Re: [mythtv-users] No TV or Video with SVideo

[Al McIntosh]

James C. Dastrup wrote:

>>I finally got my video card to use the SVideo Out on my nVidia Ti4200. 
>>However, although the GUI shows up as expected, when I play live TV or
>>any type of video (like AVI), nothing shows up.  The screen is just
>>blue.  It's not hung as I can hit escape to get back to the menu.  I
>>tried searching the list first but wasn't able to locate anything that
>>helped out.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'm attaching my
>>xorg.conf file that I use for the SVideo.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Blue instead of video usually means that the video is being displayed
>on another screen.  Common solution is to physically disconnect
>any other screens you may have plugged in at the time X loads, since
>most cards will detect these screens, even if you don't have them
>defined in xorg.conf.
>  
>
>  
>

The following option overides the detection of attached screens and 
forces the driver to only use the named output.
In this case SVIDEO.

Section "Device"
Option  "TVOutFormat"   "SVIDEO"
EndSection








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Re: [mythtv-users] No TV or Video with SVideo

[Al McIntosh]

Dave Bixler wrote:

> I finally got my video card to use the SVideo Out on my nVidia 
> Ti4200.  However, although the GUI shows up as expected, when I play 
> live TV or any type of video (like AVI), nothing shows up.  The screen 
> is just blue.  It's not hung as I can hit escape to get back to the 
> menu.  I tried searching the list first but wasn't able to locate 
> anything that helped out.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'm 
> attaching my xorg.conf file that I use for the SVideo.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave
>
>
>
># Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>   Identifier "single head configuration"
>   Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
>   InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>   InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>   Option  "xinerama" "off"
>   Option  "clone" "on"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>
># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
># no need to change the default.
># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
># the X server to render fonts.
>   RgbPath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>   FontPath "unix/:7100"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>   Load  "dbe"
>   Load  "extmod"
>   Load  "fbdevhw"
>   Load  "glx"
>   Load  "record"
>   Load  "freetype"
>   Load  "type1"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>
># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>#  Option  "Xleds" "1 2 3"
># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>#  Option  "XkbDisable"
># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>#  Option  "XkbModel"  "pc102"
># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>#  Option  "XkbModel"  "microsoft"
>#
># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>#  Option  "XkbLayout" "de"
># or:
>#  Option  "XkbLayout" "de"
>#  Option  "XkbVariant""nodeadkeys"
>#
># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
># control keys, use:
>#  Option  "XkbOptions""ctrl:swapcaps"
># Or if you just want both to be control, use:
>#  Option  "XkbOptions""ctrl:nocaps"
>#
>   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>   Driver  "kbd"
>   Option  "XkbModel" "pc105"
>   Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>   Identifier  "Mouse0"
>   Driver  "mouse"
>   Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>   Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>   Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>   Option  "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier   "Monitor0"
>   VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>   ModelName"Acer 55e"
>   HorizSync30.0 - 54.0
>   VertRefresh  50.0 - 110.0
>EndSection
>
>  
>




What kind of device is attached to your computer? Is it really a 
Monitor? If it is a plain old CRT TV your refresh appears to be very high.

VertRefresh  50.0 - 110.0


Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log for something along the lines of "Monitor0: 
Using vrefresh range of" 













>Section "Device"
>   Identifier  "Videocard0"
>   Driver  "nvidia"
>   VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>   BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
>   Option  "TVStandard""NTSC-M"
>   Option  "TVOutFormat"   "SVIDEO"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>   Identifier "Screen0"
>   Device "Videocard0"
>   Monitor"Monitor0"
>   DefaultDepth 24
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 16
>   Modes"800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 24
>   Modes"800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>Section "DRI"
>   Group0
>   Mode 0666
>EndSection
>
>  
>
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Re: [mythtv-users] getting more pissed off about IVTV

[Al McIntosh]

Looks to me you tried to subscribe  or send a message to 
lists.sourceforge.net
the lists were moved to  http://ivtvdriver.org/ some time ago which 
would explain the rejection.


Did you try to subscribe using one of the following?

http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel

http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users




Richard Bronosky wrote:

> Well, the moderator finally reviewed my 4 emails to the ivtv-users and 
> ivtv-devel lists.  And I got a unanimous "up yours" from him.  This is 
> very sad.
>
> I guess my last hope is the email I sent Hans.  Which is the first in 
> the list below.
>
> What more can I do?
>
>  Original Message 
> Subject:  I've been reluctant to email you about this...
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:58:02 -0500
> From: Richard Bronosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> I know your time is too important to deal with this stuff, but I have 
> no other contacts left to try.
>
> Please advise.
>
> --BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE--
>
> I've been trying to post to ivtv-users and ivtv-devel, yet my messages 
> get moderated and never go out to the list. (which this address is 
> subscribed to.)  I've been trying to join http://ivtvdriver.org but 
> the link to "create an account" does not take you to anywhere that you 
> can create an account.  I can find no contacts for that site.
>
> My MythTV box is half a PVR-500 away from working and I want to seal 
> this thing up, but IVTV is a dead end for me.  Does anyone have any 
> info about the IVTV community they can share?
>
> If you are interested in the PVR-500/IVTV situation you can look into 
> it here . 
>
>-- 
>Thank you for your time,
>--==<< R i c h a r d   B r o n o s k y >>==--
>
>Before posting to a mailing list I check the following locations:
>   http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/
>   http://ivtvdriver.org/
>   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/
>   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/
>   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/users/
>   http://knoppmythwiki.org/
>I may have missed the answer there, in which case, please point out the 
>article to me, but don't say "check forum X."
>
>Nearly all viruses and spyware are designed to use Microsoft internet 
>products.  Protect yourself by avoiding Internet Explorer & Outlook/Outlook 
>Express.
>
>
>
>
>  Original Message 
> Subject:  Request to mailing list ivtv-devel rejected
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:46:54 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>Your request to the ivtv-devel mailing list
>
>Posting of your message titled "2nd tuner on PVR-500 not working.
>(Good logs attached.)"
>
>has been rejected by the list moderator.  The moderator gave the
>following reason for rejecting your request:
>
>"[No reason given]"
>
>Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator
>at:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>  Original Message 
> Subject:  Request to mailing list ivtv-devel rejected
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:46:54 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>Your request to the ivtv-devel mailing list
>
>Posting of your message titled "ivtvdriver.org create an account
>is broken..."
>
>has been rejected by the list moderator.  The moderator gave the
>following reason for rejecting your request:
>
>"[No reason given]"
>
>Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator
>at:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  
>
>
>
>  Original Message 
> Subject:  Request to mailing list Ivtv-users rejected
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:46:56 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>Your request to the Ivtv-users mailing list
>
>Posting of your message titled "Need help analyzing PVR-500 logs."
>
>has been rejected by the list moderator.  The moderator gave the
>following reason for rejecting your request:
>
>"[No reason given]"
>
>Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator
>at:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  
>
>
>
>  Original Message 
> Subject:  Request to mailing list Ivtv-users rejected
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:46:56 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>Your request to the Ivtv-users mailing list
>
>Posting of your message titled "Can someone please take a look at
>my logs?"
>
>has been rejected by the list moderator.  The moderator gave the
>following reason for rejecting your request:
>
>"[No reason given]"
>
>Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator
>at:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  
>
>
>-- 
>Thank you for your time,
>--==<< R i c h a r d   B r o n o s k y >>==--
>
>Before posting to a mailing list I check the following locations:
>   http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/
>   ht

