[mythtv-users] finetunning X on g450 TV

2004-12-28 Thread h.engemann
Hi, i managed to get the tv out running on my matrox g450. The main problem now is that the picture is black and white and unstable. Are there any things i can do to fine tune the output? Also the configuration of X was a bit incomplete, he mist to write the config for the first monitor. http://ww

[mythtv-users] Geforce cards giving me grief

2004-12-28 Thread Chris Germano
Here's the deal with two of my geforce cards: 1. P4 1.8ghz box with love sources 2.6.7 on it running gentoo. I have Xorg 6.7... installed. -With my PCI geforce card and hacked 4363 2.6 drivers (official nvidia's hacked to work in 2.6) X will start but whenever I watch a recording I get mythfron

[mythtv-users] mysql

2004-12-28 Thread Tim Krueger
This is where I get stuck now. mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('*') WHERE user='root'; ERROR 1046: No Database Selected mysql> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-user

Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to change channel

2004-12-28 Thread Kyle Rose
John Van Ostrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have Myth working for me except that every time I reboot I have to run > mythfilldatabase and restart mythbackend or I can't change channels > within Myth. This seems to happen each time I reboot, even if the last > reboot was the same day. Restarti

Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber

2004-12-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 05:02:07PM +1000, Paul Andreassen wrote: > This version is FIVE TIMES FASTER. I was having trouble with my router > overflowing its NAT because the old version was leaving the ip > connections open. Its was probably also doing a DOS on the web site, > although only in a sm

Re: [mythtv-users] Jarod's HOWTO for FC3/PVR-350/X - Please Take Offline

2004-12-28 Thread Matt D. Robinson
I definitely tried that (just tried it again with the base as well as 0.2.0-rc3b) and it doesn't work. Again, I think this is a fundamental problem right now that needs to be tested and fixed. I'm willing to test and try things out, build drivers, kernels, etc., but I've had a few private E-mai

[mythtv-users] X won't display on PVR-350 (black screen)

2004-12-28 Thread Matthew R Mencel
After fighting with this new PVR-350 running on FC3 for quite awhile, I'm finally down to the last few problems. I can watch LiveTV now, but X does not seem to want to display on the TV-Out. All I get is a black screen on the TV. It looks in the logs like X is starting, but it just is not displa

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv CVS possibly borked on amd64

2004-12-28 Thread Ian Forde
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 19:04 -0800, Chris Germano wrote: > I'm trying to compile Mythtv CVS on an amd64 and it's failing. It compiled > fine a few weeks ago so I don't know what's up. I tried the -fPIC thing in > my cflags but it still did this, and i did make clean, etc. I'm running > Gentoo 64

Re: [mythtv-users] yum Dependancy

2004-12-28 Thread Frostykev
Alright,   A smart person once said, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. . .   After futher research i tried: apt-get remove yum   I did this because I read that mythtv doesn't need yum to operate, am I correct or not on that assumption?   I then proceed to: apt-get update && apt-get d

RE: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread John Harvey
There are some patches floating around somewhere (I'll see if I can find the link sometime soon, though I do have a copy of the patch) that add a -novt option to XFree86. This will then run and ignore the virtual terminal. This is how I run my second X server. I have heard a rumor that recent Xorg

RE: [mythtv-users] OT: out of disk space, but not really....

2004-12-28 Thread johnny
Does df say full? Johnny Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Pifer Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:29 PM To: MythTV Subject: [mythtv-users] OT: out of disk space, but not really I'm havin

[mythtv-users] Re: Repeat problems with ati_remote in 2.6 kernel

2004-12-28 Thread Jason Gabriele
The driver changed sometime after 2.6.7, and yes it is annoying. Fast-Forward does work much better now but it needs to have some kind of throttling (like holding it down gives you one keystroke every .25 seconds). Whoever suggested altering .lircrc: the ati_remote driver is a kernel driver, li

[mythtv-users] OT: out of disk space, but not really....

