Re: [mythtv-users] Guide data setup for mixed ATSC/QAM & NTSC backend? Multiple xmltv feeds needed?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/29/06, Daniel Kristjansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 14:19 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:> On 01/29/2006 01:59 PM, Todd Ignasiak wrote:> > I am trying to clean up my MythTV configuration a bit.  Part of that> > effort is to use a single Zap2it / xmltv guide account, so I can deal
> You have two Myth video sources, one for SDTV and one for HDTV channels?What most users do is set up several listings on the same zap2it accountwith slightly different zip codes. So if your neighborhood is in 10023,
you can use the neighboring neighborhoods 10022, 10024, etc foradditional listings, since you probably get the same OTA/Cable signalsas your immediate neighbors.Thanks for the reply.  I didn't realize that zap2it/xmltv supported multiple listings per account.   I added a new listing for the few digital channels, and I think that should be good.   Zap2it had seperate listings for Comcast Cable & Comcast Digital,  so I didn't need to use another zip code.
The analog channels worked great with the xmltv listings.  mythfill database automatically found the data for the right channels, since there is no ambiguity in the frequency / channel number.The digital / HD channels were not as easy,  the Comcast channel numbers are in the 700's, but the actual channel frequencies are 79, 116, 117 (two HD channels per QAM channel).   The scan  showed channels like 2#1 and 2#2, and for one channel it picked up the PSIP data and used the virtual channel numbers.    So, I ended up with one set of channels from the scan, and one set from xmltv, each with partial data. I edited the mysql database by hand to make sure all channels had the correct xmltvid, mplexid, atscsrcid, etc. But, I'm sure there must be an easier way.

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[mythtv-users] Guide data setup for mixed ATSC/QAM & NTSC backend? Multiple xmltv feeds needed?

[Todd Ignasiak]

I am trying to clean up my MythTV configuration a bit.  Part of that effort is to use a single Zap2it / xmltv guide account, so I can deal with the expiration less frequently (with two, it seems like it's always expiring).  I have four tuners, all hooked to my cable TV connection.  The two SD tuners (PVR-500 card) can record all the analog channels (2-63).  The two ATSC/QAM tuners can record the handful of HD channels (79,116,117;  which breaks out into five visible HD channels), and cannot do SD (at least not as I have it set up.  I wouldn't want them to do SD anyway, as they don't have MPEG encoders.)
But, with my config now, it seems that MythTV doesn't know the difference between the channel types, and tries to record SD with the HD tuner, and HD with the SD tuner.  I have the TV format set to ATSC on my HD channels, and I was hoping that would allow MythTV to associate those channels with the HD capable tuners.  
I'm sure others have this same setup.  What is the recommended "best practice" for associating channels/guide data with the best tuner card?   Must I go back to my config with two guide sources, each limited to the relevant stations the tuners can receive?
Thanks for any input.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Fedora Core 4 ivtv install

[Todd Page]

Scott,

Yes, I ran 'yum update' successfully. I am still getting the same
error (user or otherwise) though; when I type 'yum install
ivtv-firmware-audio'
yum tells me: 'Nothing to do'

I am pointing to both stable and testing atrpms package depositories,
am I perhaps naming the package wrong? I can't be the only person who
is going through Jarod's guide with FC4... anyone else run into this
problem?

~ Todd
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[mythtv-users] Fedora Core 4 ivtv install

[Todd Page]

I apologize if I am asking a question that has been asked before.
I looked through the archives and found many related posts; but none
seemed to work!

So, I am (like many others I see) attempted to follow Jarod's guide. I
have FC4 (kermel 2.6.14-1.1656) running and up until the ivtv install
(I skipped lirc for now) everything was fine.

When I do:
'yum install ivtv-firmware-audio'
I get: "No match for argument"

I've added both a atrpms testing and stable .repo file into my
yum.repos.d directory. As far as I can tell, the versions of what I
need exits in the repository; I've looked online.

Can someone tell me definitively what I am doing wrong? From the looks
of it others are having the same problem relatively frequently.

(If this is a more complex issue than I know I apologize... but it was
just so easy up to this point! ;)

Thanks for any help you can provide,

~ Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/24/06, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 15:43, Todd Ignasiak wrote:> On 1/23/06, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > On 1/23/06, Steve Adeff <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > On Monday 23 January 2006 16:35, Todd Ignasiak wrote:> > > > On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards> > > > > > haven't gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd.   It seems to> > >> > > be an
> > >> > > > > > ideal> > > > >> > > > > card> > > > >> > > > > Got a link to these cards?   Maybe I've just being blind (wouldn't
> > >> > > be the> > >> > > > > first time) but all I can find are the chips themselves and not> > > > > commercially> > > > > available pci cards with them onboard.
> > > >> > > > The only one I found is the AllWell EM6821 PCI card,  their site has> > >> > > some> > >> > > > links to docs for it ( 
http://www.allwell.tv/ ).> > > >> > > > Other links with info:> > >> > > 
http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t> > >=534> > >> > > >3> > > >> > > >> > > > 
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm> > >> > > whoa, thats awesome, too bad its not actually being made...> >> > Do you mean the Allwell card?   I know some vendors are pretty aggressive
> > in pre-announcing.  But, it explicitly says "WMV9 and High Definition PCI> > decoder released" on their home page.> >> > I e-mailed the contact on the allwell site.  We'll see if I get any
> > pricing or availability information back.>> I got  a response from AllWell sales.   The "EM8621 PCI Card" is on their> price list for $125.>> But, he said that the drivers are not included, apparently Sigma Designs
> requires purchase of their SDK to get access to the drivers (I read> something about them flip-flopping on this in forum discussions of the> card,  the drivers were available, then removed, then back, etc.)
>> He is working with a third party software company to provide a bundle with> the card & linux software.  He estimated the bundle would be available in> mid march.>>> Hopefully this card won't be completely limited by Sigma's software
> licensing restrictions.  To me, it seems like open drivers would be an> enabler for selling a lot more of their chips..   But, apparently they> don't see it that way.especially considering Sigma has already stole from the OSS community.
Either way, I can't wait for this card to come out if it will be able tosupport MythTV's menus and OSD.Did they say anything about this?No, he didn't give details on what they were doing. I did recommend that he look into MythTV.  If he's looking for a proof of concept implementation for those third party software companies..   That card was obviously designed for PVR usage,  and unless Microsoft changes MCE to support hardware decoders, MythTV seems like a no-brainer for that chip/board.

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Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/23/06, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/23/06, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
On Monday 23 January 2006 16:35, Todd Ignasiak wrote:> On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards
> > > haven't gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd.   It seems to be an> > > ideal> >> > card> >> > Got a link to these cards?   Maybe I've just being blind (wouldn't be the
> > first time) but all I can find are the chips themselves and not> > commercially> > available pci cards with them onboard.>> The only one I found is the AllWell EM6821 PCI card,  their site has some
> links to docs for it ( http://www.allwell.tv/ ).>> Other links with info:>> 

http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=534>3>>> 
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm
whoa, thats awesome, too bad its not actually being made...Do you mean the Allwell card?   

I know some vendors are pretty aggressive in pre-announcing.  But, it explicitly says "WMV9 and High Definition PCI decoder released" on their home page.   I e-mailed the contact on the allwell site.  We'll see if I get any pricing or availability information back.
I got  a response from AllWell sales.   The "EM8621 PCI Card" is on their price list for $125.But, he said that the drivers are not included, apparently Sigma Designs requires purchase of their SDK to get access to the drivers (I read something about them flip-flopping on this in forum discussions of the card,  the drivers were available, then removed, then back, etc.)
He is working with a third party software company to provide a bundle with the card & linux software.  He estimated the bundle would be available in mid march.Hopefully this card won't be completely limited by Sigma's software licensing restrictions.  To me, it seems like open drivers would be an enabler for selling a lot more of their chips..   But, apparently they don't see it that way.

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Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/23/06, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday 23 January 2006 16:35, Todd Ignasiak wrote:> On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards
> > > haven't gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd.   It seems to be an> > > ideal> >> > card> >> > Got a link to these cards?   Maybe I've just being blind (wouldn't be the
> > first time) but all I can find are the chips themselves and not> > commercially> > available pci cards with them onboard.>> The only one I found is the AllWell EM6821 PCI card,  their site has some
> links to docs for it ( http://www.allwell.tv/ ).>> Other links with info:>> 
http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=534>3>>> http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm
whoa, thats awesome, too bad its not actually being made...Do you mean the Allwell card?   
I know some vendors are pretty aggressive in pre-announcing.  But, it explicitly says "WMV9 and High Definition PCI decoder released" on their home page.   I e-mailed the contact on the allwell site.  We'll see if I get any pricing or availability information back.

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Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards haven't> gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd.   It seems to be an ideal card Got a link to these cards?   Maybe I've just being blind (wouldn't be the
first time) but all I can find are the chips themselves and not commerciallyavailable pci cards with them onboard.The only one I found is the AllWell EM6821 PCI card,  their site has some links to docs for it ( 
http://www.allwell.tv/ ).Other links with info:http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5343
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm
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Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/22/06, sean darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/21/06, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Frank Lynch wrote:>> >On 1/21/06, Chris Ribe <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> >> >>I'm in a similar situation to you, Frank, and I am looking for an answer to> >>the same question.> >>> >>From what I've gathered so far, the NVidia 5200 series seem to work the
> >>best.  I'd like to hear more confirmation on that before I go drop $40 on> >>one, though.> >>> >>> >Does the amount of video ram play a factor?> >The 5200 seems to come with either 128 or 256mb of ram.
> >I'd like to have my graphics card do as much work as possible, I want> >ot keep my cpu for tasks like commercial flagging (and occasional> >transcoding).> >> >> RAM is not a problem.  It's primarily important for 3D rendering with
> many textures, so the 128MB will work well (be way more memory than you> need) for HD MPEG-2 decoding.>> As far as best card goes, the best card is one whose drivers support the> functionality you need.  Right now, this means NVIDIA.  Don't get ATI.
>> The 6xxx series (at least some of them--there may be one or two> "holdovers" in the group) of NVIDIA cards use pixel shaders for Xv> (instead of the video overlay used by previous generations).  Myth has
> been designed to work well with the video-overlay-based Xv (including> providing an ability to adjust hue/saturation/brightness), and still has> work to be done for providing better support for the PS-based video.
> Therefore, you're probably better off going with a 5200 than a> 6800+--unless, of course, you want to do some GLSL programming for> Myth...  ;)>> Also, you won't get better MPEG-2 performance (including display of
> software-decoded MPEG-2 /and/ hardware-assisted MPEG-2 decoding with> XvMC) from a "faster" or newer card.  And, on the bright side, the 5200> is dirt-cheap compared to the newer-generations of cards, so save your
> money and go for a 5200.>I had a 6600 because I'm trying to drive an HDTV at  1080i, and itcame with component out.I had intermittent success.  myth and the nvidia drivers are like the
Bickersons. They only get along enough to stay together. And newnvidia drivers seem to cause more problems than they solve.So now that I'm looking for a new mb for a myth frontend, I'm lookingfor a non-nvidia card that
plays well with myth ( which means that open source is *really* important );does hw MPEG-2 decoding;and has component out at 1080i.I'd also like MPEG-4 decoding and 1080p - if possible.AND, I'd like it to have drivers that are in 
Xorg-7.0.0.So, if I'm off nvidia I certainly don't want ATI since they haveproprietary drivers and even more problem reports than nvidia. I havean old 8500dv, which I really like and is fully supported by xorg, but
doesn't do hw decoding or 1080i tv out.First up was intel 945g integrated video. Supports hdtv, 1080p andmpeg-2 hw decoding. No mention if it supports mpeg-4 decoding, so Iassume it doesn't.  Also supports hdtv component out through a "Media
Expansion Card".  Sounds good, but it turns out there are NO MediaExpansion Cards" available. AverMedia announced one for 3q2005 ( evenwon an Intel rpize for it!), but it's not been released ( or died
somewhere ) and the MSRP is $199!!!Next I looked at via unchrome pro: mpeg-2, mpeg-4, 1080p ( so I assumeit's 16:9). Drivers in xorg-7.0. But.. didn't find any with componentout, the unichrome drivers have split ( 
unichrome.sf and openchrome),and the mpeg-4 is only for boards with the via c7. Finally it appearsvia really isn't supporting ( assisting) the xorg drivers which don'tsupport mpeg-4.The Unichrome chip is supposed to have support for YPrPb in hardware according to the S3/VIA datasheets.   I've never tried one, so I don't know if the drivers expose support for this, or if it can be done with a simple breakout cable.
At least in theory, the Unichrome looks like a great MythTV chip,  full MPEG2 hardware decoding, and MPEG4 acceleration.   I'm hoping to find a Socket939 Unichrome board when I next upgrade my MythTV box, so I can try the Unichrome, and fall back to an NVidia add-in card if that doesn't work well.
 Sorta stuck. I guess I'm going to do the intel 945g with avga->component breakout box.
I do realize this is only a intel solution.Should be a better choice somewhere.I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards haven't gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd.   It seems to be an ideal card for an HTPC.   MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV9, and 
H.264 hardware decoding;  DVI and YPrPb output;  some level of Linux support from the product developer..Prior to moving to MythTV, I used a receiver with a hardware decoder in Windows (MIT MDP-100/120/130), so I'm a big fan of hardware offload.   The MDP-1x0 could display HD programs with extremely low overhead on the host machine, and had smooth playback regardless of what the host was doing (as long as the host can keep up with DMA'ing a trickle of data to the card).

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Re: [mythtv-users] Using DVD VIDEO_TS directories on disk with MythTV?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/20/06, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  On 01/20/2006 02:39 PM, Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> > On 1/19/06, *Steve Hodge* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/20/06, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> > > The file layout is something like:
> > >
> > >  /XMas_2002/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}
> > >  /Wedding/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}
> > >
> > > Where the top directory is the name of the DVD, the second is always
> > > VIDEO_TS, and the DVD data files are below that.  Ideally, I
> > would like to
> > > treat the top dir as the title, and associate a JPEG image with
> > that, and
> > > have a view launched that treats VIDEO_TS as a DVD.
> >
> > You could try having a single directory somewhere with links to the
> > vob files in each subdirectory. You could write a shell script to
> > create the links automatically from the top directory names.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the response.
> >
> >  The VOBs all use the same filenames, so there would be conflicts.
> > But, I guess the links could use different names.  But, then it would
>  > break the relationship between the IFO file and the VOB data.  So, DVD
> > menus and language support would be broken.
> >
> > If I go this route, I think I would change my DVD's to single file
> > videos, either one huge VOB, MPEG2 file, or  H.264 file.The
> > downside there is that I lose DVD Menus, chapters, etc.
>
> How about:
>
> ln -s /path/to/XMas_2002 /myth/videos/XMas_2002.dvdrip
>
> with a command that plays it back like:
>
> xine --no-splash --auto-play=fhq dvd:%s
>
> associated with the ".dvdrip" extension
>
> And, you might want to check out
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/142951#142951
>
> (if you do the offline stuff, use the updated prompt_for_media script at
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/143035#143035 ).


 Thanks for all the tips.   I ended up trying the directory renaming. 
I added a '.DVD' extension to the DVD directories and added that file
type to the videos area.

After a bit of tweaking with the xine settings, it's working pretty well.

Now, I just need to get the xine keymap settings configured to work
with my MythTV/lircd settings, and I'll be all set.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Sync rates for Sharp 32 inch LCD

[Todd Vazquez]

--- Richard Bronosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I just want this information to be search locatable,
> which it currently is not.
> 
> I have a Sharp Aquos LC-32D4U which does NOT have
> DVI in, and therefore Sharp
> gives no frequency info for it, so I looked for the
> info on one of their DVI
> capable models.
> 
> Page 56 of
> http://sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_LC26_32GA5U.pdf
> suggests that the
> 1366x768 capable 32" Aquos LCDs can do H rates of
> 31.5-68.7kHz and V rates
> 60-85Hz.  I still haven't found out the dot clock.
> 
>  Thank you for your time,
> --==<< R i c h a r d B r o n o s k y >>==--
> 
> Nearly all viruses and spyware are designed to use
> Microsoft internet products.
> Protect yourself by avoiding Internet Explorer &
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Don't know what the dot clock is on the LCD, but I'm
using this modeline to get "Dot by Dot" into my Sharp
(through DVI).  If you can decipher the modeline,
maybe you can find the dot clock in it?  I don't know
anything about modelines, only that this one works
great.  The resolution comes out of the video card as
1368x768, but works great with the 1366x768 native res
of the LCD.  The picture is limited only by what the
LCD display can produce.

ModeLine "1368x768" 85.5 1360 1424 1536 1792 768
771 776 794 -hsync -vsync

To use it, the display input needs to be set to "PC
digital" or something like that.

Hope this helps,
-Todd

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Re: [mythtv-users] Using DVD VIDEO_TS directories on disk with MythTV?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/19/06, Steve Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/20/06, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> The file layout is something like:>>  /XMas_2002/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}>  /Wedding/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}
>> Where the top directory is the name of the DVD, the second is always> VIDEO_TS, and the DVD data files are below that.  Ideally, I would like to> treat the top dir as the title, and associate a JPEG image with that, and
> have a view launched that treats VIDEO_TS as a DVD.You could try having a single directory somewhere with links to thevob files in each subdirectory. You could write a shell script tocreate the links automatically from the top directory names.
Thanks for the response.  The VOBs all use the same filenames, so there would be conflicts.  But, I guess the links could use different names.  But, then it would break the relationship between the IFO file and the VOB data.  So, DVD menus and language support would be broken.
If I go this route, I think I would change my DVD's to single file videos, either one huge VOB, MPEG2 file, or H.264 file.    The downside there is that I lose DVD Menus, chapters, etc.
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[mythtv-users] Using DVD VIDEO_TS directories on disk with MythTV?