Re: [mythtv-users] install ivtv-0.5.1 fails with ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol tveeprom_hauppauge_analog (make distclean doesn't help)

[Al McIntosh]

mrwester wrote:

> Hi all-
>
> I'm having some trouble getting ivtv-0.5.1 installed.  I've followed 
> the directions in the ivtvdriver.org  howto, 
> and I've  and tried  cd ivtv/v4l-kernel; make distclean as suggested 
> in the troubleshooting.  Is there something more to that?  I've also 
> tried  make distclean; make; make install.  I have no problems 
> installing 0.4.1, but am looking to move to 0.5.1 in hopes of getting 
> my 3 PVR-XXX tuners playing nice with a DVB card (DViCO FusionHDTV 5 
> lite).  With 0.4.1, I can get the ivtv working OR the DVB but not 
> both.  So I've stepped back and would just like to get 0.5.1 working 
> first, and then add the DVB card.
>
> Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong with 0.5.1?  Fresh FC4 install, 
> with all updates from atrpms.net .
>
> Jan 13 20:39:24 localhost kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> Jan 13 20:39:24 localhost kernel: ivtv: disagrees about version of 
> symbol tveeprom_hauppauge_analog
> Jan 13 20:39:24 localhost kernel: ivtv: Unknown symbol 
> tveeprom_hauppauge_analog
>

Try using the kernels tveeprom and tuner instead of the ones installed 
by ivtv.


cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ivtv/
mv tveeprom.ko tveeprom.ko.HIDE
mv tuner.ko tuner.ko.HIDE

This will force modprobe to load the ones in here:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tuner.ko
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/tveeprom.ko

After you rename the modules run `depmod -a` this should load cleanly. 
For some reason the ivtv modules load the bttv modules too.

All I have in modprobe.conf for ivtv is:

#ivtv
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias char-major-81 ivtv
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install 
lirc_i2c









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Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA, intel8x0 and WriteAudio: buffer underrun

[Al McIntosh]

Michael Haan wrote:

>
> I'm currently having similar issues with hdtv.  Can you try seeking to 
> just before the freeze, then jumping ahead to pass it?  For me, this 
> results in no freeze, but a loss of sound.



I thought I would replay to this thread with in case it helps. 1 of my 2 
sticks of ram was bad. I realized this when
I tried to compile mythtv svn  and gcc crashed 3 times with segmentation 
faults. After I removed the older stck of ram myth compiled twice 
cleanly. A memtest found errors in the ram also. I haven't had any 
issues after removing the bad ram.
Fingers crossed.

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Re: [mythtv-users] Name that tuner!

[Al McIntosh]

Steve Daniels wrote:

>Ok, I've aquired a tuner and haven't a clue what kind it is, all I have is 
>the board.
>
>It's in a machine at the moment so can't see it to tell you any codes 
>written on it but it's got the following I/O from top to bottom.
>It's a Hauppauge Analogue Card, and probably at least 1 year old.
>
>FM, TV, Line Out, Vid, Line in, IR
>
>Now name that tuner!
>
>If you want me to run any commands to help find out what tuner it is, or 
>need to me find any numbers written on the board feel free to ask and I'll 
>get back to you. I'm wondering whether to leave this card in or swap it out 
>for another Nova-T i've got. I wanted to leave it in so I could convert any 
>VHS tapes over to myth as and when requested by the family.. Or it might 
>just be better to stick it into my desktop machine and create the divx's 
>manually.. hmmm
>
>  
>
Run   lspci

You should be able to recognize the card by the description. IE 
Multimedia video controller

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Re: [mythtv-users] Uninstalling IVTV

[Al McIntosh]

Chris wrote:

>How would I go about un-installing IVTV so I can reinstall it?
>
>I am using Fedora Core 4 with yum.
>
>Exact command lines appreciated. :)
>
>  
>


man yum


LIST OPTIONS

 yum list [all | regexp1] [regexp2] [...]
  List all available and installed packages.

try `yum list "*ivtv*"`


Then `yum remove` the Installed ivtv  packages.


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Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 09:34:41AM -0500, Al McIntosh wrote:
>  
>
>>>>Dec 15 07:28:27 mythbox kernel: ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0  OVERFLOW 
>>>>#2:
>>>>Stealing a Buf
>>>>fer, 512 currently allocated
>>>>
>>>>
>>More memory does not appear to help. Did anyone manage a fix for this?
>>
>>
>
>In my case, it turned out that my network card was on the same IRQ as 
>all three IDE channels (software RAID-5), and while the box would 
>usually record OK, if I was doing something network-intensive (like 
>watching TV on the remote Myth frontend) the network card would 
>generate so many IRQs it was delaying the drives to the point where 
>the front-end would stutter, ivtv would overflow, and eventually the 
>RAID driver would fail a drive.  That would have been fine, except 
>that the ethernet watchdog (tulip driver) would panic the kernel.  I 
>tried forcing the cards to specific IRQs but the tulip driver 
>wouldn't behave.  I switched to a different ethernet port and ALL of 
>the problems went away.
>  
>

Todate, I have been running mythtv binaries. Last night I tried to 
compile mythtv svn  and gcc crashed 3 times with segmentation faults. I 
began to think overheating or bad ram. I took out the older stick of ram 
and myth compiled twice cleanly. I ran memtest at work and it found 
errors in the ram.

Hopefully, this was the cause of all my problems. I'll watch and see.




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Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

Niels den Otter wrote:

>Al,
>
>Al McIntosh wrote:
>  
>
>>The last few occurances have been in the evening or night.
>>
>>mythfilldatabase has been running around 11am.
>>
>>I do have mythcommflag set to run when the recording starts.
>>
>>
>
>Are you using MythTV SVN? I had a similar problem recently (after LiveTV
>changes) which was solved later on. If you are on SVN I would recommend
>to update your MythTV and IVTV installations and see if this fixes your
>problem.
>
>
>-- Niels
>  
>

What svn version,  trunk or branches/release-0-18-fixes? Does 
branches/release-0-18-fixes contain relevant changes?



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Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

Niels den Otter wrote:

>Al,
>
>Al McIntosh wrote:
>  
>
>>The last few occurances have been in the evening or night.
>>
>>mythfilldatabase has been running around 11am.
>>
>>I do have mythcommflag set to run when the recording starts.
>>
>>
>
>Are you using MythTV SVN? I had a similar problem recently (after LiveTV
>changes) which was solved later on. If you are on SVN I would recommend
>to update your MythTV and IVTV installations and see if this fixes your
>problem.
>
>
>  
>


I am using ivtv 4.1 and mythtv 0.18.1.  I upgraded to ivtv 4.1 on Sat. 
I'll hold off boarding the MythTV SVN train that way I can gradually 
introduce changes. This will simplify finger pointing. :)


I wish there was a way to change filesystems with data still on the 
drive. sigh.







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Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 08:23:52PM -0500, Al McIntosh wrote:
 

Interesting, I have a rather fast mythbox, AMD 2800+ with 1G ram and a 
single pvr250.  The buffer overflow often occurs in the middle of the 
night when the only load on the machine is mythbackend recording.
   



