for shows that began before 9:30PM. > > Fortunately it updates the current recording day and one day ahead when > mythfilldatabase runs overnight, so the data fills in and the recording > schedule updates, but this problem does mean that I can't see part of > the evening schedule for much of the current and next week so I can't > schedule ahead. Is anyone else having this problem, and is there any > way to fix it? > > Thanks, > -Anatoly > I've had this problem on and off for at least eight months. The problem is in the way mythtv decides whether the data is incomplete. On a normal update, mythtv will grab data for today, tomorrow, and any days for which it does not have data, and any day which it deems to have incomplete data. There have been several attempts at improving the way that myth tries to look for incomplete data in the last eight months, but none have them have worked perfectly for me. If I were to build my own myth instead of using prepared packages, here are two things that I would do to work around this problem without causing too much extra load on the zap2it servers. (1) Fetch one less day of data. It seems to me that when there is empty data, it exists after midnight GMT. It seems that myth is trying to fetch to the very limits of the data that zap2it provides. If we backed off by a day, this problem may not happen. (2) On update, fetch data for today, tomorrow, ONE WEEK FROM NOW, and any empty or incomplete days. This would only add a little bit of extra load to the zap2it servers. Perhaps the powers that be would call it too much for official packages, but thats what I would do. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debian sarge stable
On August 14, 2005 10:58 pm, Ross wrote: > On 8/15/05, verteiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. How do I force apt-get to create the mythconverg database? > > Isn't there a mythtv-database package that creates the database? Have > you tried removing/reinstalling that? > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > mythvideo: Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.0-7) but 1:3.4.3-13 is to be > > installed > > Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.0-7) but 3.4.3-13 is to be > > installed > > E: Broken packages > > > > 2. What error is this and how can I resolve it? > > I believe the myth packages have dependancies for these packages from > either etch (testing) or sid (unstable), I'm not sure which. > > You will need to add lines in your sources.list for the later debian > releases. Pinning will probably help here if you want to stick with > sarge for everything else, see the debian apt howto for more details. > > On a side note, does anybody know if Myth actually needs the later > versions of these packages? Might be worth updating the debs so they > work with Sarge if they're not required. (which I would be happy to > do) > > Cheers, > > Ross I'm sure the only reason that those debian packages need the later versions is that Matt uses those versions for building mythtv. If you want to go through the effort of making and posting packages for sarge and/or etch, I'm sure that there are lots of us that would be very appreciative, initially. Just be prepared for the backlash when real life gets in the way of keeping your packages up to date. I've felt really bad for Matt for the amount of nagging he has gotten on this list about his packages which are, after all, a volunteer service to those of us who don't build mythtv ourselves. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can not get SVIDEO to work with GF4MX 440
On August 11, 2005 01:49 pm, Tom wrote: > Hi Mythtv users > > Got a problem with my GF4MX card, i can not get SVIDEO to work with > it. Composite works fine. I also got the feeling, that the resolution > is only 640x480, everything looks a little bit pressed together. > > I am using Ubuntu with nvidia drivers; how can I check which version? > Does it matter? > > Here is the device and screen part of my xorg.conf: > > > Section "Device" > Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]" > Driver "nvidia" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "NoLogo" > Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" > Option "TVStandard""PAL-G" > #Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" > Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE" > Option "TVOverScan""0.6" > Option "RenderAccel" "0" > Option "NvAGP" "1" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]" > Monitor "tv0" > DefaultDepth24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > Any ideas anyone? Thanks! Try turning off GLX. Comment out the "Load GLX" line in the modules section. It worked for me on my debian system. I never figured out why, but its worth a shot. I don't have a composite out on my card, so I don't know if your problem is the same. I was finding that whenever I tried to use the SVideo out, X would crash with a signal 11 until I disabled the GLX module. Let me know if it works. It would be nice to know that somebody else on earth was having the same problem as me. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] multiple lirc_serial instances
On August 10, 2005 02:13 pm, Al Furman wrote: > I have two serial IR blasters and two DirecTV receivers, which I want > to control using the lirc serial driver. Can someone suggest a > strategy? Can I run two instances of lirc_serial, how? > > Thanks, > -Al I did it by making a new driver called lirc_serial1, which was the same as lirc_serial except for the name. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Comcast Chicago changing channel lineup, SCI-FI moving to digital only
On August 9, 2005 05:53 pm, Scot L. Harris wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:57, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:13 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > But if I want to record two shows at once, as I can currently do, I > > > would need two boxes. It gets even more expensive if I want to have 3 > > > or 4 inputs (which is what I am aiming for to prevent recording > > > conflicts, two inputs have eliminated most conflicts but still get some > > > occasionally). To say nothing about having a stack of cable boxes next > > > to the TV just to be able to get the content you want. > > > > Well, there is a workaround maybe. Here in Bakersfield, CA, I have > > a friend with digital cable (I don't), one box and three TVs. It seems > > that the cable company sends the analog cable signal along with the > > digital ones. So she is limited to the "extra" channels on one TV > > (using the box) but has access to "expanded basic" (with ESPN, DISC, > > etc.) on the other TVs. > > > > So, if Comcast does the same, you could just go with one card set to > > record digital channels (through the box), and the others to the analog > > (directly to the cable as before). You should be able to eliminate most > > program overlaps that way, unless you end up recording a lot of digital > > only channels. > > > > > Is there anyone that is pushing digital standards so digital tuners are > > > standard in TVs and can then be standard on capture cards? > > > > Give it time. It took a while after cable first came out to get an > > analog standard (analog cable boxes didn't use to be compatible from one > > provider to the next, either). > > This is how I have things setup now. I only have analog input to my PVR > cards. I don't get any pay channels. Nor do I use the cable box as > input to the mythtv box. For the moment everything I watch is available > over the analog signal that comes in on the cable line. I could do with > out the digital box. The problem the OP was relating was that cable > companies are moving channels that some want to watch out of the analog > set to the digital only set. > > If they do as the OP suggests and move everything to digital then the > PVR cards become useless for the most part since you would need a > digital box for each encoder. I guess the encoders could be simplified > which should make them cheaper since they would only need to be set to > channel 3 or which ever channel your cable company selects. It becomes > more troublesome since you have to then have and control multiple > digital cable boxes to get to the different channels. > > I don't look forward to having to pay extra for each cable box to have 3 > or 4 of them to feed the mythtv box. Plus the added complexity of > controlling those boxes. While I don't use live tv much anymore I would > expect it would be easier in such a case to just have a cable box > connected directly to the TV and switch to that for live TV. The > utility of the DVR system would be less than before. My setup is similar to what others here are descibing. I have 3 PVR cards, and two digital cable boxes hooked up to my backend. The third PVR card is hooked up to analog cable. Fortunately for me, my cable provider was willing to let me use Cable boxes that I got off ebay, so it wasn't an enormous extra cost for me. One problem that I have had is that myth doesn't always use the inputs intelligently. I tried to schedule three recordings last Saturday night for the same time, and myth wouldn't let me, even though at least two of them were on analog. Maybe I have a setup problem. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Finally got tv out to work properly
On August 3, 2005 12:52 pm, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Mark J. Small wrote: > >When the wife's away, the geek can play > > > >A while back I replaced the video card in my frontend. It used to be a > > TNT2, but I replaced it with an MX440. I was hoping to be able to get > > rid of my scan converter and use the TV out on the card. > > > >However, whenever I tried to use the TV out, X (xfree86 4.3.0 debian > > packages) would crash on startup with a signal 11. > > > >Well last night I finally had a chance to sit down and troubleshoot the > > thing. It turns out that glx was causing the problem. If I comment out > > the glx module, then TV out will work nicely. > > > >Anyone know why glx and tvout won't play nice? > > Are you sure you disabled glx and not GLCore? > > I'm using a Chaintech GF4 MX440's TV out and am using glx without any > problems. However, as described in the installation instructions for > the NVIDIA driver ( > ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7667/README.txt --search > for the first occurrence of "GLCore"), you *must* disable the GLCore > module to properly install the NVIDIA drivers. (You are also told to > enable the glx module, so... I highly recommend reading the README (of > every package you ever install on your box, for that matter). > > My guess is that you currently have GLCore enabled. With both glx and > GLCore, your system is using both the NVIDIA and the X GL libraries, > which causes conflicts. Through "random chance," you commented out one > of them (glx) and it worked--with only the X libraries (and software > GL)--but you're losing out on some very useful capabilities of the > driver. If you flip them (disable GLCore and enable glx), you should > get hardware-based GL acceleration. > > Mike Nope, GLCore is disabled too. GLX works great for me until I try to use TV out. Then I get signal 11 on startup. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Finally got tv out to work properly
