Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 MCE USN IR Reciever
Does the USB IR reciever included with this package work with linux? = Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 Jan 23 23:59:21 media Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2: USB remote driver for LIRC v0.22 Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2: Martin Blatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id Jan 23 23:59:21 media usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Jan 23 23:59:21 media usb 1-1: ep0 maxpacket = 16 Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2[2]: SMK eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb1:2 Jan 23 23:59:21 media usbcore: registered new driver lirc_mceusb2 = Looks like it to me :-)) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 MCE USN IR Reciever
Does the USB IR reciever included with this package work with linux? -- Scott Dexter You're not one of us. I don't think I'm one of them, either, said Brutha. I'm one of mine. Terry Pratchett (Small Gods) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 MCE USN IR Reciever
Does the USB IR reciever included with this package work with linux? Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 Jan 23 23:59:21 media Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2: USB remote driver for LIRC v0.22 Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2: Martin Blatter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id Jan 23 23:59:21 media usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Jan 23 23:59:21 media usb 1-1: ep0 maxpacket = 16 Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 Jan 23 23:59:21 media lirc_mceusb2[2]: SMK eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb1:2 Jan 23 23:59:21 media usbcore: registered new driver lirc_mceusb2 ===Looks like it to me :-)) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythlcd
Where could I moer information about mythlcd and what it shows ? Does it show clock when you watch TV or dvd ? Or can you configure it easily ? On 1/2/06, Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Is there a way to use mythlcd with the stable 0.18.1 code ? I don't want to run the CVS version if possible Any reason you particularly want the seperate task driving the LCD? 0.18.1 will already talk to an LCD device through LCDproc - its just that the SVN code has factored out a lot of the LCD stuff to make it easier to support and to add new features (like better operation with MythMusic). Tick the check box on the last 'appearance' setup screen to enable the LCD stuff and select the items you want displaying... The easiest way to see what it does is to try it - fortunately you don't need an LCD for testing!! Install lcdproc and set up the ncurses driver. Set the size to what you would expect to use on a real LCD (mine is 2 lines of 20 for example) and run up LCDd on a seperate virtual screen before you start up mythfrontend. In Mythfrontend, go into setup/appearance and select the things you want to be displayed. I think you have to restart the frontend to it to work... You'll see displayed (including all the scrolling etc) everything you can expect to see on a real LCD. Very handy for debugging this method is, as I found when the display I bought wouldn't run directly off the 3.3volt printer port on an Epia SP13000 (even with pullup resistors) such that I had to put in voltage shifting buffers. When I was at last convinced that the software DID work I debugged the hardware and sorted it!! -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] exit and shutdown from mythtv
the 'exit and shutdown' button used to work for me. isn't now though. Sounds like you need to define the full path to the shutdown command in the setup box. By default, most systems put shutdown into /sbin and a non-root user doesn't have /sbin in its path. Try putting /sbin/shutdown (or /usr/sbin/shutdown if thats where your distro stores it) into the dialog box. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] cut commercials only, no transcoding
Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It's currently a very active bit of development... lossless MPEG2 cutting. It's not in the releases, and the development has bugs that are being squashed. Not ready for prime time yet as I understand it. -Cory Being totally ignorant, and one who badly wants this feature for MPEG4-MPEG4, I'll ask some simple questions (just in case I try to learn enough about myth and MPEG4 to make some haphazard attempt to work on the MPEG4 case): 1) Are there any plans for this feature for MPEG4-MPEG4? 2) Is this a hard thing to do? 3) Where is a good place to learn about all of this (I checked the development list and the documentation at the SVN site, but it was quite incomplete and over my head)? Thanks, Steve Silly question, but what is your source of mpeg4 stuff? I've not seen any capture cards that output anything other that mpeg2. Is it some dodgy US cable thing? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SVN mythtranscode
Haven't seen anyone reply to this yet so I will. Notice he said 'lossless'. The MPEG2-MPEG2 transcoding in SVN is for cutting only, it does not re-encode the frames (except around the cutpoints I believe). So, the space savings from using it are because you get to cut out those 20 minutes of commercials out of every hour of show and if you're using TS files, you may save space since the output format is PS. Thanks Chris. What prompted me to think that lossy might be an option in SVN was that he said ...using the -m switch (which should turn ON lossless) creates a file the same size as without it. That implies that if you don't use the -m switch you get a _lossy_ conversion which is what I actually want! If there is no lossy trancoding, why is there a -m flag to specify lossless if that's all it does anyway? Thanks Phil - thats the question I was really asking!! - not to mention how to make the choice from the GUI with an existing recording, something I now know can't be done at present. The difference in files sizes I was looking for was in the OUTPUT files as I expected that without the -m switch I'd get a smaller file (mpeg4) than WITH the -m switch. Sounds like a feature request to me Please can we have an option in the Previously Recorded menus to select what type of transcoding to do on the currently selected recording... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] SVN mythtranscode
Greetings Does Mythtranscode from SVN still support mpeg2 - mpeg4 (xvid) compression or is it mpeg2 - mpeg2 lossless only now. I ask as using the -m switch (which should turn ON lossless) creates a file the same size as without it. I'd expect a larger file with it. I STILL can't find a way of setting the profile of an EXISTING recording to determine how it gets transcoded using the 'x' command from the playback edit screen. Thanks... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can MythTV ignore the keyboard and only use a remote?
I have been investigating using MythTV, and have even installed it on my (FC4) system and played with the config programs. I don't yet have a TV tuner card, but have a PVR 350 on order. I choose the PVR 350 for input and output to minimize the impact upon my CPU from watching TV and to allow TV viewing to be completely independent of my primary display. The system will run both the front-end and the back-end, which seems like the setup most people would start with. I assume the PVR 350 will do all of the heavy lifting. My ultimate goal is to have PVR functionality that is completely independent of what I am doing on the PC. For this to work I need, (1)live TV functionality to take minimal processor load, and (2)MythTV to only use the remote control for input and completely ignore the system's keyboard and mouse. Is this possible? I have done google searches and read from the MythTV howto, but still not found my answer. PS. Thanks to developers that make everything possible. I take it that this is the only PC you will be using? Anyway, the recording part of Mythtv is handled by the 'backend' and the display (selecting what to record, playing it back etc) is handled by a seperate 'frontend' program. Note that only the frontend takes user input, be it from keyboard or remote control. This means you can keep the backend part of mythtv running in the background all the time and only fire up the frontend to select what to record and to view previously recorded shows. The backend uses the pvr350 encoder section to grab the shows and put them onto disk. The frontend uses the decoder section out to the TV for displaying stuff. Whilst its doing that, there is no reason why you shouldn't run other (normal PC) stuff in another virtual screen. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Ratpoisonrc example
Greetings Does someone have an example ratpoisonrc file they could post that sets default focus options etc correctly for mythtv/mplayer/xine frontend? Thanks -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SVN lossless MPEG2 transcode for HD process question
Yes, you're doing something wrong ;) -i doesn't unfortunately work with -l this way. You have to provide the cutpoints if you're using -i and -o. So you can either use mythtranscode this way: mythtranscode -l -c 1807 -s 2006-01-05T02:05:00 -o test.mpg -- Which accepts the -l flag or just press X while you watch this show. It's the easiest way to transcode files (don't forget to activate Keep backup files in mythtv-setup). I've just tried this and it works great. Question is, how do I get the same parameters passed across to mythtranscode from the 'x' command in the edit screen of mythtv playback for an EXISTING recording. I can't find anywhere for a current recording to be able to select the transcode options or profile so I can't seem to be able to select between mpeg2-mpeg2 or mpeg2-mpeg4. Thanks... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Transcode profile selection
Greetings So I've got a couple of old recordings I'd like to transcode out the commercials. How do I select what transcode profile to use since I didn't set anything specifically when I recorded them. I'm using SVN r8467 which has the option of doing mpeg2 - mpeg2 but I can't find a way of selecting that from my old default of mpeg2 - mpeg4. I've looked in Previously Recorded, Media Library/Watch Recordings and tried the menu and info submenus - nowt :-( I can't think of any other options that get to list individual recordings to be able to adjust the transcode profile... Help! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Archiving to DVD?
Maybe investigate why it's slow and fails. It's working perfectly for me. ProjectX solves the av/sync problems and if your data 4.7GB it automatically requantisizes to what fits on the DVD Henk Schoneveld Has anyone tried using mpeg2fix (a standalone version of mythtranscode) from SVN in place of ProjectX that does cutlist stuff on mpeg2 files and cleans them up as per PX does? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Transcode profile selection
Greetings So I've got a couple of old recordings I'd like to transcode out the commercials. How do I select what transcode profile to use since I didn't set anything specifically when I recorded them. I'm using SVN r8467 which has the option of doing mpeg2 - mpeg2 but I can't find a way of selecting that from my old default of mpeg2 - mpeg4. I've looked in Previously Recorded, Media Library/Watch Recordings and tried the menu and info submenus - nowt :-( I can't think of any other options that get to list individual recordings to be able to adjust the transcode profile... Help! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythlcd
Hello List, Is there a way to use mythlcd with the stable 0.18.1 code ? I don't want to run the CVS version if possible Any reason you particularly want the seperate task driving the LCD? 0.18.1 will already talk to an LCD device through LCDproc - its just that the SVN code has factored out a lot of the LCD stuff to make it easier to support and to add new features (like better operation with MythMusic). Tick the check box on the last 'appearance' setup screen to enable the LCD stuff and select the items you want displaying... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OT: Xine seek behaiviour changed
Greetings I've just upgraded (using Gentoo) from xine-lib 1.0.1 to 1.1.1 and now seekrelative-15 seems to toggle between two places 15 secs apart in a DVD instead of prgressively going further back on each press. Funny, but seekrelative-60 seems to be OK (but the steps are too large!) Has anyone else had this? Should I just roll back to 1.0.1? Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Merry Christmas!!
