Re: [mythtv-users] fanless Epia, Mediamvp or network dvd player for frontend?
I didn't realize it because I used a very limited sample size but the issues seem to be specific to Kill Bill V1 and V2. I tried a bunch of other DVDs and they were fine?!? I'll try your suggestion (where do you set this?), thanks. Odd.--MikeOn 12/12/05, Fred Squires [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Epia - My current frontend/backend is an epia. I'd just be replacing it with a fanless frontend-only box. Works very well but has a few annoying bugs which might go away with another box - judging by howinfrequently these problems are discussed on this list they don'taffect everyone: Lipsync can get bad, Horrible audio chirping afterskipping forwards, more prevalent on recordings from some channels than others. Pros: can attach hd, dvd. Cons: expensive, big.About your audio problems, try enabling extra audio buffering in the playback settings. Of course, it might already be on. -- I probably still have a few (well, now a whole bunch) gmail invites.Drop me a line (off list) if you'd like an account. ___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] fanless Epia, Mediamvp or network dvd player for frontend?
Which reminds me of a problem I've been having. I have a MediaMVP. I have this problem that when I play .vob files off of my MythTV machine (in Videos), I get terrible performance. The video is basically OK but the sound is all messed up (out of sync, jerky, etc). Does this have something to do with the DD2.0/5.1 issue?!? I tried transcoding but it was a disaster (hung my system, generated huge files, audio out of sync) because I did it from the command line using transcode. If anybody has a rock solid command line way of down sampling audio, video or both from .vob files I would be interested. Thanks.--MikeOn 12/10/05, Mudit Wahal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mvp couldn't play dvd sound though as there is no dolby digitaldecoder in mvp. It could only play pcm or mp3. So, as long as yourrecordings are not in DD2.0/5.1, and NTSC/PAL resolution, mvp is aperfect frontend. I had it running for awhile connected to kids tv. But I got tiredtranscoding all my HD shows to 720x480 and mp3, so I sold mine onamazon.com.I'm streaming HD recordings from the mythbox and using IOData LinkPlayer2 as media client. IOData LP2 is thin client, fanless,noiseless and high WAF (wife acceptance factor).On 12/10/05, Andrew Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. It does playback only, but it does it pretty well. On 10/12/05, Mark Emery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What I meant to say, is does it record .nuv files created by the Software encoder? I've not got a PVR card in my system. Thanks, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] XBox Media Center Question
OK, I softmodded my XBox and got XBMC installed (thanks to all of you who sent me tips, etc). There doesn't appear to be a way to access the Videos aspect of MythTV. The point is that it would be nice to be able to watch all the movies I have stored in my Videos directory on Myth. I know I can mount them on an SMB share and see them, but it would be nice if the IMDB stuff were shown. Am I missing something? Is there a way to do this? Thanks. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XBox Media Center Question
OK, my bad. I should have provided a bit more detail. I have the mythtv scripts for XBMC. The problem is that while it lets me watch live tv and recorded shows, it does not provide access to my video library. I was wondering how people address that with XBMC? Sorry for not being clearer the first time. -- Mike On 12/7/05, Daniel Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a python script for XBMC that will talk to your myth backend and letyou play your shows:http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/Daniel On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Michael Tiller wrote: OK, I softmodded my XBox and got XBMC installed (thanks to all of you who sent me tips, etc). There doesn't appear to be a way to access the Videos aspect of MythTV. The point is that it would be nice to be able to watch all the movies I have stored in my Videos directory on Myth. I know I can mount them on an SMB share and see them, but it would be nice if the IMDB stuff were shown.Am I missing something?Is there a way to do this? Thanks. -- Mike___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] XBox Media Center Question
Just to be clear, you don't get any information about the video that way right? I'm talking about the kind of great information I get in MythTV where it shows the images and information from IMDB. In the case you are talking about, you just get the name of the .vob file right? --MikeOn 12/7/05, Daniel Segel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just share the directory via SAMBA or NFS and configure XBMC to get atit that way. I actually have my video library on a separate server andboth XBMC and MythTV access it via NFS.Daniel SegelMichael Tiller wrote: OK, my bad.I should have provided a bit more detail. I have the mythtv scripts for XBMC.The problem is that while it lets me watch live tv and recorded shows, it does not provide access to my video library.I was wondering how people address that with XBMC? Sorry for not being clearer the first time. -- Mike On 12/7/05, *Daniel Walton* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a python script for XBMC that will talk to your myth backend and let you play your shows: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/ Daniel On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Michael Tiller wrote: OK, I softmodded my XBox and got XBMC installed (thanks to all of you who sent me tips, etc). There doesn't appear to be a way to access the Videos aspect of MythTV. The point is that it would be nice to be able to watch all the movies I have stored in my Videos directory on Myth. I know I can mount them on an SMB share and see them, but it would be nice if the IMDB stuff were shown.Am I missing something?Is there a way to do this? Thanks. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users 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 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] XBox Media Center Question
I should add that I have not used the live TV option, I just saw it among the options.I might still install MythTV on there if I can't find a good solution to the Videos issue. --MikeOn 12/7/05, Ben Dash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't realise that you could watch LiveTV with it.To think that I went through all the trouble to getGentoo on my xBox.It was a good learning experiencethough!--- Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, my bad.I should have provided a bit more detail. I have the mythtv scripts for XBMC.The problem is that while it lets me watch live tv and recorded shows, it does not provide access to my video library.I was wondering how people address that with XBMC? Sorry for not being clearer the first time. -- Mike On 12/7/05, Daniel Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a python script for XBMC that will talk to your myth backend and let you play your shows: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/ Daniel On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Michael Tiller wrote: OK, I softmodded my XBox and got XBMC installed (thanks to all of you who sent me tips, etc). There doesn't appear to be a way to access the Videos aspect of MythTV. The point is that it would be nice to be able to watch all the movies I have stored in my Videos directory on Myth. I know I can mount them on an SMB share and see them, but it would be nice if the IMDB stuff were shown.Am I missing something?Is there a way to do this? Thanks. -- 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__Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection aroundhttp://mail.yahoo.com___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] XBox Media Center Question
To be honest I have a hard time figuring out exactly what XMBC is doing just by looking at the user interface. It asks for the protocol version but it also wants the video files to be mountable across an SMB connection. As far as I can tell, it isn't streaming anything (in the mythtv://... sense) but I'm not familiar enough with the internals and the protocol to really say for sure. I managed to watch recorded shows but never tried live TV (although it did ask where my ring buffer was stored on an SMB filesystem).Based on my very limited experience with XMBC, it looks very impressive. It would be great if the two communities worked toward some kind of integration. With the XBox 360 out and prices on used XBoxs falling, I would seriously consider an XBox over a MediaMVP. The MVPs are OK but their video quality and robustness are a bit of an issue. --MikeOn 12/7/05, Mlists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I would give XBMC a try with the python scripts.Whatstreaming version is this working with?I don't mind downgrading frommy svn version if the picture quality is decent.I'm getting this error -- 2005-12-07 15:12:57.825 TVRec(1) Error: Seek(42004556816580608, 0, 1)errwhen I try to view liveTV.Norm___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] XBox Media Center Question
