Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lircd starts fine, but crashes as soon as something tries to use it

[Nate Thompson]

On 9/29/05, Jon Kunze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have the exact same problem on a fresh Fedora Core 4 system, lirc runs fine after I install it the first time, or if I reinstall it. But when I reboot, it is still running until something tries to access it (ie. MythTV). I'll try the symlink tonight. 

 
I believe that something has changed with the lirc package, or the program itself. I had this problem when I did a dist-upgrade on my box, but creating the symlink given below made everything run smoothly again.

 
Nate
 
 


On 9/28/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 
On 28/09/05, Scott Minneman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:> I had the same problem on my FC3 box.  To fix it, I created a symlink:>> # ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc>> That creates a link from /dev/lirc to /dev/lirc0, so lircd is able to 
> see the device.It is also possible to use udev itself (it creates the /dev entries)to create a symlink between /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc. If you'reinterested in udev, the following is a useful read: 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: Xine and ac3 passthrough using ALSA while playing dvd's gives a skip or stutter effect

[Nate Thompson]

On 8/30/05, Chad Delatte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey guys,I'm having a huge problem playing DVD's using Xine andMplayer.  Everytime I try to play a dvd I get a
stutter or skip sound.  It is only when I try to useAC3.  Normal stuff goes thru my spdif out like wavfiles and mp3's.  I am using a pvr350 and a pvr 250and am using onboard sound.  I also had this problem
with a SB Audigy.  I am using Fedora Core 4 and it isa clean install.  I have also tried with FC3.Thanks
 
I had the same problem, which was resolved by upgrading to a later version of ALSA. This was on FC3, so I'm not sure which version FC4 ships with, but you might want to see if a newer version is available. Actually, I think I still occasionally get a skip, but it only happens once every couple DVDs instead of every couple seconds as before. Hope this helps,

 
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RE: [mythtv-users] Scientific Atlanta 3250 HD STB

[Nate Thompson]

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/sciatl/3.0%20Cable%20boxes

This link has pictures of the the front and back of the 3250. From the
picture, it looks like the box should have 2 firewire ports on the left side
(looking at the back). If they aren't there on yours, most likely TW gave
you one with them covered/disabled.

Nate

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Subject: [mythtv-users] Scientific Atlanta 3250 HD STB

I currently have an SA 3250 STB and just recently got a linux compatible
firewire card for capture. I'm curious if anyone could tell me where the
Firewire port is on their STB. The only thing I have even close to it is on
the front of my box, and it looks more like a USB port. I just got off the
phone with Time Warner after about 30 minutes of them continually telling me
my box had a firewire port, and that it was a USB-Firewire connection on the
front of the box, and then I finally gave up on this poor unintelligent
soul. I'm assuming the firewire port should be on the back of the cable box
along with all the other input and output connectors. Any assistance anyone
could give would be helpful, as I'd really like to get this up and running,
especially if anyone knows of a schematic on the net that shows the various
ports on the SA 3250. Thanks in advance.


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[mythtv-users] Re: Glibc error when exiting recorded programs...

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/30/05, Nate Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Over the past couple weeks, I've noticed the following error when
> exiting a recording. I'm not sure exactly what has changed, except
> that I have updated to the latest MythTV RPMs available on atrpms.net.
> It happens randomly and I haven't been able to determine any kind of
> pattern. If anyone has any information I could use to try and track
> down what is causing it, I'd be most appreciative.
> 
> 2005-06-30 21:47:56.745 All Programs
> 2005-06-30 21:48:01.051 Opening audio device 'spdif'.
> 2005-06-30 21:48:01.239 Using XV port 105 2005-06-30 21:48:01.708
> Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-06-30 21:48:01.722
> Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
> 2005-06-30 21:48:01.945 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x0a84e8b8
> *** Aborted
> 
> 
> Nate Thompson
> 
Just a quick bump to see if anyone else has experienced this... it
seems to be happening more frequently now, and I don't have any idea
where to start troubleshooting this issue.

Nate
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[mythtv-users] Glibc error when exiting recorded programs...

[Nate Thompson]

Over the past couple weeks, I've noticed the following error when
exiting a recording. I'm not sure exactly what has changed, except
that I have updated to the latest MythTV RPMs available on atrpms.net.
It happens randomly and I haven't been able to determine any kind of
pattern. If anyone has any information I could use to try and track
down what is causing it, I'd be most appreciative.

2005-06-30 21:47:56.745 All Programs
2005-06-30 21:48:01.051 Opening audio device 'spdif'.
2005-06-30 21:48:01.239 Using XV port 105 2005-06-30 21:48:01.708
Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-06-30 21:48:01.722
Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2005-06-30 21:48:01.945 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x0a84e8b8
*** Aborted


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[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Help with modeline generation

[Nate Thompson]

I recently purchased a Samsung HLR4667W widescreen DLP television and
have been trying to get my MythTV box to work nicely with it via its
VGA input. Since the monitor's native resolution is 1280x720, I used
the following modeline to generate a decent picture:

1280x720 74.863 1280 1360 1488 1664 720 723 730 750

While that displays a very nice picture, it is overscanned both
horizontally and vertically. Using Powerstrip, I was able to eliminate
most of the horizontal overscan after generating this mode:

1280x720 79.159 1280 1424 1552 1760 720 723 730 750

Now, I need to create a "resolution within a resolution" to eliminate
most of the vertical overscan, but I'm at a loss to do so. Following
the instructions on the AVS Fourm link found in Jarod's HDTV FAQ,
every mode that I try to create results in my display saying that the
mode is not supported. I've determined that a 1228x690 mode should fit
the display almost perfectly, but can't get it to work. Any of the
modeline experts on this list care to give me a hand?

Thanks,

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] DVI->HDMI on Toshiba DLP

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/28/05, Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Woohoo, go samsung!  I've got one and love it.  Works out of the box
> for linux with an nvidia mx440 from the vga out to the vga in on the
> TV.
> 
> I love it...
> 
> On 6/28/05, Joel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 6/28/05, Jon Kunze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I actually bought this very same television last night, so I'm would
> > > be curious as to any information/resolutions you were able to find.
> > >
> > > On 3/26/05, Joel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm helping my brother-in-law hook his myth box up to a Toshiba 52HM84
> > > > DLP rear projection with a DVI to HDMI cable.  We got a picture right
> > > > away, but of course the overscan is way too much and the color looks
> > > > like something less than the specified 24 bit.  They say it supports
> > > > E-EDID, but read-edid says that the FX5200 and TV combo are not
> > > > compatible.  So anyway we are fighting to dial in the modeline and
> > > > wondered if anyone has a good starting point for this particular
> > > > model.
> > > >
> > > > TIA,
> > > >
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> > Ended up exchanging the Toshiba for a Samsung HLP5063W.  MUCH more 
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Not to go too off topic, but have either of you successfully generated
a modeline that eliminates most of the vertical overscan when running
at 1280x720p? I've managed to get rid of most of the horizontal
overscan, but am at a loss when it comes to the vertical...

