Re: [mythtv-users] FYI: The Current Zap2it survey/Reqeust.
I saw that too when I did my survey last month. I said I would change the update time from the morning hours to 9am - Midnight but never did. If everyone who does this survey changes then they'll end up with everyone switching to this time and their servers will be overloaded during the 9am-Midnight hours. Maybe it's not asking everyone to do that?On 11/14/05, Jack Lowry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My zap2it subscription expiered today, so off I browse to answer thequestions,Impact new TV delivery methods, Impact of portable Media devices,has a change in your line up propgated succesfully?The last question is actually a request that we pull our zap2it between 9 AM and Midnight Central time.___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] capture card
I got my pvr-150 shipped for $75. Normally $85 at buy.com but they had a special going for $10 off on anything over $75. Had to settle for 7-10 day shipping to get the free shipping. Luckily it shipped from only a few hours from here so it got here in two days :) Marshall Michael T. Dean wrote: Jarod Watkins wrote: I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv compatible capture card with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so a s-video connector is required. Thanks ahead. I would recommend using a Hauppauge (even if you can get a Yuan or something else cheaper). Currently the cheapest of the Hauppauge line is the PVR-150 (it's also the best--the PVR-500 is basically just two PVR-150's, so it's not really "better," just two of the best). You can find the PVR-150 for about $70 after rebates at local retailers (CompUSA, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc.). If you don't want to wait for a special, it will cost about $90. Mike ___ 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] capture card
I have a pvr-150, p3 850, and 320 MB of memory. I have no problem recording and playing back with mythtv. Only a skip every now and then during playback when other processes fight for the cpu. I can't say for sure if you'd have any problems. I would think you would be ok. If not, you've got reason to upgrade :) Marshall James Howison wrote: On Aug 28, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote: Jarod Watkins wrote: I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv compatible capture card with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so a s- video connector is required. Thanks ahead. I would recommend using a Hauppauge (even if you can get a Yuan or something else cheaper). Currently the cheapest of the Hauppauge line is the PVR-150 (it's also the best--the PVR-500 is basically just two PVR-150's, so it's not really "better," just two of the best). You can find the PVR-150 for about $70 after rebates at local retailers (CompUSA, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc.). If you don't want to wait for a special, it will cost about $90. Does anyone know if the minimum system requirements listed on the Hauppauge site (ie PII 733Mhz for the PVR-150 and PIII 1.2GHz) applies to using the cards under Linux and MythTV, or are those just for the bundled windows software? Any point in trying the PVR-150 in a box with a PII 713Mhz? Also the PVR Database (http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/) is down (looks like it has been for a while), are there any mirrors, or alternative sources of configuration information? Thanks, James ___ 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] Good, general Linux resources?
I always point new users to our research group to the linux cookbook: http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_toc.html We do almost all of our work on Linux and we get users who have little to no experience in that area. This resource is great for them. A little out of date but most of it is still applicable. Marshall Zak wrote: I am a longtime (~10 years) Windows tinkerer, but just got into Linux in the past year, specifically for the purpose of setting up MythTV (which, simply put, rocks). I have it working, thanks to Jarod's fantastic guide. However, 90% of the commands I entered on faith, without any clue what I was doing. Are there any good resources that people can recommend for learning about the architecture of the linux system? I'm not looking for a white paper, but just a general idea of how it treats hard drives (e.g., having to mount everything), peripherals (e.g., video capture cards), etc. along with some of the common commands that are used to manipulate system resources (e.g., depmod, modprobe, lspci, dmesg, etc.). Any resources are greatly appreciated. I don't mind doing heavy lifting - if I can, I would be willing to put together a mini-FAQ for other nubies. I can't imagine I am the only one. Thanks, Zak ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Is this any good for mythtv?
