Re: [mythtv-users] Questions about Upcoming 0.19
Gavin Haslett wrote: I was reading the change list published for the upcoming 0.19 upgrade and a few things occurred to me; 1. For the new LiveTV improvements, will it be possible to set the expiration of LiveTV recordings to, say, 4 hours? I know expiration is currently done on a daily basis, but to be honest I can't think of a single time when I'd want to retain a LiveTV recording for mor than 4 hours or so. I second that! 2. Any thoughts on adding a checkbox to use "classic mode" LiveTV instead of the new version? I did a quick test on the SVN version about two weeks ago, and found that my disk subsystem was thrashing a lot more frequently than with 0.18. I presumed this was due to the LiveTV changes that occurred. Of course, this might just be my second Linux install on the box :) I'd rather see the thrashing "fixed"... 3. Didn't get a chance to test this... but how well does XvMC work with the OSD and deinterlace? I know this is a bad combination in 0.18, but my video looks SOOO much better with kernel deint turned on, and it's a lot smoother with XvMC, so currently I just live with flickery OSD. I have a fx5200 and OSD XvMC is smooth as silk. Anyway, just brainfarts... it's too early in the AM (and pre-coffee) for any truly coherent thought :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need help analyzing PVR-500 logs.
Richard Bronosky wrote:
> I need help analyzing PVR-500 logs.
>
> I don't know why I'm not getting any attention on this one. Seems like
> the thing people jump on. I think I sent it from the wrong account and
> it got filtered, so forgive me if this is a double post.
>
> The second tuner on my PVR-500 is not working.
>
> I am using KnoppMyth R5A26. Do I need to manually load the firmware or
> something? I thought KnoppMyth took care of all that, but I remember
> something about it from my prior failed attempts to setup from scratch.
>
> Logs can be found here: http://bronosky.com/pub/sess.txt Let me know if
> anything is missing.
>
> Please advise.
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My best advice would be to upgrade to 0.4.{1, 2}. Be warned, though,
that the firmware is no longer in /lib/modules - rather consult your
system on firmware-loading and also read carefully through
ivtvdriver.org (especially http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware).
In addition, there is now only a "Tuner" in myth & input numbering has
been changed since 0.4.0. (http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/stable/ChangeLog).
Cheers,
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Re: [mythtv-users] Problems with video from Haug. pvr-500
Kevin Kuphal wrote: Morten Rønseth wrote: Hi, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/24/06, Nathan A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 21:54 -0700, Nathan A. Smith wrote: Hi, I have setup my myth box (an Athlon 1800+, 756Meg Memory, 100G+ Harddrive space, nic, and the afore mentioned pvr-500). Everything seems to run, but I only get static on "Tuner 4" and a very poor picture (if I get one) on "tuner 6". I have coax and composite cables attached to the main card, I don't have the daughter card installed. When I look at "tuner status" it shows: tuner 1: not available tuner 2: not available tuner 4: not recording tuner 6: not recording I followed the instructions off of mythtv.org and placed to tuner devices: /dev/video0 & /dev/video1 I also assigned video sources to both tuners (although there wasn't any named tuner0 or tuner1 -- just 2 lines of tuner) and both composite lines (both 0 & 1). What else should I be trying? Any help would be greatly appreciated Nasa Ok, I figured some log data would be helpful (I hope), so here it is: ivtv: START INIT IVTV ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-12mdk 686 gcc-4.0 Have a look here "http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/stable/ChangeLog". Last line of 0.4.1 changes. The input numbering has changed from previous versions :-) Had me in a frenzy for a while. Also, the best way to fix this is to dump the capture card settings and start over. I found that if I left them in and just tried to change the mappings, I ended up with extra mappings in the database and had to manually remove the old ones before it would work as Myth would keep picking up on the old entries. Kevin Oh, and with 0.4.1 there are no longer 2 Tuners (Tuner0 & Tuner1) - just the one tuner, namely "Tuner". Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Problems with video from Haug. pvr-500
Hi, Jerry Rubinow wrote: > On 1/24/06, Nathan A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 21:54 -0700, Nathan A. Smith wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have setup my myth box (an Athlon 1800+, 756Meg Memory, 100G+ >>> Harddrive space, nic, and the afore mentioned pvr-500). Everything >>> seems to run, but I only get static on "Tuner 4" and a very poor picture >>> (if I get one) on "tuner 6". I have coax and composite cables attached >>> to the main card, I don't have the daughter card installed. When I look >>> at "tuner status" it shows: >>> >>> tuner 1: not available >>> tuner 2: not available >>> tuner 4: not recording >>> tuner 6: not recording >>> >>> I followed the instructions off of mythtv.org and placed to tuner >>> devices: >>> >>> /dev/video0 & /dev/video1 >>> >>> I also assigned video sources to both tuners (although there wasn't any >>> named tuner0 or tuner1 -- just 2 lines of tuner) and both composite >>> lines (both 0 & 1). >>> >>> What else should I be trying? >>> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated >>> >>> Nasa >> Ok, >> >> I figured some log data would be helpful (I hope), so here it is: >> >> ivtv: START INIT IVTV >> ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading >> ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-12mdk 686 gcc-4.0 Have a look here "http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/stable/ChangeLog";. Last line of 0.4.1 changes. The input numbering has changed from previous versions :-) Had me in a frenzy for a while. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Firmware issues. Please help!
