Re: [mythtv] MythTV 0.18.2?

2005-12-26 Thread David Whyte
On 12/27/05, Sasha Z [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So long as it comes out in FC2 RPM and Xebian RPM format soon after. I hate seeing new stuff to play with and not being able to actually give it a try :P Whytey -- -- I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.

Re: [mythtv] Help with mythprotocol

2005-11-10 Thread David Whyte
On 11/10/05, Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Java, and this is the code-snippet: Go to sf.net and lookup the project 'jMythTv' and check out it CVS repo. It was the start of a java interface to the myth socket stuff, but it hasn't gone anywhere since proto version 14/15 (I think). It

Re: [mythtv] Intro and Mythweb

2005-11-01 Thread David Whyte
I decided I wanted to take a look at AJAX, as it seems like something fun to 'pass the time'. Whilst I don't have heaps of it spare, when I do, I enjoy doing cool things and expanding my knowledge base. I have always been of the opinion that the Myth protocol should be more supportive of

Re: [mythtv] Development task list:

2005-10-05 Thread David Whyte
Thanks for giving us a list of Possible Future Development. It helps knowing what direction you see MythTv going in. Heck yes, the list of proposed features is sweet. And Isaac surprised me too, I didn't think he would be keen on many of those things, but alas he proved me wrong...again. :P

Re: [mythtv] Compiling MythTV under Windows

2005-08-15 Thread David Whyte
On 8/16/05, Micah F. Galizia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-15-08 at 15:57 -0600, Robert Johnston wrote: Okay, I've tried getting MinGW to compile MythTV, but it can't even compile LAME. So, I've tried cross-compiling under Debian, and (After playing with the configure script to

Re: [mythtv] Compiling MythTV under Windows

2005-08-15 Thread David Whyte
Are you trying just the frontend, or frontend+backend? The code will probably need a lot of porting to compile a backend under windows... All I want is the Frontend, as I've got a very nice combined frontend/backend that does most of what I want, I'd just like to use my Laptop as a mobile

Re: [mythtv] Why nuppelvideo mpeg4?

2005-08-08 Thread David Whyte
I'm pretty sure they used to work in WMP - but I'm talking about a year ago or so. Maybe an earlier version of WMP too. I will concurr. I find that WMP no longer plays them either. I actually have some old recordings, so I will go through and try and pick as date for when they stopped

[mythtv] MythUI compatability (was: Re: [mythtv-users] Upcoming release?)

2005-08-07 Thread David Whyte
Also, is there a way to see MythUI without having to compile the whole of MythTV? I run from ATrpm's so the compilation route would be a hassle. I also was wandering whether the MythUI is likely to be more or less intensive on resources than the current UI. I just got my Xbox up and

Re: [mythtv] Information about MythTv Protocol

2005-07-28 Thread David Whyte
There is. I put some notes about it on the wiki. It was current at 0.17, but I don't follow the code that well, so it is hard to keep up to date. I have no problem with (in fact I would encourage) you to update the wiki page as you discover new info. Myself and another guy did some work on

Re: [mythtv] Information about MythTv Protocol

2005-07-28 Thread David Whyte
/05, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is. I put some notes about it on the wiki. It was current at 0.17, but I don't follow the code that well, so it is hard to keep up to date. I have no problem with (in fact I would encourage) you to update the wiki page as you discover new info

Re: [mythtv] Australia DVB playing problem...

2005-07-18 Thread David Whyte
On 7/19/05, Sammo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Whyte's earlier post appears to be incorrect (at least from what I see). Myth does not only record the primary audio track - it always records both tracks, regardless of PS or TS. (correct me if I'm wrong too!!) :) Yeah, I think I was wrong now.

Re: [mythtv] re what tv card to buy in australia to use with knoppmyth

2005-07-14 Thread David Whyte
I have been using 2 AverMedia 771's for about a year now with no major problems. I was a linux noob but managed to set them up OK, with help from the list and friends. The only DVB issues I have had are zero length recordings, but I don't believe that is down to my card. I am told that 2 771's

Re: [mythtv] re what tv card to buy in australia to use with knoppmyth

2005-07-14 Thread David Whyte
On 7/14/05, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using 2 AverMedia 771's for about a year now with no major problems. BTW: I am NOT running KnoppMyth! I am on FC2, using ATrpms and Jarods guide. -- -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one

Re: [mythtv] MythWeb -- Adding attributes to help complex configurations

2005-07-14 Thread David Whyte
I believe you should provide it as an improvement patch on the MythTV trac website. From there it will be assessed whether it is a patch that should be applied or not. HTH's Dave On 7/15/05, Todd Ignasiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just went through the process of setting up and configuring a

Re: [mythtv] Australia DVB playing problem...