Just to be clear, I was not suggesting that MythTV and XMBC become one. I see them as quite different (XMBC doesn't record at all, right?). I just think that as a viewer, XMBC is damn fine.I guess the only point I'm trying to make is that I hope the people adding Myth support for XMBC feel comfortable with the API for MythTV and that it is stable enough that they can maintain this functionality. P.S. - It is a damn shame that using XBMC isn't as simple as burning an ISO and sticking it into the XBox. That would be awesome.--MikeOn 12/7/05, Justin Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Tiller wrote: To be honest I have a hard time figuring out exactly what XMBC is doing just by looking at the user interface.It asks for the protocol version but it also wants the video files to be mountable across an SMB connection.As far as I can tell, it isn't streaming anything (in the mythtv://... sense) but I'm not familiar enough with the internals and the protocol to really say for sure. I managed to watch recorded shows but never tried live TV (although it did ask where my ring buffer was stored on an SMB filesystem). Based on my very limited experience with XMBC, it looks very impressive.It would be great if the two communities worked toward some kind of integration.With the XBox 360 out and prices on used XBoxs falling, I would seriously consider an XBox over a MediaMVP.The MVPs are OK but their video quality and robustness are a bit of an issue. -- MikeThe XBMC Python scripts for MythTV use MySQL to interrogate the databaseabout recording names, channel IDs etc (so you see a pretty name foryour recorded shows rather than just the bare filename).The protocol information (AFAIK) is only used to determine that it's really a Mythtvbackend it's connecting to, and that it's there.As it relies on an SMBshare to access the files, you can safely assume it's not talking to the backend the same way a genuine mythtv frontend would ;-)The rest of what the scripts do is basically talking to the XBMC API(what there is of it) and telling it what files to play.As for XBMC Mythtv becoming integrated, even to a small extent - I think maybe hell will freeze over first, seen as XBMC needs to becompiled using 'borrowed' Microsoft development tools.That said, workhas been going on for a considerable amount of time, on a _true_ open source development kit.How work on that will continue to progress nowattention has shifted towards the Xbox360, is anybody's guess.Regards,Justin___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] XBox Media Center Question
Really. I didn't realize that. Of course, just because you can doesn't mean finding the image will be easy. Is such a thing possible with MythTV for the XBox?!? Any pointers to such things would be interesting. -- MikeOn 12/7/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 07 December 2005 17:26, Michael Tiller wrote: P.S. - It is a damn shame that using XBMC isn't as simple as burning an ISO and sticking it into the XBox.That would be awesome.ah, but it is. well, you have to have a hacked xbox, but you can just burn it to a cd as an xiso and it will work.--Steve___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] Distributing TV throughout house w/MythTV
Two more options:1. You can also use the MediaMVP device from Hauppauge along with the mvpmc software.2. You can use an XBox and run XBox Media Center with the MythTV plugins.I am quite familiar with #1 and have two of them in my house right now. I haven't actually done #2 yet, but I have softmodded my XBox and gotten XBMC installed so I'm pretty close.P.S. - Rob thanks for the torrent link I'll have to try it out. Is that Myth 0.18? (or at least protocol compatible)--MikeOn 12/5/05, Robert Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/30/05, Trent Albright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For your distributed frontends you can also give KnoppMyth a whirl, I'm using it as we speak and it works quite well for me: http://mysettopbox.tv/ On 11/30/05, Robert La Ferla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can MythTV be used to distribute television throughout a house?i.e.The ability to watch different LIVE programs and/or recorded programs in different rooms from a single backend?___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users The xbox makes for a great remote frontend at a descent price. You can watch live tv on the remote frontend also, as long as there is a tuner available. Pick up a used xobx for $100, have it modded, and dowload the following torrent: http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3397792 Unzip to d:\debian on the xbox, add a menu item to your dashboard and away you go. You may need to re-ip the dist, update the hosts fileand make some other config changes to the mythfrontend.-- Rob Anderson[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___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] Moving TV shows
Excellent...thanks.--MikeOn 11/30/05, Josh Burks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/30/05, Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:P.S. - Is there a way to get the normal MythTV player to run a video.I know you can put a custom command in, but what would that command be?!? Internal (note the uppercase I)Josh___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Moving TV shows
I've recorded several movies. I thought I would move the .nuv (and rename to .mpg) files to my videos directory, rename them, look up there IMDB info and just store them as videos. Is there any downside or barrier to doing this? P.S. - Is there a way to get the normal MythTV player to run a video. I know you can put a custom command in, but what would that command be?!? -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Seeking help with XBox+Myth+XMBC
Casey, Thanks for the info. Regarding the XBMC builds, I noticed on xbins that there was a recent build that was ~14Mb and a slightly older build that was ~43Mb. What's up with that?!? I didn't see any difference in the release notes but at 3 times the size, there must be a difference?!? -- MikeOn 11/29/05, Casey Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This guide (http://mahune.org/archive/2005/05/07/mythtv-and-xbox/) worked for me.Ubuntu dapper (worked on brezzytoo), mythtv 18.1.If your laptop works but you're having trouble with xbmcmythtv then I'd suggest the mythpretty.sh from .16, mythweb and samba.That's my config and it rocks.If it's requested I'LL post my (slightly) modifiedversion and point out what was changed and why. You'll also need the patched mplayer.dll (http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1368343forum_id=436331 ) if you're transcoding your recordings or not usingan mpeg2 capture card.DVB and ivtv files are notreally .nuv so they play fine,transcoded files arereal .nuvs and will not play in a stock xbmc builduntil the nupplevideo patch makes it in.RTJPEG is not supported in either mplayer.dll so raw bt878recordings won't work at all.As for the original question about where to get XBMCyes there is a secret handshake but it's not very wellhidden.The easy answer is to google xbmc t3ch; he builds about once a week so get something recent.Then you'll just ftp it in, nautilus and windows don'twork well for that so use some kind of ftp client.Most of the xbox ftp servers support a limited number of connections and when you drop a directory in therethe file browser trys to open a bunch of concurrentconnections and then fails when the xbox reports toomany users. http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=464128___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Seeking help with XBox+Myth+XMBC
I just got a new XBox. I'm assuming it is v1.6 or v1.6b. I've read up on how to softmod it (although I haven't done it just yet). My goal is to get XMBC installed so I can use it for Myth. What I don't really get is how you get XMBC on there? I see from the XMBC site that I have to have the XDK to build it (which seems impossible to get a hold of) and I can't seem to find binaries anywhere?!? I'm guessing there is some secret handshake or something...what is it? Where do you get the compiled software from? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can i use MythTV w/o tv-card as player?
You only need a video capture device for recording. If you don't want to do that, then you can do all the other things you described just with the frontend (which doesn't require a video capture card). -- MikeOn 11/27/05, qeldroma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello,is it possible to install and use myth without tv-card, just asdvd/music/video-playback-box?Or does myth absolutely depend on this hardware?In other words: Can i start and use myth so far w/o tv-hardware? Kind regards, Qeldroma___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] MythTV Sharing Question
One thing to keep in mind is that the MythWeb interface allows you to download shows from the backend to any computer. I usually use this feature in conjunction with a web browser, not the myth frontend. There are no real technical hurdles except bandwidth (I can stream videos within my house, but there isn't enough bandwidth to stream it over my ISP). If you use MythWeb and Save As from your browser, that should do it. If you want it integrated into the frontend, I suppose you could write something that either access your friends database directly or scraped info from their MythWeb interface but the real problem is that it is essentially impossible for this to be On Demand. If you did want to watch one of their shows you would have to wait for it to queue up. -- MikeOn 11/14/05, Gary Franczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, is there a way I can share a MythTV system with my friends? I mean, I would like to see the TV shows that my friends have recorded on MY MythTv box…. And perhaps select them to download to my box when I want to watch them. (even if I cant watch them right away and I have to wait for the system to download the file) Is there any way to do that? ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Frontend for home theater
