Re: [mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system
Hi Neil, Thanks, will recheck it. By the way, I bought the red eye serial infrared channel changer and I'm using your skychannel.c. It changes the channels like a charm on my skybox. Of course after I found about changing the protocol after I wired everything nicely. Regards, OliverOn 8/30/05, Neil Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Around about 11/08/05 15:32, Oliver Martini typed ... - Is there a possibility that it will change the input source when I choose a channel within the EPG or when I'm browsing the menu, automatically? Or do I always have to press the Y button? If added correctly, changing channel in Myth should select the correcttuner/setting for that channel/source.I'm still a bit hazy on theterminology and linkage. Run through myth-setup again and double check that everything seems to be correctly cross-linked.--[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signaturels: .signature: No such file or directory[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# exit ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system
Thanks for your help guys, I had to find out about the Y key to switch the input source but now it's working. I still have two questions: - Is there a possibility that it will change the input source when I choose a channel within the EPG or when I'm browsing the menu, automatically? Or do I always have to press the Y button? - Where do I get the redeye for changing the channels? The store I found on the redeye page has a redeye receiver but with a strange connector not the 9pin. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RE: Re: add skybox to my MythTV system
I ment that I created a script called skychannel.sh in /usr/loca/bin. All this script does is writing something in a file in /tmp/skychannel.test. When I restart the mythtv backend it writes the dummy output into /tmp/skychannel.tmp. When I change the channel in Live-TV mode it does not call he skychannel.sh to change the channel and also does not change from tuner1 (PVR350) to composite0 (PVR150) A interesting thing is, that when I activate the PiP mode I get the input from the composite0 (PVR150) to see in the small window in the lower left corner. This looks to me like the configuration is somehow correct. When I then try to switch to PiP window it does not work. ok, I will try to run 'mythbacken -v all' when I'm at home. thanks, oliver Around about 08/08/05 21:21, Oliver Martini typed ... I just added a dummy skychannel.sh script to /usr/loca/bin. when I restart the backend it writes a dummy output to a file, but when I try to change to a channel with this video source it does not call my skychannel.sh script, it also does not change to the video source (PVR-150) from the actual cable source (PVR-350). When I watch PiP I get the input from the skybox to see in the small window, but I'm not able to switch window. Not entirely sure I can deduce from that what you're actually doing, but you may want to try running 'mythbackend -v all' to see what it's getting up to. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# exit ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: add skybox to my MythTV system
Hi, I ran mythbacken with the mythbackend -v all option. I go the following output which I guess is interesting 2005-08-09 21:53:41.755 Failed to find channel(417) on current input (Tuner 0) of card (1). 2005-08-09 21:53:41.756 Failed to find channel(417) on any input of card (1). Shouldn't it change to Composite0 of card 0? How do I achieve that? Thanks, Oliver ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system
Thanks for your help, I will try it at home tonight. How do you change your channels on the sky box from MythTV. Are you using the RedEye, RF or something different? Regards, Oliver Around about 04/08/05 14:33, Oliver Martini typed ... I then tried to add a channel to the channel-editor with choosing sat_uk as the video source but I was not able to tune to this channel. (Of course the SkyBox was running, since I got the picture and sound when I ran mplayer and added the /dev/video0 as source.) I think there's stuff in Jarod's guide about this; I've set Sky up and I, like most people, got most of my info. from that. The trick is that you need to set the frequency no. (IIRC) for each Sky channel to the actual [Sky] channel number, then set that source/tuner up to run an external command upon channel change. This command (usually a script you write) get the 'frequency' (channel no.) as its first arg. and does what needs to be done to change the Sky channel. First up, given that you can see the Sky outside of Myth, I'd get so's you can watch live Sky TV through Myth. Not sure if that's made more difficult by having another already-working tuner. You may need to configure your script up and just have a do-nothing one for now to make Myth think it worked. Then you need to set up (test the script outside Myth) whatever mechanism you plan to use the change the Sky channel (IR of RF). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# exit ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] RE: Re: add skybox to my MythTV system