Nate
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[mythtv-users] Re: MythTV and Harmony remotes

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/20/05, Nate Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone is using one of the Logitech Harmony remotes
> with their MythTV box, and if so, what the easiest way to configure it
> is. I noticed that they have included MythTV as a manufacturer in
> their online remote database, but I'm assuming that you'd need the
> comparable LIRC config files as well for it to work. I'm planning on
> picking up one of the new Harmony 880 remotes soon, but am hoping to
> find out the best way to get things configured would be.
> 
> Thanks for any info,
> 
> Nate
> 
Just an update, I decided to pickup the Harmony 680 which is on sale
at Tigerdirect.com right now for $99, instead of waiting for the 880.
The main reason for this, besides the price, was that I think the
button layout will work better with all the functions that MythTV
offers. Hopefully things will go relatively smoothly and it'll be up
and running in no time.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and Harmony remotes

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/21/05, Steve Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "Nate" == Nate Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> Nate> Thanks for the feedback, I saw a post somewhere that the PVR cards
> Nate> were included in the code database, but unfortunately I'm using a
> Nate> homebrew serial IR adapter. I'm wondering if I could just tell it
> Nate> I'm using a Phillips 1st generation Tivo (the remote I am
> Nate> currently using came from this system), then make manual changes
> Nate> to the buttons/layout as necessary? I think this would be the
> Nate> easiest way, since I already have the appropriate config files on
> Nate> my MythTV box, but it would mean more time using the Harmony
> Nate> software interface to get things right. Or perhaps use the
> Nate> PVR-remote config files from Jarod's site, but I'm not sure if the
> Nate> signals are compatible with my IR receiver.
> 
> Nate> If anyone currently has config files for the harmony and a serial
> Nate> IR adapter and could send them my way, I'd really apprechiate it.
> 
> Hi Nate,
> 
> I'm doing basically that with my harmony remote (model H688), using the
> Tivo codes but with code set 2 (I still have a tivo in the room using
> code set 0).  The remotes.tar/tivo file that came from lirc worked
> perfectly for me.
> 
> I just renamed the buttons in my lircd.conf so I could use UP, DOWN,
> etc., instead of 2_UP, 2_DOWN, ...
> 
> My lircd.conf is here:
> 
>  http://www.employees.org/~sbower/lircd.conf
> 
> I made some mappings in the harmony config app and my .lircrc to adjust
> which keys I want to do what (like the pg+/- keys transmit thumbs+/-,
> which become Z/Q for commercial skip).
> 
> Good luck!  :-)
> 
>  Steve.
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> The ideas presented herein aren't necessarily the ideas presented herein.
> 
Steve - 

Glad to see someone had the same idea as I did. I was wondering if you
could post your .lircrc file so I can see how you mapped the signals
to keypresses.

Thanks for your help,

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and Harmony remotes

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/20/05, Peter Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/20/05, Nate Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone is using one of the Logitech Harmony remotes
> > with their MythTV box, and if so, what the easiest way to configure it
> > is. I noticed that they have included MythTV as a manufacturer in
> > their online remote database, but I'm assuming that you'd need the
> > comparable LIRC config files as well for it to work. I'm planning on
> > picking up one of the new Harmony 880 remotes soon, but am hoping to
> > find out the best way to get things configured would be.
> >
> > Thanks for any info,
> >
> > Nate
> 
> Hi, Nate.
> 
> Yes, I have one of the Harmony remotes.  I can't quite remember which
> model, but it is one of the lower-priced ones, designed specifically
> for controlling pvr's.
> 
> Anyway, to answer your question, the mythtv configuration that is
> included sets up the IR codes to match those of the remote that comes
> with the Hauppauge pvr-250/350.  So, if you are using those
> capture/encoder cards, then setting up the Harmony is a snap.
> 
> Personally, I'm not really sold on the Harmony.  I find the buttons to
> be a little bit spongy feeling and the writing on them to be too small
> for my old eyes to read.  But my family loves it.  After having gone
> through several programmable remote solutions, the Harmony is the one
> that my wife and son always want to use.  And it was definitely the
> easiest one to set up, which is impressive given its great
> functionality and features.
> 
> Peter
> 
Thanks for the feedback, I saw a post somewhere that the PVR cards
were included in the code database, but unfortunately I'm using a
homebrew serial IR adapter. I'm wondering if I could just tell it I'm
using a Phillips 1st generation Tivo (the remote I am currently using
came from this system), then make manual changes to the buttons/layout
as necessary? I think this would be the easiest way, since I already
have the appropriate config files on my MythTV box, but it would mean
more time using the Harmony software interface to get things right. Or
perhaps use the PVR-remote config files from Jarod's site, but I'm not
sure if the signals are compatible with my IR receiver.

If anyone currently has config files for the harmony and a serial IR
adapter and could send them my way, I'd really apprechiate it.

Nate
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[mythtv-users] MythTV and Harmony remotes

[Nate Thompson]

I was wondering if anyone is using one of the Logitech Harmony remotes
with their MythTV box, and if so, what the easiest way to configure it
is. I noticed that they have included MythTV as a manufacturer in
their online remote database, but I'm assuming that you'd need the
comparable LIRC config files as well for it to work. I'm planning on
picking up one of the new Harmony 880 remotes soon, but am hoping to
find out the best way to get things configured would be.

Thanks for any info,

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Myxer Update - This time its a BIG one! (and probably the last one for a while....)

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/18/05, Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/18/05, Stef Coene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > - transparent png's: very nice, but resizing with php is not so easy and
> > internet explorer can not show them decently
> 
> Anyone who's smart enough to be mucking around with MythTV shouldn't
> be stupid enough to still be using IE...
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Thanks for calling me stupid, but I have absolutely no problems
with IE, therefore see no reason to use anything different. As long as
you don't get click crazy, IE is a great browser.

Nate
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[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Hooking up new HDTV to existing MythTV box

[Nate Thompson]

I have an odd question, hopefully someone can answer it as I'm not
sure the answer. I currently have my MythTV box hooked up via a
VGA->Component adapter to my 30" HD widescreen CRT and everything is
working fine (@ 960x540p). However, I just ordered a new Samsung 46"
DLP that has a VGA-in port on the back which I plan to use for MythTV
(saving the DVI/HDMI port for future use). Is there anything I need to
do to my xorg.conf file before switching to the new TV (i.e. delete
the modelines/settings for current TV), or will Linux do this
automatically for me when it senses a new output device has been
attached? I'm hoping it will automatically detect the modes supported
by the TV and let me select 1280x720p (native resolution).

Thanks and sorry for the odd question, I just want to make sure I
don't do any damage to my new television. Hopefully everything will go
well and I'll be running at 1280x720p in no time!

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] Not downloading movie posters

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/1/05, Mark Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm currently running version 0.18.1 of MythTV and am unable to download
> movie posters for MythVideo.  When using the Search IMDB option within Video
> Manager it successfully identifies the correct entry and downloads the
> metadata.  Am I correct in assuming that it should also at this point
> download the cover art as well?
> If I run imdb.pl -P manually from the shell giving the IMDB id as a
> parameter it successfully returns the url of the image at ipmawards, and
> when browsed to manually that image does exist.
> The directory specified within Videos/General settings does exist and the
> user MythTV is run as does have write access.
> The command specified to search for movie posters remains unchanged from the
> default and appears correct.
> Any ideas?  Am I missing something blatantly obvious?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
I am having the same problem after updating to the latest release via
ATRPMS. It pulls the data down correctly, but returns an error when it
tries to grab the artwork. Has anyone else had this problem and found
a solution?

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] [REQUEST] MythCenter theme update wishlist

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/2/05, Jeroen Brosens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am planning to do an upgrade on the MythCenter theme
> (http://www.fotoniq.nl/projects/mythtv/) since I receive
> lots of mails with this question and I want some more features in it myself
> too. Please let me know whether you use the theme and if yes, what you would
> like to have as a new feature in it. Some of my own suggestions:
> 
> - 16:9 aspect ratio
> - on/off button graphics
> - more custom images and gui elements
> - a clock! <-- does anybody know how to implement this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your input, I will keep you informed on the update.
> 
> -- Jeroen
> 
Thanks for planning the update... this is by far the best MythTV theme
that I've seen. Besides the 16:9 aspect ratio that you mentioned, I
would really like a matching OSD theme to go along with it.

Thanks again for your work!

