Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread bungle
Tom Metro-10 wrote: > > But this raises a related question: you're running two DHCP servers on > your network? What are you doing to prevent conflicts? > Nothing specific. Both the router and the computer are set to give the MVP the same address. If that's all it needs when it renews the le

Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread Roger Heflin
Tom Metro wrote: > bungle wrote: >> Well, my thought was that the router would be the DHCP server if the backend >> is down and the MVP was soft powered and needed something. If the config >> isn't reloaded then that would only be to renew the lease, I guess. > > Right. > > >> Maybe it remember

Re: [Mvpmc-users] transcoding MythTV content to be mvpmc compatible

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Metro
Roger Heflin wrote: > stuart wrote: >> The most troublesome handicap centers on the >> mvpmc inabilities to play back HD videos and any video with AC3 sound. >> >> We can transcode everything mythtv records to SD video quality and >> stereo sound. But there isn't a good way to keep the original

Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Metro
bungle wrote: > Well, my thought was that the router would be the DHCP server if the backend > is down and the MVP was soft powered and needed something. If the config > isn't reloaded then that would only be to renew the lease, I guess. Right. > Maybe it remembers where it got its lease before

[Mvpmc-users] Updated transcode script version 0.56.

2008-01-29 Thread Roger Heflin
Update very minor changes. I have currently hard coded the sizes that I know to work on the mvpmc, if other sizes of DTV are encountered then this will also have to be added in, I could just add in all <720 width and <480 heights, but I am not clear if the mvpmc will properly scale all sizes prop

Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread MVallevand
Sometimes with a really bad crash a thread is left running that holds on to an a/v device and the only way out is restarting via telnet or unplugging the mvp. Martin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all cha

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Mythtv starting channel....

2008-01-29 Thread stuart
Tom Metro wrote: ... > stuart wrote: >> That out of the way, doesn't mvpmc default to the first device? If >> you have multiple tuners how do you manage their existence at each >> boot up? > > He said both tuners are HD capable, so why would device ordering matter? Oh, I get it. The SD sour

Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread bungle
Tom Metro-10 wrote: > > But you should be able to telnet to it while mvpmc is still "powered > down" and run some command to answer some of the questions you raised, > like whether the box still has an assigned IP address. > I never thought of that - I will try it sometime. Tom Metro-10

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Mythtv starting channel....

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Metro
Gary D Walborn wrote: > Actually, that doesn't work... There is no SD vs. HD tuner Both > tuners get HD AND SD depending on the channel#. OK. And you're saying if you're on an SD channel you get audio in sync with the video? Reports on this list indicate that unprocessed ATSC SD video has sy

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread dave
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Hey, look at this: >>> >>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video) >>> ... >>> (SoG) is the least common, and while some VGA monitors support it, most >>> do not. Sony is a big proponent of SoG, and most of their monitors (and >>> their PlayStation 2 video

Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Metro
bungle wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> You wouldn't happen to be loading a theme >> file from one of those offline smb shares? > > No, no themes. OK, so much for that thought... >> Post your dongle.bin.conf. > > I was thinking the .config file was only read on a hard power on, and the > soft powe

Re: [Mvpmc-users] startup failures after backend shutdown

2008-01-29 Thread bungle
Tom Metro-10 wrote: > > Are you starting up mvpmc before powering up the back-end? > No, usually the backend is up by the time anyone watches any TV. Tom Metro-10 wrote: > > Post your dongle.bin.conf. You wouldn't happen to be loading a theme > file from one of those offline smb shares? >

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread Roger Heflin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hey, look at this: >> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video) >> ... >> (SoG) is the least common, and while some VGA monitors support it, most >> do not. Sony is a big proponent of SoG, and most of their monitors (and >> their PlayStation 2 video game console)

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread stuart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hey, look at this: >> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video) >> ... >> (SoG) is the least common, and while some VGA monitors support it, most >> do not. Sony is a big proponent of SoG, and most of their monitors (and >> their PlayStation 2 video game consol

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Mythtv starting channel....

2008-01-29 Thread bungle
Wally001 wrote: > > to tune to an SD channel. What would really be best it to allow the > guide BEFORE trying to display live tv and then start up with the > channel selected from the guide. Is this possible w/ the current > I don't have much to help with your problem, but I second this idea

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread dave
> > Hey, look at this: > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video) > ... > (SoG) is the least common, and while some VGA monitors support it, most > do not. Sony is a big proponent of SoG, and most of their monitors (and > their PlayStation 2 video game console) use it. Like devices that us

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Mythtv starting channel....

2008-01-29 Thread stuart
Gary D Walborn wrote: > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 23:31 -0500, Tom Metro wrote: >> Gary D Walborn wrote: >>> Unfortunately, often mvpmc tries to start up on an HD source. >>> Can anyone make another suggestion as to how I can overcome >>> this problem? >> Another option might be changing the priority

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread stuart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Jan 29, 2008 3:43 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Does that mean a possible route would be to buy a non-scart MVP and use >>> S-Video. Or are there other compatability issues, PAL/NTSC etc? >> Isn't there an svideo out off some scart cables? >> >> Martin >> >

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Mythtv starting channel....

2008-01-29 Thread Gary D Walborn
Tom, Actually, that doesn't work... There is no SD vs. HD tuner Both tuners get HD AND SD depending on the channel#. Thanks anyway... Gary Walborn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 23:31 -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > Gary D Walborn wrote: > > Unfortunately, often mvpmc tries to start up o

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread dave
> On Jan 29, 2008 3:43 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does that mean a possible route would be to buy a non-scart MVP and use >> S-Video. Or are there other compatability issues, PAL/NTSC etc? > > Isn't there an svideo out off some scart cables? > > Martin > According to Wikipedia "S-Video a

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread MVallevand
On Jan 29, 2008 3:43 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does that mean a possible route would be to buy a non-scart MVP and use > S-Video. Or are there other compatability issues, PAL/NTSC etc? Isn't there an svideo out off some scart cables? Martin -

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Black becomes green ??

2008-01-29 Thread dave
> >> What do you mean by "no scart here"? I have got 3 mvps and they all >> have >> nothing else but scart. Is this a European thing then? > > Yes, if you look at the printed circuit board, there are probably > targets for both SCART and composite & S-Video. The European version is > populated w