[mythtv-users] audio issues
Hi, I just set up a remote frontend using Jarod's guide and FC4. I've got everything working except for audio. I've tried cranking up all the settings and un-muting everything in alsamixer, but to no avail. According to lspci, I've got a: Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2) So, if there's anyone else out there with this same sound controller (onboard sound for an nForce3-150 board), I'd love some help. If you could send me your /etc/asound.state file or just give advice on what to do, that would be great. Note: I've been testing it with aplay, and I get nothing. So, it's not a mythtv problem, but some sort of underlying mixer issue or something. Thanks again to all the developers! Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] machine lockups and random sound cut-outs
Ok, My Myth box is up and running, but it's pretty unstable right now. It won't stay up for more than a day or two and usually goes down in about 12 hours. First off, here's my setup: Myth .18 (combined frontend/backend) Fedora Core 3, kernel 2.6.11_(something like FC 14 or something) AOpen MK-89L (nForce3-150 mATX mobo) AMD Sempron 2600+ 256MB of RAM PVR-250 NVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 Netgear WG311 wireless card I followed Jarod's guide to put it together, and I think I followed it pretty much to the letter, except for the wireless card. I use(d) the acx100 drivers since it's a Texas Instruments chipset. The drivers worked really well, but I quit using them since I thought they might be causing the lockups. Well, it's still locking up... Here's my symptoms: 1) At seemingly random points, the entire system locks up. So far, I've only seen it happen when mythfrontend is running. This could be because I usually have the frontend running all the time. I'll try leaving it on overnight with the frontend off. This is really annoying, and I'm kind of stuck. If anyone has any advice on troubleshooting crashes (ie. Logs to look at, settings to tweak, etc.) I would really love to hear it. 2) While watching (either LiveTV or recordings) sound will cut out. I hear a static-hiss for a while, then sound comes back. The static will rise in volume, stay for a while, then slowly fade to nothing, then sound suddenly comes back on. This seems to happen at random, but my wife says it happens much more frequently during the middle of the day. I checked that the cable cord was plugged in tight. What else could it be? Anyways, I would greatly appreciate any advice people have! The WAF is starting to fall pretty fast, and I don't know how much time I have before the axe drops and I have to go buy a TiVo... Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Anyone happy with wireless?
Well, it seems that all respondents are pretty unhappy with wireless support. As for me, my wife and I will be moving in a month or two, so I'll try to limp along until then. At that point, I'll see if I can position my TV near the wireless router, so I can run CAT5 from the router to the Myth box. My Windows box and her Mac are doing wireless just fine. If _ANYONE_ has had a good experience with Linux wireless, please post it along with your specific setup. It could go a long way to helping noobs like me pick out components. Some keywords to get this thread flagged by searches: wireless 802.11 802.11g 802.11b router wi-fi ndiswrapper driverloader ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Anyone happy with wireless?
Hi, I thought I had a good setup this time, but I just hosed everything. I think I'll probably have to reinstall (again...) Anyways, I think a lot of my problems are due to my wireless card. I'm using the infamous Netgear WG311v2 with the acx100 chipset. I tried a D-Link card, but it wouldn't work at all, so I was stuck with swapping out the WG311v2 from my Windows machine. Is anyone out there using a PCI 802.11g card that they're happy with? I want something that is well supported under Linux. I am not using it to stream video, only to reduce cable clutter (for higher WAF). So, if you've got a PCI 802.11g card that you love, please tell me about it. I need make/model/chipset/you-name-it. If you could give me the output of lspci that would be even better. Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Filesystem problems and now X won't start
I am running FC3 for my MythTV box. I am a Linux newbie when it comes to all this stuff, so please bear with me. My machine was running fine, but I was having problems with my wireless networking. I'm using the acx100 drivers from sourceforge. The wireless stuff has been pretty flaky (causing random crashes after a couple hours), so I leave the driver modules unloaded unless I need wireless. This time, just as I brought the drivers up, things went to hell. My root filesystem (ext3) went read-only. I looked at dmesg and there were lots of errors about "Journal aborted" Praying, I restarted. Since the FS was read-only, there were lots of errors on shutdown. When I restarted, it said there were FS errors and that I should run fsck manually. I did, asking it to repair everything. After that, it booted up fine, and I got to the FC login screen (I think I'm using KDE, not sure). When I typed in my login credentials, it seems like it's going to log in, and then I get an error message. It says something like: "Your session lasted less than 10 seconds. If you did not deliberately log out, then you may have an installation problem or be out of disk space." Not exactly that, but close. When I click on the button to view ~/.xsession-errors, it seems that the error is that it cannot find /usr/share/dbus-1/services So, what should I do? I can log in at the terminal, and I have plenty of disk space (I checked with df). Also, what can cause a FS to go read-only? This has happened to me before, usually after I insert a CD-ROM or use my USB flash drive. The entire thing goes read-only and requires fsck when I shut it down and bring it back up. Any help/advice would be appreciated! Micah Note 1: When I log in at the terminal, I looked for ~/.xsession-errors, but I could not find it. Perhaps it is deleted when I successfully log in using the terminal? Note 2: Is there any way I can keep it from mounting the root filesystem? I'd like to run fsck on it and see if there are any errors, but I don't want to run fsck on a mounted filesystem. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!