2005-07-13 Thread David Whyte
I think when recording in PS myth tries to be clever and choose the primary audio channel. If it gets it wrong, your recording doesn't have the data. In TS, I believe all audi streams are recorded, which results in larger recordings, but the option to select the audio yourself. I don't mind

Re: [mythtv] MythMusic...

2005-07-12 Thread David Whyte
I don't know as I am a mere RPM user, but after following the commits list etc, I think MFD *may* be a future replacement for mythmusic which is much better. I gather it allows you to stream music to multiple frontends and stuff. Certainly sounds cool based on the commit messages :P Whytey On

Re: [mythtv] MythMusic...

2005-07-12 Thread David Whyte
Oooh, thanks for that. I say, it does sound pretty cool doesn't it. I can't wait for it to be released via RPM. On 7/12/05, Peter Schade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what do you meam with mfd?? It's in SVN http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mfd It's an replacement for mythmusic

Re: [mythtv] Commercial Flagging Idea

2005-07-11 Thread David Whyte
On 7/11/05, Anil Gupte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, but what is the All method? As stated earlier in this thread by Mike Dean: Myth currently supports: 1) Blank frame 2) Scene change 3) Blank frame with scene change 4) Logo (the little channel identifier logo) 255) All

Re: [mythtv] Commercial Flagging Idea

2005-07-04 Thread David Whyte
I think this has already been suggested as an idea in the past. It is a good idea though as it is a common characteristic of commercials. Whytey On 7/5/05, David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had an idea on a new commercial flagging technique which would look at the average volume level

Re: [mythtv] Re: New idea for storing recordings to disks

2005-06-30 Thread David Whyte
Simple solution: If the recorder runs out of space, the recorder exits. Scheduler sees the recorder exited, attempts to restart it. The recorder code checks the mount points for space, sees none free on option one, tries option two. Just like when you restart the backend in the midst of a

What MythWeb improvements are on the way? (was Re: [mythtv] mythweb updates always need to mkdir php_sessions)

2005-06-29 Thread David Whyte
On 6/30/05, Chris Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I'm saying that it'll be unnecessary once I get session handling into the database instead of in flat files. Quick question Chris that is slightly OT, what improvements are coming for MythWeb? I hear about some login stuff, but what

Re: [mythtv] Re: dvb zero length record

2005-06-20 Thread David Whyte
Anybody still got a zero byte DVB recordings?? I don't seem to get any now... Since when? I must admit, I haven't seen one for about 10 days, but I didn't make any changes. -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.

Re: [mythtv] dvb zero length record

2005-06-16 Thread David Whyte
On 6/17/05, Matt Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I only started getting dvb 0 length records when I went from 0.16 to 0.17. At the same time I started getting sound drop outs part way through a recording. The audio disappears but the picture continues fine. I had initially thought this had been

Re: [mythtv] dvb zero length record

2005-06-14 Thread David Whyte
I still get them too :( On 6/14/05, Ben de Luca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, I've just noticed on the linux-dvb list that a fix has gone in for this situation. Might be worth you updating your drivers ? I have been watching this thread as I have the same problem, I installed the

Re: [mythtv] dvb zero length record

2005-05-03 Thread David Whyte
debug it further. phil - Original Message - From: David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Development of mythtv mythtv-dev@mythtv.org Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv] dvb zero length record I too get 0B recordings and have mentioned it to the list where

Re: [mythtv] dvb zero length record

2005-05-02 Thread David Whyte
I too get 0B recordings and have mentioned it to the list where a number of others did. In our case, we needed to restart the backend to get the scheduled recording to work, or just myth would more than likely work on the next recording. It was obvious for us as the logs contained the no data

Re: [mythtv] [PATCH] revised/added protocol extension patch -- ignore last one

2005-04-30 Thread David Whyte
On 5/1/05, David Shay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comments,thoughts before I proceed?Next steps would be to add functions toget guide data, in order to emulate the front-end guide, then add a function to schedule a recording.Scheduling the recording is a pretty vital one.Ifwe can make that a protocol