Hi, Stef Coene wrote: On Thursday 19 January 2006 13:54, Stewart wrote: I don't seem to have an /etc/init.d/hotplug. I'm running FC4. Is this something I missed in my setup? I don't think so. I use debian so it's possible that you have to look in a different place. I don't have FC4 box, but you can search for a script in /etc with the name hotplug (try /etc/rc.d/initd./hotplug or an other rc* subdirectory) Stef ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users On my RC4 box these are the only files/directories named hotplug: /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-x86_64/include/config/hotplug /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-x86_64/drivers/pci/hotplug /sbin/hotplug /etc/hotplug /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase hangs
Hi all, I've noticed the last few days that mythfilldatabase never gets beyond trying to update icons. The last message I see is "2006-01-13 13:05:40.982 Updating icons for sourceid: 1" - and then nothing. I'm running latest svn sources, fetching program info from fredag.dagbladet.no (Norway) using "tv_grab_no". Anybody else experiencing this? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge PVR Questions
Joseph Faisal Nusairat wrote: I am sure this has been answered before, i tried to look through the archive but couldnt find the answer. Basically 2 i hope fairly simple questions that i keep getting conflicting answers from. 1) IS the PVR-250 MUCH better than the 150?? Seemed in a few screen shots on web sites it appeared to me. http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/compare_pvr.html - PVR-150: "Same video quality as the WinTV-PVR-250 at a lower cost". 2) What is the PVR-500, is it 2 150s or 2 250s. I have read websites that said both. Personally i am guessing 2 150s based on the price i saw it at. 2 x 150 -thanks joe ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot record (anymore)
Morten Rønseth wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a mythbox, Mandriva 2006, 1 x PVR-150, 1 x PVR-500, IVTV 0.4.0. > > About a month ago the box crashed (badly) and I decided to rebuild > from scratch. It used to run Mandriva 2005 so I updated to 2006. I > also decided to create the MySQL database from scratch. > Lovely. Now, all seems to work fine on the box, except that any > recording I schedule (via mythweb) simply just never happen. I can > watch live TV, and the files appear in /var/video/mythtv as they > should, no sweat. But if I schedule, nothing gets recorded. > I just now did a schedule and this is what appeared in the back end > log (via mythweb): > > > 1463 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:03 localhost Scheduled items > Scheduled 2 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.01 place > 1462 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:02 localhost Started > recording Anna Netrebko i Royal Albert Hall: channel 2 > on cardid 1, sourceid 1 > 1461 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:02 localhost Finished > recording Anna Netrebko i Royal Albert Hall: channel 2 > 1460 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:02 localhost Last message > repeated 1 timesScheduled items > > > No clue there for me. > The weird part is that the version I'm running used to work just fine > on my old 2005 installation (8239). > I've also tried to run 8519 but same happens there. > > Does anybody have any knowledge of why I cannot record? Anything I've > missed in my Myth rebuild? > > Any pointer greatly appreciated. > I might just add that I imported the "channels" table vi phpMyAdmin, using my first installation data. Could that be the cause of this? Do I really have to run "mythfilldatabase" in order to get channeldata set up properly? Cheers, -Morten > > ___ > 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] Cannot record (anymore)
Hi all, I have a mythbox, Mandriva 2006, 1 x PVR-150, 1 x PVR-500, IVTV 0.4.0. About a month ago the box crashed (badly) and I decided to rebuild from scratch. It used to run Mandriva 2005 so I updated to 2006. I also decided to create the MySQL database from scratch. Lovely. Now, all seems to work fine on the box, except that any recording I schedule (via mythweb) simply just never happen. I can watch live TV, and the files appear in /var/video/mythtv as they should, no sweat. But if I schedule, nothing gets recorded. I just now did a schedule and this is what appeared in the back end log (via mythweb): 1463 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:03 localhost Scheduled items Scheduled 2 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.01 place 1462 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:02 localhost Started recording Anna Netrebko i Royal Albert Hall: channel 2 on cardid 1, sourceid 1 1461 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:02 localhost Finished recording Anna Netrebko i Royal Albert Hall: channel 2 1460 scheduler 2006-01-08 22:00:02 localhost Last message repeated 1 timesScheduled items No clue there for me. The weird part is that the version I'm running used to work just fine on my old 2005 installation (8239). I've also tried to run 8519 but same happens there. Does anybody have any knowledge of why I cannot record? Anything I've missed in my Myth rebuild? Any pointer greatly appreciated. Cheers, -Morten ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Nvidia MX4000 vs ATI 9200SE
Hi, Marius Schrecker wrote: -- Original Message -- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Johnny Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia MX4000 vs ATI 9200SE Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv I know a lot of you are going to have difference opinions but which should I buy? I am currently going to purchase a PCI card for a smaller desktop box to transfer my mythtv box into. The 2 cheapest PCI cards with S-Video out I could find are the MX 000 and the 9200SE. From benchmarks I see the 9200SE is faster @ 3D but is it a pain to setup? I am currently running a FX5200 which is great at S-Video out. Overscan is definitely a plus. Opinions? TIA Hi Johnny, I can't compare the two directly as I haven't tried an MX4000, but have used Nvidia cards up to fairly recently, and tried most of them using composite out to a 50Hz TV. The last machine I set up with TV out used an ATI 9200SE, and I have to say I was very impressed by the clarity and stability of the TV picture (using the proprietary drivers from ATI) into an ordinary 50Hz TV. Unfortunately the box was stolen before I had the chance to finish setting it up so I can't tell you more. I think it is true that Nvidia may be easier to set up. I was still having trouble with screen resizing (using Xfree86 4.3) and 3D acceleration, but there was plenty of help available on the net for these issues. I know several people on the list have had trouble with ATI cards so this is by no means a recommendation, but I wanted to share my positive experience. Cheers Marius Registered Linux user I tried setting up an Radeon 7000 card and gave up in the end. Info on the net is plentiful but scarce when it comes down to specific issues. I now use an fx5200 which i love. nVidia has official linux drivers and the card does xvmc, taking the load of the CPU when decoding the mpeg stream. Also, it's cheap. I use the card's vga output feeding a projector and the quality is absolutely stunning. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Slow program change...