Regarding my previous message (see below) I'm afraid I'm not up on the latest ins and outs of MythTV hardware. If anybody has the time to take a quick look at this http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/ss56g.html and let me know if they see any gotchas with running Myth on this system. Will Myth run with that video chipset? If I can get by with that for playing DVDs then I would. In the future if I wanted to go to HDTV do you think the addition of an XvMC card would be sufficient? I'm sure everybody here is quite busy but, as I said, if anybody has the time to take a quick look and comment I would very much appreciate it. -- Mike On 11/4/05, Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At work we just got a $700 computer projector that looks fantastic. I hooked my laptop up to it while watching a widescreen DVD and it even seems to support the widescreen format quite nicely. So, I'm thinking about getting one of these for my basement. My plan would be to mount it on the ceiling and project it against a wall. I'd also like to hook a very simple MythTV frontend up to it. My plan would be to have only a DVD reader, small hardrive (if necessary), network and video card in it (i.e. no tuner cards and no direct live TV feed to the projector...only live TV from a backend over the network). Here are a few questions: 1) Any comments on why this might be a bad idea? :-) It sure looks attractive to me. 2) Any special issues with video cards? When I hooked my laptop up the projector we have at work, it seemed like my laptop was putting out a special resolution on the output port and that the projector was matching it. The widescreen version looked great. Will all video cards+X.conf be able to provide the optimal widescreen resolution or is this a special feature to look for? 3) The projector we have at work is a 1600 lumens Panasonic. It also seems fairly cheap. I get the impression it can support some pretty high resolutions (HDTV?) 4) I've got a fairly nice 5.1 receiver plus speakers. Anything special I need to hook that up to a computer? If I play a DVD, will it send a pro-logic encoded signal over normal line out or do I need to have a sound card that can split it up locally and then send out all the signals separately? I may just skip the 5.1 for now use simulated surround sound. 5) I'd like this to be as cheap as possible (WAF). If I'm just using the frontend to playback DVDs and programs recorded on a backend, I assume I can get by with some pretty low end specs. Since I only need to do playback, I suppose a PIII could probably fit the bill although I suspect that might actually be hard to find. I have this thought in my head that someday I'll have HD quality recordings on my backend. What does it take to get HDTV playback (only) for a frontend. The MythTV site mentions some kind of NVIDIA acceleration? I probably can't afford to protect for this capability but it doesn' t hurt to at least understand the tradeoff. 6) I considered a diskless configuration (probably save me money), but it seems SO COMPLICATED to setup. Could I boot KnoppMyth and then take the DVD out? Would that work?!? Then I could save on the disk and just boot the thing with a DVD and leave it running all the time. Comments? Any other suggestions would be very much appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't have much time or money so any suggestions along the lines of quick and cheap would be very useful. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Frontend for home theater
Cool. Thanks for the answers. Here are a few questions from this thread: 1) Do I need anything for XvMC (which I gather is hardware decoding of MPEG?) besides the right video card (NVIDIA?). 2) I was thinking of ceiling mounting the projector. It seems like it would be good to have the computer in a corner somewhere. Are there any issues with running such long VGA cables? I would imagine such a cable is pretty damn expensive? The alternative would be mounting the computer from the ceiling as well somehow so it was closer to the projector (and out of the way). -- MikeOn 11/4/05, Isaac Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 November 2005 08:18 pm, Michael Tiller wrote: At work we just got a $700 computer projector that looks fantastic. I hooked my laptop up to it while watching a widescreen DVD and it even seems to support the widescreen format quite nicely. So, I'm thinking about getting one of these for my basement. My plan would be to mount it on the ceiling and project it against a wall. I'd also like to hook a very simple MythTV frontend up to it. My plan would be to have only a DVD reader, small hardrive (if necessary), network and video card in it (i.e. no tuner cards and no direct live TV feed to the projector...only live TV from a backend over the network).http://www.mythtv.org/basement/6-Projector/1-screen_mounted.jpgThat's my production mythtv setup.Panasonic PT-AE700U projector, homemade screen. Here are a few questions: 1) Any comments on why this might be a bad idea? :-) It sure looks attractive to me.The biggest negative is that it's really not the best use of bulb life to be doing stuff like listening to music for hours. 2) Any special issues with video cards? When I hooked my laptop up the projector we have at work, it seemed like my laptop was putting out a special resolution on the output port and that the projector was matching it. The widescreen version looked great. Will all video cards+X.conf be able to provide the optimal widescreen resolution or is this a special feature to look for?Most digital projectors these days have vga and hdmi/dvi input, and fairly standard resolutions.I've had no problems displaying 1280x720 on mine. 4) I've got a fairly nice 5.1 receiver plus speakers. Anything special I need to hook that up to a computer? If I play a DVD, will it send a pro-logic encoded signal over normal line out or do I need to have a sound card that can split it up locally and then send out all the signals separately? I may just skip the 5.1 for now use simulated surround sound. I don't do DVD playback on mine (still prefer to use a standalone dvdchanger), but you can pass through the audio with a digital out..Isaac___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] Frontend for home theater
At work we just got a $700 computer projector that looks fantastic. I hooked my laptop up to it while watching a widescreen DVD and it even seems to support the widescreen format quite nicely. So, I'm thinking about getting one of these for my basement. My plan would be to mount it on the ceiling and project it against a wall. I'd also like to hook a very simple MythTV frontend up to it. My plan would be to have only a DVD reader, small hardrive (if necessary), network and video card in it (i.e. no tuner cards and no direct live TV feed to the projector...only live TV from a backend over the network). Here are a few questions: 1) Any comments on why this might be a bad idea? :-) It sure looks attractive to me. 2) Any special issues with video cards? When I hooked my laptop up the projector we have at work, it seemed like my laptop was putting out a special resolution on the output port and that the projector was matching it. The widescreen version looked great. Will all video cards+X.conf be able to provide the optimal widescreen resolution or is this a special feature to look for? 3) The projector we have at work is a 1600 lumens Panasonic. It also seems fairly cheap. I get the impression it can support some pretty high resolutions (HDTV?) 4) I've got a fairly nice 5.1 receiver plus speakers. Anything special I need to hook that up to a computer? If I play a DVD, will it send a pro-logic encoded signal over normal line out or do I need to have a sound card that can split it up locally and then send out all the signals separately? I may just skip the 5.1 for now use simulated surround sound. 5) I'd like this to be as cheap as possible (WAF). If I'm just using the frontend to playback DVDs and programs recorded on a backend, I assume I can get by with some pretty low end specs. Since I only need to do playback, I suppose a PIII could probably fit the bill although I suspect that might actually be hard to find. I have this thought in my head that someday I'll have HD quality recordings on my backend. What does it take to get HDTV playback (only) for a frontend. The MythTV site mentions some kind of NVIDIA acceleration? I probably can't afford to protect for this capability but it doesn' t hurt to at least understand the tradeoff. 6) I considered a diskless configuration (probably save me money), but it seems SO COMPLICATED to setup. Could I boot KnoppMyth and then take the DVD out? Would that work?!? Then I could save on the disk and just boot the thing with a DVD and leave it running all the time. Comments? Any other suggestions would be very much appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't have much time or money so any suggestions along the lines of quick and cheap would be very useful. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Question about Firewire and Digital Cable
Ouch! That is not at all what I wanted. Bummer. I don't even have an HDTV so I don't care about HD. What I wanted was a pure digital feed to my MythTV box so I wouldn't need to do an D-A and then A-D again. Too bad. So it sounds like I'm just stuck using an Hauppauge card to capture the output from the digital receiver. Hmmm -- MikeOn 10/30/05, Chris Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have a box the can handle HD, you will be able to get all of the free-to-air (OTA) HD channels that the cable provider carries. You won't have to pay for an HD package. In all likelyhood, these are also the ONLY channels (along with their SD versions) that you will have access to via firewire, regardless of what package you pay for. On 10/30/05, Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I assume by this comment that if I get a receiver that has a firewire port that they have to enable it even if I'm not getting an HD package? -- MikeOn 10/30/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom E. Craddock Jr. wrote: Michael Tiller wrote: I'm interested in finding a digital cable receiver that will allow me to stream (via firewire) directly to my MythTV box.I just called WOW and they said that they provide Scientific Atlanta 3100/3200 boxes.They seemed somewhat vague about *exactly* what they provided.If I get really serious, I'll try to pin them down, but that isn't my question... I notice that people talk about 3250's as having firewire ports. But, what the guy from WOW said was that they had to license these ports in order to use them and that WOW does not license them.The bottom line (at least according to him) is that there is no way to use a firewire port on a receiver even if your receiver has such a port. Does this sound right?Anybody with WOW (ideally in SE Michigan :-) care to comment? Thanks a bunch if you can confirm (or even better, refute) this information. The people @ WOW are woefully wrong.Search this list at gossamer-threads (google search mythtv gossamer-threads) for FCC and Firewire, youll find posts linking to the FCCs requirement of firewire ports as of July '04.Perhaps wrong about not enabling the ports, but they are right about theports not working unless they enable them.;) Mike___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Question about Firewire and Digital Cable