Thanks for all the good input from people. I guess I'll just have to see if I can reach an acceptable balance between noise and airflow. I've got a few ideas, but I'm afraid I will just have to crank the 60mm fans on the back up to speed. As we all know 60mm fans are just plain noisy. Does anyone here have their Myth box inside an armoire or A/V cabinet? How do you keep it from overheating? That is my main problem, I think. It sits in my TV armoire and stews in its own juices, rather than being in the open air that circulates at least a little. I asked my wife if we could put it on top of the armoire, but she said she'd rather deal with the noise of the fans on high. Anyways, I might try to post some pics of my system layout for recommendations on cooling, but you'll all laugh at my horrible cable routing, so maybe not. :) Micah -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Sounds woes, FC3 Install using Jarod's Guide
> I'm currently stuck at the sound part of Jarod's guide. I think it's a > simple problem, but here it is. I can't seem to get sound from the > computer. I think it has something to do with the settings you have to > turn on and off in Kmix. I seem to remember having to do something to > the IEC settings in my old FC2 install. I'm currently using the > Chaintech board with nvidia sound. I was wondering if someone with > this same sound setup could let me know what settings they have > checked/unchecked in kmix so that I can get past this step with > alittle more ease. I've tried every combination I can think of, and > still the test sound doesn't make sound. I know it's playing, because > I get no error, but no sound comes from the speakers. Thanks in > advance. I just finished install Myth using Jarod's guide, and I had a similar problem. I could never get it to work by using Kmix. However, I was able to get things working using alsamixer. It's not very pretty, and it forgets all my settings on reboot, but at least it works. I think it should be installed by default, but I'm not sure. IIRC, I have to enable 2 settings: duplicate something-or-other and one other thing. Once those are on, sound plays fine. One thing to do is just play an mp3 or something. Then switch to a terminal window and fire up alsamixer. Play around until you can hear the music. Micah -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] 2 questions: BIOS flashing and temp sensors
I just put my new nForce system together, but I'm have a little trouble. First off, the motherboard does not recognize the chip (even though it seems to run just fine). It's an AMD Sempron 2600+, and these were released after the motherboard was. My plan was to flash to the latest BIOS and see if that fixes it. I don't have a 3.5" drive, so I'll have to make a DOS boot CD. Anyone have any tips on how to go about doing this? Secondly, does anyone know how to get temp readings from the motherboard sensors? It's an nForce3-150 AOpen MK89-L, if that helps. I'm running FC3 with kernel 2.6.11-something Thanks in advance, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: gave up on the Epia
> I don't use EPIA for myth but I don know that the C3 is not a single > core and some C3 processors actually compile better as i586... > So does this mean there's a mini-ITX board for sale, or were you just > getting discouraged? Yup, I tore everything out of it and am presently putting together a machine based around an nForce3-150 mATX motherboard. I've heard from a lot of people that the nForce boards are rock solid. Plus, I'm getting a little extra horsepower under the hood with an AMD Sempron 2600+. The C3 had me pulling my hair out any time I had to compile anything. And yes, there is a mini-ITX board for sale, but I didn't think this was the place to advertise it. If you're interested, look for my posting on Anandtech's BBS. Also, someone asked about the symptoms of the DMA problems. The only symptom I ever got was a total lockup whenever I tried to send large files over the LAN from my desktop machine to the Epia. Small text files, no problem. Large data files, lockup in less than 5 seconds. I had plenty of other lockups too, but I don't know if they were DMA related. FTP lockups meant that using my Myth box as a media server was out of the question, which was one of my hopes from the beginning. Hopefully, the nForce + AMD route will help on this. Micah On 4/13/05, Michael Carland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 13, 2005, at 11:15 AM, James Stembridge wrote: > > > On 4/13/05, Michael Carland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The issue was that I compile for epia with -march=c3, and the > >> offending > >> package built a utility for itself, and then failed running it since > >> the desktop > >> didn't have the c3 magic. > > > > Does using -march-c3 make any noticable performance difference? > > Dunno, I've never done it any other way. I just figured since I was > compiling from source anyways, I would set the appropriate arch. > > > I just use standard debian packages (which afaik will work on an > > i386), even my kernel is just a standard i686 version. > > > > I started with Debian sarge. Trying to work through my tv out problems, > I switched to a self compiled Xorg, and not being a deb wizard, I then > had to compile everything that depended