[mythtv-users] PVR-150 Problem, I think
I am running (or trying to) MythTV on the Fedora Core using a PVR-150. I have validated that if I CAT /dev/video0 testfile.mpeg it is recroding tv. However when I try to configure the Source, I make it a PVR-250/350 Card (x50 isnt listed in the newest one from the Fedora Core doc (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php) It cant seem to find the card when I try to watch TV. All my configurations look right, have any of you seen a similar issue? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] streaming to windows (directly through myth)
I get errors with mythname.pl I can not find a mythname.sh or a mythlink.sh on the knopix release. Mythname.pl give the following error; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/myth/output# mythname.pl --host=192.168.11.105 /myth/ output/ DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'and starttime='' and endtime=''' at line 2 at /usr/local/bin/mythname.pl line 84. Could not execute (select title, subtitle, chanid, starttime, endtime from recorded where chanid= and starttime='' and endtime='') [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/myth/output# On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote: On 01/23/2006 03:25 PM, Tom Lichti wrote: Dave Jones wrote: I have no problems opening the .nuv files when I mount the TV recording with Samba. (I.E., I installed samba on my mythbackend box, then mount the TV directory on my Windows computer, and open the files using VLC.) The filenames are pretty cryptic, but if you see what you want to watch in mythweb, you can mouse over the link, look at the filename, and then open that one in VLC. You could do what I do, use mythrename.pl (if using SVN) or mythname.sh (I think) with 0.18 mythlink.sh with 0.18 ;) Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] streaming to windows (directly through myth)
any chance you could post the script you are using? can not find one that works on my distro. On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Tom Lichti wrote: Dave Jones wrote: I have no problems opening the .nuv files when I mount the TV recording with Samba. (I.E., I installed samba on my mythbackend box, then mount the TV directory on my Windows computer, and open the files using VLC.) The filenames are pretty cryptic, but if you see what you want to watch in mythweb, you can mouse over the link, look at the filename, and then open that one in VLC. You could do what I do, use mythrename.pl (if using SVN) or mythname.sh (I think) with 0.18 (you may have to hunt around for it) and make pretty symlinks for everything. I've recently modified mythrename to create sub directories by title, so with a cron job I get a directory that looks like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/bin# ls -l /myth/tv/shows/ Auto_Racing Corner_Gas Honda_Test_Drive Just_Ask_Jon_EakesRescue_Me CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation Drag_Racing Honda_at_Speed Law__Order:_Criminal_Intent Rick_Mercer_Report Canada's_Worst_Driver Honda_Civic_Launch How_It's_Made Monster_GarageWorld_Poker_Tour And in say the Auto_Racing directory I have: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/bin# ls /myth/tv/shows/Auto_Racing/ 2005-11-26 SCCA Runoffs- GT Lite.mpg 2006-01-04 British Touring Car Championship Series.mpg 2005-11-27 SCCA Runoffs- G Production.mpg 2006-01-11 British Touring Car Championship Series.mpg 2005-12-02 SCCA Runoffs- Sports 2000.mpg 2006-01-18 British Touring Car Championship Series.mpg 2006-01-01 SCCA Runoffs- Grand Touring 2.mpg 2006-01-18 German Touring Car Series.mpg I share /myth/tv/shows via Samba, and then anything that mounts it has a nice, easy to read list of what's available. I have cron run it at 3 and 33 past the hour, so it's reasonably up to date. You could run it every 5 minutes, if needed, it's not cpu intensive. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mythbackend Server Consideration
I have a current server that was previously my Windoze desktop for the BE-only that periodically crashes (whole server not Myth) that I have been troubleshooting for months. I've replaced literally every component and ran every memory and burn-in test I can find and still have crashes that vary from weekly to monthly with no pattern I have been able to recognize. At this point I'm starting to think I just have combination of cheap components that are causing the crashes. I have an old Dell server with 512MB RAM, dual 450Mhz CPUs and about 30 GB of SCSI HW RAID5 disk. I'm thinking of installing to the SCSI RAID5 and then adding IDE drives for storage (maybe with HW RAID) and making this the BE. My thinking is this box has higher quality parts so my instability should go away. I would put in my2 PVR150s andHD3000. Does this sound reasonable? I assume the CPUs will be fine for recording, but slow to commercial flag and the occasional transcoding I do. Thoughts? Thanks, Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How to KEEP mythtv running when user exits
Jarod's how-to under Tips and Tricks Make Myth more Wife friendly (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php) has a technique to make a button the remote restart the frontend. - Todd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:16 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mythtv-users] How to KEEP mythtv running when user exits Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:50:07 -0800 From: John Biundo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all. I've got mythtv starting up automatically upon boot (by running mythfrontend in user mythtv's .xsession). No problem there. But when my wife/kids exit from the top menu by mistake (one too many exit button presses) they're left at the befuddling command prompt. After futzing with inittab to try to get this working, and googling around along a bunch of wild goose chases, I'm throwing my hands up and beseeching the gurus how to do this. If I understand you correctly, you might try putting something like this in mythtv's .xsession: while [ 1 ] do mythfrontend done That way, if the frontend exits for any reason, it'll instantly restart itself. (It -also- means you can't log out of mythtv on the X display directly; you'd have to kill the process running the while loop, or one of its parents, to actually kill the frontend; presumably you'd do this by ssh'ing in from somewhere else---note that a cleaner way would be to make the loop check for the existence of some file, and then just delete the file (again, from somewhere else) and -then- exiting the frontend won't cause it to respawn.) I did this when I was repeatedly restarting the frontend to get various overscan/positioning parameters set correctly (via trial and error), and it was so useful I just left it in place. ___ 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] Barebones Systems - Opinions on the Pundit
Not sure about that model, but I'm happy with my Pundit-AB except that the SPDIF output is on the front panel. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Barebones Systems - Opinions on the Pundit Thanks for the feedback. Did you have any trouble setting up the ATI video card under Linux? I'm just curious because I heard mix reviews. Thanks PS What is a slave backend? Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 09:26 -0500, Philip Isaacs wrote: I have my eye on the ASUS Pundit-R350. I've got one of those. It works great as a frontend and occasional slave backend (it's got a PVR-150 in it which is mainly only used for watching live TV and for the rare occasions when I record three shows at once, and the IR receiver also works well with mythfrontend). I use a 2.4Ghz Celeron (cheap, less than $80). This all works quite well as a non-HD frontend. --Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Philip Isaacs Academic Computing Multimedia Developer Wesleyan University 553 Exeley Science Center Middletown, CT 06459 860-685-2754 http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu ___ 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] Tivo Remote Frequency??
Does anyone know what frequency the Tivo remote works at? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Newbie's Hardware any problems?
I was thinking of staying away from WD cause they were noisy in my Tivo. I was reading somewhere that Maxtor had some utility that I could use to lower he RPM's when the drive was not under heavy use. I have no problems with Seagate. And as for the memory, 512 GB is the latest trend. 512 MB is Childs play. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Adeff Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:33 AM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie's Hardware any problems? On Friday 23 December 2005 20:05, John Andersen wrote: On 12/23/05, Dewey Smolka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All things considered I'd probably go first for WD or Seagate, second for Maxtor. I can't recommend Samsung. Well, nowdays (or very soon) Maxtor will BE Seagate... I've also had really good luck with the Ex-IBM Hitachi drives even tho there was a period where many people reported problems with them. I've never had one fail and I use them in production servers a lot. The first WD I put in this MythBox of mine was bad out of the box, and Its replacement has been solid. bathtub curve, its normal, its why I always stress test all new harddrives I have before relying on them. My friend just bought two ~200gig seagate drives for a raid 1 array in his new computer. One died early, the other going strong. I've had excellent luck with WD's so far, running 5 in various systems. no infant death syndromes luckily, and they've all been running great. Great price t'boot. I have a few older Maxtor's, one IDS'd got it RMA'd and the new one is solid, the other two have been great. Granted, one is a 18GB SCSI U160 Atlas 10K-III(man I love that drive). I've got no Seagate IDE's but I have a 70G SCSI seagate thats ~5yo thats been great, I do all my video editing off of it, and I'm getting it a sister off my friend, might have to raid them... If At all possible I like to have two drives, one for the OS, and one for Myth and the database. That way you can reformat with less hassle. I have similar, one for the OS and db, one for Myth recordings, 4 or 5 or however many I have now for archived/downloaded recordings. Use partitions for each important directory and make your life easy when doing upgrades/etc. -- steve ___ 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] zap2it password
Assuming you only have one video source, here's a quick way. Run mysql as root (mysql -u root -p). After giving it your password, give it the following command at the 'mysql' prompt: update mythconverg.videosource set password = 'new_password'; This updates all of your video sources (a moot point, if there's only one). If you have more than one, you can do the following. At the 'mysql' prompt, type select sourceid,name from videosource; and make note of the sourceid for the source you want to change. Then, type update mythconverg.videosource set password = 'new_password' where sourceid = X; where 'X' is the number of the sourceid you want to modify. In either case, 'exit' will exit the mysql CLI. To back up your database before playing with it, become root and do the following at the command line: mysqldump -p --add-drop-table -F --extended-insert=FALSE mythconverg mythconverg.sql To restore it, use mysql -p mythconverg mythconverg.sql I have a script dump my databases to disk (I have several different mysql databases spread across multiple machines) and then write that file off to tape once a day. Hope that helps, Roy joe byrne wrote: I have phpMyAdmin installed, and I used it to browse the database. Alternatively, you can handle things from the command line. The following will tell you what password you entered into myth: $ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mysql use mythconverg mysql select * from videosource; (Note the semicolon.) If the password is in error, you can try something like: mysql update videosource set password='foobar' where userid='rodney' (note the single quotes, put real values between them.) Caveats: Today's the first time I looked at the mythtv database and I just learned sql two weeks ago. You should backup your db before hacking on it. Also, it's possible something else is up. On 12/24/05, Rodney D. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:35:55 -0800 joe byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just happen to be surfing mythconverg and have the videosource table up. That looks like where zap2it stuff is stored. On 12/24/05, Rodney D. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got my MythTV box from http://www.magicitx.com/ Unfortunately, I mis-typed my zap2itlabs.com password. the #1 the letter l were difficult to tell apart. I normally use debian, so knowing where things are under gentoo is not happening. How do I change the zap2itlabs.com? And how/where do I allow my personal account the ability to use the WebMin functions. It does not like root (obvious for security) nor my personal account. Thanks Dumb question. How do I change it? I'm getting these errors, which I assume are for the bad password; Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160 Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Authorization failed. --18:53:12-- http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService = `-' Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160 Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Authorization failed. --18:53:18-- http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService = `-' Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160 Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized Authorization failed. -- Rodney D. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759 ___ 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] Newbie's Hardware any problems?
