Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire problems on FC4
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
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Greene
Sent: Saturday,
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To: Discussion about
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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
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
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From:
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[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
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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200
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 mythdvd-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling multiple cable boxes
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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV is already using all available inputs
This has also happened to me. I believe there's a lock file (I can't remember the name of the file) in the directory where the recordings are kept. Just delete the lockfile, everything should work. -- Todd David Buttrick wrote: For the last 2 days, when I try to start the mythfrontend, and watch live tv, I get the message: MythTV is already using all available inputs for recording. I look in the recording schedule, and there is nothing scheduled. Plus, I cannot schedule anything from the program guide. Can anyone tell me what needs to be done to fix this problem? I've tried: * restarting the backend * stop the backend, rmmod ivtv, then modprobe ivtv, and then restart the backend. * rebuilding from mythtv-setup Coudl this be somekind of database permissions problem? everything else works, and I used the included SQL to setup the database permissions... Anyhelp is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Dave ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Restricting Capture Cards to Front Ends
I'm trying to use some old laptops (~500 mhz), so upgrading the gpu isn't exactly in the cards. I'll try the Recording Groups; that sounds like it might fit the bill. Thanks, -- Todd Erik Pettersen wrote: how old exactly are these front ends i.e. what spec? With a decent video card and Xvmc I've been surprised at what systems have been reported to playback hdtv streams YMMV, e. On 8/15/05, Todd Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Been enjoying my HD Myth box, and thinking of taking it to the next level. I've got some older PCs that I'd like to use as front ends, but they aren't powerful enough to support HD. What I'd like to do is run a standard NTSC capture card on the backend, and ensure that the less powerful front ends only display video from the NTSC card, not the HD capture card. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks, -- Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Restricting Capture Cards to Front Ends
Hi all, Been enjoying my HD Myth box, and thinking of taking it to the next level. I've got some older PCs that I'd like to use as front ends, but they aren't powerful enough to support HD. What I'd like to do is run a standard NTSC capture card on the backend, and ensure that the less powerful front ends only display video from the NTSC card, not the HD capture card. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks, -- Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Menu organization
Though I haven't yet done it myself, I believe you can change the menu structure yourself via XML files. You could hide features that you don't use, change the menu order, etc. -- Todd roger wrote: Is it just me, or is Mythtv's menu organization confusing? Maybe the items are organized well, however, the end user just needs to learn how & when Mythtv spawns it's processes? (It took less time for me to learn how my dishnetwork pvr menu system worked. On the lighter side, there's less features with the dishnetwork pvr.) (Still learning, but now have a more sane handle of mythtv.) -- Roger http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html Key fingerprint = 8977 A252 2623 F567 70CD 1261 640F C963 1005 1D61 Tue Aug 9 12:31:29 PDT 2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Using PVR-250 Remote and IR Receiver with HD-3000 or bttv card
My PVR-250 fried recently, but I'd still like to use the IR receiver and remote. The HD-3000 card has an input for an IR receiver. Has anyone gotten this to work with the PVR-250 IR receiver (or for that matter, any IR receiver)? Also, my Kworld bttv card has a remote input as well (though its a different sized plug, looks more like a 1/8" headphone jack sized). Does anyone know if the PVR-250 IR receiver will work with a simple adapter on a bttv card like the Kworld? Thanks. -- Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Summary of my HD experiences with MythTV 0.18.1