On August 3, 2005 09:14 am, Jo Shields wrote: > Mark J. Small wrote: > >When the wife's away, the geek can play > > > >A while back I replaced the video card in my frontend. It used to be a > > TNT2, but I replaced it with an MX440. I was hoping to be able to get > > rid of my scan converter and use the TV out on the card. > > > >However, whenever I tried to use the TV out, X (xfree86 4.3.0 debian > > packages) would crash on startup with a signal 11. > > > >Well last night I finally had a chance to sit down and troubleshoot the > > thing. It turns out that glx was causing the problem. If I comment out > > the glx module, then TV out will work nicely. > > > >Anyone know why glx and tvout won't play nice? > > > >Mark > > > > > > > > > >___ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >mythtv-users@mythtv.org > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > Are you using the free "nv" driver or accelerated "nvidia" driver? With > nv, it's not as if you get any OpenGL acceleration anyway, so you're not > missing out on much. > > --Jo Shields > ___ I'm using nvidia, the latest 7667 build. The same thing happened with an earlier 71xx build. I saw a post on a forum where somebody had the same problem, and was also running debian. I wonder if this is Debian specific? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Finally got tv out to work properly
When the wife's away, the geek can play A while back I replaced the video card in my frontend. It used to be a TNT2, but I replaced it with an MX440. I was hoping to be able to get rid of my scan converter and use the TV out on the card. However, whenever I tried to use the TV out, X (xfree86 4.3.0 debian packages) would crash on startup with a signal 11. Well last night I finally had a chance to sit down and troubleshoot the thing. It turns out that glx was causing the problem. If I comment out the glx module, then TV out will work nicely. Anyone know why glx and tvout won't play nice? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Wishlist: Search for movies on a subset of all channels?
Hi everybody, I was just looking for some good movies to record, and was rather annoyed at having to wade through all of the sanitised garbage on channels like TBS. I find that most movies on American channels ( at least those available in Canada) are so horribly edited, cut, overdubbed, and mangled that they are well nigh unwatchable. Most Canadian stations don't do much editing on their movies, especially those shown after 9:00. I would like to be able to search for movies only on selected channels. That way I wouldn't have to look through the edited garbage to find the gems. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sync/stutter when both tuners record? WAF crashing and burning
On July 7, 2005 06:21 pm, Anthony Floyd wrote: > > way to check which tuner recorded what program? Could my problem be > > memory-related? I have 512MB in the machine, and it seems to run fairly > > 'full' - I've seen it at 1% or 2% free when a lot was going on. > > Hi Steve, > > Sorry to hear about your problems. 512MB should be plenty. I'm > running a similar setup (Athlon XP 2500+, 512 MB, 1x350, 1x250, > NForce2, etc) and when both tuners are running, I have no problems at > all. > > When you say 1% or 2% free, how are you checking this? If you run > "free -m" at the command line, it'll give you a breakdown of your > memory usage. The first line might make things look pretty occupied, > but you'll probably notice that a good deal of your space is occupied > by the disk cache. The second line is the interesting one, showing > the "used" and "free" memory when the disk cache is removed from the > numbers. When my machine (frontend + backend combined) is recording > on both tuners, (and watching a recording, and serving an mp3 to me > here at work, transcoding through lame...) I'm only seeing ~16% CPU > usage, and the memory used is 271 MB (231 MB free). > > Could the problem be your hard drives? DMA is enabled? > > Cheers, > Anthony. > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Are you running on an older VIA chipset? I had stuttering with multiple tuners until I swapped to a new motherboard. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please
On June 23, 2005 10:18 am, Donavan Stanley wrote: > On 6/22/05, John Gruenenfelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see this solution posted all the time. I used this solution to make X > > think I was using a 100 dpi display so the fonts would be bigger. > > > > However... is this *really* the solution? What about all the font size > > options in the Myth config? You can set the point sizes for small, > > medium, and large fonts. On my machine, changing those has never done > > anything and I don't know why. That's why I eventually used the dpi hack > > method. > > Yes it's the real solution. Themes are designed to be viewed at > standard viewing distances on a 27inch display with and 800x600 > display running at 100dpi. So unless your display is at 100dpi > nothing is going to look like it should regardless of the > small/medium/large fonts. it's not a "hack" is a properly configured > Myth box. So what do I do with a 20" display and a rather long viewing distance, running at 640x480. I'll happily buy a bigger tv if you want to give me a few hundred dollars... Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] bigger fonts please
On June 23, 2005 12:41 am, Phill Edwards wrote: > > However... is this *really* the solution? What about all the font size > > options in the Myth config? You can set the point sizes for small, > > medium, and large fonts. On my machine, changing those has never done > > anything and I don't know why. That's why I eventually used the dpi hack > > method. > > > > >From reading the other messages, it seems that most people try changing > > > the > > > > font sizes first, then fall back to changing the dpi when that doesn't > > work. > > > > So... what's wrong? Why don't the font items in the config menu change > > anything? Does it have to do with the environment? I'm running Myth on > > a Debian machine using AfterStep as my WM. Aside from font issues, I > > haven't had any problems at all. > > I agree. I tried changing the font size in setup and it didn't appear > to make any difference to anything. I'm using the MythCenter theme if > that makes any difference. Maybe it's a theme support thang? > > Regards, > Phill For me, changing the font size in the setup changed a few things. For example, the "do you really want to exit mythtv" options and the delete recording submenu. Everything else seems to be hardcoded in to the themes. Unfortunately, the themes seem to define the font sizes for nearly every line of text individually. That means that when I created my own modified version of titivilius, ( I called it Bigvilius), I had to change the xml files line by line. It would be really nice if the themes could be written where all of the sizes could be referred to as something like "bigsize, mediumsize, smallsize, tinysize, and hugesize". Then the actual sizes could be changed in one central place, or even obey the setup options. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] satellite receiver with mythtv
On June 20, 2005 02:29 pm, Nick wrote: > On 6/20/05, EB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What are the options when changing channels on a tuner that does not have > > a serial port? Should I go buy a new satellite receiver or is there > > something out there that will echo channel changes back out a serial > > device to change the external receiver? > > Use a serial port IR (infra-red) transmitter to mimic the receiver's > remote control. > > > I am finding that changing channels within the > > satellite signal but outside of myth has a bad delay? I know this is > > because the signal coming is being recorded first, and then displayed but > > is this normal? There is literally a 2-5 second pause between pushing the > > button and seeing the change? > > The delay you are seeing is normal buffering - if you change channels > on the receiver, there will still be a few seconds of buffer left on > the old channel before the buffer contains. It's nothing to worry > about and cannot be eliminated. It's annoying when channel surfing, > but that's not what MythTV is intended for. If you use a serial port > IR blaster, you will still get this delay, as it's independent of the > channel change method. (I use a serial port IR blaster, and never had > any problems with it all.) > It is rather frustrating. It takes about 1 second to send the change channel signal to the box, then 2 seconds of buffering, then another second or two for my STB (digital cable) to tune in to a digital channel. It all adds up to painful surfing. Fortunately, I only surf when I testing. Other members of my family (mostly my daughter) still like to surf, so they often will bypass mythtv and watch live tv directly. I have found that I can speed up the first part (sending the change channel command) by pressing Enter after the channel numbers. This tells mythtv that yes, I am done entering my numbers, so you can get to work changing channels. Myth seems to give me a very long to to enter a third digit. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] second PVR-x50
On June 7, 2005 12:17 pm, brian boyle wrote: > Hey folks. > > I have just started using my second capture card in my system. I tried to > use the on board tuner but it would not work. I could not get anything from > it except static. Here is the situation > > masterbackend: > 1 GIG piii > 512 meg of ram > 660 gigs of storage > pvr-350(only using the capture) (S-Vid) *tuner does work* > pvr-250 (tuner)* tuner done not work > * > so the question is why would the tuner work on the 350 but not on the 250? > could i have done something wrong in the config or would it be a defective > card?? > if i need to provide more info please let me know. > Brian. Perhaps you are specifying a specific tuner for the 350, and this setting is being used for the 250? I was under the impression the the current ivtv drivers were pretty good at autodetection. Just guessing here. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How does the diskless setup work?