on X. I'm sure if I took the > time, I could have found a deb for Xorg 6.8.2, and learned how to use > deb sources so I could do the unichrome patches. Or even just found > unichrome debs. But even though it has been frustrating, sometimes I > like to build the stuff myself so I know more about how it works. > > >> Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or > >> even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose > >> there are fewer DMA contentions), > > > > I have a disk and haven't see any issues. How might they manifest > > themselves? > > > > The only stability problem I've had was lockups caused by the longhaul > > cpufreq module, since I've stopped using that it seems pretty solid. > > I never installed longhaul, and I've never had DMA issues. I'm just > referring to the constant stream of via dma complaints, system lockups > I believe. I imagine you could be right, that longhaul has a large part > in it. Also, I know the ivtv people recently discovered they had been > letting a bad default value exist for dma timeouts, and this somehow > affected via more than other chipsets (via chipsets had a different > default dma timeout value?). > > But, since I don't seem to have any dma issues, I'm just worrying about > the problems I do have. I'm thinking .18 will fix my XvMC VLD, and then > I need to find a job, so I can pay someone to come and tune up my TV! > > -Michael > > > ___ > 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
[mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia
Hi all, Well, I've finally given up on my Epia frontend/backend. It worked reasonably well for about 8 months and I got TV and DVD playback to finally work, but it was a very flaky platform. About a week ago, I was trying to rip a DVD while watching TV at the same time, and it locked up (DMA bug is my best guess). On reboot, I found that there was something wrong with the superblock of the XFS partition where all my recordings were stored. To make a long story short, when I tried to repair things, I screwed up the whole partition table and it no longer boots at all. Anyways, I don't want to bore you any more with my sad tales, but I do want to put out some warnings to potential Myth builders looking at the Epia platform. Like me, you will doubtless plunge in anyway, but at least you'll have a litte fore-warning. (My) Issues with the Epia: -- * Getting the Unichrome drivers to work could take a good amount of work. It may have gotten easier in the last few months, but I sure had a lot of trouble. If you're going for a trouble-free install of Linux/Myth, then the Epia is probably a bad idea. (Note: This is not a critique of the Unichrome drivers. I used them and loved them. It just took a lot of effort to get everything working.) * The Epia has a known issue with DMA. Check some of the postings at forums.viaarena.com I never had a problem when recording TV, but I definitely had a problem when transferring files over the LAN. If I tried to scp a file from my desktop to the Myth box, it would lock up hard in about 5 seconds. So, if you're hoping to use your Myth box as a media server (like I was), then Epia is definitely a bad idea. Again, this is personal experience backed up by others on the viaarena forums. YMMV * Many of the Epia MII boards have a bad PCMCIA slot (at least under Linux). When I plugged in my wireless card, dmesg would say that the slot refused to respond to requests to apply power to the card. I was able to find a workaround by using Linuxant's driverloader, but it was still a big hassle. * Getting the on-board temperature sensors and dynamic CPU clocking to work will take a kernel-recompile. At least it did the last time I checked. So, if you want the clock frequency to dynamically adjust to CPU load and/or temp, get ready for some work. * The slow speed leaves little headroom for mistakes and halfway kludges. By this I mean: with a fast system, you don't have to get everything working perfectly. Who cares about hardware decoding when you've got 2+ Ghz and software decoding barely registers on the CPU? I have a lot of respect for the people running the Epia ME6000s. If they can't get hardware decoding to work, then they're pretty much SOL. Besides, even if everything works, working with a slow machine can be quite painful. Try compiling a kernel 10 times on one of these things and you'll see what I mean. --- I guess my bottom line here is that getting an Epia/Linux system up and running can be a lot of work. Plus, in some cases (like the DMA issue), you may never find a solution. I finally got mine to work, but it was never 100%, and I was too afraid of screwing up what I had in order to tweak it more. So, if you're like me, and you just want a Myth box that works, take my advice and skip the Epia. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, and please feel free to voice your opinions. I just wanted to play devil's advocate for all the people out there that are eyeing the Epia as their Myth platform. They need to know that it will not be a cakewalk in order to get it set up. Now, let's just see if I sing this same tune after I've tried putting together a Myth box based around a AMD Sempron and an nForce-3 150 motherboard. Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] anyone using a K8M800 chipset?