Hi, Jochen Kühner wrote: Is it possible to speed up changing between the programs I use mythtv with dvb-s and it takes up to 5-7 seconds to change the channel… ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Sure, you can speed it up (the following assumes you are using ivtv). My box now takes on average 2 -3 secs, apart from when I press "1" where myth waits to see if there is another keypressess before it makes the switch (i.e. channels 10 - 19): 1. RAM. Get as much as you can carry, it's cheap 2. Latest version of the IVTV driver 3. Startup of ivtv: with "/sbin/modprobe ivtv mpg_buffers=8" All in all this has done wonders for mwe. Hope this helps. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] The EPG channel-icons
Hi, Charlie Brej wrote: Morten Rønseth wrote: Hi, Does anybody happen to know the sizes (w x h in pixels) of the icons that go in ~/.mythtv/channels/ ? It doesn't matter as long as they are square. Sure, but if I don't have the exact size they will be scaled. Probably not a big issue, but I'd like to get things perfect. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [OT] ATI Remote Wonder II BOB
Hi, I just purchased the ATI Remote Wonder II and installed it using lirc 0.7.1, so far so good. However, it seems that ALL the AUX buttons (1-4) and the mouse isn't properly defined in the lircd.conf file, rendering them useless. Does anybody have a more updated lircd.conf file than the one supplied with lirc 0.7.1? Anybody have newer definitions for these buttons? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] The EPG channel-icons
Hi, Does anybody happen to know the sizes (w x h in pixels) of the icons that go in ~/.mythtv/channels/ ? I cannot seem to find it mentioned anywhere. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Success story: PVR-150, Mandrake 10.1
Hi, - DO NOT use the instructions in QuickSetup for modprobe.conf modification. It may causes hard lockup of the OS when you run "modprobe ivtv" later on. Instead enter this into your modprobe.conf: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv I've never had any of this in my modprobe.conf - and never had any problems firing up the ivtv driver. - curiously, /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdkcustom/extra is created and new modules are installed in this directory To get around this, do: perl -i.bak -p -e 's/(UTS_RELEASE "[^"]*)custom"/\1"/g' /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h perl -i.bak -p -e 's/(EXTRAVERSION.*mdk)custom/\1/g' /usr/src/linux/Makefile This will save you the hassle of later having to copy the final driver when upgrading :-) - Mandrake ships with ivtv 0.1.x in /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdk/kernel/3rdparty/ivtv. I removed the contents of this directory, because modprobe was using it. And I copied the new ivtv 0.3.3k modules from /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdkcustom/extra to /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-24mdk/kernel/3rdparty/ivtv Also, get these files out of the way - they MIGHT give you trouble further up the road: /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko.gz /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tuner.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tveeprom.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tda9887.ko.gz Step 3) ivtv activation You could just run "modprobe ivtv" but sometimes the /dev/video* files are not created. I've never seen that on my 10.1 box - running for almost 5 months (sempron 1500 MHz). All I need to do to get it going is "modprobe ivtv" (with a couple of extra params :-)). Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] ALSA messup :-( [SOLVED]
Hi, Morten Rønseth wrote: It turns out that the order in which the two sound modules were listed mattered... Iswapped things around and I now got the emu10k1 module to load and get sound through myth. However, I cannot load the onboard sound module... sound: Loading sound module (snd-emu10k1) succeeded Jun 30 17:36:07 localhost kernel: snd-via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_get_short_name Jun 30 17:36:07 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting snd-via82xx (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) To answer my own question: In order to try and get sound going I reinstalled alsa - which alsa installed every other sound module. There was therefore a comflict between snd-via82xx.ko && snd-via82xx.ko.gz. Removing snd-via82xx.ko fixed this :-) Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] ALSA messup :-(
Jim Reith wrote: At 10:42 AM 6/30/2005, you wrote: Hi, Marc Tousignant wrote: See the first line there. # This file is autogenerated from /etc/modules.conf using generate-modprobe.conf command Running that command might help you in recreating your modprobe.conf Not really...it takes whatever is in /etc/modules.conf and writes properly formatted to stdout. Since /etc/modules.conf is empty it doesn't help much... Thanks anyway :-) Cheers, unfortunately you're proving why every "HowTo" stresses the line "cp file file.save" right before they tell you to edit some config file. Ain't that the truth - I have a backup script that backs up every important file in my myth-system. Unfortunately This file wasn't set up to be configured... have you looked in the messages log to see if there are complaints about specific modules not being loaded during start up? That can at least tell you about dependencies that are either out of order or missing It turns out that the order in which the two sound modules were listed mattered... Iswapped things around and I now got the emu10k1 module to load and get sound through myth. However, I cannot load the onboard sound module... sound: Loading sound module (snd-emu10k1) succeeded Jun 30 17:36:07 localhost kernel: snd-via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_get_short_name Jun 30 17:36:07 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting snd-via82xx (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) Not sure what this is... Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] ALSA messup :-(
Hi, Marc Tousignant wrote: See the first line there. # This file is autogenerated from /etc/modules.conf using generate-modprobe.conf command Running that command might help you in recreating your modprobe.conf Not really...it takes whatever is in /etc/modules.conf and writes properly formatted to stdout. Since /etc/modules.conf is empty it doesn't help much... Thanks anyway :-) Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] [OT] ALSA messup :-(
Hi all,
I know this is a little off topic but I hope you guys can help anyway.