On June 7, 2005 08:49 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > As far as hardware is concerned what are we talking about here? M/B, > > ram, video, NIC? What's common for this type of setup? > > Pretty much any hardware you want. Obviously you need to have enough > ram, since a swap partition isn't normally used. the NIC needs to > support network booting. Most do now. I'm running on a xp-3200 w/ 512 > mb. Works great as a HD fe. > > > Since this is run from memory changes to the Myth FE would be > > temporary so I assume you modify the 'init script' to make your > > modifications to Myth, themes, etc.? > > If you mount the root partition from an NFS mount, you can write to is > as usual. There is no change to the system. Everything is configured > the same. You can even build things on there. Your mount points are > jsut network mount points. > I ran a diskless frontend until recently. It is really nice if when you get it working. Unfortunately, when I upgraded the motherboard on the frontend, PXE just stopped working altogether. Now I have a small hard drive that I boot from using syslinux. I still have my root drive on nfs, and I spin down the rather loud local drive during boot. Running diskless really is a great way to cut down the noise, and there is plenty of documentation out there on how to do it. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Frontend crashes when starting to watch some recordings
Hi everybody, My TV frontend has started to crash recently. It happens when I start to watch some recordings (say about 1 out of every 3). If I restart the frontend and try again, it will work. Once I had to restart twice. Also, when I start some recordings on my desktop frontend (a beefier machine), it will play a split second of audio, pause for around two seconds, then play normally. I think this is related. Since the TV frontend has no keyboard or mouse, the power button tip here: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php is the only thing that makes this problem slight annoyance instead of a WAF killer. My setup: Backend: 3 Freestyle's, 800 MHz Duron, 256MB RAM. 40 GB ext2 / drive, 160MB jfs /mnt/store/ drive. TV Frontend: MX440 vga out to Scan converter, 733MHz P3, 256 MB RAM, root mounted NFS from backend. Desktop Frontend: Athlon XP 2000+, 256MB RAM, 40 GB drive, Nvidia TNT2. All systems are running Debian Sarge. I have made four major changes to my entire setup recently, so I imagine that one of them is the culprit. (1) Updated to 0.18 (not 0.18.1 yet) (2) Upgraded TV frontend hardware from Celeron 433/TNT2 (3) Added 160MB JFS video storage drive to backend (4) Changed backend motherboard from a VIA chipset to a Sis chipset board. This fixed any problems I had with recording 2 programs at once. Any ideas? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] digital cable multiple channels
On May 26, 2005 02:57 pm, Egeekial wrote: > This is probably a stupid question, but is there any way to watch and > record two different channels with a single DCT2XXX receiver? The short answer is no. The long answer is that on many cable systems, most of the channels that people actually want to watch are on analog anyway. So what you can do is split the cable, send one straight to a tv tuner card for analog channels and the other to your set top box for analog + digital. My current backend uses three PVR250 cards. Two of them are fed by DCT-2000 STB's and the third uses straight analog cable. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Weird video out problem
I recently upgraded the video card in my frontend from a TNT2 to a GF4MX. I had been using a cheap scan converter to provide an NTSC signal, but since the new card has TV out, I was hoping to get rid of the scan converter. When I first plugged in the video card, and hooked it up to my tv, I got signal right away. But now, after a motherboard upgrade that was to go along with the video card, My tv-out signal is a mess. For normal console stuff, I get a a bunch of diagonal white lines that are supposed to be the text. When I go in to the BIOS screens, I can see nearly everything, but the screen is offset nearly 50 percent horizontally. X simply crashes with a signal 11 on startup. Here is my attempted cabling: Video card svideo port --- svideo to composite converter 4 in 1 composite selector box --- VCR --- TV. Yes, I know its a mess, but my TV only takes RF input, and my VCR only has one set of composite inputs. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get this working? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Debian
On May 16, 2005 01:51 pm, Stef Coene wrote: > On Monday 16 May 2005 18:07, Childe Roland wrote: > > On a similar note, I can download faster from another computer, then > > burn a CD. Is it possible to get this working with apt-get?? > > You can download the packages one by one. If you only want to do this for > mythtv, you can try to install them with apt-get install mythtv. It will > thell you the packages you need. > Apt can be a real pain for local archives (CDs etc). You have to generate your own packages files and so on. Its much easier to just use dpkg. dpkg -i package1 package2 will do the trick. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debian Packages for mythtv .18
On May 11, 2005 10:31 am, David Barr wrote: > It looks like these packages are now available. Has anyone tried > them? I want to put them on my Xbox. > > > On Saturday 30 April 2005 21:23, Matt wrote: > > > Does anyone know who maintains the debian packages for mythtv? It > > > looks like they're still at .17 meaning I can't upgrade my remote > > > frontend xbox. > > > > > > http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian/dists/unstable/mythtv/ > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I installed them last night, and everything looks good thus far. Some of the plugins haven't shown up yet, but mythdvd and mythweather had been added when I checked this morning. Thanks Matt for the packages. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Weird seeking problems
On May 9, 2005 12:05 pm, Nate Thompson wrote: > On 5/9/05, Mark J. Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 9, 2005 11:32 am, Preet Khalsa wrote: > > > Mark J. Small wrote: > > > >Hi Everybody, > > > > > > > >Something weird just starting happening to me on the weekend. > > > > > > > >On Saturday I noticed that my backend had rebooted itself while > > > > recording South Park at 1:00 in the morning. Ever since then, I > > > > haven't been able to seek properly while watching recorded programs. > > > > Sometimes, when I try to skip thirty seconds, it will immediately > > > > jump about 1 second. At other time it will pause for about 5-10 > > > > seconds and then complete the 30 second skip. > > > > > > > >When it is trying to skip, the OSD in the top right corner will do an > > > >interesting thing. The total recording length will slowly change. > > > > Perhaps having an innaccurate total recording length messes with the > > > > skipping and jumping. > > > > > > > >Also, it takes several minutes to resume watching a program from a > > > > bookmark. All I get is a black screen for a long time, and suddenly > > > > the program resumes from the bookmark. > > > > > > > >I'm running mythtv 0.17 on Debian Sarge, linux 2.4.something on the > > > > backend. > > > > > > > >Any ideas? > > > > > > Had the same problem. The recorded markup table got corrupted. Run > > > > > > mysqlcheck mythconverg > > > > > > and fix the errors. You should be back in action quick. > > > > > > Preet > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > Thanks, > > > > I fixed the errors in the recorded markup table using mysqlcheck, and I > > also ran mythcommflag --rebuild. But I still can't seek properly. The > > recorded length is correct or at least consant now, but skipping only > > moves a couple of seconds. Anything else I can try? > > > > Mark > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > Do you have libmpeg2 decoding enabled? I had problems with seeking > working properly with this enabled. > > Nate > ___ No, I don't. Oh well, I have a new recording starting in half an hour. Hopefully that one will be okay now that my database has been fixed Thanks all, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Weird seeking problems
