[mythtv-users] New to list - simple questions
I do not want to waste anyone's time, but after a week of installing myth on a few servers, I have a few questions related to certain features. Simple yes/no answers will do and I can do the research to make it work if possible. 1. I have a PC with nvidia hooked to HDTV - works fine. When I rip a dvd using myth-dvd, is it transcoded to the res of the attached TV? Since mtd ids required to run and does not show command line options for ffmpeg, I cannot see what it is actually doing. 2. I am also going to convert my xbox (where else can you get an HDTV out computer for less than $100), but have read a lot about slow processor choppiness. If all recordings are done a another PC, will it play them back smoothly? 3. I have multiple capture cards in one machine, can I specify card1 to always record programs from over-the-air - card2 to record from DishNetwork, card3 to watch live tv, card4 to record on demand? Thanks, Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New to list - simple questions
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 18:34, Greg Oliver wrote: 1. I have a PC with nvidia hooked to HDTV - works fine. When I rip a dvd using myth-dvd, is it transcoded to the res of the attached TV? Since mtd ids required to run and does not show command line options for ffmpeg, I cannot see what it is actually doing. I believe not, and if your ripping DVD's for playback on HDTV you won't want to do any transcoding as you'll degrade the quality without filtering and good knowledge of what filtering to do to increase resolution. Your better off just ripping the DVD and using mplayer's filtering and scaling magic to take you to 1080i on playback. 2. I am also going to convert my xbox (where else can you get an HDTV out computer for less than $100), but have read a lot about slow processor choppiness. If all recordings are done a another PC, will it play them back smoothly? The XBOX will not be able to handle a HDTV MPEG2 file. period. don't bother trying. It can do DVD-1080i though, as well as XviD-1080i (depending on the XviD resolution). It can do SD fine as well. 3. I have multiple capture cards in one machine, can I specify card1 to always record programs from over-the-air - card2 to record from DishNetwork, card3 to watch live tv, card4 to record on demand? you can specify sources, and you can setup priorties to keep 1 card from being used for recording when possible (ie i you have 4 cards you have to make sure to never have more than 3 recordings). You can also tell Myth what channels each source has. OTA: tell Myth the only channels this card has available are OTA. Dish: Set up the card so that Myth knows its your Dish box and tell it the channels you have subscribed. On-Demand: just tell myth the only channels this source has is the on-demand channels(so if its your cable-box connect the device and make all channels invisible for this input except the on-demand channels). LiveTV: set this input to have the lowest priority and make sure you don't have a recording that will use this input. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New to list
Nick Rout wrote: Hi I just wanted to introduce myself as I have just joined. I am a myth user from New Zealand. I just upgraded to 0.18. It is running on an epia M9000 with gentoo. Hi Nick I have just been using myth to watch pre-recorded shows and dvd's so far, but I just invested in a Hauppauge PVR-150MCE so hopefully by the end of the weekend I will be watching and recording live TV through it too. As all my TV comes through an external SkyTV satellite decoder I will be using composite in, has anyone got any tips on changing channels on a SkyTV box programmatically - I am thinking I will have to make a IR transmitter and use it to emulate the decoder's remote control? Same as the previous poster I am in the UK but I use Sky. I have the redremote serial (link already posted) and it was a doddle to setup.. although I did have to configure it on a windows box first (no big deal - and only took 30 seconds with the supplied windows application) little bit of sticky-tape to attach to the IR on the front of the Sky box and I was away.. very reliable too As already mentioned it takes a couple of seconds to switch channels but as you will soon realise this isn't a problem as with Myth you'll spend all your time watching stuff already recorded earlier. Have fun! Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] New to list
On 6/24/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I just wanted to introduce myself as I have just joined. I am a myth user from New Zealand. I just upgraded to 0.18. It is running on an epia M9000 with gentoo. Welcome Nick I have just been using myth to watch pre-recorded shows and dvd's so far, but I just invested in a Hauppauge PVR-150MCE so hopefully by the end of the weekend I will be watching and recording live TV through it too. It will change your life (almost...!) As all my TV comes through an external SkyTV satellite decoder I will be using composite in, has anyone got any tips on changing channels on a SkyTV box programmatically - I am thinking I will have to make a IR transmitter and use it to emulate the decoder's remote control? This is probably the most common way users control their boxes (I do this to control a cable box in the UK). One alternative (if your sat decoder supports it) is to connect it to the PC via a serial cable and control it that way. This only works if a) your decoder has a suitable serial port and b) it is known to support this method of changing channels (dont just connect a cable and start issuing commands over the serial port or you could damage the decoder, the PC, or both ...) Setting up the IR blaster is quite straightforward and I've not had any problems with mine since installing it. I rarely watch live TV on the myth box, so the only channel changing occurs when the machine is recording from the cable box. Changing channels takes a couple of seconds, but this isn't an issue for recordings. It does become an issue though if trying to surf channels quickly in LiveTV mode as each channel change seems to take an age. Good luck with the box, Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] New to list
Hi I just wanted to introduce myself as I have just joined. I am a myth user from New Zealand. I just upgraded to 0.18. It is running on an epia M9000 with gentoo. Hi Nuck ;) I have just been using myth to watch pre-recorded shows and dvd's so far, but I just invested in a Hauppauge PVR-150MCE so hopefully by the end of the weekend I will be watching and recording live TV through it too. As all my TV comes through an external SkyTV satellite decoder I will be using composite in, has anyone got any tips on changing channels on a SkyTV box programmatically - I am thinking I will have to make a IR transmitter and use it to emulate the decoder's remote control? You might want to have a look at these sites: http://www.redremote.co.uk/serial/ http://www.skyeye.force9.co.uk/eyepcfaq.htm http://www.heenan.me.uk/control-sky-from-pc/ http://www.cornelius.demon.co.uk/lirc-sky-rflink-howto.html HTH Greg ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] New to list
Hi I just wanted to introduce myself as I have just joined. I am a myth user from New Zealand. I just upgraded to 0.18. It is running on an epia M9000 with gentoo. I have just been using myth to watch pre-recorded shows and dvd's so far, but I just invested in a Hauppauge PVR-150MCE so hopefully by the end of the weekend I will be watching and recording live TV through it too. As all my TV comes through an external SkyTV satellite decoder I will be using composite in, has anyone got any tips on changing channels on a SkyTV box programmatically - I am thinking I will have to make a IR transmitter and use it to emulate the decoder's remote control? -- Nick Rout ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
