Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
Anybody having trouble with the setup should know that you can telnet
into your MVPMC. I didn't know this when I started but
fortunately I didn't have any trouble. But when I was trying to
mount some drives, I found it quite useful to simply go in and try
things out first before formalizing the config files. Just telnet
to it's IP address and use 'root' as the username (no password).
--
MikeOn 9/8/05, Rusty McEacharn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i wrote this back before the days of pre-built dongle.bin.mvpmc
files. anyway, sections 5.1 and 5.2 are no longer necessary just
get the ppc binary package from sourceforge:
# cp dongle.bin.mvpmc /tftpboot
you will have to configure your firewall to allow all these services through. just turn it off and get mvpmc working.
# /etc/init.d/iptables stop
then go back and configure the firewall with guarddog or something
similar. see attached guarddog config file and the howto in html
format.
Building and using binary releases of mvpmc
This guide was written for those who want to use binary releases and
avoid the whole cross-compile process. It is geared toward using
Red Hat's Fedora Core 2 Linux distribution since that is what I use.
For the most part, this document should still be applicable to Fedora
Core 3 as well. Questions and suggestions should be sent to
mceachrw at gmail dot com.
1 DHCP
DHCP is required assign an IP address to the MediaMVP. It also
specifies the location of the tftp server in the DHCP response packet,
otherwise the MediaMVP will not be able to boot.
1.1 Installing the DHCP server
$ su
# apt-get install dhcp
1.2 Configuring the DHCP server
You need to edit your /etc/dhcpd.conf file first. In the example below,
we're setting up a subnet 192.168.0.50 through
192.168.0.60. The
DNS servers are xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Our default
gateway is 192.168.0.1. We are going to permanently assign IP
address 192.168.0.10 to our MediaMVP. Most of these values are not used
by the MediaMVP, but this is how you could use a linux DHCP server in
your own environment.
NOTE: You must replace xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx with the MAC address of your actual MediaMVP.
---
ddns-update-style none;
# basic subnet declaration, my router is at 192.168.0.1
# and this reserves a range of 10 IP numbers for use
# by anything using DHCP to connect to the web.
# I left out my DNS numbers; you should plug in yours,
# or maybe they're not even necessary...
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask
255.255.255.0 {
# default gateway
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option domain-name-servers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
# The following options are for dynamic IPs
range 192.168.0.50
192.168.0.60;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
}
# you then should give your MediaMVP a fixed IP number,
# and a filename to boot from. Note you will need
# to get the MediaMVP's MAC address from the sticker
# on the bottom of the unit
host MVP1 {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
fixed-address 192.168.0.10;
filename dongle.bin.mvpmc;
}
--
1.3 Starting the DHCP server
Make sure that dhcp is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig dhcpd on
Start dhcp now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service dhcpd start
2 TFTP
2.1 Installing the TFTP server
# apt-get install tftp-server
2.2 Starting the TFTP server
The tftp server runs under xinetd server. I'm not sure how to
start tftp other than through the Gnome gui. Click System
Settings, Server Settings, Services. Scroll down and check off
tftp and xinetd.
Make sure that xinetd is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig xinetd on
Start xinetd now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service xinetd start
3 NFS
3.1 Installing the NFS server
# apt-get install nfs-utils
3.2 Configuring NFS server
You need to edit your /etc/exports file first. In the example below, we
export or share /myth/tv and /myth/music to our MediaMVP at
192.168.0.10 read-only.
--
/myth/tv 192.168.0.10(ro)
/myth/music 192.168.0.10(ro)
---
3.3 Starting the NFS server
Make sure that the NFS server is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig nfs on
Start the NFS server now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service nfs start
4 Allow remote frontends to connect.
Configuring a remote front-end is relatively easy. There are two steps
you need to take on your back-end machine, followed by a quick edit of
a config file and a breeze through the mythtvsetup utility on the
remote front-end.
On your back-end, you need to allow mysql connections from other hosts
on your network. This example assumes your local area network is
192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0, adjust accordingly for your network:
$ mysql -u root -p mythconverg
mysql grant all on
Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
i wrote this back before the days of pre-built dongle.bin.mvpmc
files. anyway, sections 5.1 and 5.2 are no longer necessary just
get the ppc binary package from sourceforge:
# cp dongle.bin.mvpmc /tftpboot
you will have to configure your firewall to allow all these services through. just turn it off and get mvpmc working.
# /etc/init.d/iptables stop
then go back and configure the firewall with guarddog or something
similar. see attached guarddog config file and the howto in html
format.
Building and using binary releases of mvpmc
This guide was written for those who want to use binary releases and
avoid the whole cross-compile process. It is geared toward using
Red Hat's Fedora Core 2 Linux distribution since that is what I use.
For the most part, this document should still be applicable to Fedora
Core 3 as well. Questions and suggestions should be sent to
mceachrw at gmail dot com.
1 DHCP
DHCP is required assign an IP address to the MediaMVP. It also
specifies the location of the tftp server in the DHCP response packet,
otherwise the MediaMVP will not be able to boot.