I just want to know if anyone is using a K8M800 chipset-based motherboard. I'm looking to get a socket 754 micro-ATX board, and it seems like my choices are the K8M800 and a SiS chipset that I've never heard of. Also, can the K8M800 take the Sempron chips? VIA's website only lists Athlon 64, but perhaps a BIOS update has changed this? Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] good mATX socket 754 mobo
That's it! I'm sick and tired of messing with my Epia. I finally got most things working, but the DMA issues on the PCI bus are killing me. Any time I put a strain on the thing (like copying files over scp), it locks up. Last night it died bad enough to kill my XFS partition holding all my .nuv files. So, I'm thinking of moving to a mATX board with a Sempron. I want a good board with S-Video out and oboard sound. I also want to stay away from a VIA chipset, since the whole Epia thing has soured me towards VIA. If I cannot find anything with S-Video out, I have an old GF4 that I could use. I'm trying to avoid using it because I want to minimize the number of fans in the system to keep noise down. Also, if I ever decide to try HDTV, could an Athlon 64 3000+ handle it? What if I used xvmc with the GF4? I have a 3000+ in my desktop machine right now and I could switch it out to the Myth box when I upgrade my desktop. Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated! Micah -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Limiting file transfer speed (to combat Epia system lockup)
My Epia Myth box ALWAYS locks up whenever I do a file transfer (scp, ftp, etc.) across my local LAN at home. However, it does fine when downloading files from the Internet. I've read a few posts that say the Epias have trouble with DMA and such, and so I'm guessing that if I could reduce the transfer speed, then I might be able to keep it from locking up. So, does anyone know a way to limit transfer speeds? The best would be options that I could pass to FTP or SCP. For HW/SW, I've got a Netgear WG511 and I'm using Linuxant's driverloader, since Prism54 had problems with powering the PCMCIA socket. Any suggestions on how to limit network speeds would be great! Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] System crashes when I try to do data transfer over ethernet
I've got an Epia MKII-10k running FC2 as my Myth frontend. Whenever I try to do a big data transfer (like SCP) the entire system hard crashes after about 2 seconds of data transfer. However, this only seems to happen when transferring across the local network. I can use wget to download files from the Internet onto the Epia system. My home network is a 802.11g wireless network with a Netgear router. The Epia box uses a PCMCIA Netgear WG511. For drivers, I'm using the Linuxant driverloader, since the Prism54 drivers wouldn't work for me. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: problems with recordedmarkup
Quoting Micah Wedemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm having problems with the recordedmarkup table in the database. > > Something with wrong with jobqueue and recordedmarkup. Commercials were no > longer being flagged. When I tried to look at the tables, I got ERRNO 1016 > or > something like that (I can't re-create it...see below) So, I've tried to > trouble-shoot the problem. Here's what has happened so far: > > 1. I tried re-running mythtvsetup and mythfilldatabase. Both ran but did not > fix the problem. > > 2. I tried running repair table on recordedmarkup (using the mysql shell). > It > just ran for about 20 minutes and did nothing (that I can tell). I finally > hit > Ctrl-C and aborted everything. > > 3. I dropped the jobqueue table, with intent to re-create it. I then > attempted > to drop the recordedmarkup table. However, it will not drop. The shell just > hangs. I can Ctrl-C and abort, but the table is causing a lot of problems > now. > Any time I try to access it in any way (desc, select, drop, etc.) the mysql > shell hangs. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Micah OK, well I was able to finally drop the offending tables. Now, how do I re-create them? I don't have any backups (yes, dumb, I know). I do know SQL and could run the CREATE TABLE statements, if I knew where to find them or if someone could post them. And, if I'm getting this correctly, `mythcommflag --rebuild` should help in re-creating the information in the recordedmarkup table. Anything analagous for the jobqueue table? Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] problems with recordedmarkup