Should I be worried about anything here? Case and Motherboard Shuttle SN95G5 - http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SN95G5%20V3.asp Tuner Card - Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 - TV / video input adapter - http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html TV out card GeForce FX 5500 256MB - 8x AGP w/ DVI and SVideo out - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127131 or - http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=766633 HD Maxtor 300 GB HD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822140166 Memory 512 GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145123 DVD burner - ASUS Black 16X DVD - Model #: DRW-1608P2S BK - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827135061 or - http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=868223 CPU AMD Athlon 64 3700+ / 2.2 GHz processor - http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=810809 or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535#DetailSpecs Rough Price before looking around is $845 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Shuttle Barebones Case SN95G5 V3 or SN25P
Anyone see any problems with either of these cases for a Myth Front-end/Backend combo install? SN95G5 http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SN95G5%20V3.asp SN25P http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SN25P.asp___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Choosing Linux distribution (Open SUSE 10 vs. Fedora Core 4)
On Monday 19 December 2005 10:00, Joacim J wrote: I already have a file server with Open SUSE 10 and now I will have a HTPC with MythTV. I have found Jarods excellent HOWTO regarding Fedora and MythTV. It is much more easier if I have the same Linux distribution on all machines from a admin perspective. What is the advantages/disadvantages in OpenSUSE 10 vs. Fedora Core 4? Which is best suited according to you guys? Personally I prefer suse but my advice is go with whichever you're happiest with using! I found any advantages to any one specific distro are overshadowed by not being used to it, where config files were kept, where (and what) the (distro specific) system tools were etc. There are probably more users using fedora (thanks to Jarods HOWTO) than suse but there are still plenty of happy suse users. Oh and if you don't feel like compiling from source you can use apt to install on OpenSuSE 10, just put rpm http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/apt suse/10.0-olsen Olsen in your sources.list HTH David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Need help / suggestion for building a myth box
Title: [mythtv-users] Re: Need help / suggestion for building a myth box Thanks everyone for your comments about the Music portion of Myth. However could we move on to the original question about hardware. Here are my Goals - Small Quiet system - DVD library (Main Goal) I'm tired of having my kids man handle my DVD's and CD's - DVD Burner to save shows - Replace my old stereo system with a Myth system My Direct TV Tivo sound plays through my old Dolby Pro-Logic 5.1 via a RCA connection. No sound comes out of my TV - I'd also like to use my Direct TV Tivo remote It has a switch for Satellite receiver or TV - Encode shows for my Pocket PC when I travel - Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Aaron's Hardware
While I've never used this board, I've used ones with the VIA chipset before without problem. That having been said, I have no idea what the VIA UniChrome is all about. I'd suggest trying it out. Microcenter has a pretty lenient return policy, even on opened items. Roy Aaron wrote: I'm wanting to use the Silverstone's BLACK LC11M (http://silverstonetek.com/products-lc11m.htm) case. After looking around, I've decided Silverstone makes the best HT Cases, and the LC11 looks the best out of all of them. I purchased a motherboard from MicroCenter that should work inside it. It's an ABIT KV-85 (http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1model=305). Before I realized it, I had a VIA chipset on my hands, and I've read some horror stories involving this. I also relized soon after getting home, that the board itself has only been available since 12/5/05. That makes the board only 2 weeks old. Before even attempting a Myth Setup, should I rething this and return the MB back to the store? Has anybody used this board with good results? I'd like to know before I spend more money on a processor for it. ___ 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] Need help / suggestion for building a myth box
Thanks for your input. I had found what looks to be a plug-in for Myth called MythTivo. I don't know much about it, and I do not hold high hopes for it. Like you suggestion I will probably just build my Myth box as a jukebox. Do you have you Tivo remote working with your Myth box? Also do you mind sharing some of your hardware specs? In addition, I am currently am using Etivo to pull shows off my DirectTivo From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chris Ribe Sent: Tue 12/13/2005 9:44 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need help / suggestion for building a myth box Your DirecTivo will not work as a backend. Depending on the model, you might be able to export recordings from it after extensive hacking, but there probably isn't a solution you are going to like that will work with your DirecTivo. (Full disclosure: I use a DirecTiVo for watching TV and a MythTV system for tinkering - and in the hope that it will one day work better than my DirecTivo.) Regarding MythMusic, I'll refrain from saying anything as I have nothing nice to say. If there are users out there who listen to a lot of music (as many hours/day as TV) and use MythMusic, I implore them to come forward and share their success stories. MythVideo/MythDVD are a very nice little combo for watching/ripping DVD's. From what I understand of your situation, I would recommend setting up a MythBox as a DVD player/juke while retaining the DirecTiVo for TV. On 12/13/05, Mythtv Users_Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to build a Myth system. However, I'm not sure if I can build just a front-end system. Here are my Goals - Small Quiet system - DVD / Music library (Main Goal) I'm tired of having my kid's man handle my DVD's and CD's - Encode shows for my Pocket PC when I travel - Use my Direct Tivo as my backend encoder (optional) - DVD Burner to save shows - Replace my old stereo system with a Myth system My Direct TV Tivo sound plays through my old Dolby Pro-Logic 5.1 via a RCA connection. No sound comes out of my TV - I'd also like to use my Direct TV Tivo remote It has a switch for Satellite receiver or TV Thanks in advance -Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users winmail.dat___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Changing default rewind amount
jgmtfia Mr wrote: I have a weird problem. Before my last update, my rewind setting was 15 seconds. After the update it defaulted to 5 seconds. I could not find where to change the value back to 15 seconds. I looked in the settings table in the database and found RewindAmount was set to 5. I changed it to 15 seconds and restarted the front end. However the setting is not being honored. I would appreciate any pointers. I'm assuming this happens when you use your IR remote. If so, you want to look in your lirc config file. I use xine as a video player, instead of the default mplayer. My rewind button looks like this: begin remote = hauppauge_pvr prog = xine button = Rewind repeat = 0 config = SeekRelative-15 end The config = is what you're looking for. Again, since I don't use mplayer, I'm not sure of the config, but from what I just Googled, it likely looks like this: config = seek -5. You'll want to change that 5 to a 15. Hope it helps, Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Need help / suggestion for building a myth box
I'd like to build a Myth system. However, I'm not sure if I can build just a front-end system. Here are my Goals - Small Quiet system - DVD / Music library (Main Goal) I'm tired of having my kids man handle my DVD's and CD's - Encode shows for my Pocket PC when I travel - Use my Direct Tivo as my backend encoder (optional) - DVD Burner to save shows - Replace my old stereo system with a Myth system My Direct TV Tivo sound plays through my old Dolby Pro-Logic 5.1 via a RCA connection. No sound comes out of my TV - I'd also like to use my Direct TV Tivo remote It has a switch for Satellite receiver or TV Thanks in advance -Matt___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 setup
Mark Knecht wrote: I have had this problem periodally, off and on, for over a year. I've reported it here and never found a solution. One thing I ran into when I got it working the last time was that I had been installing the ivtv driver by hand and that installation only installs to /usr/local and does not have a make uninstall switch. When I switched and started using portage ivtv got installed in /usr and the two versions were fighting with each other. I cleaned things up by hand, reinstalled from portage again and seem to have been alright. This problem is not PVR-250 specific. I have a PVR-150 and PVR-250 in the same system. The 150 is card #1 and it had this problem also. Thanks for your reply Mark. FWIW, I installed the ivtv package from portage and am experiencing this. Something else to make note of here (likely having nothing to do with this issue). When I upgraded to gcc 3.4.4, Myth could no longer see *any* of my inputs. The ivtv module loaded fine, and 'ivtvctl -a' output looked normal. But Myth couldn't seem to recognize it. I re-emerged ivtv and Myth as well as recompiled my kernel with the new gcc, but nothing worked. And revdep-rebuild didn't catch it either. I still don't know what went wrong, but whatever it was, 'emerge -e world' fixed it. Thanks for the input. Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-250 setup
I'm having a tough time getting Myth to work right with a PVR-250 and I'm
hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
The first (seemingly) odd think I notice is that the inputs reported by
the ivtv module don't match up with the physical inputs on the card. For
video, the card has a tuner (coax), S-Video, and composit input. But the
ivtv module reports 5 composites ('Composite 0' through 'Composite 4'),
one Tuner (Tuner 0), and 4 S-Video ('S-Video 0' through 'S-Video 3).
Through ivtvctl, I set the video input to use 'composite 0' and the audio
input to use 'Audio Line In'. Phsycally, I have my digital cable box
s-vide out connected to the s-video in on the card. I also have a dual
RCA-to-mini connected between the cable box and the PVR-250 for audio.
When I navigate to watch TV through Myth, everything works fine for a
split second (no joking). I get audio and video for about half a second or
so before the audio stops and the video freezes for about 20 seconds.
After that, I get dumpted back into Myth with the error Error was
encountered while displaying video.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Roy
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Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Need to log out of console or restart X via script
On Saturday 10 December 2005 18:15, Rob Bongiovi wrote: Hi! I'm not very experienced in Linux and need some help with something. snip But, I can't figure out either without quickly getting confused. If someone could help me, I'd appreciate it. Here's what I want to do: #First kill any mythfrontend process that is running sudo killall mythfrontend #insert logout or restart X command here sudo mythfrontend -l /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log Firstly ISTR Jarod has a section with a 'restart' script and how to link it to your remote, base a script on that. The exact syntax depends on your distro but there is a rc script that starts (or stops X), it's called xdm (on suse anyway), call that with restart and it'll kill X and then restart it. ISTR fedora has a program/script called service which allows you to run rc scripts, suse has links from them in /sbin or /usr/sbin (for example /usr/sbin/rcxdm - /etc/init.d/xdm), other distros may have something different or nothing at all (you have to call the script directly). I'm assuming you're using fedora and going for /sbin/service (at least I _think_ it's in /sbin ;-) ) Create a little script something like: #/bin/bash sudo killall mythfrontend sudo /sbin/service xdm restart (obviously check it'll work from a ssh/console session first) If you need to load/unload things (for example if your driver is buggy) go for something like (obviously 'a-framebuffer-module' should be replaced by the module you need to reload): #/bin/bash sudo killall mythfrontend sudo /sbin/service xdm stop sudo rmmod a-framebuffer-module sudo modprobe a-framebuffer-module sudo /sbin/service xdm start Obviously you'd have to have mythfrontend start automatically and have auto login but I presume you have that already. HTH Druid ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] STAY AWAY FROM WI-FI !!!
On Thursday 08 December 2005 15:56, Todd Houle wrote: I successfully use WiFi networking at home. It was been working great except when the microwave is on or someone is using our cordless telephone. I had it at 802.11b and it was a bit jumpy (until I lowered the quality). When I moved to 802.11g, everything was great (as long as no phone or microwave). This electric wire solution looks cool though. FWIW I can play livetv/recordings over 802.11g to my laptop *but* only reasonably reliably when I'm in the living room (which is also where the 802.11g) wireless router is. Upstairs I can connect and play but get skips/pauses. Also there must be nothing else trying to use the connection otherwise it skips. For 'normal' use (surfing, ssh, vnc, rdc etc) it's fine but personally I'd agree and avoid if you want good quality mythtv viewing. Druid. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] What's your recording file size?