Greetings Since its now Christmas day here, Merry Christmas to all MythTV users and developers:-) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 2005 MCE REMOTE
Now, I have everything installed and working great. except the remote in MythTV. When I run /usr/bin/irw I get the output I can see the remote is working. An lsmod shows the the remote drivers are loaded. I have a .lircrc file in the user's home dir and in the /users/homedir/.mythtv dir. I copied the lircrc file from examples online. Lircd is running as well. Am I missing something? Do I need to configure something in MythTV to get it to use the remote? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Using the strings that get displayed when using irw as a reference (they are defined by the /etc/lircd.conf file), make sure that your lircrc file has matching strings for each of the buttons and that each of the entries in the file are of the form: begin prog = mythtv button = Right repeat = 2 config = Right end begin prog = mythtv button = Down repeat = 2 config = Down end i.e. make sure that the 'prog' line says mythtv (otherwise it won't get the command), the 'button' line is what comes from /etc/lircd.conf (as displayed by irw) and the 'config' like is what mythtv expects (see http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1) The 'repeat' line (and others you may come across) are all documented in the lirc docs. Note that you can extend the file with commands for mplayer (for videos) and xine (for DVD playing) or even to run programs that know nothing of lirc at all (and comments start with a '#') - I have the power button on my remote mapped... # Mute begin prog = mplayer button = Mute config = mute end # Seek back 10 seconds begin prog = mplayer button = Left repeat = 1 config = seek -10 endbegin prog = xine button = Home config = Menu end begin prog = xine button = Forward repeat = 1 config = SeekRelative+60 end begin prog = irexec button = Power config = /sbin/halt mode = halt flags= once end Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythMusic playlists
Greetings Simple question... Is it possible to have global playlists? They are stored in the MySQL database to they are accessable to all frontends but I'm not able to share them which is a real pain (its easier for me to create them on a frontend that has a keyboard attached than to just use a remote). LCD navigation (i.e. not turning on the TV) is easier using playlists as well so I'd like to make a collection of them if I could share them! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple questions from a mythtv newbie...
1. MythGame I seem to still have a problem with MythGame starting. It complains that the version of xmame is not supported. From what I can tell from looking in past messages, all that Myth is doing is a 'xmame -version' command to validate that xmame is working. Is this correct? I'm using xmame.102 and it works fine if I start it manually. It will also show the version correctly (though I do get some Glide error that doesn't seem to effect anything). I've also double (and triple) checked my settings, as I've believe that this error message that I'm getting is displayed for any configuration error with MythGame. I've also tried and modify the DB to reflect that I have no joystick (as mentioned in the MythGame docs somewhere...) but that doesn't seem to have any effect either. Try running mythfrontend from a terminal session so you can see the output from mythgame when it all goes wrong - should give you some clues as to what is missing. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need help / suggestion for building a myth box
Anyone know a good way to play streaming audio stations? Mythstream: http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~moongies/streamtuned.html Works well and with the right parsers can get 'inside' complex web based lists of radio stations (e.g. BBC radio in the UK and shoutcast) and pull out by genre, program title etc. As far as I can recall it compiles OK against 18.1 and SVN - requires a minor edit to 3 xml theme files to get it into the frontend menus (details in the readme work great). It also handles streaming video (eg NasaTV)! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sell Me On a Remote / IR Receiver
On 12/13/05, Tony McDowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I've just about got my Myth box up and running. I'm going for a little bit of overkill since this box will be a media *server* as well as the Myth controller. It's running on a Tyan Thunder S2567 with dual 1.0GHz Tualatins. My TV receiver is the Hauppauge PVR-350. So far, it's all running satisfactorily. However, as I bought the PVR-350 on eBay, the seller neglected to include the remote or the IR receiver. So, I'm in the market for one. This box is a christmas gift for my wife (her request since she'd heard so much about MythTV), so I need the IR and remote to be (a) easy to set up for me and (b) easy to use for her. I'm open to just about anything since it's for the Mrs. thanks all! If you can't get the original remote receiver, I'd recommend you go for a Windows MCE remote. They're well supported in lirc, and are very easy to set up. I'll second that - the version I have has buttons labeled just for jump-points :-) MyPictures LiveTV RecordedTV MyMusic etc etc It came with a pvr-150mce retail (which seems to be different here in NZ to most places!!) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lcd display time
Is mythtv suppose to display the time for ever after it displays the show or song that's been select. It scrolls the song name and then the time shows up, I like to see the time but not until the next song. Any way to have mythtv flip back and forth between time and the current song/tv show? I've got the delay set to 15 seconds and it never flips back to the song name. You don't say what version you're running but that issue was fixed about 2 months ago in SVN. I'm running rev 7738 (pre-LiveTV changes) and its OK on that whereas it was all over the place in 18.1 -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Can't change input sources
Robin Gilks pí¹e v Ne 04. 12. 2005 v 20:02 +1300: Running SVN 7738 (pre-LiveTV changes) and I find I can't select a different input. I'm stuck on s-video. This svn version should change inputs according to channel settings (7525 did, so did 7629). I've also tried 8095 to no avail. Having reported it on the dev list, only one other person is seeing the same thing and no feedback on how I can help track the problem down. Do that few people really not change inputs or am I just lucky that I can't :-( I think it's one of the well known bugs in newer MythTV versions: http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/709 Many more people experienced that and reported but it was always set as duplicate of this #709 thingy. I would also like to help but it seems that the big LiveTV changes must be finished first. I was hoping that this problem had been introduced by the LiveTV updates which is why I rolled back to 7738. Guess I'll either have to go back a long way and hope the database structure hasn't changed too much (and loose some of the nice features like MythMusic search) or sit and wait for the fix:-( Methinks I'll recompile 7629 (which I have and used to be OK) and hope that the database doesn't screw up!! At least I can record the VCR stuff I planned! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Can't change input sources
Greetings Running SVN 7738 (pre-LiveTV changes) and I find I can't select a different input. I'm stuck on s-video. This svn version should change inputs according to channel settings (7525 did, so did 7629). I've also tried 8095 to no avail. The symptom is that the front-end locks up if I use the 'c' command (and the backend requires a restart to get it streaming again although it continues to run) and if I try to change to a channel number thats on another input source I get the message All inputs are in use - which of course is bollocks. Having reported it on the dev list, only one other person is seeing the same thing and no feedback on how I can help track the problem down. Do that few people really not change inputs or am I just lucky that I can't :-( Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Extracting mp3 audio from mpeg2 video
On Sunday 27 November 2005 22:40, Robin Gilks wrote: Greetings My setup uses a sat set-top box going into the s-video and external audio inputs on a PVR-150 card. A few radio stations are carried by the sat provider but of cause the video is static - after recording, whats the best way to split out the audio in a lossless fashion to an mp3 file? I'm sure there are lots of options (mencoder, replex - not sure really) but a simple command line tool is what I'm after. Thanks... mplayer inputfile -dumpaudio -dumpfile output do you know if the audio is mp3? If its from a sat its prbly mpeg2 or AC3 2.0 audio so you'd want to then use lame to convert to mp3 (I recommend --preset extreme or standard depending on your equipment quality and ear). you might even be able to feed the file straight into the lame encoder and it might ignore the video and only encode the audio to an mp3 file. Thanks Steve Using the mplayer option dumped a very usable 256k mp3 file. Just right!! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Auto login as user and start Myth.
This is probably easy, but I can't think of an obvious way to automatically login as a user. From that point you need to start X and mythfrontend, but that is probably easy as long as one can figure out how to execute a script as a particular user. The overall idea is to have the system get to the point that you can use the remote automatically after you turn it on. I'm using Gentoo Linux. This shouldn't be that hard, but I just don't see an obvious starting point other than maybe figuring out the init process from inittab or maybe something like xdm that does autologins. I'm running gentoo on a keyboardless/mouseless box so this is what I came up with. If not already using it, emerge mingetty and put the following into /etc/inittab - this will log you in as the mythtv user: c7:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin=mythtv tty7 Next, make sure that you have a home directory for the mythtv user in /etc/passwd: mythtv:x:1000:100::/home/mythtv:/bin/bash In that home directory, create a .bash_profile file like this - this starts up X only if running on vertual terminal 7, so if you telnet or ssh into the box it doesn't throw a wobbly. It also restarts X if the frontend crashes: if [ -z $DISPLAY ] [ $(tty) == /dev/tty7 ]; then while [ 1 == 1 ] do startx sleep 10 done fi The next step is to get X to start up a window manager and the mythtv frontend. This is done in .xinitrc which should contain something like this. Note that by uncommenting a line or two I can also run up the setup or an xterm: xset -dpms s off xsetroot -solid black x11vnc -many -q -bg -rfbauth .vnc/passwd fvwm2 mythfrontend /home/mythtv/mythfrontend.log 21 #mythtv-setup #xterm Finally, a bit of fine tuning of the window manager (fvwm2 in my case but other lightweight ones could be used). This is my .fvwm2rc file: # Submitted by Scott Elliott selliott at insight.rr.com Style * RandomPlacement, DumbPlacement Style myth* NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus, GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0 Style xmame*NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus, GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0, StaysOnTop Style mplayer* NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus, GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0 Enjoy... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] stable and bleeding edge together peacefully?
On Thursday 24 November 2005 7:39, David Raine wrote: I just got the 0.18.1 working (from .deb) on a fresh debian sid install (after giving up on KnoppMyth R22) and I am wondering whether it is possible to compile and install the SVN head so it would be able to coexist on the same setup where I got the 0.18.1 stable working? Note that puting SVN to /usr/local (while the stable lays in /usr) and renaming the database (I don't mind keeping two databases) might not be enough so I decided to ask if someone runs such setup successfully. I have both on my system - 0.18.1 for the g/f (stable, no change to behaviour) and latest SVN for when she's out and I can try out the bleeding edge. I installed one to prefix=/usr/local/mythSVN and the other to prefix=/usr/local/mythSTABLE. I then have a script that removes and recreates symlinks to /usr/local/myth as required - this way I don't have to change the PATH for the mythytv user. I do have to re-run ldconfig after the symlinks are set up to make sure the libraries are referenced OK. This is *exactly* what GNU stow is for. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ What about the MySQL database - from 0.18.1 to SVN head there are incompatabilities aren't there? Do you rename the relevant directory containing the database (mythconverg) and restart the mysql server or what? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Extracting mp3 audio from mpeg2 video
Greetings My setup uses a sat set-top box going into the s-video and external audio inputs on a PVR-150 card. A few radio stations are carried by the sat provider but of cause the video is static - after recording, whats the best way to split out the audio in a lossless fashion to an mp3 file? I'm sure there are lots of options (mencoder, replex - not sure really) but a simple command line tool is what I'm after. Thanks... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Any NZ users with Sky Digital and LIRC?