Does it happen at the same time every night?  Some of the cron.daily
jobs can be pretty disk-intensive if the box is doing a lot more than
just Myth.



It's a Myth only box. The past 2 occurances have occurred around the 
same time. Once at 00:48 and 01:15
There doesn't seem to be anything in the /var/log/cron at either of 
those times.



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Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

Endaf Jones wrote:


On 1/8/06, Al McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   


On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 09:34:41AM -0500, Al McIntosh wrote:


 


Dec 15 07:28:27 mythbox kernel: ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0  OVERFLOW
#2:
Stealing a Buf
fer, 512 currently allocated


   


More memory does not appear to help. Did anyone manage a fix for this?


   


In my case, it turned out that my network card was on the same IRQ as
all three IDE channels (software RAID-5), and while the box would
usually record OK, if I was doing something network-intensive (like
watching TV on the remote Myth frontend) the network card would
generate so many IRQs it was delaying the drives to the point where
the front-end would stutter, ivtv would overflow, and eventually the
RAID driver would fail a drive.  That would have been fine, except
that the ethernet watchdog (tulip driver) would panic the kernel.  I
tried forcing the cards to specific IRQs but the tulip driver
wouldn't behave.  I switched to a different ethernet port and ALL of
the problems went away.

 


Interesting, I have a rather fast mythbox, AMD 2800+ with 1G ram and a
single pvr250.  The buffer overflow often occurs in the middle of the
night when the only load on the machine is mythbackend recording.
   



Perhaps when mythfilldatabase is running?

 




The last few occurances have been in the evening or night.

mythfilldatabase has been running around 11am.

I do have mythcommflag set to run when the recording starts. 

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Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 09:34:41AM -0500, Al McIntosh wrote:
 

Dec 15 07:28:27 mythbox kernel: ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0  OVERFLOW 
#2:

Stealing a Buf
fer, 512 currently allocated
   


More memory does not appear to help. Did anyone manage a fix for this?
   



In my case, it turned out that my network card was on the same IRQ as 
all three IDE channels (software RAID-5), and while the box would 
usually record OK, if I was doing something network-intensive (like 
watching TV on the remote Myth frontend) the network card would 
generate so many IRQs it was delaying the drives to the point where 
the front-end would stutter, ivtv would overflow, and eventually the 
RAID driver would fail a drive.  That would have been fine, except 
that the ethernet watchdog (tulip driver) would panic the kernel.  I 
tried forcing the cards to specific IRQs but the tulip driver 
wouldn't behave.  I switched to a different ethernet port and ALL of 
the problems went away.





Interesting, I have a rather fast mythbox, AMD 2800+ with 1G ram and a 
single pvr250.  The buffer overflow often occurs in the middle of the 
night when the only load on the machine is mythbackend recording.



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Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA, intel8x0 and WriteAudio: buffer underrun

[Al McIntosh]

Michael T. Dean wrote:


Al McIntosh wrote:

I have an AMD Sempron 2800+, MSI nForce4 K8N Neo3 with onboard nVidia 
Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller. I have been experiencing 
problems with mythfronted freezing during playback of recorded shows. 
I have to kill it but it becames defunct.


I am using alsa 1.0.10 and myth 0.18.1

I believe it's the sound card because of the following mythfrontend 
output appears when the crash occurs:


006-01-07 14:27:19.240 prebuffering pause



Sure it's not an I/O issue?  Perhaps the buffer underrun on the audio 
was due to the lack of data caused by prebuffering pauses.  Were you 
playing HDTV?  Problem with your hard drives or network (if using a 
network filesystem or Myth streaming)?


Mike
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I wonder if this is also related?

During recordings, my mythbackend becomes unusable everynow and then also.

In my mythbackend logs during recordings I have seen:

2006-01-07 01:15:38.629 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()

Then in /var/log/messages I get
ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW #0: Stealing a Buffer, 512 
currently allocated


My recording is hosed at this point. I have reboot the machine, 
everything becomes unresponsive.




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Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA, intel8x0 and WriteAudio: buffer underrun

[Al McIntosh]

Michael Haan wrote:

On 1/8/06, *Al McIntosh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:


Michael T. Dean wrote:

> Al McIntosh wrote:
>
>> I have an AMD Sempron 2800+, MSI nForce4 K8N Neo3 with onboard
nVidia
>> Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller. I have been experiencing
>> problems with mythfronted freezing during playback of recorded
shows.
>> I have to kill it but it becames defunct.
>>
>> I am using alsa 1.0.10 and myth 0.18.1
>>
>> I believe it's the sound card because of the following
mythfrontend
>> output appears when the crash occurs:
>>
>> 006-01-07 14:27:19.240 prebuffering pause
>
>
> Sure it's not an I/O issue?  Perhaps the buffer underrun on the
audio
> was due to the lack of data caused by prebuffering pauses.  Were
you
> playing HDTV?  Problem with your hard drives or network (if using a
> network filesystem or Myth streaming)?
>


Not HDTV. The files are all on the local filesystem, on a 3 or 4 month
old Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK.

I have not seen any evidence of drive failure. Not to say this is not
the culpret.
DMA is on.

Yesterday, on my mythfrontend/backend/filserver machine, mythfrontend
froze at 00:23:46 of a recording. I killed the frontend, it became
defunct. I started another frontend, seeked ahead to 00:23:46 and the
second mythfrontend froze and became defunct also. I went to
another PC
and started mythfrontend, seeked ahead to 00:23:46 and mythfrontend
froze and became defunct. From the second PC I tried to play the file
directly using mplayer via nfs and mplayer froze at 00:23:46. I had to
kill mplayer which became defunct. After a reboot, I managed to
play the
file straight through.



Not sure anyone can make sense of this call trace:
Call Trace:
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
add_to_page_cache+0x41/0x83
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
mpage_readpages+0xed/0x13e
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
ext3_get_block+0x0/0x90 [ext3]
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] rmqueue_bulk+0x74/0x7e
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
ext3_readpages+0x0/0x15 [ext3]
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] read_pages+0x2a/0xf7
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
ext3_get_block+0x0/0x90 [ext3]
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] __alloc_pages+0xe8/0x407
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] _spin_unlock_irq+0x5/0x7
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
__do_page_cache_readahead+0x140/0x145
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
blockable_page_cache_readahead+0x53/0xbc
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
make_ahead_window+0x5b/0x9a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
page_cache_readahead+0x85/0x15f
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
do_generic_mapping_read+0x3be/0x44b
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
__generic_file_aio_read+0xaa/0x1f6
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] file_read_actor+0x0/0xda
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] activate_task+0x59/0x68
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
generic_file_aio_read+0x3e/0x4f
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] do_sync_read+0xbf/0x11a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
futex_requeue+0x142/0x2cb
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] do_sync_read+0x0/0x11a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] vfs_read+0xa0/0x158
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] sys_read+0x41/0x6a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel: Code: 84 85 db 74 30 83 03 01 8b 04
24 89
44 ab 04 0f a3 ab 04 01 00 00 19 c0 85 c0
75 68 0f a3 ab 0c 01 00 00 19 c0 31 c9 85 c0 74 b1 <0f> 0b 14 01 5c c7
32 c0 eb a7 8b 0c 24 8b 54 24 08 89 4a 08
31
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  <0>BUG: rwlock cpu recursion on
CPU#0,
kswapd0/189, d82de710 (Tainted: PF)
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] _raw_write_lock+0x48/0x58
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] shrink_list+0x190/0x480
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
__pagevec_lru_add+0xab/0xba
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  []
__pagevec_release+0x15/0x1d
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] shrink_cache+0xe7/0x29a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] shrink_zone+0x88/0xd6
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] balance_pgdat+0x213/0x3d5
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  [] kswapd+0xcb/0x109
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  []
autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  [] kswapd+0x0/0x109
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  []
kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb
Jan  7 14:24:48 nelson lircd-0.8.0-CVS[6924]: removed client
Jan  7 14:24:49 nelson kernel: audit(:0): major=252 name_

Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA, intel8x0 and WriteAudio: buffer underrun

[Al McIntosh]

Michael T. Dean wrote:


Al McIntosh wrote:

I have an AMD Sempron 2800+, MSI nForce4 K8N Neo3 with onboard nVidia 
Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller. I have been experiencing 
problems with mythfronted freezing during playback of recorded shows. 
I have to kill it but it becames defunct.