As mentioned it is normal. You can adjust the data rate in the recording profiles. If you are recording analog from the air, then you might reduce the horizontal resolution from 720 pixels to 400 and reduce the datarate accordingly. And you can transcode to MPEG4 to reduce the data rate even further. But in that case you should better have a high rate in the MPEG2 to achieve a better MPEG4 result. Yeah, but I'm pretty sure the PVR-500 outputs MPEG-2, not MPEG-4, so this kind of defeats the purpose of owning the PVR-500 (assuming he purchased it with the MPEG-2 output in mind). Wouldn't it actually put *more* stress on the system to transcode the output from a PVR-500 card to MPEG-4 since the system has to decode the MPEG-2 stream in addition to encoding the MPEG-4 stream? The encode to MPEG-2 happens on the card in real-time with no CPU impact. The encoding from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 happens non-real-time (like commercial flagging) after the recording so it is CPU intensive, but can be run nice so it doesn't impact other processes. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] HDTV questions
Well seeing as HDTV looks to be coming to the UK next year ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/telewest_goes_live_with_hdtv/ ) and we're looking at buying a new HDTV 'ready' TV[1] (1080i) I'm planning to get HDTV playback set up on my myth box. Only problem is I don't know where to start! I'm currently running a P4 2.8GHz with 1Gb, twin Nova-T's and a 128Mb AGP Nvidia MX440 with the TV out of composite (AV) at 1024x768 and running SuSE 10.0/mythtv 18.1 Disk space is er plenty (2TB+ if need be) I've got a few questions that some of our US cousins might be able to help me with :-) 1) How is HDTV connected? Looking at the specs for the TV we're thinking of there's Composite (AV), Y/C (S-Video), ANT (RF), Component (Y/Pb/Pr) and SCART (which you don't have in the US). What type is used for HDTV (or doesn't it matter)? 2) Will the MX440 be powerful enough or will I need a newer card? 3) Am I likely to need more processing power (I've got a 3GHz P4 in another box I could swap over if need be but would I need more than that). 4) Are my existing recordings going to look awful (PAL 768x576). 5) Am I just wasting my time? Seeing as the recordings (for probably at _least_ 8 months until HDTV actually gets here) would still be in SDTV would I even notice any difference? I'm assuming that HDTV recording is going to need a HDTV compatible tuner card and even assuming they put HDTV out on the freeview channels the Nova-T's just won't cut it but I'm hoping the new box would have a firewire out or by that time there would be a UK HDTV card. Thanks Druid [1] One of these http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/crt/ws32z308paxxeu.asp ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Internal DVD player
Steve Pugh wrote: You can enable Xine as your DVD player of choice from within Myth - within Setup, navigate your way to Optical Disc setup (forgive my inaccuracy, I'm writing from work) and look for the DVD player command textbox. From Jarod's Guide, here is a command string that might work for ya: xine -pfhq --no-splash dvd:// I did the same thing, but I also use a '-B' switch (borderless). Works like a champ. Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC not working within Myth
John DiLorenzo wrote: FYI, the LIRCD service is DOA before I use it, it seems to need the modprobe lirc_i2c before it will do anything. Do you have i2c support in your kernel? Device Drivers - I2C support - * I2C support Device Drivers - I2C support - * I2C device interface The above worked for me with my Hauppauge pvr-250 which uses i2c. Of course, the ivtv and related modules had to be loaded first. Also, since I'm using a kernel 2.6.13, I had to use the lirc out of CVS. Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC not working within Myth
John DiLorenzo wrote: Which version of LIRC are you running Roy? I checked mine out of CVS, so it claims to be 0.8.0, but it's really a pre-release. The problem I encounted was that the current stable version (0.7.2) won't work with newer kernels (2.6.13) because of some changes in the kernel source. You can either check out a copy from cvs yourself, or if you're interested, I have the tarball I used (just a simple 'make dist') from when I checked out the version I compiled. You can grab it here: http://www.jehster.net/gentoo/packages/lirc/lirc-0.8.0_pre1.tar.bz2. It's time stamp is November 14. Hope it helps, Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythRoku HD1000 Rev A or Rev B
Do you need the Rev B HD1000 with the extra RAM or is the Rev A enough for MythRoku? Thanks, Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc 0.72 ebuild failing
Preston Crow wrote: Your ebuild gave me modules that load, but I'm missing /etc/init.d/lircd. I fixed that with: # cd /usr/local/portage/app-misc/lirc # mkdir files # cp -p /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/files/lirc[a-z]* files/ # ebuild lirc-0.8.0_pre1.ebuild digest # emerge lirc So the ebuild is fine, it just requires files that are in the regular portage tree to be copied into the overlay tree. Now everything seems to be fine, though I'm not in front of the machine, so I can't test the remote. Yeah, I forgot that part in my original reply. Thanks for pointing that out. Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Video card suggestions
My MythTV box is currently running with an old Voodoo 4500 I had laying around. Since I didn't have a card with a tv-out interface, I used a VGA-to-composite converter I picked up on the cheap. It gets the job done, but tends to cause a slightly fuzzy picture and occassionally gets out of sync. Now I want to upgrade and get a card with tv-out and am looking for suggestions. I don't want to spend $200 on the latest ATI or nVidia with 17 gigs of ram or something silly. But I still want something reliable. Anyone want to share their experience with reasonably priced video cards? I'm looking for something with a composite interface. Will any of them work for console (framebuffer) output, or only with X? Thanks in advance, Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Various mythtv-frontend problems
On Monday 05 December 2005 19:38, Beny Spensieri Jr wrote: I have run into the problem of mythfrontend Segmentation faulting on me. I have done some searching for this on the net, but have yet to find a solution. I am using a 64 bit Intel processor with FC4 x86_64. Full mythtv install from ATRPMs (with packages updated Dec 02/05). Let it be known that I am strictly an RPM-only person. I have no idea on compiling anything. My questions: 1) What is causing the Segmentation fault? From the looks of things you're running i686 code when it's expecting x86_64. Try either a i686 rpm of mythtv or update QT to x86_64 2) Where is the bad Huffman code? Is it simply a corrupt image? Yes, G.A.N.T. theme by any chance? themes/G.A.N.T/bkg/grey.jpeg was the culprit in my case, replaced with the original from the 18.1 download at www.mythtv.org and all was good. 3) What is causing the QT issue? Here is the output I am getting: snip /usr/lib/qt-3.3/plugins/styles/bluecurve.so: Plugin uses incompatible Qt library! expected build key x86_64 Linux g++-4.* full-config, got i686 Linux Looks pretty clear to me, its looking for the x86_64 version but found the (incompatible) i686 version. HTH David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth on XBOX 360!
Tom Lichti wrote: Michael J. Lynch wrote: What are the chances anyone has this working yet? About 0%, considering that no-one has managed to hack into the 360 yet (much less install Linux on it). I think it will be awhile I have confidence it will happen though. ;) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Various mythtv-frontend problems
On Monday 05 December 2005 21:04, Beny Spensieri Jr wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My questions: 1) What is causing the Segmentation fault? From the looks of things you're running i686 code when it's expecting x86_64. Try either a i686 rpm of mythtv or update QT to x86_64 Strange that I used FC4 x86_64 DVD to install the OS. Would I really expect QT i686 to be lurking in there? Actually I think I miss-read that the wrong way round, it's the plugins that are built against i686 when they should be against x86_64 Plugin uses incompatible Qt library! expected build key x86_64 Linux g++-4.* full-config, got i686 Linux g++-4.* full-config. ie expecting to find the plugin was built under x86_64 but was actually built under i686. As somone else wrote, try removing mythdvd, MythMusic, MythGallery and MythPhone and see if that works. Then try reinstalling making sure to use x86_64 versions of the plugins, if they fail then check with the package maintainer. Of course I'm not using fedora, yum or x86_64 so what do I know. ;-) Druid ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Video card suggestions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone want to share their experience with reasonably priced video cards? I'm looking for something with a composite interface. Will any of them work for console (framebuffer) output, or only with X? Thanks to those who replied. Does anyone have an nvidea card using s-video with nvidia's driver? If so, does it support console frame buffer through s-video or is the driver strictly for X? Thanks in advance, Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC not working within Myth
John DiLorenzo wrote: I'm using the lircrc file for that remote listed on Jarod's page. It seems to be complete and in the correct places, including a .lircrc file located in the MYTHTV user's home folder. Using a ~/.lircrc file leads one to believe that you didn't compile lirc as an option in myth. If that's the case, then you should look into firing up '/usr/bin/irxevent ' in ~/.xinitrc. A better way, however, is to compile lirc in myth and then put your lirc config in ~/.mythtv/lircrc. That's how I've set mine up and it works rather nicely. Hope it helps, Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge Nova-T PCI and LIRC
On Sunday 04 December 2005 21:58, Graeme Hilton wrote: Hi all, I've been happily using Myth (SVN checkouts every month or so) for about 4 months. My setup at the moment is as follows: Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T PCI (two of them) AMD x86_64 system Fedora Core 4 - all up to date MythTV SVN revision 8053 As a relative newbie to Linux I think I've been getting on quite well, but the one thing that is completely defeating me is connecting the Hauppauge remote control to Myth. From the outset there are five keys on the remote that translated to events on the system. I have always been able to use the four arrow keys and the OK button. However, none of the other buttons produce any effect on the system except when I do a 'cat /dev/input/event0'. Then I get something resembling line noise whenever I press a key on the remote. I've downloaded and compiled lirc version 0.7.3pre1. I configured it to use the appropriate driver for the Hauppauge TV card (i2C required) and turned on debugging. On 'make install' it created the appropriate device node in /dev : srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Dec 4 17:50 /dev/lircd Has anyone had this happen to them? Have you managed to solve the problem and get your Hauppauge remote fully working? Yep, had me confused for a short while. The IR is recognised automatically, you'll find if you *don't* use lirc it'll still work (well the up/down/ok etc) with mythfrontend. What you need to do is use it with the dev/input driver[1], setup lirc to use driver dev/input and device /dev/input/eventevent number where event number is where the events are picked up. eg mine is /dev/input/event2 , from the sound of it yours would be /dev/input/event0 FWIW I'm running twin Nova-T's in a 2.8GHz P4 and Opensuse 10.0 I've attached my lircd.conf for the Nova-T remote as well. HTH David [1] You may well have to recompile if you didn't include dev/input support ISTR I had to recompile but worth a try with the std rpms' first as that might just have been me trying different things. # Please make this file available to others # by sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # this config file was automatically generated # using lirc-0.7.2(devinput) on Mon Oct 31 15:29:38 2005 # # contributed by # # brand: irrecording # model no. of remote control: # devices being controlled by this remote: # begin remote name irrecording bits 16 eps30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero0 0 pre_data_bits 16 pre_data 0x8001 gap 135848 toggle_bit 0 begin codes Go 0x0161 Power0x0074 TV 0x0179 Videos 0x0189 Music0x0188 Pictures 0x016F Guide0x016D Radio0x0181 UP 0x0067 LEFT 0x0069 OK 0x001C RIGHT0x006A DOWN 0x006C BACK/EXIT0x00AE MENU 0x008B VOLUP0x0073 VOLDOWN 0x0072 PREVCH 0x019C MUTE 0x0071 CHANUP 0x0192 CHANDOWN 0x0193 REC 0x00A7 PLAY 0x00CF STOP 0x0080 REPLAY 0x00A8 SKIP 0x00D0 REW 0x00A5 FF 0x00A3 PAUSE0x0077 10x004F 20x0050 30x0051 40x004B 50x004C 60x004D 70x0047 80x0048 90x0049 STAR 0x0184 00x0052 HASH 0x0172 RED 0x018E GREEN0x018F YELLOW 0x0190 BLUE 0x0191 end codes end remote ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Automount confusion
