Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Where is pyLCD ?

2006-01-27 Thread joekewl
Here is a temporary link to the 0.2 source file: http://hellalame.com/tmp/pylcd-0.2.tar.gz --Robert - Original Message - From: "Gigan Tisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:25 AM Subject: [Freevo-users] Re: Where is pyLCD ? So I searched in google but there is n

[Freevo-users] Re: keystrokes missed

2005-08-03 Thread joekewl
Oh well, I was wrong... I thought I had this working (I swear it worked once), but I can not repeat it... - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] keystrokes missed I know this is a very old topic, but I st

Re: [Freevo-users] keystrokes missed

2005-08-03 Thread joekewl
I know this is a very old topic, but I started setting up my next freevo system (4th or 5th upgrade now), and I was able to work around this problem I had almost a year ago. To fix it, I simple put an empty input.conf in my ~/.mplayer directory. This way the default mplayer inputs are overridden w

Re: [Freevo-users] directfb 0.9.22 (Matrox G450) & freevo 1.5.3 errors

2005-08-03 Thread joekewl
I got things working finally. I ended up upgrading the kernel (don't think this was it). I also removed the stock SDL 1.2.8 slackware package (pretty sure this was it). Rebuilt SDL 1.2.8 from source (again, for like the 5th time). Rebuilt pygame 1.6 from source (again, for at least the 5th time)

[Freevo-users] directfb 0.9.22 (Matrox G450) & freevo 1.5.3 errors

2005-07-26 Thread joekewl
I have been trying to get Freevo 1.5.3 working using directfb 0.9.22, and my Matrox G450 video card, but I am unable to figure out what is wrong. I am running Slackware 10.1 (kernel 2.4.29). SDL 1.2.8 successfully detected DirectFB (I checked the config.log). pygame seems to build & install succ

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread joekewl
I'm still working on my newest Freevo box http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=879944 I haven't touched it in about a month, but I hope to resume work on it soon, and have it done by the end of the month... --- SF.Net email is sp

Re: [Freevo-users] adding composite input to freevo channel menu

2004-10-20 Thread joekewl
I too would like this feature added at some point in time. Although, mine is for different reasons. I have cable TV (used for 90% of my recordings), and Satellite TV (I have to set the receiver manually) for the occasional recording. It would be nice to be able to goto the web interface (manual

Re: [Freevo-users] couple of general questions (lcd & ivtv q's)

2004-08-12 Thread joekewl
Thanks everyone for you quick replys! Looks like I am heading out to spend some more money... --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50%

[Freevo-users] couple of general questions (lcd & ivtv q's)

2004-08-12 Thread joekewl
I am looking at getting both of these items for my freevo box, but I have a couple questions first. My current system uses a cheap WinTV GO card, and the audio passes through to the sound card, and is then captured by mencoder. This is a real pain since most oss audio drivers seem suck at recordin

[Freevo-users] keystrokes missed

2004-08-06 Thread joekewl
Been playing with this latest release of freevo + directfb, and have noticed that when playing video through mplayer, the freevo keyboard commands don't work (but thew mplayer ones do!). This is quite annoying, especially since I am using mplayer for TV viewing, and in order to change the channel,

Re: [Freevo-users] dfbmga issues

2004-08-06 Thread joekewl
That did the trick, thanks Rob! Now if I could just get the tv output to stop flickering. - Original Message - From: "Rob Shortt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:40 AM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] dfbmga issues > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

[Freevo-users] dfbmga issues

2004-08-05 Thread joekewl
Ok, back again Having "display = dfbmga" in my freevo.conf does not ouput the freevo picture to my TV like it should. However, if I play a movie while freevo is runnig, the movie plays on my TV, then I exit, and freevo re-appears on my monitor (not my tv). mplayer also works correctly if I spe

Re: [Freevo-users] pygame.error in freevo 1.5.0

2004-08-01 Thread joekewl
Already done all that (SDL was done right, links are there, installed all dependencies, no more runtime), still the same problem. Just a question, if I have not activated the games plugin in freevo, why does it bother me with pygame errors in the first place? - Original Message - From: Ju

[Freevo-users] pygame.error in freevo 1.5.0

2004-08-01 Thread joekewl
Using display = dfbmga in freevo.conf When starting freevo I get a traceback error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/freevo-1.5.0/src/main.py", line 131, in ? import menu# The menu widget class File "/opt/freevo-1.5.0/src/menu.py", line 48, in ? import skin File "/op