I am using alsa 1.0.10 and myth 0.18.1

I believe it's the sound card because of the following mythfrontend 
output appears when the crash occurs:


006-01-07 14:27:19.240 prebuffering pause



Sure it's not an I/O issue?  Perhaps the buffer underrun on the audio 
was due to the lack of data caused by prebuffering pauses.  Were you 
playing HDTV?  Problem with your hard drives or network (if using a 
network filesystem or Myth streaming)?





Not HDTV. The files are all on the local filesystem, on a 3 or 4 month 
old Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK.


I have not seen any evidence of drive failure. Not to say this is not 
the culpret.

DMA is on.

Yesterday, on my mythfrontend/backend/filserver machine, mythfrontend 
froze at 00:23:46 of a recording. I killed the frontend, it became 
defunct. I started another frontend, seeked ahead to 00:23:46 and the 
second mythfrontend froze and became defunct also. I went to another PC 
and started mythfrontend, seeked ahead to 00:23:46 and mythfrontend 
froze and became defunct. From the second PC I tried to play the file 
directly using mplayer via nfs and mplayer froze at 00:23:46. I had to 
kill mplayer which became defunct. After a reboot, I managed to play the 
file straight through.




Not sure anyone can make sense of this call trace:
Call Trace:
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] add_to_page_cache+0x41/0x83
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] mpage_readpages+0xed/0x13e
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] ext3_get_block+0x0/0x90 [ext3]
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] rmqueue_bulk+0x74/0x7e
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] ext3_readpages+0x0/0x15 [ext3]
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] read_pages+0x2a/0xf7
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] ext3_get_block+0x0/0x90 [ext3]
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] __alloc_pages+0xe8/0x407
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] _spin_unlock_irq+0x5/0x7
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] 
__do_page_cache_readahead+0x140/0x145
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] 
blockable_page_cache_readahead+0x53/0xbc

Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] make_ahead_window+0x5b/0x9a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] page_cache_readahead+0x85/0x15f
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] 
do_generic_mapping_read+0x3be/0x44b
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] 
__generic_file_aio_read+0xaa/0x1f6

Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] file_read_actor+0x0/0xda
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] activate_task+0x59/0x68
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] generic_file_aio_read+0x3e/0x4f
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] do_sync_read+0xbf/0x11a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] futex_requeue+0x142/0x2cb
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] 
autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37

Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] do_sync_read+0x0/0x11a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] vfs_read+0xa0/0x158
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] sys_read+0x41/0x6a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel: Code: 84 85 db 74 30 83 03 01 8b 04 24 89 
44 ab 04 0f a3 ab 04 01 00 00 19 c0 85 c0
75 68 0f a3 ab 0c 01 00 00 19 c0 31 c9 85 c0 74 b1 <0f> 0b 14 01 5c c7 
32 c0 eb a7 8b 0c 24 8b 54 24 08 89 4a 08

31
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  <0>BUG: rwlock cpu recursion on CPU#0, 
kswapd0/189, d82de710 (Tainted: PF)

Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] _raw_write_lock+0x48/0x58
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] shrink_list+0x190/0x480
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] __pagevec_lru_add+0xab/0xba
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] __pagevec_release+0x15/0x1d
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] shrink_cache+0xe7/0x29a
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] shrink_zone+0x88/0xd6
Jan  7 14:24:03 nelson kernel:  [] balance_pgdat+0x213/0x3d5
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  [] kswapd+0xcb/0x109
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  [] 
autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37

Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  [] kswapd+0x0/0x109
Jan  7 14:24:04 nelson kernel:  [] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb
Jan  7 14:24:48 nelson lircd-0.8.0-CVS[6924]: removed client
Jan  7 14:24:49 nelson kernel: audit(:0): major=252 name_count=0: 
freeing multiple contexts (1)









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[mythtv-users] ALSA, intel8x0 and WriteAudio: buffer underrun

[Al McIntosh]

Hey,

I have an AMD Sempron 2800+, MSI nForce4 K8N Neo3 with onboard nVidia 
Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller. I have been experiencing 
problems with mythfronted freezing during playback of recorded shows. I 
have to kill it but it becames defunct.


I am using alsa 1.0.10 and myth 0.18.1

I believe it's the sound card because of the following mythfrontend 
output appears when the crash occurs:


006-01-07 14:27:19.240 prebuffering pause
2006-01-07 14:27:19.240 WriteAudio: buffer underrun
2006-01-07 14:27:22.487 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, 
waiting again...
2006-01-07 14:27:26.491 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, 
waiting again...
2006-01-07 14:27:30.495 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, 
waiting again...

2006-01-07 14:27:35.388 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause..
2006-01-07 14:27:36.392 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause..

Has anyone else experienced this? I'd appreciate suggestions.


artsd is not running(I'm not using KDE). 


General -> Audio -> ggressive sound card buffering turned off.

Playback -> General Playback -> Extra audio buffering  disabled.

I have the following in my ~/.asoundrc

pcm.!default {
   type hw
   card 0
   }

ctl.!default {
   type hw
   card 0
 }

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RE: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW

[Al McIntosh]

Keith C wrote:


On Dec 15, 2005, at 3:41 AM, Marius Schrecker wrote:

Dec 15 07:28:27 mythbox kernel: ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0  OVERFLOW 
#2:

Stealing a Buf
fer, 512 currently allocated



This means the client app is not pulling data fast enough from the  
driver buffer and you could loose some frames.  This has recently  
been noted as a problem with MythTV as the client and research is  
being done to determine a fix.  For me, I just added another stick of  
memory, but a real fix is probably in the works in the next week or so.


Keith C



More memory does not appear to help. Did anyone manage a fix for this?
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Re: [mythtv-users] Problems with IVTV in Ubuntu

[Al McIntosh]

This is new within the past couple of days May help.

http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Ubuntu





Kichigai Mentat wrote:


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Hi. I recently was attempting to install Ubuntu with MythTV, by  
following this guide: http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.html  
So far, I've managed to have no problem getting MythTV to work, but  
getting IVTV to work (IE the system doesn't seem to like talking to  
the card) has been another issue. I know this card works just fine,  
as I've had no problems getting it to work under a KnoppMyth set-up.  
Has anyone else had a problem with Ubuntu, or is it just me?


Thanks for all the help.

