RE: [mythtv-users] Couldn't find Xv support with a pvr 350

2004-12-19 Thread John Harvey
You need to make sure the use pvr 350 option is set.. Its in the TV Playback section. Othewise it tries to play back using Xv via the X server and the current xdriver for the 350 does not include Xv support. John From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

[mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Gerald S
Hello All, I am doing all my research before I dive into my MythTV HD project (I am new to Myth Linux, and fairly new ot HD...so bare with me:). I am using a digital cable box from Time Warner. I understand that my cable stream is encrypted going into my cable box, which requires me to

RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread William
My newby question is therefore whether if I plug the coax cable connection into a P350 (the solution I will likely be taking), does it pass a clean feed through to the TV. If not, what sort of wiring tricks do I need to do to make sure that my TV tuner is not shunted into

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: atrpms-package-config vs medley-package-config(was: Fresh FC1 and Myth 0.16 install observations/questions)

2004-12-19 Thread William
I saw this posting and thought it might help me fix the fact that I do not have a kde line in my sources.list file. However, I am too much of a newb to know 1. If this is my solution. 2. If it is the required solution, what actions I need to take to get the expanded sources.list file.

Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber

2004-12-19 Thread Ben de Luca
planning we dont need no stinking planing tv_grab_au.py Description: Binary data here is my complete mess, but in python___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber

2004-12-19 Thread Paul Andreassen
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 08:20, Brian May wrote: Paul == Paul Andreassen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul It may take awhile due to a bit of planning. ;-) Your going to *plan* first? Isn't the traditional open source strategy to write code first until you end up in a complete and

[mythtv-users] Mythtv thinks my backend had changed name ?

2004-12-19 Thread George Styles
Hi, My until-recently perfectly working myth box has done something strange. I have a single backend/frontned, which was working fine until a couple of days ago, when the backend crashed. When I restarted it, it said to run the setup utility, which I did, and was suprised to find that all

[mythtv-users] multi user support and access rights for myth

2004-12-19 Thread Ralf Haller
Hi, I want to give a friend who moves into the apartment next door access to my mythtv network. To avoid trouble and confusion we need some sort of multi user access and access rights to myth. I am using the web interface too. What I think of is: 1. Only registered users are allowed 2. Only

Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber

2004-12-19 Thread Ben de Luca
What I can't get over with this beautiful Python program is how closely it follows the Perl version. I only spent a few minutes looking at the perl program before it hurt my eyes merry xmas I going away for two week over Christmas so Merry Christmas. Paul

[mythtv-users] RE: Couldn't find Xv support with a pvr 350

2004-12-19 Thread Don Brett
I've been wondering for a while how to fix that error. Thanks! Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Re: Just Can't Get lirc to Work :-(

2004-12-19 Thread David Bosiljevac
Well, just my luck it had to be something as simple as that. Thanks for your help. It's working now. --db Do you have the correct /etc/lircd.conf file for your remote? When I can successfully connect with irw, meaning that it doesn't return to command prompt on launching and my kernel

[mythtv-users] Re: Just Can't Get lirc to Work :-(

2004-12-19 Thread Don Brett
If you have a video camera, you can test the remote. Start the camera recording, point the remote control at it, and press buttons on the remote. The infra-red signal from the remote will be recorded on the video and look like a bunch of flickers. Don

[mythtv-users] Chaging hostname to fully qualified

2004-12-19 Thread Michael Starks
If I change my hostname to a fully qualified name (such as host to host.domain.com), will I have to follow the procedure as if I changed the hostname from host to host2? Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[mythtv-users] is it possible to copy a myhtconverg db to a system with a different tuner

2004-12-19 Thread Alan Anderson
Hi, I know this has been covered before but I am not understanding something. I am in the process of moving from a mythtv v0.16 on FC1 with a pvr250mce, into a new FC2 mythtv v0.16 with a PCHD2000 and then I plan on moving the pvr-250mce into the new system. I currently have the new system

RE: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Gerald S
Thanks JAC, One more question: Since the component video coming out of my cable box is raw video, requiring a regular capture card, how does HD impact this? Is this signal HD and can it be captured as HD, though it is analog? I know this I a lot of converting (digital - analog - back to

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Ian Forde
On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 09:20 -0500, Joseph Caputo wrote: What you want to do *may* be possible, as the FCC has required cable operators to provide an enabled FireWire port that you may use to capture the digital (MPEG) data that your cable box has decrypted (but not decoded). The catch is