jonny Linux wrote: to view videos from a DVD using mythvideo. I'm trying to use automount, but whatever I do, nothing seems to happen. I have a DVD-RW on hdb, and in /etc/auto.misc I have: cd-fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/hdb in /etc/auto.master I have: /mnt/auto /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 If I start the autofs service, and put in a DVD, nothing happens. The /mnt/auto directory is empty. I just happened to be doing the same thing a few minutes ago. The man page for auto.master reads: For indirect automount maps access to an automounted file system is customarily done using the path scheme: /mountpoint/key/path/file Your mount point is /mnt/auto and your key is cd, so try using /mnt/auto/cd and you should get results. Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc 0.72 ebuild failing
Travis Osterman wrote: I am getting the following error when trying to emerge lirc (undefined I2C_ALGO_BIT). Googling hasn't gotten me any leads, if you have any ideas, they would be appreciated. Thank you. -- Travis Travis- I had the same problem. The newer kenrl (starting with 2.6.13) removed some of the classes used in lirc = 0.7.2. The CVS version worked for me and I modified the ebuild to use it. If you're interested you can download it from here: http://www.jehster.net/gentoo/packages/lirc/lirc-0.8.0_pre1.ebuild and followed the directions here to install it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds You'll also have to unmask it by adding =app-misc/lirc-0.8.0_pre1 ~x86 to /etc/portage/package.keywords and emerged it as normal. Hope it helps, Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lirc 0.72 ebuild failing
Travis Osterman wrote: !!! No package manifest found: /usr/local/portage/app-misc/lirc/Manifest Do I have to download that separately? Thanks Travis- Take a look here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds in the Digesting the ebuild section. The Manifest is created during that step. Roy ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] $20 tuner at CompUSA
Anyone know anything about this tuner card? I can't find any info about what the tuner chip is or whether it is supported by MythTV. It also has a remote, but I don't know if the receiver is USB or plugs into the card. It would be worth 20 bucks if it just had a USB remote, but an extra tuner for 20 bucks is also a steal. http://www.compusa.com/adproducts/product_info.asp?product_code=333088pfp=cat3 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] $20 tuner at CompUSA
12G per hour? 4G per 20 minutes? Holie! Sounds like uncompressed recording... $20 seems like a good deal, but you're better off springing a little more for a 150, in my opinion. Save yourself the hassle in the long run. I have a 150 now, and yeah it's great. Perhaps the quoted filesize is incorrect? I was thinking either: A. Good second tuner for that occasional time when I need to record two shows at once (until I get a HD card) B. Cheap remote for a frontend, especially if the remote is USB and doesn't need the card installed, but either way it is cheap. One concern is that for now I would need the recordings viewable on my MVP. But you're right - I was thinking about getting another 150 anyway (MCE so I could get radio). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] question about PVR-150 and PVR-150 MCE in same backend
Looking at the archives, it seems that having two PVR-150s in the same backend is no problem (and eventually a pcHDTV or Fusion as well down the road). I currently have the retail 150 with the remote, so I'd get the 150MCE since I don't need the remote, and radio would be a nice addition. My question: when using the 150's IR blaster, does Myth care what card the blaster is attached to? Currently I'm only using the tuner for analog cable, but with two I would consider attaching my digital cable box. However, since the MCE has better audio inputs (2 RCA instead of 1/8 mini-jack), I'd use that if possible. Is Myth smart enough to use the blaster connected to the first 150 (retail) to control the cable box connected to the other 150 (MCE)? Different take: Can two retail 150s with IR Blasters be used within Myth (two cable boxes)? Just checking, but I doubt I want to pay for another cable box since much of what we watch is on analog anyway. I'm pretty sure I saw that this was NOT possible in Windows, and saw some stuff in the archives LIRC can do that now. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 and IRBlaster
Thanks for the link. I have followed it but I cant seem to get anything out of Step 8. Everything up to this step seems to have worked but when I run this step I dont seem to be getting anything out of the IRBlaster. I tried the digital camera trick as well and I didnt see anything either. When I try to run another irsend command after the first one I get the following error: ./irsend: could not connect to socket ./irsend: Connection refused Anyone have any ideas. Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone been successful in getting the onboard IRBlaster of a PVR150 to work with directtv using lirc or some other program? Any help would be appreciated I am pulling my hair out over this one. I used this page here to get it up and working: http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/blog/?m=200510 Check a few posts back to as there is more information on how to find the code for your DirectTV box. Lee ___ 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] PVR-150 and IRBlaster
Has anyone been successful in getting the onboard IRBlaster of a PVR150 to work with directtv using lirc or some other program? Any help would be appreciated I am pulling my hair out over this one. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] UK DVB-T - New channels
Graeme wrote: Since the recent introduction of More4 I've got a new entry in my program guide, but there's no program descriptions or titles. How do I get MythTV to pick up the info? You need to amend the mythfilldatabase setup as well as the channel setup to fill it with information, you should stick the xmltvid in both the database and the file that gets used by mythfilldatabase. In the case of More4 it's C1959.radiotimes.com (Assuming you are using tv_grab_uk_rt, use tv_grab_uk_rt --list-channels to, well list the channels :-) ). You should have a file in your ~mythtv/.mythtv (unless you run mythfilldatabase as another user in which case look in their home) directory called something.xmltv, in my case it's called Freeview.xmltv, add the line: channel C1959.radiotimes.com to the bottom of that file, then go into mythtv-setup and edit the channel and ensure that C1959.radiotimes.com is entered into the xmltvid box for that channel. Then run mythfilldatabase and jobs a good un. HTH David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] An LVM'd drive died! What do I do...
I have to agree. I when I 1st started down the path with my MythTV.. I went HW raid off the bat and bought the 3ware 7500-8 The only thing it was a pricey product who WOW does it work great.. I NFS my frontends toa 500gig partition for my myth I was running 2 frontends but I am down to 1 the 2nd was in my office and I was goofing around with it and have not put it bnack online yet. Jim - Original Message - From: Blammo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] An LVM'd drive died! What do I do... On 10/27/05, Brian C. Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 11:42 -0400, Bryan Halter wrote: Well to start with for RAID you need to have disks that are all the same size (preferably the same model). I believe Linux supports growing software RAID volumes and I'm sure someone will correct me if it doesn't. Personally I'd go out and buy a 4 device SATA-RAID controller and 4 250GB drives that will give you 750GB of storage and fewer headaches since the RAID array will be seen as any other scsi disk and the card will do the thinking so you won't take a CPU hit for having RAID. I just wanted to throw in my 2cents into this 360' discussion about raid and file systems. Nothing is perfect. For data integrity and speed, HW Raid SW Raid no raid First I had no raid, just a single 300g drive. I found that with 4 tuners going, and 3 machines trying to commerical flag, watching even a single frontend was impossible without either stuttering video, choppy FFW, IO Bound on disk writes, network saturation, or some combo of the above. So I went to SW Raid. Ran XFS (tried EXT3, JFS, XFS, ReiserFS) / NFS (tried 2,3,4) / SWRaid 5. All the stuttering, IO Bound issues went away, and I could get good recordings, but stability just wasn't there. I fought with that for almost 2 years. I never lost all the data, which is obviously the goal of RAID5. I had IDE controllers die, individual drives die, motherboards die, upgraded multiple versions of Kernel, OS, etc, and always fought little crash issues, kernel panics, etc. I'd put the overall stability about 90%, which is TERRIBLE for something with a 24/7 duty cycle. I tried VIA chipset MB's, NV chipset MB's, MB IDE, MB SATA, PCI SATA, PCI IDE, and any combo. Just before I made the jump to HW Raid, I was up to 4xIDE 4xSATA, running on an Abit N7G2. Then about 3 months ago, when I got fed up with taking calls at work from the SO like Honey, the backend locked up again, I finally bought a HW Raid card. (3ware 9500-s12) WOW. I should have done that in the beginning. Gone, INSTANTLY, all the stability issues. period. CPU load drops to 10% under heavy IO load. It took me almost two days to migrate all the data off to a couple of 300G HD's build a new RAID5 array and copy it all back, while continuing to do daily recordings. But wow. Yes, there are plenty of things still that could make my life miserable. I dodged a bullet just yesterday. Laying in bed, I hear a THUMP'. Come to the computer room and the backend is off. I smell something in the air. Long story short, the Antec Truepower 550 gave up. Slapped a new Enermax 600W in, and we're back up and operating, no data loss. Yes, I realize the PS could have coastered all my drives and I would have lost everything, raid or not. However, for me, this solution gives me exactly what I need. Speed, Stability, and the ability to sustain a SINGLE drive failure without loss of total data. (which seems to happen about every 6 months consumer drives are NOT rated for 100% duty cycle, but that's another discussion) Looking at the graphs from my switch (snmp jffnms are a great combo) with commerical flaggers going, recorders going, I see sustained periods of 300Mbit on the main gig port of my primary backend. All without a hitch. Stable, solid, and days of uptime. So, my advice, in the short? Buy good hardware, set it up in ways known to be stable, and it will serve you well. You get what you pay for. Hope this helps someone else going through this journey. ___ 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] How to select mpeg2-ps ?
If you mean you want to use PS rather than TS, that's not recommended. TS is the preferred format. Why is that? I'm pretty ignorant on the subject but had been trying to glean something from various comments on-line. I'm having so much trouble with frame buffer pauses on HD material that I'm getting desperate. I'll try anything at this point. I'd love a bit more of an understanding of why TS is preferred to PS though. The code to translate the TS to PS is basically buggy and causes more problems that it fixes. Hence the reason that it's being phased out of Myth. Using PS causes problems with wrong audio tracks, glitchy sound and video, etc. Stick to TS. Lee ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Converting VGA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to component
Does anyone have experience with any of the nVidia component-out cards they can share? If they work, nVidia component-out cards are cheaper than the VGA to component converters. Thanks, Todd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirby Bakken Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:05 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Converting VGA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to component Stephen Hocking wrote: Hi all, I have an InFocus X1 projector, which in addition to handling HDTV TV formats also does VGA, up to 1024x768. Now when switching from an ordinary video source (connected via S-Video) via the home theatre amp to the computer, one has to switch both the amp the projector over to the new source. I'm currently considering the various home theatre amps that upconvert all video sources to component video. I'm thinking of connecting the PC's video via the amp in this case, and wondered if anyone had experiences with VGA-component cable convertors (I've not been able to track down a local vendor with a component-out Nvidia card). Any ideas? Stephen ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I just bought a 'VGA LEADTEK GF PX6200 TC-64-H RT - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681416' card from Newegg that has component video out (via a 'pigtail' adapapter). It also has vga and dvi out... I haven't tried it yet... but my plans are to run it through my Yamaha receiver that 'switches' component 3 video inputs to component out, and upconverts the rest to component ___ 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] Transcoding Error