2004-12-28 Thread James Pifer
I'm having a problem on my mythbackend box that I'm hoping someone can help me with. If I do a df the system is reporting that / is full. It's 160 gig drive and a du shows me this: # du -h --max-depth=1 16K ./lost+found 5.6M./boot 420K./dev du: `./proc/3699/fd/4': No such file or dire

[mythtv-users] Unable to change channel

2004-12-28 Thread John Van Ostrand
I have Myth working for me except that every time I reboot I have to run mythfilldatabase and restart mythbackend or I can't change channels within Myth. This seems to happen each time I reboot, even if the last reboot was the same day. Restarting Mythbackend doesn't reproduce this. Anyone know wh

Re: [mythtv-users] Repeat problems with ati_remote in 2.6 kernel

2004-12-28 Thread Mike Isely
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Dave Steinberg wrote: > > Hi all, > > Yesterday, I upgraded my myth box to a 2.6.10 kernel, from 2.4.26. Almost > eeverything has gone very smoothly, with just one outstanding problem. > > I had been happily using the 2.1.1 ati_remote driver from the GATOS > project, without

[mythtv-users] Mythtv CVS possibly borked on amd64

2004-12-28 Thread Chris Germano
I'm trying to compile Mythtv CVS on an amd64 and it's failing. It compiled fine a few weeks ago so I don't know what's up. I tried the -fPIC thing in my cflags but it still did this, and i did make clean, etc. I'm running Gentoo 64 on a amd 64 3200. gcc -c -pipe -w -O3 -march=k8 -fomit-frame-po

[mythtv-users] Re: Repeat problems with ati_remote in 2.6 kernel

2004-12-28 Thread Chris Vargas
--- Dave Steinberg wrote: > The real problem, though, is the repeat behaviour. I'm finding > that it's very easy to accidentally get a double keypress. I can confirm seeing that behavior with the built-in ATI remote support in the 2.6 kernel. Quite annoying. I too would like to see a fix. ___

Re: [mythtv-users] mythtvsetup: command not found error

2004-12-28 Thread George Lopez
So here is my newb-type question: How do I ensure I have mythtv installed? I did an "apt-get install mythtv" (see bottom of my original posting) so I would have thought my system would have mythtv installed (I had to install piece by piece due to mythdvd dependency problems when I attempted an

Re: [mythtv-users] Jarod's HOWTO for FC3/PVR-350/X - Please Take Offline

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
Matt, I was having exactly the problems you were, until I put vga=792 in the kernel boot line. Something about the new kernels using the first framebuffer device without actually capturing /dev/fb0, and therefore ivtv_fb crashes quite badly when it tries to grab it also. Try that. - Origin

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 Recording Profiles

2004-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
> I finally have a PVR-350 in my MythTV working with TV out, and am very > pleased with the quality of the recordings. They take over 2GB of disk > space per hour, however, so I would like to investigate lower quality/ > lower file size parameters. All of the recording profiles provided look > t

[mythtv-users] Jarod's HOWTO for FC3/PVR-350/X - Please Take Offline

2004-12-28 Thread Matt D. Robinson
I've reviewed Jarod's MythTV FC3 HOWTO, using a single PVR-350 in my TV box (and I had a working base FC2 configuration), and I'm at a point now where I believe I can say that it just doesn't work yet. Jarod should take his HOWTO off-line until he's had a chance to fully walk through it with a PVR

Re: [mythtv-users] LCD display or CRT TV or projector

2004-12-28 Thread Dewey Smolka
Your cheapest solution is to get an S-Video to RCA cinch converter, which will let you run a standard RCA cable into your TV. If your TV doesn't have RCA-in then your VCR does. I got mine included with a video card a bought for a different system, but you should be able to pick one up for a few bu

Re: [mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out Working -Help!]