[Todd Ignasiak]

I have several DVDs saved on my file server as VIDEO_TS directories with their associated IFO and VOB files saved in there.  I am currently using my Mac Mini to play them with the Apple DVD player & Matinee as a launcher.
I have begun looking into MythTV options for handling this data,  but as far as I can tell it doesn't integrate into MythTV very well.The file layout is something like: /XMas_2002/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}
 /Wedding/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}Where the top directory is the name of the DVD, the second is always VIDEO_TS, and the DVD data files are below that.  Ideally, I would like to treat the top dir as the title, and associate a JPEG image with that, and have a view launched that treats VIDEO_TS as a DVD.
Has anyone already come up with a solution for this within MythTV?   If not, any pointers towards other good Linux solutions?
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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 & 500 in same box, sound issues

[Todd Houle]

I started just the same as you.  PVR350 and Jarrods manual printed  
twice.. ;)   Then I dropped in a PVR500 shortly after.  I have not  
had any sound problems though.  I am not looping through the sound  
card (just PVR350 out to the TV) which make MythMusic and MythVideo  
very boring, but MythTV works just great regardless of tuner..  I am  
also using two Macs in the house as remote frontends with no  
problems.  The only audio problem I have is that the volumes for  
different recordings is off a bit.  I haven't figured out how to fix  
as it's not terribly important to me and I'm afraid of breaking  
something!  Sorry I can offer no help...  My Hauppauge remote volume  
control does nothing as I'm not looping through the computer sound card.
   Todd

On Jan 17, 2006, at 4:00 PM, Intense Red wrote:

>> Try updating to the latest ivtv driver (0.4.2).
>
>Thanks Joe.  I just updated to the new ivtv, but unfortunately  
> the problem
> remains.
>
>I can adjust the volume with the PVR-350's remote, and as I  
> said, things
> work perfectly if I'm not using the 350's hardware decoder.
>
>> It can work, because I have the same setup (PVR-350 and PVR-500),  
>> and with
>> ivtv 0.4.2 everything is working fine.
>
>Thanks!  Just knowing that is a confidence builder.  I'm  
> guessing it's just
> a matter of finding what needs to be tweaked.
>
>  Best regards.
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] Replacing MythTV remote... anyone have any experience with RS 15-2136 (or 15-2137?)

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 1/16/06, obscure information. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm looking at the FC4 guide provided by Jarod, and his information regarding using a Radio Shack remote piqued my interest, as I'm really not satisfied with the remote that came with my PVR-150, and I'd like to use the same remote for Myth that I do for my other duties.
The thing is, I just don't find that remote 15-2116 he was using very aesthetically pleasing :)Yeah, it's not pretty.   But, it works well. I used to have a 15-2116, but then I moved to a URC-6131 "PVR Remote", because I liked the layout.
The thing I didn't like about the Kameleon is the lack of physical buttons.   I also have a Phillips Pronto remote, and I end up rarely using it because it just has the touch screen, and I need to hit the backlight and look at the remote any time I need to do anything.  With the 2116 or 6131, I can do it by feel.   I know it seems like a small issue.  But, for me it translated into much better usability.
I used the JP1 tools to make my URC-6131 emulate my FusionHDTV remote, which works great with lircd and mythtv.The one drawback of the URC-6131 is that it cannot learn IR commands.  So, if a device code doesn't exist for what you want, it becomes difficult.
So I've gone to Radio Shack's site and was looking at the Kameleon line, and I'm pondering buying either a 15-2136 (
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103081&cp
) or a 15-2137 (
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103082&cp).  Obviously, I'd prefer the 2137 since it has the ability to control 6 devices instead of 4, but I'll settle for whichever one becomes available at Radio Shack first.  I'm curious if anyone has had any success setting up one of these remotes?  I looked around quite extensively, but aside from some IRC chatter I found in Google referencing mythtv and the 15-2136, I'm unable to find any information about successful use of one of these remotes.
I'm pretty sure if I absolutely had to, I could download the RC-5 codelist from lirc.com and fire up irw and start the long tedious process of figuring out the key mapping, but I'm hoping someone here has already gone through that agony.
As always, any input is greatly appreciated!Thanks,~Drew

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Re: [mythtv-users] OSX frontend mouse?

[Todd Houle]

On Jan 8, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:A remote would help quite a bit actually. I've set up mine and I never have to touch the keyboard. Full control from across the room is nice. :) The only time I ever touch the keyboard is when I enter a search phrase.Also keep in mind that there are major UI changes in the works (from what I've read, anyway).___What do you use for a Mac remote?  I bought the keyspan remote and don't like it too much.  very small and flimsy feeling...   Todd___
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Re: [mythtv-users] samsung TV and firewire output

[Todd Hutchinson]

>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm considering purchasing a Samsung 4667W TV. 
This
>> TV has 2 firewire input/output ports.  I realize
that
>> myth does not currently support recording from the
>> FireWire ports of TVs, but it is something that I
>> would like to try--it should be similar to using
>> FireWire on a cable box, right?  I came across an
>> article in "The Perfect Vision" magazine about
>> FireWire output on another Samsung TV.  To quote
the
>> article:
>>
>> "I attempted to make a recording on an RCA DVR,

>> The HL-R5668 had no problem recognizing the RCA
DVR,
>> and the set was able to play and fast-scan any of
the
>> recordings I had previously stored on it. However,
the
>> Samsung would not allow me to record any new cable
>> content on the DVR. Instead, it displayed an
on-screen
>> notice that the content was copy-protected. This
>> occurred with my local digital-broadcast channels
>> (terrestrial channels that are rebroadcast on
digital
>> cable) as well as premium content such as HBO. Copy
>> restrictions are prohibited on rebroadcast
channels,
>> so that couldn't have been the problem.
>>"I finally learned from Samsung that the
HL-R5668
>> does not have a PID (Program Identifier) filter.
This
>> filter is essential for recording digital-cable
>> signals, which carry two complete HD channels in
the
>> same 6MHz bandwidth as single-channel over-the-air
>> broadcasts. A program ID filter allows only one
>> channel to pass through the FireWire cable to the
>> recorder, which can't record two channels at once.
...
>> The Samsung rep I spoke with assured me that
digital
>> recordings of terrestrial broadcasts can be
performed,
>> but I didn't try it."
>>
>> So, if I understand this correctly, it's not
possible
>> to record from the TVs firewire ports if it is fed
a
>> cable TV signal.  (I realize that I could use the
>> firewire output from the cable box instead).  But,
if
>> I use an antenna to recieve channels OTA, will I
have
>> the same problem.  Do you concur?
>>
>> Ultimately, I'd like to use mythtv to record from
the
>> FireWire output of the TV. Is there any hope of
doing
>> that with this TV?  I did read the thread from a
>> couple of weeks ago about using HAVi to control a
>> TV--might be fun to try with this TV, if I can get
>> over the above problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Todd
> 
> there is no copy protection for OTA, why would there
be, they're giving 
> it out 
> for free to begin with.

> As for recording *from* the tv, is this so you can
record OTA stuff? I 
> don't 
> see when you would otherwise want to be able to do
this when you could 
> just 
> connect the device your feeding the TV into the
MythTV computer 
> directly?
> 

I understand that there is no copy protection on OTA,
but according to the article that I quoted, the
Samsung TV is copy protecting OTA channels that come
over cable because they don't have the appropriate
program ID filters to identify one of two channels.

Two reasons that I want to be able to record from the
TV:
1. Yes, I want to record OTA.  I don't want to be
dependent on having cable to record HD.
2. If I someday use a cable card in this TV, I want to
be able to record the cable from the TV's firewire
output.

I am being a bit cheap, since I know I could by an HD
card for the computer for $100-$200, but, why should
I?  I also don't have a spare PCI slot for another
card in my ASUS Pundit.





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[mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 34, Issue 180

[Todd Hutchinson]

>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm considering purchasing a Samsung 4667W TV. 
This
>> TV has 2 firewire input/output ports.  I realize
that
>> myth does not currently support recording from the
>> FireWire ports of TVs, but it is something that I
>> would like to try--it should be similar to using
>> FireWire on a cable box, right?  I came across an
>> article in "The Perfect Vision" magazine about
>> FireWire output on another Samsung TV.  To quote
the
>> article:
>>
>> "I attempted to make a recording on an RCA DVR,

>> The HL-R5668 had no problem recognizing the RCA
DVR,
>> and the set was able to play and fast-scan any of
the
>> recordings I had previously stored on it. However,
the
>> Samsung would not allow me to record any new cable
>> content on the DVR. Instead, it displayed an
on-screen
>> notice that the content was copy-protected. This
>> occurred with my local digital-broadcast channels
>> (terrestrial channels that are rebroadcast on
digital
>> cable) as well as premium content such as HBO. Copy
>> restrictions are prohibited on rebroadcast
channels,
>> so that couldn't have been the problem.
>>"I finally learned from Samsung that the
HL-R5668
>> does not have a PID (Program Identifier) filter.
This
>> filter is essential for recording digital-cable
>> signals, which carry two complete HD channels in
the
>> same 6MHz bandwidth as single-channel over-the-air
>> broadcasts. A program ID filter allows only one
>> channel to pass through the FireWire cable to the
>> recorder, which can't record two channels at once.
...
>> The Samsung rep I spoke with assured me that
digital
>> recordings of terrestrial broadcasts can be
performed,
>> but I didn't try it."
>>
>> So, if I understand this correctly, it's not
possible
>> to record from the TVs firewire ports if it is fed
a
>> cable TV signal.  (I realize that I could use the
>> firewire output from the cable box instead).  But,
if
>> I use an antenna to recieve channels OTA, will I
have
>> the same problem.  Do you concur?
>>
>> Ultimately, I'd like to use mythtv to record from
the
>> FireWire output of the TV. Is there any hope of
doing
>> that with this TV?  I did read the thread from a
>> couple of weeks ago about using HAVi to control a
>> TV--might be fun to try with this TV, if I can get
>> over the above problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Todd
> 
> there is no copy protection for OTA, why would there
be, they're giving 
> it out 
> for free to begin with.

> As for recording *from* the tv, is this so you can
record OTA stuff? I 
> don't 
> see when you would otherwise want to be able to do
this when you could 
> just 
> connect the device your feeding the TV into the
MythTV computer 
> directly?
> 

I understand that there is no copy protection on OTA,
but according to the article that I quoted, the
Samsung TV is copy protecting OTA channels that come
over cable because they don't have the appropriate
program ID filters to identify one of two channels.

Two reasons that I want to be able to record from the
TV:
1. Yes, I want to record OTA.  I don't want to be
dependent on having cable to record HD.
2. If I someday use a cable card in this TV, I want to
be able to record the cable from the TV's firewire
output.

I am being a bit cheap, since I know I could by an HD
card for the computer for $100-$200, but, why should
I?  I also don't have a spare PCI slot for another
card in my ASUS Pundit.





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[mythtv-users] samsung TV and firewire output

[Todd Hutchinson]

Hi,

I'm considering purchasing a Samsung 4667W TV.  This
TV has 2 firewire input/output ports.  I realize that
myth does not currently support recording from the
FireWire ports of TVs, but it is something that I
would like to try--it should be similar to using
FireWire on a cable box, right?  I came across an
article in "The Perfect Vision" magazine about
FireWire output on another Samsung TV.  To quote the
article:

"I attempted to make a recording on an RCA DVR, 
The HL-R5668 had no problem recognizing the RCA DVR,
and the set was able to play and fast-scan any of the
recordings I had previously stored on it. However, the
Samsung would not allow me to record any new cable
content on the DVR. Instead, it displayed an on-screen
notice that the content was copy-protected. This
occurred with my local digital-broadcast channels
(terrestrial channels that are rebroadcast on digital
cable) as well as premium content such as HBO. Copy
restrictions are prohibited on rebroadcast channels,
so that couldn't have been the problem.
   "I finally learned from Samsung that the HL-R5668
does not have a PID (Program Identifier) filter. This
filter is essential for recording digital-cable
signals, which carry two complete HD channels in the
same 6MHz bandwidth as single-channel over-the-air
broadcasts. A program ID filter allows only one
channel to pass through the FireWire cable to the
recorder, which can't record two channels at once. ...
The Samsung rep I spoke with assured me that digital
recordings of terrestrial broadcasts can be performed,
but I didn't try it."

So, if I understand this correctly, it's not possible
to record from the TVs firewire ports if it is fed a
cable TV signal.  (I realize that I could use the
firewire output from the cable box instead).  But, if
I use an antenna to recieve channels OTA, will I have
the same problem.  Do you concur?

Ultimately, I'd like to use mythtv to record from the
FireWire output of the TV. Is there any hope of doing
that with this TV?  I did read the thread from a
couple of weeks ago about using HAVi to control a
TV--might be fun to try with this TV, if I can get
over the above problem.

Thanks,

Todd 




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[mythtv-users] mythweb file size limits

[Todd Johnson]

Is there a way to remove the file size limit in apache?  It gives me a 
forbidden when I try to access my nuv's that are about 2.2g across my 
lan.  I can see one show that is 1.1g but not my other 2.2g shows. 


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Re: [mythtv-users] Lost Setup option in MythTV menu

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 12/19/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Todd Ignasiak wrote:> Somehow, I've managed to lose the menu item to configure MythTV> options (this is with several recent SVN versions).  Anyone else solve> this issue before?>> On my main menu, I have a "Utilities/Setup" option.  But, when I go in
> there, the title is "Utilities and Settings", and the options are "TV,> Music, Videos, DVD, Images, Games".   I don't have any place to set> all the various MythTV configuration settings.Any guesses?
Not to sound condescending, but have you scrolled down past games?Thanks.   Apparently not all the necessary keys are mapped in my lircd setup.  UP/DN didn't scroll to any other entries.  So, I got the keyboard out and
poked around a bit there, and PgUp/PgDn exposed the missing entries. 
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[mythtv-users] Lost Setup option in MythTV menu

[Todd Ignasiak]

Somehow, I've managed to lose the menu item to configure MythTV options (this is with several recent SVN versions).  Anyone else solve this issue before?On my main menu, I have a "Utilities/Setup" option.  But, when I go in there, the title is "Utilities and Settings", and the options are "TV, Music, Videos, DVD, Images, Games".   I don't have any place to set all the various MythTV configuration settings.    Any guesses?

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Re: [mythtv-users] A good quiz game for those party nights, for linux??

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 12/10/05, Sami Röppänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



  
  



Hi,

Just a thought... I dont know if you people know these touchscreen quiz machines laying around the service stations and restaurants... I admit I am a bit addicted to the quiz part of those machines, and can't understand why nobody hasn't made them into linux games.. What is more fun than that with some good friends...
That sounds like a very cool concept for an HTPC environment..  It works well with a simple infrared remote control selection interface.   It would seem to be pretty straightforward to display the question text, then after two clicks (to avoid accidentally exposing the answer) display the answer.    Basically, "Trivial Pursuit" on a TV display (I don't know if Trivial Pursuit is available in Finland..   It's a popular board game in the 
U.S., based around trivia questions).Tracking the progress on a gameboard might be a little trickier.Adding pictures, music, or video to the trivia could also make for some interesting capabilities, and works well with the MythTV concept.
I suppose a basic trivia quiz game would be very easy to do as a web application..  Simply linking the questions & answers would be no problem.    Probably the biggest difficulty would be to get a good database of trivia questions.

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Re: [mythtv-users] STAY AWAY FROM WI-FI !!!

[Todd]

Jeez, all this bottom to top posting is making my 
dizzy.  I will try my hand at it.
 
Anyway, what the previous guy said.  Any 
single WEP, WPA or WPA2 packet will have your MAC and SSID in its 
header.  If you have a single machine associated with your AP, it will 
"heartbeat" within a minute and the snoops has everything they 
need.
 
Additionally, they will have an encrypted packet 
(or more likely since you are running Myth, about a zillion packets, which helps 
them greatly) to go attack offline at home.  They can come back a month 
later and be on your network within seconds.
 
All overkill if you ask me since about 60% of the 
networks in my neighborhood are wide open and 99% of the rest are running 
WEP.  My network isn't that interesting to a wardriver with access 
to the zillions of easily open networks...networks that probably also have 
Windows machines with Administrator passwords set to null.
 
Bottom Line:  Use WPA2 and forget about the other 
things that are a mess to maintain if you frequently have visitors.
 
Todd

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Michael 
  Gargiullo 
  To: 'Discussion about mythtv' 
  Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 9:59 
  PM
  Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] STAY AWAY 
  FROM WI-FI !!!
  
  
  And if that MAC is connected, as 
  my remote stations always are theywill not be successful spoofing a 
  MAC.
   
  Umm no.  If your 
  machine is always connected, it only makes it easier to figure out which MAC 
  to spoof.  A few spoofed packets will knock your box off, and associate 
  mine.
   
  Does it help… sure, 
  but it should always be backed up with a non-broadcasted essid, and at least 
  WPA.
  -Mike
  -Original 
  Message-From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  On Behalf Of John 
  AndersenSent: 
  Friday, December 09, 
  2005 12:25 
  AMTo: Discussion about mythtvSubject: Re: [mythtv-users] STAY AWAY 
  FROM WI-FI !!!
   
   
  
  On 12/8/05, 
  Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
  wrote:
  Not to fan the flames 
  here...but...1.  MAC filtering is a joke, any bored 12 year 
  old kid can spoof a trustedMAC.  So is thinking you are hidden 
  by turning off broadcast SSID..etc.  Ifyou have a machine 
  talking to your AP, the snoop can see all they need to 
  know.
  
  But they have to know which MAC 
  to spoof don't they.  And if that MAC is connected, as my remote 
  stations always are theywill not be successful spoofing a 
  MAC.
   
  
  

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Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV questions

[Todd Ignasiak]

In the U.S., HDTV is broadcast as MPEG2.  The articles I have read
about HDTV in Europe have said MPEG4 (probably H.264 / MPEG4.10 / AVC)
will be used.  H.264 takes much more CPU horsepower to decode.   A
3GHz P4 may not ave the horsepower to decode it.