I'm interested in finding a digital cable receiver that will allow me to stream (via firewire) directly to my MythTV box. I just called WOW and they said that they provide Scientific Atlanta 3100/3200 boxes. They seemed somewhat vague about *exactly* what they provided. If I get really serious, I'll try to pin them down, but that isn't my question... I notice that people talk about 3250's as having firewire ports. But, what the guy from WOW said was that they had to license these ports in order to use them and that WOW does not license them. The bottom line (at least according to him) is that there is no way to use a firewire port on a receiver even if your receiver has such a port. Does this sound right? Anybody with WOW (ideally in SE Michigan :-) care to comment? Thanks a bunch if you can confirm (or even better, refute) this information. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Question about Firewire and Digital Cable
Should I assume by this comment that if I get a receiver that has a firewire port that they have to enable it even if I'm not getting an HD package? -- MikeOn 10/30/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom E. Craddock Jr. wrote: Michael Tiller wrote: I'm interested in finding a digital cable receiver that will allow me to stream (via firewire) directly to my MythTV box.I just called WOW and they said that they provide Scientific Atlanta 3100/3200 boxes.They seemed somewhat vague about *exactly* what they provided.If I get really serious, I'll try to pin them down, but that isn't my question... I notice that people talk about 3250's as having firewire ports. But, what the guy from WOW said was that they had to license these ports in order to use them and that WOW does not license them.The bottom line (at least according to him) is that there is no way to use a firewire port on a receiver even if your receiver has such a port. Does this sound right?Anybody with WOW (ideally in SE Michigan :-) care to comment? Thanks a bunch if you can confirm (or even better, refute) this information. The people @ WOW are woefully wrong.Search this list at gossamer-threads (google search mythtv gossamer-threads) for FCC and Firewire, youll find posts linking to the FCCs requirement of firewire ports as of July '04.Perhaps wrong about not enabling the ports, but they are right about theports not working unless they enable them.;) Mike___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Transcoding and MediaMVP
I ripped a couple of DVDs but I find that when I try to play them through one of my MediaMVPs that it is a bit jerky. That is my fundamental problem so if anybody has any suggestions about that in general, let me know. My current approach involves trying to transcode them down to a lower bitrate hoping that I won't have sync issues in that case (playing back TV recordings, even at high quality, seems to work pretty well). I've been playing around with transcode but I don't quite understand what it is doing. It has about a million command line switches and my experiments so far frequently lead me to two files: one for video and one for audio (at least, I think that is what is happening). Anybody have some good boiler plate command lines for transcode that will take a .VOB file and give me a complete video file that plays on the MediaMVP (I think mvpmc only handles MPEG1/MPEG2 but I'm not sure)? Thanks for any assistance. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150/500 and bttv?
I don't think I'm gonna be much use here because I can't help you with most of the technical details but I can say that I have run a BTTV and a PVR-150 at the same time. One thing I found (in fact, about the only I can add that might help you) was that the order of the cards in the PCI slots made a difference. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what particular configuration worked, only that it made a difference in my case. An additional thing to note is that I was not at all with the quality of the captures I got from my BTTV. The quality of the signal just seemed really bad when it came through the BTTV card. In fact, I was so dissatisfied with it that I turned it off. I don't know if the BTTV card just sucked (it was a Win-TV card) or if there was some kind of interference with the PVR-150?!? If anybody knows of a reason why the presence of the PVR-150 should make the BTTV signal suck and knows a way to address the problem, I'm all ears. -- MikeOn 9/10/05, Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apologies for the semi-OT post, but I'm wondering if anybody else here issuccessfully running a PVR-150 (or 500) and a bttv-based card in the samesystem -- preferably using ATrpms -- and if so, whether you could post your modprobe.conf.For background, I'm running FC4, and my new PVR-500 works beautifully, asdoes the old bttv card when ivtv isn't present.When trying to use both,though (yes, I *need* 3 analog tuners!2 aren't enough!Especially when my Air2PC doesn't seem to like Northern VA Comcast's QAM... grumble grumble),I'm getting the following dmesg errors when I try to use both with my latestmodprobe.conf:Sep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bttv: disagrees about version of symbol tveeprom_hauppauge_analogSep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bttv: Unknown symboltveeprom_hauppauge_analogSep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bt878: Unknown symbol bttv_read_gpioSep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bt878: Unknown symbol bttv_write_gpio Sep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bt878: Unknown symbol bttv_gpio_enableSep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bttv: disagrees about version of symboltveeprom_hauppauge_analogSep 10 09:11:00 deepthought kernel: bttv: Unknown symbol tveeprom_hauppauge_analogThe relevant portions of my modprobe.conf:alias char-major-81 ivtvalias char-major-81-0 ivtvalias char-major-81-1 ivtvalias char-major-81-2 bttvalias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv alias tuner tuner-ivtvalias msp3400 msp3400-ivtvoptions bttv chroma_agc=1 pll=1 radio=0 card=34 tuner=2Relevant RPMS (almost everything on this system is pure ATrpms-based):kernel-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 ivtv-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.ativtv-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.ativtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.ativtv-firmware-audio-0.0.1-1.atbttv-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4-0.9.15_20050708_202133-58.rhfc4.atbttv-0.9.15_20050708_202133-58.rhfc4.at I imagine one or more of the the alias tveeprom/tuner/msp3400 lines are toblame, but before getting too deep into a workaround, I was wondering ifit's trivial or not worth fixing.-spc-- /-Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED]-\(Yield, he told the silver triangle.Cough up arcane secret. )\- http://www.PostHorizon.com/scier -/___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] Media MVP Setup Guide
Anybody having trouble with the setup should know that you can telnet
into your MVPMC. I didn't know this when I started but
fortunately I didn't have any trouble. But when I was trying to
mount some drives, I found it quite useful to simply go in and try
things out first before formalizing the config files. Just telnet
to it's IP address and use 'root' as the username (no password).
--
MikeOn 9/8/05, Rusty McEacharn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i wrote this back before the days of pre-built dongle.bin.mvpmc
files. anyway, sections 5.1 and 5.2 are no longer necessary just
get the ppc binary package from sourceforge:
# cp dongle.bin.mvpmc /tftpboot
you will have to configure your firewall to allow all these services through. just turn it off and get mvpmc working.
# /etc/init.d/iptables stop
then go back and configure the firewall with guarddog or something
similar. see attached guarddog config file and the howto in html
format.
Building and using binary releases of mvpmc
This guide was written for those who want to use binary releases and
avoid the whole cross-compile process. It is geared toward using
Red Hat's Fedora Core 2 Linux distribution since that is what I use.
For the most part, this document should still be applicable to Fedora
Core 3 as well. Questions and suggestions should be sent to
mceachrw at gmail dot com.
1 DHCP
DHCP is required assign an IP address to the MediaMVP. It also
specifies the location of the tftp server in the DHCP response packet,
otherwise the MediaMVP will not be able to boot.
1.1 Installing the DHCP server
$ su
# apt-get install dhcp
1.2 Configuring the DHCP server
You need to edit your /etc/dhcpd.conf file first. In the example below,
we're setting up a subnet 192.168.0.50 through
192.168.0.60. The
DNS servers are xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Our default
gateway is 192.168.0.1. We are going to permanently assign IP
address 192.168.0.10 to our MediaMVP. Most of these values are not used
by the MediaMVP, but this is how you could use a linux DHCP server in
your own environment.
NOTE: You must replace xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx with the MAC address of your actual MediaMVP.
---
ddns-update-style none;
# basic subnet declaration, my router is at 192.168.0.1
# and this reserves a range of 10 IP numbers for use
# by anything using DHCP to connect to the web.
# I left out my DNS numbers; you should plug in yours,
# or maybe they're not even necessary...
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask
255.255.255.0 {
# default gateway
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option domain-name-servers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
# The following options are for dynamic IPs
range 192.168.0.50
192.168.0.60;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
}
# you then should give your MediaMVP a fixed IP number,
# and a filename to boot from. Note you will need
# to get the MediaMVP's MAC address from the sticker
# on the bottom of the unit
host MVP1 {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
fixed-address 192.168.0.10;
filename dongle.bin.mvpmc;
}
--
1.3 Starting the DHCP server
Make sure that dhcp is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig dhcpd on
Start dhcp now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service dhcpd start
2 TFTP
2.1 Installing the TFTP server
# apt-get install tftp-server
2.2 Starting the TFTP server
The tftp server runs under xinetd server. I'm not sure how to
start tftp other than through the Gnome gui. Click System
Settings, Server Settings, Services. Scroll down and check off
tftp and xinetd.