What about the Pundit-AE3 or the Pundit PE-3: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductList.jsp?ThirdCategoryCode=031611 I think these systems are a little bigger than the -R but you get 3 slots (2 pci and 1 agp on the -AE3) and two hard drive bays. There's no on board tv-out but with the agp slot you can put a Geforce 4 or other video card that has better tv-out. I haven't seen anything on these lists about these systems (haven't really looked though) but they look like a better choice than the -R. Marshall Chris Martin wrote: I don't know if you are planning to use the Tv out on the Pundit-R, but I've never been satisfied with mine (I'm currently using the output from my PVR 350 which works far better). The main problem is that all motion looks blurred, unless bob deinterlacing is turned on. Unfortunatley bob deinterlacing requires Open GL VSync, unless you are happy with the picture degrading after a few minutes of watching. As far as I'm aware the linux drivers provided by ATi for the Pundit-R do not support Open GL as of yet. The other problem is that I can't get the image produced by the Pundit-R to fill my 4:3 Tv in the vertical direction. This means that when I'm watching a widescreen source I have two sets of black bars, one from the graphics card and another from the source. The result is I only around 60% of the screen contains a picture. It is possible that I've got this wrong and there's something else that I need to look into, but I've been playing around since January and haven't found a solution yet. Apart from that I think the Pundit-R is a great machine for the price, it's quiet (although by no means silent), looks good and has a good range of outputs. As others have said, putting a cpture card in there is a tight fit, but I've managed to get two in mine albeit with a moderate amount of case bending. ___ 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] Blue bar at bottom of all video
I was having the same problem with my pvr-150 and an old GeForce 2. I think my problem was casued by the ivtv drivers though as I don't have that problem now with newer drivers. You may want to try updating your drivers or you could cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg and then see if that test capture has the blue line. If it does, its the ivtv drivers, otherwise it could be something with the xv colorkey. Marshall Eric Jensen wrote: While watching TV and on all of our recordings is a blue line a few pixels high and going the full length of the TV. I've searched through the archives and tried running: `xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0` but it didn't work. Is there anything else I can try? I am capturing with a Happauge PVR-250 and outputting with a nVidia GeForce 3, running FC3. Eric ___ 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] changechannel support for DirecTV tuner
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/135492?search_string=d10;#135492 Felix wrote: Hi, I am trying to conrol DirecTV tuner from MythTV (DirecTV Receiver D10). I read: If you have an external tuner, such as a DirecTV or digital cable set top box, you should add |/usr/local/bin/changechannel| to your Input Connections in the mythbackend configuration GUI. The *changechannel* program is not supplied with MythTV, so this is going to be dependent on what sort of external tuner you have. Is there a changechannel for DirecTV tuner anywhere? Thanks Felix ___ 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] Big fat blue bar with Internal player
I think this is a problem with the nvidia driver. The default color for the video overlay is blue so it outputs blue for resolutions that do not take up the whole screen. You have to use the xvattr command to set the overlay color to black: xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0 You may have to install xvattr. Marshall Oskar Lissheim-Boethius wrote: Switched from mplayer to Internal as the video-player of choice in KnoppMyth, and now I get a fat blue bar on the top every time I play a wide-screen movie. I use nvtv for overscan (since I use a shitty Geforce2MX S-video) but before I did I still got a thin blue line to the left and top of the movie. On 4:3-movies it doesn't show up. The command I use is simply "Internal". /Oskar ___ 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] MythTV and ivtv driver errors
Chera Bekker wrote: Hello Listmembers, My system: AMD Athlon XP 3000+, Geforce 6600GT, 1 GB ram, Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150. After some tweaking I got MythTv to work with the 0.3.3k ivtv drivers on Gentoo linux. I can watch TV and record but I do see occasional MPEG errors in the image and dmesg shows a steady stream of ivtv errors like: ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #36842 Stealing a Buffer, 2 currently allocated Mythfrontend gives errors like: [mpeg2video @ 0xb7927810]invalid mb type in I Frame at 44 35 [mpeg2video @ 0xb7927810]ac-tex damaged at 43 35 [mpeg2video @ 0xb7927810]ac-tex damaged at 21 21 [mpeg2video @ 0xb7927810]Warning MVs not available What is the cause of this error? When I use mplayer with ptune-ui I can watch TV without any problem and I don't see the ivtv errors. Should I tweak the livetv and recording profiles to increase or decrease the data rate? I already changed the resolution of all profiles to PAL (720x576). The stream type for all profilss is MPEG2 PS. Does it make sense to change this? Any pointers would be very welcome. I have looked through all the info I could find but nobody addressed this issue. Regards Chera Bekker ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users My suggestion would be to update ivtv. It wasn't until version 0.3.6g that I got a useable system with my pvr 150. You may be able to tweak the recording profiles to get your current version working but it would be best to try the latest release. If you're still having problems with the latest release, then it would be best to send an email to the ivtv-devel list. It's a very good chance that the latest ivtv drivers won't have that problem, especially since a lot of changes have been made regarding buffers. Marshall ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DirectTV D10 Receiver - channel problems