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: atrpms-package-config vs medley-package-config(was: Fresh FC1 and Myth 0.16 install observations/questions)

2004-12-19 Thread George Lopez
first of all, thanks a bunch for the response. I really, really appreciate it (my wife does too, b/c she keeps asking when I am going to be done with this project). Second, I have to stress my newb-ness. Conceptually, I understand what you wrote, but I don't know how to necessarily execute the

Re: [mythtv-users] is it possible to copy a myhtconverg db to a system with a different tuner

2004-12-19 Thread Bruce McKenzie
MySQL can be moved by moving the database files (usually in /var/lib/mysql). They're just regular files. Be sure to stop mysqld first. (This is a general case, and may require tweaking for myth: stopping fe/be, updating mysql after it is brought up but before myth is brought up...) B. At 09:48

Re: [mythtv-users] is it possible to copy a myhtconverg db to a system with a different tuner

2004-12-19 Thread Michael Starks
On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 10:14 -0800, Bruce McKenzie wrote: MySQL can be moved by moving the database files (usually in /var/lib/mysql). They're just regular files. Be sure to stop mysqld first. This is what I did. I moved everything from /var/lib/mysql/mythconverg to the new system. It didn't

[mythtv-users] Manual recording getting blown away

2004-12-19 Thread John Goerzen
Hi, My wife is a big Purdue fan, so we signed up with the ESPN Full Court package from Dish Network. They use about 10 channels in the PPV range for this. The channels appear in the Zap2It guide data, but without any useful data (just Pay-Per-View as the scheduled programs... useless.) So, I

[mythtv-users] Re: Radio Shack 3-in-one remotes are cheap right now

2004-12-19 Thread Gabe Rubin
I have placed my config files on my website now. Included is my current lircrc for use with the 3-in-1 remote, and lircd.conf files for that remote, the x-10 lola, the grey hauppague, and the directv universal remote. They can be found at http://mustbethemoney.mine.nu:8080/mythdocs/lirc Also, I

[mythtv-users] Sky+ Navigator remote and Hauppauge PVR 350 IR receiver?

2004-12-19 Thread Nick Morrott
Hi, Do any UK users currently run a Sky+ navigator remote control (the useful one with the keyboard) with the IR receiver of the Hauppauge PVR350 card? I am interested in getting one for my system but will be using the one serial port to control my NTL box, so don't have the option of another IR

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Anthony Vito
I am doing all my research before I dive into my MythTV HD project (I am new to Myth Linux, and fairly new ot HD...so bare with me:). I am using a digital cable box from Time Warner. I understand that my cable stream is encrypted going into my cable box, which requires me to use their box.

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Joseph Caputo
Gerald S wrote: Thanks JAC, One more question: Since the component video coming out of my cable box is raw video, requiring a regular capture card, how does HD impact this? Is this signal HD and can it be captured as HD, though it is analog? I know this I a lot of converting (digital - analog

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding extra recorder disk space for Christmas !

2004-12-19 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 12:01:44AM -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 06:52:40AM +, Terry Barnaby wrote: I didn't think that the overlay file system was supported yet with the linux 2.6 kernels ? If it is where can I get it ? I would be curious too, I thought those

Re: [mythtv-users] Security concerns for my myth box

2004-12-19 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 10:14:08AM +, Eggert Thorlacius wrote: What about running yum update from a cronjob every day? I'll admit that I am no expert on Linux security, but aren't most attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities that have already been fixed, and thus only work against

1394 and compressing analog Re: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 10:06:19AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 09:20 -0500, Joseph Caputo wrote: What you want to do *may* be possible, as the FCC has required cable operators to provide an enabled FireWire port that you may use to capture the digital (MPEG) data that

Re: [mythtv-users] multi user support and access rights for myth

2004-12-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:31:04PM +0100, Ralf Haller wrote: Hi, I want to give a friend who moves into the apartment next door access to my mythtv network. To avoid trouble and confusion we need some sort of multi user access and access rights to myth. I am using the web interface too.