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythCenter GDM theme

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/28/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use the MythCenter theme created by Jeroen Brosens. It really is a
> beauty and you can get it at http://www.fotoniq.nl/projects/mythtv/.
> At the risk of starting a flame war I think it's the nicest one I've
> seen - even better than the one provided by LxMSuite which I don't
> actually think is all that nice considering the noise made about it.
> Having said that, good on 'em for doing it.
> 
> Anyway, for those of you that enjoy this theme and use GDM autologin,
> I've created a GDM theme which mimics the MythCenter theme so when
> it's going through it's 5 second minimum auto-login it wil have a
> consistent look with MythTV. It's only a small contribution, but as
> I've only taken and not given so far I thought I should at least
> contribute something.
> 
> The tar file is available at
> http://www.oaklands.aust.com/tv/MythtvCenter.tgz. These instructions
> apply to Fedora Core. Directory names may be different on other
> distros but the idea's the same.
> 
> 1) Download it to /usr/share/gdm/themes/ and unzip and untar it:
> # tar -zxvf ./MythtvCenter.tgz
> This will create the theme files in a subdir called MythtvCenter.
> 
> 2) Then edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf. You need to change the line that
> sets GraphicalTheme to look like this:
> GraphicalTheme=MythtvCenter
> 
> 3) Restart X-Windows. On my machine I do that by changing the runlevel
> to level 3 and then back to 5:
> # telinit 3
> # telinit 5
> 
> When X restarts the GDM autologin window should be in the new MythCenter 
> theme.
> 
> Next step is to one day create a bootsplash based on this theme.
> 
> Regards,
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Thanks for your work. I agree that MythCenter is the best theme I've
seen so far, and use it on my MythTV boxes. I'll have to install your
GDM theme when I get home on Monday and see what it's like.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] new 0.18.1 rpms fixing qt issues among other

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/27/05, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is this in the current version of ATRpms?  I tried updating my
> frontend last night and screwed it up so I ended up starting from
> scratch.  After much fiddling (accidentally removing kde then managing
> to get it back) I still have the qt problem.  Is this fixed in the
> version that was available last night 7 pm CST or is this upcoming?
> 
I was able to upgrade this morning (~9:30am) and no longer have the qt
bug. I had to grab the packages individually; mythtv-suite hasnt been
updated as far as I can tell.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VGA to Component on WEGA

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/19/05, Eric Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Frisch wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 09:13:57AM -0700, Eric Jensen wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have a Sony Wega FD Trinitron (KV-36FS100) hooked up with a VGA to
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Does the VGA to component adapter convert progressive scan into
> >interlaced (from 480p to 480i)?  Your modeline would indicate that
> >you're sending 480p from the PC.  I don't think this set has 480p
> >capability (I have it's first generation, older brother- KV-32FV1)
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> I didn't think about that.  I know my TV doesn't do any progressive scan
> or fancy HDTV stuff though.  So would I just change `ModeLine
> "ATSC-480-60p" 23.94 640 664 736 760 480 482 488 525` to `ModeLine
> "ATSC-480-60i" 23.94 640 664 736 760 480 482 488 525`?  Didn't realize
> how poor I was at this stuff until trying to do this MythTV box. ;)  All
> this help is appreciated.
> 
> Eric
> 
I believe you would also need to put 'interlace' at the end of that
modeline. As for the numbers themselves, I'm not sure if they would
change or not.
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: FC4 on the Mac Mini

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/18/05, Garry Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Seems like a lot of folks on this list have or are thinking about
> getting a Mac Mini. So, even though this is off-topic, I thought that
> quite a few of you might be interested.
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/mac-mini/
> 
> --Garry
>
Very cool, especially if the wireless/bluetooth modules ever become supported.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Kaleidescape

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/10/05, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/10/05, Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 5/10/05, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >  If so can MythTV be setup in a similar fashion?
> >
> > You could rip the DVDs to an iso, using a non-myth tool then play them
> > using MythVideo & xine just as though they were regular DVDs.
> >
> >
> > > I know we can "rip" DVDs, but doesn't that make a DivX file or something?
> >
> > Or an unaltered MPEG2 of the movie.
> >
> >
> > > What about an automatic integration with IMDB or whatever this product
> > > uese.
> >
> > Have you used MythVideo?
> >
> > >Are bookmarks possible?
> > If your player supports them, I know Xine does.
> >
> 
> I am already using Xine in MythVideo and it works well.  I don't know
> how to remap some keys but that comes later.  I didn't think that Xine
> could play straight ISO files.  I have tried it  but it errors out
> (not sure exactly cuz I am at work now).
> 
> As far as unaltered MPEG2 files from DVD goes, what about DVDs that
> are of a TV show?  Let's say I have a full season of Star Trek on DVD,
> how does the ripping feature handle this?
> 
> I don't think there is an automatic lookup of synopsis and cover art
> for a ripped DVD.  Is that a plan for the future?  How do I add
> coverart and synopsis info to my videos in MythVideo?  Thanks.
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For movie video files, MythVideo already has the ability to download
coverart/IMDB info. This is done via the video manager screen. For TV
shows, there is nothing in place to download individual episode
abstracts, but I believe someone worked out a script that uses TVTome
to gather episode information. I haven't used it yet (only show I
currently have archived is 'The Office' and I inputed the informatino
manually).
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Re: [mythtv-users] Kaleidescape

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/10/05, Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >Are bookmarks possible?
> If your player supports them, I know Xine does.
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You wouldn't happen to know the keys to define a bookmark would you
(in xine)? I am assuming this is the same as the 'save position'
feature found using the internal MythTV player for recorded TV
shows...

Or has the internal player support for Xvid-encoded files become
better in CVS? It would be nice to use the internal player, so the OSD
would be constant...

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] Weird seeking problems

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/9/05, Mark J. Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On May 9, 2005 11:32 am, Preet Khalsa wrote:
> > Mark J. Small wrote:
> > >Hi Everybody,
> > >
> > >Something weird just starting happening to me on the weekend.
> > >
> > >On Saturday I noticed that my backend had rebooted itself while recording
> > >South Park at 1:00 in the morning.  Ever since then, I haven't been able
> > > to seek properly while watching recorded programs.  Sometimes, when I try
> > > to skip thirty seconds, it will immediately jump about 1 second.  At
> > > other time it will pause for about 5-10 seconds and then complete the 30
> > > second skip.
> > >
> > >When it is trying to skip, the OSD in the top right corner will do an
> > >interesting thing.  The total recording length will slowly change.
> > > Perhaps having an innaccurate total recording length messes with the
> > > skipping and jumping.
> > >
> > >Also, it takes several minutes to resume watching a program from a
> > > bookmark. All I get is a black screen for a long time, and suddenly the
> > > program resumes from the bookmark.
> > >
> > >I'm running mythtv 0.17 on Debian Sarge, linux 2.4.something on the
> > > backend.
> > >
> > >Any ideas?
> >
> > Had the same problem.  The recorded markup table got corrupted.  Run
> >
> > mysqlcheck mythconverg
> >
> > and fix the errors.  You should be back in action quick.
> >
> > Preet
> >
> >
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> 
> I fixed the errors in the recorded markup table using mysqlcheck, and I also
> ran mythcommflag --rebuild.  But I still can't seek properly.  The recorded
> length is correct or at least consant now, but skipping only moves a couple
> of seconds.  Anything else I can try?
> 
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Do you have libmpeg2 decoding enabled? I had problems with seeking
working properly with this enabled.

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Re: [mythtv-users] LxMSuite.com to provide services to the Myth community

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/7/05, Bill Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I signed up yesterday out of curiosity.  All I can do so far is manage
> the channel lineup through a web page (just like zap2it).  Yesterday,
> I emailed LxM support for info on how to setup as the data provider as
> its not in the mythtv-setup drop down list on Video Sources.  I also
> asked for any other docs, urls's etc.  So far nothing yet...and
> kinda bummed.
> 
> 
Yeah, this is why I'm waiting until .18.1 is released with official
support. I'm sure it has been added to CVS by now, but I'd like to
keep my box running smoothly at the moment so I don't want to risk an
upgrade. I somewhat expect that this compatible version will be
released fairly soon to hopefully get others like me who are waiting
to sign up.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] hdtv modeline question

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/6/05, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/5/2005 3:32 PM Xiaotian Sun wrote:
> 
> >On 5/5/05, Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On 5/5/05, Xiaotian Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On 5/5/05, Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> On 5/5/05, Xiaotian Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a 42" Plasma HDTV (Vizio P42HD), with VGA (D-Sub) and DVI
> >inputs.  It has a native resolution of 1024x768.  For now I've been
> >running my display at this resolution via VGA connection.  I have got
> >any luck with the DVI connection.  The text messages at boot time
> >displays fine via DVI, but the X Window doesn't.
> >
> >I also haven't got any luck to come up with a modeline that works
> >great for my TV.
> >
> >
> Try this one:
> 
> Modeline "1280x720" 74.25   1280 1316 1452 1644720  720  723
> 751 -hsync +vsync
> 
> 
> 
> >>>It sort of works, but part of the display goes outside screen.  But
> >>>the display quality looks about the same as a 1024x768 at 60Hz.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>That screen LOOKED like it was a widescreen, it may very well be that it's 
> >>not.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I know 1024x768 is 4:3 in pixels.  But these 42" Plasma displays often
> >have this native resolution because their pixels are not square.  And
> >it claims support 720p and 1080i.  I just couldn't get anything like
> >that work greatly.  I actually can display something via the VGA
> >connection using some modeline I found online for 1080i.  But the
> >texts, even the mythtv menus, are flicking.
> >
> >
> I'm no expert but in my limited experience with MythTV on a VGA screen,
> I got flickering text when "bob" was selected as deinterlace setting in
> MythTV.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Drew
> 
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Isn't flicker normal when using an interlaced mode?