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
Doesn't seem to work for me. Note that I'm talking about mythmusic here NOT mythtv. My TV sound comes out via my PVR-350. I cant get mythmusic to accept anything ALSA!! /dev/adsp works OK, but it will only play 48khz files. all my mp3s are 44.1k. I was under the impression that /dev/adsp was su

Re: [mythtv-users] mythtvsetup: command not found error

2004-12-28 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
Yeah, um if you run "locate mythtvsetup" and get no response back, it's not on the system. For example, try running "locate ping" and you'll see the difference. For some reason, you don't have mythtvsetup on the box... Paul >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/28/2004 5:36:25 PM >>> hoping to get some re

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic not finding track length for .flac files

2004-12-28 Thread Martin Ebourne
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 11:01 -0800, Wendy Seltzer wrote: > Doing a bit more investigation, flac track length appears to have broken in > the big Nov. 26 mythmusic patch. A rollback to CVS from Nov. 25 reads > track lengths again (and once they're in the db, they stay there). It > looks as thoug

[mythtv-users] $status parameter in Shutdown/Wakeup Settings

2004-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
In mythtvsetup --> general settings it lets you specify a startup command to be "executed right after starting the BE". It also says that a parameter called $status will be set to 'auto' if the machine is started automatically or 'user' if a use switched it on. I havd a frontend and backend on the

Re: [mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out Working -Help!]

2004-12-28 Thread Bryan Brannigan
ALSA:hw:0,4 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:07:46 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you put hw:0,0 in the device field in mythmusic? > > - Original Message - > From: "Bryan Brannigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie: FC3 - MythTV backend setup - stuck. 2. Alsosetup GUI issue. 3. Also UK settings?

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
How about renaming tv_grab_uk_rt tv_grab_uk ? cd /usr/bin mv tv_grab_uk_rt tv_grab_uk M. - Original Message - From: "Clive at Rational" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:01 AM Subject: [mythtv-users] Newbie: FC3 - MythTV backend setup - stuck. 2. Alsosetup GUI

[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Recording Profiles - What bitrate settings do you use?

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
Joe, Just drop the bitrate in your recording profile(s). Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles. I use a bitrate of 4000 which I find gives me good quality. Of course, using a PVR-350, my resolution is fixed (PAL) 720x576. You can drop it to 2200 which is approx 1gb/hr.

Re: [mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out Working -Help!]

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
So you put hw:0,0 in the device field in mythmusic? - Original Message - From: "Bryan Brannigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:29 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 |

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out Working- Help!]

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Cheshire \(Mailing Lists\)
I've sorted out playback to /dev/adsp0 however, it appears to only output correctly to my tuner/amp when the file that is played is 48khz. I read that the alsa oss plugin should convert the sample rate, but it is not :( M. - Original Message - From: "James Purl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [mythtv-users] Repeat problems with ati_remote in 2.6 kernel

2004-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
> Yesterday, I upgraded my myth box to a 2.6.10 kernel, from 2.4.26. Almost > eeverything has gone very smoothly, with just one outstanding problem. > > I had been happily using the 2.1.1 ati_remote driver from the GATOS > project, without lirc. I'm now using the follow-on that's included in the

[mythtv-users] Remote control probs

2004-12-28 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello all, Am having nasty probs with remote controls and MythTV: Currently I'm using the IR sensor with the PVR350 card, I've patched, compiled and installed lirc as per instructions found here: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.1 1) Running irw and using my Hauppauge remote,

Re: [mythtv-users] slow satelite guide, no irblaster yet

2004-12-28 Thread Asher Schaffer
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:35:12 -0500, Paul Barrette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > currently, I dont have an irblaster, I'm using the guide from my > satelite STB through mythtv to change channels, but it is very slow, > 3-5 seconds for every arrow up! Is there a way to speed this up? > Maybe I

[mythtv-users] MythVideo browser display order and db update

2004-12-28 Thread Michael Knoll
I have a MythVideo video collection with a lot of files, and a lot of changes. Many times I have to scan for new videos, the order in which the videos are listed changes. They're never alphebetical. I can't determine the logic for the unusual order. Is there a way to get MythVideo to always lis

Re: [mythtv-users] Frontends all around the house

2004-12-28 Thread Rusty McEacharn
I will make you a good deal on the following if you are interested. Via Epia ME6000 Mini-ITX Mainboard Crucial 256 MB DDR PC2100 IBM NetVista Flex-ATX case, includes a 90 Watt power supply Lite-On 16 DVD-ROM, Includes PowerDVD XP 4.0 Maxtor 20GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive Acer Airkey WIL-172U IR Wireless

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Isaac Richards
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 05:18 pm, Brandon Beattie wrote: > > Not really sure, from reading the list the obvious ones are a B&W on > > screen display and other OSD related issues. > > The OSD is not B&W any longer for XvMC on NVidia cards. Since when? Isaac ___

[mythtv-users] any video cards with component out?