On May 9, 2005 11:32 am, Preet Khalsa wrote: > Mark J. Small wrote: > >Hi Everybody, > > > >Something weird just starting happening to me on the weekend. > > > >On Saturday I noticed that my backend had rebooted itself while recording > >South Park at 1:00 in the morning. Ever since then, I haven't been able > > to seek properly while watching recorded programs. Sometimes, when I try > > to skip thirty seconds, it will immediately jump about 1 second. At > > other time it will pause for about 5-10 seconds and then complete the 30 > > second skip. > > > >When it is trying to skip, the OSD in the top right corner will do an > >interesting thing. The total recording length will slowly change. > > Perhaps having an innaccurate total recording length messes with the > > skipping and jumping. > > > >Also, it takes several minutes to resume watching a program from a > > bookmark. All I get is a black screen for a long time, and suddenly the > > program resumes from the bookmark. > > > >I'm running mythtv 0.17 on Debian Sarge, linux 2.4.something on the > > backend. > > > >Any ideas? > > Had the same problem. The recorded markup table got corrupted. Run > > mysqlcheck mythconverg > > and fix the errors. You should be back in action quick. > > Preet > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Thanks, I fixed the errors in the recorded markup table using mysqlcheck, and I also ran mythcommflag --rebuild. But I still can't seek properly. The recorded length is correct or at least consant now, but skipping only moves a couple of seconds. Anything else I can try? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Weird seeking problems
On May 9, 2005 11:03 am, Mark J. Small wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > Something weird just starting happening to me on the weekend. > > On Saturday I noticed that my backend had rebooted itself while recording > South Park at 1:00 in the morning. Ever since then, I haven't been able to > seek properly while watching recorded programs. Sometimes, when I try to > skip thirty seconds, it will immediately jump about 1 second. At other > time it will pause for about 5-10 seconds and then complete the 30 second > skip. > > When it is trying to skip, the OSD in the top right corner will do an > interesting thing. The total recording length will slowly change. Perhaps > having an innaccurate total recording length messes with the skipping and > jumping. > > Also, it takes several minutes to resume watching a program from a > bookmark. All I get is a black screen for a long time, and suddenly the > program resumes from the bookmark. > > I'm running mythtv 0.17 on Debian Sarge, linux 2.4.something on the > backend. > > Any ideas? > > Mark It's me again. Also, I am finding that the recording will randomly jump ahead a few seconds sometimes while I am watching. It makes for a rather confusing experience. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Weird seeking problems
Hi Everybody, Something weird just starting happening to me on the weekend. On Saturday I noticed that my backend had rebooted itself while recording South Park at 1:00 in the morning. Ever since then, I haven't been able to seek properly while watching recorded programs. Sometimes, when I try to skip thirty seconds, it will immediately jump about 1 second. At other time it will pause for about 5-10 seconds and then complete the 30 second skip. When it is trying to skip, the OSD in the top right corner will do an interesting thing. The total recording length will slowly change. Perhaps having an innaccurate total recording length messes with the skipping and jumping. Also, it takes several minutes to resume watching a program from a bookmark. All I get is a black screen for a long time, and suddenly the program resumes from the bookmark. I'm running mythtv 0.17 on Debian Sarge, linux 2.4.something on the backend. Any ideas? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Lightweight Backend
On May 6, 2005 10:54 am, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote: > Leigh wrote: > > So set mythbackend to start in (for example) runlevel 3 ,and then change > > your grub (or whatever bootloader you use) to boot in level 3 instead of > > 5. I've only used Redhat/Fedora, so I don't know for definate on other > > distro's, but runlevel 3 for me is console only, it doesn't startX. > > actually, it has nothing to do with your bootloader. set the default > run level in /etc/inittab. i'm pretty sure run level 3 is standard for > console-only, as every distro i've touched uses this. they differ on > which one runs X (slack uses 4, most others use 5), but you should be > fine w/ 3. > > -g- The runlevel conventions are not universal. By default, Debian has identical runlevels 2-5 and leaves it up to the admin to customize it. Debian defaults to runlevel 2. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Any timeframe for 0.18 Debian packages?
Hi everybody, Does anyone have any idea when 0.18 packages for debian will be ready? I'm currently using 0.17 from http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz, but got bitten by the 1 hour off with qt3.3.4 problem on the weekend. So I'm really looking forward to 0.18 to fix that. Does anyone know how long it will be before the packager has time to finish them? If it will take more than another week, I'll compile my own, but I'd rather not do that with three different computers. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs not delivering any listings today
On April 20, 2005 08:54 am, William wrote: > I just noticed that mythfilldatabase is not pulling any listing for today > or tomorrow. The size of the data file is quite small (35k -vs- 145k > normally). My account is still active and correct (just checked it) and the > site shows programming on its web interface so I am assuming that they are > having problems with the data service. > > Anyone else seeing this? > > Bill I was seeing problems yesterday afternoon(Atlantic Time). I was getting lots of http error 500 messages. Sounds like they are having problems at zap2it. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV and Motorola Cable Boxes vs Scientific Atlanta
On April 8, 2005 03:59 pm, Michael Haan wrote: > Trying to sort through the idiocy of my local cable company Com. > I've got an HDTV on the way and want to use the firwire out of the > Motorola box. Unfortunately, my local office says it only provides > the SA3100. Iknow other Com offices provide the Motorola box, > just not mine. The person I spoke to at Com told me that I > couldn't use the Motorola box because it won't work. Does any of this > make sense? Can I just go to a different office and get the Motorola > box? Are there any similar solutions for the SA box? Will the cable > companies ever get over their monopoly, emerge from the mid-seventies > and start providing actual customer service? > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users They aren't lying to you. The Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta boxes are completely incompatible. They need different hardware on the head-end. Actually, people who have tried them both (on different systems) generally prefer Scientific Atlanta. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Daylight Savings Time, NTP, and reboot
On March 31, 2005 02:06 pm, Chris Clarke wrote: > Hi All, > > Hoping for some quick guidance on this, I've got myth up and > running and all is good. I'm going away for a couple days starting > tomorrow and I won't be back until tuesday or wednesday. Is Daylight > Savings Time going to screw anything up for me? Should I set the > backend computer to re-boot early Sunday morning? > > TIA, > > Chris > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Last year I was recording a movie overnight during the daylight savings time change. I ended up losing the last hour of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] help - multiple lirc_serial transmitters
On March 25, 2005 12:28 pm, Simon Kenyon wrote: > On Friday 25 March 2005 15:24, Andy Long wrote: > > Have you checked this out? http://lircsetup.com/lirc/multi/index.php > > Involves a little bit of extra equipment, but should do what you > > want. > > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:17:42 +, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i have three identical sat receivers which i want to control from myth. > > > they are sky digiboxes. i have a hacked pacelink rf device which will > > > control the box. how do i build, compile and/or configure lirc to > > > support three separate lirc_serial modules? > > > > > > if it means build lirc three times, then so be it. anyone done this or > > > know how to do this? > > > > > > regards > > > -- > > > simon > > > ps the pacelink rf device works like a charm. i previously had a red > > > remote, but this device works through the rf input, so the three boxes > > > don't interfere with each other. > > i knew about that thanks. it relies on the fact that you can tell to > receiver to respond to different codes, which it not possible with the sky > boxes. > > -- > simon > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I've done it with two serial ports. What I did was to copy the entire lirc_serial driver directory in to lirc_serial1 and change all occurances of serial in that directory to serial1. I also had to add a few lines to the makefile. Also, I had to use the 0.7 series of lirc drivers, 0.6 did not work. Hope this helps, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] anyone using matrox g200-TV card?