I've got a Pace DSR2000 Sky Digital decoder, and I've tried all the Pace remote configs from http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/pace/ without luck. I've also tried using irrecord, but I'm using a PVR-350 as my IR receiver and it doesn't pick up the Pace remote and just times out. So basically I'm in the same position as Jon was http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/52294 Building a a serial IR Receiver is a bit beyond my capabilities, so has any one in NZ (or anywhere else) got LIRC to work with a Pace DSR2000 or do any of you have, or could build a serial IR receiver I could buy? Or has any one got any ideas of other profiles to try with? Try this one - works for me with the same Pace Sky box but I used a homebrew receiver (which will be available soon if you're interested - I'm in CHCH) on a serial port rather than a PVR one. # Please make this file available to others # by sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # this config file was automatically generated # using lirc-0.7.0(serial) on Tue Jul 5 19:50:34 2005 # # contributed by Robin # # brand: DSR2000 # model no. of remote control: # devices being controlled by this remote: # begin remote name sky.conf bits 16 flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH eps30 aeps 100 header 9139 4359 one 708 1536 zero 708 409 ptrail702 repeat 9140 2115 pre_data_bits 16 pre_data 0x213C gap 107822 min_repeat 1 toggle_bit 0 begin codes 10x0CF3 20x946B 30x9C63 40x14EB 50x04FB 60x1CE3 70x4CB3 80x54AB 90x44BB 00xCC33 Chan+0xAC53 Chan-0xEC13 Vol+ 0x649B Vol- 0xE41B Mute 0xA45B Menu 0x748B Exit 0x5CA3 Text 0x6C93 TV 0x8C73 Spare0xF40B Left 0x2CD3 Right0xDC23 Up 0xD42B Down 0x24DB Info 0x34CB Plus 0x3CC3 Select 0xC43B Red 0x7C83 Green0xB44B Yellow 0xBC43 Blue 0xFC03 Power0x847B end codes end remote -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV and EPIA Nehemiah
Is anyone aware whether the EPIA Nehemiah boards with the CLE266 MPEG2/4 decoders are capable of serving as a viable HDTV frontend, either now, or in the near future? With a CLE266 no, with a CN400 (e.g. SP13000) very likely yes. Only the CN400 has mpeg4 decode capability anyway (apparently). -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] LiveTV Broken or Bad Permissions?
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 18:27 -0500, Chris Pinkham wrote: IMHO, I simple line in the README to say LiveTV is disabled would save a lot of hassle. Seems lazy to me. I tried the SVN to get better support for my DVB-T card and had the same problem. Why should I have to follow the development forums. Im not a mythtv developer. btw Ive only been programming for 40 years. SARCASM 40 years, wow... ;) /SARCASM your welcome. Do you at random times go to your coworker's computers and take pieces of code they've been working on and compile them into your programs and put that code into production use without asking or checking to see if there are any unintended side-effects in their code? That's what you're doing if you just svn update without reading the lists to see what's working or not working (whether intentional or not) at the time. SARCASM yep, I work on the andromda open source project and the public cvs always works, or if it doesnt it gets fixed pretty quick. If its not for public consumption dont publish it to the public. /SARCASM FACT Its not 'published to the public', its published to other DEVELOPERS so that 'it gets fixed pretty quick' /FACT Doh -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv 0.5.0 released
On Saturday 12 November 2005 10:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was looking at the ticket mentioned earlier today about the frame shift causing artifacts, and noticed that ivtv 0.5.0 was released a few hours ago. http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/archive/0.5.x/ivtv-0.5.0.tar.gz It looks like quite a clean-up. See http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/unstable/ChangeLog for details. They mention that they are now compatible with the kernel V4L2 code but didn't say what kernel version would be required. A quick look on www.kernel.org shows a lot of V4L1 and V4L2 patches in the 2.6.15-rc1 changelog so I'll be waiting on the edge of my seat for 2.6.15 to go stable. haha, I just built 0.4.0 for the first time for my pvr-150 not a few hours before 0.5.0 came out! well, time to upgrade, I haven't even had a chance to connect and tune this card to see if it all works! Note that since this is an odd numbered release its an unstable experimental one. Its part of the integration of IVTV into V4L2 for eventual inclusion into the kernel. Only attempt this if you REALLY know what you are doing and have a known working system to fall back to. In any case, subscribe to IVTV-DEV list to know whats really happening and so you can provide feedback to the developers if you feel competent to try this release. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn help
On 11/9/05, Mike Daugird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The nature of video being what it is I have put up some screen shots and the root menu video from mythburn. It seems that the script getmyth.sh is not returning any info for the menu to use. if you can follow the link below it will show you what I am talking about: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6842 It looks like a problem that I've seen with certain versions of ImageMagick. You might try downgrading to 6.2.2.3 http://6.2.2.3 -- that version works fine for me. Carl Fongheiser I second that - had to downgrade from 6.2.4 back to 6.2.2 to get round this problem. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SVN mythplugins compile error
I posted this on the Dev forum but since I haven't received a response yet, thought I'd see if anyone on this list is seeing this problem... -- Forwarded message -- From: Paul Leppert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Oct 31, 2005 9:58 PM Subject: SVN mythplughins compile error To: Development of mythtv mythtv-dev@mythtv.org Hi all, I'm getting the following error compiling the 7663 version of mythplugins (this is my first time compiling from source with FC4, so it is likely something I didn't do correctly...): You have already compiled and INSTALLED SVN mythtv? If not then you won't get the matching plugins to work... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythburn-oct2005 patch for SVN mythtv
I've attached a patch (I hope!) that fixes a few problems with mythburn-oct2005 that I've come across as a result of using SVN mythtv and the latest ProjectX-0.90.1. Three problems all told 1. SVN mythtv uses the suffix .mpg not .nuv on recording from IVTV cards and the filename no longer encodes the finish time of a recording 2. The command line switches in ProjectX have changed 3. The cutlist assumes an extention of .Xcl and won't accept anything else (the internal file format has changed as well) - this one took me AGES to find!! Let us all know if it helps anyone. Enjoy... -- Robin Gilks mythburn-oct2005.patch Description: Binary data ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mysql to delete empty channels
Does anyone know mysql well enough to tell me how I delete all the extranious channels that have no channel number (or null channel number) that mythfilldatabase has added in the last month or so? Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythweather mythweb weather different
Does anyone know why mythweather, mythweb weather and the weather pages at weather.msnbc.com (where the aforementioned programs get their data) all produce different results? Very puzzling, not to say confusing when mythweather insists that tomorrow is Saturday (its Sunday night here) and the 3 day forecast is for Tues, Wed and Thurs. Weird or what -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythweather mythweb weather different
Does anyone know why mythweather, mythweb weather and the weather pages at weather.msnbc.com (where the aforementioned programs get their data) all produce different results? dunno about this one... Very puzzling, not to say confusing when mythweather insists that tomorrow is Saturday (its Sunday night here) and the 3 day forecast is for Tues, Wed and Thurs. Pretty sure this bug was fixed in svn ages ago.. my setup is now correct. I wonder how many timezones it was tested in... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mysql to delete empty channels
Robin Gilks wrote: Does anyone know mysql well enough to tell me how I delete all the extranious channels that have no channel number (or null channel number) that mythfilldatabase has added in the last month or so? No SQL off the top of my head, but Mythweb provides a nice friendly channel editor that should do what you want. It was from MythWeb that I found I had the extra channels - I'm trying to find a quicker way that clicking so many times to get rid of 1200 channels... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mysql to delete empty channels
On 30/10/05, Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know mysql well enough to tell me how I delete all the extranious channels that have no channel number (or null channel number) that mythfilldatabase has added in the last month or so? Check whether this works when you are in MySQL and are using the mythconverg database: SELECT * FROM `channel` WHERE `channum` = ; Per the table structure, channum cannot be NULL, so I'm guessing the fields are just empty. The above query should therefore give you a list of all channels that have missing channel numbers. In order to delete them all in one go, do DELETE FROM `channel` WHERE `channum` = ; Remember, backup your DB beforehand and the usual disclaimers apply. Nick Perfect - thanks Nick. I hadn't got the diference to NULL which was where I was failing. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythburn cutlist
Greetings
Making steady progress on mythburn and I can now make a DVD from the
current SVN Mythtv code (database changes, filename changes etc). I'm
stuck on getting the ProjectX command line right for a cutlist. Something
really weird happening in that if I run the command from the command line
{projectx} -out . -cut cutlist_x.txt /store/.mpg
works OK but PX complains of a CLI error when the same is run from the
script.
