Re: [Freevo-users] pre-record amount? re-attempts?

2003-11-21 Thread Richard van Paasen
I'd also be nice to get a notification if a recording should start while I'm watching a(nother) channel. Maybe configurable to force/ask/ignore the scheduled record. - Richard Citeren Joe Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | I have a question about the recording deamon (actually two). | | 1.) Does it

[Freevo-users] Booting into Freevo - MPlayer doesn't work

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
I'm using the Debian packages and when it boots into Freevo mplayer doesn't play DVD's or Movies and the log file says that an unknown error had occurred. Stopping freevo and restarting it fixes the mplayer issue. --Joe -- Joe Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.joestump.net "Label makers are

[Freevo-users] pre-record amount? re-attempts?

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
I have a question about the recording deamon (actually two). 1.) Does it record X minutes/seconds before the actual record time? 2.) If so if I pre-record 3 minutes show A and show B starts right after A (but 3 minutes before B) does it re-attempt to record if it notices the /dev/video devices is

[Freevo-users] Customizing web interface...

2003-11-21 Thread StormeRider
Is it possible to easily customize the web interface to show more information on the Scheduled Recordings page? Mainly I'm looking to see if I can get the episode title listed there. I have Stargate SG-1 as a favorite (great show), but I have the DVD sets for seasons 1-4. Not a whole lot of point r

[Freevo-users] (slightly OT) Odd APM / Clock issue

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
My freevo box goes to sleep (which I'm hoping to stop). The shitty thing is that not only does it blank the term, but it totally goes to sleep and doesn't a.) record and then b.) when it wakes up the clock is set to when it went to sleep and doesn't update until I do a ntpdate -s. --Joe -- Joe S

[Freevo-users] Having trouble getting games working.

2003-11-21 Thread Shane Crosby
I attempted to send this message once before, but it never showed up to the archives. I apologize if people are getting this twice. My problem is that I can't figure out to get the games menu to show up. Firstly, where is the games menu supposed to be? Is it shown on the main menu with Movies

[Freevo-users] Re: Gentoo rsync-freevo

2003-11-21 Thread Scott Serr
From: Chris Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just did a fresh install of gentoo and there is a couple of problems with the rsync-freevo script. 1. xine-lib-1_rc0-r3.ebuild was not unmasked 2. xine-ui00.9.22.ebuild was not unmasked 3. xmltv was not marked as a dependency of freevo so it was not insta

[Freevo-users] sb live (emu10k) record

2003-11-21 Thread Scott Serr
I've had to use ALSA in the past to get my SB Live to record. Is this well known, is there a way to get the kernel/OSS emu10k driver to record? I am able to get sound if I turn "igain" above 0, but the recording sounds over driven and crackly. ALSA seems (from my memory) to not have these pro

RE: [Freevo-users] How to use Freevo with digital cable and/or sa tellite?

2003-11-21 Thread Gray, Tim
lirc has the ability to output IR commands. a simple modification of the mencoder script to blast the channel number out is possible. watch one and record another? same limitation as before, digital cable/sattelite doesnt give any extra capabilities except that you CANT watch digital cable while r

Re: [Freevo-users] How to use Freevo with digital cable and/or satellite?

2003-11-21 Thread Chris Griffiths
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=freevo+cable On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:50:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Can I control my digital cable or satellite from Freevo? I haven't seen > any digital receivers in PCI form yet. I suppose you could have Freevo > control the externa

[Freevo-users] How to use Freevo with digital cable and/or satellite?

2003-11-21 Thread timwilhoit
Can I control my digital cable or satellite from Freevo? I haven't seen any digital receivers in PCI form yet. I suppose you could have Freevo control the external receiver via IR. Has anyone done this? I really don't want to go back to analog. If I do go with analog and plug it directly int

[Freevo-users] Gentoo rsync-freevo

2003-11-21 Thread Chris Graham
I just did a fresh install of gentoo and there is a couple of problems with the rsync-freevo script. 1. xine-lib-1_rc0-r3.ebuild was not unmasked 2. xine-ui00.9.22.ebuild was not unmasked 3. xmltv was not marked as a dependency of freevo so it was not installed. can someone update the rsync-freev

Re: [Freevo-users] streamzap remote

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
These are my steps 1.) Path (everything returns OK here) 2.) ./setup.sh (select streamzap driver) 3.) Select Exit & Run Configure 4.) make It failes on make ... doh. I'm at work no - I'll send more detailed error messages later tonight. Thanks for the help! --Joe > You're doing a ./configu

Re: [Freevo-users] streamzap remote

2003-11-21 Thread Chris Griffiths
You're doing a ./configure first yeah? What messages is it giving when it fails? -Chris On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:48:01 -0500 (EST), "Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I thought this too which is why I used a snapshot dated August (and one > dated Oct.) - bot with no success *despite* the patc

Re: [Freevo-users] streamzap remote

2003-11-21 Thread Davin Desborough
First, the simple question are you running on a custom kernel? I believe you will have to compile your own kernel for lirc to compile, at least I did on RH9 (I am no linux guru, so this may not apply to all distros). If you are all set on the kernel side, then you probably need to manually edi

Re: [Freevo-users] streamzap remote

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
I thought this too which is why I used a snapshot dated August (and one dated Oct.) - bot with no success *despite* the patch saying everything went well. patch -p1 < ../streamzap comes back clear, but when I type make it errors out. --Joe > I am using a Stramzap with great success. I think the t