Make sure that xinetd is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig xinetd on
Start xinetd now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service xinetd start
3 NFS
3.1 Installing the NFS server
# apt-get install nfs-utils
3.2 Configuring NFS server
You need to edit your /etc/exports file first. In the example below, we
export or share /myth/tv and /myth/music to our MediaMVP at
192.168.0.10 read-only.
--
/myth/tv 192.168.0.10(ro)
/myth/music 192.168.0.10(ro)
---
3.3 Starting the NFS server
Make sure that the NFS server is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig nfs on
Start the NFS server now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service nfs start
4 Allow remote frontends to connect.
Configuring a remote front-end is relatively easy. There are two steps
you need to take on your back-end machine, followed by a quick edit of
a config file and a breeze through the mythtvsetup utility on the
remote front-end.
On your back-end, you need to allow mysql connections from other hosts
on your network. This example assumes your local area network is
192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0, adjust accordingly for your network:
$ mysql -u root -p mythconverg
mysql grant all on
Re: [mythtv-users] SLOW channel changing inLiveTV- 6 question, 30 second survey
In my case, it isn't a case of not working for me...it is a case of not working for my wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, etc. My Myth system is channel 00 (external AV input) on my TV. I always leave the TV on channel 00 because I use Myth for everything. Everyday when I come home, the TV is on some channel besides 00 because of this issue. I don't want to argue with anybody about why it shouldn't matter, I'm just saying that to some people it matters. -- MikeOn 9/9/05, Allan Stirling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buzz wrote: I've had a few people tell me Q6 is too biased, so please answer 'other: no change' or similar if you find any of the other answers unacceptable. I will take this into consideration prior to posting the summary. Oh, and please ignore the minor typo in Q5. :-) I can't modify the survey after it's started, unfortunately. Buzz.Why does browse mode not work for you?Cheers, Allan.___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] Media MVP Setup Guide
I second both the link provided and the sentiment. The WAF for the MediaMVP (running MVPMC) is probably higher than for the MythTV frontend (due mainly to the simplicity). The only resource I used was the link that Paul provided. I had it running in about an hour (dongle image, DHCP, etc). -- MikeOn 9/6/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out mvpmc - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mvpmcI run two of these and I'm pretty happy with them.Definitely not a full front end replacement, but pretty good and may someday do almost all the front endfunctions.Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/05 12:50 PM Does anybody have a good website or directions on how to get tha Hauppauge Media MVp working in Fedora Core4?__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam?Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users___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] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?
A timely topic... http://www.home-electro.com/buy_it.php I bought an IRA-3 from these guys and I'm in the process of returning it. I had a hell of a time trying to get this thing to work with LIRC. I had lots of configuration hassles and it turns out that libirman (used by LIRC) has a bug in it that fails to set the proper number of stop bits for an IRMAN device. I don't know how that slipped by for so long but once I fixed that, I get the IRA-3 initialized. However, despite all the work I put into it the particular unit I have seems to be defective. While it initializes correctly, it can return multiple codes for the same key on the same remote. I confirmed the problem wasn't my remote (i.e. I see this no matter what remote I use). I sent notes to the info, sales and tech-support email addresses asking for help and didn't get any response. Finally had to call them on the phone and by then I was so upset I just wanted to wash my hands of the thing. In summary, I would not recommend this particular reciever although I'm willing to concede that my case may not be typical. -- Mike 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] lirc and irrecord die with: irman_init(): Unknown error 4294967293
Sadly, I've been down this road and it was nothing but grief for me. Try this. Compile libirman and run the 'test_io' program. My guess is you will get garbage and/or the word 'NO' as output. This is not good. If you can't get this bit to work then you can forget about LIRC, irrecord, irw, etc. What test_io should do is send the characters 'I' and 'R' to the receiver. This should trigger an initialization of the chip in the receiver and it should respond with 'OK'. Mine didn't. But I found the problem. If you look in irio.c (I think it was that one), they don't set the number of stop bits. If, on you Gentoo machine, the number of stop bits was set correctly to begin with then you are in good shape. If, like me, you happen to have no stop bits as the default then you are just out of luck. So, if you add the line to set the stop bits (you have to or the CSTOPB constant back into the settings, IIRC) then you should be able to run test_io and get 'OK' as the response. OK, if you get that far don't be too happy because that is where things went really south for me. I got the device initialized and after getting 'OK' from the remote, I was getting my nice 6 byte stream in response to every button I pressed on the remote. The problem was, I would sometimes get a different 6 bytes for the same remote key. You can see this with 'test_io' as well. Just run 'test_io' and hold down a remote key (one the repeats). Now move the remote around while holding the key down. If your unit is like mine, you will not get the same code for every key press. I sincerely hope it works for you and hopefully some of this info will help. But I'm returning mine... -- Mike On 9/2/05, Ali Asad Lotia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've tried it that way, with the lirc_serial module inserted and hadeven less success with it. apparently, with the irman based devices,you need to have lircd listen to the serial port using the regularserial port drivers and not the lirc_serial module. when i specify the irman driver and build from source, it doesn't evenbuild the lirc_serial.ko module, which would indicate that the modulesaren't needed when using the irman driver in lirc. on another gentoo machine at my office, i was able to get it to run irrecord and irwwhen lircd was monitoring ttyS0, its just on this box that it appearsto have a problem.so running lircd -d /dev/ttyS0 and then running irw, i was able to have the client attach to the deamon and successfully get signals fromthe remote.On 9/2/05, Justin Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ali Asad Lotia wrote: Hello All, I know that this may be OT, but I've seen other lirc related posts on this list and am sufficiently desperate. Please accept my apologies if this is OT enough to be annoying. I initially posted this to the lirc list, but have not received a response yet and am hoping that a fellow mythtv user may have seen something similar and fixed it. I am currently trying to set up lirc with a IRA-3 receiver that i purchased from Home Electronics (http://www.home-electro.com/ira3.php). The receiver is hooked up to serial port 1 (ttyS0) and when I cat /dev/ttyS0, i can see it print output to the screen when I send it commands from a Radio Shack 15-2116 remote control. I have installed libirman-0.4.3, which I compiled from source after applying the patch for IRA-3 devices that Pratap Pereira release on this list (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10826076). I am running Gentoo and the kernel is 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 . The serial driver is compiled into the kernel. I installed lirc-0.7.2 using the Gentoo ebuild and did pass options to build the irman driver when installing. snip Well, why not try doing what the LIRC documentation recommends and take the serial port drivers out of the kernel... if the system is already allocating /dev/ttyS0, then LIRC can't use it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users___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] Need IR advice
This sounds interesting. But I have a few questions. I want this remote to function like a TiVo remote. By that I mean I want all the buttons to control the MythTV machine except the volume related buttons (UP, DOWN and MUTE) and the Power button. These should send codes to the TV. I specifically don't want to have to hit the TV button to control the TV and a VCR/DVR button to control the DVR. I want to set it up so that the volume buttons in DVR model control the TV. Is this possible? -- MikeOn 8/30/05, Jason McMillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I second the JP-1 idea. You need build yourself a JP-1 cable (an old IDE cable works well) to program your remote with. Check out http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/for more info. Here is what I did to get mine working with MythTV http://jason.sharonandjason.com/remote_mini_how_to.htm Good luck... On 8/28/05, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can get RC-5 working, then you can use thereceiver that came with your PVR-150.No extra expense there.In order to get the extra buttons to work, you might need a different remote though.