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Re: [mythtv-users] Broadcast flag thrown out

[Nate Thompson]

On 5/6/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The DC Circuit has ruled in our favor, unanimously throwing out the
> FCC's broadcast flag -- the rule that would have prevented pcHDTV and
> Air2PC from making HDTV tuner cards in the US after July 1.
> 
> 
> "Because the Commission exceeded the scope of its
> delegated authority, we grant the petition for review, and reverse
> and vacate the Flag Order insofar as it requires demodulator
> products manufactured on or after July 1, 2005 to recognize and
> give effect to the broadcast flag."
> 
> Next, we'll have to stop the MPAA from going to Congress to get it back.
> 
> --Wendy
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> http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/
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Excellent news! I just read this on news.com and was getting ready to
post something about it. I'd like to say good job and thank everyone
who put effort towards getting this thrown out.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] LxMSuite.com to provide services to the Myth community

[Nate Thompson]

Once a compatible non-CVS version of MythTV is released, I'll
definately take a look at what they have to offer. Does anyone know if
they will be releasing any widescreen-specific themes?

Nate

On 5/6/05, David Brieck Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On 5/6/05, Ryan A. Carris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Why the heck do you feel you deserve free listings from Tribune?  I
> > think that they have every right to charge us.  They charge Comcast,
> > DirectTV, Tivo and everyone else.  They spend money on servers,
> > bandwidth, system administators, and people to input the data.  Do you 
> > expect them to give this away for free?
> 
> I would have no problem with them charging for the data but if they are
> planning to do it under the veil of helping open source I disagree. If they
> want to charge they should come right out and say so.
> 
> > They have been as open and generous as they can.  If you don't agree
> > with that statement, I suggest you try and use one of the listing 
> > scappers, like we used to have to do and like the rest of the world
> > uses.  It isn't always fun.  Better yet, why don't you sit around
> > every Sunday and type up the TV Guide and upload it for me to use.
> > Just make sure you type up the Chicago Comcast listings, but I don't 
> > need the digital cable, so you can save some time and skip those.
> 
> When they decide to charge for listing I'll be signing up, none of us will
> have a choice. Oh, and why don't we have a choice? Because they have a
> stranglehold on the tv and movie listings here in america. Where else can
> you find this data? No where and that's because everyone uses them, yahoo,
> microsoft, and every newspaper site out there.
> 
> Once again, if this were Microsoft you'd be bitching along with me as well.
> 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Suggested Encoding Rates

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/28/05, Jason McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found some video guys here at work, who know a few things about
> video encoding.
> 
> They where telling me that the NTSC standard is 720x480, although
> cable broadcasts don't use that high, it's much closer to 480x320.  I
> originally had my resolution for capturing set to the max, but I'll
> try scaling it down to the true broadcast size, that should save some
> space.
> 
> Since I'm using a very weak box to run the Myth backend on, I'd
> rather have the size determined while the card is encoding with the
> hardware MPEG2 encoder.
> 
> -Jason
> 

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, changing just the resolution will have
little-to-no effect on the size of the files. You must lower the
bitrate.

Nate

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> On 28-Apr-05, at 1:35 PM, Timothy Daniel Hamer wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Scott Alfter wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Neil Bird wrote:
> >>
> >>>   I was just about to post this and a related question.  I'm
> >>> running my
> >>> PVR-350 with fairly high (normally) res. PAL settings, and a
> >>> bitrate of
> >>> ~6200 somethings.  I get images of ~2.0-2.2 Gb per hour.
> >>>
> >>>   Now, I just downloaded [bittorrent] an episode of something I
> >>> missed.
> >>>  The AVI's ~364 Mb for the, I guess, ~43 mins., but is, whem played
> >>> through MythVideo, of comparable quality to the stuff I record at
> >>> 6x the
> >>> size!
> >>>
> >>
> >> Those AVIs you downloaded probably aren't using MPEG-2, but
> >> instead use some
> >> variant or another of MPEG-4.  That's why they can deliver the
> >> same quality in
> >> less space.  Comparing MPEG-4 to MPEG-2 is like comparing Ogg
> >> Vorbis to MP3.
> >>
> >> You could transcode from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 (MythTV will even do
> >> this for you),
> >> but the transcoded recordings won't be playable through your
> >> PVR-350.  (That
> >> assumes you're using its MPEG-2 decoder; I stopped using mine when
> >> I upgraded
> >> to an LCD TV and switched from S-video to DVI.)
> >>
> >>  _/_
> >> / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail)
> >> (IIGS( http://alfter.us/Top-posting!
> >> \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden>What's the most annoying thing
> >> on Usenet?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I noticed the same thing with downloaded files vs. files captured
> > from my pvr 150, but even when i use mythtranscode to convert them
> > to mpeg-4, i can get downloaded AVI files that look much better and
> > are smaller. Should i use one of the external transcoding programs
> > instead of mythtranscode?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Transcoding Questions - MPEG4 and Thumbnails

[Nate Thompson]

Is there a way to not have MythTV autoflag commercials in the MPEG2
initially saved after recording, and then do it automatically after it
is done transcoding? I have experimented with MPEG4 transcoding, but
wasn't able to figure out how to get the commericals flagged
automatically after the transcoding is complete.

Nate

On 4/27/05, Gavin Haslett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Make sure that your transcoding settings are set to encode to a
> different format/bitrate after the fact. I have my transcoding set to
> recompress to MPEG4, 2200 and 48Khz sound (I'm an audio geek)... Figure
> I'm at about 700Mb for 30 minutes right now after recoding.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:16 AM
> To: Mark Knecht; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Transcoding Questions - MPEG4 and Thumbnails
> 
> > How are you transcoding your files?
> >
> 
> During playback, after doing the editing, I've set the transcode flag.
> Then it makes it into the job queue, and the sections I've edited are
> removed, but it doesn't seem to get encoded to the new format.
> 
> -Jason
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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 - Approximately 2GB/Hr.?

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/26/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I'm just learning about MythTV at this point. It's setup and
> working nicely but using up disk space rather quickly. Is 2GB/Hr. more
> or less typical for recording TV programs or are the optimizations I
> need to study next to save space?
> 
>   It seemed to me that when I recorded from /dev/vl4/video0 directly
> I thought I was using more like 200MB or 400MB/hr. but maybe I'm
> mistaken.
> 
>   Anyway, thanks in advance for replying with a few numbers for
> comparison and (assuming I'm on the high end) some ideas about what I
> should study to get the disk usage down.
> 
>   Thanks very much for a great program!
> 
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I'm using 2.1GB/per hour with my PVR-250. Changing the bitrate will
decrease this size, but at the cost of quality.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Mac Mini Frontend - HDTV Capable?

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/26/05, Robert Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/26/05, Matt Mousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wonder if that is a data delivery (from the HD) issue...ie, could a
> > data stream coming over gigbit ethernet be played? Now I'm worried again
> > :-/
> 
> I doubt it, considering earlier in the test they used the same box to
> record a stream from a cable box over firewire and the CPU usage was
> around 8%.
> 
> It's definately a decoding issue, but considering the Mac video
> drivers don't expose any kind of Hardware Accelleration on the video
> card, all the decoding's being done in CPU, which ain't got the guts
> to do it.
> --
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According to this thread on AVS Forum
(http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=c6a0309736c9efbc6bfaffeadeebaa67&threadid=533039),
there might be some progress in reverse-engineering the hardware
acceleration API. Based on the comments from posted from the
developer, with this program it should be no problem to play HD
streams off of a Mac Mini.