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-- A. E. Neuman


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Re: [mythtv-users] freeze when switch to record

[Al McIntosh]

Sounds like the either of the following will fix your issue.

mkdir -p /var/lib/mythtv/blahblah...

Did you enter a location in myth setup where recorded shows to end up on 
your filesystem?



Cyber Source wrote:


Hello All,
 I have this EXTREMELY annoying problem. I have an Avermedia M179 card 
using the ivtv modules. I can record fine if I do a "cat /dev/video0 > 
/tmp/somevid.mpg" but when I try to record in Myth the moment it 
starts to record the screen goes with all straight vertical lines and 
no sound. If I start the mythfronted from terminal, I can see that it 
is bitching about invalid file handle when opening 
/var/lib/mythtv/blahblah... and the name of the file is really long. 
Any ideas on this one?? TIA!



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Re: [mythtv-users] Overkill...

[Al McIntosh]

if you still want something really basic, the ivtv-encoder program in
combination with a crontab?

 



I used a similar set up for years pre-myth. My *record the simpsons 
every sunday at 8pm* would record some other show when the simpson's 
were not on or record repeats. During holidays I would comment out all 
the shows that were not airing to avoid recording reruns or who knows 
what. Then I would have to watch program listings to see when the shows 
were back on to uncomment the record jobs in cron. A great deal of 
effort. Sometimes a typical 30 min show will have a special 1 hour 
episode or 2 new 30 min episodes back to back and I would only get the 
first 30 min.


"Record at anytime on any channel" with "record new episodes only" 
resolved all this for me.



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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Waited too long for ringbuffer pause

[Al McIntosh]

mythfrontend log:
2006-01-01 15:30:51.482 Opening audio device 'default'.
2006-01-01 15:30:51.545 Using XV port 240
2006-01-01 15:30:51.801 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-01-01 15:30:51.808 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2006-01-01 15:30:51.981 Video timing method: RTC
2006-01-01 15:33:03.431 prebuffering pause
2006-01-01 15:33:06.472 Waited 4 seconds for data to become 
available, waiting again...
2006-01-01 15:33:10.476 Waited 4 seconds for data to become 
available, waiting again...

2006-01-01 15:33:12.280 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause..
2006-01-01 15:33:13.284 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause..
2006-01-01 15:33:14.288 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause..
2006-01-01 15:33:15.312 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause..





Is it safe to assume this issue is not audio related if mplayer can play 
an mp3  using alsa with virtually 0% CPU?





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Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting false match

[Al Mcintosh]

Although, one could argue that in many cases, recording a movie with 
the same title as the series is desired.  For example, "The X Files", 
"MASH" or any other spin-off movie...


Isn't it better to record too much rather than not enough?  You can 
always delete the show you don't watch.



I have to agree. Besides, I am constantly checking"upcoming recordings" 
so I simply hit never record if I don't want something.



Building a time machine to go back and get the one you missed is much 
more challenging...





Well, I am not going to get into the specifics right now as the details 
surrounding the patent are still unclear. I will mention the biggest 
problem will be powering the time machine as it requires a tremendous 
amount of power obtained from plutonium.  I would like to mention  I can 
definitly see a mythplugin for recording shows in the past. IE: Like the 
episode of Time tunnel when Tony and Doug had to escape from Krakatoia 
before it erupted!







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Re: [mythtv-users] Linux Newbie again... TwinView Configuration?

[Al Mcintosh]

Hello again,

I've done some playing around with TwinView in an effort to get my GF4 
to display on both the TV and monitor at the same time.  Although I've 
been able to get it configured as such, I've only been able to get the 
TV to stay at 800x600 resolution by keeping the monitor at 800x600 
also.  I'd really like the monitor to get to 1024x768 (at least), but 
whenever I make changes to the xorg.conf file to do this, the TV 
screen gets larger as well, effectively only allowing me to see a 
portion of the screen on the TV.


I understood the syntax to be:

Option  "MetaModes" "800x600, 800x600" where "number, number" is 
equal to monitor 1, monitor 2.


I would assume this would allow me to do something more like this:

Option  "MetaModes" "800x600, 800x600" "800x600, 1024x768"





I *believe* both modes have to match, so if you want 1024x768 you must 
use "1024x768, 1024x768" hence the term "Clone".



In section device I believe you would need:

  Option  "MetaModes" "640x480,640x480" "800x600, 800x600" 
"1024x768, 1024x768"


That way your Section "Screen"   Modes"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
would match.


It has been awhile since I have used TwinView



But that doesn't appear to be the case.  Could someone look at my 
attached xorg.conf and let me know their thoughts?


Thanks again,

o411, the linux newbie.



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Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting false match

[Al Mcintosh]

Nick wrote:


On 22/12/05, Allan McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 


I know the Titles are the same I was just commenting on the fact that
they are different as one is House Type "movie" Catagory Drama and one
House  type "Series" (SH688359) category Mystery.
   



What duplicate matching policy were you using?

 



Check for duplicates in: All recordings
Duplicate Check method: Subtitle and Description

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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Al Mcintosh]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
 


Hey,

   Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time 
of day displayed anywhere?
   



Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while 
watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be 
others, not sure).


 




I didn't notice current time in OSD while watching recordings. I'll have 
to double check.





Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock, 
but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be 
updated to include it on various screens, anyway.


-JAC
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Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Al Mcintosh]

You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to display 
the current time and map the script to a button on your remote.


mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)



This was my first impulse but thought I would check before reinventing 
the wheel. :)


I don't want to exit the show I am watching just to see the time. It 
would be nice to see it in the OSD info.





On 12/20/05, *David Ellis* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:


And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.

David

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<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Joseph A.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is
current time
> of day displayed anywhere?

Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while
watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be
others, not sure).

Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock,
but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be
updated to include it on various screens, anyway.

-JAC
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[mythtv-users] Current time of day?

[Al Mcintosh]

Hey,

   Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is current time 
of day displayed anywhere?


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Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom half of video blips

[Al Mcintosh]

I began to see this behaviour with the introduction of ivtv 0.4. I began 
to notice out of sync frames
This appears to be an issue with ivtv 0.4 from what I can tell. If 
anyone can help pinpoint what version this behviour was introduced that 
would help track down and fix the issue. Post your findings on the 
ivtv-devel list.


It appears that the behaviour only appears when encoding at a moderatly 
low resolution. Perhaps anything less than 720x480.


I see it consistently when encoding at  640x480 using DVD or MPEG-PS and 
6000-9000 vbr.



There is a thread on ivtv-devel regarding this issue, the following link 
also provides a video example and screen shot of what I was seeing.


http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-devel/2005-December/001432.html




M Smith wrote:

Using Gentoo and MythTV SVN both updated in October '05 with a PVR250 
and standard analog Comast Cable.


OK - I don't know the best way to describe this, but recently (within 
the past month) I am getting a 'random jump / skip / blip / pixelation 
/blur / whatever you want to call it' on the bottom half of the screen 
of my recordings.  It lasts less than a second and is only a visual 
annoyance (you don't really miss anything) and doesn't mess up the 
sound.  It occurs on all stations from what I can tell.  I don't watch 
a lot of live tv, but I haven't seen it so far through that.


I can't figure out what could be causing this.  I hadn't made any 
updates since this started occuring (at least that I can recall, 
unless this had been occuring since the update and my memory is shoddy).