On 12/8/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 08 December 2005 13:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Well seeing as HDTV looks to be coming to the UK next year
> > ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/telewest_goes_live_with_hdtv/ )
> > and we're looking at buying a new HDTV 'ready' TV[1] (1080i) I'm planning
> > to get HDTV playback set up on my myth box. Only problem is I don't know
> > where to start!
>
> wait till HDTV becomes available before buying a TV. The States are just
> beginning to see 1080p sets hit the market, by the time you get HDTV in the
> UK I'm sure they'll be there as well, and the prices for HDTV's will drop in
> general. No reason to get it now if you won't really be able to use it and
> the prices will go down.
>
> > I'm currently running a P4 2.8GHz with 1Gb, twin Nova-T's and a 128Mb AGP
> > Nvidia MX440 with the TV out of composite (AV) at 1024x768 and running SuSE
> > 10.0/mythtv 18.1 Disk space is er plenty (2TB+ if need be)
>
> I'd suggest upgrading the video card to a 6xxx series NVidia GPU. Most support
> component output that will let you use 1080i, or if you do end up with a
> 1080p you will be able to set your resolution to 1920x1080 and output via the
> HDMI port. Again, wait and see where the market is when its time.
>
> > I've got a few questions that some of our US cousins might be able to help
> > me with :-)
>
> Your being too kind, I prefer bastard children ;-)
>
>
> > 1) How is HDTV connected? Looking at the specs for the TV we're thinking of
> > there's Composite (AV), Y/C (S-Video), ANT (RF), Component (Y/Pb/Pr) and
> > SCART (which you don't have in the US).
> > What type is used for HDTV (or doesn't it matter)?
>
> Component and DVI/HDMI. SCART, S-Video, and Composite don't have the bandwidth
> availability for HDTV over the wires used.
> Component is an analog method (basically a modified S-Video for higher
> bandwidth. I still maintain S-Video with higher bandwidth abilities would be
> better than component but I digress...).
> HDMI/DVI is "digital". HDMI is the best. Basically, the more HDMI inputs the
> better.
> Oh, and Firewire. Some HDTV's will have firewire inputs. relatively useless
> for connecting a computer right now, but great for some cable boxes and DVHS
> decks.
>
> > 2) Will the MX440 be powerful enough or will I need a newer card?
> see above.
>
> > 3) Am I likely to need more processing power (I've got a 3GHz P4 in another
> > box I could swap over if need be but would I need more than that).
>
> the 2.8 should be fine. Wait till the time comes and see if the cost of a
> faster CPU is worth it.
>
> > 4) Are my existing recordings going to look awful (PAL 768x576).
> yes. most SD material looks bad on HDTV even when its all digital. My dad has
> a 50" Sony Grand Wega III (oh. my. god. is it nicejealous) and with his
> SD cable channels it looks ok considering the source, and possibly better
> than a 50" SD TV would, but once you get used to HDTV you'll consider it
> pretty poor...
>
>
> > 5) Am I just wasting my time? Seeing as the recordings (for probably at
> > _least_ 8 months until HDTV actually gets here) would still be in SDTV
> > would I even notice any difference?
>
> Wait till HDTV gets there then look into it again.
>
>
> > I'm assuming that HDTV recording is going to need a HDTV compatible tuner
> > card and even assuming they put HDTV out on the freeview channels the
> > Nova-T's just won't cut it but I'm hoping the new box would have a firewire
> > out or by that time there would be a UK HDTV card.
>
> The European TV technology is so drastically different than the States your
> best bet is to wait and see how they plan on doing things.
>
> > [1] One of these
> > http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/crt/ws32z308paxxeu.asp
>
> www.avsforum.com
> don't buy home theatre equipment without first referencing this forum. They're
> a bunch of perfectionists, but they understand budgets. I usually just post
> similar to:
> "I've got $xx to spend on a Y. What are some of my best options?" and
> you'll get good responses of models to look into.
>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Druid
> >
>
> hope this helps.
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] STAY AWAY FROM WI-FI !!!

[Todd]

.  WPA2-PSK (uses AES) is the only way to go if you are seriously worried 
about people snooping.  (WEP (and sorta WPA) are a joke using 
airdump/etc...yes, even 152 bit keys)
3.  95% of this last post was right on.  Go read up on the Linux WiFi lists. 
You should get reasonable performance...but it is quarky on Linux.  If you 
got Myth running, you should be able to get wireless going.  It isn't junk 
technology, it works for most people well.


Notes:
#2  I don't know what has been implemented in linux with regard to WPA2, so 
you might be stuck.  I only use WiFi for my Windows Laptops.


Hope this is more help and less flame.  :-\  Good luck.
Todd

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Re: [mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cards with open sourcedrivers question

[Todd Ignasiak]

For more info on the S3 graphics, check out the OpenChrome project and mailing lists.  They have a lot of info on the various chips and the subtle differences in features/support.I think the easiest (maybe only) way to go is to get a motherboard with Unichrome video.
Also,  I think S3 Graphics is owned by VIA, aren't they?   Are they at risk for going under?On 12/8/05, Bob <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Todd Ignasiak wrote:> I looked into these a while back, and I was unable to find any
> standalone video cards available for purchase.  With the video> processing capabilities they have, the S3 products would make ideal> HTPC video cards.>>   As you mentioned, the Unichrome is available integrated into many
> motherboards.   S3 also announced a couple new models recently, the> S25 and S27.I belive these are PCI Express modelshttp://www.s3graphics.com/en/products/index.jsp
 but I'm sure someonecould put them on an AGP card with a converter like some of the Nvidiacards, I think it's the 6600s that are natively PCI-E but have AGPversions available through the magic of a little chip.
> If you can find one, there are still a few questions..  Does the> driver from the unichrom project support these chips?   Do the> standalone cards have the same MPEG decoder capabilities as the
> unichrome?Don't know but I'd have thought their'll be plenty of similaritiesthough one big difference is going to be in memory handling, I'm prettysure the on-board unichrome GPU uses some of the system RAM but an
expansion card model won't.  As for the MPEG stuff, the specs claimacceleration and given the man hours involved in developing such afeature it's probably the same~ish but I'm speculating.> I currently use an Nvidia FX5200 (it's fanless, and supports XvMC
> MPEG2 acceleration).   But, I would like to replace it with a card> that has open source drivers.. if something is out there.Me too, lets hope a the turnover provided by the VIA boards is enough to
stop S3 going under (as everyone on /. seems to think it will) until amajor card fab puts the chips on something we can buy and thus promotebetter support for open source software from hardware manufacturers.
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Re: [mythtv-users] STAY AWAY FROM WI-FI !!!

[Todd Houle]

I successfully use WiFi networking at home.  It was been working great except when the microwave is on or someone is using our cordless telephone.  I had it at 802.11b and it was a bit jumpy (until I lowered the quality).  When I moved to 802.11g, everything was great (as long as no phone or microwave).  This electric wire solution looks cool though.  ToddOn Dec 8, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Franco wrote:Hello,just wanted to tell everybody that now I have a workingnetwork at home so I can start experimenting with multiple frontend/backend configuration.PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM WI-FI.Even though I had read a message of another user who was warning about terrible and useless struggling with it - I had to try it the sameas I couldn't lay additional cables in my home.I just have to confirm that I have uselessly spent lot oftime, money and blood and sleepless nights for more than one yearwithout getting an usable network.At the end a friend suggested me the "devolo" adapterhttp://www.devolo.com/co_EN/produkte/dlan/mldlanhsethernet.htmland it magically gave me a working WIRED network based on the existingelectricity cables.Even though the claimed 85 Mbps are not met, I now have an honestWIRED network with a reliable, constant, robust actual 10+ Mbps throughputallowing me to to all I need.The 811.g wi-fi claimed 54 Mbps but actually resulted in less than 1 Mbps (in the best case) and was not reliableat all... the link was up for 5 seconds and then down for 30 seconds,when I was lucky!Hope this will save some people from the terrible pain that me,and others, have experimented.Franco___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users  Todd HouleApple Certified System Administrator ___
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[mythtv-users] keyspan remote - about to buy

[Todd Houle]

I am about to purchase a Keyspan remote control.  It's a USB remote  
control using RF.  I have a Mac running the Myth frontend and I'd  
love to get rid of the long keyboard wire.  If anyone knows this to  
not work as expected, please let me know.  Or if there is a  
significantly better solution, I'd love to hear about it.


Thanks!
   Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cards with open source drivers question

[Todd Ignasiak]

I looked into these a while back, and I was unable to find any
standalone video cards available for purchase.  With the video
processing capabilities they have, the S3 products would make ideal
HTPC video cards.

  As you mentioned, the Unichrome is available integrated into many
motherboards.   S3 also announced a couple new models recently, the
S25 and S27.

If you can find one, there are still a few questions..  Does the
driver from the unichrom project support these chips?   Do the
standalone cards have the same MPEG decoder capabilities as the
unichrome?

I currently use an Nvidia FX5200 (it's fanless, and supports XvMC
MPEG2 acceleration).   But, I would like to replace it with a card
that has open source drivers.. if something is out there.

On 12/6/05, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Most people round here like Nvidia GPUs as the drivers (though closed)
> work and they support XvMC (as long as you're not 64 bit yet), I gather
> some of the older (R250) Radion chips work as well and have open source
> drivers, as does one of the old Matrox cards, but for people who which
> to vote with their wallet and support companies that release open source
> drivers, the only current options are S3 and Intel.
>
> I know some people use the UniChrome GPUs with VIA boards, and others
> have Intel chip-sets with on-board graphics, but I don't want to change
> my Motherboard, I can't find a source of S3s DeltaChrome S8 AGP graphics
> cards and I don't think the Intel GPUs come on separate cards.
>
> The s3s http://www.s3graphics.com/en/products/delta_chrome/ look
> perfect, they have HDTV output, moderate 3D performance (enough for SNES
> emulators?), can be passively cooled and have open source drivers.
>
> Has anyone used a DeltaChrome based graphics card with Myth, what's it
> like and where can I get one?
>
> Thanks
>
> PS. I'm not bashing Nvidia or ATI, I have a bunch of cards from both and
> don't want this to turn into a flame war, but I do like the idea of a
> pure system and I hate the current beta driver, benchmark massage,
> shenanigans which can't happen with an open source driver.
>
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> tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1236 MK3 (idx = 58, type = 4)
> tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3416 (type = 14)
> (new type Model 401)
> model name  : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor
> cpu MHz : 2277.214
> cache size  : 512 KB
> (Plenty o' grunt on an ECS k7s5a MB)
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Re: [mythtv-users] XVMC Support for Intel 810

[Todd Ignasiak]

If I remember correctly,   the Intel 810/815 chips don't support the full MPEG2 acceleration capabilities.

XvMC supports offload of MPEG2 Motion Compensation (which is the "MC"
in XvMC) and iDCT (inverse Discrete Cosine Transform).   iDCT
is the more CPU intensive component of the two.   But, I
think the i810 only offloads the MC.   So, you probably won't
get much boost out of XvMC on that platform.

A Google search turn up this page, which talks about the capapilities
of various cards with DxVA, the Windows equivalent to XvMC:
http://www.elecard.com/technology/dxva.shtml    (Note
that it doesn't include the newer NVidia GeForce 4MX or GeForce FX
cards, which support full iDCT offload in Linux.)
On 12/4/05, Jeff Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So from what i've read, XVMC was originally developed for the
Intel 810 chipset, but I can't seem to find any information on how to
get it working with anything but nVidia video cards.  
 
I'm running FC4 on a fairly underpowered (700Mhz) box.  I
actually have 2 of the same boxes, but one uses a PVR350 and therefore
uses the accelerated output, but my other box uses VGA for display, and
I get really choppy video without XVMC.  If I enable XVMC in the
setup screen, I get "Can't initialize Video" messages when trying to
playback a recording.

 
Any tips/tricks that anyone on here knows about?
 
Thanks,
 
Jeff

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[mythtv-users] other remote & PVR 350

[Todd Houle]

I've got a PVR 350 with the remote that came with it which has been  
working well.  However, After a month or two of MythTV, I just  
realized my TV remote has stop/play/FF/rev buttons on it that don't  
do anything.  I figured I could just use 1 remote!  But when I start  
irw in terminal, I see nothing using this other remote.  I guess that  
means the receiver for the PVR 350 and this TV remote (Advent brand,  
btw) are not compatible.  Any thoughts are appreciated!

  thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] Yet Another New OSD: Gray-OSD

[Todd Houle]

Sorry if it is out there - but I can' t seem to find documentation.   
How do I install the new OSD?

  Todd

On Nov 25, 2005, at 7:42 AM, Greg Estabrooks wrote:


I've got the current one in, and I love it! I like the rounded edges
too, do it!!! :)



 I've updated Gray-OSD for those who want to try it out.

 http://www.phaze.org/mythtv/osd/Gray-OSD-20051125-01.tgz

 And of course the obligatory new screenshot:

 http://www.phaze.org/mythtv/osd/newgreyosd14.jpg

 I've changed to use the DejaVu fonts, changed the various popup boxes
to have rounded corners and various other tweaks.

 I have yet to do up the edit mode stuff but it's coming.

 Can anyone point me at a good site of nice clean looking icon packs?
Preferrably some with a good license and that are not either 90's  
looking

or tiny ? :)   I am looking for icons for various things including
a phone related one and an alert type icon. Any pointers would be
welcomed :)



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[mythtv-users] OT: Apple PVR

[Todd Houle]

I thought this might be interested to the future of MythTV.  Perhaps the mac mini may be more suitable as a frontend once Apple prepares it for their own video solution.    Toddhttp://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051201_577846.htmDesigns on an Apple-Branded DVRIf the iPod maker plans to serve up a computer that records video, I'd like to place an order for a wireless versionThe rumor mills are abuzz about an Apple-branded digital video recorder.  According to a couple of sources who claim to know, the next Mac Mini -- that's the small metallic computer that sells for $499 and up -- will have the ability to record TV shows.  A DVR Mac wouldn't exactly put Apple Computer (AAPL ) on the cutting edge. Microsoft (MSFT ) and its PC-making partners, including Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ) and Gateway (GTW ), have been down this road already with the Media Center PC. Chipmaking giant Intel (INTC ) grabbed headlines Nov. 30 with its Viiv (rhymes with "five") technology that's designed to transform the PC into a home entertainment hub. ULTRAWIDEBAND FUTURE.  Having built success on the audio front with the iPod family of products, Apple clearly has designs on the video-entertainment business, as the latest iPod already shows. But if the rumors are true, then I have a suggestion for how to make an Apple-branded DVR truly shine: Make it fully wireless.  Apple has a history of pushing the wireless-technology envelope. It was early to embrace wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, networking technology, with its Airport wireless routers. It later cranked up the speed with the Airport Extreme, which relied on the 54-megabit-per-second 802.11g standard before that standard was even fully ratified.  This week I met with a company called WiQuest Communications, which makes chips for a wireless technology called ultrawideband. UWB technology is good at transmitting a lot of data at a very high speed. It's not very good at doing it over long distances, but within close range, it's a gem. FREED FROM CORDS.  Imagine how much better the iPod would be if you didn't need a dock or a USB cord to transfer songs to it: All you'd have to do is bring the iPod into the same room as the PC to sync the latest version of the playlist on your computer with the player. How cool would it be to easily and wirelessly take video stored on your PC in the den and play it on a TV in the living room? In both cases, the data could fly across your home without restrictions on where you have to place the hardware.  To say nothing of the aesthetic improvements that would result from eliminating the rat's nest of data cords -- USB, FireWire, and the bulky, clumsy hubs for each -- which is only compounded by the cords connected to the power strip. I've got just such a mess under my desk at home, connecting my PowerMac, a couple of external storage drives, and a USB hub for my digital camera. It's not pretty.  WiQuest Chief Executive Matthew Shoemake says his company has been involved with the WiMedia Alliance, an industry coalition that aims to promote the use of ultrawideband technology in both computers and consumer-electronics devices. Members include Intel, Eastman Kodak (EK ), Microsoft, Nokia (NOK ), Philips Electronics (PHG ), Samsung, and Sony (SNE ), among others. But one name I don't see listed among the members is Apple. DIGITAL REAL ESTATE.  And that's O.K. for now. UWB technology should start showing up in chips by the end of the year. Those chips would then have to be adapted into products, which would take another year or so, maybe less, to develop and bring to market. So I don't expect to see many products on the market until mid-to-late 2006 or early 2007.  But Apple is the kind of company that could benefit from -- and may already be experimenting with -- the possibilities that UWB could offer. That's especially true given Apple's aim to build on successes in portable digital media and make a play for what has become the most coveted digital real estate: the living room.___
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Re: [mythtv-users] More HD stuttering

[Todd Ignasiak]

I display all my programs on a 1280x720p LCD panel, with my output
resolution set to 1280x720 @ 60fps.Both 1080i and 720p work just
fine.
In fact, 1080i is working better than 720p for me, because I get some
stuttering when the OSD is up with 720p when using XvMC.  Without
XvMC, playback is completely reliable with both 1080i and 720p, it
just takes more CPU power.

Scaling the video to the display resolution seems to be a pretty easy
job for the system.   I'm not sure what portion of that is done in
software/cpu versus what is done on the video card.  But, It is
certainly much less intense than scaling and recompressing the
MPEG2/MPEG4 video.


My System: Athlon64 3200+ 768MB RAM, NVidia FX5200, Nvidia drivers
7676, Gentoo X86-64, Linux kernel 2.6.14.   MythTV - latest SVN.





On 12/2/05, Chris Trown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jean Connelly wrote:
> >
> > Regarding:
> >
> >   The system is a 3.06 GHz P4 running Fedora Core 3.  The video Card
> > is a NVidia 5200FX.  For capture, all I have is a HD3000.  I've checked
> > that DMA is working on all the drives.  I built mythtv from stable
> > source, 0.18.1.  I used the following configure options:
> >
> > --enable-xvmc --enable-opengl-vsync --enable-dvb
> > --dvb-path=/lib/modules/2.6.12- 1.1381_FC3smp/build/include
> > --disable-firewire --disable-joystick --disable-ivtv --enable-proc-opt
> > --disable-xvmc-vld --enable-opengl-vsync
> >
> >
> > I have close to an identical system; and I have what is probably
> > equivalent stuttering.  HDTV (live or recorded) is totally unplayable in
> > myth.  I have tried with and without opengl sync.  I can't find the xvmc
> > option in the gui with this myth version to disable xvmc for testing.
> > Recorded 1080i plays badly (with frequent pauses and never with audio
> > sync) in mplayer with xvmc and ffmpeg12mc and plays even worse without
> > xvmc.  I'll try transcoding my latest sample clips to see if they are
> > fine when played back at standard resolutions.
> >
> > I've got
> > 3.06 GHz P4 (which is a 533Mhz FSB chip)
> > 512 MB Ram
> > BE7-RAID mobo
> > Nvidia 5200FX
> > Fedora Core 3
> >
> > Night before last's myth svn.  No deinterlacing requested.
> > Prebuffer pauses all over the place.
> >
> > I think what we really need is an hdtv playback test suite external to
> > myth to get better benchmarks on actual system performance.  From
> > previous posts to the list ("well I got *my* P4 1.4Ghz system to
> > playback hdtv") I think that my system *should* be able to playback hdtv
> > without issue, but perhaps there are some motherboard weaknesses or such
> > that make it impossible.
> >
>
>   After some tinkering, I found out what the problem was.  I think.
>   I was trying to play a 1080i stream on a 720p screen.  What I think
> was happening was that the 1080i stream could not be rendered using XVMC
> to 720p.  It had to me done in software, ie: the CPU.  When I changed
> the display to 1920x1080, XVMC kicked in and the image played nicely, so
> long as it was done by root.  No, I wasn't using xrandr.  I will when I
> get everything going under Core 4.
>
>   This prompted my to "upgrade" to Core 4 so I can get realtime
> priority threads via PAM.  I don't really consider it an upgrade.  My
> experience is that Core 4 has more issues than Core 3.  Case in point,
> try compiling 18.1 stable with GCC4.  But I like the idea of running
> mythfrontend as root more distasteful than the problems.
>
> Chris...
>
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[mythtv-users] backend thinks encoder is in use

[Todd Houle]

  I was looking at my backend status and it says I have 1 card in  
use when I really have none in use.  It says 'encoder 3 is watching  
Live tv' but I know that is not true.  Perhaps a frontend  
crashed...?   How can I turn off that encoder without rebooting the  
whole box?  do I need to kill the backend and restart it?

