Re: [mythtv-users] kworld tv878rf card - can't see chanels and can't get remote working FC3
> On 5/13/05, Bill Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Lance Grover wrote: >> >> >Hello all, >> >I know this is a low end card, but thats what happens when you >> >are living on a budget and just trying out MythTV. I have a kworld >> >tv878rf card and I can't get any channels to work on it, either for >> >cable or for broadcast and I am wondering if anyone has one or got one >> >working and if they can give me any help. I also can't seem to get >> >the remote working, I know the remote will work because I set it up in >> >a windblows box and the remote worked. Any help would be apreciated, >> >and I have done my research, I even found someone who has used one in >> >the past but couldn't remember anything about it. >> > >> > >> > >> I have the same card, the relavent lines from the modprobe.conf that >> works for me (in the US): >> >> alias char-major-61 lirc_gpio >> alias char-major-81 bttv >> options bttv card=78 tuner=2 >> >> > > > I am now having issues with getting the sound to work with my capture > card, (kworld tv878rf). I have made a .asoundrc file and played with > the different configuration options in mythtv-setup and > mythtvfrontend. I have also tried to get oss emulation working. I am > running FC3. I can get aplay to play files and I can play dvds and > cds but no sound from my card, I can get sound from the card if I use > tvtime program but not mythtv. > > Thanks so much, > > > -- > Thanks, > > Lance Grover > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > How are you trying to capture the sound. I have flyleads going from the audio out ports on my cards into the line in on sound cards, and then have setup alsamixer to capture the line-ins with mute on. I assume that you have the sound card(s) working and can play audio ok. cheers Gary ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] kworld tv878rf card - can't see chanels and can't get remote working FC3
> Hello all, > I know this is a low end card, but thats what happens when you > are living on a budget and just trying out MythTV. I have a kworld > tv878rf card and I can't get any channels to work on it, either for > cable or for broadcast and I am wondering if anyone has one or got one > working and if they can give me any help. I also can't seem to get > the remote working, I know the remote will work because I set it up in > a windblows box and the remote worked. Any help would be apreciated, > and I have done my research, I even found someone who has used one in > the past but couldn't remember anything about it. > > -- > Thanks, > > Lance Grover I'm running 2 Jetway 878 cards, which I think are the same as the Kworld cards. Try the bttv driver with option card=78. I think that the tuenr option is 5 but I'm a) not sure, and b) I'm in the UK and on PAL so the number would probably be different anyway. I tried and failed miserably to get any sense out of the IR, either with the bundled receiver or using the remote with a working sir IR reciver coupled to the motherboard. Gary ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] S-video & widescreen - both in and out
> David wrote: >> I don't think you can. >> from : >> http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/pages/cvp_info_widescreen_explained.htm >> "Its a common misconception that there are more pixels in a recorded >> 16:9 SD image than a 4:3 one because in reality all PAL D:1 images are >> actually 720x576 pixels, its just that a true 16:9 image is >> anamorphically squeezed into 720x576 pixels " >> >> So a TV signal (again, AFAIK) only contains 720x576 pixels. >> A widescreen TV signal has the same number of pixels but each pixel is a >> different shape (in fact, for anamorphic, they're not even the same >> shape as each other - I *think* anamorphic is not relevant here) >> >> So (again AFAIK) there's no point in messing about with resolutions - >> the card will essentially scale to 720x576 anyway. >> >> This all changes for 16:9 projector (and probably 16:9 plasma/lcd >> screens and HDTV) where there are a different number of pixels. >> >> My projector actually has 856x480 (square) pixels (the US is a big >> market so I get stuck with NTSC height ) so in my case the >> applications can just scale the video and it all looks fine! >> (This is just by way of giving you a decent argument to give to the wife >> to buy a projector ) >> > Same here. Actually I find I get a much higher video quality by > outputting 720x576 and letting the Plasma do the scaling instead. It > seems the scaling algorithms in my video chipset (VIA) aren't a match > for JVC's! > > -- > Ivor > http://www.ivor.it > I'm in the UK, and think I've managed it. I initally had it where Mth was set to 4:3 and everything looked ok, but changing to 16:9 via the W dropped everything into a 2 inch high letterbox I'm recording from sky via svideo into an analogue card which captures at 576x288. I setup the displaysize parameter up in my XFConfig, had to fiddle with the numbers to get the fonts and everything to scale correctly, halfed them if my memory serves me right. I then forced the aspect ratio in playback settings to be 16:9, and everything now appears to be OK on playback. The W key now cycles through ok. The recordings still report 4:3 in Nuvexport, but I've cobbled the ffmpeg dvd export routine to include the -aspect option to force to the output to 16:9 otherwise the exported recordings are squashed into 4:3. Hope this is of some help. gary ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] problem exporting recordings to Divx for portable
I've recently bought an Archos Gmini 400, which looks as if it will be a great complement to my mythtv system. However, I'm having problems with audio syncronisation with files exported to divx using Nuvexport. The Audio is ahead of the video by a second or 2 if I play the file in Winamp, or on the archos itself. The file plays absolutely fine in Windows Media Player, or Mplayer. I have tried various settings including the Nuvexport defaults for divx, and some settings recommended in a previous post (cif format I recall) I'd really like to use Nuvexport as I want to use cutlists to remove the rubbish. Nuvexport is exporting to DVD quite happily these days, and quickly, and I don't want to break that. BTW nuvexport is using ffmpeg. I have also found a script on www.gmini400.com which exports using mencoder and transcode, but at the moment that just garbles the video. I have been trying to get nuv2avi to compile, and have noted the comments about including the path to lame.h in the makefile, but I'm in stupid mode at the moment, as I cannot get it to compile, but Nuvexport would be the preferred option. I think that ffmpeg may be exporting the audio using VBR, where as the archos wants a constant bit rate, but I cannot find an option to force ffmpeg. Thanks in advance for any ideas and assistance. Gary ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