Any ideas?  Thanks...
Matt

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Re: [mythtv-users] No data in mythweb program listings?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi Michael and Chris,

First of all, thanks very much to both of you for these suggestions!

Michael, when I try the query you suggested, I get:

| COUNT(*) |
+--+
|28794 |

Chris, the local URL you provided yields the following:

Last mythfilldatabase run started on 2005-10-31 07:14 and ended on 
2005-10-31 07:15. Successful.

There's guide data until 2005-11-14 03:12 (14 days).
DataDirect Status: Your subscription expires on 01/17/2006 09:04:02 PM

The only other things I can think to add are:
1.  I was initially experiencing severe slowness with mythweb when opening 
the channel listing.  After playing around, I was able to significantly 
improve performance by enabling output compression in php.ini.  I made that 
change about 3 days ago and all seemed to be well until last night, so I'm 
not sure whether it has any bearing.


2.  The mythlink.sh script is also not working, and it almost seems as if it 
is not getting data either.  When I run it, I get the following:


Done RM
Skipping /tv/2013_2005102615_20051026153000.nuv
Skipping /tv/2031_2005103001_20051030013000.nuv

That's all the info I have thus far.

Thanks again,

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Re: [mythtv-users] No data in mythweb program listings?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi Mike,

Unfortunately, it may be a day or two before I can ask someone to look at 
Mythfrontend.  If I could have checked it would have done it first thing. 
Is there any other way to verify the integrity of the data, or to just 
rebuild the database altogether that doesn't involve using mythfrontend?


Thanks,






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

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] No data in mythweb program listings?



Al Puzzuoli wrote:

I'm suddenly having an issue with mythweb where in all channels are 
showing "NO DATA".  According to the backend status, I should have guide 
data until 2005-11-14 03:12 (14 days).



Do you have listing in mythfrontend?  Direct evidence trumps indirect.

I've run mythfilldatabase several times and am getting the same results. 
My first thought was database corruption, but I ran mysqlcheck and didn't 
turn up any errors in mythconverg.



First figure out if there's /any/ data at all.

Mike
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[mythtv-users] No data in mythweb program listings?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi all,
 
I'm suddenly having an issue with mythweb where in 
all channels are showing "NO DATA".  According to the backend status, 
I should have guide data until 2005-11-14 03:12 (14 days).
I've run mythfilldatabase several times and am 
getting the same results.  My first thought was database corruption, but I 
ran mysqlcheck and didn't turn up any errors in mythconverg.
 
Any ideas as to where to go next would be 
appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
--Al
 
 
 

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Re: [mythtv-users] Alternative interface for playing recordings?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi guys,

Thanks so much for your advice!

It looks like I can definitely make this workable for the time being.

Unfortunately, I've run into a slight glitch with the mythlink.sh script.

I appear to be having a MySQL password related issue as I get the following 
output when I try to run it:


Done RM
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using 
password: NO)

Failed to make directory: /tv/pretty

If I ever defined a database password for root, I don't remember doing so.

Thoughts on how to fix this would be great.

Thanks again for your help,

--Al





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

To: "Discussion about mythtv" 
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Alternative interface for playing recordings?


On 29/10/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Nick wrote:

>On 29/10/05, Al Puzzuoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>I'm pretty sure there is a script available with MythTV (contribs
>directory?) that allows recordings to be named with more user-friendly
>names
>
mythlink.sh in 0.18 or mythrename.pl in SVN.


Cheers Mike!

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[mythtv-users] Alternative interface for playing recordings?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi,
 
just wondering whether there are any alternatives 
to using the KDE front end for browsing and playing recorded shows?
 
A little background as to why I'm 
asking:
I am a blind user, and have been a Linux enthusiast 
for years.  Those of us who can't see the screen are able to access 
information via screen reading software.  Currently, the most active 
projects in terms of screen reading on the Linux gui side are 
Gnopernicus:
http://www.baum.ro/gnopernicus_summary.html
and sun's Orca.  The problem right now is that 
at present, the aforementioned screen readers can only work with Gnome2/GTK2 
applications.  Accessibility support is in the works for KDE, and should 
happen with the implementation of QT4; However, I'm guessing it'll be a matter 
of a year or two before we end users start to reap the benefits of these 
developments.
 
if anyone is curious, more information about KDE 
accessibility is available at:
http://accessibility.kde.org/
 
A lot of us in the blindness community are 
extremely excited about these homebrew PVR solutions.  Until recently, PVRs 
have been closed systems with on screen menus and therefore basically useless to 
us.  To date, the best solution I know of is a hacked Tivo running 
Tivoweb.  The Tivoweb interface is very accessible.it allows scheduling of 
recordings but just as importantly, with the screen interface, we are able to 
browse and play those recordings back.
 
My experience so far with MythTV has been as 
follows:
I am able to use the box as if it were a TV.  
obviously, all basic functions, such as changing channels pausing, etc are 
available via the keyboard and/or the remote.
The program guide through Mythweb is extremely 
accessible, so scheduling shows is a snap.  however, I'm running into a 
wall when it comes to playing back those recordings.  From what I can 
deduce, the only way to do this conveniently appears to be via the 
frontend.  I see the .nuv files in my /video directory. I assume I 
could play the via the command line with mplayer, but due to the way they're 
named, I can't tell them apart.
 
Any pointers and/or thoughts would be greatly 
appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
--Al
 
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[mythtv-users] Mythweb listings painfully slow?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi all,
I am a newbie to Myth(TV) but finally have things 
up and running on a FC4 box.  The system is reasonably fast, an Intel 
2.5GHZ with 512 megs of ram.  However, when I attempt to access 
Mythweb from other machines on the network, the process of opening the channel 
listings on the main page is painfully slow.   I only have about 100 
channels in my lineup and I've never been patient enough to wait for the page to 
open completely.  I usually stop loading after about 5 minutes or so and by 
that time, I only get the first 15 or 20 channels.
As indicated, I'm new to Myth and Apache as well so 
am not sure where to begin troubleshooting.
 
Any thoughts would be much 
appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
--Al
 
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[mythtv-users] multiple lirc_serial instances

[Al Furman]

I have two serial IR blasters and two DirecTV receivers, which I want  
to control using the lirc serial driver.  Can someone suggest a  
strategy?  Can I run two instances of lirc_serial, how?


Thanks,
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Re: [mythtv-users] irw problems

[Al Furman]

That did it.  I created my own lircd.conf using irrecord and am good  
to go.  Thanks again.  -Al

On Jul 21, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Nick wrote:


On 7/21/05, Al Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Yes.  irrecord works as expected.  Thanks, -Al


On Jul 21, 2005, at 4:27 AM, Michael Jones wrote:
 Have you tried running irrecord?



Al,

I might suggest using irrecord to create a new temporary lircd.conf
file to use when testing irw. At least this way you are using a config
generated by your system 'as-it-is'. Record a few keys on the remote
and then restart lircd with the new config.

Also, when irw appears to not be working, check the status of the LIRC
daemon -> 'service lircd status' and make sure it reports it is OK.