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Re: [mythtv-users] More HD stuttering

[Todd Ignasiak]

I have been playing around with this a bit lately.   I'm running in x86-64 mode, but the behavior may be similar.   Also, I'm using the SVN from last night, 7996.- With OpenGL Sync 'ON', I get stuttering whenever XvMC is enabled.  The Standard decoder works fine with OpenGL Sync, but not XvMC.
- With OpenGL Sync 'OFF', and XvMC 'ON';  1080i playback works great.  No stuttering at all.- With OpenGL Sync 'OFF' and XvMC 'ON'; 720p playback is great, until the OSD comes up.  Then, my audio/video stutters until a second or two after the OSD goes away.
On 11/23/05, Chris Trown <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  And combing, for that matter.  I posted yesterday asking some questions.  I looked into the
suggestions, but I don't think they apply.  I didn't supply enough info.So, here we go.  As much detail as I know.  Hopefully, somebody canpoint me in the right direction.  I'm a bit at a loss as to where to go
next.  The system is a 3.06 GHz P4 running Fedora Core 3.  The video Cardis a NVidia 5200FX.  For capture, all I have is a HD3000.  I've checkedthat DMA is working on all the drives.  I built mythtv from stable
source, 0.18.1.  I used the following configure options:--enable-xvmc --enable-opengl-vsync --enable-dvb--dvb-path=/lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp/build/include--disable-firewire --disable-joystick --disable-ivtv --enable-proc-opt
--disable-xvmc-vld --enable-opengl-vsync  I'm getting stuttering and combing when playing HD.  The CPU ismaxing out at 99% when playing.  The clips I am testing with are1080i(CSI).  I've tried using XvMC with BOB Deinterlacing filter.  I've
also tried using libmpeg2 with the kernel and linear blend filter.Nothing seems to help and the CPU always goes through the roof.  Here is the output from "mythfrontend -v playback".  I have "Use
XvMC for playback" checked and bobdeint filter selected.2005-11-22 21:46:49.885 New DB connection, total: 1Total desktop width=1280, height=720, numscreens=12005-11-22 21:46:49.891 Using screen 0, 1280x720 at 0,0
2005-11-22 21:46:49.895 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1www.mythtv.org2005-11-22 21:46:49.896 Enabled verbose msgs : important general playback
2005-11-22 21:46:50.016
 max_width: 1280 max_height: 7202005-11-22 21:46:50.066 Switching to square mode (blue)2005-11-22 21:46:50.630 Joystick disabled.2005-11-22 21:46:50.688 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.2005-11-22 21:46:
50.976 Connecting to backend server: localhost:6543(try 1 of 5)2005-11-22 21:46:50.986 Using protocol version 152005-11-22 21:46:50.997 Starting media monitor.2005-11-22 21:47:10.304 All Programs2005-11-22 21:47:
12.199 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 29.97,1088) ->Interlaced Scan2005-11-22 21:47:12.199 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 1088  fps: 29.972005-11-22 21:47:12.200 Estimated bitrate = 0
2005-11-22 21:47:12.431 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff:0, disphoff: 02005-11-22 21:47:12.431 Image size. imgx 0, imgy: 0, imgw: 1920, imgh: 10802005-11-22 21:47:12.435 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-11-22 21:47:12.571 prebuffer wait timed out..2005-11-22 21:47:12.571 waiting for prebuffer...2005-11-22 21:47:12.719 prebuffer wait timed out..2005-11-22 21:47:12.719 waiting for prebuffer...2005-11-22 21:47:
13.155 New DB connection, total: 22005-11-22 21:47:13.217 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 29.97,1088) ->Interlaced Scan2005-11-22 21:47:13.217 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 1088  fps: 
29.972005-11-22 21:47:13.288 Estimated bitrate = 02005-11-22 21:47:13.296 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.2005-11-22 21:47:13.297 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.2005-11-22 21:47:13.307 Over/underscan. V: 0, H: 0, XOff: 0, YOff: 0
2005-11-22 21:47:13.316 Using XV port 2402005-11-22 21:47:13.321 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff:1280, disphoff: 7202005-11-22 21:47:13.321 Image size. imgx 0, imgy: 0, imgw: 1920, imgh: 1080
2005-11-22 21:47:13.931 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded2005-11-22 21:47:13.933 Using deinterlace method bobdeint2005-11-22 21:47:13.934 Using realtime priority.2005-11-22 21:47:14.035 nVidiaVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work,
unimplemented in this driver?2005-11-22 21:47:14.035 DRMVideoSync: Could not open device/dev/dri/card0, No such file or directory2005-11-22 21:47:14.036 Set video sync frame interval to 333662005-11-22 21:47:
14.036 Using audio as timebase2005-11-22 21:47:14.036 Video timing method: RTC2005-11-22 21:47:14.036 Refresh rate: 16882, frame interval: 333662005-11-22 21:47:14.036 waiting for prebuffer...2005-11-22 21:47:
14.172 prebuffer wait timed out..2005-11-22 21:47:14.172 waiting for prebuffer...2005-11-22 21:47:14.857 waiting for prebuffer...2005-11-22 21:47:14.992 prebuffer wait timed out..2005-11-22 21:47:15.063 waiting for prebuffer...
2005-11-22 21:47:15.199 prebuffer wait timed out..2005-11-22 21:47:15.270 waiting for prebuffer...2005-11-22 21:47:15.406 prebuffer wait timed out..2005-11-22 21:47:15.477 waiting for prebuffer...2005-

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Backend Crashes with Machine Check Exception

[Todd Pearsall]

- Original Message - 
From: "Jesse Guardiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Backend Crashes with Machine Check Exception



Todd Pearsall wrote:

Every 24 to 48 hours I get a hard crash on my Myth Backend:
 kernel: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0004
kernel: Bank 4: b2070f0f
Kernel panic: CPU context corrupt
 My reseach pointed to a likely hardware issue, so one at a time I tried 
the following:

- swap RAM with a known "good" chip
- swap RAM with a different known "good" chip
- ran memtets86 for a week (no failures)
- moved around the PCI cards
- swapped video cards
- tried different PVR500 cards
- swapped CPUs
- kernal updates to 2.6.12
 After each change the system still crashed with the exact same error. 
More research pointed to a potential issue with the nVideo chipset and 
DMA.  I then set the system to boot with no DMA and it is rock solid. 
The only problem is that 3 or 4 PVR500 recordings and a stream or two 
leave the system in a 50% cpu wait state due to the slow disk.
 I'm having a hard time believing there is a DMA issue with the nVideo 
chipset and there is virtually no discussion of it, so I assume it's 
something hardware related to the disk.
 Next I'm planning to pull the CDROM and swap the IDE cables.  Does 
anyone have other ideas I should try?  I've been holding off on:
- a power supply swap since I don't have a big enough spare and would 
hate to spend the money for a "test".

- drive swap since it will be a pain
- motherboard swap since it will be an expensive test
 BTW, it is an ABIT NF8 motherboard that I am otherwise very happyy with.


My money is on the mobo. I went through 3 of them before I found one that 
was compatible with my PVR 350.

I would get 12-24 hour lock-ups just like you.

--
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



Was that 3 different motherboards or 3 of ABIT motherboards?

Thanks,
Todd 


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[mythtv-users] OT: Backend Crashes with Machine Check Exception

[Todd Pearsall]

Every 24 to 48 hours I get a hard crash on my Myth 
Backend:
 
kernel: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 
0004kernel: Bank 4: b2070f0fKernel panic: CPU 
context corrupt
 
My reseach pointed to a likely hardware issue, so 
one at a time I tried the following:- swap RAM with a known "good" chip- 
swap RAM with a different known "good" chip- ran memtets86 for a week (no 
failures)- moved around the PCI cards- swapped video cards- tried 
different PVR500 cards- swapped CPUs- kernal updates to 
2.6.12
 
After each change the system still crashed with the 
exact same error.  More research pointed to a potential issue with the 
nVideo chipset and DMA.  I then set the system to boot with no DMA and it 
is rock solid.  The only problem is that 3 or 4 PVR500 recordings and a 
stream or two leave the system in a 50% cpu wait state due to the slow 
disk.
 
I'm having a hard time believing there is a DMA 
issue with the nVideo chipset and there is virtually no discussion of it, so I 
assume it's something hardware related to the disk.
 
Next I'm planning to pull the CDROM and swap the 
IDE cables.  Does anyone have other ideas I should try?  I've been 
holding off on:- a power supply swap since I don't have a big enough spare 
and would hate to spend the money for a "test".- drive swap since it will be 
a pain- motherboard swap since it will be an expensive test
 
BTW, it is an ABIT NF8 motherboard that I am 
otherwise very happyy with.
 
Thanks,Todd
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[mythtv-users] NUV here to DVD there

[Todd Houle]

  Hi all-
I'm looking for a way to take a show recorded (or live) using my  
PVR350 into a DVD in another state.  My dad, a former CT native, now  
lives in Florida and misses many of the UCONN men/women BB games  
which are shown only locally.


Now, he can record them, then copy the nuv file down with MythWeb and  
watch using VLC on his Mac, but that takes forever to copy and can  
only be seen on his computer.   He'd like to have it sooner and put  
it on a DVD.


I was trying to use nuvexport, then run it through ffmpegX on my mac  
to make a video_ts folder he can burn.  He only has a Mac to work  
with.  That seems like a long way to do it though..  I thought the  
brilliant people on this list can tell me the most efficient way to  
do it.  I was thinking of mythstreamtv...?  The quality can be  
downgraded - that's ok.  All ideas are very much appreciated...

  Thank You!
  Todd

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Re: [mythtv-users] Performance of the HD MPEG2 decoders

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 11/18/05, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/18/05, Cymen Vig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 11/18/05, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 11/17/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/127168
> > > >
> > > > --Rob
> > >
> > > Thanks for the link.  I missed that thread in all my searches.  There
> > > is a lot of good AMD64 info there.
> > >
> > > I guess ffmpeg is optimized for 64 bit, libmpeg2 is not, so that
> > > explains the performance I'm seeing.
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, if I could find a solution for the stuttering related to XvMC +
> > > OSD, I would be all set.
> >
> > What version of mythtv are you running? The current stable release has
> > the known bug with XvMC and the OSD. If you use the SVN version
> > (search around -- I think 7738 or 7739 was the latest before Live TV
> > was disabled for development work *) you'll get a grayscale OSD but
> > the stutter is pretty much gone.
> >
> > Maybe the above is common knowledge but I was surprised to see the
> > option to enable XvMC but no warnings about the stutter issue. Perhaps
> > I missed a glaring warning and rationally, an 0.18.1 release is
> > supposed to have issues so I'm not *too* surprised.
> >
> > (*) I'm not certain about this -- maybe Live TV is fixed in current SVN.
> >
>
> I'm using SVN 7737, which was shortly before Live TV was disabled, but
> I don't think it was the last one before the change.   I'll check
> it out tonight & see if I'm getting the grayscale OSD  (gray OSD would
> be fine with me, if it enabled smooth playback all the time).
>

Apparently the stuttering is related to the format of video being played.

I tried a few more tests tonight,  and I found that with 1080i content
("My Name Is Earl", NBC, 1080i) the OSD doesn't impact the video in
XvMC mode.  The playback is very good, regardless of the OSD, the
playback is solid.

When I switch to a 720p program ("Lost", ABC, 720p), any time the OSD
comes up, I get the audio/video stuttering while the OSD is up and for
a couple seconds after it goes off.


Performance with XvMC:
1080i, XvMC ON, Deint OFF, OpenGL Sync Off: User: ~42%, sys: ~6%, idle: ~50%
1080i, XvMC ON, Deint(bob) ON, OpenGL Sync Off:  User ~44%, sys: ~6%, idle: ~50%
720p, XvMC ON, OpenGL Sync Off: User 25%, sys: 4%, idle: 71%

I'm not sure why the performance is the same on 1080i with
deinterlacing on and off.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Performance of the HD MPEG2 decoders

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 11/18/05, Cymen Vig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/18/05, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 11/17/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/127168
> > >
> > > --Rob
> >
> > Thanks for the link.  I missed that thread in all my searches.  There
> > is a lot of good AMD64 info there.
> >
> > I guess ffmpeg is optimized for 64 bit, libmpeg2 is not, so that
> > explains the performance I'm seeing.
> >
> >
> > Now, if I could find a solution for the stuttering related to XvMC +
> > OSD, I would be all set.
>
> What version of mythtv are you running? The current stable release has
> the known bug with XvMC and the OSD. If you use the SVN version
> (search around -- I think 7738 or 7739 was the latest before Live TV
> was disabled for development work *) you'll get a grayscale OSD but
> the stutter is pretty much gone.
>
> Maybe the above is common knowledge but I was surprised to see the
> option to enable XvMC but no warnings about the stutter issue. Perhaps
> I missed a glaring warning and rationally, an 0.18.1 release is
> supposed to have issues so I'm not *too* surprised.
>
> (*) I'm not certain about this -- maybe Live TV is fixed in current SVN.
>

I'm using SVN 7737, which was shortly before Live TV was disabled, but
I don't think it was the last one before the change.   I'll check
it out tonight & see if I'm getting the grayscale OSD  (gray OSD would
be fine with me, if it enabled smooth playback all the time).
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Re: [mythtv-users] Performance of the HD MPEG2 decoders

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 11/17/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 03:43:52PM -0800, Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> > I have seen several reports of performance expectations with the
> > various MPEG decoders, and what I am seeing is not exactly what
> > other people have seen, so I wanted to start a discussion here.
> > Also, I thought others might be interested in the performance
> > numbers from a typical system (if anyone has performance info from
> > other CPUs, or Unichrome XvMC, please post)..
> >
> > The main unexpected issues I see are:
> > - libMPEG2 uses much more CPU than the Standard decoder on my system.
> > (libmpeg2:80%, Standard: 50%, XvMC: 28%).   The 'help' info in the
> > GUI, and several posts here, say that libMPEG2 should be have lower
> > CPU requirements.Perhaps this is an x86-64 issue.
>
> You're confirming what other people have reported on other 64-bit
> systems (ffmpeg a.k.a. "standard" is more CPU-efficient):
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/127168
>
> --Rob

Thanks for the link.  I missed that thread in all my searches.  There
is a lot of good AMD64 info there.

I guess ffmpeg is optimized for 64 bit, libmpeg2 is not, so that
explains the performance I'm seeing.


Now, if I could find a solution for the stuttering related to XvMC +
OSD, I would be all set.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Which is the best HDTV Tuner Card

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 11/17/05, Tom Dombrosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 11/17/05, Nathan Allen Stratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Steve Adeff wrote:
> >
> > > the website never gets updated, the HD3000 DOES support QAM, I've been
> using
> > > it this way for about 2 months now.
> > >
> > > QAM is used by cable companies, so if you recieve your HDTV via a cable
> line
> > > then you would use QAM(most likely QAM256).
> >
> > You only get local right? I think at least Comcast scrambles all the other
> > HDTV making the new QAM support not worth a lot.
> >
> > -Nathan
> >
> >
>
>  Comcast has more unscrambled channels than Cox did for me.  ESPN-HD, INHD1,
> INHD2, DISC-HD, TNT-HD, and CSN-HD are all in the clear.
>

This differs per region..  My Comcast provider used to have ESPN-HD,
InHD1 and InHD2 in the clear, and they just started scrambling it a
month or two ago.

The locals remain unscrambled.  But, those can be received for free
with a decent antenna.
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[mythtv-users] Performance of the HD MPEG2 decoders

[Todd Ignasiak]

I have seen several reports of performance expectations with the
various MPEG decoders, and what I am seeing is not exactly what other
people have seen, so I wanted to start a discussion here.   Also, I
thought others might be interested in the performance numbers from a
typical system (if anyone has performance info from other CPUs, or
Unichrome XvMC, please post)..

The main unexpected issues I see are:
- libMPEG2 uses much more CPU than the Standard decoder on my system. 
(libmpeg2:80%, Standard: 50%, XvMC: 28%).   The 'help' info in the
GUI, and several posts here, say that libMPEG2 should be have lower
CPU requirements.Perhaps this is an x86-64 issue.

- In XvMC mode, playback is great until anything comes up on the OSD. 
When that happens, the audio/video becomes choppy until a couple
seconds after the OSD goes away.

- With XvMC and OpenGL-Sync enabled together, the audio/video is
choppy all the time,  I never get smooth playback


Performance Info:

System:  Athlon64 3200+, ASUS K8V Deluxe Motherboard, NVidia FX5200
Graphics card (AGP 8X), Receiver Cards: HD3000, FusionHDTV3, PVR-500.
 Software:  Gentoo x86-64 OS, kernel 2.6.14, NVidia Drivers 7676,
MythTV SVN 7737.

HD Content being used:  720P recording of yesterday's episode of Lost,
on ABC (I'll try some performance tests with 1080i content next).

- Standard MPEG Decoder,  OpenGL Sync ON, Real-Time priority ON,
De-Interlacing OFF (I'm testing with 720P, but I turned it off anyway,
to avoid any potential problems).
 CPU usage:  user: 51%, sys: 5%, idle: 44%
  Video Quality:  good, Audio Quality: good.   OSD effect on playback: None

- libMPEG2 Decoder, OpenGL Sync ON, Real-Time priority ON, Deint: Off
  CPU Usage: u: 72-80%, sys: 4-5%, idle: 19-25%
  Video: good, Audio: good, OSD effect: none

- Standard XvMC Decoder, OpenGL Sync Off, Real-Time ON, Deint OFF
  CPU: u: 28%, sys: 3-4%, idle: 65%
  Video: Good, Audio: Good, OSD effect:  Audio & Video stutter while
OSD is up and for a few seconds after it goes off screen.

- Standard XvMC Decoder, OpenGL Sync ON, Real-Time ON, Deint OFF
  CPU: u:20% sys:2% idle: 78%
   Video: choppy, Audio: choppy,  OSD effect: none - it's already choppy.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Which is the best HDTV Tuner Card

[Todd Ignasiak]

The DVico "FusionHDTV 3 QAM" and FusionHDTV 5 Gold and Lite are also
supported in Linux.

Recent updates to the kernel also added support for the ATI HDTV
Wonder (although I don't know if that device supports QAM). --
There should be good info on all of these cards in the archives of
this mailing list.


I have been using an HD3000 and FusionHDTV3 in my system for several
months, both of which work great for receiving unscrambled QAM
channels.