2004-12-28 Thread sean darcy
This may not be what you are looking for but if you buy an xbox and its component adaptor you will get a hdtv frontend for about $200-$250 depending on modchip. I see that xbox has a component adapter. But how does the rest of this work? I have another machine that has the hd3000, and then what..

Re: Re[2]: [mythtv-users] nuv2disc and nuvexport 0.2

2004-12-28 Thread james meyer
- Original Message - From: Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Subject: Re[2]: [mythtv-users] nuv2disc and nuvexport 0.2 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:41:09 -0500 > > Monday, December 27, 2004, 6:22:10 PM, Chris Petersen wrote: > > >> Does anyone have nuv2disc running wi

[mythtv-users] mythtvsetup: command not found error

2004-12-28 Thread George Lopez
hoping to get some response since my Mythbox is currently sitting idle. I am not sure where I went wrong, my video capture works perfectly (with Audio and Video) but I cannot get mythtvsetup to work. I get an error saying "command not found" I have done an apt-get update (results below) and wa

[mythtv-users] slow satelite guide, no irblaster yet

2004-12-28 Thread Paul Barrette
Hi, currently, I dont have an irblaster, I'm using the guide from my satelite STB through mythtv to change channels, but it is very slow, 3-5 seconds for every arrow up! Is there a way to speed this up? Maybe I am missing a setting somewhere... thanks, Pb mythtv cvs, amd64, pvr250, nvidia tv-out

[mythtv-users] Newbie: FC3 - MythTV backend setup - stuck. 2. Also setup GUI issue. 3. Also UK settings?

2004-12-28 Thread Clive at Rational
Hello, I have searched through the MythTV mailing list and not found answer to this - sorry if it HAS already been answered. Setup: Conexant WinFast TV2000 XP input card (a.k.a GDI Black Gold) - works fine under WinXPPro SP2 Trying to run card under MythTV on a Fedora Core 3 (FC3) kernel

Re: [mythtv-users] Consecutive programs, dual tuners

2004-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Martin Brown wrote: Thanks to all who have spoken up about this behaviour. If I can summarise: With dual tuners and global pre/post program time buffers, MythTV will discard the global buffering for consecutive programs and record them both from the one card. For program specific pre/post buffe

[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Recording Profiles

2004-12-28 Thread Joe Willis
I finally have a PVR-350 in my MythTV working with TV out, and am very pleased with the quality of the recordings. They take over 2GB of disk space per hour, however, so I would like to investigate lower quality/ lower file size parameters. All of the recording profiles provided look the sam

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Brandon Beattie
> Not really sure, from reading the list the obvious ones are a B&W on > screen display and other OSD related issues. The OSD is not B&W any longer for XvMC on NVidia cards. OSD can cause the display to lock when seeking but I've only ever had this happen on HD files, never SD that a pvr-x50 wou

Re: [mythtv-users] Frontends all around the house

2004-12-28 Thread cythraul
Hi, This is a neat suggestion, unfortunately, by looking at mediamvp' screenshot, it does not seems a good WAF solution as the UI is quite different from mythtv. The alternative, the X-Box, is also tempting but requires a bit more hacking then I prefer for the moment. I think I've settled for a

Re: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello again, Very good guide, but my prob is that when I start up with no window manager at all, I then do an "startX" (following your guide) and then switch to a different virtual console (both times via SSH tho) and do an "startx" - the original display vanishes and the other display loads up

Re: [mythtv-users] nuv2disc and nuvexport 0.2

2004-12-28 Thread Chris Petersen
I can wait until you update the generally available release (at least I think I can). huh? I don't really have nuvexport releases. I only added version numbers to keep rpm happy. what's on forevermore.net is going to be the latest "release" and will be stable about 99% of the time (and if not,

[mythtv-users] mythtv menu translations

2004-12-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First of all Merry xmas to everyone. I know this is a not very important topic, but in order to improve to the best mythtv we might think about an answer together. Showing how the program work to my dad, who doesn't speak at all english, I saw that some menues are not totally translated. For exampl