Doesn't work at all for me. I compiled with DRIVER=d10-200 and this is the output I got when executing the program: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:trunk]$./satcontrol -s Current Date: 6-8 Time: 19:27 Satellite strength is 78. Current Channel is 247 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:trunk]$./satcontrol -c 14 Error sending key F1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:trunk]$./satcontrol -c 209 Error sending key F0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:trunk]$./satcontrol -c 4 Error sending key EE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:trunk]$ Whenever I tried a channel with less than three digits I could see a 0 come up on the screen but then it quickly disappeared. The other channels did nothing other than return the error. The directv.pl script was working for me by putting a 0 before the channel number but now it doesn't work. The only way I change the channel is to use the command type for the channel change command: directv.pl box_type D10-200 channel_change_type command setup_channel last_param key select 247 I'm using a D10-100 so that may have something to do with it but I don't know. I'm gonna keep playing with the directv script since its easier to try different combinations of commands. I'll use whatever works so keep trying and let me know if I can help. Marshall Jim Gifford wrote: Ok, I think I've fixed satcontrol to work with d10-200. Here is a link to the current testing version http://svn.jg555.com/dl.php?repname=satcontrol&path=%2Ftrunk%2F&rev=0&isdir=1 ___ 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] Re: DirectTV D10 Receiver - channel problems
I just finished making my own directv serial cable (did it for about $7 with parts from the shack) and saw this thread. I'm using the directv.pl script and it works fine for me. To make it change to channels below 100 I have to prefix the channel number with a 0 (i.e. directv.pl box_type D10-200 on last_param delay .2 key exit 014). This works fine from the command line but mythtv doesn't add the 0 even if you manually enter 014. Shouldn't be too hard to change the script to insert a zero if the channel number is less than 3 digits. Just thought I would point that out since there haven't been any more replies. This email won't appear as part of the original thread since I didn't subscribe to the mailing list until after the last email. Marshall > -Original Message- > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of djg at pdp8.net > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:44 AM > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] DirectTV D10 Receiver - channel problems > >What is the full number of your box? My script at > http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml > can change channels by sending remote keys. The D10-200 box > I have will lockup sometimes with the normal channel change > command so I added support to change channel by sending the > remote keys instead of the channel change command. > > Try the script with the channel change command string > > directv.pl channel_change_type key setup_channel > > for manual testing add the channel number at the end. > If you have a d10-200 box you will need box_type d10-200 also > before the setup channel. > > You can also try without the channel_change_type key but I > expect it will work the same as the other scripts. > > I only have a D10-200 so haven't tested on other boxes so > would be interested in if it does work. I attempted to not > break support for other boxes as I added the additional stuff. > Interesting enough this script works but the satcontrol-0.02 only works for channels greater than 102 (I contacted the author). Works fine ./directv.pl box_type D10-200 port /dev/ttyS0 6 Changes the channel to 6 on the guide but then kills the process leaving you on the same channel ./directv.pl channel_change_type key box_type D10-200 port /dev/ttyS0 setup_channel 6 Produces an error for channels < 102 ./directv.pl port /dev/ttyS0 6 Error excessive retries ./directv.pl port /dev/ttyS0 102 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: mplayer audio sync issues
r-1.0.9rf-39.rhfc3.at and alsa-utils-1.0.9rf-14.rhfc3.at
alsa-lib-1.0.9rf-21.rhfc3.at
libasound2-1.0.9rf-21.rhfc3.at
which look like the current versions on atrpms. i'm not entirely sure
what the old versions were, but it had been at least 2 weeks or so
since the last dist-upgrade. I haven't looked at the atrpms list, but
i'm cc'ing this message to that list in the hopes that the right
people notice this and may be able to comment if it is an rpm problem
or not.
FWIW, my mainboard is
SOYO SY-P4RC350 Socket 478 ATI 9100IGP (RS300) Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
with onboard sound
ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
Thanks,
Adam
ps. is there a simple way to list the previously installed alsa
packages or downgrade? my mind is failing me right now...
Try
rpm -qa --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}.rpm\n' 2>&1 | sort >
/tmp/rpmpkgs
ls -ltrA /var/log/rpmpkgs* /tmp/rpmpkgs
diff -ud /var/log/rpmpkgs /tmp/rpmpkgs
etc.
But I can't imagine alsa delaying sound. It has to be an issue with
the client application. Perhaps the ABI changed in an incompatible
way?
FWIW I don't see (well, hear) any such delays.
On 6/5/05, Marshall Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I had the exact same problem last week after updating from at-rpms. A
number of packages were updated but I noticed that alsa was one of them
so maybe it's the cause? It seems that only divx/xvid files are the
problem though. No problems with any other formats so far.
I haven't had any luck tracking the problem down but I may downgrade
alsa and see what effect that has. Has your alsa recently been updated?
If so what were the previous and current versions?
Marshall
Adam Gianola wrote:
Hey folks,
Maybe I'm hallucinating (it is entirely possible), but suddenly when I
am watching videos using mplayer in 'watch videos' my audio is out of
sync with the video. If I manually adjust to +0.275s by adding
'-delay 0.275' to the mplayer command line, it looks better. This
only seems to happen with videos played using mplayer (xvid avis in
particular), but when I watch recorded videos (from pvr 250) they are
fine. This only started happening in the last few days, before this,
videos which have the mismatch worked fine. I'm just curious if
anyone else has seen this recently. I've got a FC3 setup using
ATRPMS.
Thanks,
Adam
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Re: [mythtv-users] mplayer audio sync issues
I had the exact same problem last week after updating from at-rpms. A number of packages were updated but I noticed that alsa was one of them so maybe it's the cause? It seems that only divx/xvid files are the problem though. No problems with any other formats so far. I haven't had any luck tracking the problem down but I may downgrade alsa and see what effect that has. Has your alsa recently been updated? If so what were the previous and current versions? Marshall Adam Gianola wrote: Hey folks, Maybe I'm hallucinating (it is entirely possible), but suddenly when I am watching videos using mplayer in 'watch videos' my audio is out of sync with the video. If I manually adjust to +0.275s by adding '-delay 0.275' to the mplayer command line, it looks better. This only seems to happen with videos played using mplayer (xvid avis in particular), but when I watch recorded videos (from pvr 250) they are fine. This only started happening in the last few days, before this, videos which have the mismatch worked fine. I'm just curious if anyone else has seen this recently. I've got a FC3 setup using ATRPMS. Thanks, Adam ___ 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