Re: [mythtv] Patch for generic SQL query

2005-04-27 Thread David Whyte
Sounds like a nasty security issue for me. Also, I would like to say (at the risk of crashing and burning) that I don't think it is a great idea to be using SQL queries of any kind between the frontend/clients and the backend. I would say a good goal to set for the project is to create an

Re: [mythtv] Status-ui.xml and keyboard issues with 0.18

2005-04-26 Thread David Whyte
I think (not certain) that the keyboard issue was noted previously on the list. Do a search for it, as I think it was a QT issue. Don'tflame me if I am wrong though :| Whytey On 4/26/05, Jon Wanderer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran across a couple of problems with my yum upgrade to 0.18 that

Re: [mythtv] MythMusic follow-up

2005-04-11 Thread David Whyte
Before you compile cvs mythmusic make sure you run ./configure --enable-aacThanks. I did do that, but perhaps the dpkg build rules wiped it out.I'll give it another shot.-Mark Did it work? -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAHI have GMail invites, if you want one, email me

[mythtv] Protocol Version Change

2005-04-09 Thread David Whyte
Devs, I was pursuing the list of commits on the Wiki page and apparently, there was a commit done for a protocol change on the 23rd March. I have checked the archives and can't find any such commit so I was wandering if it was true. If so, is it obvious what has changed? Dave-- GMAIL is 'da bomb

Re: [mythtv] Failed DVB recording

2005-04-07 Thread David Whyte
Are you guys experiencing this on channels that normally tune and cards that work fine otherwise? Twice I have had a recording not happen because the card could not tune. All I did was restart mythbackend and the card would then tune fine. I thought maybe my hardware was gettting dodgy, but if

Re: [mythtv] Failed DVB recording

2005-04-07 Thread David Whyte
- No data from card in 1 second.2005-03-25 19:28:15.598 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.Has anyone else experienced this?2 x Avermedia 771 DVB-T'sCheers,Dave ___ On Apr 7, 2005 6:12 PM, Tom Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Whyte [EMAIL

Re: [mythtv] Failed DVB recording

2005-04-07 Thread David Whyte
Me? I am on 2 x Averedia 771's, DVB-T. This worked just fine under 0.16 which is making me think my drivers are fune, but you never know. DaveOn Apr 8, 2005 3:35 AM, Taylor Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Quoting Tom Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED]:massive snip I'm a bit less sure about this now - if you

Re: [mythtv] Timezone handling bug

2005-04-04 Thread David Whyte
I haven't really been following this issue, but I did notice a thread that mentioned this has been fixed in CVS and is being backported to a 0.17.1 release. I hope I got this right, but the dev and commit archives should confirm it for you. Dave On Apr 5, 2005 12:10 PM, Nathan Neulinger [EMAIL

Re: [mythtv] What is the best way to implement overlapping recordings on one channel?

2005-04-02 Thread David Whyte
Woahhh! This could use heaps more disk than you would like. Imagine you record the Sunday movie, followed by the Sunday Formula one! Thats a whole 5+ hours of data (i.e. 15Gig for SD) and I would leave the movie on the disk until I get around to watching it whilst I would watch the F1 within

Re: [mythtv] What is the best way to implement overlapping recordings on one channel?

2005-03-31 Thread David Whyte
I really like the idea of one and two. I like the idea of one, just as I hope that soon LiveTV will be implemented like this so that it is a little more stable than the current ring buffer implementation. This will also allow you to change channels and be able to rewind to where you were

Re: [mythtv] Re: Testers needed: support for DVB subtitles

2005-03-31 Thread David Whyte
Call me a dumbass (figuratively speaking of course :P ) but what does this add? I run binary myth, so I can't try without coming over to the dark side 8-) but I have been following these threads a little. Does it allow subtitles to be recorded with the DVB stream, or is this already occuring and

Re: [mythtv] mythtv recordings

2005-03-31 Thread David Whyte
[1] some people will probably suggest a UPS; a UPS won't stop a jealous dog pushing the on/off switch in order to get attention... Yes. It has happened. Really ;-). I hope you weren't talking about your wife :P Dave -- ducking for cover ;) -- GMAIL is 'da bomb babyYEAH I have GMail

Re: [mythtv] Re: Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits

2005-03-28 Thread David Whyte
Just to add my 2cents, I think I tend to agree with Dave. I have seen a couple of times where the OSD has overlapped, I think time-stretch overlaps with anything else, and it is quite annoying. I'll be quite now :P On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:07:28 -0600, David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: [mythtv] indicating recording status in mythweb

2005-03-21 Thread David Whyte
How much has mythweb changed since the 0.17 release? This looks like it could be a useful patch :P On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:45:43 -0500, Brad Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll come up with a patch if people like the idea. I've pretty much got a patch that does something like this.