(But,remotes can be cheap - the URC-6131 that I use is only$20.)It sounds like it's a problem with your receiver -either the receiver is broken, or lirc isn't working with it.By the way, if you want all of the buttons on yourremove to work, you either need to:1. Find a mode where all of the buttons send IRsignals, and use that with your irman-like device(because it won't work with the PVR-150 receiver), or 2. Get a remote that supports key programming (like anOneForAll remote, or something JP1 compatible) andprogram the buttons that don't send IR codes to sendthem.Also, just so you know, the way I setup my irman with my universal remote (using RC-5) was to create aconfig file with the irman tools, and then use ascript (I think it was included with lirc) to convertthe irman config file to a lirc config file.I'venever had much luck with irrecord. -- Joe--- Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My concern with this approach is that I will still see the code fluxuations with that device. I did a little more testing and all my remotes have this problem...even the RC-5 ones. It just turns out the RC-5 is much more robust. Another interesting (strange?!?) thing I noticed is that the errors don't seem to be related to which keys were pressed previously...they crop up when I change the position or orientation of the remote control! If I move the remote around while holding a single button down, the variations correlate with the movement. WTF?!? As such, investing in additional hardware is the last thing I really want to do just now (although once the IR issue settles down I just might do it). Of course, buying more hardware reduces my WAF which I'm actively trying to raise at the moment. :-) Thanks. -- Mike On 8/28/05, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This probably isn't what you want to hear, but going RC-5 and getting a programmable remote (like the OneForAll series) is one of the easiest ways to go. They have advanced key mapping capabilities which will allow you to use almost every button on the remote control, and the RC-5 receiver in the Hauppauge will work with it. (BTW, for RC-5 in my remote, I use VCR code 0081, which works with the Hauppauge card - I think that the VCR part is the key). I don't use the Hauppauge receiver anymore myself (the jack where it plugs into the card became loose), so I'm using an irman again. Using RC-5 with the irman is also good, because it eliminated the conflicts with my IR wireless keyboard. You're probably using your universal remote control setup as a device which uses the changes in code to mean something specific to that device. To summarize: If you're not attached to your particular remote, get an OneForAll remote (or a similar Radio Shack remote), and use the button programming functions to assign extended RC-5 codes to the extra buttons you wish to use. It doesn't take long (it only took me a couple of hours to setup), and on my URC-6131 remote control, I can use every button with MythTV, except for SET and the buttons that select devices. -- Joe --- Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:After getting my Myth box set up, I have been on a quest to improve the WAF for my system. There have been many tweaks, but my holy grail has been to get all the functions (both media center + TV + ...) on to a single universal remote. I thought my objective was within my grasp, but I've been thwarted once again and I'm hoping somebody can provide me with a solution to my latest problem. First, a bit of background. I have a PVR-150 card. I got the LIRC stuff going with the IR pickup that came with the card. But, it only works with the Hauppauge supplied remote. I know in theory I could probably get it to work with other RC-5 remotes, but none of the codes I tried on my universal remote seemed to work. I
Re: [mythtv-users] Need IR advice
I do not have a plasma TV, far from it. :-) The sensor shouldn't see much IR interference (e.g. it isn't in direct sun light). I'll play around with position a bit more just to make sure this isn't the problem. I have many other IR pickups in my entertainment center that are in worse positions in terms of IR interference so I'm skeptical but I will give it a try. -- MikeOn 8/29/05, Nathan Hesson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you using a plasma tv. They do send off a considerable amount of light that is borderline on the ir ranges. Maybe your remote is sending out the same command and you tv is adding garbage. Try moving your sensor. ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Need IR advice
After getting my Myth box set up, I have been on a quest to improve the WAF for my system. There have been many tweaks, but my holy grail has been to get all the functions (both media center + TV + ...) on to a single universal remote. I thought my objective was within my grasp, but I've been thwarted once again and I'm hoping somebody can provide me with a solution to my latest problem. First, a bit of background. I have a PVR-150 card. I got the LIRC stuff going with the IR pickup that came with the card. But, it only works with the Hauppauge supplied remote. I know in theory I could probably get it to work with other RC-5 remotes, but none of the codes I tried on my universal remote seemed to work. I tried making my own, but the voltages weren't right and I just didn't have the time to iterate on that thing. So I bought an IRA-3 from www.home-electro.com thinking my days of screwing around were over. Sadly, I was wrong. The IRA-3 uses the IRMAN protocol, BTW. I hooked the thing up and tried to get it to work with the version of LIRC already installed on my machine (0.7.1). No dice. I couldn't seem to get anything. It kept giving me an error in irman_init(). Crap. So I got the source to LIRC and tried building it. No dice, same error. Because I could initialize the device on my Windows machine, I didn't understand what the problem was. I got the latest versions of LIRC and libirman and tried to sort things out. After a considerable amount of digging and learning far more about IRMAN, IR, LIRC and serial ports than I ever wanted to learn, I eventually managed to narrow down the problem. While the IRMAN protocol specifies 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no partity, no flow control and 1 stop bit, the port initialization fails to actually specify one stop bit (although it doesn explicitly handle all the other parameters). I added one line to the initialization routine in libirman (to set the stop bit to 1, something it should have already been doing even according to the comments in the code) and low and behold...it worked!!! My IRA-3 initialized and I started getting data from it in the expected 6 byte chunks. Hooray!!! At this point, I thought I had finally conquered this stupid issue. I rebuilt libirman and LIRC using the new initialization code and I was well on my after running irrecord and building up a .conf file for my remote. Then...disaster struck. After trying to use Myth with the new remote it seemed like it was ignoring some of the key presses. I went back into raw mode (using test_io in libirman to output the codes) and it turns out that the stupid thing is spitting out multiple codes for the same key. I don't mean it repeats itself (which it does, but that is a different issue). I mean it gives a different code sequence! God Damn IT The problem seems to be related to the history of key presses. As I said, a single keypress send a duplicated code but that doesn't seem to cause any problem. The real problem is when the codes change. For example, running 'test_io', these sequences are for the same key: [29][14][7d][f7][5f][ff] [29][14][7d][f7][5f][ff] [2a][e8][4e][f7][5f][3f] [2a][e8][4e][f7][5f][3f] [29][14][7d][f7][5f][ff] [29][14][7d][f7][5f][ff] WTF? I find that if I hit the same key repeatedly I pretty much get consistent codes. But, if I jump around (e.g. LEFT, RIGHT, Channel-UP, LEFT) that the same key (e.g. LEFT) will have different codes. My hope is that somebody has some simple remedy (e.g. something simple like turning on flow or changing the parity or something). By the way, the Hauppauge remote works fine. But it only send 2 bytes?!? Any suggestions?!? I was so close. After having hacked may way through all this to have it fail to read remote key signals reliably is so aggravating! Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need IR advice
My concern with this approach is that I will still see the code fluxuations with that device. I did a little more testing and all my remotes have this problem...even the RC-5 ones. It just turns out the RC-5 is much more robust. Another interesting (strange?!?) thing I noticed is that the errors don't seem to be related to which keys were pressed previously...they crop up when I change the position or orientation of the remote control! If I move the remote around while holding a single button down, the variations correlate with the movement. WTF?!? As such, investing in additional hardware is the last thing I really want to do just now (although once the IR issue settles down I just might do it). Of course, buying more hardware reduces my WAF which I'm actively trying to raise at the moment. :-) Thanks. -- MikeOn 8/28/05, Joe Votour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This probably isn't what you want to hear, but goingRC-5 and getting a programmable remote (like theOneForAll series) is one of the easiest ways to go.They have advanced key mapping capabilities which will allow you to use almost every button on the remotecontrol, and the RC-5 receiver in the Hauppauge willwork with it.(BTW, for RC-5 in my remote, I use VCRcode 0081, which works with the Hauppauge card - I think that the VCR part is the key).I don't use the Hauppauge receiver anymore myself (thejack where it plugs into the card became loose), soI'm using an irman again.Using RC-5 with the irmanis also good, because it eliminated the conflicts with my IR wireless keyboard.You're probably using your universal remote controlsetup as a device which uses the changes in code tomean something specific to that device.To summarize: If you're not attached to your particular remote, get an OneForAll remote (or asimilar Radio Shack remote), and use the buttonprogramming functions to assign extended RC-5 codes tothe extra buttons you wish to use.It doesn't takelong (it only took me a couple of hours to setup), and on my URC-6131 remote control, I can use every buttonwith MythTV, except for SET and the buttons thatselect devices.