In my efforts to get the ATI Remote Wonder II remote to work on my Myth
box, I "cleaned" up my /etc/modprobe.conf. It seemed like a good idea at
the time, but in retrospect it was poor judgement. After restarting the
box I can get no sound... I use alsa 1.0.8 and used to have great sound.
My cleaning up consisted in moving parts of the lines around and making
it more intelligible.
Could anybody help me in getting the sound settings right? I tried to
put things back in order but it didn't do me any good.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
-Morten
/etc/modprobe.conf
# This file is autogenerated from /etc/modules.conf using
generate-modprobe.conf command
# Builtin sound
alias sound-slot-1 snd-via82xx
remove snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe
--first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install
snd-via82xx && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
# Ethernet adapter
alias eth0 via-rhine
# USB
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd;
/bin/true
# Creative sound card
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
remove snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe
--first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install
snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
# ATI Remote Wonder II setup
alias char-major-61-0 lirc_atiusb
alias lirc_dev lirc_atiusb
options lirc_atiusb repeat=23
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Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC output not working
Gavin, Thanks, adding '"Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "true"' did the trick! However, the frontend hung when I tried doing ff/rew (>3x) after having initiated timestretch to 1.25x. Also, I only get b/wh OSD, but I gather it's that way for everybody. The OSD text is slightly jittery when playing back at normal speed, timestretching seems to smooth that out. Other than that xvmc works great on my fx5200 card. Cheers, -Morten Gavin Haslett wrote: Yeah, what he said :) Also, unless you turn it off by including; Option "NoLogo" "true" Then you'll get a big NVIDIA splash screen when you start X. If you haven't specified this and aren't getting the splash screen then you're not using the accelerated driver. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Dombrosky Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC output not working Pardon me for (maybe) asking the obvious, but how do I know if I'm using accelerated nvidia drivers? I'm using 7174. Also, how do I check the xvmc libraries are up to date...? Make sure the driver line reads "nvidia" and not "nv" in your xf86config or xorg.conf file. Also make sure you compiled myth after you installed the drivers. That way it will use the correct libraries (7174 as opposed to 7167 or 6629). Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC output not working
Hi Gavin Gavin Haslett wrote: I had the exact same problem with my setup running a Geforce MX440 card. I added the following to my "Device" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf; Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "true" Double check you're using accelerated nvidia drivers, and make sure your xmvclibs are up to date. Works like a champ for me, though a little flaky on my motherboard due to what I suspect are DMA problems (will report back on that after an upcoming mobo upgrade) Hope this helps! Pardon me for (maybe) asking the obvious, but how do I know if I'm using accelerated nvidia drivers? I'm using 7174. Also, how do I check the xvmc libraries are up to date...? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 18.1 and XvMC
Garry Cook wrote: On 5/21/05, Morten Rønseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave wrote: Hi, This is my first time trying to use XvMC with Myth - I must say I am very impressed with XvMC under Myth 18.1 - haven't had any crashes or freezes. I was a little skeptical at first, as I had read of many problems with XvMC with prior versions of myth. Looks like some good progress has been made on this. FYI - Intel 2.4ghz, HD3000 (dvb drivers), 2.6.12-rc4, AOpen Nvidia 5200 Thanks and keep up the good work! Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users But how does OSD display on your box using XvMC? Cheers, -Morten Still freezes my box, but no more stuttering in the video. The OSD still looks like crap. However, it is improved somewhat from what I've seen in the past. --Garry I get major stutter - no freezes, though. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 18.1 and XvMC
Dave wrote: Hi, This is my first time trying to use XvMC with Myth - I must say I am very impressed with XvMC under Myth 18.1 - haven't had any crashes or freezes. I was a little skeptical at first, as I had read of many problems with XvMC with prior versions of myth. Looks like some good progress has been made on this. FYI - Intel 2.4ghz, HD3000 (dvb drivers), 2.6.12-rc4, AOpen Nvidia 5200 Thanks and keep up the good work! Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users But how does OSD display on your box using XvMC? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - few tweaks needed
Risto Treksler wrote: 3) Any way to get MythTV to keep running the live TV buffer while I'm crawling around menus? Say, I want to go play with settings and whatnot, and in the meantime I want it to keep buffering TV so I can watch it later. Kind of like TiVo does, it always records something. that might be nice, ie keep the livetv buffer full of the last channel watched also with 2 tuners, the last 2 channels watched could be buffered ie when you go channel up, it would actually go to the next channel on the next tuner, then you could go back to the last channel and rewind! would be pretty cool, but alas pretty useles for most ppl, as most ppl don't watch livetv with mythtv I regard myself as "most ppl" and I DO watch live TV with Myth. I've been wanting this feature for some time now. 4) If I watch TV and send "record" command, it records from the current time, losing the live buffer. Can I change this? (again, Tivo does it: if I'm 10 minutes into the show and select to record, I get the first 10 minutes into my recording). i hate that too there is a setting for "livetv buffer change warnings" to workaround some related issues. This also is something I'd love to see in Myth :-) Thanks in advance, Fedor Is there a "feature request" channel where we could lobby for these features? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Best remote control
Hi, I'm about to purchase a remote for my mythbox and would welcome the input from this community before I make a decision. I would ideally like an RF remote, like the ATI Remote Wonder II. Does anybody have any comments or preferences? Is it possible to just buy a receiver and use a standard universal remote? I have an nVidoa FX5200 card if it makes any difference. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Silly question (maybe)
Pardon me if this is trivial, but I haven't found an answer anywhere... I want to switch channels when watching live-tv by pressing 0-9 on the keyboard (no remote as of yet) - but nothing happens. Not even if I follow the key-press with a space/enter/return. Nada. Is it just me or should this be possible? Using the arrow-keys and then pressing enter switches channels just fine. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-500 prebuffer pause?