[mythtv-users] recording blank

2004-12-28 Thread Sigurd Nes
I'm only recording blank The nuv-files produced during recording is blank (1,3 gig of blank...) The nuv-files produced during pausing is ok. Is there some magic I need to do somewhere? Sigurd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://my

Re: [mythtv-users] Cable Video on Demand and MythTV

2004-12-28 Thread Rob Rosenfeld
Bruce Markey wrote: Rob Rosenfeld wrote: ... the features it offers is "Video on Demand". I tune to one channel and ... 1) Is there a "passthrough" mode where I can watch live cable input without the buffering? Run another output from the cable box directly to another input on the TV. For inst

[mythtv-users] LCD display or CRT TV or projector

2004-12-28 Thread Greg Cope
Hi All, I am struggling to understand the differences between all of these. My TV (21") does not accept S-Video In, so I need a different solution. Presently HD is not due in the UK until 2006 at least. What are the choices for a good PVR display What is the best quality/best VFM display. Do

Re[2]: [mythtv-users] nuv2disc and nuvexport 0.2

2004-12-28 Thread Jeff
Monday, December 27, 2004, 6:22:10 PM, Chris Petersen wrote: >> Does anyone have nuv2disc running with >> nuvexport 0.2 (the current version)? I have >> a FC1 box (Jarod's guide) with MythTV 0.16 >> and I find that nuv2disc is calling nuvexport >> with --outfiles but nuvexport doesn't like the >>

Re: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread sschaefer1
I don't think I explained it well enough.. but keep in mind that when you start an X session that will lock up a virtual console, so before you can start a second X session you will need to switch to a different virtual console. Also, a X server will register itself as a particular :X display...

Re: [mythtv-users] Consecutive programs, dual tuners

2004-12-28 Thread Martin Brown
Thanks to all who have spoken up about this behaviour. If I can summarise: With dual tuners and global pre/post program time buffers, MythTV will discard the global buffering for consecutive programs and record them both from the one card. For program specific pre/post buffering, however, this wi

RE: [mythtv-users] any video cards with component out?

2004-12-28 Thread William
This may not be what you are looking for but if you buy an xbox and its component adaptor you will get a hdtv frontend for about $200-$250 depending on modchip. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sean darcy > Sent: Tuesday, December 28,

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hard Drives that Actually Work?

2004-12-28 Thread Greg Cope
Sorry, meant no. Most disk failures that I have seen (100+ disks, in DC's that have 1000's) have been when the systems have been power cycled, and the disks fail at startup or just after. Normal policy at some places is to replace at the the 1st sign of errors, as you can factor this work in when

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Brandon Beattie
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 01:09:06PM -0600, Neil wrote: > >Kevin Kuphal writes: > >Short answer, no. The long answer is that you can compile MythTV with > >support for XvMC which does MPEG-2 acceleration with the FX5200. It has > >it's share of issues working with MythTV and I would consider it

RE: [mythtv-users] Recommendations

2004-12-28 Thread quaff
Really not to play a 'whose dist is better' game, but the reason I used Gentoo, is because I have much more success being able to go out and compile from source (when there isn't an ebuild), than I did with Fedora or what have you. They adhere a bit more to the 'default'. Now I can use Lirc or wha

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread quaff
Just to say ditto - Using XvMC with the 5200 you get grayscale - w/o it everything works perfectly - smooth and non-pixelated. I thought XvMC was more for VIA anyway...Whatever the case, it is not needed with the 5200/PVR250 combo... -Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/28/2004 3:33:58 PM Great to hear that! So what about that grey scale in OSD when using xmvc, will that get fixed too? Thanks. Neil I have no idea what XvMC does, but I'm pretty sure I'm not using it. I have my machine set up u

Re: [mythtv-users] menu speed

2004-12-28 Thread Paul Miller
I turned off the transparencies and changed the draw method from Fill to None, and did not notice any difference in response time. I'm running MythTV on top of KDE while I test it (still in full screen mode). Would this make a difference? KDE works very well on this p2-450. Nothing in partic

RE: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV OUT stability - scrap PVR playback?

