Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV.org OFFLINE or too much traffic
Mardin wrote: Hi folks :-) Are there any problems connecting to homepage of mythtv..org? Works fine as of right now. The main site may have been slashdotted for awhile. Quite a few postings in there with (mis)information all over the board. I expect there will be an influx of people trying out Myth now that it isn't so 'underground'. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] DVI, LCDs and HDCP
Joe Barnhart wrote: --- Dennis Oelkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I asked a Samsung employee (they are consulting customers in big electronic retailers), and he told me what I did not want to hear, that the panel will only display something, if there is HDCP spoken on the DVI port Wow. Thanks for alerting us to this fatal flaw of Samsung TV sets. They had been on my "short list" of TVs to look at when I replace my Pioneer RPTV but this drops Samsung off my "approved" list. I'll verify this behavior when I see my Samsung rep next week. As far as recommendations on plasmas go, my top pick is the Fujitsu family. Many people knock 'em because of the cost and lack of onboard tuners and gadgets but in reality, this a plus. No fancy tuners, PIP, phantom surround widgets, etcetera means more money going into the quality of the panel and the comprehensive yet simplistic input switching section. No money wasted on crap I'll never integrate because it is redundant. And the panel quality is there. It's no secret in my industry that these are the finest, most reliable mass produced panels available. Anybody recall who brought plasma panels to us in the first place? Fujitsu also leads the industry (understatement) in manufacturing advances of panels. The motion processing in the 30 and 40 series is very effective, too. Fortunately for you folks, Fujitsu just lowered SRP on these. Unfortunately for me, they didn't drop dealer cost worth a darn. HTH ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Looking to upgrade myth setup and need advice.
Crews, Richie wrote: I am looking to go dual tuners on my mythtv box and have a few questions maybe someone who has gone through this can hammer out for me. In my current box (which is my backend/frontend) I have a PVR-350 and I am using the remote… I want to pull out the PVR-350 since I do not use the TV out function (Don’t know why I bough that card then...) and replace it with two 250MCEs or two PVR150s. I do use Cable boxes and my current cable box uses S-Video in on the PVR to capture the video and of course L/R audio in to capture the audio. I was considering MCEs since they L/R audio RCAs are normal and no need for a converter or anything goofy like that. However the MCEs do not have remotes… so I was going to get a new remote that will either work with Serial or USB (I would love USB!) but it can not be RF since I use a Pronto PRO and use it for my Home theater setup. Can anyone here make any suggestions or anything to help me ease my mind? i would keep the pvr-350. it has a perfectly usable IR receiver. add another 150 or 250 for the second tuner, and learn your Hauppagge remote into the Pronto. unless i'm misunderstanding your end goal, this seems to be the path of least resistance. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see that Jarod recommends the Radio Shack 15-2116: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php Anybody else have a favorite universal remote? CNET has a roundup here (updated 7/04): http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7900_7-5114325.html The two editor's picks are quite a bit more than the Radio Shack remote. Any tips on selecting a universal remote? I'm just getting started and have just looked at the $10 ones at Circuit City (which looked like junk). I'm also using the Radio Shack 15-2116. It has enough logically laid out buttons and funtionality to do everything I wanted. One nice thing about this remote is that it has JP1 capability. JP1 is an interface on the remote that allows for remote programming and backup via a parallel port, Windows app and special cable. You can get similar functionality in the really fancy remotes, but IMHO, its not worth the price premium. Plus, the 15-2116 doesn't scare away the wife =) The Radio Shack remotes are extremely capable devices and work really well into any budget. I repeat: these work exceptionally well with MythTV and beyond. However, the next step up from the JP1-style programmable remotes are the RTI's, Universal Remote Control's and Philips' products. There are others worthy of mention but they can all be examined at Remote Central's fairly honest reviews and extremely helpful forums. I choose these because they can be also be easily integrated into custom routed-IR designs. http://www.remotecentral.com/ My personal preference for a one-handed hardbutton, PC programmable, IR/RF-addressable are the URC's. MX-800 with the RF base included if you can still get em, MX-850's are shipping receiver optional with improved navpad and packaging. Wife acceptance factor is extremely high with these and the regularily updated database of IR codes is massive. Any serious RF performance flaws that were encountered last year were quickly addressed with the ver 3.0 RF base. They even let us RMA swap every unit we had previously installed. On the flash-n-showy side are the touchscreen remotes. We do our fair share of Pronto's and they can really let the programmer express some creativity, but here are the drawbacks that make us lean toward URC's: two-handed operation is bad for power surfers, the backlighting usually lights up the whole room, the user interface requires looking at the darn thing to use it, programming and screen design can become a massive time sink, and a historically poor WAF. That said, Prontos let you design greyscale or color touch screens and program linear macros to fire off IR commands either learned or downloaded. Pro's: there are boatloads of other peoples' configuration files shared on the net. We are just about to start a full-on dedicated theatre for a very tech-capable client and will be incorporating a URC MX-3000 touchscreen unit for the first time. It has had tremendous positive feedback and users are now contributing templates, configurations and more advanced widgets like a DVD-changer manager with IMDB lookup. I can sell RTI but choose not to because I have my hands full with URC, Philips, Xantech, Russound, Escient, ad nauseum. RTI has a very happy and loyal following of users and plenty of shared configurations as well. Note: they maintain very strict control of their software distribution. RTI product should be purchased through an appropriate dealer. As always, if you buy through the internet, expect internet-style service and support. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Infrared Tips n' Tricks (was: Foxtel Digital...)