I used the Fusion card because I had it from my previous windows HTPC.
  I bought the HD3000 because they are a Linux-only company, and have
contributed a lot to Linux HDTV support.


On 11/17/05, Robert Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to the online docs,  MythTV supports two HD TV Tuner Carrds --
> pchdtv HD-3000 and the Ai2PC card.
>
> It looks like the ai2PC card is no longer being made.  Instead, the company
> is selling the AirStar-HD5000-PCI ATSC/8VSB HDTV PCI Card.
>
> Does MythTV support the HD5000-PCI ATSC/8VSB HDTV PCI Card?
>
> Which is better -- the HD-3000 or the HD5000-PCI ATSC/8VSB HDTV PCI Card?
>
> I see the HD5000-PCI ATSC/8VSB HDTV PCI Card supports QAM; whereas, it looks
> like the HD-3000 does NOT support QAM.
>
> Is QAM  support important?
>
> Rob
>
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia and XvMC

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 11/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When I try to fire up watching live TV with XvMC hardware acceleration
> > enabled, I get an X11 BadAlloc error with my nVidia 6200 TC and XOrg
> > 6.8.2.
> > I'm running a subversion branch with 0.18 fixes, and my system is
> > configured
> > with 2 HD-3000s and the latest NVIDIA x86-64 drivers.  The processor is an
> > AMD Athlon 64 3200+, and I have 1 GB of ram in it.  When I disable the
> > XvMC
>
> Has anyone ever gotten XvMC working on a 64 bit native AMD64 machine?  I
> was under the impression that it just didn't work yet.

I sometimes use XvMC on my x86-64 system.   It does work, though it
has its issues.

My machine is very similar to the original poster's (Athlon64 3200+,
Nvidia FX5200, Nvidia 7676 drivers,  Gentoo x86_64, MythTV svn 7337;
HD3000, Fusion3HDTV, PVR-500).   But, I can get smooth playback
without XvMC running:  libmpeg2=80%user / 10% idle,  Standard
Decoder=60%user / 30% idle, XvMC=25%user / 60% idle.

However, I don't use XvMC very much, because every time an
OnScreenDisplay comes up, the audio stutters until a second or two
after the OSD goes off.   So, every time I skip a commercial, it takes
a while to smooth out.  Other than that, the video decoding works very
well.


As for the OP's "X11 BadAlloc error",  this is a longstanding issue in
the x86-64 NVidia driver.   NVidia has been told about it a long time
ago, but it has remained unresolved for several driver releases (ain't
those closed source binary drivers great!). The workaround is to
repeatedly try to start an XvMC decoder, after 20+ failures, it will
eventually succeed.  Then, XvMC will work until you restart X11.I
use an XvMC capable mplayer app to keep trying XvMC until it succeeds.



I should probably look into OSD options, to get rid of the XvMC
problems..  I would gladly take a less attractive OSD in exchange for
smooth playback while leaving lots of CPU available for commercial
flagging or other Linux tasks.
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[mythtv-users] Cancel

[Todd Smith]

Please cancel my subscription to this.  I've tried to do it myself from your 
webpage however it is not working.

Thanks
Todd Smith
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[mythtv-users] performance problem on old PC

[Todd Houle]

I have been raving about MythTV to a friend of mine who finally  
decided to try it himself.  He had an old PC (1GHz Dell GX150) and 2  
old tuner cards (avermedia and hauppauge win-Tv).  I don't know the  
details of the cards other than they both use the bt878 chips.


We installed KnoppMyth as that is what he heard about elsewhere.   
KnoppMyth detected everything perfectly and ran great.  I added the  
cards in Myth-setup, but we couldn't use it happily.  There was a 1  
second pause, for every second of live tv...  I guess these cards  
don't have hardware MPEG encoders on them and the computer couldn't  
handle the load..  I lowered the quality way down, but still couldn't  
get a smooth playback..


I told him to get a better computer, or a TV card that supports  
hardware encoding.  Was I right?  or was there something else I could  
have done?


 thanks
Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: AOpen to ship miniPC

[Todd Ignasiak]

That would make a nice frontend box...I would prefer to stick with
my Mac Mini, but it doesn't have the horsepower for HD.

I wonder what kind of video chip it uses, and if it has any MPEG2,
MPEG4, or AVC acceleration.


On 11/1/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "AOpen is talking some serious smack when they blowhard about their Mac
> mini
> 
> knockoff, the MiniPC, being a "perfect example of AOpen's
> innovation."... a $399 configuration which flaunts Linux-based Linspire
> and a whole suite of desktop and internet apps preloaded onto the
> MiniPC... considering AOpen can also fit in what they call the "the
> latest" Pentium M (2.26 GHz?), DVD burner and additional S-Video,
> component, and composite connectors for connectivity to your home
> entertainment system, we're feeling ok about it."
>
> Add this as one more possible MythTV box
>
> http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000820066107/
>
> Kevin
>
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] A warning about Samsung HDDs

[Todd]

I am sure this is going to sound like I am some type of employee...but oh 
well, I am not...


I have always used Seagate drives and had extremely good luck.  I started 
using them because they were the first IDE drives to run 7200rpm at 
2-3bels...dead silent in comparison to the other drives 5 years ago.  I 
believe they last longer than most because:
1.  I still haven't had a Seagate die on me (I am sure there is a bunch luck 
in there)...and I have, over the years had serious issues with WD, IBM. 
Maxtor, Fujitsu and others.
2.  Seagate has consistently had LONGER warrantee periods.  I think they 
others are now matching Seagate, but even when it was in vogue to leave your 
customers high and dry with 1 year _from_time_of_build_ warrantees, Seagate 
had 3 year from purchase.  I assume they are trusting their drives to live 
that long because the design them to.


...ok, now start the long threads of "I was screwed by Seagate."  :-)

Todd

- Original Message - 
From: "Dewey Smolka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] A warning about Samsung HDDs



Hey all.

I just wanted to post a very unpleasant experience as a warning to
anyone looking for storage.

I just had a Samsung HDD (my MBE's boot disk/recordings volume) come
to a literal screeching halt less than 30 days after I purchased it.
The part # is SP2514N (250GB, 7200rpm, 8M, PATA), and I bought it at
Microcenter -- it's an OEM drive, so it came without any packaging.
And I do mean it came to a screeching halt -- while I was watching the
football game, the unit started making some really unnerving sounds
and froze the system. When I tried to reboot, it wouldn't even get to
GRUB.

I still have no idea what happened, but can rule out a couple things.
It wasn't a heat issue as I had been regularly monitoring drive temps
since setting up my new rig. It generally ran at between 35 and 38 C,
and maxed out about 42 C.

The PSU is also new, and at 450 W shouldn't have any problem driving
my P4 2.5 with 3 HDDs.

I had thought Samsung drives were fairly solid, but this is the third
HDD of theirs that I've had fail on me in the last four months or so.
The oldest (an 80 GB ATA drive) was less than two years, the next
oldest (60 GB notebook drive) was barely a year although I blame that
one on overheating because the notebook's vid card was right next to
the HDD.

There was no indication from SMART that anything was amiss.

The bright side is that I didn't lose much, and nothing that's not
easily replacable or that I don't mind losing. I am also fortunate
that I saved the 20 GB HDD from my old MBE, and was able to swap it
into the new machine to access my music and video storage, which are
on Maxstor drives.

I know I can get the Samsung replaced, but it will still take me the
better part of a day to reinstall everything and redo the menus etc
how I had them before. This is not what I wanted to do this week.

If you're looking for an HDD, I'd have to recommend you avoid Samsung.
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[mythtv-users] oh no! - update mysql

[Todd Houle]

i accidently deleted my /video directory...  I meant just /video/ 
music but oops.  that's why I never got that sysadmin job...


What tables to I need to modify in Mysql to empty things out?  so i  
can start recording again?  I just did recorded, but under upcoming  
recordings in mythtv, I still see "T - Max Recordings".   even though  
my media library says "no recordings"...


thanks
   Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] mac osx frontend and mysql

[Todd Houle]

Run mythtv-setup on the server.  There's two places under General  
that you need to put in the IP address of your backend.  Make sure  
you are using a real IP address (on your internal network I assume)  
and not a local loopback address of localhost or 127.0.0.1.  I don't  
know Knoppmyth either, but I assume you can get into setup via  
command line somehow....

  Todd

On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Paul McKellar wrote:


i'm going to assume this is an ip thing?  i don't know knoppmyth
otherwise it would be easy.  gentoo used to be my thing.

On 10/27/05, Paul McKellar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


thanks, that my.cnf thing rung a bell.  i only did that on the last
knoppmyth installation

i'm up to this step

2005-10-27 23:06:28.356 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a  
media handler

2005-10-27 23:07:15.612 Connecting to backend server: localhost:6543
(try 1 of 5)
Connection timed out.
You probably should modify the Master Server settings
in the setup program and set the proper IP address.
2005-10-27 23:07:18.443 Attempting to change from None to None

that is when i try and watch live tv.  the backend is running and i
can connect to the mysql database so the network is obviously up.  i
haven't had a chance to figure this step out yet.


On 10/27/05, Todd Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


You need to give access on your backend Mysql database to your Mac
(or any other frontend).  My internet connection is down right  
now so

I can't look it up, but check out Tips-n-Tricks under Jarrod's web
page.  It has something about mysql access.mysqladmin grant user
mythtv *.% on mythconverg...   I forget, but run that command on  
your

backend.
   Todd


On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Paul McKellar wrote:


do i need to install mysql on my mac before i can use the  
frontend?  i

get this message

2005-10-26 22:29:39.934 Database not open while trying to save
setting: Language
2005-10-26 22:29:39.936 Unable to connect to database!
2005-10-26 22:29:39.936 Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.5' (61)

2005-10-26 22:29:41.905 Unable to connect to database!
2005-10-26 22:29:41.906 Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.5' (61)

2005-10-26 22:29:41.906 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.

I can't find anything in the stuff about mythcontext either.  So is
mysql compiled in?  I get teh same error no matter whoes build i  
use.


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Re: [mythtv-users] Adding PVR 500 to 350 system

[Todd Houle]

OK - I got my 500 working great in with my 350.  Here's what I did.  I had ivtv 0.4.0, btw-1) I added these 2 lines to my /etc/modprobe.conf - may not have been necessary, but I did it and it worksalias char-major-81-1 ivtvalias char-major-81-2 ivtv2) installed card3) went into mythtv-setup and setup the card - i said it was an MPEG2 (250/350 type).4) tried it out and found there was no sound :( but picture looked good :)5) Then i followed instructions from Allan Wilson from a message (Sept 18th) on this list    a) Download http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/mce/mce_cd_v27a.zip   b) mkdir ~/pvrfirmware   c) unzip mce_cd_v27a.zip -d ~/pvrfirmware   d) cp ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/HcwMakoA.ROM /lib/modules   e) cp ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/HcwFalcn.rom /lib/modules   f) ln -sf /lib/modules/HcwFalcn.rom /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin6) shutdown for 10 seconds7) startup and enjoy.  Thanks      ToddOn Oct 27, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Todd Houle wrote:Sorry for the newbie question, but I'm a little nervous about breaking this new Myth system now that my wife relies on it so much! I'm hoping to get this done in time to record ER for her tonight...I have a Fedora 4 system built about a month ago using Jarrod's guide and help from this list (thanks everyone!).  It's on a Dell GX 140 (1.7GHz) and a PVR350 which is working great.  I just bought a PVR500MCE and am getting ready to put it in when I get home from work today.  What do I do to set this up?  I guess add     alias char-major-81-1 ivtv      alias char-major-81-2 ivtv to my modprobe.conf file.?   What else do I need to do?  I see the following in Jarrod's guide- is this relevant to setting up the PVR 500- to tell it to use the tuner for input... Or is it only for testing?# /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x3000 -d /dev/video1# /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 -d /dev/video1# /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480 /dev/video1Then of course, set it up in mythtv-setup - I think I can handle that... This was setup about a month ago, so I assume somewhat recent...  My cable modem is down this week (thanks comcast) so I can't see what versions I am running from here.Thanks   Todd___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___
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Re: [mythtv-users] mac osx frontend and mysql

[Todd Houle]

You need to give access on your backend Mysql database to your Mac  
(or any other frontend).  My internet connection is down right now so  
I can't look it up, but check out Tips-n-Tricks under Jarrod's web  
page.  It has something about mysql access.mysqladmin grant user  
mythtv *.% on mythconverg...   I forget, but run that command on your  
backend.

  Todd


On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Paul McKellar wrote:


do i need to install mysql on my mac before i can use the frontend?  i
get this message

2005-10-26 22:29:39.934 Database not open while trying to save  
setting: Language

2005-10-26 22:29:39.936 Unable to connect to database!
2005-10-26 22:29:39.936 Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.5' (61)

2005-10-26 22:29:41.905 Unable to connect to database!
2005-10-26 22:29:41.906 Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.5' (61)

2005-10-26 22:29:41.906 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.

I can't find anything in the stuff about mythcontext either.  So is
mysql compiled in?  I get teh same error no matter whoes build i use.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Adding PVR 500 to 350 system

[Todd Houle]

I bought it through our local computer store on campus.  I got it at their
cost of $135.  I help them with troubleshooting, so they let me buy stuff
at cost. It came in quickly - about 2 days after ordering.

Thanks for the info.  I'll drop in the PVR500 and go straight to
mythtv-setup and see what happens.  I should have new ivtv drivers as this
system is only a month old - i'm not home now so can't check. I guess I
look in logs for version numbers?
  Todd

On Thu, October 27, 2005 2:45 pm, Jim Reith said:
> At 02:33 PM 10/27/2005, you wrote:
>>Sorry for the newbie question, but I'm a little nervous about
>>breaking this new Myth system now that my wife relies on it so much!
>>I'm hoping to get this done in time to record ER for her tonight...
>>
>>I have a Fedora 4 system built about a month ago using Jarrod's
>>guide and help from this list (thanks everyone!).  It's on a Dell GX
>>140 (1.7GHz) and a PVR350 which is working great.  I just bought a
>>PVR500MCE and am getting ready to put it in when I get home from work
>> today.
>
> You pick it up on buy.com in the recent sale? Mine's on backorder
>
>>What do I do to set this up?  I guess add
>>
>>  alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
>>  alias char-major-81-2 ivtv
>>
>>to my modprobe.conf file.?   What else do I need to do?
>
> What version of ivtv are you running? You'll need one of the more
> recent ones, 3.8 through 4.0 would be good. If you use 4.0 (the
> latest stable now) you should have everything autodetected.
>
>
>>I see the following in Jarrod's guide- is this relevant to setting
>>up the PVR 500- to tell it to use the tuner for input... Or is it
>>only for testing?
>># /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x3000 -d /dev/video1
>># /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 -d /dev/video1
>># /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480 /dev/video1
>>
>>Then of course, set it up in mythtv-setup - I think I can handle that...
>>
>>This was setup about a month ago, so I assume somewhat recent...  My
>>cable modem is down this week (thanks comcast) so I can't see what
>>versions I am running from here.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] (slightly OT) improving wireless connections

[Todd Houle]

I had a similar problem (I was using 802.11b) and downgraded the  
quality of the picture in my setup thanks to a recommendation on this  
list.  I changed the bitrate down in the recording quality setup. I  
ended up saving disk space and making it work over my old 10MB  
connection just fine.  The picture quality was lost a bit, as it now  
worked, I didn't really care.

   Todd

On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Nelson Tang wrote:


Hello list members, I've been following the list for awhile, and
hopefully this isn't too far OT for the list:

I use to live in a two-story townhouse and had my Myth BE/FE
downstairs, connected via 802.11g to a FE running on my desktop
machine upstairs.  My wireless signal was great, and I could watch
something on the FE with only a rare occasional stutter.

Now, I've moved to a 3-story townhouse, and the BE/FE is all the way
in the basement, but the desktop machine is on the upper floor, so
it's two floors away.  Now my wireless signal is so weak that if I try
to watch something on the FE I get pauses every few seconds, making
things unwatchable.  (While downloading a file over the net, I was
getting about 10Mb/s, so definitely too slow.)

So, my question is, is there a good way to improve my wireless signal?
 Any placement tips, antenna orientation, etc.?  Any references online
I can read?  If it matters, the two stations are a Linksys WRT54G with
a Sveasoft firmware (don't remember which version offhand) on the
FE/BE and a Netgear WGT624v2.

Thanks for any suggestions,
--nelson
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[mythtv-users] Adding PVR 500 to 350 system

[Todd Houle]

Sorry for the newbie question, but I'm a little nervous about breaking this new Myth system now that my wife relies on it so much! I'm hoping to get this done in time to record ER for her tonight...I have a Fedora 4 system built about a month ago using Jarrod's guide and help from this list (thanks everyone!).  It's on a Dell GX 140 (1.7GHz) and a PVR350 which is working great.  I just bought a PVR500MCE and am getting ready to put it in when I get home from work today.  What do I do to set this up?  I guess add     alias char-major-81-1 ivtv      alias char-major-81-2 ivtv to my modprobe.conf file.?   What else do I need to do?  I see the following in Jarrod's guide- is this relevant to setting up the PVR 500- to tell it to use the tuner for input... Or is it only for testing?# /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x3000 -d /dev/video1# /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 -d /dev/video1# /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480 /dev/video1Then of course, set it up in mythtv-setup - I think I can handle that... This was setup about a month ago, so I assume somewhat recent...  My cable modem is down this week (thanks comcast) so I can't see what versions I am running from here.Thanks   Todd___
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Re: [mythtv-users] program guide font size

[Todd]

I have had great results, maybe it is not for everyone.  I am not having 
they issues you talk about with the font I have chosen and the DPI am using.


You are right for how the screen is going to laid out.  I am right for what 
it looks like across the room.  You are further right that myth will have 
trouble keeping HUGE fonts in small rectangles...if you don't pick good 
font.  I choose tall narrow fonts and life is good.  I can see it, and text 
doesn't spill everywhere.


Just trying give other people multiple ways to do things...one will work 
best for them.


Todd

- Original Message - 
From: "Michael T. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] program guide font size



Todd wrote:


Although the FAQ is technically correct; think of the use-case.
"Monitor Size" for X is generally with your face 2 feet from the
screen.  What is the "Monitor Size" when you are 30 feet away (to your
eye)?

Here is what the "Monitor" section of my XFree86-4 looks like:
~~
# Little Text
# DisplaySize 400 300
# DisplaySize 360 270
# DisplaySize 320 240
# DisplaySize 280 210
# DisplaySize 240 180
DisplaySize 200 150
# DisplaySize 160 120
# DisplaySize 120 90
# DisplaySize 80 60
# DisplaySize 40 30
# HUGE Text

I just uncomment out different lines until it is "just right".  Each
TV in my house used a different line to be just right.  It is a
balancing act, I would be amazed at any system that work at
40x30!...be somewhere between both ends will be just right for you.