Hi Mark, First off, this is most likely an ivtv driver issue. Secondly, ivtv-0.3.2q was no good for my 150 board, try to update (w is the latest, works great). I also had lots of problems when starting out, it turned out most of my misery was due to the fact that the ivtv driver still isn't 100% finished. HTH. Cheers, -Morten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, After much head scratching and how-to reading and list searching. I got 1 qhole second of tv on my pundit-r pvr-500 mythtv box. I'm happy about it because up until i shutdown long enough to move my computer to another room all I was getting was static. So I got 1 whole second of video with sound to match then it abruptly hangs. Below is what was coming up when I ran mythfrontend from the command line. Below this I'll post my ivtv info [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# mythfrontend Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed 2005-04-13 21:05:11.004 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-04-13 21:05:11.004 Enabled verbose msgs : important general 2005-04-13 21:05:11.250 Switching to square mode (Photo) 2005-04-13 21:05:11.687 Joystick disabled. mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: No such file or directory lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2005-04-13 21:05:11.711 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2005-04-13 21:05:11.723 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler2005-04-13 21:05:11.723 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler2005-04-13 21:05:11.848 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.106:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.106 SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2005-04-13 21:05:12.392 Starting media monitor. 2005-04-13 21:05:15.199 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-04-13 21:05:15.207 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:15.243 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:16.211 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-04-13 21:05:16.421 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-04-13 21:05:16.631 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-04-13 21:05:16.841 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-04-13 21:05:17.051 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-04-13 21:05:17.261 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/video/buffer/ringbuf1.nuv 2005-04-13 21:05:17.277 LiveTV not successfully started 2005-04-13 21:05:17.288 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-04-13 21:05:17.292 Changing from None to None 2005-04-13 21:05:17.311 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:17.450 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:17.587 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:17.725 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:17.862 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.000 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.135 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.272 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.409 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.543 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.680 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.817 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:18.951 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:19.088 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:19.225 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:19.359 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:19.394 Using protocol version 14 2005-04-13 21:05:22.410 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-04-13 21:05:22.410 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-04-13 21:05:22.422 Using XV port 69 2005-04-13 21:05:22.619 Using realtime priority. 2005-04-13 21:05:22.636 Video timing method: DRM 2005-04-13 21:05:22.640 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-04-13 21:05:23.310 prebuffering pause 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 ReadStringList timeout (quick). Remote encoder not responding. 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (373) 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-04-13 21:05:42.642 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. 2005-04-13 21:05:42.653 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-04-13 21:05:42.653 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. 2005-04-13 21:05:42.653 WriteStringList: Bad socket 2005-04-13 21:05:42.653 ReadStringList: Bad socket Remote encoder not responding. IVTV Info [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# tac /var/log/messages | sed -n '/=\ \ END INIT IVTV\ \ =/,/= START INIT IVTV =/p; /= START INIT IVTV =/q' | tac Apr 13 20:50:49 mythtv1 kern
Re: [mythtv-users] Eureka!!!!
I have a script - /usr/local/bin/pvr-start - that does all of the card initalisation, then at the bottom of /etc/rc.local i run that script (I also do a restart of the mythbackend on the next line, since it seems to get run before rc.local). Works great. Cheers, -Morten Jarod Wilson wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 18:58, Larry K wrote: I finally got mythtv to work over s-video to my TV! Champagne for everyone...on me!!! After I overcame the nvidia driver issue, it was pretty much clear sailing from there, since I had already installed mythtv once before on FC 2. Now, I just have to clean up some loose ends, like LIRC, and automatic startup, and I think I'm set. The one annoying problem I have now is that /dev/video0 is not automatically set up when I boot up. It seems that if I modprobe ivtv, that corrects it. I assume I can just toss something out into /etc/profile.d to correct this, but I'm not sure that's the best solution. I'm open to suggestions :) Try the rc.sysinit patch on my website, it patches rc.sysinit to load up ivtv right after udev starts on FC3 boxes. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] CPU for spftware MPEG-4 encoding
Hi Dave, If you're going to top post, at least trim off some of the Sure, no prob. I'll keep that in mind. -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] CPU for spftware MPEG-4 encoding