Anyone used the .90.1 version of PX that has the different CLI syntax and
got it working with comm cutting?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Growing channel list
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:00:05 +1300 (NZDT) Robin Gilks wrote: Greetings Had a bit of a surprise when I looked at the mythweb channel editor... It looks like every time I run mythfilldatabase I get an extra bunch of channels added. Is this because I haven't bothered adding a xmltv reference on some channels as I don't subscribe to them but my xmltv list has them? although I'm seeing channels that I have got set up correctly being duplicated as well. I think I'm up to about 800 extra (duplicated) channels now :-(( Running SVN as follows: URL: http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv Repository UUID: 7dbf422c-18fa-0310-86e9-fd20926502f2 Revision: 7535 xmltv data is fed manually using /usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 1 -1 /tmp/epg/latest.xml /usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 2 -1 /tmp/epg/latest.xml to feed my two video sources Robin, where are the latest.xml listings coming from. Using mr.geek.nz I get some strange channels added (although I don't think I am up to 800 yet!) I lied - I've just dumped the mytheb channel page of 20990 lines and at 17 lines per channel (with headers etc) I get 1246 channels where I should only have about 30. These channels have been allocated incrementing callsigns, on video source 1 they start at 1000 and for source 2 they start at 2000 (which seems normal). I'm now up to 1797 and 2554 (which isn't). The xml data is from mr.geek and is updating existing channels OK, its just creating all these extra ones. Guess I'll have to ty running mythfilldatabase manually so I can post the messages it generates. I can then sed/awk the rubbish out of the xml file. Further investigation shows that it IS the xml file I'm downloading. Most of the extra channels are the ones I didn't bother to put the xmltv data in for since I don't subscribe to them, the other extra channels are due to an occation change in spelling - 'E' is sometimes 'E!' etc. Is there a simple way to delete all entries in the channel table that have a null channum field? (I know nothing about mysql). Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] realtime commflag on hardware encoding ?
Matt SF wrote: i saw some old posts in the archive about some developers looking into the possibility of doing a realtime commercial flagging routine on the output from hardware-based encoders (e.g. a PVR-350) Does anyone know if progress was made in that area? thanks! There's a near-real-time commercial flagging capability in SVN, but it's completely independent of the capture card. It uses the same mythcommflag that has always been used, but it starts the process a few minutes after the recording begins so that it completes shortly after the recording ends. Would I be right in thinking that this new facility only works on the backend that the recording is happening on? I ask as I'm using SVN (of about 4 days ago) but I mythcommflag on my masterbackend as the slave hasn't the horsepower and it only starts to comm flag when the show has finished recording. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 150 or 150MCE
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Erik Pettersen wrote: There is, as Carl points out a new model 1062 retail kit which is a PVR150MCE card with a MCE compatible/certified USB IR remote/blaster/etc... designed for MCE 2005. Btw, is anybody here who has this USB IR and it works with Linux? I mean works well. I have it and when I teach remotes I get always config with timings instead of codes and these timings are not very accurate (later when I use my IR it accepts onlt one keypress out of 2-5). Also I have noticed that the LED in IR receiver sometimes blinks just because of normal light. I'm using the 2005mce usb remote that is so new that it has new buttons on it (look for enter and cancel buttons at the bottom). I used the lirc.conf file that came from Martin Blatter (the guy who wrote the mceusb2 driver - Google is your friend) and after adding the codes for the 2 extra buttons (obvious what they were as there was a break in the number sequence) it works great. Range is good, view angle is OK on the receiver - I think the remote itself has a quite narrow transmit beam so it has to be pointing the right way! Shame the IR blaster is not yet supported. On my list to run a usb tracer on a windows box to see what gets sent down the usb cable so I can drop the serial irsend for the sat box. I tried teaching it - had the same problem you had hence using the prepaid file :-)) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] An LVM'd drive died! What do I do...
[snip] You can find out how your logical volumes are split by using: lvdisplay -m That lists the mapping to physical volumes. You can give a physical volume name to lvcreate and lvextend to control the placement in future. You can use pvmove to fix any split logical volumes you already have. (Assuming sufficient disk space to move stuff around.) You've got me worried now - how do I display what type of mapping I have - it looks like it may be striped since one volume is over 6 partitions :-(( (keeps fingers crossed) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] realtime commflag on hardware encoding ?
Matt SF wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:27:19PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: There's a near-real-time commercial flagging capability in SVN, but it's completely independent of the capture card. It uses the same mythcommflag that has always been used, but it starts the process a few minutes after the recording begins so that it completes shortly after the recording ends. hmmm good to know! I'm actually running a fairly recent SVN (a couple weeks ago) but from the 0.18.2 branch, is the code in there? if so, how might one enable it? thanks for any info! Actually, it looks like it's in 0.18+. In the backend settings, you can specify: Start Auto-Commercial Flagging jobs when the recording starts If set and Auto Commercial Flagging is ON for a recording, the flagging job will be started as soon as the recording starts. NOT recommended on underpowered systems. I'm running a 0.19 SVN (trunk) and I can't find this option. When you say backend settings, do you mean in mythtv-setup? If so, which screen as some of them only apply to the backend being configured. Thanks -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] NZ mailing list for myth
Does anyone know of a New Zealand myth mailing list? Would people be interested? I run a couple of small mailing lists, and could add another. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] Go for it Nick... Must get to a CLUG meeting sometime but I live out of CHCH so unless I work late on a meeting night its a double journey... -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Growing channel list
Greetings Had a bit of a surprise when I looked at the mythweb channel editor... It looks like every time I run mythfilldatabase I get an extra bunch of channels added. Is this because I haven't bothered adding a xmltv reference on some channels as I don't subscribe to them but my xmltv list has them? although I'm seeing channels that I have got set up correctly being duplicated as well. I think I'm up to about 800 extra (duplicated) channels now :-(( Running SVN as follows: URL: http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv Repository UUID: 7dbf422c-18fa-0310-86e9-fd20926502f2 Revision: 7535 xmltv data is fed manually using /usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 1 -1 /tmp/epg/latest.xml /usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 2 -1 /tmp/epg/latest.xml to feed my two video sources -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] realtime commflag on hardware encoding ?
Robin Gilks wrote: In the backend settings, you can specify: Start Auto-Commercial Flagging jobs when the recording starts If set and Auto Commercial Flagging is ON for a recording, the flagging job will be started as soon as the recording starts. NOT recommended on underpowered systems. I'm running a 0.19 SVN (trunk) and I can't find this option. When you say backend settings, do you mean in mythtv-setup? If so, which screen as some of them only apply to the backend being configured. On page Job Queue (Global) Mike Thanks Mike That sorted it - been looking for that for ages, never occured to me to look in that area of the config - guess I'll have to READ the prompts/questions on the whole of mythtv-setup sometime :-)) At least a lot of it will make sense now I've been able to use the system for a while... Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: Mythgame remote control panel
Greetings Rather than just go out and buy a wireless gamepad, I've decided to build a more substantial arcade control panel that I can plonk on the coffee table and bash away at (better arcade 'feel'). I reckon a nicely polished bit of remu or kauri will look good and will be good practice for my carpentry skills. I plan on hacking a wireless keyboard to do this but so far I've been unable to find a good hack. Does anyone have any recommendations for: - cheap keyboard with a good (6m plus) range - complete set of hack instructions - source of joysticks switches suitable for this scale of arcade control panel. Would a better starting place be a wireless gamepad (say a Saitek P3000) rather than a keyboard? Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Growing channel list
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:00:05 +1300 (NZDT) Robin Gilks wrote: Greetings Had a bit of a surprise when I looked at the mythweb channel editor... It looks like every time I run mythfilldatabase I get an extra bunch of channels added. Is this because I haven't bothered adding a xmltv reference on some channels as I don't subscribe to them but my xmltv list has them? although I'm seeing channels that I have got set up correctly being duplicated as well. I think I'm up to about 800 extra (duplicated) channels now :-(( Running SVN as follows: URL: http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv Repository UUID: 7dbf422c-18fa-0310-86e9-fd20926502f2 Revision: 7535 xmltv data is fed manually using /usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 1 -1 /tmp/epg/latest.xml /usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 2 -1 /tmp/epg/latest.xml to feed my two video sources Robin, where are the latest.xml listings coming from. Using mr.geek.nz I get some strange channels added (although I don't think I am up to 800 yet!) I lied - I've just dumped the mytheb channel page of 20990 lines and at 17 lines per channel (with headers etc) I get 1246 channels where I should only have about 30. These channels have been allocated incrementing callsigns, on video source 1 they start at 1000 and for source 2 they start at 2000 (which seems normal). I'm now up to 1797 and 2554 (which isn't). The xml data is from mr.geek and is updating existing channels OK, its just creating all these extra ones. Guess I'll have to ty running mythfilldatabase manually so I can post the messages it generates. I can then sed/awk the rubbish out of the xml file. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] knoppmyth PVR-150 MCE usb transmitter HOWTO
Sergio P. Cesar wrote: Has anyone been able to get this to work with a DishNetwork HD receiver and change the channel? I am looking for a HOWTO, or a script to use the USB port IR transmitter. Thanks http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6206 Regards, Cecil He said USB on the mce version, not the standard pvr-150 which uses the i2c drivers in ivtv with the connector on the card itself. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Installing projectX from source?
On 10/25/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tuesday 25 October 2005 20:36, Robin Gilks wrote:
Greetings
I'm having a go at mythburn but having problems installing projectx
as
I
use Gentoo so have no nicely packaged system.
Looks like projectx was removed from portage about 3 months ago so I
wonder is anyone has an ebuild for the latest or a wrapper that will
get
rid of the 'can't find common-net library' errors.
Cheers
projectX is java so download the java sdk and run the command they tell
you to
run and it will compile.
Steve
Java is platform independant - it doesn't need to be compiled.
Just install the Java runtime: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml
then download the projectx.jar file and run java -jar projectx.jar
Dave
But projectx doesn't come as a jar file - it comes as a bunch of .java
files that are compiled by the sdk into a jar file - that step works fine.
What I can't get right is where do I put the library files it depends on
that are created during the 'compile' step. Does java have a seperate
search path that it uses to hunt out missing bits?
Sounds to me like everyone who has suceeded with this is running an rpm
distro :-((
Getting there... now I get the error:
Exception in thread main java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
net/sourceforge/dvb/projectx/common/X
Googling shows lots of people with the same error but so far I've not
found a solution. Again it comes down to the installation I think in that
the files are found when the jar is compiled but then NOT found at run
time ;-((
Note that this error occurs with just a simple {equivalant of} projectx
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[mythtv-users] Mythburn output files
Me again :-)) Many thanks to everyones help with projectx - I'm getting a lot further now. The current problem is that despite my setting the output directory and temp directory in the .conf file, someone (not sure which app) is trying to write to the directory containing the nuv files. This is a demux step as I'm seeing .m2v and .m2p created if I allow write permissions for the mythburn user. Any ideas where I look for this problem? or should I just re-install mythburn so that it creates a new .conf file in case its missing something? Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] knoppmyth PVR-150 MCE usb transmitter HOWTO
Has anyone been able to get this to work with a DishNetwork HD receiver and change the channel? I am looking for a HOWTO, or a script to use the USB port IR transmitter. Thanks -- Sergio The mce USB setup in lirc does NOT support the IR blaster connectors on the back of the receiver box. I'm using a second copy of lircd with the serial interface for the irsend and it works great... Just remember to specify another lock file name and device name for the second instance (see lirc docs for details). -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Installing projectX from source?
Greetings I'm having a go at mythburn but having problems installing projectx as I use Gentoo so have no nicely packaged system. Looks like projectx was removed from portage about 3 months ago so I wonder is anyone has an ebuild for the latest or a wrapper that will get rid of the 'can't find common-net library' errors. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Installing projectX from source?
On 10/25/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 October 2005 20:36, Robin Gilks wrote: Greetings I'm having a go at mythburn but having problems installing projectx as I use Gentoo so have no nicely packaged system. Looks like projectx was removed from portage about 3 months ago so I wonder is anyone has an ebuild for the latest or a wrapper that will get rid of the 'can't find common-net library' errors. Cheers projectX is java so download the java sdk and run the command they tell you to run and it will compile. Steve Java is platform independant - it doesn't need to be compiled. Just install the Java runtime: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml then download the projectx.jar file and run java -jar projectx.jar Dave But projectx doesn't come as a jar file - it comes as a bunch of .java files that are compiled by the sdk into a jar file - that step works fine. What I can't get right is where do I put the library files it depends on that are created during the 'compile' step. Does java have a seperate search path that it uses to hunt out missing bits? Sounds to me like everyone who has suceeded with this is running an rpm distro :-(( -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Epia 3d drm drivers - SOLVED
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:58:49 +1300 (NZDT), Robin Gilks wrote:
Greetings
I've been using Ivors Unichrome snapshots for a while and not had any
problem with the dri drivers.
I thought I'd give 2.6.13 a try as I thought that via drm was now
supported. The modules compile install OK but I don't get the devices
created under /dev with the kernel version - what am I missing?
Running Gentoo with udev if that makes any difference...
Running Fedora 4 and have the same problem using an Epia xorg rpm from
http://washington.kelkoo.net with 2.6.13-1.1524FC4.
I think that it is not a problem with the rpm. I found the udev
development page and I noted that the change log had a line about turning
*off* creation of /dev/dri entries (dated about March 2005).
And in my case, xorg.0.log shows that there is no /dev/dri/cardx (where x
is 0-254) and thereupon dri fails and drm is turned off.
I note that dmesg implies that dri is properly loaded... it does not
report the failure apparently.
So now the trick is to figure out how to create a udev rule which will
create the /dri/cardx entries
Or step back to the unichrome snaps, instead of the kernel versions,
although that might not actually fix the problem, which appears to be
udev..
Any takers...because I am wa past my depth already!
Turns out that its due to the kernel DRM not recognising the PCI id of the
SP13000 video adapter. The Ivor Unichrome snapshot is much more up-to-date
and hence doesn't suffer this problem. Compare
usr/src/linux{xx}/drivers/char/drm/drm_pciids.h
and
usr/src/unichrome{xx}/drm/linux-core/drm_pciids.h
Guess we'll have to wait for a kernel update and use the snapshot in the
meantime.
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[mythtv-users] Epia 3d drm drivers
Greetings I've been using Ivors Unichrome snapshots for a while and not had any problem with the dri drivers. I thought I'd give 2.6.13 a try as I thought that via drm was now supported. The modules compile install OK but I don't get the devices created under /dev with the kernel version - what am I missing? Running Gentoo with udev if that makes any difference... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythweb won't delete programs
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 10:49 +1300, Steve Hodge wrote: Have you checked that the user that apache is running under has permission to delete from the directory where MythTV is storing the files? Regards, Steve Hi Steve, thought you might be on to something there - whilst the directory had full permissions (drwxrwxrwx), the files within it were coming out as -rw-r--r-- Just did a chmod 777 * (and verified that the permissions had been changed) but the problem remains :( Have you checked that the apache user has modify permission to the database? Check out http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-6.html for mysql permissions. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythbackend crash
Greetings Another problem :-(( This one is a bit more interesting. I'm running a diskless Epia system with all the filesystems NFS mounted on a server. I've just twigged that the backend on the Epia system crashes when the file it is recorded gets to 2048M. I'd seen this before but not associated it with anything in particular as I had not at that time stabilised my system. I assume its something to do with the way I have NFS set up - I'm not running quotas - but I can't see what values to tweak and where to remove this limit. Samba had a well known limit of 2G a couple of versions back but I can't see that that has any bearing at all on NFS!! ulimit doesn't have a factor for file size and any googling I do for an answer assumes I'm running quota. Hmmm - stumped :-( -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend crash - ALMOST SOLVED
Greetings Another problem :-(( This one is a bit more interesting. I'm running a diskless Epia system with all the filesystems NFS mounted on a server. I've just twigged that the backend on the Epia system crashes when the file it is recorded gets to 2048M. I'd seen this before but not associated it with anything in particular as I had not at that time stabilised my system. I assume its something to do with the way I have NFS set up - I'm not running quotas - but I can't see what values to tweak and where to remove this limit. Samba had a well known limit of 2G a couple of versions back but I can't see that that has any bearing at all on NFS!! ulimit doesn't have a factor for file size and any googling I do for an answer assumes I'm running quota. Hmmm - stumped :-( I've nailed it down to the NFS mounts defaulting to version 2 which has the 2G limit due to a cockup in my kernel config. However, thats made me think that I should have something other than the defaults in the client fstab - any suggestions for tuning NFS for large video files? I'm running Gentoo at both ends and I'm getting the error nfs warning: mount version older than kernel but its running version 3 OK according to /proc/mounts so what is the version difference its complaining about? A few system details... 1st the server zeus ~ # cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/vg/backup /mnt/backup ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/games /mnt/games ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/music /mnt/music ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/pictures /mnt/pictures ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/store /mnt/store ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/videos /mnt/videos ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/g8ecj-storage /home/g8ecj/storage ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/steph-storage /home/steph/storage ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/www /var/www ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/vg/tmp /tmp ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 nfsd /proc/fs/nfs nfsd rw 0 0 /dev/md0 /boot ext2 rw,noatime 0 0 zeus ~ # emerge -pv nfs-utils These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] net-fs/nfs-utils-1.0.6-r6 +tcpd 0 kB Next, the diskless client media ~ # uname -a Linux media 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 #3 Wed Oct 19 22:27:30 NZDT 2005 i686 VIA Nehemiah CentaurHauls GNU/Linux media ~ # cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / nfs rw,noatime,v2,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,hard,udp,nolock,addr=192.168.1.15 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 udev /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 zeus:/mnt/videos /mnt/videos nfs rw,v3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,udp,lock,addr=zeus 0 0 zeus:/mnt/music /mnt/music nfs rw,v3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,udp,lock,addr=zeus 0 0 zeus:/mnt/store /mnt/store nfs rw,v3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,udp,lock,addr=zeus 0 0 zeus:/mnt/games /mnt/games nfs rw,v3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,udp,lock,addr=zeus 0 0 zeus:/mnt/pictures /mnt/pictures nfs rw,v3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,udp,lock,addr=zeus 0 0 Hope that provides some useful data. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythcommflag - which backend
Greetings I have an underpowered diskless combined front/back end and a master backend/mysql/fileserver with bags of left over cpu. How can I force mythcommflag to always run on the master backend with the excess cpu? I see that I can select to have a recording flagged by another backend but I can't see anything that can make a single machine into a mythcommflag server for all slave backends. Is it possible? Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 150 or 150MCE
Some parts of the world have the mce retail for sale (for example New Zealand) which DOES include the remote - in my case a RC6 with a Philips USB receiver. lirc-0.7.2 supports the usb remote out of the box (no ir blaster yet though). Extra keys to the grey or black Hauppauge remote :-)) My understanding is that the Media Center edition doesn't come with a remote - you are expected to use your Media Center remote with it. On 10/15/05, Carl Fongheiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/15/05, Nick Rosier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/10/05, Don Sheehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having trouble finding the answer in the old threads to what is probably an easy question. Can I safely buy a WinTV 150MCE instead of the higher priced 150? Depends on what you want/need; the main differences are: PVR150: remote, no radio PVR150MCE: radio, no remote The retail PVR150MCE comes with the Media Center remote and receiver. Carl Fongheiser ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythdvd transcode fails
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Re: [mythtv-users] diskless backend?