How do you trouble shoot transcoding error? I have a MythTV with PVR250 Transcoding failing; mythbackend.log 2005-11-10 15:57:44.215 Reloading backend settings 2005-11-10 15:58:20.205 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread 2005-11-10 15:58:20.268 Running LogClean 2005-11-10 15:59:35.447 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-11-10 15:59:35.457 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0) 2005-11-10 15:59:39.208 Autodetect transcode of George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing recorded from channel 1501 at Wed Nov 9 02:10:00 2005: Starting. 2005-11-10 15:59:39.219 transcode: Transcode Starting 2005-11-10 15:59:40.252 Using runtime prefix = /usr 2005-11-10 15:59:40.401 New DB connection, total: 1 2005-11-10 15:59:40.423 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-11-10 15:59:40.432 Transcoding from /myth/tv/ 1501_20051109021000_20051109032500.nuv to /myth/tv/ 1501_20051109021000_20051109032500.nuv.tmp 0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 404.276 1: start_time: 0.030 duration: 404.253 stream: start_time: 0.334 duration: 4492.025 bitrate=4863 kb/s 2005-11-10 15:59:40.505 AVFD: Opened codec 0x80a88b0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video) 2005-11-10 15:59:40.527 AVFD: Opened codec 0x80b1c60, id(MP2) type (Audio) 2005-11-10 15:59:40.634 Unknown video codec: 2005-11-10 15:59:40.641 Transcoding /myth/tv/ 1501_20051109021000_20051109032500.nuv failed 2005-11-10 15:59:40.791 Deleting /myth/tv/ 1501_20051109021000_20051109032500.nuv.tmp 2005-11-10 15:59:40.797 Autodetect transcode of George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing recorded from channel 1501 at Wed Nov 9 02:10:00 2005: Errored. 2005-11-10 15:59:40.805 transcode: Transcode Errored 2005-11-10 15:59:41.996 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-11-10 15:59:42.005 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0) 2005-11-10 15:59:52.837 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-11-10 15:59:52.843 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0) From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Weather setpup
I'm just getting started setting up a MythTV system and figured I'd use Knoppmyth to get acquainted with everything first. So far it seems to be coming along, but one thing I'm running into that I can't explain is configuring the weather. When I go into the Weather Settings button the only key that responds is escape, though if I leave it there for more than 10-15 minutes I have to reboot to get it to recoer. Also, how do I tell it where I live so that it pulls the right weather? Pointers to FAQs or other docs appreciated. Thanks! -- -Jason - Jason K. Schechner --- There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS I'm very probably wrong. --- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dumb Ethernet Question on Debian
On Nov 7, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Chris Trown wrote: Rudy Zijlstra wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how to make this STICK so it is inplace after reboot :( Thanks On Nov 4, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you set the duplex and speed of your NIC in Debian (or Linux). My server is in half duplex (as I have collisions showing in ifconfig) and my through put sucks ((1.2 gig file is taking 60 hours!) I can not seem to find this anywhere? Thank you in advance. If it is anything like my redhat system, man mii-tool Kevin Why don't you check why it is going to half-duplex? This usually indicates a serious problem, as this is the last fall-back of auto- negotiation Problem can range from: - faulty switch - incorrect switch setting - faulty cable forcing to full duplex without researching the underlying problem will likely only generate more problems. Also the transmission time you mention is indicating more problems than just duplex mismatch. I'll second this. There was a time when setting the speed/ duplex was almost required for Cisco switches. Not sure anymore. Trying to force speed/duplex on an HP switch will cause nothing but problems. I say start with everything auto and go from there. Chris... -- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I have a Cisco Switch, and my networking background is to not let anything static do any 'auto'. I want FD, so the switch is set to FD, and the Server should also be set to FD. As mentioned duplex problems are usually a wiring issue, and that would need to be fixed if there is an issue with FD. FD works fine, no errors on ether Server or Switch (when I set it with mii-tool), but Debian wants to 'auto negotiate' and fails, and fall to HD, the Switch being locked at FD, causes collisions on the server side (normal duplex issue). If I let it 'auto' and it chooses HD, this would suck (about 33mbps is all that one could expect from 100m HD). I want FD, so why not set the network the way it should be, resolve any issue (such as NIC not coming up in locked FD). For PC or 'public ports' switches should be auto-negotiated, to permit what ever PC/laptop plugs in to work, but a Server should be static. I will dig deeper, I can not believe that there is a server OS that does not permit locking of Duplex and Speed. From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Backup LVM group (kinda OT)
Steve wrote: On Monday 07 November 2005 20:55, James Oltman wrote: I am getting my hands on a slightly used DDS4 external SCSI tape drive. I am also getting about 7 tapes. snip just so you know, tape isn't a great backup medium, your better off buying a 300gig harddrive, copying everything over and then storing the harddrive in a safe place. Or even just burning everything to DVDR. Bollocks, hard drives have electrics to go wrong as _well_ as all the other problems with keeping those little magnets aligned. ;-) Trust me, I've been there, I copied 160Gb to a drive, verified it was all there, wiped the original data and then discovered the 160Gb drive had died. OTOH I was going through the archived tapes at work[1] and out of curiosity tried the oldest tape I could find that we still had a drive for[2], still worked fine. If you're worried about wearing it out again don't be, we use loads of different tapes in various tape cycles, some are years old and get used every day. There are tape libraries where there are *hundreds* of tapes and the data is constantly swapped between tapes, Should be _NO_ problem with one small PC backup/restore! In the past I've accidently booted a tape right the way across the machine room with no ill effects, try that with a hard drive (or even drop it, touch it after walking across a nylon carpet etc etc). ;-) DVDR's are better but still fragile in comparison to tapes and are _small_ in capacity. Plus if you've got the drive free tapes are _cheap_, 4ukp (7usd) for 20-40Gb, 300Gb disks are 75ukp (ish, 130usd). so worst case[3] 80% of the cost and if you _do_ get a failure you lose 7% of your storage not 100% (and chances are you'll lose _some_ files rather than everything if a tape dies). Tapes are _designed_ for backup, hard drives are designed for _temporary_ storage space. As for software I'd just look through the available packages included with your distro, SuSE for example include a backup option from yast. If all else fails: cd /video/recordings #or where ever find *.nuv -print | cpio -oc /dev/st0 read back with: cd /video/recordings cpio -ic /dev/st0 (or cpio -itc /dev/st0 to just read it back) David PS Don't rely on getting anywhere near 40Gb, that's compressed and movie files don't compress well, more like 24-26Gb I'd have thought. [1] Chucking the ones over 7 years old (we have to keep them for 7 years) [2] 1989 [3] ie no compression. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Backup LVM group (kinda OT)
Jim asked: snip There is no way to format the other partitions without wiping out the LVM group is there? Yes, not a problem, just format the partitions you want to use and leave the LVM group, copy the /etc/fstab (hard copy probably a good idea) and then (if your flavour doesn't automatically recognise it and automatically add it) re-add the relevent details to the fstab again. Don't forget to ensure that you've installed the relevent filesystem, for example ISTR fedora needs to be passed a boot option on install to use xfs (obviously possible to install later but easiest on install). FWIW All I had to do (on SuSE 10, upgrading from SuSE 9.1) was to set the mount point. HTH Druid ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Long term stability?
Robert asked : Does anyone have a backend that runs for a week or more under reasonably heavy use? By run, I mean with no manual intervention or cron jobs resetting things/etc. I still have to occasionally do a /etc/init.d/mythbackend restart although I'm not quite sure why... Yes (and the only thing that kills it is the pvr-350 locks up under fast-forward when also recording sometimes). Currently: 11:55pm up 7 days 2:35, 3 users, load average: 0.93, 0.77, 0.42 Used fairly heavily used (min 2 hours watched per day, about 3-4hours recorded per day) Not had any recording problems (touches wood franticly) AFAIR with the current setup. Uptime is only 7days atm cos I rebooted it the other week to nick the dvd drive. :-) If people do, perhaps a few could give their 1) PVR hardware PVR-350 (TV/X output) Nova-T 2) Motherboard chipset Pundit-R, dunno the chipset, 3GHz/800MHz P4 (OTT for what I'm using it for, considering downgrading to run cooler) 3) Kernel version 2.6.11-rc2-bk3-20050125153357-default (Kernel of the day, take a guess when I built it ;-) ) Under SuSE 9.1, that kernel was needed for the dvb support. 4) IVTV version. 0.3.8 5) Firmware version? ivtv-fw-dec.bin - Version 2.02.023 ivtv-fw-enc.bin - Version 2.04.211 6) System Memory 512Mb HTH David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dumb Ethernet Question on Debian
Anyone know how to make this STICK so it is inplace after reboot :( Thanks On Nov 4, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you set the duplex and speed of your NIC in Debian (or Linux). My server is in half duplex (as I have collisions showing in ifconfig) and my through put sucks ((1.2 gig file is taking 60 hours!) I can not seem to find this anywhere? Thank you in advance. If it is anything like my redhat system, man mii-tool Kevin -- Looking for affordable webhosting? http://www.sitecity.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Extending recordings while recording
I was just wondering if there was an easy way to extend a recording timeslot while recording? Example, recording something say after a football match which goes into extra time; how do you set mythtv to keep recording for longer so you get all of the (delayed) show? Thanks David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Extending recordings while recording
Nick wrote: On 11/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if there was an easy way to extend a recording timeslot while recording? If I'm not mistaken you can do that in the development (SVN) version. Oh well. Is there any hard way to do it then? ;-) Thanks David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Re: LCD not working with SVN Myth
Matt wrote: Nevermind, I think I figured it out. mythlcdserver was starting BEFORE LCDd did, therefore it never connected to the LCDd server. Is there anyway to make sure the init.d scripts start in a particular order? Depending on linux version either change numerical order of the links in the relevent rc?.d directory or change the # Required-Start: line within the script then use chkconfig to reorder the scripts. HTH David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Choosing a Suitable DVB-T PCI Card
Ben wrote: On 10/21/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a beginner in DVB-T, and I would like to buy a DVB-T PCI Card to set up a MythTV in my Linux PC. I have tried to search the archive and google for a week, but I still cannot come to a final decision about it. I would like to ask what kind of DVB-T PCI Card is suitable for the Linux kernel 2.6.13, as I found some of the articles about DVB-T Card mentioned that Not every card that's supported under Windows works under Linux. Is the list mentioned in linuxtv.org http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCI_devices_DVB-T; be suitable for linux use? And be able to be well supported by DVBAPI? On the other hand, I would like to ask what aspect should I put my focus on in choosing those card? I do not want to buy a wrong card as they are not cheap :P Nova-T seems as well suported as any and is fairly cheap. I'll second that, also installed automatically under SuSE 10 (kernel 2.6.13-15-smp), had to recompile lirc with the devinput driver rather than the hauppauge driver as the ir was automatically recognised and mapped to /dev/input/event2 (and the proceded to confuse the fsck out of me cos the remote worked with mythtv while lirc wasn't running ;-) ). There is no additional input though, it's freeview or nothing. HTH David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] MySQL: INNODB?