1.1 Installing the DHCP server
$ su
# apt-get install dhcp
1.2 Configuring the DHCP server
You need to edit your /etc/dhcpd.conf file first. In the example below,
we're setting up a subnet 192.168.0.50 through 192.168.0.60. The
DNS servers are xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Our default
gateway is 192.168.0.1. We are going to permanently assign IP
address 192.168.0.10 to our MediaMVP. Most of these values are not used
by the MediaMVP, but this is how you could use a linux DHCP server in
your own environment.
NOTE: You must replace xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx with the MAC address of your actual MediaMVP.
---
ddns-update-style none;
# basic subnet declaration, my router is at 192.168.0.1
# and this reserves a range of 10 IP numbers for use
# by anything using DHCP to connect to the web.
# I left out my DNS numbers; you should plug in yours,
# or maybe they're not even necessary...
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
# default gateway
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option domain-name-servers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
# The following options are for dynamic IPs
range 192.168.0.50 192.168.0.60;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
}
# you then should give your MediaMVP a fixed IP number,
# and a filename to boot from. Note you will need
# to get the MediaMVP's MAC address from the sticker
# on the bottom of the unit
host MVP1 {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
fixed-address 192.168.0.10;
filename dongle.bin.mvpmc;
}
--
1.3 Starting the DHCP server
Make sure that dhcp is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig dhcpd on
Start dhcp now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service dhcpd start
2 TFTP
2.1 Installing the TFTP server
# apt-get install tftp-server
2.2 Starting the TFTP server
The tftp server runs under xinetd server. I'm not sure how to
start tftp other than through the Gnome gui. Click System
Settings, Server Settings, Services. Scroll down and check off
tftp and xinetd.
Make sure that xinetd is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig xinetd on
Start xinetd now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service xinetd start
3 NFS
3.1 Installing the NFS server
# apt-get install nfs-utils
3.2 Configuring NFS server
You need to edit your /etc/exports file first. In the example below, we
export or share /myth/tv and /myth/music to our MediaMVP at
192.168.0.10 read-only.
--
/myth/tv 192.168.0.10(ro)
/myth/music 192.168.0.10(ro)
---
3.3 Starting the NFS server
Make sure that the NFS server is started at bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig nfs on
Start the NFS server now or restart if it is already running.
# /sbin/service nfs start
4 Allow remote frontends to connect.
Configuring a remote front-end is relatively easy. There are two steps
you need to take on your back-end machine, followed by a quick edit of
a config file and a breeze through the mythtvsetup utility on the
remote front-end.
On your back-end, you need to allow mysql connections from other hosts
on your network. This example assumes your local area network is
192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0, adjust accordingly for your network:
$ mysql -u root -p mythconverg
mysql grant all on mythconverg.* to mythtv@192.168.0.% identified by mythtv;
mysql flush privileges;
mysql quit
In the mythtvsetup application on your back-end, you'll need to make
sure you set the variables for IP address for host and
Master Server IP address to the IP address of the back-end's network
card 192.168.0.2, rather than the loopback address (127.0.0.1).
5 MVPMC
5.1 Obtaining an original dongle.bin
dongle.bin is the name of the Linux kernel and ramdisk that
[mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
Does anybody have a good website or directions on how to get tha Hauppauge Media MVp working in Fedora Core 4? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
Check out mvpmc - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mvpmc I run two of these and I'm pretty happy with them. Definitely not a full front end replacement, but pretty good and may someday do almost all the front end functions. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/05 12:50 PM Does anybody have a good website or directions on how to get tha Hauppauge Media MVp working in Fedora Core 4? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] Media MVP Setup Guide
I second both the link provided and the sentiment. The WAF for the MediaMVP (running MVPMC) is probably higher than for the MythTV frontend (due mainly to the simplicity). The only resource I used was the link that Paul provided. I had it running in about an hour (dongle image, DHCP, etc). -- MikeOn 9/6/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out mvpmc - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mvpmcI run two of these and I'm pretty happy with them.Definitely not a full front end replacement, but pretty good and may someday do almost all the front endfunctions.Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/05 12:50 PM Does anybody have a good website or directions on how to get tha Hauppauge Media MVp working in Fedora Core4?__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam?Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-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] Media MVP Setup Guide