-- Joe--- Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After getting my Myth box set up, I have been on a quest to improve the WAF for my system. There have been many tweaks, but my holy grail has been to get all the functions (both media center + TV + ...) on to a single universal remote. I thought my objective was within my grasp, but I've been thwarted once again and I'm hoping somebody can provide me with a solution to my latest problem. First, a bit of background. I have a PVR-150 card. I got the LIRC stuff going with the IR pickup that came with the card. But, it only works with the Hauppauge supplied remote. I know in theory I could probably get it to work with other RC-5 remotes, but none of the codes I tried on my universal remote seemed to work. I tried making my own, but the voltages weren't right and I just didn't have the time to iterate on that thing. So I bought an IRA-3 from www.home-electro.com http://www.home-electro.comthinking my days of screwing around were over. Sadly, I was wrong. The IRA-3 uses the IRMAN protocol, BTW. I hooked the thing up and tried to get it to work with the version of LIRC already installed on my machine (0.7.1). No dice. I couldn't seem to get anything. It kept giving me an error in irman_init(). Crap. So I got the source to LIRC and tried building it. No dice, same error. Because I could initialize the device on my Windows machine, I didn't understand what the problem was. I got the latest versions of LIRC and libirman and tried to sort things out. After a considerable amount of digging and learning far more about IRMAN, IR, LIRC and serial ports than I ever wanted to learn, I eventually managed to narrow down the problem. While the IRMAN protocol specifies 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no partity, no flow control and 1 stop bit, the port initialization fails to actually specify one stop bit (although it doesn explicitly handle all the other parameters). I added one line to the initialization routine in libirman (to set the stop bit to 1, something it should have already been doing even according to the comments in the code) and low and behold...it worked!!! My IRA-3 initialized and I started getting data from it in the expected 6 byte chunks. Hooray!!! At this point, I thought I had finally conquered this stupid issue. I rebuilt libirman and LIRC using the new initialization code and I was well on my after running irrecord and building up a .conf file for my remote. Then...disaster struck. After trying to use Myth with the new remote it seemed like it was ignoring some of the key presses. I went back into raw mode (using test_io in libirman to output the codes) and it turns out that the stupid thing is spitting out multiple codes for the same key. I don't mean it repeats itself (which it does, but that is a different issue). I mean it gives a different code sequence! God Damn
[mythtv-users] Cornucopia of the Commons
I was sitting around contemplating my MythTV setup the other day and it occurred to me that with the number of deployed MythTV boxes, there should be some really interesting social possibilities. Perhaps this has already been discussed, but it seems to me that the open nature of MythTV would make these relatively easy to add. The specific case I was thinking about was what to watch on TV. TiVo has its suggestions capability and I do miss that. But MythTV could do much better. Instead of looking at my viewing habits and trying to guess what I'd like, what if you looked at my viewing habits and then compared them with viewing habits of other MythTV owners? If you were somehow able to compile all the viewing information (in an opt-in, privacy friendly way of course), then you could pretty easily identify patterns. So if I record Law Order and Numb3rs and it notices that most people who record those shows also record The Closer then it would point that out to me. This could be just like the online commerce approach of people who bought this also bought This kind of capability wouldn't just have to rely on past data, it could see into the future. It could recognize patterns in what people with similar interests will record in the future. I wonder if commercial identification could work in a similar way...combining information about what the various commercial identifying algorithms identified along with information about what parts of a program people fast-forwarded or skipped through to create a nearly definitive map of a broadcast (of course, this requires that time pass and some people have already watched the episode, but I'm just brainstorming here). As I said, perhaps this has been discussed before, I don't know. I thought it was an interesting idea and reflects many trends in how social data is being handled (e.g. http://del.icio.us). If I had the time, I'd probably try and implement something myself. But being overcommitted already with other obligations, I'm afraid I have little to offer such a project except perhaps some ideas, user feedback and encouragement. :-( -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cornucopia of the Commons
I understand such concerns but there are several reasons why I suspect the danger of this is quite limited. First, MythTV users are such a small fraction of the total viewers that I can't imagine TV stations would think it was worth the effort. Second, there is no demographic information being included here so even if they thought there were enough people participating to warrant biasing their current activities in this area with the additional information, the age and total income of the viewer is, from my understanding, a key factor in weighting this information and they wouldn't have that. Granted, people who build MythTV setups probably do fall into a group that is considered to have disposable income so I suppose they might just take this on faith. Third, I suspect that most MythTV builders probably run counter to most programming so if anything, it would probably bulk up the long tail. Finally, as far as targeting advertising...this is MythTV...it would be totally ineffective. As I said, I understand these concerns but I suspect the benfits to MythTV users would out weigh the potential disadvantages. -- MikeOn 8/10/05, David Maher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be worried about information about our viewing habits being exploited by unscrupulous advertisers and by tv stations to target advetising at particular groups and possibly to further reduce the diversity of tv programming, by programming more of the most watched programs -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dean CollinsSent: Thursday, 11 August 2005 8:07 AMTo: Discussion about mythtvSubject: RE: [mythtv-users] Cornucopia of the Commons Hi Michael, Yep, I have already posted several times about how I would like to fund some type of imdb style rating /review system just for myth tv users with no reply. Dean From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael TillerSent: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 5:56 PMTo: Discussion about mythtvSubject: [mythtv-users] Cornucopia of the Commons I was sitting around contemplating my MythTV setup the other day and it occurred to me that with the number of deployed MythTV boxes, there should be some really interesting social possibilities. Perhaps this has already been discussed, but it seems to me that the open nature of MythTV would make these relatively easy to add.The specific case I was thinking about was what to watch on TV. TiVo has its suggestions capability and I do miss that. But MythTV could do much better. Instead of looking at my viewing habits and trying to guess what I'd like, what if you looked at my viewing habits and then compared them with viewing habits of other MythTV owners? If you were somehow able to compile all the viewing information (in an opt-in, privacy friendly way of course), then you could pretty easily identify patterns. So if I record Law Order and Numb3rs and it notices that most people who record those shows also record The Closer then it would point that out to me.This could be just like the online commerce approach of people who bought this also boughtThis kind of capability wouldn't just have to rely on past data, it could see into the future. It could recognize patterns in what people with similar interests will record in the future.I wonder if commercial identification could work in a similar way...combining information about what the various commercial identifying algorithms identified along with information about what parts of a program people fast-forwarded or skipped through to create a nearly definitive map of a broadcast (of course, this requires that time pass and some people have already watched the episode, but I'm just brainstorming here).As I said, perhaps this has been discussed before, I don't know. I thought it was an interesting idea and reflects many trends in how social data is being handled (e.g. http://del.icio.us).If I had the time, I'd probably try and implement something myself. But being overcommitted already with other obligations, I'm afraid I have little to offer such a project except perhaps some ideas, user feedback and encouragement. :-(--Mike ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RF Remotes
I've been looking for an serial IR receiver for a while but I just got a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse for my MythTV box. It got me wondering...is there anyway to easily build an RF remote control?!? (given that I already have the reciever) Just curious. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor
I've been following this thread in the hope that somebody would provide an answer to this question, but so far things are still unclear. I would like to find an IR receiver that is: a) pre-built (I know I can build it myself, I'd prefer not to) b) works with a TiVo remote c) relatively cheap d) works with LIRC Does anybody have any suggestions? I have the IR receiver that came with my PVR-150...but it doesn't work with the TiVo remote because it is RC-5 only. I looked at StreamZap, but I couldn't find anything that says it works with TiVo either (if somebody can confirm it does...I'll buy it). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- MikeOn 6/1/05, Mathew Mrosko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 01 June 2005 11:58 am, Patrick Kirchner wrote: http://www.mp3remote.com/html/ $21 Isn't too bad.I have this device.I'm not using the remote, but the receiver works great with my Radio Shack 8-in-1 universal learning remote.You can find these on eBay for a couple bucks over $10 sometimes...--mythtv [at] matmrosko [dot] com___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] WinTV (bttv) and PVR150 (ivtv) apparent conflict
I don't really know much about this but I thought I should add that I
had to switch my WinTV (bttv) and PVR150 (ivtv) cards around in the PCI
slots to get them to work properly. In other words, it is
sensitive to which comes first. I'm not much of a linux expert so
you might be able to address this with the modprobe configuration (and
for all I know, perhaps you have). All I know is it was necessary
for me.