I just added a dummy skychannel.sh script to /usr/loca/bin. when I restart the backend it writes a dummy output to a file, but when I try to change to a channel with this video source it does not call my skychannel.sh script, it also does not change to the video source (PVR-150) from the actual cable source (PVR-350). When I watch PiP I get the input from the skybox to see in the small window, but I'm not able to switch window. thanks for your help, Oliver RE: Re: add skybox to my MythTV system [In reply to] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Bird Sent: 08 August 2005 12:39 To: MythTV Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system Around about 08/08/05 12:07, Oliver Martini typed ... Thanks for your help, I will try it at home tonight. How do you change your channels on the sky box from MythTV. Are you using the RedEye, RF or something different? I use the RedEye. If you go that route, I'll send you my slightly customised redeye.c (serial controller command line app. supplied by redeye) and my wrapper 'skychannel' script which has proven quite resilient. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# exit Out of interest how fast is RedEye at changing the channel on a Sky digibox? I assume I would need Red-Eye Serial for a Sky box? (the normal one looks like it just works on NTL/Telewest boxes). I would also be interested in getting a copy of your redeye.c and skychannel script if that's not too much trouble :) Thanks, Darren ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] add skybox to my MythTV system
Hi all, I'm a happy user of the mythtv with the following setup since around a year: - Fedora Core 3 with MythTV 0.18.1 - Pentium 4 (2.4GHz) - 1GB RAM - 160GB HD - PVR-350 for recording cable TV - Geforce FX5200 for s-video output to TV I just added an PVR-150MCE to my system because I want to attach the SkyBox to MythTV. I was able to get a picture of the SkyBox Input on my TV but not thru MythTV. How do I have to define the channels when the Input is comming from the composite plug of my PVR-150? What I did was defining the the capture card (video0), I also defined a video source (sat_uk) and assigned the video source sat_uk to the capture card video0/composite0 I then tried to add a channel to the channel-editor with choosing sat_uk as the video source but I was not able to tune to this channel. (Of course the SkyBox was running, since I got the picture and sound when I ran mplayer and added the /dev/video0 as source.) Thanks for you help, Oliver ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 out
Thanks for your hints, gonna try it tommorow, when I'm back at the mythtv-pc Just as an information, I went thru all the other steps sucessfully. I can't wait till it works with TV out. thanks, oliver -- No the dd stuff is to /dev/video16 which is the mpeg playback not the frame buffer. The problem is probably that its lost its pal setting. I would check that you have the std=2(I think and this is from memory since i'm at work) option to force PAL mode for ivtv and then reload ivtv as well as saa7127. John --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After you have loaded the modules, particularly the ivtv-fb.o module, check the /var/log/messages file tail /var/log/messages OR cat /var/log/messages | more and find out what /dev/fb? file it the framebuffer was mapped to. It's possible you already have other framebuffer device files mapped and you are dding to the wrong device file. - Original Message - From: Oliver Martini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:56 am Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 out Hi all, I finally decided to install mythtv on a dedicated computer. My hardware looks like the following: - P4P800SE Motherboard - Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz - 160 GB Samsumg HD - GeForce4 MX440 - PVR350 TV capture card I followed Jarod's Fedora guide till I got to the following point: I tried to play some video thru the PVR-350's output. with the followingcommands, but nothing got displayed on the TV screen. # /usr/bin/ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -noglobalalpha -localalpha # dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k I was able to get the test picture displayed on my TV. But since I unloaded the module and loaded the module with the following commands, I do have some weird strips accross my TV.# /sbin/rmmod saa7127 # /sbin/modprobe saa7127 I did set the parameters for PAL output with the following: # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0xff # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=576 What are the steps I have to take, to get the TV-out working? Thanks for your help, Oliver ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