mythmail requested: but i'd like to know what tools/code you used to get the IR codes into a lirc format. i have a sony clie that i can use to "learn" remote codes, but haven't found an easy (read: lazy) way to convert those codes into something i can use >in a lircd.conf file. anything you could send along to the list would be muchly appreciated! some of the links below will lead you to some utilities which may or may not do the proper conversions for you (ir.exe, Global Cache, keymapper.xls). so, this is not the "lazy" response you were looking for, rather, the tools you might use to help solve your problem. In the original thread, Daniel states: There are several tools about that will extract the IR codes as hex strings, and finally this morning I looked through some code that is supposed to send these IR codes via a special interface attached to a PocketPC device maybe you could share that code or it's origins with the list seeing as we correspond via a "push" versus "pull" medium. now, onto some more detailed info about higher-end control systems. much like JP1-style remotes, there exist other devices to automate your environment. RTI, Universal Remote Control's HTM and Complete Control line, Philips Prontos/iPronto, and a number of others make computer programmable remotes with tremendous capacities for devices, macros and custom screen designs. contributors within each of these communities have graciously shared their configurations at a site called Remote Central. out of all of these, the Philips configuration software allows easy access to formatted IR hex and we - professional A/V systems integrators - use these tools and shared configurations constantly, sometimes daily. if you'd like to attempt to re-use the existing work done by the Phillips Pronto community, here's a little to get you started... the ProntoPro Edit software (and the newer, seperate packages for Pronto Pro NG's and iProntos) can be used to get to the pronto-formatted IR hex code. the windows packages can be downloaded from the Phillips website (simple reg required) and used in combination with Remote Central's files archive to get hard-to-capture - or even better, discrete codes unavailable from the original remote - into non-Phillips control systems and their software tools. in ProntPro Edit you'll only be concerned with opening the properties of a learned/programmed button and it will display the hex code in the properties window. what you do with the pronto-formatted hex is an exercise left to the reader. my particular setup (Univ. Remote Control MX-850 -> MCEUSB receiver -> lircd) required little to no effort on my part to configure. my old-school MCEUSB reciever is fully supported by lircd so i can't tell you off-hand if a conversion would be necessary to go from pronto hex to lircrc. when i have the time to dive further in, i'll document a process and post it. another method to obtain IR hex would be to use a Global Cache IR Learner and their very simple yet handy software available on the website. squirt some IR into the device, the software cranks out the IR code, both raw and pronto-style. seeing as i use the GC-IRL, i don't know if their software will work with a homebrew IR -> RS-232 receiver but i'd be very interest to know the results if anyone with a windows box tries. to learn more about the wonderful world of IR, try some of the following links... lircd (all Myth users really should get to know this site): http://www.lirc.org/ lircd.conf Explained: http://winlirc.sourceforge.net/technicaldetails.html Homebrew IR Receivers: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html http://usbirboy.sourceforge.net/ http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~tmccoy/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=26 Glossary: http://www.remotecentral.com/features/glossary1.htm Device and System Files (stick to the Pronto, -Pro, and -NG sections): http://www.remotecentral.com/files/index.html Interpreting Pronto Hex Codes: http://www.hifi-remote.com/infrared/IR-PWM.shtml Code Learning Tricks: http://www.remotecentral.com/features/irtips.htm Global Cache IR Learner http://www.globalcache.com/products/ir-index.html#GCIRL JP1 Explained (One-4-All and various Radio Shack remotes): http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/index.shtml hope this helps anyone getting started with lircd and remotes. if anyone is interested in using Myth with high-end universal remotes or control systems for use with a media room, dedicated theatre or multi-room A/V i'll be happy to offer any guidance. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