2004-12-28 Thread Derek Conniffe
As a last resort I think I will change the O/S to see if it fixed the problem (but I'll have to use another hard disk to preserve my current recordings, etc) - it also sounds like hours of work. I might try the 2.6 kernel (which my SuSE 9.1 box should really be using. I can't remember but it was

[mythtv-users] any video cards with component out?

2004-12-28 Thread sean darcy
I've got an hd3000 which I want to use to drive a 47" panasonic rptv. The rptv can do 1080i, but only has component input. I'm getting an athlon-xp 3000, 512mb, and an FX5200 ( which I gather is the card of choice around here, right?). I'll need a vga -> component converter. Looking at Audio Au

[mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Neil
PAUL WILLIAMSON writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/28/2004 2:09:06 PM >>> Thanks Kevin. Ok, so for now, I should not worry about. Then, what I really need to do is go for the PVR-250 + Nvidia FX5200 card. Are the issues very annoying? Thanks. Neil Neil, IMHO, it's a winning combo. Don't forge

[mythtv-users] Help with Nebula and Kernel 2.6

2004-12-28 Thread Ian Collington
Hi there, I am trying to get my new system up and running using Mandrake 10.1 Official and a Nebula DigiTv card. I have browsed the web and searched this mail archive but have not found enough information to get the card to work. I understand from what I have found that it is much easier to ge

[mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
>>> Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/28/2004 3:33:58 PM >>> > Great to hear that! So what about that grey scale in OSD when > using xmvc, will that get fixed too? > > Thanks. > >Neil I have no idea what XvMC does, but I'm pretty sure I'm not using it. I have my machine set up using Jarod's guide

Re: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread sschaefer1
Maybe I'm mistaken but your solution here only covers not having a keyboard/mouse correct? The question as I understood it from Piers is how to have the frontend on the PVR-350 tv out and have a normal X session running. I wrote it all down in a webpage, http://www.schaefer.dhcp.biz/pvr350tvout

Re: [mythtv-users] mysql setup help

2004-12-28 Thread junk_inbox
Tim, From a fellow MythTV Newbie... The "#" marks mean you have to execute the commands as ROOT. To do this, type "su", then enter the ROOT password and your prompt will change from a "$" to a "#". (By entering the "#" marks, you've made them comments...) If the command listed in Ja

[mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Neil
PAUL WILLIAMSON writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/28/2004 2:09:06 PM >>> Thanks Kevin. Ok, so for now, I should not worry about. Then, what I really need to do is go for the PVR-250 + Nvidia FX5200 card. Are the issues very annoying? Thanks. Neil Neil, IMHO, it's a winning combo. Don't forge

[mythtv-users] Re: Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Drew Zerdecki
Does I really need acceleration on teh Fx5200? Could I play divx and xvid without it? For that matter does mythv oujtput look ok without it? Thanks. Drew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [mythtv-users] yum Dependancy

2004-12-28 Thread junk_inbox
I'm a Linux Newbie too and have/had this same problem. What I did was to use the RedHat 'up2date' tool do the updates. It completed without errors, so I continued on with the next step after the APT-GET UPDATE step... I'm assuming they basically do the same thing, but I'm probably wrong. Di

RE: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV OUT stability - scrap PVR playback?

2004-12-28 Thread Derek Conniffe
As I just mentioned to another person (MaLaM) I've been using my PVR350 with Mythvideo with no problems (I set the playback problem to mythtv rather than mplayer) - I've been using it with MPEG1 files (and they work!) but I'm sure a ripped DVD to MPEG2 should work file (better with the higher reso

Re: [mythtv-users] mysql setup help

2004-12-28 Thread Michael J. Lynch
Are you typing the "#" signs? If so, don't. The pound signs are the prompt when you are logged in as root user. Do your "AS ROOT" stuff but don't type the "#" signs. Tim Krueger wrote: Any help would be great for help setting up mysql thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # /sbin/chkconfig mysq

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out Working - Help!]

2004-12-28 Thread James Purl
Try to setup an option so that your adsp device gets setup correctly. In the appropriate file (modules.conf or modprobe.conf) use "options snd-pcm-oss adsp_map=4" with the "4" being the device of the digital output. You might need to do modules-update and reboot to make this take effect Next, tel

RE: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV OUT stability - scrap PVR playback?