I am considering building a diskless mini-ITX frontend/backend using NFS over switched 100base-T for the storage. I would be capturing at most two streams at a time and watching at most one. Has anyone done this? Any problems with the setup? Also, when watching live TV, does the backend read from the file and stream to the backend? Or does it take what it is capturing and both write it to the file and stream it to the frontend? If it reads it from the file, then is there any likelihood of the data being cached? This is exactly what I'm doing. I have a diskless sp13000 with a pvr-150 as a combined frontend/backend next to the TV where all the terrestrial sat cables are and a server with all the noisy disks locked away out of earshot. Works like a charm. I'm using standard 100M cat5 cable thru the house and even though the live TV ring buffer is on the NFS mounted server, I have no issues at all with it. Since I've only got the system up in the last week, I've not done any CPU timings but the lights on the 100M ethernet switch only twitch during live TV when data is going both ways so its not stressed at all. I'd guess (based on DVD divx playback) that I'm using about 50% of the CPU time when both back frontends are running during live TV. Go for it... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Recording Profiles suggestions
Does anyone have any suggestions for the numbers for various quality profiles for straight forward 720x576PAL recording on a PVR-150 card - and what level of disk usage I should expect from them. What numbers would give a VCR level of quality (obviously the lowest I'd want). Transcode numbers (giving me a clue on megs per hour) would be useful as well. Also what options make sense to enable to improve the output on an Epia SP13000 (deinterlace maybe?) where the hardware decoder is taking care of the mpeg2 stream from my PVR-150. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] microsoft MCE remote control
Hi, I bought a microsoft MCE remote control (handset Model 1039, USB IR Bus 001 Device 013: ID 0471:0815 Philips) after seeing that Lirc is supposed to support it and mythtv. However, once I started searching for the actual way to get to work it seems to be a lot less clear than I hoped. Can someone point me to a resource to help me get this working? Thats probably either using the driver lirc_mceusb or lirc_mceusb2. For the latter, you will need lirc-0.7.2 which supports what is loosely called the 2005 mce remote (mine has no coloured keys but does have an extra Enter and Cancel keys at the bottom). If you are following the Jarod Wilson (is that the right name?) instructions then just substitute lirc_i2c for the correct mceusb version. Make sure you use the correct lircd.conf file from the 0.7.2 package so that the codes get converted to whatever you reference in your lircrc file. I'm impressed by mine - it came with a boxed 150mce retail. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Podcasting and Myth
Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this question but is there a projects out there to make a plug-in for MythTV to download podcasts into it based on RSS feeds? I think this would be a really cool feature and could be used for vlogs as well, I'm just curious if it's out there already or not. Is mythstream what you are looking for? It handles podcast, icecast, realplayer streams plus a few others... Works for me! http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~moongies/streamtuned.html -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Still no recorded programs displayed in 'Watch Recording' dialog
Greetings After changing tuners I've lost my existing recordings - well sort of. They are in the database according to webmin and myth.rebuilddatabase.pl (see below) can see them as well. In the 'Watch Recording' screen, all I get is Sorry, no recording available. mysql is running OK (settings, epg, mp3 lists etc all accessed OK). I've tried starting with a new database (typing in all those channels again!!) and importing the files but they all report zero length and when I try to then delete them after 5 seconds they re-appear in the delete recording list again!! Weird or what... $ ./myth.rebuilddatabase.pl --show_existing Your myth database (mythconverg) is reporting the following programs as being recorded: Channel:1005 Start time: 06/04/2005 - 19:32:00 End time: 06/04/2005 - 20:03:00 Title: Paul Mccartney In Red Square Subtitle: [blah blah] These are the files stored in (/mnt/store) and will be checked against your database to see if the exist. If they do not, you will be prompted for a title and subtitle of the entry, and a record will be created. Found a match between file and database File: '/mnt/store/1005_20050604200400_20050604201800.nuv' Title: 'Paul Mccartney In Red Square' [blah blah] So I tried a new recording. Another gig of disk space later and still nothing to watch. If I can't get the old stuff back, can someone suggest what stuff I delete from the mythconverg database so I can free up 30G of disk space. After 3 months of building this box, everything else is working, from LCD to FM radio (i.e. the difficult bits) but recordings have me beat :-( -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Still no recorded programs displayed in 'WatchRecording' dialog
Greetings After changing tuners I've lost my existing recordings - well sort of. They are in the database according to webmin and myth.rebuilddatabase.pl (see below) can see them as well. In the 'Watch Recording' screen, all I get is Sorry, no recording available. mysql is running OK (settings, epg, mp3 lists etc all accessed OK). I've tried starting with a new database (typing in all those channels again!!) and importing the files but they all report zero length and when I try to then delete them after 5 seconds they re-appear in the delete recording list again!! Weird or what... $ ./myth.rebuilddatabase.pl --show_existing Your myth database (mythconverg) is reporting the following programs as being recorded: Channel:1005 Start time: 06/04/2005 - 19:32:00 End time: 06/04/2005 - 20:03:00 Title: Paul Mccartney In Red Square Subtitle: [blah blah] These are the files stored in (/mnt/store) and will be checked against your database to see if the exist. If they do not, you will be prompted for a title and subtitle of the entry, and a record will be created. Found a match between file and database File: '/mnt/store/1005_20050604200400_20050604201800.nuv' Title: 'Paul Mccartney In Red Square' [blah blah] So I tried a new recording. Another gig of disk space later and still nothing to watch. If I can't get the old stuff back, can someone suggest what stuff I delete from the mythconverg database so I can free up 30G of disk space. After 3 months of building this box, everything else is working, from LCD to FM radio (i.e. the difficult bits) but recordings have me beat :-( Make sure you are looking at the All Recordings group in watch recordings. In the watch recordings area hit Menu on your remote or M on your keyboard then select Change Group Filter. If that does not work I want you to go into mysql and run the following select * from recorded; | 1004 | 2005-09-30 21:00:00 | 2005-09-30 22:00:00 | Threshold | The Burning | A routine search for an escaped psychiatric patient becomes a mystery when Molly and the Red Team learn the patient is having the same dreams as Caffrey, Cavennaugh and Pegg. | Drama | yggdrasil | NULL | 0 | NULL | 1 | 0 | Default | 118 | SH753788 | EP7537880003 | 2005093022 | 2330650560 | 0 | 0 | 2005-09-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1004_2005093021.mpg| 2005-09-30 21:00:00 | 2005-09-30 22:00:00 | See where it says Default above. That is your recording group. If it is blank you might need to update it to have a group there. Thanks for the info. The Watch Recording group menu gives me the following choices All Programs Default [11 items] [11 items] A bit odd that 11 items turn up in 2 places and one doesn't have a name... The database looks like everything is there - here is one record... | 1005 | 2005-06-04 19:32:00 | 2005-06-04 20:03:00 | Paul Mccartney In Red Square | | Paul McCartney's live 2003 concert in Red Square. | | zeus | NULL | 0 | 0 - 4727 29660 - 35597 43973 - 47010 | 1 | 2 | Default |3 | 229575061 | | 20050921231625 | 3283229270 | 0 | 0 | 2005-06-04 |0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1005_20050604193200_20050604200300.nuv | 2005-06-04 19:32:00 | 2005-06-04 20:03:00 | Does that look reasonable? It did occur to me that I might have a rogue version from SVN - I'm running 7283 as I've not updated for a while. The database was created under 0.18.1 if that has any relevance... Looks like its update to latest SVN and re-create the database from scratch :-(( -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Calling all Kiwi - Daylight Saving Time?
Thank you kindly - I'd just patched my shell script with a sed s/+1200/+1300/g as I picked up your reply :-)) Cheers I'm in CHCH - anything I can do to resusitate your myth boxen? Yeah I was a little slow off the mark doing the change on the grabber. Run a epg load again and everything should be sweet..(cant test here atm...myth box died) :D On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 16:40 +1300, Robin Gilks wrote: Greetings According to my Program Guide, the 6 o'clock news is now at 7 o'clock since the clocks changed at the weekend. The PC displays the correct time, presumably there is a timezone setting I haven't got set right. Any clues as to where it is? EPG I get from mr.geek - is that in the correct format? -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Remote Help
Sooo can anyone help me? [Didn't get a copy to the list as I sent it from the wrong address!!] These directions are specific to Gentoo due to the way that modules are handled. Create a file in /etc/modules.d called atiusb and put the following into it: alias char-major-61-0 lirc_atiusb then do a modules-update Provided the USB sybsystem sees the device OK, hotplug should load the driver (it does on my mceusb remote) - check by unplugging plugging in the device and use lsmod to see if the atiusb.ko module has loaded. If it doesn't load then add the following to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 lirc_atiusb so that it gets loaded at startup. You should also have a lirc_dev.ko module loaded as well - that gets loaed automagically (provided you remember to run depmod -a) when the made module is loaded. You can check that its loaded OK by checking for the device entry. # ls /dev/li* /dev/lirc: total 0 crw-rw 1 root root 61, 0 Sep 30 2005 0 notice that lirc is a directory and the drivers get device names 0, 1, 2 within it for udev. Next, since you are using udev, you'll be creating a file in /etc/conf.d called lircd that contains LIRCD_OPTS=-d /dev/lirc/0 -o /dev/lircd This will ensure that lircd gets started with the correct device, i.e. the one you listed above. From there you should be OK to carry on with the irw tests. Good luck! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Serial VFD integration
Hey guys, I'm hunting everywhere for how to integrate MythTV and my VFD. Does myth just see that LCDd is running automatically? All the posts/documentation I've read never really go into how they talk to one another. Also, I can't seem to get my particular VFD to function with LCDd. Everything works perfect when hooked to COM1, I can do: echo -ne \nTest /dev/ttyS0 and it comes up and stays on screen. (The \n just clears the screen as it's a 16x1 screen). My attempts with LCDd thus far have been using the HD44780 driver with Port commented out in the conf and Device=/dev/ttyS0. No errors are reported from LCDd or lcdproc, but the display never changes. Since I can just echo to the port, do I even need LCDproc? Any help would be appreciated. Sounds to me like you haven't loaded the correct driver for lcdproc. You say it works by sending stuff to /dev/ttyS0 but the HD44780 driver is for the parallel port. Time to RTFM I think... Test by running up LCDd and then lcdproc which should show time-of-day, CPU load and similar stuff. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Calling all Kiwi - Daylight Saving Time?
Greetings According to my Program Guide, the 6 o'clock news is now at 7 o'clock since the clocks changed at the weekend. The PC displays the correct time, presumably there is a timezone setting I haven't got set right. Any clues as to where it is? EPG I get from mr.geek - is that in the correct format? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Where did my recordings go!!