Now I might just have to pick me up one, but I'm going to wait and see
if they bump up the specs (video card) a little bit to allow all of
the new features of Tiger to be utilized.

Nate
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[mythtv-users] Problem with MythCenter theme via mythtv-suite .18 package

[Nate Thompson]

Is anyone else using this theme, and if so, do you get the following
message in your mythfrontend output:

XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Can't open:
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/video-ui.xml
XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Using default theme file

Running 'locate video-ui.xml' finds the file in all of the other theme
directories, but not MythCenter. Can someone please send me this file
if it is available yet?

Other than this issue, MythCenter is a beautiful theme. Much thanks to
its author/designer.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] VGA to Component adaptors

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/26/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've seen some posts about these lately, some people building, some
> people buying. I have a GrandTec Ultimate 2000
> (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=169832&CatId=1430)
> but I'm really not happy with the quality of the component out. It does
> some funky stuff. I switched back to S-Video and the quality is far
> superior, but everyone says component is the way to go, so that's what
> I'd like to do. I've read a bit about building your own, and it seems
> pretty straight forward, but then I see this:
> http://www.national-tech.com/catalog/vgatorcacomponentvideocable.htm
> which looks pretty cheap, but they all say 'not intended for use with a
> computer' which seems odd since it is a VGA connector.
> 
> My question is: what are people using for vga-component, and how do they
> like the quality?
> 
> Thanks for any and all info.
> 
> Tom
>
I actually picked up a RCA VHDC300 off of eBay recently for a pretty
cheap price. I got it setup last night and the picture quality is much
better on my HDTV than before with just svideo. I still have to do
some tweaking to compensate for a slight horizontal overscan, but I've
been pretty happy with it so far.

Before purchasing, I tried to find information online about its use in
this application (using it for computer applications), and wasn't able
to find too much about it. I did see a couple posts on a forum about
how it may only work well with 540p/1080i modelines, but I have not
yet tested this statement.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: HD modeline question, and XVMC question

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/26/05, John Patrick Poet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Nate Thompson wrote:
> 
> > I finally got around to ordering a VGA->Component adapter which arrived
> > yesterday afternoon. After some issues getting Windows to work properly, I
> > was able to generate a pretty good 960x540p modeline for my Philips
> > PW8402/37 30" WS television. While it seems to work pretty well, I have
> > noticed that there is about a 15 pixel overscan on both the top and bottom
> > of the screen. This doesn't impact video playback that much, but it does cut
> > off some of the menu/onscreen display writings. After going back and reading
> > Jarod's HDTV guide (which was a big help!), it looks like I should look into
> > creating another modeline that runs a different resolution within in the 540
> > timing that I created. Unfortunately, the guide doesn't go into exactly how
> > to accomplish this (atleast that I can find). Can someone give me a couple
> > pointers? My hardware and generated modeline are included below.
> >
> > Also, has anyone tried to use XVMC with Xine? Does it work, and is there any
> > benefit? While I do not have a HD3000/Air2PC card at the moment, I do have a
> > couple HD .TS files that I'd like to try and playback. With standard
> > settings, I can play them back, but there are frequent drops in both audio
> > and video.
> >
> > MythTV Specs:
> > AMD Athlon XP2500
> > Chaintech 7NIF2 (output via onboard GF4MX440)
> > 512MB RAM
> > Running latest FC3/Nvidia/ALSA/MythTV from atrpms.net
> >
> > Generated modeline:
> > "960x540" 40.982 960 992 1088 1216 540 541 544 560 +hsync +vsync
> >
> > Thanks for any tips,
> >
> > Nate Thompson
> >
> >
> 
> I believe Jarod lists a modeline for "888x508" which works well for him.
> 
> I personally use:
> 
> ModeLine "888x500p" 37.26 888 964 996  1104 500 522 528 563 +hsync +vsync
> 
> Which is 888x500 inside of a 960x540 mode.
> 
> This may also help you:
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/76858?search_string=modeline;#76858
> 
> John

Thanks for the tips and the thread... I will check it out as soon as I
have a free moment. I guess what I don't understand is what makes the
custom mode inside of another one... Looking at the example on Jarod's
site, I can't seem to find a pattern between the 960x540p one he
created, and the 880x480p one that is "inside" the 540p one. I'm sure
I'm just not thinking about it in the right way.

Hopefully that thread will shed some light on that for me.

Nate
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Re: [mythtv-users] Problem with fast forward/rewind...

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/25/05, Louie Ilievski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 25 April 2005 04:12 am, Nate Thompson wrote:
> > I've been having a problem since I installed .17, and it continues with
> > .18; hopefully someone can help me out. Whenever I use either the fast
> > forward/rewind functions, it will work normally for about 10 seconds then
> > the screen will freeze. If I hit play, it will resume playing normally from
> > that spot. However, if I hit FFW/REW again, it will continue moving in
> > whichever respective direction for another 10 seconds or so before freezing
> > again. I was wondering if anyone has seen this behavior, and if so, if they
> > were able to find a fix for it.
> 
> Are you using a PVR-350 and its TV-Out?

No, I'm using a PVR250 which is output via onboard GF4 MX440 (was
svideo, now via VGA).

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[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: HD modeline question, and XVMC question

[Nate Thompson]

I finally got around to ordering a VGA->Component adapter which arrived
yesterday afternoon. After some issues getting Windows to work properly, I
was able to generate a pretty good 960x540p modeline for my Philips
PW8402/37 30" WS television. While it seems to work pretty well, I have
noticed that there is about a 15 pixel overscan on both the top and bottom
of the screen. This doesn't impact video playback that much, but it does cut
off some of the menu/onscreen display writings. After going back and reading
Jarod's HDTV guide (which was a big help!), it looks like I should look into
creating another modeline that runs a different resolution within in the 540
timing that I created. Unfortunately, the guide doesn't go into exactly how
to accomplish this (atleast that I can find). Can someone give me a couple
pointers? My hardware and generated modeline are included below.

Also, has anyone tried to use XVMC with Xine? Does it work, and is there any
benefit? While I do not have a HD3000/Air2PC card at the moment, I do have a
couple HD .TS files that I'd like to try and playback. With standard
settings, I can play them back, but there are frequent drops in both audio
and video.

MythTV Specs:
AMD Athlon XP2500
Chaintech 7NIF2 (output via onboard GF4MX440)
512MB RAM
Running latest FC3/Nvidia/ALSA/MythTV from atrpms.net

Generated modeline: 
"960x540" 40.982 960 992 1088 1216 540 541 544 560 +hsync +vsync

Thanks for any tips,

Nate Thompson

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Re: [mythtv-users] Problem with fast forward/rewind...

[Nate Thompson]

Thanks for the info... I'll take a look at that patch and keep an eye
on the list for further developments.

Nate

On 4/25/05, Stuart Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 25 Apr 2005 05:12, Nate Thompson wrote:
> > I've been having a problem since I installed .17, and it continues with
> > .18; hopefully someone can help me out. Whenever I use either the fast
> > forward/rewind functions, it will work normally for about 10 seconds then
> > the screen will freeze. If I hit play, it will resume playing normally from
> > that spot. However, if I hit FFW/REW again, it will continue moving in
> > whichever respective direction for another 10 seconds or so before freezing
> > again. I was wondering if anyone has seen this behavior, and if so, if they
> > were able to find a fix for it.
> 
> Yes I've seen this behaviour. I've posted a couple of threads here and on the
> dev list about it in the last 2 weeks. This seems to be a bug with the FF/RW
> code for Mpeg2 streams. A patch released by Daniel Kristjansson in a thread
> on the Dev list called "Video Output patch(incl. Windows & OSX)" does for
> some fix the symptom (although not apparently the underlying problem).
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[mythtv-users] Problem with fast forward/rewind...