Re: [mythtv] [PATCH] MythWeather server name change

2005-03-14 Thread David Whyte
I am thinkingxmlweather :P And we can have weather_grab_cc scrapers =D On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 04:09:27 -0500, Brad Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From some activity on the -users list it appears that mythweather is no longer working correctly due to some DNS changes by weather.com. In an

Re: [mythtv] Re: Slightly OT: MythTV as Senior Project?

2005-03-03 Thread David Whyte
Ooooh Axel, great idea mate ;) I put my thumbs up for this idea :P On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:56:40 +0100, Axel Thimm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 03:03:21AM -0800, Louie Ilievski wrote: Hi everyone. I have been an avid MythTV user for over 6 months now and I love it. I

Re: [mythtv] [PATCH] mythweb: Scrolling the days

2005-03-03 Thread David Whyte
I haven't looked at the patch, but isn;t there already arrow buttons to go left and right a 'page' at a time? Or this an entire 'day' left and right? On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:48:29 +0100, Christian Hoehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, as I am a very lazy person, i worried about having to use

Re: [mythtv] DVB lock up - mythtv unusable

2005-03-01 Thread David Whyte
I have to agree that it is a little annoying to get stuck in the frozen blank screen. I normally frantically hit the esc key on my keyboard and I eventually get out, but a screen that states that we couldn't get any data after say 10 (or some configurable amount of) seconds would be a major

Re: [mythtv] What happens with connections when a client dies?

2005-02-26 Thread David Whyte
open and close the connection each time? Dave On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:44:05 +0100, Holger Buchfink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Whyte wrote: I have noticed that the proper way to close the socket is to call the DONE command over the MythProtocol, but I was wandering what effects this would

[mythtv] What happens with connections when a client dies?

2005-02-24 Thread David Whyte
I have noticed that the proper way to close the socket is to call the DONE command over the MythProtocol, but I was wandering what effects this would have if it weren't done *everytime* (such as when the frontend dies in a nasty way). Do the open connections get 'garbage collected' after a

Re: [mythtv] Java Sockets to Myth - waiting for thread

2005-02-24 Thread David Whyte
with if they like. Regards, Dave On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:35:02 -0800, Yan-Fa Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Whyte wrote: I have attached the Java code incase anyone wanted to take a look, but any other pointers would be great. Cheers, Whytey Hi, This might sound a bit stupid

Re: [mythtv] MythSOAP Expressions Of Interest

2005-02-24 Thread David Whyte
Just to clarify, there is NO instention to create a *new* protocol. The idea is to describe the current protocol so others can interface with it. Yes, I will be adding my Java layer to it for the things I wish to do, but if done right, I think this should open up the possibilities to being able

Re: [mythtv] new protocol

2005-02-24 Thread David Whyte
I think the major issue is having two copies of the queries. All clients will need to be updated if a performance enhancement or table change were made. IMO it is much easier to ask for the data, and know just the format of the data that is being returned. Whytey On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:58:41

Re: [mythtv] patch just gone in which breaks all the modules?

2005-02-23 Thread David Whyte
For those not so good at reading world times, Germany, being in Europe, it in the middle of their daytime. Maybe the patched will arrive in the next 12 hours =D On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:15:01 +, Simon Kenyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 23 February 2005 09:56, Ivor Hewitt wrote:

Re: [mythtv] Java Sockets to Myth - waiting for thread

2005-02-23 Thread David Whyte
2005 08:44:10 -0500, David George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/23/2005 8:10 AM, David Whyte wrote: ... I have been using mythweb as an example of how to communicate to the server, but it doesn't seem to work too well. I am using 0.16 but have been using the code from 0.17 to see how

[mythtv] Re: MythSOAP Expressions Of Interest

2005-02-22 Thread David Whyte
First dev post, please don't bite :( I was just sitting down to nut out how my mini JSP's are going to interface with myth to do things like checking the tuner status etc when I thought I should check the list for related posts. Its kinda funny that this thread is here and just a couple of days