There is a perl script in the contrib folder of the distribution that will locate your nuv files and insert them into the database if needed. It's called myth.rebuilddatabase.pl On 9/26/05, Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just changed capture cards, so I deleted the old card, installed the new one using mythtv-setup and my old recordings have gone. How do I get them back? mythcommflag to rebuild the database or what... I assume there is something left in the database that knows what programs they were as the filenames aren't much help... OK - tried the perl script with the --try_default switch and it reports that its found all the programs the files that go with them eg. Found a match between file and database File: '/mnt/store/1000_20050718204200_20050718213500.nuv' Title: 'Jamie's School Dinners' If I use --show_existing I get stuff listed eg. Channel:1000 Start time: 07/18/2005 - 20:42:00 End time: 07/18/2005 - 21:35:00 Title: Jamie's School Dinners Subtitle: but when I go to Watch Recording I get nothing listed other than Sorry, no recordings available. Is there another switch to make the stuff found actually stick? Is it because the channels have been changed? If thats the case then it sounds like a design fault to have such a ridiculous dependancy - after all I don't care how it was recorded, I just want to watch it!! All donations to my knowledge gratefully received. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] another mythplugins make problem -- FIXED: uglyhack
I had the exact same problem, and I was able to compile and install by first copying mythconfig.make to subfolders like mythdvd/mythdvd, mythdvd/mtd, mythdvd/i18n, mythmusic/mythmusic, etc. I also had my source in a home directory of a user. I wonder if the makefiles don't like something about our source locations? But hey, you know that old saying If it's ugly, but it works, then at least my DVDs will play --- Pete Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :-) It must be something to do with where we put the source, as it must have worked for someone! Compiled fine for me too, after the hack. Just wish I could get my kde dev libs installed without uninstalling half my system :(...looks like mythbrowser will have to wait until I screw something up badly enough for a complete system rebuild! lol Marius ... Just tried to compile mythplugins (todays svn) get a couple of lines through make, then: Entering directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv.svn.050929/mythplugins/mythdvd/mythdvd' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `mythconfig.mak', needed by `Makefile'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv.svn.050929/mythplugins/mythdvd/mythdvd' make[1]: *** [sub-mythdvd] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv.svn.050929/mythplugins/mythdvd' make: *** [sub-mythdvd] Error 2 I get the same error - have done since about mid September... SVN from 15th built fine, since then I get the above error too... OK, as nobody said: DON'T! I simply copied the mythconfig.bak link into all the program subdirs containing a .pro file. Everything compiled fine. Certainly not the most elegant way of fixing it, but a lot easier than tinkering with the config script. Hope this at least points to what's wrong. Cheers Sound to me like you didn't run the configure script. Thats what it does - it creates the config.pro files... It's not the .pro files that are missing from the dirs, it's the mythconfig.mak files. I think you may be asking yourself the wrong question. Its not so much why doesn't the mythconfig.mak file get copied to the directories but why don't you have a symlink at the top level of the plugins directory to where mythconfig.mak lives on your system. Where is lives depends on how you installed the main mythtv app - in my case its in /usr/local/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak and thats certainly the case having built the main app from SVN. As far as I can see, qmake uses the .pro files to create the Makefiles in each directory and grep'ing them gives me (eg. in mythdvd): # grep mythconfig.mak Makefile DIST = /usr/local/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak \ Makefile: mythdvd.pro /usr/qt/3/mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf /usr/local/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak \ YMMV -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] another mythplugins make problem -- FIXED: ugly hack
... Just tried to compile mythplugins (todays svn) get a couple of lines through make, then: Entering directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv.svn.050929/mythplugins/mythdvd/mythdvd' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `mythconfig.mak', needed by `Makefile'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv.svn.050929/mythplugins/mythdvd/mythdvd' make[1]: *** [sub-mythdvd] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mythtv/tmp/mythtv.svn.050929/mythplugins/mythdvd' make: *** [sub-mythdvd] Error 2 I get the same error - have done since about mid September... SVN from 15th built fine, since then I get the above error too... OK, as nobody said: DON'T! I simply copied the mythconfig.bak link into all the program subdirs containing a .pro file. Everything compiled fine. Certainly not the most elegant way of fixing it, but a lot easier than tinkering with the config script. Hope this at least points to what's wrong. Cheers Sound to me like you didn't run the configure script. Thats what it does - it creates the config.pro files... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] EPIA SP8000E questions
Hello all, I'm toying with the idea of setting up a MythTV system but after a few hours of reading I'm left with some hardware and software questions. I'm considering the following setup. First I'll list my goals in descending order of priority, and then the hardware. This is to be used with a standard NTSC TV. Goals: 1. LOW NOISE and low power/heat as there will not be the best ventilation. 2. Able to encode TV at 720x480ish and a good bitrate as I HATE digital artifacts. Able to play back same, of course. 3. Able to play back MP3 files from a mounted network filesystem. (SPDIF support?) 4. Able to play back DivX and MPEG-2 files from a mounted network file system. 5. Powerful enough to run MythGame Hardware: - VIA Epia SP8000E fanless w/256MB PC2700 - Fanless DC case - Hauppage PVR250 - Samsung Spinpoint 120GB 8MB cache hard drive (quiet) First, is the TV out port on the SP8000E supported by MythTV? I've found posts saying it isn't yet, and they're only a couple months old. TV out is supported by the Unichrome Pro video drivers - the latest Xorg CVS snapshots support it out of the box but you'll also need a very recent DRM (DRI) kernel driver. Second, does MythTV support the CN400 MPEG-4 acceleration, and how well does it work on the SP8000E? I may wish to eventually transcode saved shows to DivX and store them on a file server for repeat viewing (I'd likely do the encoding on my Windows machine, so encoding speed isn't an issue), which leads me to my next question. This is again a video driver issue and the Unichrome driver does NOT yet support it. Its work in progress so I'd expect to see something in 3-4 months. I'm seeing 30% CPU load on Xvid videos. Third, would there be any problem playing back both music and video from a network filesystem? I already have a file server on my network where I store all my MP3 files and some video. I'd like to use it as a sort of nearline storage option for shows I want to keep. And how good is the music support anyway? I'm looking to avoid buying a Squeezebox2 here. Wink I use my Epia SP13000 for videos, mp3s, podcast/icecast/realplayer streaming (even NASA TV!!!), DVDs, CDs. In fact all the plugins that Mythtv has plus a couple of 'unofficial' ones - MythStream and MythFM. Fourth, is the PVR250 going to get too hot for a fanless case? I've heard the 350 runs hot. I should only need a single encoder though, since the EPIA board has MPEG2 playback acceleration and TV out. I'm using a PVR-150MCE retail (comes with the remote). The latest (SVN) IVTV drivers work out of the box (apart from external audio which is expected to be fixed in the next few days) Fifth, does the SP8000E have optical SPDIF support? I've seen some conflicting posts. Its has spdif but its NOT optical -its an RCA TTL level connection. FWIW, I'm very familiar with Debian. I've been running it in various applications since the late 90s. I'm running Gentoo for all the base packages but most of the application stuff I've built from SVN/CVS (Mythtv, lirc, lcdproc, ivtv, X). Regards, Gordon M. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Where did my recordings go!!
Wonderful stuff - thats what I wanted to hear!! As to why the changing of a capture card should cause the whole lot to disappear is a total mis[t]ery (sic) to me :-)) Ho hum - something else to play with tonight then.. There is a perl script in the contrib folder of the distribution that will locate your nuv files and insert them into the database if needed. It's called myth.rebuilddatabase.pl On 9/26/05, Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just changed capture cards, so I deleted the old card, installed the new one using mythtv-setup and my old recordings have gone. How do I get them back? mythcommflag to rebuild the database or what... I assume there is something left in the database that knows what programs they were as the filenames aren't much help... -- Robin Gilks ___ -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] pvr-150mce usb remote and ir blaster
Has anyone got this combination to work? The lirc driver for the usb interface is receive only so how have you got the irsend stuff to work. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] LCDproc vs LCD4Linux
Hi, looking for users of LCD display's on their MythBox. I have LCDproc set up and running on my box, but was wondering if anyone has LCD4linux up and running and are there any advantages to one or the other. Without checking I'd assume that the interface is totally different since Mythtv is designed to operate with the LCDproc API. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mceusb remote IR blaster
Greetings all I have a new 2005 pvr-150mce card that comes with the usb remote. The receive works great using lirc-0.7.2 and the mceusb2 driver but this driver does not implement the IR blaster theat the hardware is capable of supporting. Taking the advice from http://www.lircsetup.com/ I've had a go at building the serial driver and running it as a second instance of lircd. It runs OK but trying to 'talk' to it with irsend seems to always go to the usb interface which then reports that sending is not supported even though I'm specifying the serial device (/dev/lircd1). The aliases are correctly set up and the /dev entries appear in the correct order when I load the mceusb2 or serial modules. Any clues anyone? Anyone actually done this combination of usb and serial IR devices? Things I've yet to try are: * go back to lirc-0.7.0 with the original Martin Blatter patch, see if that works * load the card into a windross box and find an app that uses the IR blaster and trace the data using something like http://www.hhdsoftware.com/usbmon.html so I can extend the driver * find another solution!! Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Where did my recordings go!!
Just changed capture cards, so I deleted the old card, installed the new one using mythtv-setup and my old recordings have gone. How do I get them back? mythcommflag to rebuild the database or what... I assume there is something left in the database that knows what programs they were as the filenames aren't much help... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Channels that change inputs?
On 19/09/05, Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings I recall seeing a few weeks ago a method of selecting a channel and automagically selecting the correct input for it - tuner or s-video. I understand that its a new feature, so far only in SVN. Question is, how do I use it without a 'C' key to toggle between inputs? Do I set up two card names pointing at the same card and select tuner on one and s-video on the other and set channels across the two inputs that way? I'm running todays SVN but I can't see any obvious method of making the selection. When setting MythTV up initially, after adding the capture card(s) and creating the video source(s) you use Input Connections to connect a channel lineup (video sources) to one of the inputs (tuner, S-Video) on the capture card. The channel lineups can obviously be different, as the tuner may have less or more channels configured for it than the direct S-Video connection. If you're running the SVN version with the updated channel changing behaviour, you should be able to select any channel in the EPG whilst watching LiveTV and the machine should switch automatically to that channel/input combo, avoiding the need to press 'C'. Nick Got it at last - thanks Nick. I was thinking that in Video Sources I would associate a name with a source but in fact all I do there is give it a name where it gets EPG info from and the source is defined in Input Connections. I hadn't followed it through. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Which ivtv modules to load for pvr-150mce ?