On March 19, 2005 03:18 am, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to find the specs for this card. Is it both a graphics card + > capture card? IOW, I can use this card and take care of both the VGA (or > TV-out) as well as video input? > > The info I got seems to imply that it has TV-out, is that correct? Is the > TV-out composite, or is it S-vhs? > > The PVR database at > http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=pvrhw_tuners mentions it > has both S-vhs and composite inputs, but I was wondering if it also has TV > output? > > The card has hardware MJPEG compression; is this something useful for > mythtv (since it is not MPEG2 compression, is MJPEG just as good and useful > for mythtv?) > > Thanks for any help > Ricardo > I used a G400 + Rainbow Runner G for a while in my myth box. It has the same TV chips as the G200TV. It was not a pleasant experience. The biggest problems were that MJPEG is an absolute hard drive pig, and the hardware decode didn't work for me with mythtv. Software decoding of mjpeg was too much for my Athlon 2000+. So I had to transcode before I could watch anything. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HELP settings table got hosed
On March 14, 2005 11:54 pm, Brad Benson wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:30:43 -0400, Mark J. Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently had a messy incident on my mythtv backend after my hard disk > > filled up. > > > > Now somehow my settings table has gotten completely hosed. When I look > > at the database with mysql-query-browser, it can not fetch the columns > > for the table settings. > > > > When I try to run mythfrontend, I get this: > > > > 2005-03-14 17:30:00.043 Told to create a NEW database schema, but the > > database already has 55 tables. > > If you are sure this is a good mythtv database, verify > > that the settings table has the DBSchemaVer variable. > > > > 2005-03-14 17:30:00.043 Couldn't upgrade database to new schema, exiting. > > > > I have a backup from just before I upgraded to 0.17. > > > > What can I do? > > > > Mark > > > > > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > My first suggestion would be to make a back up of your current db then > drop the mythconverg database and run mythtvsetup. You'll probably > want to tell mythtvsetup to clear all settings for tuners and > channels. I believe that running mythtvsetup should setup the > mythconverg database for you. If not then it should get setup the > first time you start the backend or frontend. Of course, any settings > you've changed recently will have to be changed back as all the > default settings will be inserted when the db is recreated. > > As long as you make a backup of your current db before you do this you > can always roll it back to your currently hosed version and try some > other method if this doesn't work, but I expect this should get you > fixed up and ready to run again. > > Brad Thanks for the reply, I ended up doing things a little more easily. First I backed up the database for safety's sake. Then I ran mysqlcheck and got it to fix the broken tables. Everything looks good now. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] HELP settings table got hosed
I recently had a messy incident on my mythtv backend after my hard disk filled up. Now somehow my settings table has gotten completely hosed. When I look at the database with mysql-query-browser, it can not fetch the columns for the table settings. When I try to run mythfrontend, I get this: 2005-03-14 17:30:00.043 Told to create a NEW database schema, but the database already has 55 tables. If you are sure this is a good mythtv database, verify that the settings table has the DBSchemaVer variable. 2005-03-14 17:30:00.043 Couldn't upgrade database to new schema, exiting. I have a backup from just before I upgraded to 0.17. What can I do? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Still having guide data problems
Back in December, I started this thread about problems with guide data. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/99927?#99927 I was hoping that the upgrade to 0.17 would include the fix that was posted. However, I am still having the same problem. Most Canadian channels show no data between 8:00 PM and midnight for days more than today+2. Is there any way to tell mythtv to fetch less days of data? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: How slow can we go, cpu wise? P2-333?
On February 27, 2005 12:35 am, Justin Gombos wrote: > I appreciate all the responses. > > The approach I'm taking is that I have a solution (P2s looking for a > home) and I'm looking for the problem. The goal was to get encoders > and decoders doing all the work, so these systems can be recycled as > PVRs. > > Without giving it much thought, I figured high definition would be > feasible since the encoders and decoders are doing all the work > anyway.. but apparently a couple GHz is needed just to move the data > along. > > So it was starting to look like a P2-333 could be used as just a > server box that captures standard definition TV. But Mark Small > killed that idea when his p2-333 couldn't even capture standard > definition realtime TV with it. > > Anyway, I'm glad I posted here before trying it. You folks saved me > from some frustration. These boards will probably have to be tossed > into the landfill or I'll have to find another job for them. My problem was that I didn't have a good capture card. I was using a Matrox Marvel which hardware encodes to mjpeg, a codec which seems to take a TON of CPU to decode. The hardware decode never worked for me with mythtv. With a pvr 350 you should have no problems at all. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How slow can we go, cpu wise? P2-333?
On February 26, 2005 07:11 pm, Josh Burks wrote: > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:24:30 -0700, Justin Gombos > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After reading that Tivo CPUs are around 33 MHz, I was surprised to > > read on EFFs PVR Cookbook(1) that a P4 3GHz cpu is required, along > > with a video card that has a hardware mpeg codec. > > > > This is disappointing and hard to believe. Is EFF on crack? I was > > hoping to recycle some old P2s by converting them into KnoppMyth PVRs, > > expecting to only have to upgrade video cards. > > > > >From the archives, the slowest machine someone mentioned running was a > > > > P3 750. I'd like to know if anyone has had success with a P2 333, or > > a dual P2 300. > > > > (1) http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/cookbook/guide.php#requirements > > The machine specs are so high because they are focusing on HDTV only. > Standard def tv can be captured on slower machines if your using a > hardware encoder card, such as PVR-x50. Not sure about a 333 PII > though. > > Josh I had a backend with a Matrox Marvel on a P2 333 for about half a year. No problems. Of course I was recording at a pretty low quality and was not able to do live tv. For a while it was also my frontend. With hardware encoding, it really takes very litter CPU to record. For my current settings, my frontend ( a Celeron 433 just barely keeps up). Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Recordings from 0.17 require more CPU?
Hi everybody, I just upgraded yesterday to 0.17 using the debian packages, and things seemed to go well until I sat down with my wife last night to watch some shows. My frontend is a nice and slow little Celeron 433 with a TNT2 being fed to a scan converter. I record at 480w X 320H and a bit rate of 2500 (max 4500) with a pvr250 on a separate backend. The stream type is DVD-Special 2. I don't transcode. I haven't changed these settings in several months. Now I'm finding that the shows that I recorded before the upgrade still play fine without any hickups, but the shows that I recorded after the upgrade of little pauses several times a minute. It seems like the recordings made under 0.17 require more CPU to play back. Does anyone know why this would be so? Is there anything that I can do besides lower the bitrate some more? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Aieee - PCI error!