Wow - thanks to you guys I now know what top/bottom posting is...imagine, I've been doing this for years without knowing (what an ignorant twat I've been). Cheers, -Morten "still-top-posting-keeping-up-long-establshed-traditions" David wrote: David Blackwell wrote: On Apr 6, 2005 9:44 AM, Mark Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: *grrr for top posting* The PVR250/350 is MPEG2, not MPEG4 as the poster asked. I transcode from an MPEG2 PVR250 stream at 4mbit/sec, 720x576 to MPEG4 1000kbit/sec 360x288 on my system, and it seems to do about 20 frames per second. This is a P4-2GHz. Playback of the resulting file uses around 20-30% So it is my experience that transcoding is not realtime on my PC, but playback is. Recording from raw frames to MPEG4 might be easier on the PC than transcoding. HTH Mark On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 15:34 +0200, Morten Rønseth wrote: But a PVR-350 both encodes & decodes in hardware... Cheers, -Morten David Blackwell wrote: Using a pvr-350 I am running livetv with recording on a p2 400 with 256 megs of ram David On Apr 6, 2005 9:24 AM, Chris Picton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quick question What are the minimum CPU requirements for live tv MPEG4 encoding. Or rather, who has the slowest system, running mpeg-4 encoding and decoding in software. -- Chris Picton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Mark Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Bottom post :-) so he did.. Sorry I read and replied so fast. David ah - much more thoughtful - that only took 4 scrolls of the mouse wheel to get down to the reply (yes, this is a troll - as is any post that whines about top/bottom posting without itself doing any trimming) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] CPU for spftware MPEG-4 encoding
But a PVR-350 both encodes & decodes in hardware... Cheers, -Morten David Blackwell wrote: Using a pvr-350 I am running livetv with recording on a p2 400 with 256 megs of ram David On Apr 6, 2005 9:24 AM, Chris Picton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quick question What are the minimum CPU requirements for live tv MPEG4 encoding. Or rather, who has the slowest system, running mpeg-4 encoding and decoding in software. -- Chris Picton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nVidia FX 5200, TV out and then some
Hi all, I yesterday received my NVidoa FX 5200 card and installed in my mythbox. The box booted up with the "nv" driver so I had to make a quick stop over at the nVidia wabsite for installer and instructions on how to install the latest driver. 10 minutes later all was well :-) Oh joy! After wrestling with lame ATI cards for over a month I was delighted to see that getting TV output was a doodle. Also, compiling mythtv with XvMC enabled oncard assisted mpeg viewing! But not all is well in nVidia land :-) I found that: - when pressing 'm' in view mode, I got a dodgy looking onscreen menu (b/wh menu superimposed on the normal - but "jumpy" - colour image). The whole TV image was constantly jumping/flickering for the duration of the menu. The same happened when pressing 'i' (channel info). This does not happen if I disable XvMC assisted mpeg playback in myth. - when viewing TV on my 32" Sony widescreeen 100HZ TV (PAL), there was a strange blue border to the left and at the top of the image. This was only the case when actually viewing TV. This was not the case when viewing TV on my CRT. - pressing Alt+Ctl+F1 I switch to tty1, which with my old ATI Rage Pro card worked well. Now, however, I get a strange "flashing" ascii artwork-like "landscape". Looks like the b/wh console screen is totally out of whack. The first issue I believe might have something to do with my driver (I'm using ivtv 0.3.2q, utilising a PVR-150). The other two could be due to incorrectly configured screen/monitor settings in xorg.conf, I'll have to experiment more with that later. If anybody have any pointers or any comments whatsoever, I'd be glad to hear from you. I'm THIS close to getting the whole shebang to work, and I believe it could be just a matter of tweaking configuration settings to get it working. I'm running Mandrake 10.1, MythTV 0-17 (latest from cvs), nVidia driver 7174, ivtv-0.3.2q, PVR-150, nVidia FX 5200. Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: Fw: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Title: Message
Thanks Niels!
This will be of great help!
Cheers,
-Morten
Niels Dybdahl wrote:
Hi Morten,
Here are the configuration files for the
two setups. Both have been installed following Jarod Wilsons guide.
My own MythTV runs on FC1 with MythTV 0.16
and the attachments modules.conf and XF86Config are from that PC.
The other MythTV runs on FC3 with MythTV
0.17 and the attachments modprobe.conf and xorg.conf are from that PC.
I do not remember all details in the files
but here are some comments:
- XF86Config, Section Module: I added vnc
to be able of remote control the display. I also think that I added the
v4l line but I am not sure. I had to comment out the glx line.
Otherwise the system would freeze on startup. So no OpenGL acceleration
on that PC.
- XF86Config, Section ServerFlags: I added
this section to turn the screen saver off
- XF86Config, Section Monitor: I added the
"TVOutput" option. Some of the Options in the "Monitor" and "Device"
sections can be placed in either section.
- XF86Config, Section Device: I changed the
driver to "nvidia" and downloaded it according to Jarods guide. It
works with the options "TVStandard", "TVOutFormat" and
"ConnectedMonitor", while I have not been able to make "RenderAccel"
(freezes the system) and "TVOverScan" work. Make sure that the TV is
connected when the PC is started even though you use the
"ConnectedMonitor".
-
XF86Config, Section Screen: I added the option for the vnc passwordfile.
-
modules.conf: There is an alias for the nvidia driver. I am not sure
that I added that, so probably the installation did that automatically.
-
xorg.conf, Section Module: Again I added vnc and v4l. This PC runs with
glx without problems.
-
xorg.conf, Section ServerFlags: Added to turn screen saver off.
-
xorg.conf, Section Device: Again the driver is "nvidia" and I use the
options "TVStandard", "TVOutFormat" and "ConnectedMonitor". Note that
this PC uses a FX5200 with both composite and S-Video connectors. Both
are used, one goes to the main TV, while the other goes via a VHS to
three other TVs. I am not sure that the "TVOutFormat" has any effect.
Apparently the board detects which connectors are used during startup
and uses only those.