Over the last few weeks, I've been trying to put together a mythtv box with an HD card (PCHDTV 3000), a Firewire connection to my Comcast Motorola 6200, and a PVR-250 for regular TV. I had an earlier version of Myth running great for about 1 year (non-HD), so I thought I'd give the HD a try. The project isn't finished (in fact, isn't working yet), but I thought I'd share my experiences up to this point for those following in the same path. Basically, all of the HD options I've tried so far haven't been stable enough for using on a regular basis, though I'd appreciate feedback from those having better luck with similar setups. HARDWARE SETUP --> Graphics Card: As far as I can tell, only the NVidia cards do a good job playing back HD without dropping frames. I purchased a fanless GeForce 5200 card from NewEgg as recommended on Wendy's website: http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/ --> Case: I got a Silverstone SST-LC11S, which I thought looked pretty cool. I uses a riser board for mounting the AGP and 2 PCI cards horizontally. The PVR-250 fits, but only barely after some wiggling due to a strange screw near the end of the PVR-250. --> Motherboard/Processor: I started with an AMD 3700+ and Foxconn 760GXK8MB-ERS (SIS chipset) motherboard. It was the only microATX motherboard I could find with included firewire. WARNING: DON'T GET THIS MOTHERBOARD!!! For some reason, (using Fedora Core 3 or Core 4), the NVidia drivers hang the system immediately. Using the 64-bit version of FC3 was a little better...it didn't hang the system, but I couldn't get AGP enabled, so the frame rate wouldn't support HD. So, I ended up buying another CPU/motherboard. this time a P4/3.0Ghz and a Foxconn 865G 865G7MC-ES (once again, the only mobo I could find that had built-in firewire and was a microATX, this one has an Intel chipset, not SIS). This seems to work ok so far with the NVidia chip. OS AND SOFTWARE --> OS: I've stuck with FC3 so far (kernel 2.6.11.27), following Jarod's great site at: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ However, I've been thinking of trying KnoppMyth as well. . --> Myth version 0.18.1 from atprms.net (thanks, Axel!) HD CAPTURE --> Firewire As far as I can tell, the Firewire connection to the DCT6200 is not ready for prime time. This may be due to the firewire implementation within the DCT6200, but either way, it works only intermittently. Here are a few tricks to get it to work a little better: Run "plugreport" to see which port and node the DCT6200 is connected to. Then, repeatedly run "test-mpeg2 -r [node #]" and press ctrl-c until you get an mpeg stream. You may need to repeat this step many times, but at some point, you kick the DCT6200 into action, and the connection then seems to work in Myth. Also, I'd avoid watching live TV with the firewire connection, because changing channels frequently causes a hang. Other times, the new channel is either missing audio, or comes in at 3-4 frames per second. If I quit the "live tv" function and re-enter, the audio re-appears and the frame rate goes back to normal. HD CAPTURE ---> PCHDTV HD-3000 I've tried the DVB drivers trying to capture QAM (QAM is the HDTV signal sent over cable, vs. the broadcast HDTV, which is a different format). This works, but just barely. The "scan for channels" feature picks up most (but not all) of the HD channels coming over the cable. When watching the channels, many of them have slower frame rates, the image breaks up every few seconds, and changing channels when watching live TV frequently causes a hang of the mythfrontend. Once again, not really ready for prime time. I'm going to try the HD-3000 with terrestrial signals next, and I'm hoping it will be more stable (though I don't get as many channels over the air). NTSC CAPTURE --> PVR-250 I thought this would be the easy one, since I had it working with a previous myth box. However, either the card has gone bad, or the Silverstone case has a lot of RF interference, because every channel flickers uncontrollably (like someone is wiggling an antenna). It crashes myth playback within 10 seconds. I've replaced the card with an older K-World BTT878 that I got off eBay for $20 (which works), but I would prefer the built-in MPEG2 compression of the PVR-250. I don't get the static with the K-World card, so the PVR-250 card is looking more suspect. Hopefully this posting will help folks trying to build an HD setup -- Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Non-Nvidia Graphics Card Recommendations for HDTV
Hi all, I'm looking for a non-Nvidia, quiet AGP graphics card that does good HDTV playback in Myth. Any recommendations? I was originally using an NVidia GeForce 5200 (fanless) which worked great until I "upgraded" my system to a new motherboard (foxconn) with an Athlon 64 processor. The system now locks up whenever I load the nvidia driver. Seems there's an incompatibility between the foxconn/sis chipset/athlon 64/nvidia driver (any version I've tried) with just about any kernel version. (I've tried the x86 and x86_64 versions of FC3 and FC4, and also tried the KnoppMyth distro). So, short of ditching the entire mobo/processor setup, I thought I'd try a non-Nvidia card. Any thoughts? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