Note that when you do this, it is completely impossible for your
text/graphics to line up properly when using a theme that was created
correctly.

Normally, a program calculates the appropriate position of graphic
elements (in pixels = dots) relative to fonts (specified in points =
1/72 inch) based on the DPI (Dots Per Inch) specified by the windowing
system.  However, this requires run-time calculations.  Myth's "theming
engine" allows the creation of themes that combine text and graphical
elements, but since the themes are simple XML (text) files, there is no
ability to do calculations.  Therefore, all themes are supposed to be
created to use  a fixed DPI--100 DPI--so that graphics and fonts line up
appropriately on any /properly-configured/ Myth system.

Now you know why the "technically correct" FAQ is completely
correct--it's correct by specification--and using DisplaySize (which is
used by X to calculate DPI) to adjust font sizes is incorrect.  And, now
you know why the little arrows in your playback box, etc. are in the
wrong places...

If you were to adjust your DisplaySize and then adjust all your themes
for the resulting DPI, it would be just as "correct" as using 100DPI
with the provided themes.  However, that approach takes much more time
and is likely to result in much bigger font problems when re-displaying
Myth screens (i.e. mythtv-setup) on other systems on your network (which
may not be using 100DPI, but are likely to be close enough to 100DPI
that it will still be readable--especially on a monitor 2 feet in front
of your eyes).

So, please don't tell people to simply adjust their DisplaySize to fix
font size problems.  The /only/ correct way to adjust font size is to
edit the font names and font sizes in the theme.  (Editing font names is
required when the specified font is not installed on your system.  If
Myth requests a non-existant font, X font substitution will select
another font as a replacement and often the font metrics are very
different from the requested font, so to take the unknown element out of
the system, you must ensure the theme requests an installed font.)

Mike









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Re: [mythtv-users] program guide font size

[Todd]

Although the FAQ is technically correct; think of the use-case.  "Monitor 
Size" for X is generally with your face 2 feet from the screen.  What is the 
"Monitor Size" when you are 30 feet away (to your eye)?


Here is what the "Monitor" section of my XFree86-4 looks like:
~~
# Little Text
# DisplaySize 400 300
# DisplaySize 360 270
# DisplaySize 320 240
# DisplaySize 280 210
# DisplaySize 240 180
DisplaySize 200 150
# DisplaySize 160 120
# DisplaySize 120 90
# DisplaySize 80 60
# DisplaySize 40 30
# HUGE Text

I just uncomment out different lines until it is "just right".  Each TV in 
my house used a different line to be just right.  It is a balancing act, I 
would be amazed at any system that work at 40x30!...be somewhere between 
both ends will be just right for you.


Hope that helps,
Todd

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From: "James Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] program guide font size


Thanks, this was exactly the problem.  Sorry I didn't figure this one out 
on

my own :)

James

On Tuesday 25 October 2005 12:44 pm, Asher Schaffer wrote:

On 10/25/05, James Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay here's a stupid question -- how do you change the size of the font
> in the Program Guide?  in Settings->Appearance->Font Size  seems to 
> only
> change the font-size of the menus...   I thought it might auto-adjust 
> if
> i changed the # of channels and # of 30 mins timeslots to show, but 
> even

> reduced to 2 and 2, there's big boxes with small text in them still.
> (almost too small to read)
>
>  James

First thing to do is make sure you are running at 100dpi.

There is some info here:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf1473/MythFAQ.html#q23

you can also search this list for many discussions about font size.


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http://www.lightbox.org
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Re: [mythtv-users] Debian problems

[Todd]

Ya, add:
deb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv
to your /etc/apt/sources.list

Then:
apt-get update

Then:
apt-get -b source mythplugins
or:
apt-get source mythplugins
cd mythplugins-0.18.1/
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b

...it will be up to you to get the build dependencies (fairly easy).  Also, 
a bunch of stuff is off in the package by default...namely the transcode 
daemon?!?!?!  So:

edit:
~/MythTV/mythplugins-0.18.1/debian/rules
and add:
--enable-transcode
(remove --disable-transcode if it is in there)

Good luck,
Todd


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From: "Martin West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Debian problems



wow, thats a response.

Thanks guys.

Can someone net this out?

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 10:45 -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 04:23:34PM +0100, Alexander Fisher wrote:
> On 10/24/05, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I got my main mythtv install off debs at
> >
> > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
> > deb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv
> >
> > but apt-cache search couldn't find mythplugins there
>
> How hard were you looking? :)

# apt-get update
...
# apt-cache search plugin | grep myth
#

That hard.

> http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian/dists/unstable/mythtv/source/
> does contain the plugins source package which can be recompiled
> without any real problems.

Yep, I see it there when I point a browser at that URL and it's
listed in the Sources.gz in that directory.  Does apt-cache need an
extra parameter to tell it to search source packages as well as
binaries?

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Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?

[Todd]

$300?...buy a sub, provided you have DTS/Dolby Digital on your amp with a 
sub pre-out.  Bang for the buck froogle ($175+$50 shipping):

http://www.bicamerica.com/subs_specs.htm
(Venturi v1220)

Critical attributes:
down firing (Wood floors ROCK!)
200 watts RMS 420 peak
23hz

"Speed costs, how fast do you want to go?" goes for AV equipment.  Any "all 
in one" kit is going to be a joke...particularly at $300.  I would recommend 
keeping your existing setup (provided it is Dolby/dts + Sub out).  It 
probably does 100hz+ relatively fine.  Fill in the most important and 
weakest part of you current setup; the bass...you won't be disappointed.


If you amp doesn't have these things.  Buy the cheapest amp you can get with 
Dolby Digital/DTS (<$200 these days).  Run it 5 channel...if you don't have 
all the speakers yet, fill those in next (Reasonable Rears=$50, I like 911's 
from KLH)...the center can be fairly cheap (< $50) since it job is 95% 
mid-range.  Then do the sub from above.


That was my on-the-cheap home theater, and my friends who spent $1000 on 
all-in-one kits wish they hadn't...did I mention a strong sub (for the 
money) is critical?


Todd

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From: "Jesse Guardiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Steve Adeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?



Steve Adeff wrote:

On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote:


Hello all,

I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for
my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound
cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm
wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker
system with a digital optical input?

Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly
OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works?

I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good
for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do
you folks recommend?

Thanks!



I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was 
worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to 
spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite 
system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can 
be had for $300.




That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that 
kind of cash on audio.
I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to 
upgrade to something
that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang 
for at or under $300.



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Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 Only one tuner works

[Todd Houle]

Peter - thanks for posting the info below.  I have a FC4 system setup  
about 2 weeks ago using a PVR350.  I just ordered a PVR500 yesterday  
and am anxious to have the additional tuners.  I guess I'll need to  
do the following below to make it work?  What else will I need to do  
(beside the stuff in MythTV - I can handle the setup there)?

  thanks
 Todd


On Oct 21, 2005, at 11:51 PM, Peter Darley wrote:


Lonnie,
You are a genius and a saint. :)  I wasn't sure that I was ever  
going to

get this working.

Anyway, for the record, what I did exactly was:

cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/
mv tuner.ko tuner.ko.bak
mv tveeprom.ko tveeprom.ko.bak
mv msp3400.ko msp3400.ko.bak
mv tda9887.ko tda9887.ko.bak

cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/drivers/media/video
cp tuner-ivtv.ko tuner.ko
cp tveeprom-ivtv.ko tveeprom.ko

modprobe -r ivtv
depmod -a
modprobe ivtv

After this, everything was working.  This was on Fedora Core 3,  
tho I
suspect it would work the same, or at least similarly on FC4, and  
maybe on

other distros?

Thanks again to everyone who helped me!

Thanks,
Peter Darley

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 4:13 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 Only one tuner works

The /lib/modules/ is where kernel modules live.  .ko  
files
and .ko.gz files are loadable kernel modules.  In the dir with the  
ivtv

files, take note of the file names.  search under that
entire /lib/modules/ directory for files with the same  
name
(like tveeprom).  Those are the ones to rename to prevent a clash.   
Once

done, run "depmod -a" (without quotes) to update the module dependency
list.  Then when it tries to load the tuner and such, it will get the
one from the ivtv build.

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[mythtv-users] if (x!=rerun) {record}

[Todd Houle]

I need a little help running a reruns rule.  I'd like the following  
rule for recording, but I can't seem to find where/how to enter it.


I'd like to record a show and keep at most 4 episodes of it.  If  
there's anymore, don't record them until I watch the old (this part  
I'm doing).  However, if it's not a rerun, then record it anyway -  
either delete and old one, or just record it in addition.


Thanks- you guys are brilliant!
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Re: [mythtv-users] High Memory Learning Remote

[Todd Ignasiak]

The best price/performance remote controls I have found are the "JP1" remotes.
JP1 refers to the header that is left on the remote, which is used for factory
programming and has been reverse engineered to allow for customization of the
remote.   They are sold under the Radio Shack name, or the "One for All"
remotes sold at other retailers.    There are some Windows apps that allow 
programming of the remote using a small cable from the PC to the remote.
The learning curve is a bit steep, but for an inexpensive option it's
hard to beat.  ( http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/ ).


The Philips Pronto remotes are expensive, but offer complete flexibility.  You
can create custom display graphics, script complex functions, and learn/build
almost any IR command.


One that I am looking into now is the Philips RC9800i.  It combines a
universal remote, limited multimedia support, and WiFi.   It has some EPG
(electronic programming guide) support, but I don't know if that would work
with MythTV.   The possibilities with this device are certainly interesting..
( http://www.homecontrol.philips.com/ )
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learning remote control with a wireless keyboard pickup.  This worksgreat except that it can only learn about 8  keys before running out ofmemory.  So what kind of remote controls are you guys using that learns
enough to have full numeric and directional control.  I've thought aboutgoing the lirc route, but I use a lot of myths functionality, games,video, dvd, etc.  Getting lirc to work seemlessly with all those options
(seperate programs) doesn't quite work.  I'd like to stay with keyboardinputs.  To that end, I've even considered writing a keyboard driverthat can listen on the serial port for data to transmit directly to the
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Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire problems on FC4

[Todd Greene]

A quick follow-up:

I found that the FC3 packages work on FC4 with firewire support, FYI.  
I've sent an email to Axel to let him know.

-- Todd


Todd Greene wrote:

  
I've tried backing off to Myth 113, and same problem.  A few more
details about my setup:
  
* running x86_64 FC4
* Tried myth build 113 and 114 (0.18.1) from atrpms, both display the
same error ("recompile MythTV with FireWire supprt")
  
My last myth box (same hardware running x86_64 FC3) worked fine.
  
Anyone else with suggestions?  I suppose its possible that the FC4
builds of mythtv on atrpms were compiled without firewire, but the FC3
builds were?
  
-- Todd
  
  
John Winkeler wrote:
  











I don’t
think that it is a problem
with the 2.6.13 kernel. Since I was having trouble performing a full
yum upgrade
on the FC4, I installed the “newest” distro
that I could find, SUSE 10.  I am
having several video problems, but was able to successfully compile
myth
against with the 2.6.13 kernel.  I
was able to see the channel change via firewire
and
then X crashed. Anyway, the 2.6.13 kernel appeared to work with firewire.
 
Anyway,
looking at the configure file for MythTV
there are only a couple requirements (Libiec61883
and libraw1394, if I remember correctlyt)
to have firewire support compiled in. My
feeling is that the ATRPM
compile changed and didn’t pick up the firewire
stuff. I am fairly confident that the myth version I had working with Firewire was 112. 
 
Anyone out
there have Myth 113/114 from atrpms have firewire working?
 
JW
 
-Original
Message-
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
    On Behalf Of Todd
Greene
Sent: Saturday,
October 15, 2005 4:20
PM
To: Discussion about
mythtv
Subject: Re:
[mythtv-users]
Firewire problems on FC4
 
I just
rebuilt my mythbox
after an HD crash, and I'm running into the same problem.  Anyone fixed
it?  I suspect its perhaps an incompatibility with kernel 2.6.13? 
I'm pretty sure its the same myth binary that worked with firewire
before, so I
suspect that re-compiling will not solve the problem (though I haven't
had the
time to try).  Anyone else running into this?

Thanks,

-- Todd


John Winkeler wrote: 
I
am trying to get Myth working with firewire. I followed the
mythical Jarod guide for the most part (I didn’t upgrade everything,
full
upgrade choked) and just can’t seem to get this working. When the
0.18.113 or 0.18.114 backend is started I get the following error:
 
2005-10-09
22:11:10.982 ERROR: FireWire Input configured, but MythTV was not
compiled
with FireWire
support. Recompile MythTV with FireWire supprt
or remove the card
from configuration and restart MythTV.
 
Other info that may
be of use:
Kernel --
kernel-smp.x86_64      2.6.13-1.1526_FC4
Myth --
mythtv-backend.x86_64 0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
Libraw ---
libraw1394.x86_64     1.2.0-1_6.rhfc4.at
libiec61883-utils.x86_64   
   1.0.0-7.rhfc4.at
libavc1394.x86_64   
0.5.0-0_6.rhfc4.at
 
I had a proof of
concept setup working a couple weeks ago based on a 2.6.12 kernel Short
of recompiling,
is there any easy fix you guys can recommend?
 
Thanks in advance,
John    
 
 





 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire problems on FC4

[Todd Greene]

I've tried backing off to Myth 113, and same problem.  A few more
details about my setup:

* running x86_64 FC4
* Tried myth build 113 and 114 (0.18.1) from atrpms, both display the
same error ("recompile MythTV with FireWire supprt")

My last myth box (same hardware running x86_64 FC3) worked fine.

Anyone else with suggestions?  I suppose its possible that the FC4
builds of mythtv on atrpms were compiled without firewire, but the FC3
builds were?

-- Todd


John Winkeler wrote:

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  I don’t
think that it is a problem
with the 2.6.13 kernel. Since I was having trouble performing a full
yum upgrade
on the FC4, I installed the “newest” distro
that I could find, SUSE 10.  I am
having several video problems, but was able to successfully compile
myth
against with the 2.6.13 kernel.  I
was able to see the channel change via firewire
and
then X crashed. Anyway, the 2.6.13 kernel appeared to work with firewire.
   
  Anyway,
looking at the configure file for MythTV
there are only a couple requirements (Libiec61883
and libraw1394, if I remember correctlyt)
to have firewire support compiled in. My
feeling is that the ATRPM
compile changed and didn’t pick up the firewire
stuff. I am fairly confident that the myth version I had working with Firewire was 112. 
   
  Anyone out
there have Myth 113/114 from atrpms have firewire working?
   
  JW
   
  -Original
Message-
  From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Todd Greene
  Sent: Saturday,
October 15, 2005 4:20
PM
  To: Discussion about
mythtv
  Subject: Re:
[mythtv-users]
Firewire problems on FC4
   
  I just
rebuilt my mythbox
after an HD crash, and I'm running into the same problem.  Anyone fixed
it?  I suspect its perhaps an incompatibility with kernel 2.6.13? 
I'm pretty sure its the same myth binary that worked with firewire
before, so I
suspect that re-compiling will not solve the problem (though I haven't
had the
time to try).  Anyone else running into this?
  
Thanks,
  
-- Todd
  
  
John Winkeler wrote: 
  I
am trying to get Myth working with firewire. I followed the
mythical Jarod guide for the most part (I didn’t upgrade everything,
full
upgrade choked) and just can’t seem to get this working. When the
0.18.113 or 0.18.114 backend is started I get the following error:
   
  2005-10-09
22:11:10.982 ERROR: FireWire Input configured, but MythTV was not
compiled
  with FireWire
support. Recompile MythTV with FireWire supprt
  or remove the card
from configuration and restart MythTV.
   
  Other info that may
be of use:
  Kernel --
kernel-smp.x86_64      2.6.13-1.1526_FC4
  Myth --
mythtv-backend.x86_64 0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
  Libraw ---
libraw1394.x86_64     1.2.0-1_6.rhfc4.at
  libiec61883-utils.x86_64   
   1.0.0-7.rhfc4.at
  libavc1394.x86_64   
0.5.0-0_6.rhfc4.at
   
  I had a proof of
concept setup working a couple weeks ago based on a 2.6.12 kernel Short
of recompiling,
is there any easy fix you guys can recommend?
   
  Thanks in advance,
  John   
  
   
   
  




   
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Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire problems on FC4

[Todd Greene]

I just rebuilt my mythbox after an HD crash, and I'm running into the
same problem.  Anyone fixed it?  I suspect its perhaps an
incompatibility with kernel 2.6.13?  I'm pretty sure its the same myth
binary that worked with firewire before, so I suspect that re-compiling
will not solve the problem (though I haven't had the time to try). 
Anyone else running into this?

Thanks,

-- Todd


John Winkeler wrote:

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I am trying to get Myth
working with firewire.
I followed the mythical Jarod guide for
the most part
(I didn’t upgrade everything, full upgrade choked) and just can’t
seem to get this working. When the 0.18.113 or 0.18.114 backend is
started I
get the following error:
   
  2005-10-09 22:11:10.982 ERROR:
FireWire Input configured, but MythTV was
not
compiled
  with FireWire
support. Recompile MythTV with FireWire supprt
  or remove the card
from configuration and restart MythTV.
   
  Other info that may be of
use:
  Kernel --
kernel-smp.x86_64      2.6.13-1.1526_FC4
  Myth --
mythtv-backend.x86_64 0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
  Libraw --- libraw1394.x86_64     1.2.0-1_6.rhfc4.at
  libiec61883-utils.x86_64       1.0.0-7.rhfc4.at
  libavc1394.x86_64   
  0.5.0-0_6.rhfc4.at
   
  I had a proof of concept
setup working a couple weeks ago
based on a 2.6.12 kernel Short of recompiling, is there any easy fix
you guys
can recommend?
   
  Thanks in advance,
  John   
  
  
  

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Re: [mythtv-users] Adding recordings to DB

[Todd Houle]

Thanks - for future generations searching this list, there is a perl  
script in the contrib dir called "myth.rebuilddatabase.pl" which will  
fix everything up. Thanks for your help Joe!

   -todd-

On Oct 15, 2005, at 4:20 PM, Joe Votour wrote:


The format of the filename is __, where the date/time
is in ISO8601 format, without the dashes and colons.

There is likely an SQL join using this information to
reference the show name and description in the SQL
database.  If this isn't present, then the show can't
be listed, since there is no useful information to be
displayed.

I think that somebody may have created a script that
lets you add the shows with information, but I'm not
sure.  If you search the archives, you might find a
pointer to it.