-
xorg.conf, Section Screen: Again the vnc password file.
-
modprobe.conf: Again an alias for the nvidia kernel module.
I also
turned off the screen saver a couple of places in the window managers
and in the BIOS of the PCs.
Best
regards
Niels
Dybdahl
-Original Message-
From: Morten Rønseth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 31. marts 2005 23:05
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Hi Niels,
Coild you possible send me a short desription of your setup -
XF86Config/xorg.conf, module loading etc. - off the list? I would
greately appreciate it :-)
Cheers,
-Morten
Niels Dybdahl wrote:
I do not think that extra RAM
will have any effect.
I also tried and gave up on a
Radeon 7000 card (with FC1). I then got a nVidia GeForce4 MX440 which
works without problems. I have helped somebody with a MythTV with a
nVidia FX5200 which worked with the same setup as the MX440. Just a
matter of using the "nvidia" driver, setting a number of Options which
are described in nVidias documentation on the web, loading some modules
and turning off all kinds of screen savers.
Best regards
Niels Dybdahl
-
Original Message -
From:
Morten Rønseth
To:
Discussion about mythtv
Sent:
Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject:
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Ok, thanks all!
So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use.
But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the
extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI card
be a good choice?
How hard is it to get TV out going?
I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under
Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its
just beyond me.
Thanks again, this list is great help!
Cheers,
-Morten
Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Garry,
What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which
claim to be
doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very
probable).
Chances are, it&#
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] new nVidia driver available
Hi Howard, I'm just about to get an nVidia fx 5200 card and I want it to do XvMC. >From your mailing I see that you have problems getting this to work. Is there an issue with all nVidia cards or are there specific cards that don't "work"? Cheers, -Morten Howard Cokl wrote: --- Alan Hagge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's less offtopic for nVidia users, but there's a new nVidia driver release as of today (7174) which appears to correct some significant performance issues with the 7167 release. If you're setting poor performance with your nVidia card, try it out! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users No luck for me. The new driver didn't fix my problem with getting XvMC working. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Hi Niels,
Coild you possible send me a short desription of your setup -
XF86Config/xorg.conf, module loading etc. - off the list? I would
greately appreciate it :-)
Cheers,
-Morten
Niels Dybdahl wrote:
I do not think that extra RAM will
have any effect.
I also tried and gave up on a Radeon
7000 card (with FC1). I then got a nVidia GeForce4 MX440 which works
without problems. I have helped somebody with a MythTV with a nVidia
FX5200 which worked with the same setup as the MX440. Just a matter of
using the "nvidia" driver, setting a number of Options which are
described in nVidias documentation on the web, loading some modules and
turning off all kinds of screen savers.
Best regards
Niels Dybdahl
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Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Ok, thanks all!
So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use.
But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the
extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI card
be a good choice?
How hard is it to get TV out going?
I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under
Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its
just beyond me.
Thanks again, this list is great help!
Cheers,
-Morten
Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Garry,
What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which
claim to be
doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very
probable).
Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware
Assistance" (In other words, XvMC)
Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG
decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under
Linux.
-JAC
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Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Ok, thanks all! So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use. But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI card be a good choice? How hard is it to get TV out going? I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its just beyond me. Thanks again, this list is great help! Cheers, -Morten Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware Assistance" (In other words, XvMC) Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under Linux. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Hi, Maybe silly question, but what is "XvMC"? Would such a card offload the CPU when viewing an mpeg2 stream? Cheers, -Morten Robert Johnston wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Garry, What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very probable). Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware Assistance" (In other words, XvMC) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia card
Hi Garry,
What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which claim
to be doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very
probable).
Cheers,
-Morten
Garry Cook wrote:
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:37:55 -0500, Aaron Aguilar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would say more people use that video card for MythTV then any other
card. If you want it to be quiet make sure and get one that doesn't
have a fan, just a heatsink.
Aaron
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:21:09 -0600, Michael J. Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Morten Rønseth wrote:
Hi all,
I'm cosidering bying an nVidia FX 5200 card for my mythbox since it
does hardware mpeg2 decoding and has a video scaler.
Any comment on using this card? Any experiences, good or bad?
Cheers,
-Morten**
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It does hardware mpeg2 decoding? Are you sure about that?