[mythtv-users] Need help with HDTV Out Jitter

2004-12-19 Thread Steve Frank
Hey gang, I've read Jarod Wilson's guide to HDTV, and currently I'm having a dickens of a time with getting X to agree with some of the settings I'm passing it. I'm using FC1 with XFree86 4.0.3-55. (I'd update, but this puppy is really stable and stability is king for MythTV). I have a

RE: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Gerald S
JAC, awesome info...it is really helping. But theoretically, a solution that used an analog HD capture solution would get around the encrypted channel issue, correct? I know the firewire connection would have better quality, reamaining digital, but likely be encrypted. I would think that as HD

Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber

2004-12-19 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
Why not a version which pulls Foxtel listings off www.foxtel.com - they post 1 month (!) in advance :) M. - Original Message - From: Paul Andreassen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New

Re: [mythtv-users] Manual recording getting blown away

2004-12-19 Thread Bruce Markey
John Goerzen wrote: ... Trouble is, a few days after I schedule these manual recordings, they disappear. I can't figure out why. There's no trace of them in the This is as known issue. The current manual record relies on the same mechanisms as any other record rules and expects to find a

RE: [mythtv-users] Nvidia DVI vs ATI

2004-12-19 Thread Steve Frank
Also seen a Volari V3 card for $45 at Tiger Direct, anybody tried that. I've been watching the Volari V3. Here's the readme for the driver for Linux (the driver hasn't been updated since Sept): Volari V3 Linux Readme :Update -2004-0815 FAQ: ...clip... 4.Major Known Issues Ans: All

Re: [mythtv-users] Lircd not surviving reboot.

2004-12-19 Thread Scott Alfter
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:55:14PM -0500, Noel Murphy wrote: Ok, I've got my remote working (homebrew IR receiver) with mythtv now, however only if I do the following before starting mythtv (which starts up on bootup) setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none modprobe lirc_serial ln -s /dev/lirc0

Re: [mythtv-users] Off topic: Last resort for me. Can not get my dvb-c card to output video/audio on FC3, kernel 2.6.9-681

2004-12-19 Thread Mark Anderson
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:07 am, Örjan wrote: Hi ! I want to build a digital multimedia system for my home based on mythtv with a client/server architecture. Since i get my tv by cable (digital) i have to use a (at least one) dvb card. Been having some serious trouble in getting my dvb-card to

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question

2004-12-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 03:21:18PM -0600, Gerald S wrote: Anthony, Thank you for the info! 2 more questions for you: 1) You mentioned you use both the PVR-250 and the pcHDTV. So the pchdtv2000/3000 gets HD OTA, but does not replace the PVR-250 for standard TV? To get both you need

[mythtv-users] Static on

2004-12-19 Thread Asciimonster
I'm really out of options. So I am asking for some help. If you think I'm whining please say so. I've got a PVR350 which so far has given my nothing be static (I tried both ivtv0.1.9a, from zzz, and 0.2.0rc3b from Chris). When I change channels The pattern in the static doesn't change so I

Re: [mythtv-users] Off topic: Last resort for me. Can not get my dvb-c card to output video/audio on FC3, kernel 2.6.9-681

2004-12-19 Thread Richie Jarvis
Mark Anderson wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:07 am, Örjan wrote: Hi ! I want to build a digital multimedia system for my home based on mythtv with a client/server architecture. Since i get my tv by cable (digital) i have to use a (at least one) dvb card. Been having some serious trouble in getting

Re: [mythtv-users] Static on

2004-12-19 Thread Bruce McKenzie
I'm in the same boat. I get partial success by using a cheap RF amp, but I'm taking a more drastic step in rebuilding the box as a FC2 (instead of FC3). Oh, and I also tried the bleeding (0.3) ivtv...no joy. Please let me know if you figure something out. (FWIW, I'm tuner type 2) At 02:59 PM

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread Jack Trout
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:39:17 +0100, Sim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 17 Dec 2004 23:01, TJ Hunter wrote: I'm thinking about getting two Hauppauge PVR-250 capture cards so that I can record (or watch) more than one channel at a time. I also need another card that has video-out,

Re: [mythtv-users] Manual recording getting blown away

2004-12-19 Thread John Goerzen
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 01:44:45PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote: This is as known issue. The current manual record relies on the same mechanisms as any other record rules and expects to find a matching entry in the listing. However, the fake entry is blown away when mythfilldatabase updates the

Re: [mythtv-users] Nvidia DVI vs ATI

2004-12-19 Thread Grogerto
I've never been able to get 1080i working using DVI either. Its ends up looking choppy. I'm hoping they'll fix this in a driver release one of these days ... Brad Templeton wrote: On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:20:38PM +, Simon Williams wrote: The image the DVI-D connection produces (

[mythtv-users] No video devices in /dev

2004-12-19 Thread John L
I spent a good chunk of the day getting NVidia's 6629 drivers working in FC3. Once I got them working I followed Jerod's guide, and when I entered ll /dev/video? I initially got one entry, /dev/video0. That was unexpected (my previous FC2 box had 4 enties like the guide) but I continued on.