2004-12-28 Thread Derek Conniffe
Actually I've been using mythvideo and playing lots of old MPEG1 MPEGS that I made from DVDs in the past (for VCDs) - I was surprised (but happy) that the PVR 350 will play MPEG1 as well as MPEG2 files (I had to set mythtv as the program to stream the files rather than mplayer). Is there no way t

Re: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread Gabe Rubin
> > 2) How do you get the PVR to run without keyboard/mouse as when I ran X > for the PVR, it wouldn't start without the keyboard and mouse? I hadf problems with not plugging a mouse in till I changed my mouse section to this in my XF86.config file: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mo

[mythtv-users] mysql setup help

2004-12-28 Thread Tim Krueger
Any help would be great for help setting up mysql thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # /sbin/chkconfig mysql on [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # /etc/init.d/mysql start [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # mysql -u root mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands e

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Neil wrote: Kevin Kuphal writes: Short answer, no. The long answer is that you can compile MythTV with support for XvMC which does MPEG-2 acceleration with the FX5200. It has it's share of issues working with MythTV and I would consider it experimental but it promises to do the same thing that

[mythtv-users] mysql setup help

2004-12-28 Thread Tim Krueger
I am having problems setting up mysql Any help would be great - here is what happens Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # /sbin/chkconfig mysql on [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # /etc/init.d/mysql start [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ # mysql -u root mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED] tgkspike]$ mysql Welcome

[mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/28/2004 2:09:06 PM >>> > Thanks Kevin. Ok, so for now, I should not worry about. Then, what > I really need to do is go for the PVR-250 + Nvidia FX5200 card. Are > the issues very annoying? > > Thanks. > > Neil Neil, IMHO, it's a winning combo. Don't forget the 250 do

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations

2004-12-28 Thread mikemurphy
nate s wrote: What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... --Dennis Gentoo too much? How so? I've got it running fine on gentoo. I hear FC is one of the easiest to set up due to Jarod's guide, and I

RE: [mythtv-users] Recommendations

2004-12-28 Thread Dennis B. Hopp
By too much I meant the install process. Don't know if I feel like spending 24-48 hours compiling everything when I can get most everything running in about 20 minutes with a different distribution. I haven't used gentoo for a desktop type project in a while. Mostly web/mail servers at work that

Re: [mythtv-users] MythGallary Seg Faults

2004-12-28 Thread Adam Siegel
I was using and VIA EPIA and the gallery and music were crashing. I downloaded the sources for 0.16 and recompiled everything with i586 as the target and now do not have any problems. The rpms at atrpms.net are compiled for i386. I am not sure what the issue is, but compiling for i586 fixed

Re: [mythtv-users] menu speed

2004-12-28 Thread nate s
Look in the frontend configuration. Somewhere in there there is a setting for "menu drawing method." Change it to one of the lower cpu useage ones. Trying to do something like transparencies on a slow system with no video hardware is not an easy thing. It's not a general myth problem, my menus

[mythtv-users] NVidia ti4600

2004-12-28 Thread Mark Beaver
I'm curious if anyone has used this card at all, currently my hardware is: AMD Duron 850 512 Megs of Ram PVR250 SoundBlaster Live 24bit Generic NIC Nvidia TI4600 (untried yet, just got it today at work :-() Has anyone used that video card with xv & TV Out successfully? Mark

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations

2004-12-28 Thread nate s
> What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or > Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... > --Dennis Gentoo too much? How so? I've got it running fine on gentoo. I hear FC is one of the easiest to set up due to Jarod's guide, and I've also hea

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic not finding track length for .flac files

2004-12-28 Thread Curtis Stanford
On Dec 28, 2004, at 12:01 PM, Wendy Seltzer wrote: At 02:49 PM 12/28/2004 +, Martin Ebourne wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 14:57 -0800, Wendy Seltzer wrote: > Mythmusic isn't picking up the track length of flac tracks, whether ripped > through mythmusic or using flac independently. As a result,

[mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

2004-12-28 Thread Neil
Kevin Kuphal writes: Short answer, no. The long answer is that you can compile MythTV with support for XvMC which does MPEG-2 acceleration with the FX5200. It has it's share of issues working with MythTV and I would consider it experimental but it promises to do the same thing that the PVR-350

[mythtv-users] Mythtv .16 and Mythgame .16 problems...