-- Joe

--- Todd Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



I saw the recorded table, but I didn't see a
reference to the file
name (1016_2005092701_2005092703.nuv).  Is
that filename
build from other info in that table?  Or is there
another table it
needs?  I'm not sure how myth locates the files.
   Todd

On Oct 15, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Nick wrote:



On 15/10/05, Todd Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


wrote:





I recently wiped by Myth box and reinstalled


everything from


scratch.  It wouldn't take 2 hours or so, but


since I was editing /


etc/modprobe instead of /etc/modprobe.conf, it


took about 5!



Before I erased, I copied off some of the


recordings I wanted to keep


and now I'd like to put them back.  Having the


exact info isn't


totally important - program title will do it...


Which mysql


databases do I need to make changes to?




There's only 1 MythTV database - 'mythconverg'.


You should add the


shows you want back into the 'recorded' table and


make sure you


physically place the files back in the recordings


directory. Not sure


if the thumbnail images will be recreated if you


have deleted those.



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Re: [mythtv-users] Adding recordings to DB

[Todd Houle]

I saw the recorded table, but I didn't see a reference to the file  
name (1016_2005092701_2005092703.nuv).  Is that filename  
build from other info in that table?  Or is there another table it  
needs?  I'm not sure how myth locates the files.

  Todd

On Oct 15, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Nick wrote:


On 15/10/05, Todd Houle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I recently wiped by Myth box and reinstalled everything from
scratch.  It wouldn't take 2 hours or so, but since I was editing /
etc/modprobe instead of /etc/modprobe.conf, it took about 5!

Before I erased, I copied off some of the recordings I wanted to keep
and now I'd like to put them back.  Having the exact info isn't
totally important - program title will do it...  Which mysql
databases do I need to make changes to?



There's only 1 MythTV database - 'mythconverg'. You should add the
shows you want back into the 'recorded' table and make sure you
physically place the files back in the recordings directory. Not sure
if the thumbnail images will be recreated if you have deleted those.

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[Todd Houle]

I recently wiped by Myth box and reinstalled everything from  
scratch.  It wouldn't take 2 hours or so, but since I was editing / 
etc/modprobe instead of /etc/modprobe.conf, it took about 5!


Before I erased, I copied off some of the recordings I wanted to keep  
and now I'd like to put them back.  Having the exact info isn't  
totally important - program title will do it...  Which mysql  
databases do I need to make changes to?


thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] Cable company renumbering channels

[Todd Houle]

Comcast just changed the lineup for me as well, Zap2It had the change  
done the exact same time as comcast so there was no discrepancy.

   Todd


On Oct 13, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Mark J. Small wrote:


On October 13, 2005 10:23 am, James Alexander wrote:

On October 11, my cable service provider renumbered their channel  
lineup.
I'm getting my guide data from http://labs.zap2it.com, and I know  
I need to
get them to update their lists so I can get my program data, but I  
was

wondering if anyone had experience with this problem.

According to a sticky post on zap2it's forums, one can submit the new
lineup to them, and they will update the channel lineups  
accordingly, but
after I have sent in my new lineup to them from my cable company's  
website,
they still haven't updated my lineup. I've tried adding a new  
lineup, to
see if I needed to get rid of the old one, and replace it with the  
new, but

the channels are still numbered the old way on the website.

Has anyone else had this problem? How long did it take zap2it, to  
fix their

lineups? Is there anything I need to do on mythtv, other than running
mythfilldatabase once the new numbering is in place?



About a year ago, my cable company did a minor change to their  
lineup (3

channels).  I told zapt2it about it and it took them a week or two to
implement the change.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200

[Todd Greene]

For what its worth, I use the DCT-6200 and Firewire reliably.  However,
I can't give you my system specifics, since my root partition of my HD
crashed yesterday, and I can't boot the system.  However, it took a
while to get it to work right, and each system reboot (which thankfully
wasn't often) required a manual process.  I was using the firewire port
built-in to the Foxconn motherboard.

(1) Run plugreport: .  Each time I rebooted, the DCT would show up
either in node 0 or node 1 (often changing per reboot).  So, for each
reboot, I would have to re-run mythtvsetup and change the DCT-6200 node
if it had changed.  There seemed to be no rhyme or reason as to why it
keeps changing nodes on reboots.

(2) Get test-mpeg2 to work:  On each reboot, I would need to run
"test-mpeg2 -r [NODE#]"  mutiple times (This step is KEY!!) until I get
some output.  You'll know when you get output, its basically a stream
of binary junk to stdout.  If you don't see output after 1 second,
press ctrl-c and try again.  With 10 tries, you'll get it to work.

(3) Now start mythbackend, and it should work "reliably" until the next
reboot.
 
Hope this is helpful.  Once I rebuilt my machine with a new HD, I'll be
happy to answer specific config questions...

-- Todd




Big Wave Dave wrote:

  
  

Was this using  Myth from src?... or running the lastest RPMs
posted on ATrpms?


I'm running the latest "stable" (non-bleeding) RPMs, and have the same
problems as Curtis. 

My FireWire card:
Kouwell Model
KW-1582V - (aka BTC 1394 PCI Card)
http://www.kouwell.com.tw/pr-m3.htm#1582v

If I recall correctly, it was listed in linux1394.org
compatibility list at the time I bought it.


Thanks,
Dave

  
  
Since it will likely be asked:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# rpm -qa | grep myth
  mythweb-0.18-67.at
  mythbrowser-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at
  myththemes-0.18-104.at
  mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
  mythweather-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at
  mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at
  mythtv-suite-0.18.1-55.at
  mythtv-themes-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-backend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-setup-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
  mythgame-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at
  mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at
  mythmusic-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythnews-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythmkmovie-1.1.4-4.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-4.at
  mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at
  mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
  mythphone-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythplugins-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at
  libmyth-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at
  mythvideo-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
  mythgallery-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at
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[mythtv-users] No Remote after restart

[Todd Houle]

 I have a PVR 350 running Fedora 4 setup with Jarrod's guide about a month ago.  It's working great.  In fact, I need to upgrade the hard disk, but my family loves it and won't let me take it down to replace the HD :)   Thanks Jarrod!One thing I can't figure out though - when it power cycles, it auto logs in and auto starts MythFrontEnd but the remote doesn't work.  Only the keyboard works...   I have to exit out of the frontend using the keyboard and then start it again.  Then it's fine..  A little puzzling...Thanks!   Todd __ Todd Houle Apple Certified System Administrator   ___
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OSX Fronted Crashes?

[Todd Houle]

There's a folder in the root of your home called .mythtv  which you  
may want to delete and let it recreate.  Perhaps the version formats  
are different?  I found when I changed the IP of my backend, I had to  
delete that directory.

   Todd


On Oct 10, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Michael Jones wrote:


I have been running the mythfrontend from Matthew Mead's page
(http://www.goof.com/~mmead/) with great results for some time.   
It's worked
great.   It can only stream live TV and watch recorded TV.. But so  
far so

good..

Continuing on with my inability to leave well enough alone I  
downloaded the
latest build from the http://willamette.edu/~gkruse/myth site and  
everything

blew up.

When I load the new mythfrontend it seems to start.. It sees the  
backend (or

at least seems to) but it cannot do anything.. Live TV, Play recorded
programs, Schedules etc..

Now when I try using the old version (the one from Matthew Mead's  
page) it
doesn't even open.  It flashes a couple times in the dock and then  
stops.


I am using the same frontend name for both versions.. Maybe that's  
an issue?


Any ideas?  Am I just doing something wrong here?



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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

[Todd Ignasiak]

I have a 1.42GHz Mac Mini, with 1GB of RAM.   It doesn't have
the horsepower to support HD MythTV frontend functionality (for MPEG2
HD material,  for MPEG4 or AVC HD material it wouldn't even come
close).

The Mini has a Radeon video chip,  so it could offload MPEG2
processing.  But, Apple does not provide open APIs for this. 
Their DVD player can/does use the MPEG2 acceleration, from back in the
days of 300MHz CPUs which couldn't keep up with DVD
decoding.   But, no other apps can use
it. That's really disappointing, because with
MPEG2 accel, the Mini would make a great MythTV frontend.
On 10/8/05, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just as point of reference, I occasionally use my Mac (a powerbook g41.25Ghz) as a wireless frontend for MythTV. I'd have to say that itworks great. I guess it is pretty comparable to (perhaps a littlebetter than) the Mac Mini in terms of performance, and I have
absolutely no problems with the MythFrontend binary for Mac. I'm onlyrunning SD but it works really well. I *think* I could run HD, but Ihave no real basis for that assumption. I think its reasonable toassume that a Mac Mini would not be able to do HD. Apple did,
however, increase the RAM included with the mini - which should besufficient for a frontend and OSX, they have two models with built-inWiFi and Bluetooth as well. Finally, there is a rumour currently thatApple is silently upgrading the processor speed as well. The official
Apple page is here:  http://www.apple.com/macmini/I've considered many of the other options that have been mentionedhere as well. For me the Roku, although great in terms of size,
price, and quietness - its a no-starter for me because it doesn'tsupport the full MythFrontend functionality. I don't think itspossible to get it to play MPEG4, DiVX, .AVIs, etc. which is probably60% of my usage.
I do have a Pundit (original, not "-R") and am very happy with it --but I'm not sure if those are still available. I asked a local shopabout getting another one and they said they've been discontinued
(although I think it may still be possible to track some down). Ihave my Pundit sitting, literally, 18 inches from my ear right nowand I can barely hear a whisper from it. Although it is a little tooloud with a DVD in it cranking away at 16X, but that's to be expected.
I like the Mac as a frontend and, if I couldn't source anotheroriginal Pundit (which would be cheaper) then I would seriouslyconsider getting a Mac Mini for this purpose. Its a little moreexpensive, but I haven't seen anything else that can compare in terms
of form factor and looks. Also, it would take me about 15 minutes -tops - from taking the Mac Mini out of the box to have it workingwith my backend.  Even with all my experience with the Pundit, Iwould set aside an afternoon to get that configured, tweaked, and
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Re: [mythtv-users] ROKU

[Todd Ignasiak]

The Roku is designed as a media player.   It has an
integrated HD MPEG decoder, which lets it handle the video even with
its 300MHz MIPS CPU.  It does not really the horsepower to do a
lot of backend functions - not to mention the lack of any storage or
high speed inputs for receivers.


But, it looks to be a pretty ideal platform for a
front-end. For me, a small / quiet / cheap
front-end like the Roku means that I could get away with using a big,
loud, clunky beige box PC for the backend with a few receiver cards and
tons of disk.  Stick it in the basement, and view content over the
network with the Roku.
On 10/7/05, bill peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/7/05, Josh Burks <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/7/05, bill peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/7/05, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Recent discussions about the PhotoBridge peeked my interest. How about> setting one> > up as a diskless slave backend? That might get us a way to capture

> component HDTV> > sources. Suddenly it would be an alternative method for satallite and> cable users.> >> > Just a thought, I have no idea if the hardware would allow this. With some
> > encouragement from some ROKU users who have a clue how the hardware is> > configured, I could be convinced to buy one and try it.> >> > Marvin>>  The  HD1000 from Roku has no way to capture component video.  The component
> inputs you see in the pictures are for pass through.It has USB though. How 'bout a Plextor ConvertX for the tuner? Add ahub and an external drive and you've got a near-complete BE/FE system.How cool would that be? I don't own one yet, but I'm trying to
convince the wife that I _NEED_ it :)Josh

its only usb 1.1, not fast enough for video capture 
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Re: [mythtv-users] hi guys, newbie here!

[Todd Houle]

I have a PVR 350 system using Jarod's guide- I was thing of adding a 150 or PVR500 but I've heard users on this list grip about getting it to work.  Will it be difficult?  or do i just buy a PVR 250 instead?  I dont want to spend a week fighting it when I could be using it instead...   :)  thx    Todd On Oct 7, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Folashade Adeyosoye wrote: I would probably charge a billion dollars, mine has been a hassle trying to get it working. There are just too many factors to consider to get a working box. I know there is a suggested hardware list to use etc. 3 weeks and counting I now have a box that seems to work but reboots (PVR-500, 256MB, 700 mhz, both front and backend. Just trying this out to get it working before I shell out hard earned dollars for a nice box.) And my latest woe is the VIA chipset, it might not be compatible :-( ___
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Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless or 10/100 BaseT?

[Todd Houle]

I use it over 100MB and it works great (obviously).  Over 802.11b  
(old style), I get a 1/2 second deley every 3 seconds of show.  It's  
a bit annoying, but it does work which is cool.  I'll get a new  
router someday (I have an 802.11g card), but it's not in the budget  
right now...10BaseT should work for playback as long as not much  
else is going on with your network..   no promises though...   A  
100MB card should go for $15 at some computer shop...   Of course,  
you'll need a 100MB switch or a long cross-over cable.

  Todd


On Oct 5, 2005, at 5:19 AM, James Hansen wrote:

When using a seperate back/front end for mythtv, is it possible to  
have these running across a reasonable wireless connection?


I'm talking about watching an averagely encoded file.  If not,  
could I use an old 10baseT ethernet card, or do I have to order a  
new 100mbps one?


Just curious really :)

Thanks,

James
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Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

[Todd Houle]

The Mac Mini is a low cost Macintosh ($500).  It is just a small computer (2inches x 6.5 in x 6.5 in.).  It does not come with a keyboard, mouse, monitor or enough RAM.  It is designed to be fully functional, but inexpensive- and it's quiet.  I think it comes with a bit small of a hard drive and not enough RAM.  The system bus may be a little slower than other computers as well, but I'm sure it works for MythFrontEnd just fine.  If you're serious, I'll pick one up to test on (I'm an Apple guy).  Mac is a unix machine so it's not too different from other unixes out there (which is why Myth could be ported to it).  The mini has DVI out and an included DVI to VGA adapter.  An S video out adapter is $19.  There's a nice port of MythFrontEnd out there so I can just run it on my Mac laptop and point it to my Linux backend.  And I do run MythOnMac on my laptop - over wireless even.  I have an old 802.11b router so I get a 1/2 second pause every 3 seconds of show.  Kinda annoying, but to watch the game and keep up on the score while i wash dishes, it works just fine.  Someday I'll get an 802.11g router and I hope that'll fix it.  http://www.apple.com/macmini/http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MythOnMacOsxToddOn Oct 6, 2005, at 6:09 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: Thanks Todd,   Which version of the mac is the "mini"? I'm sorry I'm not too familiar with Macs, I'm just interested in finding out more about different alternatives for frontends. Is this an older mac? Does it already come with an appropriate video card?   It's awesome to think mythtv can run on a laptop...!   Ricardo   - Original Message -   From:   Todd Houle To: Discussion about mythtv   Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:04   PM  Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need   suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution  I'm running a front end (not to TV) on my Mac G4 laptop   (1.6Ghz)- which has a hair more power than the mini.  Here, I'm using 33%   of my CPU when watching a show.  The show is recorded with a PVR350 at   high quality (720x480?).  Seeing as the mini is only a little less brainy   than this machine, I think it would work just fine as a front end.  I   don't know anything about HDTV though.  The S-video output adapter is an   optional purchase for $19; it comes with DVI and VGA output.  btw- on a remote front end, when I pause live tv, that's still using the   buffer defined on the back end, right?  Starting a show, I hear the hard   drive buzzing away in my laptop...   Todd  On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:  Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend?What model / version of the mac is this?Ricardo  __Todd HouleApple Certified System   Administrator   ___mythtv-users mailing   listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___
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Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

[Todd Houle]

I'm running a front end (not to TV) on my Mac G4 laptop (1.6Ghz)- which has a hair more power than the mini.  Here, I'm using 33% of my CPU when watching a show.  The show is recorded with a PVR350 at high quality (720x480?).  Seeing as the mini is only a little less brainy than this machine, I think it would work just fine as a front end.  I don't know anything about HDTV though.  The S-video output adapter is an optional purchase for $19; it comes with DVI and VGA output.  btw- on a remote front end, when I pause live tv, that's still using the buffer defined on the back end, right?  Starting a show, I hear the hard drive buzzing away in my laptop...   ToddOn Oct 6, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend?What model / version of the mac is this?Ricardo ______ Todd Houle Apple Certified System Administrator   ___
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Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

[Todd Ignasiak]

One frontend I've been looking into is the "Roku Photobridge HD" (
http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/index.php ).  
It's a media player for HDTV's.  It is Linux based, and has a
hardware MPEG2 decoder onboard.  They encourage open source
developement on their platform, and someone has ported the MythTV
frontend.
He has made some big improvements lately, and I'm thinking of picking
up the Roku box to give it a try.  Check out "mythroku" at 
http://mythroku.blogspot.com/




On 10/5/05, Reza Naima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anyone know of a good, inexpensive fanless frontend barebones system Iget get for mythtv?  Something with a bit of extra power would be goodfor the HD viewing.  And most importantly, something with some decently
supported hardware - I'm tired of digging through source to get variousdrivers to work better with mythtv.Thanks!Rezap.s. If I can this to boot of PXE (?) so it doesn't need an HD, thenthat would be even better!
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[mythtv-users] Channel Hopping

[Todd Houle]

My wife likes to channel-surf instead of using the program guide when
watching live tv.  However, with Myth, there's a one or two second delay
when changing channels.  I guess so myth can clean up the temp
recording..?  So channel-hopping doesn't work very well.  Any idea what's
up with that delay or what I can do about it?

Thanks
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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: I received the new air2pc cards(AirStar-HD5000) FINALLY!

[Todd]

Have you found any resolution to "prebuffering pauses"?  I am seeing the 
same thing and can't seem to find a way to resolve it.  It is starting to 
make me crazy.  I have tried all kinds a transcoding setingsall kinds of 
stuff, nothing seems affect the problem.


Thanks in advance,
Todd

- Original Message - 
From: "Paul B. Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: I received the new air2pc 
cards(AirStar-HD5000) FINALLY!




On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Kevin Stanton wrote:


Apparently a few have gotten this to work.  New info here:
http://www.hd5000.com/
I am interested in hearing reports from ANYONE who has this card
working, and can compare it to anything else.


I finally got my three cards working over the weekend. However, I haven't
tried any of the other cards available and can't really make a comparison.

The cards themselves seem to work fine with Taylor's latest driver patch,
and mythtv-svn as of this weekend recognized them and had no problems
recording programs.

I'm still fighting with the frontend which is complaining about
prebuffering pauses and generating rather choppy video, but seem to have 
no

issues with the cards themselves.



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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Phone Concentrator(?)

[Todd]

I have been running asterisk for over a year now...some things I have 
learned...


The X100P cards are WAY more trouble than they are worth if you are going to 
use to for more than CallerID.  You will never get the echo out.