I'm having problems with the recordedmarkup table in the database. Something with wrong with jobqueue and recordedmarkup. Commercials were no longer being flagged. When I tried to look at the tables, I got ERRNO 1016 or something like that (I can't re-create it...see below) So, I've tried to trouble-shoot the problem. Here's what has happened so far: 1. I tried re-running mythtvsetup and mythfilldatabase. Both ran but did not fix the problem. 2. I tried running repair table on recordedmarkup (using the mysql shell). It just ran for about 20 minutes and did nothing (that I can tell). I finally hit Ctrl-C and aborted everything. 3. I dropped the jobqueue table, with intent to re-create it. I then attempted to drop the recordedmarkup table. However, it will not drop. The shell just hangs. I can Ctrl-C and abort, but the table is causing a lot of problems now. Any time I try to access it in any way (desc, select, drop, etc.) the mysql shell hangs. Any ideas? Thanks, Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT: Happy New Year!!! (3 seconds late...)
Just a reminder to all fellow MythTV watchers to pop the champagne when they count down to 3, not 0, if you're watching a New Year's celebration on LiveTV. Anyways, happy new year! Micah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: EPIA-M Unichrome xvmc vld
Are all the X colors wrong, or is it just MythTV that has wrong colors? I had a problem where the unichrome driver caused a "photo-negative" type effect in MythTV. People looked like smurfs (ie. blue faces). To get rid of this, I had to go into the TV playback options and unselect "use Xv picture controls" (I think that was what it was called). Then, restarting X seemed to fix things. Tell me if this fixes anything... Micah --- I finally tried to use the cvs/unichrome driver and managed it to have it compiled with X.org release (6.8.1) sources, but when I start X with this driver all colours are wrong, switching back to the original via_drv.o the colours are ok again. Anyone with the same problem? Am Mittwoch, 8. Dezember 2004 16:32 schrieb Steven: > Adam Felson wrote: > > unichrome is now part of Xorg. I got it simply by building getting > > X/cvs from x.org. > > Does CVS xorg include the (recent) via unichrome driver and the xvmc > libs as well? > Won't there be a conflict with the drm kernel module included in the > 2.6.8.1-epia1 kernel patchset? > > Steven > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: HDTV, Myth, and Cable television -- basic questions
Well, apparently I wasn't searching with the right keywords. I switched a few things around and found that, yes, these questions had been asked and answered many times. So, as punishment, I'll go ahead and post some archive links: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/93176?search_string=hdtv%20cable;#93176 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/77110?search_string=hdtv%20cable;#77110 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/73048?search_string=hdtv%20cable;#73048 If anyone has any new comments on the subject, I'd be happy to hear them, though! Micah Quoting Micah Wedemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > OK, > > I'm sure these questions have been asked and answered 100s of times already, > but > I couldn't find much by searching the forums. Moreover, I couldn't find good > answers searching around the web, either. Basically, I'm totally confused > and I > want to get straighented out before the broadcast flag thingy goes into > effect. > So, these are some rambling thoughts/questions that I am tossing out there: > > 1. HDTV and Cable television > Right now, I have Comcast Cable in Atlanta, GA (USA). I mostly watch special > interest channels (Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, SciFi, etc.) These are > not > Hi-Def, as far as I know. Plus, they will probably be the last to go Hi-Def > (nothing to support this, just a hunch.) So, I don't really need HDTV right > now, especially since I don't have a Hi-Def TV-set. > > But...in the future, I expect that eventually I will want HDTV. But, I will > still want to watch mostly cable channels. So, finally, a question: What is > necessary to watch HDTV for cable television? Do you think Myth will be able > to > do this, or will the channels be encrypted in such a way to make this > impossible? Note: I'm not talking about stealing cable, I'm talking about > paying for a subscription and getting some sort of decryption key or hardware > decryption interface. > > 2. pcHDTV and Broadcast flag - (Non-USA users: ignore this) > Considering that I want to watch cable HDTV, would it be wise to get a pcHDTV > 3000 card? If I buy one before June, then I can forget about this broadcast > flag nonsense. However, I don't currently have the capability to do HDTV > encode/decode (ie. Epia 10k). So, I'd buy the card and shelve it until > mini-ITX > systems are fast enough or hardware MPEG-2 acceleration is good enough to do > HDTV. Maybe it is already and I just don't know. > > The main question is: Will the pcHDTV 3000 allow for HDTV over cable? Note: > I'm > not asking for a guarantee here, just a "It's in the works..." Mainly, I > don't > want to buy a card that is only for OTA HDTV and has no plans for cable. > > 3. MythTV and broadcast flag - (Non-USA users: ignore this) > Assuming I miss the June date and buy a HDTV tuner card after that, what of > the > broadcast flag? Anyone have any ideas how this might interact with MythTV? > I > understand that it is a hardware issue, but perhaps it can be disabled by > hacked > drivers? More basically, what is the point of it? Can content providers > send > out a signal and force all copies of tv-show X to delete themselves? > > That about covers it, at least for now. Sorry if I'm rehashing old > territory, > but it's still new to me. > > Thanks, > Micah > > > Some keywords to help this get flagged in archive searches: > HDTV > QAM Quadrature amplitude modulation > pcHDTV 3000 > broadcast flag > cable television > > -- -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] HDTV, Myth, and Cable television -- basic questions
OK, I'm sure these questions have been asked and answered 100s of times already, but I couldn't find much by searching the forums. Moreover, I couldn't find good answers searching around the web, either. Basically, I'm totally confused and I want to get straighented out before the broadcast flag thingy goes into effect. So, these are some rambling thoughts/questions that I am tossing out there: 1. HDTV and Cable television Right now, I have Comcast Cable in Atlanta, GA (USA). I mostly watch special interest channels (Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, SciFi, etc.) These are not Hi-Def, as far as I know. Plus, they will probably be the last to go Hi-Def (nothing to support this, just a hunch.) So, I don't really need HDTV right now, especially since I don't have a Hi-Def TV-set. But...in the future, I expect that eventually I will want HDTV. But, I will still want to watch mostly cable channels. So, finally, a question: What is necessary to watch HDTV for cable television? Do you think Myth will be able to do this, or will the channels be encrypted in such a way to make this impossible? Note: I'm not talking about stealing cable, I'm talking about paying for a subscription and getting some sort of decryption key or hardware decryption interface. 2. pcHDTV and Broadcast flag - (Non-USA users: ignore this) Considering that I want to watch cable HDTV, would it be wise to get a pcHDTV 3000 card? If I buy one before June, then I can forget about this broadcast flag nonsense. However, I don't currently have the capability to do HDTV encode/decode (ie. Epia 10k). So, I'd buy the card and shelve it until mini-ITX systems are fast enough or hardware MPEG-2 acceleration is good enough to do HDTV. Maybe it is already and I just don't know. The main question is: Will the pcHDTV 3000 allow for HDTV over cable? Note: I'm not asking for a guarantee here, just a "It's in the works..." Mainly, I don't want to buy a card that is only for OTA HDTV and has no plans for cable. 3. MythTV and broadcast flag - (Non-USA users: ignore this) Assuming I miss the June date and buy a HDTV tuner card after that, what of the broadcast flag? Anyone have any ideas how this might interact with MythTV? I understand that it is a hardware issue, but perhaps it can be disabled by hacked drivers? More basically, what is the point of it? Can content providers send out a signal and force all copies of tv-show X to delete themselves? That about covers it, at least for now. Sorry if I'm rehashing old territory, but it's still new to me. Thanks, Micah Some keywords to help this get flagged in archive searches: HDTV QAM Quadrature amplitude modulation pcHDTV 3000 broadcast flag cable television -- ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