[Nate Thompson]

I've been having a problem since I installed .17, and it continues with .18;
hopefully someone can help me out. Whenever I use either the fast
forward/rewind functions, it will work normally for about 10 seconds then
the screen will freeze. If I hit play, it will resume playing normally from
that spot. However, if I hit FFW/REW again, it will continue moving in
whichever respective direction for another 10 seconds or so before freezing
again. I was wondering if anyone has seen this behavior, and if so, if they
were able to find a fix for it.

Any help would be apprechiated, hopefully I can get this figured out before
I go and break something tomorrow night trying to get my VGA->Component
adapter working. =)

Nate Thompson
 

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Sounds woes, FC3 Install using Jarod's Guide

[Nate Thompson]

That never seems to work properly for me. After doing the store, it
would work fine until I rebooted, and I'd have to reload alsamixer and
reset a couple switches before the sound would work. I've found by
leaving dmix open all the time in the background, the settings seem to
survive a reboot without any problems.

Not sure why this is, 'aslactl store/restore' worked fine when I was
running FC2.

Nate

On 4/20/05, Chris Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you want to save your alsamixer settings run "alsactl store" after
> they are set, and add "alsactl restore" somewhere in your startup
> scripts after the alsa modules and sound card drivers are loaded, and
> it will restore your previous settings.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> On 4/20/05, Micah Wedemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm currently stuck at the sound part of Jarod's guide. I think it's a
> > > simple problem, but here it is. I can't seem to get sound from the
> > > computer. I think it has something to do with the settings you have to
> > > turn on and off in Kmix. I seem to remember having to do something to
> > > the IEC settings in my old FC2 install. I'm currently using the
> > > Chaintech board with nvidia sound. I was wondering if someone with
> > > this same sound setup could let me know what settings they have
> > > checked/unchecked in kmix so that I can get past this step with
> > > alittle more ease. I've tried every combination I can think of, and
> > > still the test sound doesn't make sound. I know it's playing, because
> > > I get no error, but no sound comes from the speakers. Thanks in
> > > advance.
> >
> > I just finished install Myth using Jarod's guide, and I had a similar 
> > problem.
> > I could never get it to work by using Kmix.  However, I was able to get 
> > things
> > working using alsamixer.  It's not very pretty, and it forgets all my 
> > settings
> > on reboot, but at least it works.  I think it should be installed by 
> > default,
> > but I'm not sure.
> >
> > IIRC, I have to enable 2 settings: duplicate something-or-other and one 
> > other
> > thing.  Once those are on, sound plays fine.  One thing to do is just play 
> > an
> > mp3 or something.  Then switch to a terminal window and fire up alsamixer.  
> > Play
> > around until you can hear the music.
> >
> > Micah
> >
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

[Nate Thompson]

On 4/19/05, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> probably the best (esp if you want to continue using the same window
> manager / desktop environment) would be to add into the script a check
> that would see (based on printenv output) whether you were logging in at
> the console or remotely and start mythfrontend only on local connections
> 
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I used to have this problem. To get around it, I simply enabled
'Desktop Sharing' in the KDE Control Panel under Internet Components.
Now, I only get one instance of mythfrontend, and I can control the
console window when I login via VNC. There is also a way to do this
via the xorg.conf file, I think there were some posts about this a
little while ago.

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Re: [mythtv-users] 0.18's available

[Nate Thompson]

That is why there are various package categories at ATRrpms... the
package could be submitted as bleeding/testing if the packager feels
it may not be ready for a general (stable) release.

On 4/15/05, Big Wave Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/15/05, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 12:55:17PM -0400, Nate Thompson wrote:
> > > According to atrpms.net, it is still .17. I'm sure it'll be updated soon.
> > >
> >
> > While Jarrod has volunteered bravely to be a release engineer after this,
> > I think a wise policy would be to _not_ make the rpms available soon.
> > (though the "bleeding from CVS" rpm should be made available right away.)
> >
> > Mythtv releases have a flurry of last-minute check-ins, many of which
> > are fixes but not, as in many other projects, all of them.  The releases are
> > more a checkpoint and a goal -- get in your patches now!
> >
> > It might very well be a prudent policy to have as many people run the
> > cvs or rpm-from-cvs versions at this point, and then build the stable
> > rpm a week later after all those first-line folks have tried it.
> >
> 
> I personally planned to watch for a few days to see if any big bugs
> were discovered.  It isn't meant as a slam to any of the developers...
> Just seems to happen alot with software releases in general.
> 
> I think the CVS RPMs being released right-away, and then the actual
> release RPMs a day or two later might not be a bad idea.  In some ways
> it would be like issuing "release candidates".
> 
> Dave
> 
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RE: [mythtv-users] 0.18's available

[Nate Thompson]

According to atrpms.net, it is still .17. I'm sure it'll be updated soon. 

-Original Message-
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Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.18's available

Anyone know if this is available on ATRpms yet? Just curious, as I may try
installing this version this weekend on my FC3 Box.

Jon Kunze 

On 4/15/05, Larry Symms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isaac Richards wrote:
> 
> >Get yourself to the website if you want it.
> >
> >Isaac
> >
> >
> >
> >
> you kick ass isaac
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RE: [mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

[Nate Thompson]

I believe I have fixed the majority of my problems, however I have run into
something new. Playback seems to be fine now of DD-encoded material through
Xine, and I am not getting any of the problems I mentioned previously.
However, I have some Xvid-encoded files that feature MP3-based soundtracks
that will not play unless I turn off the 'IEC958 Optical Raw' switch in kmix
(or alsamixer for that matter). As soon as I uncheck this box, the sound is
present via my receiver. I guess my question is, has anyone else experienced
this, and also is this the only switch you have enabled via kmix?

Nate 

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Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:47 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

On Apr 8, 2005 1:37 PM, Nate Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now that I think about it, my problems usually only present themselves 
> AFTER I have used Xine to playback a video (either DD or PCM 
> soundtrack). I wonder if Xine is doing something to cause the problems?
> 

I use xine for all DVD and video viewing without any problems. How is your
xine configured? Did you check my xine config on my site (see previous
email!)?

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RE: [mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

[Nate Thompson]

Now that I think about it, my problems usually only present themselves AFTER
I have used Xine to playback a video (either DD or PCM soundtrack). I wonder
if Xine is doing something to cause the problems?

Nate 

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Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:20 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:
> Brian Stults wrote:
> 
>> If I remember correctly, 1.0.7 also gave me a terrible, shrill noise 
>> rather than the proper audio, but upgrading to 1.0.8 fixed it.
> 
> 
> kewl, i'll have to check it out and see ... didn't want to go through 
> the work if someone else could confirm it didn't work :) ... do you 
> use xine or mplayer for movies?  do you have problems with it 
> "sticking" in
> AC3 mode?  i'm running from the coax out (via Hoontech Digitial I/O
> daughterboard) on my SBLive to my receiver and sometimes after 
> quitting xine, the receiver still says "Dolby D" even if i try to play 
> a stereo movie (or mp3z, etc) ... then, i get no sound from anything 
> but AC3 movies ... it doesn't always happen, so i can't fully explain 
> how to reproduce...
> 

Sounds like you have more complex problems than I did.  I can use either
xine or mplayer for movies.  I don't have any problems at all.  My asound
file is the same as the one posted in this thread by Neil Milne.

Good luck.
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RE: [mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

[Nate Thompson]

Mine has been doing the exact same thing as you are experiencing... Getting
stuck in a certain mode, or getting stuck in a loop where the receiver
alternates between stereo and dolby digital modes, producing no sound but
requiring a warm boot to resolve it.

Still looking into that one (recent upgrade to FC3 + ALSA 1.08).