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Re: [mythtv-users] irw problems

[Al Furman]

Yes.  irrecord works as expected.  Thanks, -AlOn Jul 21, 2005, at 4:27 AM, Michael Jones wrote: Have you tried running irrecord?From: Al Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:28:40 -0400 To: <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> Subject: [mythtv-users] irw problems  Thanks Nick.  lircd is running and is writable.  Any other thoughts?  I am perplexed.  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l /dev/lirc? crw---  1 root root 61, 0 Jul 16 22:45 /dev/lirc0 srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Jul 16 22:51 /dev/lircd  -Al   On Jul 19, 2005, at 3:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Message: 5 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:08:29 +1200 From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] irw problems To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"  irw watches /dev/lircd, which is not the same as /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0  to have a valid /dev/lircd you need to have the daemon running.   On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:11:42 -0400 Al Furman wrote:    I am building a myth box using Jarod's guide and have been stuck   getting lirc to work with the IR receiver from zapway.de. I can see signals from my remote using mode2 and when I cat /dev/lirc   or /dev/lirc0.  I see no signals when I run irw.  There are no   relevant errors in /var/log/messages or dmesg.  I have tested using   different remotes and lircd config files to no avail.  I am going to   try compiling lirc in debug mode next, but was wondering if anyone in   the group had any suggestions I may be missing.  Thanks    --  Nick Rout  ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://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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[mythtv-users] irw problems

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Thanks Nick.  lircd is running and is writable.  Any other thoughts?  I am perplexed.[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l /dev/lirc?crw---  1 root root 61, 0 Jul 16 22:45 /dev/lirc0srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Jul 16 22:51 /dev/lircd-AlOn Jul 19, 2005, at 3:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Message: 5Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:08:29 +1200From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] irw problemsTo: Discussion about mythtv Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"irw watches /dev/lircd, which is not the same as /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0to have a valid /dev/lircd you need to have the daemon running.On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:11:42 -0400Al Furman wrote: I am building a myth box using Jarod's guide and have been stuck  getting lirc to work with the IR receiver from zapway.de.I can see signals from my remote using mode2 and when I cat /dev/lirc  or /dev/lirc0.  I see no signals when I run irw.  There are no  relevant errors in /var/log/messages or dmesg.  I have tested using  different remotes and lircd config files to no avail.  I am going to  try compiling lirc in debug mode next, but was wondering if anyone in  the group had any suggestions I may be missing.Thanks -- Nick Rout___
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[mythtv-users] OT: Indoor OTA HDTV Antenna Recommendations

[al]

Can anyone recommend a good indoor OTA HDTV antenna?

According to antennaweb.org, I live ~6.2 miles from a bunch of OTA
stations (center city Philadelphia). I'm on the 10th floor of an
apartment building, so an outdoor antenna is not an option.

Are these Terk models any good?

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=terk+antenna+hdtv&pid=4694681141821754546

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[mythtv-users] irw problems

[Al Furman]

I am building a myth box using Jarod's guide and have been stuck  
getting lirc to work with the IR receiver from zapway.de.
I can see signals from my remote using mode2 and when I cat /dev/lirc  
or /dev/lirc0.  I see no signals when I run irw.  There are no  
relevant errors in /var/log/messages or dmesg.  I have tested using  
different remotes and lircd config files to no avail.  I am going to  
try compiling lirc in debug mode next, but was wondering if anyone in  
the group had any suggestions I may be missing.


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Re: [mythtv-users] MySQL errors, mysqld.sock

[al]

That's it! I've got MySQL running now. Thanks for the links. That site
is one of the best MySQL how-to's I've seen.

On 7/8/05, Marc Tousignant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found your error here
> http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/mysql-install.html
> In this case, you have incorrectly specified the path to mysql.sock in your
> home directory. Look at step 9 and fix your ~/.my.cnf file
> http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/mysql-install.html#step9
> 
> I'm running gentoo as well.
> Here is the relavant section of my /etc/mysql/my.cnf
> pid-file= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
> socket  = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
> log-error   = /var/log/mysql/mysqld.err
> 
> I checked my system and I do not have a /var/lib/mysqld folder which, unless
> you created one, I think your problem is. Mysql can not start because it can
> not create a file in a directory that does not exist.
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of al
> > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:53 PM
> > To: Aaron Stewart
> > Cc: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MySQL errors, mysqld.sock
> >
> > I've tried the logs too. Applicable info:
> >
> > [mysql.err]
> >
> > 050706 07:03:48  mysqld started
> > 050706  7:03:48 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: No such file
> > or directory
> > 050706  7:03:48 Do you already have another mysqld server running on
> > socket: /var/lib/mysqld/m$
> > 050706  7:03:48 Aborting
> >
> > 050706  7:03:48 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete
> >
> > 050706 07:03:48  mysqld ended
> >
> > 050707 18:57:11  mysqld started
> > 050707 18:57:12  mysqld ended
> >
> > [mysql.log] - nothing
> >
> > [mysqld.err]
> >
> > 050706  6:57:05 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete
> >
> > InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist:
> > InnoDB: a new database to be created!
> > 050707 18:57:11  InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 10 MB
> > InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
> > 050707 18:57:11  InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be
> > created
> > InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile0 size to 5 MB
> > InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
> > 050707 18:57:11  InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be
> > created
> > InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 5 MB
> > InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
> > InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
> > InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
> > InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables
> > InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created
> > 050707 18:57:12  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
> > 050707 18:57:12 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables:
> > Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist
> >
> > On 7/7/05, Aaron Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Look in /var/log/mysql/* and see if that points to problems.
> > >
> > > I've had a similar issue, but it was one of those things I just blew
> > > through without thinking about what it was, so I'm crossing my fingers
> > > that it's something simple.
> > >
> > > -=Aaron
> > >
> > > al wrote:
> > >
> > > >Long time reader, first time poster.
> > > >
> > > >Problem: MySQL no longer connects to the mysqld server.
> > > >
> > > >History: I setup a Knoppmyth frontend/backend system (see specs in
> > > >sig, rather vanilla setup) about a year ago. Recently I started over
> > > >from scratch on Gentoo to learn more about the system.
> > > >
> > > >After installing everything, I had a working MythTV frontend/backend
> > > >system. However, it took me a few weeks to get the IR blaster working.
> > > >The first time I tried MythTV after fixing the IR blaster, mythbackend
> > > >failed. I traced the problem back to MySQL. I could no longer connect
> > > >to the mysqld server or databases.
> > > >
> > > >I've read up on MySQL troubleshooting but have not found success with
> > > >the common suggestions. I have verified all permissions on the
> > > >applicable directories (/var/lib/mysql, /var/run/mysqld, etc). I have
> > > >a "mysql" user and "mysql" group. I do n

Re: [mythtv-users] MySQL errors, mysqld.sock

[al]

I've tried the logs too. Applicable info:

[mysql.err]

050706 07:03:48  mysqld started
050706  7:03:48 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: No such file
or directory
050706  7:03:48 Do you already have another mysqld server running on
socket: /var/lib/mysqld/m$
050706  7:03:48 Aborting

050706  7:03:48 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete

050706 07:03:48  mysqld ended

050707 18:57:11  mysqld started
050707 18:57:12  mysqld ended

[mysql.log] - nothing

[mysqld.err]

050706  6:57:05 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete

InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
050707 18:57:11  InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
050707 18:57:11  InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile0 size to 5 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
050707 18:57:11  InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 5 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables
InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created
050707 18:57:12  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
050707 18:57:12 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables:
Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist

On 7/7/05, Aaron Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Look in /var/log/mysql/* and see if that points to problems.
> 
> I've had a similar issue, but it was one of those things I just blew
> through without thinking about what it was, so I'm crossing my fingers
> that it's something simple.
> 
> -=Aaron
> 
> al wrote:
> 
> >Long time reader, first time poster.
> >
> >Problem: MySQL no longer connects to the mysqld server.
> >
> >History: I setup a Knoppmyth frontend/backend system (see specs in
> >sig, rather vanilla setup) about a year ago. Recently I started over
> >from scratch on Gentoo to learn more about the system.
> >
> >After installing everything, I had a working MythTV frontend/backend
> >system. However, it took me a few weeks to get the IR blaster working.
> >The first time I tried MythTV after fixing the IR blaster, mythbackend
> >failed. I traced the problem back to MySQL. I could no longer connect
> >to the mysqld server or databases.
> >
> >I've read up on MySQL troubleshooting but have not found success with
> >the common suggestions. I have verified all permissions on the
> >applicable directories (/var/lib/mysql, /var/run/mysqld, etc). I have
> >a "mysql" user and "mysql" group. I do not have a mysqld.sock, which I
> >understand is created upon running the server. I can't create it. I
> >have verified that the mysqld.sock is not in /tmp. I've tried
> >unmerging/ re-emerging MySQL several times, even upgrading to MySQL
> >4.1.12.
> >
> >here is some applicable info about my problem:
> >
> ># mysqladmin -u root password new-password
> >mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> >error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> >'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
> >Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> >'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
> >
> ># ps aux | grep mysqld
> >root 28316  0.0  0.1   1484   436 pts/0R+   19:03   0:00 grep mysqld
> >
> ># mysqld_safe
> >Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> >STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
> >050707 18:57:12  mysqld ended
> >
> >Can anyone help me? Since this is a new installation, I have no
> >database to save. I can destroy/create new databases as needed.
> >
> >TIA,
> >-Al
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[mythtv-users] MySQL errors, mysqld.sock

[al]

Long time reader, first time poster.

Problem: MySQL no longer connects to the mysqld server.

History: I setup a Knoppmyth frontend/backend system (see specs in
sig, rather vanilla setup) about a year ago. Recently I started over
from scratch on Gentoo to learn more about the system.

After installing everything, I had a working MythTV frontend/backend
system. However, it took me a few weeks to get the IR blaster working.
The first time I tried MythTV after fixing the IR blaster, mythbackend
failed. I traced the problem back to MySQL. I could no longer connect
to the mysqld server or databases.

I've read up on MySQL troubleshooting but have not found success with
the common suggestions. I have verified all permissions on the
applicable directories (/var/lib/mysql, /var/run/mysqld, etc). I have
a "mysql" user and "mysql" group. I do not have a mysqld.sock, which I
understand is created upon running the server. I can't create it. I
have verified that the mysqld.sock is not in /tmp. I've tried
unmerging/ re-emerging MySQL several times, even upgrading to MySQL
4.1.12.

here is some applicable info about my problem:

# mysqladmin -u root password new-password
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!

# ps aux | grep mysqld
root 28316  0.0  0.1   1484   436 pts/0R+   19:03   0:00 grep mysqld

# mysqld_safe
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
050707 18:57:12  mysqld ended

Can anyone help me? Since this is a new installation, I have no
database to save. I can destroy/create new databases as needed.

TIA,
-Al
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Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb - dropdown date and time not working in .18

[Al Faller]

>> I just recently installed .18 on my debian sarge machine using the
>> provided debs.  Everything works perfectly, except for the dropdown date
>> and time within mythweb.  The correct dates and times appear, but after
>> selecting they do not submit.  I have tested this on both IE and Firefox
>> on multiple machines.
>
> which page(s)?

The main/first listing page.

>
>> I am getting a "Error: get_element is not defined" error in my firefox
>> javascript console as well as "Error: popup is not defined".
>
> Do you have js/utils.js?  I rearranged a bunch of the js stuff in .18,
> maybe the new directory got missed.

Nope.

/var/www/mythweb# find . -name utils.js
/var/www/mythweb#

I did a fresh install - (removed all myth packages and installed the new
.18 ones).  Maybe others aren't having this issue because they had a
version still there from .17 or older?


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[mythtv-users] mythweb - dropdown date and time not working in .18

[Al Faller]

I just recently installed .18 on my debian sarge machine using the
provided debs.  Everything works perfectly, except for the dropdown date
and time within mythweb.  The correct dates and times appear, but after
selecting they do not submit.  I have tested this on both IE and Firefox
on multiple machines.

I am getting a "Error: get_element is not defined" error in my firefox
javascript console as well as "Error: popup is not defined".

Anyone have any ideas?  Anyone using the .18 debs for myth and mythweb and
tested this function?

Appologize if this was already addressed - couldn't find it if it was.

Thanks -

Al

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[mythtv-users] Timezone off by 1 hour

[Al Faller]

I see some talk about timezones being off and it being related to QT
3.3.4.  I recently updated my packages on my debian box and started
noticing this.  I tried to install the older qt packages for debian, but I
couldn't find them.  Anyone have them, or now of a good quick fix?

THanks -

Al

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[mythtv-users] PVR-150 not recording the entire screen

[Al Faller]

Hi all -

Just this weekend I upgraded from an analog haupphauge card to a PVR-150.
It *almost* works fine.  It appears to be recording at something slightly
larger than 720x480, as even 720x480 appears to be missing a few lines
(not enough to really complain about).  Ideally I would like to work at
480x480, but this is even worse when it comes to chopping the recording.

I am using the ivtv-0.2.0-rc3j drivers (which contain the pvr-150
backport) on a debian sarge machine running 2.6.11.  I'm in the USA, so
NTSC is the format I am working in.  I switched to the recommended
firmware from ivtv, but still the same results.

I see the following output in dmesg which pops up every time I try to
record something:

cx25840: Decoder set size 720x480 (from 720x487) -> scale  0x65529, filter
0

So, I am guessing that it really isn't downshifting from the 720x487 it
claims to be using (although ivtvctl never says that value - it says the
one I last used).  I see the same 720x487 when attempting to have myth use
480x480 to record in.  This occurs in both live and recorded shows.

I also tested it via the simple "cat /dev/video > file.mpg" test, and even
after forcing it to 480x480 with ivtvctl, it still chops the screen.  its
hard to tell if it was chopping the screen at 720x480 because it is only a
few lines.

Has anyone successfully made the pvr-150 work properly with mythtv for
NTSC?  Any recommendations on what to try (maybe the newer ivtv drivers?).

I appreciate in advance any help!  Also, thats for such a great piece of
software.  I absolutely love playing with all this stuff.

Al

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[mythtv-users] myth music database fill

[Al Faller]

Hi,

I looked through the archives and didn't find a similar issue - but I
appologize if this is a duplicate.  I have a substancial number of mp3s
that are on my myth box.  When I have mythtv scan my music for changes, it
only gets about 3/4 of the way through then chokes.  It would appear maybe
their is a database setting which is restricting the number of items in
the music db?  Has anyone seen this before?  What kinds of info can I
provide to figure this one out?

Pentium 3 - 1 Gigahertz
256 mb ram
~35,000 mp3s

Thanks!

Al


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