2004-12-28 Thread u235sentinel
I have Mythtv and Mythgame (the lastest) running with xmame .89. The scan for games runs fine and I can see the roms listen. When I select any rom I see a box pop up for a split second and am returned to Myth. xmame runs fine from the command line. After reading through the archives I suspec

Re: [mythtv-users] yum Dependancy

2004-12-28 Thread Chris Petersen
Yes and no. Originally it was, but after clearing that, I still had the yum problem which I cleared with the apt-get -f install. -Chuck- I believe that the current yum issue is unrelated, and is actually related to a broken (blank) dependency in the atrpms yum package. If you remove yum, it wil

Re: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello, Thanks for that, Just 2 probs: 1) How did you get both X sessions (PVR and VGA) to run at the same time? I found while using your mehod, the VGA part would shut down, and the image would come up on the TV, then when I exit MythTV, the monitor would come back on exactly where I was before

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic not finding track length for .flac files

2004-12-28 Thread Wendy Seltzer
At 02:49 PM 12/28/2004 +, Martin Ebourne wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 14:57 -0800, Wendy Seltzer wrote: > Mythmusic isn't picking up the track length of flac tracks, whether ripped > through mythmusic or using flac independently. As a result, it's showing > xx:xx / 00:00 in the playback displa

[mythtv-users] Repeat problems with ati_remote in 2.6 kernel

2004-12-28 Thread Dave Steinberg
Hi all, Yesterday, I upgraded my myth box to a 2.6.10 kernel, from 2.4.26. Almost eeverything has gone very smoothly, with just one outstanding problem. I had been happily using the 2.1.1 ati_remote driver from the GATOS project, without lirc. I'm now using the follow-on that's included in the

Re: [mythtv-users] yum Dependancy

2004-12-28 Thread Chuck Rice
Title: Re: [mythtv-users] yum Dependancy Yes and no. Originally it was, but after clearing that, I still had the yum problem which I cleared with the apt-get -f install. -Chuck- At 10:20 AM -0800 12/28/04, Frostykev wrote: Maybe I'm reading to much into your posts, but wasn't your problem due t

Re: [mythtv-users] yum Dependancy

2004-12-28 Thread Frostykev
Maybe I'm reading to much into your posts, but wasn't your problem due to the dual files because of the packages for AMD64?    I installed Fedora Core from the i386 iso's   Min also seems to be one dependancy, python2.4.  Is Python2.4 usually installed from the iso's or from one of the updates?  M

Re: [mythtv-users] X through PVR350 probs

2004-12-28 Thread sschaefer1
I run MythTV without a window manager by calling a seperate script for starting X on the PVR-350's tv out port (since I run a regular X session on my VGA card). Notice that I "exec" mythfrontend rather than a window manager like Gnome or KDE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat startX #!/bin/sh xinit /root/s

[mythtv-users] DVD/Video playing via PVR350 slow?

2004-12-28 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello all, Am using MythTV and my MII12000, and am trying to play DVD and AVI/DivX/etc video via the PVR350. When using mplayer, I find the playback to be quite slow, but when using xine, better but not quite perfect, but menus were painfully slow. On the other hand, when playing on the monit

[mythtv-users] Re: debian package mythtv-database 0.16-1

2004-12-28 Thread Bart Peeters
Ok, I don't knoww wich package, but, I installed everything via debian packages version 0.16-1 and the database table is wrong!! What can be the problem? > SELECT program.chanid, program.starttime, program.endtime, > program.title, program.subtitle, program.description, > program.category, channe

[mythtv-users] menu speed

2004-12-28 Thread Paul Miller
I just started evaluating MythTV on my old P2-450MHz system, which currently has no video hardware. Eventually, I hope to use my P3-800MHz with a PVR-500 card. Anyhow, I noticed right away that the menus are awfully slow. It takes a couple of seconds to move between different menus or even m

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