On February 3, 2005 12:47 pm, Kelly Reed Schuerman wrote: > I'm having an issue with my mythbackend. It's a dual-tuner system and > anytime the second tuner is recording I get a series of error messages > repeated several times a second on the console. > > The errors look something like this: > > Aieee - PCI error! status 0x88008008, PCI status 0x290 > > Is this caused by an IRQ conflict? Would switching the PCI slot of that > tuner card make a difference? > > I've already disabled all the motherboard devices I was not using. > > The part that confuses me the most is that all the recordings are > perfectly fine and playback as if nothing is/was wrong. > > I'm running FC3 with kernel 2.6 and mythtv 0.16. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Sherm<>< > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I was getting a somewhat similar problem on my system, except that it happened at boot time. I'm using twin ir-blasters on the serial ports, and when I didn't load the kernel serial port drivers, I got a big mess of error messages that I couldn't even read. So I went in to the BIOS setup and reserved irq 3 and 4 for isa/non-pnp, so that the pvi slots wouldn't try to use then. Since then everything seems to be working fine. Hope this helps, but I could be completely off target on this one, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Has anyone figured out how to foreground mplayer?
On January 31, 2005 12:15 pm, Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:06, Mike Green wrote: > > >In any event, I don't believe there's any reason why you wouldn't be > > >able to use Xv. > > > > Maybe it was my ivtv module that does not support Xv? > > > > Regardless, I have yet to find an answer to the mplayer foreground > > question. > > > I have persued every google link known to man, and cannot find an > > answer. > > > Anyone? > > > > Would this be a more appropriate question for the developers list? > > > > One thing I forgot to mention. After launching mplayer, the remote > > does not > > > effect mplayer, but if I kill mplayer manually I notice that the > > remote > > > presses were acted on by mythtv. I.e. if I hit stop, mythtv starts > > backing > > > out of menus back to the exit prompt... > > If you're not going to use LIRC (using both Myth's and MPlayer's native > LIRC support), then your best option is to use a lightweight window > manager like blackbox, and all of your keyboard focus problems should > go away. X is quite quirky about keyboard focus when there's no window > manager. > > -JAC > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users For me the answer was to launch a new console something like this: wterm -e mplayer I forget whether I needed to use quotes or anything like that. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OT: multiple lirc transmitters
Thanks for the reply, After some fiddling yesterday, I feel like I am making some progress. The trouble was getting lirc_serial to talk to both serial ports. I would load it once happily, but trying to load it a second time with parameters for the other port would do nothing. So I ended up making a new module called serial1, and loading that module separately. I'll play with it some more on Monday. Mark On January 28, 2005 05:29 pm, Andy Long wrote: > Mark, > > check out http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html > > Read through, and in the step where you edit the modprobe.conf file, > set up a second alias for lirc_serial, giving it a different output > name. Then, just have whatever script you're having myth run to > change the channels reference those output names. > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:26:28 -0400, Mark J. Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to have lirc control two different IR > > transmitters so I can control two cable boxes for my mythtv. Has anybody > > done this? I can't seem to get the lirc_serial module to control both > > ports. > > > > Mark > > > > > > ___ > > 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] OT: multiple lirc transmitters
Hi everybody, I'm trying to figure out how to have lirc control two different IR transmitters so I can control two cable boxes for my mythtv. Has anybody done this? I can't seem to get the lirc_serial module to control both ports. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Volume reset going into live TV
On January 27, 2005 04:38 am, Maverick wrote: > What are your default volume levels set to in the first screen of > Setup/General? Default is like 70... > > -Kenneth This bothered me for ages as well. I couldn't find the right setting to fix it, and ended up editing the database directly to change it to a better value. One hour later I found the setting and felt rather stupid. Mark > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:07:18 +1300, Craig Box <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have my master ALSA volume and my PCM volume both set to 90 in > > alsamixer. Whenever I put MythTV into live TV mode (using a BT87x card > > with a cable running to the line in of an intel8x0 chipset card) the > > volumes are reset to 70 and 65, which are far too quiet. > > > > I seem to remember setting those volumes -sometime- in the big setup way > > back when, but I've only just found the pattern. My current thinking is > > that it is something to do with saved volumes for when OSS emulation is > > used. Can anyone shed any light onto this please? > > > > Regards > > Craig > > ___ > > 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] 1 PVR-250 for Digital and Anolog Cable
On January 19, 2005 10:36 pm, Jim Valavanis wrote: > OK, I thought I can do this but I'm stumped. I currently subscribe to > Digital comcast cable. I have mythtv recording standard cable only via > the coax-connector directly into the Hauppauge PVR-250 tuner. This > works fine. > So, I wanted to use the S-Video (or component) on the *same* 250 card to > record the digital or higher channels too. What I've done thus far.. > > 1. In mythtv-setup I added another Capture Card (even though I only have > 1) to add component4 output. The tuner0 is already setup. > 2. Then in Input connections, I enable component4 to use the same > comcast digital cable channels, as the tuner0. > 3. Restarted mythtv-backend. > > Now when I go to watch Live TV I am able to hit the "C" key and switch > between tuners (component4 and tuner0) and this worked OK for Video > only. The tuner0 input still works fine for both audio and video. > I have the component4 (digital video output from cable) receiving the > video signal fine. I have to manually tune the cable box for now. I'm > planning on setting up the IR blaster for this. The sound is not > working obviously due to no audio input connection to the PVR250. Coax > carries both video and audio, but... > How do I enable the audio for the digital cable? Currently the digital > cable box, has only 2 audio Left/Right outputs that are already going to > the TV's audio in. There is no other available audio out on the cable > box. Do I use a splitter for this? Also should I plug the audio into > the PVR250's "line in"? Yes you need to use a splitter here. > > Next, if this does work with only 1 PVR250, can I somehow configure the > recordings to use the proper input? component4 for the digital cable, > and tuner0 for the analog? > > FYI, The digital cable box is the Motorola DCT5100 that also includes HDTV. > I don't think that you should setup two different cards when you actually have only one. You should instead map a lineup to each input that you use and let mythtv switch inputs automatically. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] remote control for frontend only
On January 14, 2005 02:25 pm, Johan Arens wrote: > Hi > > I'm on the point to build my frontends, and I'm looking a low cost > solution for the remote control . > What do you guys using for your frontends ? > > I've found the ATI remote wonder, but it's quite expensive or the ones > from logitechs. > > What's yr choice ? > > Thanks > > Yhan A homebrew receiver with a Universal remote. You may already have a universal remote. I'm using the one that came with my digital cable box. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dual tuners - how does the sound work?
On January 13, 2005 10:55 am, Robin Smith wrote: > Sorry, I was confused on the bttv thing, go with Joe's advice. I have > the PVR-250, which does not require the connection to a sound card. > > However, most of the Creativbe soundcards (the only ones I have ever > used) also have an Aux In connector, could you not hook the second > card up to the Aux In and configure both to be recording sources? > Sure there are all sorts of inputs, but you can only record from one of them at a time. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which Distribution?