Jesse wrote: Dan Wilga wrote: I've been running with InnoDB for the last year; IMHO more reliable in case of system crashes where MyISAM tables tend to corrupt more easily (esp. recordmarkup). I run a high-volume web site that uses MySQL for some pretty frequent tasks, and haven't had any data corruption problems. I found my problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Every sunday morning I shut down my MySQL database and analyze and repair all tables. This is a trick I learned from my production Sys Admin days with MySQL versions 3.23.x. Unfortunately, it looks like the Gentoo /etc/init.d/mysql doesn't shut down the database properly. So I get errors. Ugh. Oh well, INNODB won't solve that. I just need to fix the shutdown proceedure I guess. Not quite the same but I suffer every now and then (well twice anyway) with a corrupted recordedmarkup table[1], I suspect from the few times the machine has hard locked and I've had to power off[2], as a quick future fix if it happens again I added a few lines to the mysql startup script to touch a file on startup and remove it on (clean) shutdown. Then a little section to run myisamchk -f on all the *.MYI files if the flag is there on startup. Even if it has to run still takes only a second or so to run and hopefully should prevent any reoccurances of corruption. HTH David [1] Symptoms for anyone searching for a fix to their problem: No pictures in recorded programs on mythweb Skippy fast forward/rewind Unable to correctly display the clip length/total time keeps changing. No error messages as my logs have rotated too many times since the last time. [2] Not noticed until well after the event the first time and spent ages trying to work out what went wrong, noticed 3 days the second time and was able to tie it down to when the machine locked. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Dumb Ethernet Question on Debian
Where do you set the duplex and speed of your NIC in Debian (or Linux). My server is in half duplex (as I have collisions showing in ifconfig) and my through put sucks ((1.2 gig file is taking 60 hours!) I can not seem to find this anywhere? Thank you in advance. From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Dumb Ethernet Question on Debian
Thank you mii-tool -F 100baseTX-FD eth0 WORKED, and my 32 hours remaining in the copy flew by in just a few minutes Thank you again, I appreciate the sharing of your knowledge. On Nov 4, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you set the duplex and speed of your NIC in Debian (or Linux). My server is in half duplex (as I have collisions showing in ifconfig) and my through put sucks ((1.2 gig file is taking 60 hours!) I can not seem to find this anywhere? Thank you in advance. If it is anything like my redhat system, man mii-tool Kevin -- Looking for affordable webhosting? http://www.sitecity.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debian problems
George thank you, I do not get errors on the atp-get update anymore. I do not get MYTHTV packages in the list though :( debian-test:~# apt-get install mythtv Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package mythtv this is my soources.list # deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ stable main deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ stable main deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main #From Mailer help # unstable deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main # testing deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main # stable deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main # For MythTV deb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv On Nov 1, 2005, at 8:55 PM, George Nassas wrote: On 1-Nov-05, at 8:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/ main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nerim.net_debian- marillat_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) seems to be an issue with nerim.net ??? Cristian rearranged the archive over the summer. Take what's appropriate from these lines: # unstable deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main # testing deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main # stable deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main - George ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debian problems
Thank you, again... one more step forward.now I am hitting the dependance issues that I have read in other threads :(debian-test:~# apt-get install mythtvReading Package Lists... DoneBuilding Dependency Tree... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely thatthe package is simply not installable and a bug report againstthat package should be filed.The following information may help to resolve the situation:The following packages have unmet dependencies: mythtv: Depends: mythtv-frontend (= 0.18.1-5) but it is not going to be installed Depends: mythtv-backend (= 0.18.1-5) but it is not going to be installedE: Broken packagesdebian-test:~# I can see the value in KnoppMyth, but, this is a great learning experience, and I thank all those who help.On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:54 AM, George Nassas wrote:On 2-Nov-05, at 9:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not get MYTHTV packages in the list though :(# For MythTVdeb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv I'd guess you need to make that a deb entry to get binary packages.- George___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Remote control using a program on another computer
yes, it does :( I had it working on my KnoppMyth R5A16 and when the video started, I just dropped the session, and it worked ok. I need to look into MythWifi, thanks for the lead. On Nov 2, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:39:10AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try VNC this might help you get started; http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=x11vncHowTo You run the server on the MythTV box, in the same X Session that MythTV is running, then run a VNC Client on the Laptop (Clients are available for almost every OS). Umm... Wouldn't this result in VNC displaying the screen from the X session in question (i.e., the show being played back) on the device running the VNC client? (Or at least trying to... I can't imagine that trying to send a gazillion X updates for real-time video would work at all well.) Seems to me that MythWifi is at least on the right track, although I question whether the use of a web interface (as opposed to a native client application) will provide close- enough-to-real-time control for skip forward/back operations under all conditions. Have to give it a try and see how it works for me... (Disclaimer: I've used VNC servers running on Windows quite a bit, but never the VNC server for X. I'm assuming that a VNC client will display the same thing as the X session that it's attached to, since seeing the same thing on both client and server is kind of the point of VNC, but I could be wrong in that assumption.) -- The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened. - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple Systems - Multiple Remotes
IOn Nov 2, 2005, at 10:31 AM, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:35:54 -0600, Alberto Alonso wrote: It seems that the ATI Remote Wonder handles the rangethat I need. How about an RF keyboard? Those are theones that I was talking about when I said $180/eaAnybody has a less expensive solution? Apple make a wireless keyboard and mouse that use Bluetooth to talk to thecomputer. About $70$ Canadian around here for both, plus you might need aUSB Bluetooth plugin dongle.. about $20 Canadian around here. So on thecomputer you only need an open USB port.I use the Apple Bluetooth on my Mac Mini (not MythTV), and the range is good. 2 indoor walls and 15 feet or one outside wall and 15 feet no problem. Use it to control iTunes over the AirPort. From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Debian problems
I am trying to build Myth on Debian I added the deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable maindeb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtvto sources.listand I getdebian-test:~# apt-get updateGet:1 ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Packages Hit ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/main Packages Err ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Packages Unable to fetch file, server said 'Can't open /debian-marillat/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory ' [IP: 62.4.17.14 21]Hit ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/main Release Hit ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/main Sources Get:2 ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Release Hit ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/main Release Ign ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Release Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release Get:3 http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu unstable/mythtv Sources [877B] Ign http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu unstable/mythtv ReleaseFetched 877B in 15s (55B/s)Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Can't open /debian-marillat/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory ' [IP: 62.4.17.14 21]Reading Package Lists... DoneW: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nerim.net_debian-marillat_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nerim.net_debian-marillat_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problemsE: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.debian-test:~# ---seems to be an issue with nerim.net ???On Oct 24, 2005, at 9:59 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote:deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main deb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] OT: unplugging the fan of the grafic card
Yann asked I am planning to build a MythTV system, and would like to install a NVidia grafic card for software decoding of the recorded shows. The newer cards almost always have active coolers (with fan). Does software decoding use the heat producing features of the gpu, and if not, can I just unplug the fan to get a silent system ? A little late but wtf, fwiw my mx440's fan has died, seems to make no difference (apart from being quieter ;-) ) and not noticed any problems. Personally I'd suggest just get one with out a fan in the first place. Druid ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200
Jesse wrote: Jesse Guardiani wrote: Dave wrote: On 8/23/05, Mark Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone comment on the quality comparison between the two abovementioned chipsets? Well just to add my 2p, I've had a PVR-350 running for about a year with TV/X out, I've just swapped to a nvidia Geforce4 MX440/128Mb/AGP 8x PVR-350: Advantages: Picture quality - Supposedly better[0] Hardware en/decoding - low processor usage, ideal for low spec 'silent' frontends[1] Disadvantages: It's physically fscking huge - wont for example fit in a pundit-R without case modifications Not 100% stable - crashes under ff/rew sometimes (ivtv v0.3.8/mythtv 18.1 fwiw. May be better with later versions) No games No boot msg's - If you care (I don't and have a serial console if I want boot msgs) Problems with DVD's (much better with XV support) Not pretty on bootup (pops and different colours-distorted image/last image before shutdown-kde splash-kde-mythtv), can have driver loaded earlier) No hauppauge driver support some mythtv functions don't work (vol control etc) No VGA/DVI Cost MX440 (5200 or similar should be better) Advantages: Cheap Stable nvidia driver support Games DVD'S DVI/VGA Prettier on bootup (blank screen-nvidia splash(if turned on)-suse late splash-(kde but for a split second and don't see it)-mythtv), depending on card/setup can have entire bootup from bios splash into mythtv. Easily replaceable/upgradeable hardware with _no_ config changes (new nvidia card, just pop it in, single driver means config and driver won't change) Disadvantages: Picture quality - supposedly worse[0] Uses processing power[1] Might be tricky to find a fanless one (I don't recommend it but if you're not playing taxing games you _might_ be safe to just unplug the fan, mine's died and the card works fine [and at 20-30quid for a 'upgrade' replacement I won't worry _too_ much if it dies]) FWIW IMHO unless you want a silent low powered machine or don't have an AGP slot I'd say save the pennies (or cents) and just get a cheap nvidia card. Anyone want to buy a PVR-350? Druid [0] TBH I can't see it but then again I've not got that nice a TV[2], on a BFO projector you might. [1] On a very unscientific test I got the following on playback: SuSE 9.1/2.6.11-rc2-bk3-20050125153357-default PVR-350 P4/3GHz/800Mhz (HT DISABLED) 0.0-0.7% cpu SuSE 10.0/2.6.13-15-smp MX440 P4/2.8GHz/533Mhz (HT ENABLED) 6.5-8.5% [2] Currently shopping for one though :-) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] TV Playback Quality Problem
SNIP I get consistent poor quality tv playback on my new mythtv frontend. These problems are twofold. First, the quality is just crummy, with horizontal lines as if it was getting poor reception off the air. The second is that there are a lot of decoding glitches, like areas of picture not updating when they should so there is a distorted picture. I can play back the same recordings on my windows machine, and they don't show either the general poor quality, or the decoding distortion, so I believe it is really a playback problem. Also, I can play back divx videos (such as ripped dvds) on the mythbox and they come out very clean and sharp. I'm wondering where I should start troubleshooting this? The video card is an on-board SiS that has an mpeg2 decoder. I'm wondering if maybe it's using the hardware decoder which may not be the best? If so, is there a way to get it to not use the onboard decoder and decode in software as it is with the divx? /SNIP Are the horizontal lines a result of not deinterlacing the playback? If you haven't already, walk through the setup menu to TV to playback (I can't remember the menu path). One the 1st screen you can set deinterlacing on and select the algorithm. Good luck, Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Knoppmyth R4A22 and nVidia 6200
Tried to install the R4A22 and hit issue with my nVidia 6200 card. The picture on the CRT is dark Grey and no sVideo out. I had sVideo durring the install, but when X fired up screen when dark grey and lost sVideo. I re-installed with an ATI card and all is OK with the video. any ideas on how to trouble shoot the video issues? From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Knoppmyth Program Guide and live TV
Is there anyway to debug a frontend crash on the same machine as the backend? I have R4A22, go to live TV, hit 'M' then select program guide and poof I am back at X and the wallpaper. I restart the FE via the menu on rightclick, and it restarts fine. I can change cahnnel by entering the channel number fine, and the recording works GREAT. is there a spot to see logs on what crashes? From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] xbox linux distros
So, you booted to your CDrom on your Xbox then to perform the install, correct? I thought you had FTP'd this into your Debian directory on your Xbox using the loopback method, I think I misunderstood... If this is the case, has anyone used the loopback method to do the FC4 install and get a working Xbox... AJM, not404.com has two installation methods online: Test 3 Installer and Pre-Installed Loopback-FS Files for Test The latter is new and apparently has some kinks? I did the Test 3 Installer. Here are my steps in summary: 1. burn the installer to CD and put in the Xbox DVD drive 2. boot Xbox into Cromwell that I had installed via a hardware mod (software mod would work as well) 3. Cromwell recognized that I had a bootable image in the DVD drive, boot it 4. chose the Interactive;NoGame option and went from there Step 4 takes you into the Linux Anaconda installer. not404.com had to tweak the installer a bit and one of the side effects is that you need to keep the CD in the drive all the way through to the end of the installation. This means that you have to point Anaconda at a FC4 distribution via the network. For speed purposes I setup the FC4 distribution on a local machine and pointed Anacanonda to it via FTP. One other trick I figured out is that I needed to be careful not to choose too many options during this installation. I think the Xbox 64MB limit causes Anaconda to barf if you choose too much. I excluded as much KDE and Gnome stuff as I could and was fine. I use fluxbox as my window manager which is much more lightweight. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] xbox linux distros
As I mentioned recently in another thread I have had great success with Fedora Core 4 on my Xbox. This was made possible by this fellow pulling some stuff together: http://www.not404.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/wiki/XFedora4 I used the Test 3 Installer iso which get me right into the Anaconda installer. I put the FC4 distribution on a local machine and made it available via FTP from that machine. Everything went smoothly. After some twiddling with my new Linux Xbox for awhile I then did a 'yum install mythtv-suite'. The frontend came right up. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again
This may not be a useful solution for everyone interested in running a MythTV frontend on an xbox, but . . . Using the info and downloads at this site, http://www.not404.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/wiki/XFedora4, I was able to effortlessly install Fedora Core 4 on my xbox. Then using Jarod's excellent guide I installed MythTV and was up and running! Just an FYI. Quick question, did this re-format your harddrive on the Xbox or were able to just ftp it over and run it as a dashboard item? Thanks. AJM This installation of FC4 on Xbox has a selection right at the beginning that lets you choose if you want to preserve the game-playing ability of your system or if you want to end up with a Linux-only Xbox. I chose the latter. I presume you end up with a dashboard option if you choose the former. In either case you are using the regular Anaconda installation tool. Once I had the system installed and did some prep then all I did was 'yum install mythtv-suite'. It just works. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again
Thanks. Very interesting, does MythGame work? AJM,. I have no experience with MythGame but I don't see why it would not work. Something kind of ironic about running an emulated Pacman game on an Xbox. I like it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ITX vs ATX for dual-DVB system
Not really. My context is about DVB-T; I won't be getting a satellite dish any time soon. When sky start beaming HDTV is not what I care about; what I care about is when terrestrial DVB might become HD, and I honestly can't see that happening in 2006... Can UK DVB-T actually support HDTV from a bandwidth viewpoint? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the bandwidth needed would almost require a mux per TV channel, which considering they are lowering the rates to cram evermore channels onto each mux would seem to something that isn't going to happen... Would it also need new Freeview boxes and/or PCI cards? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless
Thanks to list I think I have it straight. The *current* HD1000 and HD1500 are the same hardware, but the HD1500 comes with a 256MB CF card and some of their gallery art. Both of these have 128MB RAM. The Revision A HD1000 only had 64MB of RAM, but the current Rev B HD1000 has 128 MB. The spec sheet on the Roku web site still shows the Rev A HD1000 which is what threw me. I'm trying to find one local, but no seems to have either in stock in MD. - Todd From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris GackstatterSent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:31 AMTo: 'Discussion about mythtv'; 'Message-ID:'Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless I have an HD 1000, it is my understanding that the only difference between the HD1000 and HD1500 is that the 1500 comes with additional software for displaying screen savers on you HDTV when not in use. When you read about additional RAM were they talking about RAM in the machine or RAM on a Card. I think they give you a larger card because they provide you with more software. Chris Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:11:36 -0400 From: "MythTV" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution To: "'Discussion about mythtv'" mythtv-users@mythtv.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Do you need the Photobridge HD (HD1500) or is the HD1000 OK? The main difference I see is the HD1500 has 128MB RAM and the HD1000 is 64MB, but not sure if that is much a limitation. Thanks, Todd _______ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] MythTV and the new video iPod -- how long do we have to wait? :)
Just announced today (Wed 10/12/2005), the video iPod: http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html 150 hours of video (Video capacity is based on 4 minutes per H.264 750-Kbps video combined with 128-Kbps audio.) on a 2.5 screen. So, in light of this new announcement, I'm throwing the gauntlet down. I will pledge $10 towards a pot to reward someone/some team that makes it possible to export mythtv recordings to the new video ipod in 3 months time. (Let's say 1/31/2006). That way when I get one of these for Christmas, my MythTV will be all ready for it. :) What do the rest of you think? mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution
Do you need the Photobridge HD (HD1500) or is the HD1000 OK? The main difference I see is the HD1500 has 128MB RAM and the HD1000 is 64MB, but not sure if that is much a limitation. Thanks, Todd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Gackstatter Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:38 PM To: 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution I run MythRoku on a Roku Photobridge HD. What is there is easy to install and works great. MythRoku can use some more work but it is the only HiDef solution out there. Right now MythRoku only plays recorded shows and you can pause live TV. You will need a front end on another machine to schedule recordings and you can not rewind or FF live TV. This will come with Time and more people working on the port. I will say this I implemented MythTV because of the Roku. I did not want the noisy box in my media room. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Fuller Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:01 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution Todd Ignasiak wrote: One frontend I've been looking into is the Roku Photobridge HD ( http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/index.php ). It's a media player for HDTV's. It is Linux based, and has a hardware MPEG2 decoder onboard. They encourage open source developement on their platform, and someone has ported the MythTV frontend. He has made some big improvements lately, and I'm thinking of picking up the Roku box to give it a try. Check out mythroku at http://mythroku.blogspot.com/ Do you know what mpeg2 decoder chip they use? I didn't see the info at the site. ___ 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] Sharing VIDEO with remote FE - Help Please.
