Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
I have MythTV running on my 3500+ (single) on FC3took quite a long time. I think I started in October! I don't have the following installed or working yet: 1. Mythmusic 2. Mythphone 3. Burning files to DVD 4. Mythweb... I installed from individual pieces...meaning not from the mythTV-suite. I did it one thing at a time in the end it it all worked. I had loads of MySQL problems and had to upgrade to 4.x which introduced other issues becuase of upgrading. I still have php-mysql issues and it is driving me nuts. I am a nubie to both Linux and MythTV so...well you can imagine my pain. I work in the IT field so I have the background but this was a new animal for me. I am tempted to ghost the box and reinstall becuase I have a lot of weird dep errors but...tracing my steps might be very time consuming too. I upgrade my kernal recently...bad idea. Now I don't have sound. Need to get that fixed tonight. (hopefully) Let me know if you have specific questions and I'll try to figure out how I got it done. On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:34:42 -0500, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Morgan wrote: > > I have a single processor x86_64 running MythTV. I had to change some > > compile flags to k8 from pentiumpro. The ivtv driver working with my > > PVR-350. MythMusic did not work last I checked, but the basic core programs > > were not too difficult to install. There is a patch somewhere for goom to > > let MythMusic work. I have not tried it, though. > > Thanks for replying. > > Which distro are you using? Was it a box already running you decided to > put myth on, or did you build a box just for myth? > > -- > 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
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
Michael Morgan wrote: I have a single processor x86_64 running MythTV. I had to change some compile flags to k8 from pentiumpro. The ivtv driver working with my PVR-350. MythMusic did not work last I checked, but the basic core programs were not too difficult to install. There is a patch somewhere for goom to let MythMusic work. I have not tried it, though. Thanks for replying. Which distro are you using? Was it a box already running you decided to put myth on, or did you build a box just for myth? -- Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 17:02 -0500, Tom wrote: > Ian Forde wrote: > > > The ugly: > > 1. Not a lot of people are going the x86_64 route. If you're planning > > on using Fedora Core 3, expect problems. Lots of problems. You may > > want to consider Gentoo. So I'd recommend compiling myth and going with > > CVS. > > Well, I attempted to install on FC3 this weekend to no avail. In fact, I > never got past the initial install. I had a P3-866 board in my hand, > ready to pull the amd64 board, but I decided to try Gentoo for the first > time. I'm in the middle of installing it right now. Seeing that there > are major differences between the 2 distros, I wondered if I could pick > your brain(s) just a bit? > > Did you compile everything (ivtv, nvidia (if you have their card), myth) > yourself? Did you simply install myth following the install procedure at > mythtv.org or some other Gentoo howto? Actually, I ended up sticking with FC3 for now. But I must say this: UDEV is EVIL. ;( I've still got a couple of problems left on my box, but switching to Gentoo is too big a switch for me right now... -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
Ian Forde wrote: The ugly: 1. Not a lot of people are going the x86_64 route. If you're planning on using Fedora Core 3, expect problems. Lots of problems. You may want to consider Gentoo. So I'd recommend compiling myth and going with CVS. Well, I attempted to install on FC3 this weekend to no avail. In fact, I never got past the initial install. I had a P3-866 board in my hand, ready to pull the amd64 board, but I decided to try Gentoo for the first time. I'm in the middle of installing it right now. Seeing that there are major differences between the 2 distros, I wondered if I could pick your brain(s) just a bit? Did you compile everything (ivtv, nvidia (if you have their card), myth) yourself? Did you simply install myth following the install procedure at mythtv.org or some other Gentoo howto? Thanks for any help. -- Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 11:51 -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:17:07AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: > > The good: > > 1. It's fast. > > 2. ivtv compiled without a problem. > > 3. Pretty much everything works (see "The bad" for what doesn't) > > Ian, to add facts to the fire about how different processors perform > on mpeg decoding, it would be great if you could report back typical > CPU usage/idle times for your system while it is decoding a 1080i > video or 720p video, perhaps from mpstat to see what both processors > are doing. > > Right now in my tests the P4-hyperthreaded is blowing away the > equivalently "numbered" athlon, but it would be great to get more > real world examples. Well, mpstat isn't going to do me any good - I'm running a single proc box! ;) It'll take me a few days to get a test HD file - my pcHDTV 3000 card is in the mail right now (ordered on Sunday) and I'll still need to get an antenna. Of course, if Firewire input were available within Myth... ;) -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