On January 13, 2005 11:55 am, Roy Murphy wrote: > I've ordered a DiGiMatrix for my MythBox and, while I wait for > delivery, I'm beginning to think about installation. > > I tend to use Slackware. I have uptodate CDs at home. It's like Debian > Stable in that it's still using thw 2.4 kernel though it's 2.6 ready. > > Any opinions about whether I should stick with what I know or make a > jump to Gentoo or Knoppix or KnoppMyth? If it ain't broke If you really want to use a newer kernel, why not just compile your own? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] RTJPEG vs MPEG4
On January 13, 2005 08:42 am, Phill Edwards wrote: > I always thought RTJPEG was easy on the CPU but produced poorer > picture quality than MPEG4. But then I read soething today which > suggested that RTJPEG produced better picture quality. > > Is anyone able to post a few quick pros and cons of the two formats? > > I don't have hardware decoders so that's why I'm not asking about MPEG2. > > Regards, > Phill I'm not sure about rtjpeg's quality, but the big problem with it is that it creates huge files. It is much easier on the CPU than the other options though. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Toshiba Satellite as kitchen tv
On January 12, 2005 03:56 pm, Mike Frisch wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 12:36:22PM -0700, Jack Burghardt wrote: > > I have Toshiba Satellite with 475 mhz K6-2 cpu 196 mb, ati video car that > > supports xv will it be enough to act as frontend. > > I seriously doubt it'll have enough horsepower, but there's no harm in > trying. It could work, given the proper recording settings. My frontend is a Celeron 433 with 256 MB. It handles my mpeg2 recordings just fine, but was choking on some mpeg4 stuff. You'll probably have to recompile to get things to work. I think there is something in the docs about needing MMX/SSE for the default install. Check the docs, I think there is something there. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debian stable and mythtv
On January 12, 2005 07:14 am, Raúl Pintor Durán wrote: > Hi, I`m newbie to MythTV but I think I will use it in an application for > an tv archive, it seems to be very powerful. > > I am very experienced (never enough) with Debian, and I would like to run > MythTV under it, but I will like to know opinions about it, in particular > what common issues we can found when using debian, and it if possible to > run a debian estable with this program. > > The other question is wich tv and sound cards are mostly used for those > debian + mythtv users, and what problems can be found. > > Any idea or opinion will be fgreat help. Sorry for my bad english Have a look here: http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian/dists/woody/mythtv/README.html The guy who make the excellent debs for mythtv has stopped making packages for stable. I have had absolutely no problems running his packages with testing. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Has anyone configured a "semi"-diskless frontend?
On January 4, 2005 06:58 pm, stan wrote: > On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:35:21PM -0500, john roberts wrote: > > I've thought about doing this also. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want > > to go diskless. Why not boot of the net? > > > > Is it the boot-up time you're concerned about? > > Have you made a diksless frontend work? If os, have you any pointers to a > good HOWTO? My diskless frontend is working very nicely. I boot using PXE, I found this in my bookmarks, though I can't remember how useful it was: http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html I did have to update the firmware on my Intel Pro 100 before it would work properly. My biggest boot-up time problem is that the motherboard spends a long time wondering why there is no keyboard. It eventually gives me the no keyboard error and continues on its merry way, but it takes a while. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Guide data problems
On December 21, 2004 03:01 pm, Mark J. Small wrote: > On December 21, 2004 02:28 pm, Bruce Markey wrote: > > Mark J. Small wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I've got a rather annoying problem with the guide data. I live in > > > Canada, and use datadirect to download the data. > > > > What is your Postal code and source provider? > > > > > The problem is that the 13-day away data is often incomplete, and is > > > not refreshed until the day before. > > > > Mythfilldatabase is supposed to re-fill these partial days and > > this works for most everyone except, apparently, some areas in > > Canada. If I could test the data from a provider where this is > > a problem, it will likely be easy to fix. > > > > -- bjm > > My provider is Eastlink (Analog), and my postal code is B0M 1P0. I find > that the problem is most common on my channel 26 (YTV). Or perhaps I > notice it the most there because I like to record some of their evening > programming. > > Sometimes (only sometimes...) the guide data will be missing from 8:00 PM > till midnight (Atlantic Standard Time). If I search by channel, there will > be a listing for 7:30, then a listing for 12:00. If I look in the program > guide, it will show "Unknown (Unknown)". > > I just had a peek at my program guide, and data for most of the Canadian > channels in the guide is missing from 8:00 to midnight on December 31. > There is data starting at midnight on Jan 1. Programs that straddle > midnight are shown with the correct start time. > > I flushed my guide data yesterday, and it has been updated today. > > Here's some speculation: What if the data is inputted each day by the > zap2it people, originally in Pacific time. When I try to fetch it, data > gets retrieved from midnight till 8 PM, but the last 4 hours is missing, > since it belongs to the next day in the data source time zone. Somehow > mythtv doesn't recognise that the data is incomplete, and doesn't try to > fetch it again until d-1. > > Mark I just had a look at the grabber code here: http://cvs.mythtv.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mythtv/programs/mythfilldatabase/filldata.cpp?rev=1.131&view=markup If I look in the region of line 2600, I see code that decides whether to refetch the data. There are two cases where the data is refetched. (1) There is very little data for that day. I don't quite get what this code is trying to do (2597-8). I am not familiar with qt sql queries. (2) The grabber is tv_grab_uk_rt, and there are programs in the category 'TBA'. I could be missing something of course. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Guide data problems
On December 21, 2004 02:28 pm, Bruce Markey wrote: > Mark J. Small wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I've got a rather annoying problem with the guide data. I live in > > Canada, and use datadirect to download the data. > > What is your Postal code and source provider? > > > The problem is that the 13-day away data is often incomplete, and is not > > refreshed until the day before. > > Mythfilldatabase is supposed to re-fill these partial days and > this works for most everyone except, apparently, some areas in > Canada. If I could test the data from a provider where this is > a problem, it will likely be easy to fix. > > -- bjm My provider is Eastlink (Analog), and my postal code is B0M 1P0. I find that the problem is most common on my channel 26 (YTV). Or perhaps I notice it the most there because I like to record some of their evening programming. Sometimes (only sometimes...) the guide data will be missing from 8:00 PM till midnight (Atlantic Standard Time). If I search by channel, there will be a listing for 7:30, then a listing for 12:00. If I look in the program guide, it will show "Unknown (Unknown)". I just had a peek at my program guide, and data for most of the Canadian channels in the guide is missing from 8:00 to midnight on December 31. There is data starting at midnight on Jan 1. Programs that straddle midnight are shown with the correct start time. I flushed my guide data yesterday, and it has been updated today. Here's some speculation: What if the data is inputted each day by the zap2it people, originally in Pacific time. When I try to fetch it, data gets retrieved from midnight till 8 PM, but the last 4 hours is missing, since it belongs to the next day in the data source time zone. Somehow mythtv doesn't recognise that the data is incomplete, and doesn't try to fetch it again until d-1. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Interlacing with Scan Converter
Hi everybody I've got a little question as I try to tweak tv out quality on my box. I've got a low powered frontend (celeron 433) at my TV and I'm using a TVAtor Pro to feed signal to the TV. The video card is a TNT2 PCI. What is the best way to deal with interlacing using this setup. The original recorded signal recorded by the PVR250 (Freestyle) is obviously interlaced, and the signal sent from the TVator to the TV is also interlaced, but somewhere in between it goes funny. I'm pretty sure that the TVator expects a non interlaced 640x480 signal, and applies some filters to interlace it. So should I deintelace my video on playback? Will this be much of a performance hit? Would I have better results if I shelled out for a video card with TV out? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Guide data problems
Hi everybody, I've got a rather annoying problem with the guide data. I live in Canada, and use datadirect to download the data. Here is my understanding of how the guide data works: After the database is initially filled, mythfilldatabase will run everyday and do the following: Download data for days that have never been downloaded before (which tends to be 13 days away. Refresh data for today and tomorrow. The problem is that the 13-day away data is often incomplete, and is not refreshed until the day before. If I sit down to plan my programming once a week, then I will often miss stuff, or have conflicts that I don't know about. Would it be possible to refresh the data for day d somewhere between d-13 and d -1, say on d-8? I suppose that this would increase the load on the datadirect servers somewhat. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Several tuners, livetv only on some?