Well I have been messing around with it for some time now, I never had it running in Core 3, my tftp server would always time out. So I decided to do a fresh install of Fedora Core 4 and now I cant even get that close. He is what i can not figure out 1.) in Fedora Core 4 there is no dhcp.conf in the /etc directory. If I create a new one my dhcp server will not start. Where is this file located or what am I doing wrong here 2.) Fedora always sets the tftp server to be a default of off. Where is the file to turn the default to on 3.) I have both the donble.bin and the dongle.bin.conf in the /tftpboot directory so if my tftp server is running I should have to configure anything else. Correct? 4.) Which dongle.bin.conf way are you using NFS configuration: rdate -s 192.168.10.50 mkdir /var mkdir /var/myth/ mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nfsvers=3 192.168.10.50:/var/myth/ /var/myth/ mvpmc -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.10.50 -r /var/myth/video Or standard configuration: rdate -s 192.168.10.50 mvpmc -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.10.50 --- Michael Tiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I second both the link provided and the sentiment. The WAF for the MediaMVP (running MVPMC) is probably higher than for the MythTV frontend (due mainly to the simplicity). The only resource I used was the link that Paul provided. I had it running in about an hour (dongle image, DHCP, etc). -- Mike On 9/6/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out mvpmc - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mvpmc I run two of these and I'm pretty happy with them. Definitely not a full front end replacement, but pretty good and may someday do almost all the front end functions. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/05 12:50 PM Does anybody have a good website or directions on how to get tha Hauppauge Media MVp working in Fedora Core 4? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
On 9/6/05, Josh Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running FC3, but I assume these parts should still be relevant: 1.) in Fedora Core 4 there is no dhcp.conf in the /etcdirectory. If I create a new one my dhcp server will not start. Where is this file located or what am Idoing wrong here The file should be called /etc/dhcpd.conf. If you can't find that, try ls -l /etc/dhcp* and see what files show up. Failing that, stop and restart your dhcp server and look in /var/log/messages for output from the server. That might give you some hints as to where it's looking for a config file. If that still doesn't help, try 'man dhcpd' or 'man dhcp'. 2.) Fedora always sets the tftp server to be a defaultof off. Where is the file to turn the default to "on" If you installed tftp from an rpm I believe it gets set up to run under xinetd. Look in /etc/xinetd.d. There should be a file called tftp (maybe tftpd). There should be several lines in this file that set various things. One of those lines should look like this: disabled = yes Change that yes to a no and restart xinet (/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart) 3.) I have both the donble.bin and the dongle.bin.confin the /tftpboot directory so if my tftp server is running I should have to configure anything else.Correct? Correct, that should be all you need to do assuming that your DHCP and tftp servers are set up correctly. 4.) Which dongle.bin.conf way are you using NFS configuration:rdate -s 192.168.10.50mkdir /varmkdir /var/myth/mount -t nfs -onolock,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nfsvers=3192.168.10.50:/var/myth/ /var/myth/ mvpmc -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.10.50-r /var/myth/video Or standard configuration:rdate -s 192.168.10.50 mvpmc -f /etc/helvR10.fnt -s 192.168.10.50 I'm using the standard configuration. My reasoning for this is that I read somewhere that mvpmc sometimes has A/V sync issues during playback and I believe it mentioned something about this being related to NFS. So I figured I'd just avoid the NFS mount and stream the video straight from the backend. I haven't been using it long enough to tell if it's having A/V sync issues or not so YMMV. Brad Benson ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
Josh Owen schreef: Well I have been messing around with it for some time now, I never had it running in Core 3, my tftp server would always time out. So I decided to do a fresh install of Fedora Core 4 and now I can’t even get that close. He is what i can not figure out 1.) in Fedora Core 4 there is no dhcp.conf in the /etc directory. If I create a new one my dhcp server will not start. Where is this file located or what am I doing wrong here it's called /etc/dhcpd.conf Maybe don't have dhcp installed? apt-get installdhcpd 2.) Fedora always sets the tftp server to be a default of off. Where is the file to turn the default to “on” /etc/inetd.conf /etc/services ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Media MVP Setup Guide
Note MediaMVP only works with Mpeg 2 files and doesn't support mpeg 4 at all if you do any transcoding or like me use a bttv card then this wont be able to play your recordings. Mpeg 2 files are rather large compared to the much smaller mpeg 4 files. Robert Michael Tiller wrote: I second both the link provided and the sentiment. The WAF for the MediaMVP (running MVPMC) is probably higher than for the MythTV frontend (due mainly to the simplicity). The only resource I used was the link that Paul provided. I had it running in about an hour (dongle image, DHCP, etc). -- Mike On 9/6/05, *PAUL WILLIAMSON* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out mvpmc - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mvpmc I run two of these and I'm pretty happy with them. Definitely not a full front end replacement, but pretty good and may someday do almost all the front end functions. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/05 12:50 PM Does anybody have a good website or directions on how to get tha Hauppauge Media MVp working in Fedora Core 4? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto: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] Media MVP Setup Guide
On 6 Sep 2005 at 14:24, Brad Benson wrote: I'm using the standard configuration. My reasoning for this is that I read somewhere that mvpmc sometimes has A/V sync issues during playback and I believe it mentioned something about this being related to NFS. So I figured I'd just avoid the NFS mount and stream the video straight from the backend. I haven't been using it long enough to tell if it's having A/V sync issues or not so YMMV. I've been using the nfs mount method for about 8 months now and the only time I get a/v sync issues is if I exit out of one show and then immediatley go into another show, about 30% of the time this will result in the voices being ahead of the onscreen action. Exiting the show, going to the main menu and restarting the show always fixes the problem/ -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