Nate 

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Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

Brian Stults wrote:
> If I remember correctly, 1.0.7 also gave me a terrible, shrill noise 
> rather than the proper audio, but upgrading to 1.0.8 fixed it.

kewl, i'll have to check it out and see ... didn't want to go through the
work if someone else could confirm it didn't work :) ... do you use xine or
mplayer for movies?  do you have problems with it "sticking" in
AC3 mode?  i'm running from the coax out (via Hoontech Digitial I/O
daughterboard) on my SBLive to my receiver and sometimes after quitting
xine, the receiver still says "Dolby D" even if i try to play a stereo movie
(or mp3z, etc) ... then, i get no sound from anything but AC3 movies ... it
doesn't always happen, so i can't fully explain how to reproduce...

my ASUS mobo has an onboard sound card w/ coax out, but i haven't had any
better luck with it (last tried ALSA 1.0.5, iirc).. can't recall what
onboard sound card it was or what driver it used, either, but it'd free up
some expansion slots if i could use that :S

thx for the input :)
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RE: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

[Nate Thompson]

Good call on the nvidia drivers. I tried both 7167 and 7174 with no luck.
Downgrading to 6629 solved everything. Now just have to clear up a couple
bad enteries in the recorded shows and I'm back to normal. Thanks again,

Nate 

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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 5:45 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

On Friday 01 April 2005 07:42, Nate Thompson wrote:
> Sorry to reply to my own post again, but could this be related to 
> using a newer (and incompatible) version of QT? I've seen some mention 
> of this in the archives...

Hm, could be that, could be nVidia drivers. I saw freezes like that when I
first tried the 7167 driver. Rolled back to 6629, and all was better.
Haven't yet tried 7174 on that box...


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Thompson
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:55 AM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3
>
> Thanks for the reply Jarod... I was able to get almost all the way 
> through your FC3 documentation, but seem to be getting stuck on the 
> database import. Once completed, it freezes when the Titivilus 
> background loads in either 'mythfrontend' or 'mythtvsetup'. Only way 
> to get control of the system again is to restart. Would you have any 
> ideas as to what I should look at to correct this? Would importing the 
> database back into MySQL as user mythtv instead of root (as defined in
MySQL) cause any problems?
>
> If I build a fresh database, everything seems to work fine, so I think 
> there is something in the old database preventing it from starting 
> properly (no errors when writing 'mythfrontend -v all' to a file)? The 
> old database was a .17 running on a FC2 system.

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RE: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

[Nate Thompson]

Sorry to reply to my own post again, but could this be related to using a
newer (and incompatible) version of QT? I've seen some mention of this in
the archives...

Nate 

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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:55 AM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

Thanks for the reply Jarod... I was able to get almost all the way through
your FC3 documentation, but seem to be getting stuck on the database import.
Once completed, it freezes when the Titivilus background loads in either
'mythfrontend' or 'mythtvsetup'. Only way to get control of the system again
is to restart. Would you have any ideas as to what I should look at to
correct this? Would importing the database back into MySQL as user mythtv
instead of root (as defined in MySQL) cause any problems?

If I build a fresh database, everything seems to work fine, so I think there
is something in the old database preventing it from starting properly (no
errors when writing 'mythfrontend -v all' to a file)? The old database was a
.17 running on a FC2 system. 

Nate
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On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:32, Nate Thompson wrote:
> This is somewhat off-topic, but I was wondering if this would be an OK 
> solution to upgrading FC2 to FC3. I have messed up something in my FC2 
> install, so I figured now would be a good time to upgrade. My plan is 
> to dump the mythconverg database and store it somewhere safe, delete 
> everything but the /video partition, and do a fresh install of FC3.
> Then I should be able to put the database back in place (once 
> everything else is installed of course) and it should all hopefully 
> work as it did before with no loss of recordings. Is this a proper 
> assumption, or am I missing something here?

That's basically what I've done in the past. No problems whatsoever. 

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RE: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

[Nate Thompson]

Thanks for the reply Jarod... I was able to get almost all the way through
your FC3 documentation, but seem to be getting stuck on the database import.
Once completed, it freezes when the Titivilus background loads in either
'mythfrontend' or 'mythtvsetup'. Only way to get control of the system again
is to restart. Would you have any ideas as to what I should look at to
correct this? Would importing the database back into MySQL as user mythtv
instead of root (as defined in MySQL) cause any problems?

If I build a fresh database, everything seems to work fine, so I think there
is something in the old database preventing it from starting properly (no
errors when writing 'mythfrontend -v all' to a file)? The old database was a
.17 running on a FC2 system. 

Nate
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarod Wilson
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:57 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:32, Nate Thompson wrote:
> This is somewhat off-topic, but I was wondering if this would be an OK 
> solution to upgrading FC2 to FC3. I have messed up something in my FC2 
> install, so I figured now would be a good time to upgrade. My plan is 
> to dump the mythconverg database and store it somewhere safe, delete 
> everything but the /video partition, and do a fresh install of FC3. 
> Then I should be able to put the database back in place (once 
> everything else is installed of course) and it should all hopefully 
> work as it did before with no loss of recordings. Is this a proper 
> assumption, or am I missing something here?

That's basically what I've done in the past. No problems whatsoever. 

--
Jarod Wilson
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[mythtv-users] Problem with importing Mythconverg database backup...

[Nate Thompson]

I am almost done with my fresh install of FC3 (from FC2) and have everything
working until the very end. When I import my SQL database into MySQL using
'mysql -u mythtv -p mythconverg < mythtv_backup.sql', the process takes a
little time and I am finally returned to a prompt. Mythbackend starts
without any problems (and actually starts to record a show), but when I try
to run mythfrontend, it locks shortly after the Titivilus background loads
and I have to restart the machine. This also occurs if I try to run
'mythtvsetup'.

If I create a fresh database, everything seems to work fine. That leads me
to think that there is something it doesn't like in the old database. I've
tried turning on verbose errors and writing them to a file, but nothing out
of the ordinary appears. Does anyone have any ideas of what I should look
at? I'd hate to lose all my database settings/recordings if at all possible.

Nate Thompson

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[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Upgrade to FC3

[Nate Thompson]

This is somewhat off-topic, but I was wondering if this would be an OK
solution to upgrading FC2 to FC3. I have messed up something in my FC2
install, so I figured now would be a good time to upgrade. My plan is to
dump the mythconverg database and store it somewhere safe, delete everything
but the /video partition, and do a fresh install of FC3. Then I should be
able to put the database back in place (once everything else is installed of
course) and it should all hopefully work as it did before with no loss of
recordings. Is this a proper assumption, or am I missing something here?

Thanks for any help you can give,

Nate Thompson

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RE: [mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru withSBLive!

[Nate Thompson]

Hate to reply to myself, but after reading some information I found online,
there seems to be a problem with ALSA 1.06 and some digital output setups.
Therefore, I think I am going to take this opportunity to go ahead and
upgrade to FC3 as I've been putting it off for awhile before trying anything
else. Hopefully I can just dump the database, upgrade via the CDs, and get
things running again without too many problems. I'll post again if I have
the same problems post-FC3 upgrade.

Nate

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 11:22 PM
To: 'Jim Oltman'; 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru
withSBLive!

I was able to get mythtv to work using 'ALSA:digital' after following your
advice, but the audio still skips constantly in Xine when I play a file with
'Pass Through' selected in the audio section. Is there any way to get more
output from xine as to what exactly is going on when it tries to play the
file? 

Just for reference, if I configure mplayer like I had before, everything
works as it should (smooth playback and AC3 output via SPDIF on my Live!
Card).

Nate

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Oltman
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:28 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru with
SBLive!

I assume you are trying to output via SPDIF.  What do you get when you run
aplay -l.  That's a lowercase L.  That will list out your devices on your
sound card.  In my asound.conf I have my digital out PCM as device 0,2.
Here is my asound.conf:

# Override the default output used by ALSA.
# If you do not override the default, your default # device is identical to
the (unmixed) analog device # shown below.  If you prefer mixed and/or
digital # output, uncomment the appropriate four lines below # (only one
slave.pcm line).
pcm.!default {
  type plug
## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default #  slave.pcm
"dmix-analog"
## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default
  slave.pcm "digital-hw"
## Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default #  slave.pcm
"dmix-digital"
}

# Alias for analog output on the nForce2 (hw:0,0) # - This is identical to
the device named "default"--which # always exists and refers to hw:0,0
(unless overridden) # - Therefore, we can specify "hw:0,0", "default", or
"analog"
# to access analog output on the nForce2 pcm.analog {  type plug  slave.pcm
"analog-hw"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.analog {  type hw
card 0 }

# Alias for (rate-converted) mixed analog output on the # nForce2 (hw:0,0) #
- This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and # convert to the
rate required for the dmix plugin # (in this case 48000Hz) pcm.mixed-analog
{  type plug  slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.mixed-analog {  type
hw  card 0 }

# Alias for (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the # nForce2
(hw:0,2) #  - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and #
convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware # (in this case
48000Hz) pcm.digital {  type plug  slave.pcm "digital-hw"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.digital {  type hw
card 0 }

# Alias for mixed (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the # nForce2
(hw:0,2) #  - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and #
convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware # (in this case
48000Hz) pcm.mixed-digital {  type plug  slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.mixed-digital { type
hw  card 0 }

# The following devices are not useful by themselves.  They # require
specific rates, channels, and formats.  Therefore, # you probably do not
want to use them directly.  Instead use # of of the devices defined above.