I am trying to setup a front-end (FE) to use the stored VIDEO in the /myth/video directory on the BackEnd (BE) that also has a FE. All are Knoppmyth. I had to change the player's options to use X11, but now the BE with an integrated FE can see and play the VIDEO fine. The remote FE can not.1) the 'data base' that holds the VIDEO information seems to be not shared. I have to go in and recognize the video on the BE for it to play them, then the FE states, that the video is moved, and needs to re-recognize them (setup/video), then the BE/FE will not see them, and around and around I go.2) the FE has a BAD lip-Sync Issue that is not there on recordings from TV or live-tv. Note that one of the VIDEO is a TV recording moved to the VIDEO directory.What I did: Quick explanation:-BE/FE - Created a NFS mount of the /myth direcotoryFE - mounted the NFS mountFE - changed the VIDEO Playback SETUP to point to the new mount for video (and posters)More Detailed explanation:-following directions at http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=NFSHowTo but I had no /etc/exportSO I created one with a single line/myth/video 192.168.11.0/24(ro) #Export my videosthen did the;/etc/init.d/nfs-common start/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server startthen updated the kernalupdate-rc.d nfs-common defaultsupdate-rc.d nfs-kernel-server defaultsthen I went to the frontend mkdir /mnt/share-videosmount 192.168.11.105:/myth/video /mnt/share-videosThen updated fstab with#mount for video sharing192.168.11.105:/myth/video /mnt/share-videos nfs defaults,auto,noatime 0 0and changed the MYTH application's setup to look for videos in the /mnt/share-videosdirectoryPROBLEMS:It did not work!I can see the files, but Myth on the FE states that they are 'not there', I went to video setup, re-recognized the videos, and then they played. They played poorly. Lip Sync was out my 30 secondsI went back to the BE/FE and tried to play the videos. The BE/FE needed to re-recognize the files, then the played with no lip-sync issue.changed the mount to be the whole /myth directory and nothing. From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] OT: Phone Concentrator(?)
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Jon Whitear wrote: The cooleset thing is when the phone rings, the caller ID comes up on the telly! Jon, How are you making this happen? Via MythNotify and a modem in your Myth backend? Via Asterisk? (of so, can you be more specific?) thanks, mark ps -- as a sidebar, which VOIP providers are you utilizing? You can answer off-list if you'd like. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] vga to component converters
Does anyone have experience/recommendations between using a VGA to Component Converter as opposed to one of the Geforce cards with component out? Such as: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127174 Thanks, Todd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lichti Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:57 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] vga to component converters Jason Temple wrote: Greetings All, I was wondering what most of you HD guys use to connect your front end to your tv. I don't have a fancy flat panel tv with vga imputs unfortunately, but my Samsung tube can do 720p through it's component connector. I've seen a number of converters anywhere from $150-$300 that will take a vga signal and output component...my questions are: Are they any good? Are there any issues with X (Xorg supports them? Any issues with modelines, clocks?). Are they all pretty much the same? Although I'm planning to set this up with 720p, I want it to support 1080i for future sets. Any input would be greatly apprectiated! I've heard only good things about the Audio Authority A960. I bought one for a different reason, but it doesn't work in my setup (standard TV only). I'd be willing to sell if it you decide you want one. I think I paid $100US for it. Do some more research, and let me know if you want mine. Tom ___ 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] CallerID w/ MythTV using SunRocket (not Vonage)
I've been happily using MythTV for almost two years and had never paid any attention to CallerID on MythTV since I didn't want to pay SBC an extra $7 (or more) per month for CallerID. BUT, when I moved, I signed up for SunRocket (www.sunrocket.com), and now have CallerID. I thought about using mythnotify...but where the backend is located it would be a real PITA to run a phone line to it. In my googling, I came across this thread, vonage caller id http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/107180 My question to the listhas anyone else who uses SunRocket come up with a way to sniff CallerID info, and then have it display via MythTV? Thanks in advance, mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Tunner Suggestions
Hi- We are trying to build a MythTV box. We're experienced enough with Linux in general, but we have zero experience with Myth, PVR, Linux Video, etc. Our first hurdle is buying the tuner. In any case we only want to deal with stuff that has a good compatiblity track record, so any recommendations are appreciated. We're extremely not set on particular cards. I'd also appreciate if you gave your best guess about price. (If you know of a good place to buy, say that too) We care about good quality video at 480x480 from an analog cable. For now we don't care about digital channels, HDTV or QAM. Our existing hardware is a PIII/866/1GB RAM/ 250G HD with an Nvidia Geforce2 GTS. I believe this Nvidia card supports some video output acceleration; if it doesn't we can get a newer one. 1. We're considering buying a Hauppauge WinTV-GO. This seems to be $25 and very compatible. Is this a good card/good price? Are there better ones? 2. Would we have to buy a faster computer to have simultaneous 480x480 playback with the GO? (Just a framegrabber, I think)? 3. Would we have to buy a faster computer if we bought a card with an encoder? 4. If we need a card with an encoder, we're thinking of a Hauppauge PVR-250 or 350. These both seem to be $125, so we'd probably get the PVR350. Are these good choices/prices? Are there better ones? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side
System specs: Myth 0.18 Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers 2x HD-3000 capture card 800x600 through TV-out over s-video. I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until the fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking up. I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted, the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work fine. This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's causing this. Does anybody have any ideas? Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places, it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] 16:9 video playback cutting off 10% on right side
System specs: Myth 0.18 Nvidia FX5200, 7667 drivers 2x HD-3000 capture card 800x600 through TV-out over s-video. I had my Myth system setup and everything was working great...until the fan on the video card went bad and the system started locking up. I was using a Nvidia 6200 AGP video card but I replaced it with a fanless FX5200 card. After I replaced the video card and rebooted, the Myth interface looked exactly the same as before, filling the screen with very little overscan. I then attempted to playback some recorded TV and discovered that on 16:9 material, at least 10-15% of the picture is missing on the right side. 4:3 material seems to work fine. This did not happen with the 6200 card. I didn't change any settings in .nvidia-settings-rc or in XF86Config-4, so I don't know what's causing this. Does anybody have any ideas? Different video cards sit the screen in slightly different places, it's just a fact of life. You'll need to tinker with the modeline in the XF86Config-4 file, just take it slowly. I don't think that's the problem. The X desktop and the Myth UI both look correct. Neither of them is getting 10-15% of the picture chopped off on the right side. I only see the problem during 16:9 video playback. I have Myth configured to use the same video mode for the GUI and for playback, so it isn't that either. Are you definitely running your desktop in the same 16:9 mode? Do you have any other modelines defined? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] dumb question on mailer
How do I reply to a topic? just reply all to the email on the mailer? what if I get the daily news digest, with out individual emails, but them as a list, but want to reply to a topic? sorry for the dumb question. Kevin Cossaboon www.cossaboon.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] no EPG on remote front end
I have a remote front end running KnoppMyth R5A16 connecting to a backend with the same version on a separate machine. I can see live TV, change channels (and see the TV Channel banner, with Show Synapse), and watch previously recorded shows. BUT when I press M for a guide it is blank. If I start a front end on the backend machine, there is a guide. is there a simple thing that I missed? From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer http://www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] scanned channels and xmltv feed don't match up
I wonder if someone could suggest what might be going wrong with my setup? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. I'm using the the latest version of MythTV from the release-0-18-fixes branch and the RadioTimes XMLTV feed for the UK with tv_grab_uk_rt from the Debian package of xmltv-util version 0.5.40... Essentially, the problem is that when mythfilldatabase runs for the first time, it doesn't seem to add the xmltvid to the exisiting channels that were found by the DVB-T cards on scanning. Instead it creates new channels which aren't associated with an mplexid. For example, immediately after scanning for the first time, the channel list looks like this: mysql select chanid,channum,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid from channel order by (channum+0); ++-+++-+-+ | chanid | channum | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | ++-+++-+-+ | 1000 | 1 | BBC ONE Scot | BBC ONE Scot | | 1 | | 1001 | 2 | BBC TWO Scot | BBC TWO Scot | | 1 | | 1006 | 3 | Scottish TV| Scottish TV| | 2 | | 1009 | 4 | Channel 4 | Channel 4 | | 2 | | 1016 | 5 | five | five | | 3 | | 1008 | 6 | ITV2 | ITV2 | | 2 | | 1002 | 7 | BBC THREE | BBC THREE | | 1 | | 1015 | 8 | TeleG | TeleG | | 3 | | 1025 | 10 | BBC FOUR | BBC FOUR | | 4 | | 1011 | 13 | More 4 | More 4 | | 2 | | 1012 | 14 | E4 | E4 | | 2 | | 1018 | 15 | abc1 | abc1 | | 3 | | 1017 | 16 | QVC| QVC| | 3 | | 1019 | 23 | bid tv | bid tv | | 3 | | 1020 | 24 | price-drop tv | price-drop tv | | 3 | | 1005 | 30 | CBBC Channel | CBBC Channel | | 1 | | 1026 | 31 | CBeebies | CBeebies | | 4 | | 1007 | 34 | ITV3 | ITV3 | | 2 | | 1022 | 36 | Xtraview | Xtraview | | 3 | | 1013 | 37 | Quiz Call | Quiz Call | | 2 | | 1003 | 40 | BBC NEWS 24| BBC NEWS 24| | 1 | | 1014 | 41 | ITV News | ITV News | | 2 | | 1024 | 45 | BBC PARLMNT| BBC PARLMNT| | 4 | | 1030 | 46 | Community | Community | | 4 | | 1023 | 47 | Teachers' TV | Teachers' TV | | 3 | | 1004 | 51 | BBCi | BBCi | | 1 | | 1010 | 57 | SETANTA SPORTS | SETANTA SPORTS | | 2 | | 1021 | 61 | Red Hot| Red Hot| | 3 | | 1027 | 189 | 701| 701| | 4 | | 1028 | 190 | 702| 702| | 4 | | 1029 | 191 | 703| 703| | 4 | ++-+++-+-+ 31 rows in set (0.00 sec) ... and after running mythfilldatabase for the first time, it looks like this: mysql select chanid,channum,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid from channel order by (channum+0); ++-+++-+-+ | chanid | channum | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | ++-+++-+-+ | 1054 | | 1054 | Teachers' TV (digital terrestrial) | C1956.radiotimes.com|NULL | | 1042 | | 1042 | ABC1 | abc1.disney.com |NULL | | 1053 | | 1053 | Community Channel | communitychannel.org|NULL | | 1052 | BBC P | 1052 | BBC Parliament | parliament.bbc.co.uk|NULL | | 1044 | | 1044 | Bid TV | bid-up.tv |NULL | | 1045 | | 1045 | Price-drop TV | price-drop.tv |NULL | | 1046 | | 1046 | CBBC | cbbc.bbc.co.uk |NULL | | 1047 | | 1047 | CBeebies | cbeebies.bbc.co.uk |NULL | | 1048 | ITV3
Re: [mythtv-users] scanned channels and xmltv feed don't match up