Robin Gilks wrote: I guess the subject says it all really. Many of the howtos revolve about the 250 (old) and 350 (with output). I'm trying to find out which modules should be loaded when I modprobe the ivtv module. The only module you should ever load is ivtv. All other modules will be loaded by ivtv (assuming you load ivtv correctly--using modprobe and /not/ insmod). I've already discovered that msp3400 doesn't get loaded (no dependency in modules.dep to the main ivtv module) so I'm wondering what else I have to load manually. msp3400 is the driver for the sound processor for PVR-250/350. The PVR-150 uses the cx25840. Therefore, if you load msp3400, at best, it wastes memory and at worst, it causes conflicts. I guess that since the header for saa7127.c says its an encoder, I need it but I assume that the decoder saa7115 is pvr-350 specific and so I don't load it! All very confusing!! No idea whether I have to pass any parameters across during loading since many of the howtos are either old or 350 specific :-(( I get video OK but so far audio only sometime on video, nothing from the radio and nothing from the line inputs. I'm running latest SVN (0.3.9+ == trunk) - not sure if there are any gotchas there. Any pointers appreciated. modprobe ivtv and make sure you have the right module options. For 0.3.8+, that should mean that you have no options specified for ivtv modules (it will autodetect. Thanks Mike Thats exactly the definitive answers I was looking for :-)) All I need to do now is get external sound going (to complement the s-video input) and the radio (which scans OK finds all the stations I'd expect it to) which also has no audio :-(( Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
Success!! At last I've found the problem. But I'm not going to tell anyone :-)) Its empty - mythbackend runs fine on its own, its the running of it from the init scripts thats broken :-(( Its as if its not finding a library on the search path so bombs but is OK when I telnet in just run off the command line. Have a look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log It probably holds your answers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Gilks Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 2:56 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks I lied - I hate top posting so - here is the answer :-)) Its all down to the HOME variable in the Gentoo startup script which points to /var/log/mythtv which is where mythbackend expects to find the mysql.txt file so it knows where to connect to. On the master backend its localhost but on the slave backend (the one that wouldn't work) its also pointing at localhost which is WRONG - it should be pointing at the mysql server (which also happens to be on the master backend). Can't help thinking I've got all too many copies of mysql.txt floating about on my system. I think a cleanup and a few symbol links is called for!! -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Channels that change inputs?
Greetings I recall seeing a few weeks ago a method of selecting a channel and automagically selecting the correct input for it - tuner or s-video. I understand that its a new feature, so far only in SVN. Question is, how do I use it without a 'C' key to toggle between inputs? Do I set up two card names pointing at the same card and select tuner on one and s-video on the other and set channels across the two inputs that way? I'm running todays SVN but I can't see any obvious method of making the selection. Cheers -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system
Do I even need to run mysql on the SBE? I tried disabling No. mysqld on the SBE but mythbackend would not startup. If it is not using the local copy of mysqld then I would think it would startup. Unless this is an True. You don't need MySQL on the slave backend at all. Kill it if it's running then edit ~/mysql.txt on the slave backend. I think that's what you're missing here. You may have a similar problem to what I had - the init script for mythbackend was setting the HOME variable to an odd directory which had its own copy of mysql.txt which was pointing to localhost rather than to the machine that was running the mysql database. In my instance, I could run mythbackend from the command line (where the value of HOME was consistent with the copy of mysql.txt it was getting) but not from the init scripts. Very confusing!! Sounds like you haven't got as far as the automation bit yet though - just thought I'd mention it in case having set mysql.txt correctly it all goes pear shaped later... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New Zealand XMLTV grabber
Check out http://mr.geek.nz/epg/ and http://hairy.geek.nz/epg/ I use a script that grabs the data then uses mythfilldatabase --file to enter it into the DB Hi Does anyone know of a working tv_grab_nz that collects free to air and sky digital? Thanks -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend
Its empty - mythbackend runs fine on its own, its the running of it from the init scripts thats broken :-(( Its as if its not finding a library on the search path so bombs but is OK when I telnet in just run off the command line. Have a look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log It probably holds your answers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Gilks Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 2:56 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Gentoo init.d script for mythbackend Greetings I'm running 2 systems with Gentoo and on one, mythbackend starts up fine. On the other, it says Started OK but it just exits. I can run mythbackend from the command line and also using start-stop-daemon, just that it doesn't want to run from the init script itself. Any ideas (path or library search variables) of where to start on this? -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # # This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. # -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Which ivtv modules to load for pvr-150mce ?
Greetings I guess the subject says it all really. Many of the howtos revolve about the 250 (old) and 350 (with output). I'm trying to find out which modules should be loaded when I modprobe the ivtv module. I've already discovered that msp3400 doesn't get loaded (no dependency in modules.dep to the main ivtv module) so I'm wondering what else I have to load manually. I guess that since the header for saa7127.c says its an encoder, I need it but I assume that the decoder saa7115 is pvr-350 specific and so I don't load it! All very confusing!! No idea whether I have to pass any parameters across during loading since many of the howtos are either old or 350 specific :-(( I get video OK but so far audio only sometime on video, nothing from the radio and nothing from the line inputs. I'm running latest SVN (0.3.9+ == trunk) - not sure if there are any gotchas there. Any pointers appreciated. -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythFM
Greetings Has anyone got a copy of mythfm-0.18.tar.bz2 they can put up on a web site for me please? Fancy getting it to work with my new PVR-150mce :-)) -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: parsing websites for mythstream
[snip] I hope that you will be able to point me in the right direction. I'm new to linux but I've successfully learned my way through some fairly complex applications. I've installed MythTV and MythStream and my wife, who is from Germany, would like me to set up some of her hometown radio stations in the MythStream menu. The problem is that these radio stations run through an embedded player in Firefox. I can't figure out how to harvest the right URL to play through mplayer. One example is www.swr3.de. I click on the SWR3 LIVE Einschalten link in the upper right and select the RealAudio stream link and then the browser pulls up a window with and embedded player and start to play. I've looked at the source code but when I try to play any of the URLs with mplayer (or a standalone RealPlayer), I don't get anything. My question is: Is there a way to harvest the information from internet radio sites that use embedded players so that I can play them in MythStream? If yes, can you point me in the right direction? Thanks, Tyler OK - I've had another few minutes playing and this is what I found for this particular site - its a bit of poking about, saving pages and looking at the overall structure looking for javascript stuff. Called up the embedded player and (in Firefox this is) right clicked and did a save page. This creates a file (webradio.php) and a directory of the files associated with it. Looking in the webradio_files directory I find a file called swr3player (this looks interesting but it looks like its calling other functions somewhere) and a directory called swr3player_data and in that a file called webplayer.js. This is where all the action is and a quick look through it shows a few functions that decide how to play (embedded RA, WME, external etc) and they get a parameter passed across that has the channel number 01 to 10. I then selected one of the url strings and used wget to fetch the contents - note the quotes and the fact what I've replaced '+Eingang' with the channel number 01!! wget 'http://lsd.newmedia.tiscali-business.com/bb/redirect.lsc?stream=swr3/channel01.rmcontent=livemedia=rm' -O xxx The contents of the file xxx is the URL for mythstream, in this case rtsp://195.52.221.172/farm/*/encoder/swr3/channel01.rm I hope that gives an idea of the logic of these embedded things - its a bit luck finding the right page to save to disk so you can see if there is anything obvious in it - all the ,gif, .jpg files can be ignored, a real bonus if it sticks out as in this case as a .js filename :-)) -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.gilks.org ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MYSQL - editor
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:14:39 -0700, A JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an opensource MYSQL database editor that someone could recommend? I want to modify some of the descriptions on my recordings and am not great with SQL and I thought a GUI would be a great help. I've been down that road. I'd be interested to know which ones you used that you liked. (I never could get the open source ones to work to my satisfaction so I rolled my own.) I always use webmin - it has a mysql plugin and is standard on most distros. Rummage about in tables, edit contents, delete or whatever... -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: How do I compile mythplugins from source?
Okay, I checked, and I do have mythconfig.make in my mythplugins folder, which is a pointer to /usr/local/bin/mythconfig.mak (which is where mythtv is installed) Thats an odd place - mine is in /usr/local/include/mythtv. Are you sure you installed the base mythtv OK and you're not running a pre-existing binary version? 'type mythfrontend' should tell you). -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Non-recording master backend
On 9/7/05, Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all I'd like to shift the capture card from my heavy/noisy server backend to the frontend which is an EPIA running diskless with nfs mounts back to the server (this avoids long cable runs). This means I'll have to run the backend code on the EPIA for the capture but I want to keep the mysql, commercial cutting and transcoding on the server (its got 5 times the grunt after all!!). Is this possible and if so, how do I set up please? Off the top of my head, I'd say you want to set the backend up as a slave, set the IP for the current backend as master, mount your nfs properly and set up the proper directory structure, put the cards in the front end and configure them, and make sure the boxes are checked correct to not allow any transcoding or commercial cutting jobs to run on that slave. My question is why you'd want to do that? Thanks - thats what I thought would be the way, nice to hear confirmation!! As to why? The EPIA card is considered by some as underpowered as a frontend only - the fact that it has a mpeg2 hardware decoder is what saves it!! Asking it to transcode etc as well as handle the realtime tasks of displaying video without glitches I think is asking for problems. Quiet is one of the main requirements, hence diskless and reduced CPU load will help here as well. My server on the other hand has over 800G of disk, 1G of RAM and a 3G CPU and it can make as much noise as it wants trying to keep cool as its shut away! -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Non-recording master backend
Greetings all I'd like to shift the capture card from my heavy/noisy server backend to the frontend which is an EPIA running diskless with nfs mounts back to the server (this avoids long cable runs). This means I'll have to run the backend code on the EPIA for the capture but I want to keep the mysql, commercial cutting and transcoding on the server (its got 5 times the grunt after all!!). Is this possible and if so, how do I set up please? Thanks -- Robin Gilks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