# Alias for analog output on the nForce2 (hw:0,0) # Do not use this
directly--it requires specific rate, # channels, and format pcm.analog-hw {
type hw  card 0  # The default value for device is 0, so no need to specify
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.analog-hw {  type hw
card 0 }

# Alias for digital (S/PDIF) output on the nForce2 (hw:0,2) # Do not use
this directly--it requires specific rate, # channels, and format
pcm.digital-hw {  type hw  card 0  device 2 }

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.digital-hw {  type
hw  card 0 }

# Direct software mixing plugin for analog output on # the nForce2 (hw:0,0)
# Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate, # channels, and
format pcm.dmix-analog {  type dmix  ipc_key 1234  slave {
   pcm "analog-hw"

RE: [mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru with SBLive!

[Nate Thompson]

I was able to get mythtv to work using 'ALSA:digital' after following your
advice, but the audio still skips constantly in Xine when I play a file with
'Pass Through' selected in the audio section. Is there any way to get more
output from xine as to what exactly is going on when it tries to play the
file? 

Just for reference, if I configure mplayer like I had before, everything
works as it should (smooth playback and AC3 output via SPDIF on my Live!
Card).

Nate

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Oltman
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:28 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru with
SBLive!

I assume you are trying to output via SPDIF.  What do you get when you run
aplay -l.  That's a lowercase L.  That will list out your devices on your
sound card.  In my asound.conf I have my digital out PCM as device 0,2.
Here is my asound.conf:

# Override the default output used by ALSA.
# If you do not override the default, your default # device is identical to
the (unmixed) analog device # shown below.  If you prefer mixed and/or
digital # output, uncomment the appropriate four lines below # (only one
slave.pcm line).
pcm.!default {
  type plug
## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default #  slave.pcm
"dmix-analog"
## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default
  slave.pcm "digital-hw"
## Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default #  slave.pcm
"dmix-digital"
}

# Alias for analog output on the nForce2 (hw:0,0) # - This is identical to
the device named "default"--which # always exists and refers to hw:0,0
(unless overridden) # - Therefore, we can specify "hw:0,0", "default", or
"analog"
# to access analog output on the nForce2 pcm.analog {  type plug  slave.pcm
"analog-hw"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.analog {  type hw
card 0 }

# Alias for (rate-converted) mixed analog output on the # nForce2 (hw:0,0) #
- This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and # convert to the
rate required for the dmix plugin # (in this case 48000Hz) pcm.mixed-analog
{  type plug  slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.mixed-analog {  type
hw  card 0 }

# Alias for (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the # nForce2
(hw:0,2) #  - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and #
convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware # (in this case
48000Hz) pcm.digital {  type plug  slave.pcm "digital-hw"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.digital {  type hw
card 0 }

# Alias for mixed (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the # nForce2
(hw:0,2) #  - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and #
convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware # (in this case
48000Hz) pcm.mixed-digital {  type plug  slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.mixed-digital {
type hw  card 0 }

# The following devices are not useful by themselves.  They # require
specific rates, channels, and formats.  Therefore, # you probably do not
want to use them directly.  Instead use # of of the devices defined above.

# Alias for analog output on the nForce2 (hw:0,0) # Do not use this
directly--it requires specific rate, # channels, and format pcm.analog-hw {
type hw  card 0  # The default value for device is 0, so no need to specify
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.analog-hw {  type hw
card 0 }

# Alias for digital (S/PDIF) output on the nForce2 (hw:0,2) # Do not use
this directly--it requires specific rate, # channels, and format
pcm.digital-hw {  type hw  card 0  device 2 }

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.digital-hw {  type
hw  card 0 }

# Direct software mixing plugin for analog output on # the nForce2 (hw:0,0)
# Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate, # channels, and
format pcm.dmix-analog {  type dmix  ipc_key 1234  slave {
   pcm "analog-hw"
   period_time 0
   period_size 1024
   buffer_size 4096
   rate 48000
 }
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.dmix-analog {  type
hw  card 0 }

# Direct software mixing plugin for digital (S/PDIF) output # on the nForce2
(hw:0,2) # Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate, # channels,
and format pcm.dmix-digital {  type dmix  ipc_key 1235  slave {
   pcm "digital-hw"
   period_time 0
   period_size 1024
   buffer_size 4096
   rate 48000
 }
}

# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card ctl.dmix-digital {  type
hw  card 0 }

In here, change the hw0,2 to whatever aplay -l displays.  I hopw it helps.

Jim

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:06:43 -0500, Nate Thompson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone has had any l

[mythtv-users] Editing .asoundrc for Xine 5.1 passthru with SB Live!

[Nate Thompson]

I was just wondering if anyone has had any luck getting their SB Live! Card
to play a DD5.1 soundtrack via Xine using the 'Pass Thru' setting in the
setup menu? Whenever I select this option, I only get garbled sound output.
I'm assuming it is because I am using a very basic .asoundrc file that isn't
configured properly. Has anyone tried to use Jarod's updated file
(http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/asoundrc.txt) that he made for his Audigy with a
standard SB Live! card? Any tips would definitely be apprechiated. If it
matters, I believe I am using ALSA 1.06.


Nate Thompson
 

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RE: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem

[Nate Thompson]

Thanks, I kind of figured that but thought I would ask. I did find a nice
.16 binary that I'll try later and see how it works.

Nate 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Morris
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:48 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem

On 18 Jan 2005, at 11:33 AM, Nate Thompson wrote:

> This is somewhat offtopic, but I was wondering if you can use a CVS 
> frontend with a .16 backend.

No, you can't, the protocol between the frontend and backend has changed
since 0.16 and they'll refuse to talk to each other.

- Jeremiah


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RE: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem

[Nate Thompson]

This is somewhat offtopic, but I was wondering if you can use a CVS frontend
with a .16 backend. I am thinking about compiling the frontend on my iBook
but want to see if I need to update my backend first.

Thanks,
Nate 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Morris
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:11 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem

On 17 Jan 2005, at 6:16 PM, Colin Bell wrote:

> I did have problem with it not finding qmake so I made a symlink of 
> $QTDIR/bin/qmake to /usr/bin.

You shouldn't do that, fix the PATH problem instead (see below). Making
symlinks like that will really trip you up if you upgrade to a new version
of Qt.

> (tcsh: Bad : modifier in $ (/).)

This is the problem -- you're using tcsh instead of bash as your shell. 
I'm guessing you probably upgraded from an older version of OS X, instead of
starting with a fresh Panther install. As the howto says: 
"If you don't start from scratch, some of the instructions may not be
correct for your setup." You've hit one of those places.  =/

The tcsh version needs to be put into .tcshrc instead of .bash_profile, and
it should look like this:

setenv SRCDIR $HOME/src
setenv QTDIR $SRCDIR/qt-mac-free-3.3.3
setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib:$QTDIR/lib setenv PATH
${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:$QTDIR/bin

Use "source ~/.tcshrc" to load that into your environment, instead of ".
~/.bash_profile". The rest of the howto should work the same.

> If I'm being a pain just ignore me...

Not at all. Being a pain would be making the same mistakes over and over,
and not listening to solutions. Making mistakes, learning from them, and
going on to make new mistakes is just a normal and healthy part of life. (If
I go by the number of mistakes I make, I'm extremely successful at life.)

- Jeremiah


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