Justin Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] AFAIK, mythfilldatabase only populates the program listings when you're using tv_grab_uk_rt. I really think it must have been mythfilldatabase that was adding the channels; I hadn't run anything else between the first database dump I quoted and the second... What I did was edit the xmltvid field for each scanned DVB channel in mythtv-setup. That should do the trick. Ah, thanks very much - I've done that and it seems to work fine now. I also trimmed the *.xmltv file for my RadioTimes video source so it only tries to grab the listings for channels I can actually get, which seems to reduce the run time of mythfilldatabase from 2 hours to 5 minutes :) cheers, mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend on cheap hw ;-)
I am using a 800mHz old Dell Celeron PC with 256Meg Ram and MB Graphic card that shares memory. Works ok. All the issues I am aving, I assume are not the hardware but rather just my knowledge. Video plays fine (non-MPEG2 at this time) Kevin Cossaboon www.cossaboon.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, September 18, 2005, at 04:37PM, Mark Kundinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm unsure on the memory requirements. 128MB might be enough, but you may need 256. But heck, if you have the hardware parts just laying around, try slapping some together and see what happens. :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware Whats the minimum cpu speed, ram for mythfrontend ? Celeron 400, 700 Mhz , 64, 128 RAM , geforce mx4 ? Any suggestion? ___ ___ 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] Cheap/Quiet Drive Idea for Front End Machines
I have a Pundit frontend that was running well but the old 10GB HD I pulled from the "parts closet" was too loud. I started looking at the new drives, but it was killing my to buy 120GB+ "whisper" or "Ultra Quiet" drive when 10GB was plenty for a FE-only machine. Then it occurred to me that laptop drives are pretty quiet (even old ones) and I have access to some old laptops that are useless, but I can't bear to throw them out. Now my Pundit FE is running much quieter with 4GB laptop hard drive. Just wanted to pass along the idea. - Todd _______ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] validate my expatiation please
AllI have been play Knopix version of MythTV and have a backend/frontend server up with an old ATI TV Wonder VE. I also have a Frontend (almost only) for viewing. I have lots of little issueschronicled at http://www.cossaboon.net So before I sink much more time into this is the following a reasonable? (Base)Build a server with 2 - 4 PVR-250 (or 150 or 500) with DirecTV Satelite tuners on them. Have 1 - 3 remote PC with 'front ends' on them using this back end for LIVE TV (with full EPG) and watching Recorded shows.Remotes are easily reboot so my children and Wife can use it with no Linux knowledge.(Step 2)Have the ability to share CD Audio and other Video content not recorded with remote Font End(Step 3)Have the ability to record to DVD as a 'DATA Disk' MPEG2 and/or Mpeg4(Step 4)Record AC3 Audio with videoI almost have the base working as a 'beta' system, with a few glitches, but am afraid I will not be able to get to Step 3 (Step 4 is a real science project from what I have been reading and would require a non-hauppauge card as the do the audio video combining into the MPEG stream, but a ATI TV Wonder and a sound card with AC3 in?Thank you in advance. From: Kevin Cossaboon Home MAC Mini Computer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?
I just picked up one from here: http://www.irblaster.info Works great and $15 shipped. - Todd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:32:55 +0100, Lee wrote: To change the fontsize in the main Myth menus - The example below is for MythCenter, but you'll ge the idea... pico /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/theme.xml find the fontsize tag, and decrease/increase as necessary, I found 22 was best. You will have to change to another theme and then back to see the changes. This isn't the right way to fix it. What you need to do is make sure that the X server is running at 100dpi, which is what all of the themes are for. This has been covered many times, so just check back in the archives (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv) for 100 dpi. (Hint, set DisplaySize in xorg.conf or give -dpi 100 to X server.) Oh, I played with the whole display size thing until my fingers bled. 100dpi just seemed to move things around the screen a bit, but not actually fix anything. 75dpi (which was the default when I installed KnoppMyth R5A16) was almost there, but adjusting that .xml file made it perfect... As usual YMMV... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Odd pauses when starting recorded shows...
Now that my Myth box seems to be fairly stable, I'm slowly starting to migrate recording shows off the Tivo and onto the Myth box. As I'm actually using Myth a lot more, I've noticed a few problems... 1) When I select a recorded show to play from the menu, on about 20% of them, the screen goes black and there is no sound, it sits there like this for anything from 10-45 seconds and then the show starts and plays as normal... I've run the database check and it's all fine and playing the files over a samba share is OK too. Playing videos in MythVideo has no problems... 2) Scrolling up and down the recorded shows menu, occasionally pauses for a few seconds, with what sounds like harddrive thrashing about, before continuing as normal, this is a minor problem, but it's SOO annoying... 3) When using the 30 second skip, it skips and then kind of does slow motion for about 1 sec or 2 and then plays properly. Is this normal? or is there a problem? It's annoying after using the 30sec skip on the Tivo for years... Any ideas? It's really impacting the WAF... Cheers, Lee The box is an Athlon 2Ghz, 512 RAM, 200GB HD, dual Avermedia 771 DVB-T (UK Freeview) tuners, MS MCE USB Remote control, running KnoppMyth R5A16. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Off Topic - DVB-T, Muxes and reception...
If all muxes are being transmitted from the same transmitter, why should one bundle of channels feel like it is coming from the moon? Are muxes simply s/w abstractions or do they correspond somehow to physical divisions in the h/w - i.e. is my problem mux maybe being pumped out at a lower power than all the others etc... Each mux is transmitted from a different tranmitter. These tranmitters may well be in the same place, but are seperate physical bits of kit. They don't necessarily all point in the same direction or run at the same power. And this type of problem is fairly common with old analog antenna setups. Would a booster be likely to solve the problem, or do I just live with it - they are tall fir trees and not mine :-) Recheck all the connections as a first move. Try to get the antenna higher, this usually help. Try moving it to left/right and see if that helps. Finally, a booster may well help, but isn't guaranteed. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Is this any good for mythtv?
If you check the archives I believe there was a lot of discussion around some tuner cards being a tight fit in the Pundit. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roel Gielen Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:52 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Is this any good for mythtv? Ok its me again... I figured it out. This is my list to buy: Case/Motherboard: Asus Pundit-R 9100IGP Specs: http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=trueartn o=SBQA23#tecData Processor: Intel Celeron D 325 (2,53 Ghz) Specs: http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=trueartn o=HQCI44#tecData Memory: Corsair XMS DIMM 512 MB Specs: http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=trueartn o=I9ID6J#tecData TV-Tuner: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 (comes with an remote control) Specs: http://www.alternate.nl/html/shop/productDetails.html?showTechData=trueartn o=JK%23P32#tecData Are these save to buy? I mean no driver problems with linux/mythtv? The tv tuner goes in another computer (amd 1800+) as backend. and the celeron + pundit-R + memory I use for the frontend (and other stuff a computer can) Still not sure on the size of harddisk to chose. Greetings Roel ___ 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] Storage of currently tuned channel
The MySQL line is as follows, I think: mysql -uUSER -Ddatabase -pPASSWORD -eUPDATE cardinputl SET startchan='the_starting_channel_you_want' where cardinputid='the_id_of_the_card_you_want_to_change'; Now just replace the following stuff: -uUSER -- replace the USER with a valid username for MySQL (root is one) -pPASSWORD -- the password of the above user the_starting_channel_you_want -- as was already said, change into the channel you want the_id_of_the_card_you_want_to_change-- this is the id of the card you want to affect That should do it, although I'm not sure this is what you wanted ;-) Is there a way to do this from within a script like Jarod's mythpowerbutton.sh? I am trying to make this as wife/children friendly and run into this problem. Would like to allow them to hit a button and have the box kill the frontend, stop the backend, fix the start channel, start the backend, and start the front end. I can do all except the fixing the start channel. Anyone have a one line command prompt way to do this? Thanks, Rob --- Marc Tousignant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett May Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:10 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] Storage of currently tuned channel Hi All, Can anyone tell me where the current tuned channel is stored in mythtv. Is it stored in the database anywhere? There seems to be a bug in mythtv 18.0 that allows you to change to non visible channels (probably fixed in cvs). I have managed to change to a HD channel and ViaXVMC can't handle it and crashes the frontend. Unfortunately I am now stuck on this channel and can't find a way to change to a valid channel before starting mythbackend. I can use tzap piped to mplayer to watch other channels so its not the card that is stuck. Mythbacked is changing to this channel on startup. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Brett Simplest way to do this I think is this. First stop the backend. Not sure if editing the database while it is running will work right. Login to mysql mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg If you left it default the password is mythtv too. Otherwise use your own user/pass. select cardinputid, inputname, startchan from cardinput; This will tell you which card is your HD card and the current channel. UPDATE cardinput SET startchan='13' WHERE cardinputid='1'; This will change the channel in the database. Replace 1 with the cardinput from next to your hd tuner and replace the 13 with any valid hd channel. ___ 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
Re: [mythtv-users] Which remote?
I've been thinking about a PDA turned into a RC, since it can be used a bit more diversly. Problem is that I don't know how well good it is as an RC, never tried, I mean how good the feel, etc is. The funny thing about RC's is that an RC is a lot harder to make than it seems, it really needs thought if you want it to be good, and I'm annoyed by every product giving their own RC, instead the price could be dropped, and with the saved money everybody could buy one good RC, instead of all these crappy RC's I have my home full of ;-) But does anybody have experience with PDA's as an RC ? *I'm getting to the stage with my Myth box where I should think about something other than a PS/2 keyboard to control it. I've managed to beat LIRC into enough of a bloody pulp to register button presses in xmode2, so it's time to pick a device. I was wondering if anyone had any particukar experiences or recommendations to make. I like the look and style of the One-For-All Kameleon series, but they're expensive and only the (old) URC-8060 has a config file on the LIRC website. Any suggestions? --Jo Shields * ___ 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