[mythtv-users] Removing Channels

2004-12-19 Thread Jeff Simpson
This may seem like a silly question, but what is the correct way to remove channels? I went into mythsetup and set a few channels that don't come in as not-visible. This made them not show up in the Program Guide for recording, but channel up/down still scroll through them. I have digital cable

Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber

2004-12-19 Thread Ben de Luca
On 20/12/2004, at 8:42 AM, Michael Cheshire ((Mailing Lists)) wrote: Why not a version which pulls Foxtel listings off www.foxtel.com - they post 1 month (!) in advance :) unfortunately there is no FTA stuff there, so you might not see me writing it.

Re: [mythtv-users] Lircd not surviving reboot.

2004-12-19 Thread Phill Edwards
Ok, I've got my remote working (homebrew IR receiver) with mythtv now, however only if I do the following before starting mythtv (which starts up on bootup) setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none modprobe lirc_serial ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc /sbin/service lircd restart After i do all the

Re: [mythtv-users] Removing Channels

2004-12-19 Thread David Whyte
I think you can do this really easily from MythWeb. Thats what I did and I have had no issues with it! On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:11:41 -0500, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may seem like a silly question, but what is the correct way to remove channels? I went into mythsetup and set a

Re: [mythtv-users] Removing Channels

2004-12-19 Thread Phill Edwards
This may seem like a silly question, but what is the correct way to remove channels? I went into mythsetup and set a few channels that don't come in as not-visible. This made them not show up in the Program Guide for recording, but channel up/down still scroll through them. I have digital

[mythtv-users] Maintaining different profiles on one machine

2004-12-19 Thread Kyle Rose
Not sure if this or something like it has been posted here before, but I thought I'd share. If there's a better way to accomplish this short of making a code change, I'd rather use that. I've run into this problem that I'd like to have different profiles on a single machine, the main difference

Re: [mythtv-users] Nvidia DVI vs ATI

2004-12-19 Thread Simon Williams
Ok so some hours spent testing various modelines via analogue and digital has revealed that it is definitely not possible to get DVI-D output at 1080i or 1080p from this card. I have found a not unreasonably priced fanless 6800 from gigabyte. Its more than I would have thought to spend on just a

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread Sim
On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 12:36, William wrote: I dont have a 350 but I know the 250 does not do passthru. I doubt the 350 does either. You would have to use a rf splitter ahead of the capture card and then feed a differeent input on the tv with the split signal. This would cause you to lose the

[mythtv-users] CPU Performance Weirdness and Solution...

2004-12-19 Thread Poul Petersen
I've recently built a new frontend machine and almost immediately noticed that it seemed to be under performing. It was most definitely strange because I have two almost identically configured machines: MBe: XP 2200+, 256MB, RedHat 9, (2) WinTV Radio cards SBe/Fe: XP 2100+, 256MB,

[mythtv-users] better pvr card

2004-12-19 Thread Neil
Is it true that pvr-150 is better than pvr-250? ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Radeon 8500 TV Out Not Working

2004-12-19 Thread Kyle Duncan
I've got everything working happily on my Myth Box as long as it is going out to my monitor. However when I try and hook up the S-Video from the Radeon 8500 to my Sony 36 XBR400 I get a scrambled mess. I can see the text OK but once it goes to the GUI I just get a mess. I'm guessing this is a

Re: [mythtv-users] Removing Channels

2004-12-19 Thread Bill Chmura
I am not sure about digital, but I have unchecked all the channels I get up on the zap2it site in my profile. I had to do nothing on the mythtv end as I remember. On Sunday 19 December 2004 10:11 pm, Jeff Simpson wrote: This may seem like a silly question, but what is the correct way to

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV noob

2004-12-19 Thread Bill Chmura
You just need to get a splitter before the capture cards. You should be able to get one at any local store. halfway down this page there are some photos... you've seen them before http://www.hometech.com/video/splitters.html 350 and a 250 would be cool. I only have a 350 and it works