If you want to answer the phone (via SIP or Myth) or you want to get into 
VoIP in general, get something with an FXO port.   I recommend the Sipura 
SPA-3000.  It runs $99 and has 2 FXS (to run a normal phones) and one FXO 
port.  The FXO port you can configure to "ring" the myth box directly with 
no Asterisk involved.  It will pass all the CallerID info.

http://www.sipura.com/products/spa3000.htm
...you configure the thing with a web browser...very nice.

Then if you really want to go nuts you can buy a 2 line phone (I like the 
Panasonic "expandable" wireless phones) plugging both lines into the FXS 
ports on the Sipura and setup a "dialing plan" to dial out at 2 or 3 cents a 
minute nearly world wide...or have an incoming 877 number at the same rate. 
All the info is in here somewhere:

http://www.voip-info.org/

Bottom line:  The easiest way to get started in my opinion is with something 
like Sipura box, just make sure it has an FXO port to "ring" the Myth Box 
up.


Good luck,
ToddD


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From: "Jesse Guardiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brad Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion about mythtv" 


Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Phone Concentrator(?)



Brad Benson wrote:
On 9/30/05, *Jesse Guardiani* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:



It would be nice if messages from mythosd would show up when you're
looking at the menus/mythmusic/mythweather/etc too. I'm not ALWAYS
watching TV, but I usually have myth ON in some form or fashion.


Look into YAC and xYAC.  If you search the archives for yac you should 
turn up a thread related to that.  At least I remember seeing one here a 
while back.  xYAC allows you to popup messages and callerid info using X 
and they display over anything - Myth menus, xine, mplayer, ogle, 
whatever.  I was looking into doing this myself, but I just haven't 
picked up a modem with callerid yet.


If you want to learn asterisk, X100P cards go for $15 on ebay.
That's what I use. Definitely has a learning curve, but you can
do a heck of a lot more than callerid with asterisk.

Thanks for the info. I'll look into it.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Question....

[Todd]

First; the Deon was too harsh; no one is "new" to email.  In my opinion 
"Thread Hijacking" is not a big deal since it mainly hurts the new poster, 
not original poster.  I write-off 90% of the threads for one reason or 
another (usually because the issue is resolved).  If you thread on one of 
them with a new topic, you don't get noticed.  If you start a new thread, 
you are noticed.  (I realized _some_ hijacks create a ton of noise and the 
original thread is not resolved, so that is bad.)


Second, you didn't take care of the threading because you didn't remove the 
SMTP header:

  In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...so everyone's email programs still thread your message onto the one you 
responded to.  :-)


Todd

- Original Message - 
From: "Joshua Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'Discussion about mythtv'" 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Noob Question


Well, thank you so much for the advice, I am not new to Email, however I am
new to this group and not necessarily aware of how things work.  I thought I
took care of the thread thing, by changing the subject line.  It wasn't my
attempt to hijack anything.  I intended to find the proper resources for
this program, and the proper forum to ask my questions from.

Insults aside, I thought this was the proper venue to request assistance, if
it's not I'll happily leave it aside and go where I can find some
assistance, or find another program.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deon Bredenhann
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:07 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Question


On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 00:33 -0700, Joshua Orr wrote:

Greetings, folks I'm a new user for Myth, ...

And it looks like you are new to e-mail as well.
Please do not post a new message by replying to an existing message. This is
called thread high-jacking. Some of us read the messages as a threaded
discussion, and your message pops up in the middle of the thread.

Thanx










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Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 vs bt878

[Todd]

Is there any difference between the MCE version vs the Non-MCE?...other than 
the MCE version is $50 cheaper?  Does V3L run on both Hauppauge PVR-150's?


ToddD

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To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 vs bt878



On 29/09/05, Derek Meek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Can someone with hardware an hardware mpeg2 card like a PVR-150 or
PVR-500 and a bt878 based card send me screencaps from both cards
comparing the quality of the two

this is for helping my WAF of the mythbox i'm going to build


I'd only recommend using a dumb framegrabber card as a last resort or
in addition to hardware cards. With the price of the PVR-150 what it
is, and the fact that the video from the PVR cards is compressed with
very high quality in realtime, I'd say it's a no-brainer in going for
a PVR card.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Dish Network receiver hookup to a MythTV boxwithHauppage PVR-250

[Todd]

I picked it up on ebay for something like $10+$10 shipping.  It is the " 
Impact VCB  "


You must have BOTH:
RCA Audio cables OUT of the Dish box and IN to the PC
SVideo cable OUT of the dish box and IN to the PC

The RCA cables are for Audio, the SVideo cable is for video...you can use a 
composite cable instead, but you will have less picture quality.


ToddD

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From: "dean javu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Dish Network receiver hookup to a MythTV 
boxwithHauppage PVR-250




Thanks Todd.  What's the tuner card's name?  And Where
did you buy it from?

It is interesting that you pointed out how audio
cables should be connected from the satellite receiver
OUT to the mythtv sound card audio IN.  I thought the
tuner card has to have both video and audio sources to
make a complete video show.  Am I missing something
here or there are different ways to achieve the same
result?

Regards

Dean

--- Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


It works and I am doing it...with a cheap capture
card.  You might consider adding the cheap card so
you can capture 2 sources at the same time.  Then
following what I am doing...

I am using a cheap bt878 ($10) capture card with no
Tuner.
Run an SVIDEO cable from the Dish box to the capture
card.
Run RCA cables from Dish audio to the PC audio-in
for sound
To change channels I use an IR blaster.  To make
that work read this:


http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html

...the myth-ledxmit.sh script won't work for LIRC7.2
(I have attached an updated version that does)

Side Note:  when you setup the Input connections in
mythtv-setup you will tell it to use SVideo, so it
won't try to use the tuner.  You will also tell it
how to change channels (see URL above for script).

Side Note #2:  I am running  this setup for Dish
recordings ($10 is a cheap investment)...and am also
using an Air2PC card for Digital OTA.  My 2.4ghz P4
never breaks a sweat even record 2 shows at
once...and watching a 3rd.

Todd

  - Original Message - 
  From: dean javu

  To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
  Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:44 AM
  Subject: [mythtv-users] Dish Network receiver
hookup to a MythTV box withHauppage PVR-250


  I have Dish Network Satellite and a MythTV box.
I'd like to record shows from satellilte to my
MythTV box.  How do I hook them up?
  1.  Using caxial cable: from the satellite
receiver coaxial OUT to the MythTV Hauppauge PVR-250
TV tunner IN (coaxial)? Or directly from the
satellite disk to the tuner IN (is this even
possible?)?
  2.  Using composite cables: from the satellite
Red/White/Yellow OUT to the Hauppauge A/V IN?
  3.  Using composite/S-Video cables: from the
satellite Adio/S-Video OUT to the Hauppage Audio
IN/S-Video IN.

  Any comment and advise is welcome and much
appreciated!

  Dean




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[mythtv-users] ATSC On Air Guide?

[Todd]

I can't seem to get it to work with my 5th gen Air2pc 
card...is this broken?...Or have I missed a step?  Is there some type of 
HowTo around?
 
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Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone successful with HD3000 DVB andPVR-150/500's?

[Todd]

I don't think that card does QAM...the new (competing) HD5000 from technisat 
does, though.  I hate to add to the regret.


Additionally, 95% of what is on the analog locals is on the matching DT1 
versions here in Seattle.  In otherwords NBC-DT1 = analog NBC here.  Is this 
not the case for other places?  It won't help the ESPN problem...but for my 
viewing it is perfect (I don't watch much sports except the local teams).


From what I have read QAM is very random for people.  Some people get tons 
in QAM, some don't get any...and it doesn't seem to matter if they are 
subscribed to Analog or Digital cable.


Good Luck!

Todd

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From: "Erik Pettersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone successful with HD3000 DVB 
andPVR-150/500's?




it is difficult to
find out what's available unencrypted without actually signing up for
digital cable (or getting access to a system at someone's house who
has).


random thought:  If you have analog cable, and they didn't put a
filter specifically on your line, you *may* be getting digital QAM 256
signals (and therotically HDTV broadcast channels in the clear)
without specifically subscribing to digital cable.  It really depends.
If you have cable internet in additiona to your analog cable this may
likely be the case.  You're just missing digital cable set top box (or
QAM tuner for unencrypted stuff).

It's really a crapshoot, but if you ahve the HD3000 already it's worth
a shot, eh?  I'm about to return my HD capable (no firewire) digital
cable box and cancel digital cable service because I dont' use it and
the HD line up is pathetic! (no FOX no ABC! gross, I'm rigging an uber
antenna darnit!) But I digress... give it a shot with the HD3000 and
the DVB drivers, maybe you'll get lucky.

BTW I have no idea re: the legality of what I'm proposing, you're on
your own/disclaimers apply... but it's the equivalent of having analog
cable and pluggin in your ATSC/QAM capable HDTV (like I have) and
having some unencrypted local broadcast HDTV stations being picked up
via the QAM tuner.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Dish Network receiver hookup to a MythTV box withHauppage PVR-250

[Todd]

It works and I am doing it...with a cheap capture 
card.  You might consider adding the cheap card so you can capture 2 
sources at the same time.  Then following what I am doing...
 
I am using a cheap bt878 ($10) capture card with no 
Tuner.
Run an SVIDEO cable from the Dish box to the capture 
card.
Run RCA cables from Dish audio to the PC 
audio-in for sound
To change channels I use an IR blaster.  To make 
that work read this:
http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html
...the myth-ledxmit.sh script won't work 
for LIRC7.2 (I have attached an updated version that does)
 
Side Note:  when you setup the Input connections 
in mythtv-setup you will tell it to use SVideo, so it won't try to use the 
tuner.  You will also tell it how to change channels (see URL above for 
script).
 
Side Note #2:  I am running  this setup for 
Dish recordings ($10 is a cheap investment)...and am also using an Air2PC card 
for Digital OTA.  My 2.4ghz P4 never breaks a sweat even record 2 shows at 
once...and watching a 3rd.
 
Todd
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  dean 
  javu 
  To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:44 
  AM
  Subject: [mythtv-users] Dish Network 
  receiver hookup to a MythTV box withHauppage PVR-250
  
  I have Dish Network Satellite and a MythTV box.  I'd like 
  to record shows from satellilte to my MythTV box.  How do I hook 
  them up?
  1.  Using caxial cable: from the satellite receiver 
  coaxial OUT to the MythTV Hauppauge PVR-250 TV tunner IN (coaxial)? Or 
  directly from the satellite disk to the tuner IN (is this even 
  possible?)?
  2.  Using composite cables: from the satellite Red/White/Yellow OUT 
  to the Hauppauge A/V IN?
  3.  Using composite/S-Video cables: from the satellite Adio/S-Video 
  OUT to the Hauppage Audio IN/S-Video IN.
   
  Any comment and advise is welcome and much appreciated!
   
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[mythtv-users] Customize remote control numbers in playback mode?

[Todd Ignasiak]

I finally got my DVico USB IR receiver to work with MythTV a few weeks
ago.  Now, I'm looking into some ways to optimize the controls..

On my old MyHD receiver card (windows only) it had a nice feature
where you could set the number keys to do other operations.   So, when
you're not in Live-TV mode, you could set the number keys to be
varying levels of FF/REW jumps.   This is very handy for jumping
through several commercials.

On the MyHD remote, you would remap the leftmost keys (1,4,7) to
REW's, and the grid of 6 other numbers to be varying FF's.


Is there any way to do this in MythTV?  Are there key codes for FFx2,
FFx4, etc?I looked through keys.txt and didn't see any.
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Re: [mythtv-users] MythWeb Disc Usage calculation

[Todd Houle]

I was going to pull out my 80GB drive and put in a 180 that I have  
it.  I don't (yet) care about losing my recorded shows so I thought  
I'd delete the recorded shows in Myth, then swap the drives.  I found  
that once I deleted the recorded shows in Myth, I still had about  
20GB of video still in the Myth directory! They looked like shows I  
thought I deleted..  Sure enough, Myth said they were gone, but there  
they were...


Is there a known problem where Myth doesn't delete what it thinks it  
does?  That would account for lost disk space.

  -t-


>  I started out with 150GB of disk space, but I recently increased  
that to
> 300GB.  Problem is, the machine information under mythweb is  
still reporting
> the old disk limit (150), not the new limit (300).  I looked  
throught the
> mysql database but was unable to find anything that suggests this  
number is

> stored in the DB.
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Re: [mythtv-users] Information Overlay

[Todd Houle]

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[mythtv-users] Hauppauge USB

[Todd Houle]

I'm using a new myth install with a single tuner card (PVR-350).  Now  
that I've got it up and working, I may be able to convince my wife to  
let me get another tuner (PVR500..?).  I have a USB TV tuner from  
Eskape Labs (A division of Hauppauge) for Mac OS X.  Is there a way  
to make this thing a secondary tuner until I can got a PVR-500?  I  
don't seem to be able to get Myth (or Fedora) to recognize it exists  
and not sure what drivers I should be loading...

   Todd
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[mythtv-users] Screen Cropping

[Todd Houle]

So thanks to all the great information on this list, I've got my new  
Mythbox up running under Fedora (thanks to wilsonet's step-by-step).   
I'm using the PVR-350 with TV out (the quality is excellent).  This  
is sooo cool.


I've still gotta do sound- It comes out fine, but i have no volume  
control through Myth- not a big deal- i'm sure I can figure it  
out...  The other part that kinda bugs me is that the screen is  
loosing a significant amount of space that is getting cropped off.   
It makes it a little bit hard to go through the menus as I'm loosing  
this text.  Under the Setup options in the frontend, I'm loosing the  
checkboxes - I can't tell if they are selected or not...  Is there a  
setting for this somewhere?


thanks
   Todd
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Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling multiple cable boxes

[Todd Greene]

You may want to check out GlobalCache (http://globalcache.com/). 
Depends on how much $$ you want to spend, but they have what basically
amounts to an IR router, that can be controlled through a serial port. 

I don't have one, but a friend does, and likes it a lot.  I'm
considering getting one as the first step in creating an IP-based wifi
remote control.

Erik Karlin wrote:

  On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 11:49:56AM -0500, Robert Denier wrote:
  
  
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 10:58 -0400, Jim Reith wrote:


  At 10:11 AM 9/13/2005, you wrote:
  

[snip]


  
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:14:36AM -0400, Brian Long wrote:

Along these lines, does anyone know how to control a cable box via
direct USB connections? I know my cable box has a USB port, and if I
hook up a USB keyboard to it, I can change the channels by hitting the
number keys.

  

The only thing that comes to mind that might be reasonably easy would be
to

1) First make sure you can do what you need to do with that ordinary usb
keyboard.  Write down those keys and how they work.

2) Find a USB infrared keyboard or a PS2 infrared keyboard with a USB
adapter.  Connect this.

3) Train LIRC to output keycodes to the LIRC emitter as appropriate and
fill in the details.

Now that is less than a direct method, and to be honest, by skimming the
previous thread is only really useful if you can, at the very least, set
those different keyboard IR receivers to respond to different sets of IR
codes.  Of course, if you can just set the cable box to different sets
of IR codes then you really should just do that, since this would be
adding considerable complexity for little gain.

Perhaps someone can think of a simpler way.


  
  
Well, I already have an IR receiver and an IR blaster and an IR
keyboard. I'm trying to cut out the IR altogether.

I've kept this thread in my "inbox" for a while, which originally
started my investigation, unfortunately it seemed to just die out.


http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/58716

  
  

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Re: [mythtv-users] best way to edit out comercials on a windows box after mythtv has recorded show and copied to windows

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 9/12/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> 
> >On 9/12/05, Ryan Kremser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>As per the subject, i'm looking for the best software package (better if
> >>freeware) to edit out comercials using a windows xp computer.  I want to
> >>keep the files in mpeg2 so that i can burn them to dvd after, just without
> >>the comercials.  I've looked around and found quite a few but all of them
> >>seem to have conflicting reviews some recomended others say to keep away.
> >>So any suggestions are welcome.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I'm not sure if you're talking about SD or HD video.But, for HD,
> >there is a good utility called HDTVtoMPEG2, which allows you to edit
> >HDTV transport streams to remove commercials or otherwise trim them
> >down.
> >
> >http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~balazer/HDTVtoMPEG2/
> >
> >
> >It has a nice visual representation of the MPEG content, showing the
> >data as a bar, with the portions to be removed shown in a different
> >color than the remaining data. This provides a quick sanity check
> >on the commercial removal -- if two removals are too close or too far
> >apart it may point to an error or a missed commercial. This would
> >be a great feature to have with the MythTV automatic commercial
> >flagging.
> >
> >
> Perhaps you have never edited a recording in MythTV.  Watch something,
> click M or MENU to bring up then menu and select Edit Recording.  You
> can load your commercial skip list into the cutlist by pressing Z I think.
> 
> Kevin

No, I haven't edited, only used the auto commercial flagging.   
Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out tonight.
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Re: [mythtv-users] best way to edit out comercials on a windows box after mythtv has recorded show and copied to windows

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 9/12/05, Ryan Kremser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As per the subject, i'm looking for the best software package (better if
> freeware) to edit out comercials using a windows xp computer.  I want to
> keep the files in mpeg2 so that i can burn them to dvd after, just without
> the comercials.  I've looked around and found quite a few but all of them
> seem to have conflicting reviews some recomended others say to keep away. 
> So any suggestions are welcome. 

I'm not sure if you're talking about SD or HD video.But, for HD,
there is a good utility called HDTVtoMPEG2, which allows you to edit
HDTV transport streams to remove commercials or otherwise trim them
down.

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~balazer/HDTVtoMPEG2/


It has a nice visual representation of the MPEG content, showing the
data as a bar, with the portions to be removed shown in a different
color than the remaining data. This provides a quick sanity check
on the commercial removal -- if two removals are too close or too far
apart it may point to an error or a missed commercial. This would
be a great feature to have with the MythTV automatic commercial
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Re: [mythtv-users] Non-recording master backend

[Todd]

I don't think an EPIA will work unless you are using an MPEG capture card. 
It might work, but it will be very close.  I am running an M1000 (neiman) as 
a front-end + back-end with no capture.  It runs at 40% CPU usage playing 
back, and takes on transcoding jobs from other capturing backends with it is 
bored.  (my other backend are frontend+backend and is capturing while I am 
watching (Primetime), it is nice to have the recordings transcode when I go 
to bed...yes, to watch even more tv if I want!)


You might consider Using a CF to IDE converter (the PC will see it as any 
normal HD) for the base OS to load, and NFS mount /var and the other high 
transaction, high volume directories.   That keeps things simple, but also 
silent.  You don't want to write to CF too much, it supposedly fails much 
sooner than an HD.


ToddD

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To: "Ryan Steffes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: 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!


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