Hi everybody, Let's say I have 3 tuners, 2 pvr250's and 1 other (say a bt878). Is there a way to disable livetv for the 878? I would use this tuner only for recording for future watching. This could make life easier, since software encoding/decoding would probably overtax my box. I suppose this would make things rather complicated if I were already recording something on the 2 pvr's and then wanted to watch livetv, wouldn't it? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Should I wait for the PVR 150
Hi everybody, I'm looking at adding another tuner or two to my mythtv box. I currently have a Freestyle (PVR-250 gateway OEM) that is working nicely. I also have a Matrox G400+RRG that is too painful to bother with, so it is currently disabled. Browsing through the lists, it sound like the PVR-150 will be working real-soon-now. It is significantly cheaper the a 250, and will eventually work just as well. Should I wait for it, or just pick up another Freestyle, or 250? Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot watch live television with budget tv-tuner card
On December 16, 2004 06:58 pm, Kevin Kuphal wrote: > Søren Pingel Dalsgaard wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found an old Medion MD5044 tv-tuner card which I popped into my > > mythtv as the only tuner card. I used xawtv to find the "frequencies" > > and configured mythtv accordingly. Watching tv with mythtv works (as > > it "it shows the right picture") but it stall all the time and get > > further and further behind. > > > > My system is an (old) AMD Athlon 1.1GHz machine with 1MB memory and a > > brand new (fast?) 250Gb harddisk. > > > > I've ordered my pvr 350 but would like to get a feeling of whether I > > should ditch my old tuner card or leave it in. > > > > Needless to say, it works just perfect with xawtv which doesn't write > > everything to disk first. > > The default recording resolutions and bitrates for MythTV are a bit > high. Try lowering the resolution to something like 352x480 and record > using MPEG-4 at a bitrate of 2200 (1 GB / hr). You should find that it > works much better and then tweak the LiveTV bitrates/quality options up > from there if it works. You will also find that if you don't watch > something while recording you can use higher bitrates for recorded shows > using maybe the High Quality profile since the system will not be > playing back at the same time. > > Kevin > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users You may also try using the rtjpeg codec. It seems to work fairly well on medium-slow systems. It uses extra disk space, but for livetv that doesn't matter so much. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 or Marvel G400-TV?
On December 16, 2004 02:17 pm, Teemu Nikkilä wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to build a Myth-box out of an unused EPIA-800 mobo and FC2. > I'd buy a PVR-350 for TV, radio and hardware codec + TV-out. Now however > there is a cheap Marvel G400-TV (G4+MVTA16GRI) around to buy, and > according to some searches I made, it should work with MythTV. I'd need > to buy a (used) mobo with an AGP-slot though to use the Marvel. So what > do you think, which way should I go if I don't want to tweak with things > too much and if the system should be as quiet as possible? > > -Teemu I would advise against the Matrox solution. It works, but it is rather painful. I have a G400 + Rainbow Runner G combo, and I have had lots of trouble. I've just added a PVR 250 to my system, and it was a dream to set up compared to the Matrox tuner. The Matrox tuner is still in my box, but I've actually stopped using it. The three biggest issues with the Matrox tuner for me were: (1) Input selection problems Mythtv sometimes would not choose the right input on my card. Sometimes it would work, but sometimes it would say "Can't find input: Television" in the logs. This would vary between reboots. Once it was recognised, it would be fine until the next boot, so I was afraid to restart the box, because after every boot, I would spend an hour or more rebooting and testing, trying to get the input recognised. This was a mythtv problem AFAIK. But it may have been a driver problem. (2) Hard drive space. The Matrox card uses MJPEG for capture, which is a pig when it comes to hard drive space. I would automatically transcode to MPEG4, afterwards, but I occasionally filled up my 40 Gig drive when I recorded several movies in a short period of time. (3) No Livetv I was never able to watch the mjpeg files without jitter until they were transcoded. This was true even with a XP 2000+ CPU frontend. This precluded livetv. I don't think the hardware decoder worked for my G400+RRG combo under mythtv. I don't know if the Marvel would. I could be wrong, but I also vaguely remember reading that the Marvel/RRG can't use the decoder and encoder at the same time. So in short, get the PVR-350. Or maybe a 250 with a graphics card that has tv out. Or a 250 + a scan converter to use with onboard video. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Homebuilt IR blaster
On December 16, 2004 11:26 am, Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all, > > Can someone point me towards a webpage that explains how to make a > homebuilt IR blaster, or at least somewhere I can buy a fairly cheap IR > blaster in the UK > > Thanks very much for your help in advance > > Cheers - Piers > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users To build your own, look at www.lirc.org You might also have a peek at http://www.turbobit.com/lirc.html Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hard Drives that Actually Work?
On December 14, 2004 09:53 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just had my second Western Digital Special Edition 200 GB drive die on > me. Since I'm using an ASUS Pundit, I figured heat was the culprit, so the > second drive had a dual-fan cooler on it. No such luck. After about three > months of use, performance suddenly degrades, and the journals begin to > corrupt. A few days later, I/O errors crop up, and the drive is pretty > much useless. > > Are these drives just not up to the stress of a PVR? I'm interested in > hearing what kind of drives people have had good luck with, as I've about > had it with these. I'll get my third on warranty, but It won't be going > back into a myth box. > > Thanks, > > Paul > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users As a VERY small dealer, I haven't been very happy with the quality of WD drives in the last few years. I've seen too many come back dead, and many more come back very noisy. These are mostly 20 and 40 GB BB or EB drives. I've switched to using Samsung as much as possible. I haven't hit a bad one yet. Of course, its only been a year since I started using them, and the next two years may teach me otherwise. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gateway PVR-250 - $65
On December 7, 2004 08:15 pm, Jeff Thompson wrote: > Surplus Hardware wrote: > > I have come across a few Hauppauge/Gateway PVR-250 cards shown here > > http://support.gateway.com/s/VIDCARD/Hauppage/6002365/6002365tc.shtml > > > > These are cards only, no instructions, no drivers, no remote (not even > > a plug for a remote), I have been using a couple of them in my MythTV > > box over the last month, they have worked flawlessly recording and PiP > > with the ivtv driver. > > > > I'm willing to part with a number of these for $65 plus $10 postage > > inside the USA. If anyone is interested, would like more information, > > or to see a couple of pictures, please send me an email at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I went to the link you posted and noticed the comment that says the > PVR-250 must be installed in the middle PCI slot. Can you explain why > this is a requirement? > > Thanks, > > -- > jt >From what I have heard, this is an issue with the Gateway motherboards. Apparently only the middle PCI slot has bus mastering enabled. Hope this helps, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PII 333mhz laptop as frontend?
On December 7, 2004 02:12 pm, Calvin Gorriaran wrote: > I have a PII 333mhz laptop with around 256mb of RAM. It has a ati rage > mobility card for video. What do you think the chances of getting > mythfrontend to run well on it? All it would be doing is mythfrontend, no > other services or tasks. It is basically just for use in my bedroom. > > > Cal It depends mostly on your recording settings. If you are doing mpeg2 at 320X240, then there should be no problem. If you have superhighres mpeg4, then you are out of luck. My advice is to give it a try. Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