--
MikeOn 5/27/05, Ryan Steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I posted this question in more detail on the ivtv list, but the mythtvlist gets far more traffic so I hope no one minds if I toss it outhere.I'm running myth on a 2.6.8-10mdk kernel.I've got a WinTVFMcard and just bought a brand new PVR150 MCE.From what I can tell,
bttv and ivtv don't exactly play nicely with one another.My bttv card only works properly if I rename the msp3400 module thatcame with ivtv.I can get the ivtv to seem to load properly with noerror messages that jump out at me, but it doesn't DO anything.I'm
thinking this may be due to not having it's own modules.Has anyone gotten this combination to work, and what did you have todo?I can upgrade to 2.6.11 if needed.modprobe.conf---:
alias autofs autofs4alias char-major-116-* sndalias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xxoptions tuner 2,47alias char-major-81-* bttvoptions bttv radio=1 bttv_verbose=1 tuner=2 card=2 gbuffers=8alias char-major-61-* lirc_serial
alias char-major-14-* soundcorealias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xxalias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-ossalias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-ossalias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-ossalias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-ossalias eth0 via-rhineinstall bttv { modprobe -k tuner; modprobe -k msp3400; } ;/sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install bttvinstall snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install
snd-via82xx { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /sbin/modprobeehci-hcd; /bin/trueremove snd-via82xx { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; } ; /sbin/modprobe
-r --first-time --ignore-remove snd-via82xxalias char-major-81 videodevalias char-major-81-1 ivtvoptions ivtv tuner=47 debug=1options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1options cx25840 i2c_enable=1 no_black_magic=1
-Dmesg of the modprobe followed by an attempt to record a channel(ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -p6 ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -u 0x0300 ptune.pl --input /dev/video1 --channel 3 cat /dev/video1
test.mpg):ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.3.5 (h) loadingivtv: Linux version: 2.6.8.1-10mdk K7 gcc-3.3ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines whenivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 cardivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chipivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3205 vendor: 0x1106tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]msp3400: error while reading chip versiontveeprom: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 60171, rev = C1V , serial# = 1071772tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1236 (idx = 23, type = 2)tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3430 (type = 7)
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26552, rev = B268, serial# = 7827197tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000)tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[50],ok]ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model0x00892598, Revision 0x0001ivtv: Radio detectedcx25840: Unknown parameter `i2c_enable'cx25840: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
cx25840: starting probe for adapter bt848 #0 [sw] (0x10005)cx25840: starting probe for adapter SMBus Via Pro adapter at 0400 (0x0)cx25840: starting probe for adapter ISA main adapter (0x0)cx25840: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
cx25840: detecting cx25840 client on address 0x88cx25840: writing init valuescx25840: Unable to open FW file '/lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM'.cx25840: Failed to load any FW image filecx25840: Status: cx258433 (DEVICE_ID)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok]wm8775: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete onesivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok]ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 1ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 128 16384 byte buffers0 kbytes totalivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 97 21600 byte buffers0 kbytes total
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 225ivtv: Create DMA stream 2 using 60 34656 byte buffers0 kbytes totalivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24ivtv: Create DMA
Re: [mythtv-users] Hostname for Frontend machine
I had a similar problem, but renaming also seemed to affect something in the mysql configuration. In other words, I had set everything up and then decided that I didn't like the host name. Changing it seemed to break everything. Does this sound like it should happen? -- MikeOn 5/27/05, James Oltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That certainly fixed it!Sorry for the nooB question.Thanks guys!!On 5/27/05, Carl Fongheiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/27/05, James Oltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So as I was rebuilding my frontend last night (FC3 2.6.11-1.27) I typed in the wrong hostname.It is named hoNetheater instead of hoMetheater.How do I change this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ Thanks! Simple;just edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and change the line that starts with HOSTNAME= to what you want the hostname to be.You can then reboot, or use the hostname command to change the hostname for the running system. Carl Fongheiser ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] OT: IR wired extenders
Since you apparently have network cable in the bedroom, I'm surprised nobody mentioned using the MediaMVP. It is $100. That being said, I don't have any direct experience with it (although I've been assuming I would go this route at some point to address the exact same issue). Is there some reason a MediaMVP won't work? My understanding is that there is an open source replacement for the onboard software that understand MythTV (http://mvpmc.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=screenshots). Please tell me know if there is something wrong with this solution...it may be my Father's Day gift. :-) -- MikeOn 5/20/05, Blammo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have a good plan / source / suggestion for a good IR extender?(Application: Frontend not in bedroom, TV and IR reciever in bedroom.Make S.O. very happy)I've tried several off the shelf products, and I seem to have waay too much interference to get them working. I've tried several of theintegrated video/audio/IR senders with the same result. I get greatvideo (have a sub 2gig product, a 2.4gig product, and a 5.8ghzproduct), but the IR lights seem to stay on solid and broadcast all kinds of noise which makes it impossible to use a remote.Upon looking closer at the video senders, none of them send IR overthe same frequency / channel as the video/audio. They all use a 2nd set of xmitters in some low band, where I still get interfered with.My house is Cat6 wired so I'm tempted to find some way to just carrythe IR directly.Thoughts? What are others doing? I'd rather not spend $2-300 on some high end setup to just carry IR 75 feet.___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Newbie: A few questions
I decided two weeks ago to build my own MythTV box and I've been working through all the little details since then. Overall, I'm quite happy. Most of the time when I think why doesn't it work like this instead I find that there is a setting to do what I want. But here are a few questions that I haven't been able to figure out... 1) I've been using the IR port on my PVR-150. It worked great with the Hauppauge remote but then I came to find out (after spending way too much time on this) that it only understand RC-5 remotes. I was hoping to use my TiVo remote for this machine. What is the cheapest way to put in an IR port that will work with the TiVo remote? 2) I have a PVR-150 and an old WinTV card (bttv drivers). Picture is pretty bad on the WinTV card even though both tuners are getting the same signal. Is there anything I can do to try and punch up the signal quality for bttv? 3) There seem to be lots of recording options but one that I really miss from TiVo is the wishlist option. Yes, I can use regular expressions to search the guide, but is there a way to get it to record based on patterns? It has a few options to use the title of the selected program, but that isn't quite good enough. For example, I want to record the Detroit Pistons' games. But the title is always NBA Basketball or NBA Playoffs. The Pistons part is always in the description. Can this be done? 4) On the TiVo, it is constantly keeping the ring buffer filled. This is kinda nice. Is there any option for this in MythTV? 5) I read somewhere that MythTV should be smart about DPMS stuff. It would be nice if it was at a menu if it could go into powersafe mode (but obviously I don't want it doing that while it is playing). Is there a way to do this? 6) The commercial skip features sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. One that would be nice is if the timeline for the program (the thing at the bottom that says things like 1:29:22 of 2:59:55 had vertical lines to show the points that the advance button will jump to. I didn't see anything like this. As it is now, I just skip ahead but if it say 11:15 for the amount skipped then I have to go back. It would be nice if I could see this before hand. It would also be nice if, in the case where the program hasn't been marked for commercials yet, it the advance button simply reverted to 30 second skip. 7) I've created a couple of recording groups. But I haven't been able to find a way to organize recorded programs by these groups under Watch Recordings. 8) Is there a way to setup multiple transcoding profiles? In other words, it would be nice if when you say Transcode you could specify things like LowQuality, RemoveCommercials, HighQualityMPEG4, etc. I didn't see anyway to set such profiles up. Did I miss something? 9) MythMusic doesn't seem to include basic browsing options like by Genre, by Artist, etc? Did I miss something? How do you build playlists in MythMusic? 10) When I pause, it would be nice if either play or pause caused it to start again. It is a bit odd that play causes it to mark the position. Well, that is probably enough for now (although I'm sure I could easily think of 10 more questions). I apologize in advance if you don't think I've RTFM but really, I've waded through quite a bit. Thanks for any help. -- Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