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When I first built my system, about 2 months ago, I picked up one of
these cards on ebay for $50. No fan, just a heatsink. Love it.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Can't get Frontend .app to run on my powerbook
First thing, the application should show up as MythFrontend.app sans the ".app" extension- if it does not, there is something wrong. Secondly, no, it does not come with a database. The Mac frontend is just that - a frontend. Upon first startup you should see the familiar mythtvsetup (mythtv-0.17/setup/setup) screen which takes you through configuring mythtv. If not, I reommend you try checking your hard drive using Disk Warrior (boot from CD). If all is OK, try to log in as a fresh user and start the MythFrontend. If the problem persists, backup, reinstall OSX and try again. Cheers, -Morten Noel Murphy wrote: Hey all, I have a good working myth installation (0.17) on a desktop machine, but now I was thinking I'd try and get the frontend working on my PowerBook G4. The main reason for this is because I'd like to do some video editing (setting the cut points) from my couch using a real keyboard as opposed to trying to do it all with a remote control. So I downloaded the MythFrontend.app (version 0.17 + plug-ins) but when I double click the app, I get a blue squares screen and then it closes. In the console I get the following: 2005-03-30 12:22:21.711 Using runtime prefix = /Applications/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources 2005-03-30 12:22:23.237 Unable to connect to database! 2005-03-30 12:22:23.237 Driver error was [1/1045]: QMYSQL3: Unable to connect Database error was: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES) couldn't open db 2005-03-30 12:22:23.302 Switching to square mode (blue) So, based on the above errors, does the frontend have a database of its own? If so, does this mean it can't create it ? OR is the database on the backend what is used, and I need to somehow configure the frontend to point to the backends ip? If this is the case, where is the file I need to modify to fix this? I am running Mac OS X - 10.3.8 Noel Murphy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx http://www.webfx.no Morten Lerskau Rønseth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Odinsvei 15c +47 6680 9191 1413 Tårnåsen+47 9343 4357 Norway ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] nVidia card
Hi all, I'm cosidering bying an nVidia FX 5200 card for my mythbox since it does hardware mpeg2 decoding and has a video scaler. Any comment on using this card? Any experiences, good or bad? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Weird error message - pls help
Hi, Have you run "mythfilldatabase --manual"? If that fails, how did you install xmltv? using a package manager? If so, try compiling & installing from source (it isn't very hard). curl http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.39.tar.bz2 | tar jx cd xmltv-0.5.39 perl Makefile.PL make sudo make install I had the same problem, which was due to an old version of xmltv being installed. After upgrading I redid a complete mythtvsetup (or, "mythtv-0.17/setup/setup"), then did "mythfilldatabase --manual" and all was OK. Your problem is that the xml file hasn't been created, probably due to the fact that xmltv cannot for some reason get a tv listing for your country. Cheers, -Morten Esa Nurmi wrote: Please help.. Esa Hi I keep on receiving the error message below every time I try using mythfilldatabase. Any help to fix this would be appreciated. In particular, what is "me" that should be run with the --configure option - mythfilldatabase does not have such an option. Many thanks in advance & br, Esa == [EMAIL PROTECTED] setup]# mythfilldatabase - Start of XMLTV output - config file /root/.mythtv/DVB.xmltv does not exist, run me with -- configure -- End of XMLTV output -- Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file Updating icons for sourceid: 1 Failed to fetch some program info [EMAIL PROTECTED] setup]# ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] RE: Filling mythbackend
Hi Dan,
The first thing I tried was "mythfilldatabase --configure". It gave me
"illegal option: '--configure' (use --help)" so I tried running
"tv_grab_no --configure" instead, which generated the proper
"~/.xmltv/tv_grab_no.conf" file. Then I ran "tv_grab_no
--output ~/.mythtv/Channels.xmltv" to get the channel listing,
but when running mythfilldatabase after the command finished, it
complained about the file being in the wrong format :-(
So there I am.
Thanks anyway.
Cheers,
-Morten
Daniel Howell wrote:
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:06:07 +0200
From: Morten Rønseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I'm trying to fill the myth database, but when I run "mythfilldatabase"
I get the following output:
config file /home/admin/.mythtv/Channels.xmltv does not exist, run
me with --configure
Now, if I run "tv_grab_no --configure" I successfully build the
".xmltv/tv_grab_no.conf" file, but that doesn't seem to affect
"/home/admin/.mythtv/Channels.xmltv" which of course still does not exist.
Can anybody tell me how this is supposed to work?
Personally I got it working by running "mythfilldatabase --configure", not
tv_grab directly, but I'm not sure whether that amounts to the same thing.
"Channels.xmltv" implies that, in your mythtvsetup program, you specified
the DVB source as "Channels" - mine, for example, I set up as "Terrestrial
TV" and therefore I get a "Terrestrial TV.xmltv" in the .mythtv
subdirectory.
Maybe by running tv_grab_no directly instead of via mythfilldatabase, it
didn't pull the right filename from the mythtv configuration?
I'm guestimating, of course ;]
Cheers,
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[mythtv-users] Filling mythbackend
Hi, I'm trying to fill the myth database, but when I run "mythfilldatabase" I get the following output: config file /home/admin/.mythtv/Channels.xmltv does not exist, run me with --configure Now, if I run "tv_grab_no --configure" I successfully build the ".xmltv/tv_grab_no.conf" file, but that doesn't seem to affect "/home/admin/.mythtv/Channels.xmltv" which of course still does not exist. Can anybody tell me how this is supposed to work? Cheers, -Morten -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] What video-out card to use with Mandrake 10.1..?
Hi, I'm putting up MythTV on my Mandrake 10.1 box and I have a PVR150 card working perfectly with ivtv-03-2d. I installed an ATI radeon 7000 card for TV out but I'm having problems setting XFree86 up for dual headed monitor with onboard video and the ATI card (looks like I have to compile XFree86 myself, then install the ATI.2 drivers to get TV out for the card to work). What other cards with TV out do people have experience with that will install without too much trouble? Any pointers apprectaied. Cheers, -Morten --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] what new card just works?
Hi, Is this "isn't suppoerted" business with the 150 card related to mythtv or the ivtv driver? I know a lot of people have had problems getting the various tuners on new 150's to work, but with a recent version of the tuner module, they will eventually work. I thought that once a card was well configured and working with the ivtv driver, mythtv would support the card? Is that not so? Cheers, -Morten Tom E. Craddock, Jr. wrote: Timothy Waters wrote: Okay, i'm sick of messing around trying to get this pvr-150 to work. Can somebody please recommend a tv-card that is easy to get working fully in LInux? Of course your having probs...the 150 isnt supported in mythtv now. Doesnt work. Thought that as well known. Get a 250 or 350, they work and are still available. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- --- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 TårnåsenTlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