Ian Forde wrote: > I've been running myth on a x86_64 box for about a month and here's what > I've got: > > The good: > > The bad: > > The ugly: Thanks for the very informative list o'stuff. I was going to use FC3, but if things go horribly awry, I'll try Gentoo. Good to know it is (mostly) working though. That's a big step from just a few months back. -- Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Templeton > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:51 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:17:07AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: > > The good: > > 1. It's fast. > > 2. ivtv compiled without a problem. > > 3. Pretty much everything works (see "The bad" for what doesn't) > > Ian, to add facts to the fire about how different processors > perform on mpeg decoding, it would be great if you could > report back typical CPU usage/idle times for your system > while it is decoding a 1080i video or 720p video, perhaps > from mpstat to see what both processors are doing. > > Right now in my tests the P4-hyperthreaded is blowing away > the equivalently "numbered" athlon, but it would be great to > get more real world examples. > Yes, I second that! Espeically considering deals like this are out there now: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Edp No=1133509&Sku=A455-2110%20B Certainly the case is a "beauty in the eye of the beholder," but $300 for an Athlon 64 3400 barebones is nothing to shy away from if this would improve my path to decent HDTV Myth-ing...I know it's a ways off, but ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:17:07AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: > The good: > 1. It's fast. > 2. ivtv compiled without a problem. > 3. Pretty much everything works (see "The bad" for what doesn't) Ian, to add facts to the fire about how different processors perform on mpeg decoding, it would be great if you could report back typical CPU usage/idle times for your system while it is decoding a 1080i video or 720p video, perhaps from mpstat to see what both processors are doing. Right now in my tests the P4-hyperthreaded is blowing away the equivalently "numbered" athlon, but it would be great to get more real world examples. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 10:21 -0500, Tom wrote: > Hi all, >I've been following the list for a while trying to gather info on > getting myth installed on a x86_64smp machine. I started this almost a > year ago, and have been waiting for progress on the ivtv driver to catch > up with my 64-bit system. Following the posts on this list, it seems as > if some x86_64 people have had some luck getting myth going. Good news! > > I am going to dive in and try again, and I was hoping some of the people > who had successfully installed myth on a 64 bit machine could give me an > idea of what to look for and what to avoid. I'd like to use packages but > am not averse to compiling if I had to. I've been running myth on a x86_64 box for about a month and here's what I've got: The good: 1. It's fast. 2. ivtv compiled without a problem. 3. Pretty much everything works (see "The bad" for what doesn't) The bad: 1. I can't compile it to get a backtrace. 2. The mythphone module always crashes the frontend just by having its plugin in /usr/local/share/mythtv/plugins/. I never use it, so I haven't checked it out. 3. Mythvideo crashes the frontend when you go into list mode unless you have only 1 directory and everything in subdirs. There's a thread about it from the last few days. 4. MythMusic won't compile because of goom issues unless you apply a patch posted to the list. I'm not sure if its applied to CVS yet. 5. ivtv gives a *ton* of errors when recording, so I had to turn off debugging mode on the driver. This may be more related to my chipset than the fact that it's x86_64. The ugly: 1. Not a lot of people are going the x86_64 route. If you're planning on using Fedora Core 3, expect problems. Lots of problems. You may want to consider Gentoo. So I'd recommend compiling myth and going with CVS. -I ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