[Freevo-users] tvtime & directfb with freevo

2004-07-14 Thread joekewl
I guess this is more of a tvtime & directfb question, but since I am planning to use it with freevo, I though I would start here, and see if anyone else has had any luck with what I am trying to do. I am setting up another (3rd) Freevo box, and do not want to use X. I have directfb up and working

Re: [Freevo-users] Same display = directfb problem

2004-07-08 Thread joekewl
I have all the SDL_ environment variables set: SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directfb SDL_DIRECTFB_MGA_CRTC2=1 SDL_DIRECTFB_MGA_STRETCH=1 SDL_DIRECTFB_MGA_OVERSCAN=1 The problem I find with using dfbmga is that (at least for now) the output is all sent to the second head on the G450. This will be fine eventuall

[Freevo-users] Same display = directfb problem

2004-07-08 Thread joekewl
I finally got DirectFB (0.9.20) setup and working on my new test system (using a G450!). Also, download the 1.5-rc4 freevo, and booted it up, and I must say that it is very impressive looking over 1.4 which I currently use on my 2 other HTPC systems! Great work guys! But now comes the problem I am

Re: [Freevo-users] Headless Freevo?

2004-02-17 Thread joekewl
I am actually doing this with one of my (two) Freevo systems. I have had no major problems with doing this so far. The only other additional thing setup on the freevo system is Samba so that I can share out my recorded directory to the rest of my network, and watch the shows that way. --Robert -

Re: [Freevo-users] Apple-trailers plugin

2004-02-05 Thread joekewl
Title: Meddelande I was looking around there, and saw this screenshot: http://faked.org/freevo/shots/menu_%20commands.jpg   Do you have a console window plug-in for freevo as well? If so, does this work in fb mode? or only X? Thanks   --Robert   - Original Message - From: Jan

Re: [Freevo-users] ./freevo cache ?

2004-01-27 Thread joekewl
Thanks, this fixed my problems! (was actually the DIR_* lines in the local_conf) --Robert - Original Message - From: "Wayne Hogue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:35 AM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] ./freevo cache ? > If you dont have VIDEO

[Freevo-users] ./freevo cache ?

2004-01-27 Thread joekewl
Why does this command (./freevo cache) cache the entire filesystem? Shouldn't it just cache the important directories defined in local_conf.py like DIR_MOVIES etc... ? This is in version 1.4.1, the help says it is only suppose to cache data dirs too. Just curious if anyone else has this issue? Tha

[Freevo-users] Missing Recording Options in 1.4.1

2003-12-23 Thread joekewl
I spent the last few hours upgrading to freevo 1.4.1 (from 1.3.4). I see many great improvements! Great Work guys! The first thing that caught me by surprise though was not being able to "edit" the properties of a scheduled recording, and actually, there are no options at all when I scheduled the

Re: [Freevo-users] All of a sudden, 1.4rc1 is *S*L*O*W....

2003-10-22 Thread joekewl
I find that the *S*L*O*W* ness comes from when the weather plugin can't contact the weather server. For me this has been a couple different things: 1) DNS servers in resolve.conf are not up / working 2) No network cable is plugged into my freevo box! Both of these are really the same problem of t

Re: [Freevo-users] wierd mplayer - freevo playback

2003-10-06 Thread joekewl
With my ATI Radeon VE, I cannot get full screen in fbdev mode unless I make an fxd file for each video file that adds the mplayer option: -vop scale=800:600 --Robert - Original Message - From: "Rob Shortt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:24 A

Re: [Freevo-users] Playing DVDs with mplayer or xine

2003-08-14 Thread joekewl
I have an almost identicle setup, and also can not get xine to play DVD's through Freevo. Although if a start xine in X11, and press the DVD button, it works fine. (full dvdnav etc..) --Robert - Original Message - From: "Thomas Zangl - Home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12,

Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Playing DVDs with mplayer or xine.. little progress

2003-08-14 Thread joekewl
- Original Message - From: "Dirk Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:55 AM Subject: [Freevo-users] Re: Playing DVDs with mplayer or xine.. little progress > > Also, there are no key's mapped to fast forward, and rewind (does xine even > >

Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Playing DVDs with mplayer or xine.. little progress

2003-08-14 Thread joekewl
Perhaps map the right/left arrow for seeking, and up/down arrow for chapter skipping? - Original Message - From: "Aubin Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Playing DVDs with mplayer or xine.. little prog

Re: [Freevo-users] Playing DVDs with mplayer or xine.. little progress

2003-08-14 Thread joekewl
OK, made some progress Added the following line to freevo.conf: xine = /usr/local/bin/xine This alone did not work for me (it is needed though). I also saw a post on the devel mailing list, and though I would try this. Using Freevo 1.3.4 -- ./freevo/src/video/plugins/xine.py changed line 174 fr

Re: [Freevo-users] Hauppage WinTV PCI

2003-07-29 Thread joekewl
Also, maybe try and put the card in a windoze box, and see if windows can see the card to make sure it even works.   --Robert   - Original Message - From: Johan Celén To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:54 AM Subject: [Freevo-users] Hauppage WinT

Re: [Freevo-users] Question to all people who use Freevo with a Radeon and tv out

2003-07-23 Thread joekewl
I have a Radeon VE Dual Head (pretty much the same card) And I am using fbdev as my display device for freevo. I am running freevo in 640x480 mode as well, and in my lilo.conf I have specified vga=785 I don't really have any issues with this setup at all (running Freevo 1.3.2 final). One thing I d

Re: [Freevo-users] what is up with the pid files?

2003-07-17 Thread joekewl
I am having the EXACT same problem! pissed me off too, cause it seemed to be working good for a couple days, I set some stuff up to record, and wasn't there to monitor it, and bam! record_daemon stopped running on me, and now I missed the shows!!! @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ I wrote a similar script that I

Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Adding "EVENTS" in 1.3.2 does not work

2003-07-01 Thread joekewl
Ok, this helps clarify things for me a bit. Thank You :) Now how would I go about finding the sdl names for the rest of the keys on my keyboard? Say I wanted to use the page up and page down keys for something I would have to add it to the osd.py file under the "cmds_sdl = {}" correct? And then I c

[Freevo-users] Adding "EVENTS" in 1.3.2 does not work

2003-07-01 Thread joekewl
I tried copying straight from the FAQ # 21 the follwing EVENTS to my local_config.py (with the key modifications) and neither of my new key binding work: EVENTS['video']['t'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, arg='seek -600') EVENTS['video']['y'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, arg='seek 600') Is th

[Freevo-users] .fxd file for all files in a folder

2003-07-01 Thread joekewl
Is there a way to write an .fxd file so that it sets mplayer-options for all files in that one folder? Thanks --Robert --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are

[Freevo-users] Adding "EVENTS" in 1.3.2 does not work

2003-06-30 Thread joekewl
I tried copying straight from the FAQ # 21 the follwing EVENTS to my local_config.py (with the key modifications) and neither of my new key binding work: EVENTS['video']['t'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, arg='seek -600') EVENTS['video']['y'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, arg='seek 600') Is th

Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo without X

2003-06-17 Thread joekewl
I have only run Freevo in framebuffer mode (no X windows! In fact I don't even know how to run freevo under X!) Just make sure you are booting into framebuffer mode (I small tux pic will appear on the top of your screen while linux boots when you are). I run 640x480x64k by setting vga=785 in my li

Re: [Freevo-users] CD1 + CD2 = CD ?

2003-06-07 Thread joekewl
If you were to setup an fxd descriptor file, you could do it. All of my movies have fxd files mad for them. example: Goonies.jpg Goonies.cd1.avi Goonies.cd2.avi Just call it goonies.fxd and place it in your movie directory, you can even add movie posters this wa

Re: [Freevo-users] OT: case for mini-itx

2003-06-07 Thread joekewl
I used my old NES for my next HTPC :) http://not.hellalame.com/nes/ It will only be for playing movies, definatly MAME, and maybe music. It's in pieces right now for fitting a PCI video card with TV-Out into it. but once I have freevo up on it, I will post again with some screenshots! --Robert -

[Freevo-users] Freevo mention in wired.com article

2003-06-05 Thread joekewl
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59088,00.html The article mostly focuses on MythTV, but there is a mention allot of the linux based PVR solutions at the end of the article including my favorite, Freevo! --- This SF.net email is spo