Re: [Freevo-users] dfbmga

2003-11-21 Thread Chris Griffiths
I had to recompile the SDL with directfb support, move the new lib files over the existing debian ones, then rebuild directfb - enabling SDL support. Looks like its working now - I can see the directfb output when starting freevo. I'll need to check the display is ok when I get home. I'll have to

Re: [Freevo-users] streamzap remote

2003-11-21 Thread Davin Desborough
I am using a Stramzap with great success. I think the trick was to patch against an older version of lirc, but I don't remember exactly which. I'll try to go back though what I did this weekend and send what I can to you. -Davin - Original Message - From: "Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

[Freevo-users] record server wierdness

2003-11-21 Thread Gray, Tim
wierd problem just popped up whne I schedule a program to record via freevo it will record. when I start the webserver, and then schedule a recording from there it does not. I end up with 2 mencoder instances sitting deadlocked on the machine that I have to kill. i have not tried 1.4 yet, as th

Re: [Freevo-users] mencoder problems with record server

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
I finally just installed the deb package :) (it worked) --Joe > "Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Any ideas? > > Try making a commandline for viewing tv with mplayer. > When that works, try making an mencoder-line. > > -- > Eirik Meland > > A: Top posters. > Q: What is the most annoyin

Re: [Freevo-users] mencoder problems with record server

2003-11-21 Thread Eirik Meland
"Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any ideas? Try making a commandline for viewing tv with mplayer. When that works, try making an mencoder-line. -- Eirik Meland A: Top posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? --- This

Re: [Freevo-users] mencoder problems with record server

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 61 audio & 157 video codecs File not found: 'frameno.avi' Failed to open frameno.avi Reading config file /root/.mplayer/mencoder font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc success: format: 9

Re: [Freevo-users] dfbmga

2003-11-21 Thread Chris Griffiths
Yes, via debian/rules but I'm not convinced it worked, I'll try again this weekend. Thanks On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:35:04 -0400, "James Oakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On November 21, 2003 02:27 am, Chris Griffiths wrote: > > > I know direct

Re: [Freevo-users] note to debian maintainer

2003-11-21 Thread Aubin Paul
We don't use eject to control the cdrom anymore, we're using the ioctl's directly. On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 07:59:08AM -0500, Joe Stump wrote: > You should add the package "eject" to the list if prereq's. If it's not > there hitting "." does not eject the cdrom. > > --Joe > > > > -- > Joe Stump

Re: [Freevo-users] mencoder problems with record server

2003-11-21 Thread Eirik Meland
"Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My record server isn't working at all. When I attempt to run the command > it logs to on the command line I get this: > > MEncoder 1.0pre2-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team new format in mencoder 1.0preX: > -tv on is deprecated, use tv:// instead mencode

Re: [Freevo-users] mga -> tv out

2003-11-21 Thread Eirik Meland
"Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a 1.3GHz + 512mb of RAM - what would be enough of a CPU to not have > to drop frames? Agree. Try experimenting with the autosync option. > Also, does -framedrop degrade the movie experience (I'm > not a huge a/v'phile, but I don't want my movies

[Freevo-users] mencoder problems with record server

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
My record server isn't working at all. When I attempt to run the command it logs to on the command line I get this: MEncoder 1.0pre2-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron MG Morgan 1312 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 1) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: Type:

[Freevo-users] note to debian maintainer

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
You should add the package "eject" to the list if prereq's. If it's not there hitting "." does not eject the cdrom. --Joe -- Joe Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.joestump.net "Label makers are proof God wants Sys Admins to be happy." --

Re: [Freevo-users] dfbmga

2003-11-21 Thread James Oakley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On November 21, 2003 02:27 am, Chris Griffiths wrote: > I know directfb is set up correctly as mplayer works, is there an easy > way to check that it is libsdl that is broken? > I'm not seeing any output from directfb when I start freevo. Did you pas

Re: [Freevo-users] mga -> tv out

2003-11-21 Thread Joe Stump
I have a 1.3GHz + 512mb of RAM - what would be enough of a CPU to not have to drop frames? Also, does -framedrop degrade the movie experience (I'm not a huge a/v'phile, but I don't want my movies to look crappy). --Joe > "Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> 2.) As you play a DVD the a/v g

[Freevo-users] Re: Problem solved

2003-11-21 Thread Dirk Meyer
Peter Svensson wrote: > Hi. I installed the spanking new 1.4 by way of install script yesterday > evening. good > As it turns out I RTFM'ed only sparingly. not good. > I happened to store all my media under /usr/local/freevo. > Well, as of yesterday evening I don't. 48GB gone on a whoosh. I'm

[Freevo-users] Problem solved

2003-11-21 Thread Peter Svensson
Hi. I installed the spanking new 1.4 by way of install script yesterday evening. As it turns out I RTFM'ed only sparingly. I happened to store all my media under /usr/local/freevo. Well, as of yesterday evening I don't. 48GB gone on a whoosh. I don't mean to be sniffling and blowing my handkerc

Re: [Freevo-users] mga -> tv out

2003-11-21 Thread Eirik Meland
"Joe Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2.) As you play a DVD the a/v gets further and further out of sync the > farther into the DVD you get. On my box this is caused by too slow cpu. My solution is to add -framedrop to the mplayer args. -- Eirik Meland A: Top posters. Q: What is the most a

AW: [Freevo-users] Finally: Freevo 1.4

2003-11-21 Thread Jan Grewe
Hi chris, I'll try to add some features, but i have little spare time on my hands at the moment ... So just wait a bit, i wrote that everyone should include a URL to screenshots for their download in the instructions ;) /jan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL