[mythtv-users] Re: Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Alexander Petkov
== Not a lot of mention of SUSE at the moment, which surprises me as this seems to bundle everything and his dog! == I've run Mythtv on Suse from 7.1 on (8.2 at the moment). I'd say its very stable--I've kept the same install while I changed 2-3 motherboards. It does not have My

Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

2005-01-21 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- M S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I know this is has been asked before, but I > can't seem to find > the right answer. I want an _easy_ solution to > backup shows to DVDs, > but I can't seem to find it. I've tried the > MythBurnDVD, but it > produces some video glitches and doesn't do A

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Loren H. Burlingame
I am really astounded at the amount of people willing to drop $500 on a frontend device... You all must be rich as hell. I always thought the backend was supposed to be the one with the horsepower.I mean, I run a P2 500Mhz machine as a frontend right now with no problemand you can pic

Re: [mythtv-users] Not a newbie, need help with sound recording please, wit's end...

2005-01-21 Thread Larry Silverman
Can it be? I think I finally figured out why there's been no sound in mythtv from my bt878 card piped through my sound card. Somewhere in my gaggle of googles, I came across this command: (note: my second video card is on /dev/video1) # /usr/bin/v4lctl -c /dev/video1 volume mute off I ran this

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Loren H. Burlingame
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:43:17 +, Frank smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI > Just wondering, > What is the most stable system at this time? > I mean is it: > FC1 with a pvr 250? > Or > Something like Suse 9.1 > > I don't mean cutting edge more like, > pretty much guaranteed to just run and al

[mythtv-users] IVTV: VIM Restart? Crashing MythBackend

2005-01-21 Thread Jack Trout
Using Fedora Core 2 Originally installed using Jarods Guide. Originally I was using 2 BT878 Cards, I recently Bought 2 PVR 250 cards which I believe since they were Gateway OEM cards, that they are Identified as FreeStyle cards The Errors are causing Mythbackend to freeze and stop recording shows,

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 : extending infra-red remote cable

2005-01-21 Thread Jeff Simpson
It looks like a 2.5mm audio cable (same type of connector as the TI calculator). You should be able to get an extension cable with those ends on it fairly easily. If not, you can always just get a length of 3 conductor cable and throw those connectors on it. I would definitely splurge to buy an ex

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Cecil Watson
Thanks again, Cecil. You're welcome. Of course KnoppMyth wouldn't be KnoppMyth w/o Knoppix (many thanks to Klaus) and MythTV (many thanks to Isaac). Many thanks to all that have helped develop this great projects and Open Source in general. When the source is open, the possibilities are endl

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Cecil Watson
I have a working CVS backend and I'm building a new frontend. I want to use the CD boot frontend KnoppMyth and not have a HD in my frontend. I can't do it AFAIK because the KnoppMyth CD doesn't support my CVS backend because the protocols have changed. This has to do with the way MythTV func

RE: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation - Wireless

2005-01-21 Thread Marty Mastera
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matt Picker Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 9:05 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation - Wireless You could also go, like I thought his plan was, to use a ethernet to wireless bridge. Those ar

Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple Backends?

2005-01-21 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Roy Murphy wrote: I'll have two tuners on seperate machines (one HD, one SD). Can they share one backend with, say, one network mounted drive to share? Yes, they both will run the mythbackend process. A backend is a machine that operates a tuner. They can certainly share drive space mounted

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation - Wireless

2005-01-21 Thread Matt Picker
You could also go, like I thought his plan was, to use a ethernet to wireless bridge. Those are a bit pricey. I would be more inclined to run cat5 but I am the kind of guy that enjoys running cable and getting a little sweaty to save some money and gain some bandwidth. --- Marty Mastera <[EMAIL

Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

2005-01-21 Thread Jeff Simpson
I've tried a lot of things, and here's the best solution I've found: nuvexport to dvd or mpeg2 (cutlist only). This generates the mpg file out of the NUV then I use dvdstyler to make the menus and place the mpegs. I burn an image, then burn the image to the dvd. voila! There are probably a lot

[mythtv-users] Multiple Backends?

2005-01-21 Thread Roy Murphy
I'll have two tuners on seperate machines (one HD, one SD). Can they share one backend with, say, one network mounted drive to share? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] When the disk is full... what happens?

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 02:42:46AM +0100, Jens Peter Vilstrup wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:25:30 -0800, Brad Templeton > > to expiring old recordings, are there others that don't? It is my > > taste but it need not be everybody's. > > IMHO, one should try to mimic the behaviour of retail DVRs

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation - Wireless

2005-01-21 Thread Marty Mastera
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:22:48 -, George Styles > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) I plan on buying a second hand XBOX and > putting Linux on it to run > > > MythTV as a Front End to the rest of my system > > > > > Q.1 Wondered if I could get a Webcam working > with the XBOX (nice t

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: CableCard, MythTV, and the Future. Is, there a Future?

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:58:17PM -0500, Jason Gabriele wrote: > doesnt mean that it wont be reversed engineered. windows media center > 2006 will supposedly have support for cable cards so expect to see pci > cards out at around that time. maybe someone will attempt to figure out > how to get

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 : extending infra-red remote cable

2005-01-21 Thread James Ogle
I have mine running through 5 meters of cat5 cable, ir reciever uses 3 strands and my ir blaster uses another 2. It all works fine. to save cutting your cable just get a mini stereo jack and socket and use any old cable as an extension cord. -James Tim T. wrote: Hi, I've got a working install,

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Mark
Ryan Steffes wrote: You forgot secret step 1b) Is there something you REALLY want to watch on? My Mandrake 10.0 ran steady for a couple months once I quit fiddling with it and left it alone, the new season of Monk starts tonight so, of course, my capture card seems to have died. Slackware 10 her

[mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

2005-01-21 Thread M S
Hi, I know this is has been asked before, but I can't seem to find the right answer. I want an _easy_ solution to backup shows to DVDs, but I can't seem to find it. I've tried the MythBurnDVD, but it produces some video glitches and doesn't do AC3 sound. I can't get nuv2disc to work because I c

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Matt Picker
--- Jens Peter Vilstrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I seriously doubt the MiniMac will give the PC any > kind of run for > it's money, exept in the "design", "useability", > "included software" > and "virus-susceptible" categories. ... To many non linux users those sort of catagories sound v

Re: [mythtv-users] Via EPIA Experiences

2005-01-21 Thread Matt Picker
--- Mark Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > I am thinking about setting up a mythfrontend based > on the VIA EPIA > MII1000 motherboard and was hoping someone with some > experience with the > EPIAs could answer a couple of questions for me: > > 1.Can it can playback DVB mpe

Re: [mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 : extending infra-red remote cable

2005-01-21 Thread Jå§òÑ M@¢þhè®$Øñ
The connector is a little smaller than a 3.5mm head phone jack. I was able to extend the cable by simply cutting it in the middle and adding six feet of wire in the middle. It worked out well. -Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list myt

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Andy Long
"> Why may such a statement?" I certainly meant no offense by it. However, the user's email was primarily concerned with using one of several Fedora distros, mandrake, or debian (ya, i know knopp is built from it). I was suggesting that if he desires to use one of these, he might try knoppmyth b

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: CableCard, MythTV, and the Future. Is, there a Future?

2005-01-21 Thread Jason Gabriele
doesnt mean that it wont be reversed engineered. windows media center 2006 will supposedly have support for cable cards so expect to see pci cards out at around that time. maybe someone will attempt to figure out how to get it working. really i think this would be the "killer app" for mythtv (o

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV, Myth, HD-2000, HD-3000, questions galore (and hopefully answers from the smart people... )

2005-01-21 Thread Brandon Beattie
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:16:09AM -0500, Eric S wrote: > Brandon - Been real busy lately, sorry. I'd guess between 1-2 months, this is a ballpark and I surely hope it's less, but for sure by then. --Brandon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@

Re: [mythtv-users] buidling mythfilldatabase with qt embedded: exception handling disabled, use -fexceptions to enable

2005-01-21 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 09:19 +0100, rupert t wrote: > > main.o(.gnu.linkonce.r._ZTI6QGList+0x8): undefined reference to `typeinfo > > for QPtrCollection' > > ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for > > QPushButton' > > ../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.15.so: undefined

Re: [mythtv-users] Limiting file transfer speed (to combat Epia system lockup)

2005-01-21 Thread Andrew Plumb
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:11:21 -0600, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[deletia] > Of course my real recomendation would be to fix the underlying problem, > but that might require new hardware of some kind. [rest deletia] I've been running into the same issue on transfers, deleting files, e

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Cecil Watson wrote: if you just want to get your feet wet in myth before doing a major install. Why may such a statement? It seems as if you stating that KnoppMyth is deficient in some way when compared to MythTV installed on another distro. The point of KnoppMyth is to get a PVR up and run

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Jens Peter Vilstrup
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:35:38 -0600, John Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a nice comparison with a complete micro-ATX system and the Mac > Mini in price. They are both pretty comparable. The PC can even be > made better by getting a cheaper 32 MB video card along with changing > a few

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Benjamin Watkins
Cecil Watson wrote: if you just want to get your feet wet in myth before doing a major install. Why may such a statement? It seems as if you stating that KnoppMyth is deficient in some way when compared to MythTV installed on another distro. The point of KnoppMyth is to get a PVR up and run

[mythtv-users] Via EPIA Experiences

2005-01-21 Thread Mark Anderson
Folks,   I am thinking about setting up a mythfrontend based on the VIA EPIA MII1000 motherboard and was hoping someone with some experience with the EPIAs could answer a couple of questions for me:   Can it can playback DVB mpeg2 video without stuttering? Does the XvMC fo

Re: [mythtv-users] When the disk is full... what happens?

2005-01-21 Thread Jens Peter Vilstrup
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:25:30 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neither outcome is great. All the other PVRs I have seen default > to expiring old recordings, are there others that don't? It is my > taste but it need not be everybody's. IMHO, one should try to mimic the behavio

[mythtv-users] OTA HD and Cable...

2005-01-21 Thread Johnson, Thor
Anyone doing this? How do you pick whether you want the HD show or the CATV show? I plan on getting a pvrHD-3000, and would like it to do OTA HD as well as be a 2nd tuner for my CATV (other tuner is a BT878 card).   Lastly – is there a good way to get the HD and cable signals together (

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Cecil Watson
if you just want to get your feet wet in myth before doing a major install. Why may such a statement? It seems as if you stating that KnoppMyth is deficient in some way when compared to MythTV installed on another distro. The point of KnoppMyth is to get a PVR up and running in the easiest

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: CableCard, MythTV, and the Future. Is there a Future?

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 02:06:51PM -0700, Matt Grommes wrote: > I wouldn't hold your breath. The current cards are barely functional and > the version 2 cards haven't been released yet. It'll be awhile before > anybody has v2 card hardware out, then who knows what kind of DRM and > other crap th

Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for someone who receives the Oxygen Channel

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 05:08:02PM -0500, Second Element wrote: > Can anyone out there who receives Oxygen Media confirm that Inhale still > shows in the morning? It's an hour-long yoga show that was once > canceled, recently brought back, and now seems to have disappeared > despite its continui

Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for someone who receives the Oxygen Channel

2005-01-21 Thread Mike Jasper
Yep, it shows up on my Oxygen listing. It's listed at 6 AM every morning from Jan 24 to Feb 2. > Can anyone out there who receives Oxygen Media confirm that Inhale still > shows in the morning? It's an hour-long yoga show that was once > canceled, recently brought back, and now seems to have

Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Question

2005-01-21 Thread stephen
Rob G wrote: I did some more research on the DSR500, It has a built in MPG2 Encoder. It looks like the Ethernet would be for output to a computer. Or possibly you could use the USB as well. Seems kind of strange though as it does not have a Hard Drive built in that it would copy over on the fl

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread John Thomas
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:42:29 -0500, Mark L. Cukier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > iTunes is free > > Jon Bauerle wrote: > > > Don't forget, though, that with the Mac you also get iPhoto, iTunes, > > iMovie, etc. :-) > > > > > > On Jan 21, 2005, at 3:06 PM, John Thomas wrote: > > > >> > >> No,

Re: [mythtv-users] Limiting file transfer speed (to combat Epia system lockup)

2005-01-21 Thread Robert Denier
Well you could just download the wondershaper script and try that. To be useful you'd need to limit your upload on both the sending and receiving machines. http://lartc.org/wondershaper/ If this is what you want, I'd recommend reading up on iptables and creating a very simple one rather than w

Re: [mythtv-users] Limiting file transfer speed (to combat Epia system lockup)

2005-01-21 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Micah Wedemeyer wrote: My Epia Myth box ALWAYS locks up whenever I do a file transfer (scp, ftp, etc.) across my local LAN at home. However, it does fine when downloading files from the Internet. I've read a few posts that say the Epias have trouble with DMA and such, and so I'm guessing that if

[mythtv-users] Limiting file transfer speed (to combat Epia system lockup)

2005-01-21 Thread Micah Wedemeyer
My Epia Myth box ALWAYS locks up whenever I do a file transfer (scp, ftp, etc.) across my local LAN at home. However, it does fine when downloading files from the Internet. I've read a few posts that say the Epias have trouble with DMA and such, and so I'm guessing that if I could reduce the tran

Re: [mythtv-users] Menu Customization

2005-01-21 Thread Charles Waddell
Thanks, mythinfo.xml was what I was looking for. --Daneil Original Message Follows From: Les Gondor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Menu Customization Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:51:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Rece

[mythtv-users] Can't get the tuner to work

2005-01-21 Thread Sim
Help! According to cat /proc/drivers/rivatv I have got XFX FX5200 personal cinema set-up with the 7174hl decoder and MT20xx Universal tuner. However I get a xawtv error, and a number of worrying kernel messages as well, and i need help to understand what I must do next because I presume i n

[mythtv-users] Looking for someone who receives the Oxygen Channel

2005-01-21 Thread Second Element
Can anyone out there who receives Oxygen Media confirm that Inhale still shows in the morning? It's an hour-long yoga show that was once canceled, recently brought back, and now seems to have disappeared despite its continuing presence in my daily listings. It normally plays @ either 5 or 6 AM

Re: [mythtv-users] Menu Customization

2005-01-21 Thread Les Gondor
For my own feeble attempts at menu customization, I simply copied the relevant files from /usr/share/mythtv into ~/.mythtv (i.e. main_menu.xml) and inserted the button's XML code from, say, /usr/share/mythtv/info_menu.xml between the existing buttons. It works just fine. Cheers, Les Charles Wa

Re: [mythtv-users] Menu Customization

2005-01-21 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Dan Wilga wrote: At 1:44 PM -0500 1/21/05, Charles Waddell wrote: I would like to add buttons to mythweather and mythnews to the main menu of mythtv. I have found information that I need to edit ~/.mythtv/mainmenu.xml, and I am fairly well versed in xml, but I do not know the action command for

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Mark L. Cukier
iTunes is free Jon Bauerle wrote: Don't forget, though, that with the Mac you also get iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, etc. :-) On Jan 21, 2005, at 3:06 PM, John Thomas wrote: No, you are correct. The Shuttle system is barebone. But the CPU, 40 GB drive and memory would be pretty comparable to the

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Andrew Close
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:28:38 -0600, Jon Bauerle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't forget, though, that with the Mac you also get iPhoto, iTunes, > iMovie, etc. :-) and OS X! 6 GMail Invites available Email me OFF-list only... ___

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation

2005-01-21 Thread Matt Picker
--- Greg Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:22:48 -, George Styles > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) I plan on buying a second hand XBOX and > putting Linux on it to run > > > MythTV as a Front End to the rest of my system > > > > > Q.1 Wondered if I could get a W

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Jon Bauerle
Don't forget, though, that with the Mac you also get iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, etc. :-) On Jan 21, 2005, at 3:06 PM, John Thomas wrote: No, you are correct. The Shuttle system is barebone. But the CPU, 40 GB drive and memory would be pretty comparable to the Mac Mini in price. Plus you would al

[mythtv-users] Not a newbie, need help with sound recording please, wit's end...

2005-01-21 Thread Larry Silverman
Hi, all. I've got a 2-tuner system, one PVR-250 recording perfectly, and one obstinate bt878-based card. I'm running Fedora Core 3 2.6.10-1.741_FC3. I've also tried the 681 release, but it seems those rpms have been pulled for ivtv, so I had to upgrade. I've followed Jarod's excellent guide, b

Re: [mythtv-users] Menu Customization

2005-01-21 Thread Dan Wilga
At 1:44 PM -0500 1/21/05, Charles Waddell wrote: I would like to add buttons to mythweather and mythnews to the main menu of mythtv. I have found information that I need to edit ~/.mythtv/mainmenu.xml, and I am fairly well versed in xml, but I do not know the action command for calling up these

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread John Thomas
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:08:46 -0500, David Levine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:16:14 -0600, John Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When I first read about the Mac mini, I was not convinced that it was > > something that I could use to benefit my MythTV system at home.

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: CableCard, MythTV, and the Future. Is there a Future?

2005-01-21 Thread Matt Grommes
I wouldn't hold your breath. The current cards are barely functional and the version 2 cards haven't been released yet. It'll be awhile before anybody has v2 card hardware out, then who knows what kind of DRM and other crap they put into it to make sure people aren't doing "unapproved" stuff wi

Re: [mythtv-users] Am I ready to go?

2005-01-21 Thread Julian
Hi, > > -ATI Radeon 32MB Video Card (motherboard also has > > I am still waiting for reports of people getting > these to work for > HDTV even with their latest drivers. The 9200SE > cards will > not do 1080i with the open source drivers. The > proprietary drivers > will not do below an 8600

[mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 : extending infra-red remote cable

2005-01-21 Thread dfleming
It is a simple little cable. You should be able to find something similar to a headphone extension cable. You just need something male one end and female on the other. Take the little cable down to Radio Shack. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-u

Re: [mythtv-users] Blue bar while watching DVD

2005-01-21 Thread Simon Kenyon
On Friday 21 January 2005 18:21, Rick Ingersoll wrote: > I have a blue bar across the top of the screen while watching DVD. Can > anybody tell me the setting that needs to be changed to make this go away. xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0 -- simon ___ mythtv-

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Eric S
I'm goin going to chime in hear and talk about some of the more obscure things and agree with Kyle on gcc compilers, gcc4+ is still pretty cutting edge. First of all, if you don't leave your Myth box on 24/7/365 then you cannot even begin to comment on stability, those that do should be measuring

Re: [mythtv-users] Getting VCR Recordings Into MythTV/MythVideo

2005-01-21 Thread Harald Deischinger
Hi, It seems that the problem is that MythTV is not doing a "direct recording" if there is no EPG information available. What I have done now is adding an EPG entry for my VCR - and suddenly I could record directly from it. The only problem is that I can not stop recording directly. I have to go

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Ryan Steffes
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:16:55 -0800 (PST), Poul Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question: "Whats the most stable system at the monent?" > Answer: "The one that doesn't crash" > > But seriously, there is a bit of voodoo magic in all of this. I > had a RedHat 9 box with a bttv/btaudio c

[mythtv-users] OT: CableCard, MythTV, and the Future. Is there a Future?

2005-01-21 Thread Geoff Scott
Just reading about CableCard on /. http://slashdot.org/articles/05/01/21/187212.shtml?tid=129 I was unaware of this interface prior to the article and the discussion thread (grains of salt applied liberally) seems to imply that with some work, our little MythTV boxs could some day control digital

[mythtv-users] Waited too long for decoder to pause

2005-01-21 Thread Rob Rosenfeld
I'm running CVS as of 1/14 and sometimes at the end of a recording, mythfrontend hangs. I'm using XV to output using Nvidia's drivers. When I kill the mythfrontend application, I find the console has many error messages repeated: Waited too long for decoder to pause In the gossamerthreads arc

Re: [mythtv-users] Am I ready to go?

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:59:38AM -0800, Julian wrote: > Hi, > I am putting together a "test" MythTv box to try it > out before I purchase the new HD-3000s. I would > appreciate if anyone could let me know of any caveats > with my methodology. Here is the setup I am going > for: > > -Fedora Cor

[mythtv-users] PVR-350 : extending infra-red remote cable

2005-01-21 Thread Tim T.
Hi, I've got a working install, on a spare desktop system. This system is located behind a wall with respect to the TV. The next experiment is to connect the TV-out. Got plenty of cable, and it worked before. The problem: The cable for the IR will never reach the tv, and getting up to point t

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 01:13:00PM -0500, David George wrote: > On 1/21/2005 12:15 PM, Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Just another Data point for you: > > > >I run FC2, with a pvr-350 and myth 0.16 > > > >I average about one crash every two days. > > > > > Interesting, I run FC2 with (2) PVR

[mythtv-users] issues with mythtv at-bleeding?? or just me..

2005-01-21 Thread Matt McKeon
I finally got mythtv-suite installed and everything. I then proceeded to run "startx" it started but with the wrong window manager.. I was using KDE, but now it starts up using TWM. I get a warning from XFree saying: "WARNING: You selected Fvwm2 as your window manger, but your installation does

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Ian
When I first read about the Mac mini, I was not convinced that it was something that I could use to benefit my MythTV system at home. I've read the thread and it has been discussed that the Mini is not the most powerful system out there. True, it is a sexy looking device, but I can't find the ju

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread David Levine
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:16:14 -0600, John Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I first read about the Mac mini, I was not convinced that it was > something that I could use to benefit my MythTV system at home. I've > read the thread and it has been discussed that the Mini is not the > most p

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread Craig Partin
I think the mini would make a nice kitchen machine. Hook it up to an LCD monitor and install myth. It could be a frontend for media use, so you could play along with cooking shows etc., but also be a regular desktop as well. I think the $500 would only be justified if it was a dual use machine.

[mythtv-users] Re: Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Poul Petersen
Question: "Whats the most stable system at the monent?" Answer: "The one that doesn't crash" But seriously, there is a bit of voodoo magic in all of this. I had a RedHat 9 box with a bttv/btaudio capture card that couldn't stay up for more than 6 days without an Oops. I eventually replaced

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX

2005-01-21 Thread rsalern5
The essential files are still there, just in a different place: The readme is at http://bit.blkbk.com/bittorrent/README.txt The installer is at http://bit.blkbk.com/bittorrent/mythtv-xbox.0.4.4.tar.gz Note, when following the readme, change the wget command from: wget http://bit.blkbk.com/mythtv

[mythtv-users] ivtv, nuv files and DVDs

2005-01-21 Thread dfleming
I've been obsessively struggling for some time trying to create a DVD with some of the shows I've recorded with MythTV. My system uses a PVR-250 and it seemed that regardless of how I used mencoder, avidemux etc. I could not get an mpeg that kept the audio in sync; it would always progressivel

[mythtv-users] Am I ready to go?

2005-01-21 Thread Julian
Hi, I am putting together a "test" MythTv box to try it out before I purchase the new HD-3000s. I would appreciate if anyone could let me know of any caveats with my methodology. Here is the setup I am going for: -Fedora Core 3 -ATI Radeon 32MB Video Card (motherboard also has shared memory arc

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread David Levine
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:13:00 -0500, David George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/21/2005 12:15 PM, Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Just another Data point for you: > > > >I run FC2, with a pvr-350 and myth 0.16 > > > >I average about one crash every two days. > > > > > Interesting, I run FC2

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Justin Walther
Data point: I run FC3 (via Jarod's guide), 2 pvr-250s and I haven't seen a crash in weeks. Only reason i saw them before that was because I was using ext3 as my myth filesystem. Converting to xfs seemed to fix performance-related crashes. ___ mythtv-us

Re: [mythtv-users] Restarting mythfrontend with the remote

2005-01-21 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Larry Silverman wrote: Thought I'd repost an answer to a question I gave to someone on the mythtvtalk.com forums at http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=542. It might be of general interest to this group. The question was regarding restarting the mythfrontend with a remote keypress. Her

Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV

2005-01-21 Thread Ashley Bostock
I've got streaming over http with authenication working well, works with mplayer on linux and windows media player on windows :-D Just open up the mythstreamtv.sh file and change the vlc line to read: /usr/local/bin/vlc -vvv --sout-transcode-fps=$FPS --sout-transcode-deinterlace $NUV_DIR/$1 ":so

[mythtv-users] Re: Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Michael J. Sherman
HI All Thanks for the feedback, seems RH 9 is still doing the rounds (which means I'll have to try find the disks!) I had a RH 9 system with a software-based bttv card (ATI Wonder VE) and it was rock-solid. We're talking up to a month without a crash/issue. And I would even upgrade to current

[mythtv-users] Menu Customization

2005-01-21 Thread Charles Waddell
I would like to add buttons to mythweather and mythnews to the main menu of mythtv. I have found information that I need to edit ~/.mythtv/mainmenu.xml, and I am fairly well versed in xml, but I do not know the action command for calling up these plugins. If anyone could point me to a list of st

Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge remote, different IR receiver

2005-01-21 Thread Brian Stults
Chris Hoff wrote: I currently have a backend/frontend system setup using a PVR-250 and the Hauppauge remote. I would like to upgrade my remote to the Radio Shack model described in Jarod's guide. I know I will have no problem getting this remote to work with the Hauppauge receiver. But, I

[mythtv-users] Blue bar while watching DVD

2005-01-21 Thread Rick Ingersoll
I have a blue bar across the top of the screen while watching DVD. Can anybody tell me the setting that needs to be changed to make this go away. Rick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/myth

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: New Mac Mini

2005-01-21 Thread John Thomas
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:55:03 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 06:42:04PM -0500, Magnus Meinfretr wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:28:30 -0500, Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > At 1.25GHz or 1.42GHz, my guess is that it does *not* have enoug

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread David George
On 1/21/2005 12:15 PM, Jå§òÑ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just another Data point for you: I run FC2, with a pvr-350 and myth 0.16 I average about one crash every two days. Interesting, I run FC2 with (2) PVR-250 and a pcHDTV HD-2000 and my system is rock solid. -- David __

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Frank smith
HI All Thanks for the feedback, seems RH 9 is still doing the rounds (which means I'll have to try find the disks!) Not a lot of mention of SUSE at the moment, which surprises me as this seems to bundle everything and his dog! I mentioned the PVR as this seems to allow a lower CPU (hence heat) a

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Josh Burks
I was running FC1 with my PVR-250 and had 50+ day uptimes and perfect recordings. Recently I reinstalled with FC3 and all hell has broke loose. I couldn't get the channel to change in LiveTV (it was stuck on 36, ptune.pl wouldn't change it either), so I upgraded ivtv to 0.2.something (was 0.1.some

Re: [mythtv-users] nuvexport errors - nuvexport runs forever

2005-01-21 Thread Chris Petersen
Jonathan Stoneman wrote: Mike Schommer wrote: Thanks for the info. I haven't searched for related problems in the mailing list, but I did download the latest nuvexport. Now, I get no errors, but I don't get anything processessed either. Here's the output. [...] Run nuvexport with the --debug f

Re: [mythtv-users] FC3, HD-3000, PVR-350...HELP!

2005-01-21 Thread David George
On 1/18/2005 7:07 PM, Jason Weinstein wrote: I am currently trying with a fresh install of FC3 and following both Jarod's guide (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php), David George's guide (http://thegeorges.us/mythtv/ & http://thegeorges.us/mythtv/267.html), along with numerous posts on mythtv-u

[mythtv-users] Restarting mythfrontend with the remote

2005-01-21 Thread Larry Silverman
Thought I'd repost an answer to a question I gave to someone on the mythtvtalk.com forums at http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=542. It might be of general interest to this group. The question was regarding restarting the mythfrontend with a remote keypress. Here's how I did it. I w

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Andy Long
I would use FC3 (you can download a single dvd image to do the install off of instead of 3 CDs) since that's what Jarod's current doc is written for. You could also do a KnoppMyth install. It's a knoppix disk that has mythtv pretty much pre-configured...very easy to work with if you just want to g

Re: [mythtv-users] Bad TV picture quality on an HDTV

2005-01-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:44:57AM -0700, Matt Grommes wrote: > I turned Sharpess all the way down and added the denoise3d filter and it > looks much better. I haven't tried upping the bit rate yet, hopefully > that helps more. > > How does the picture on my Tivo look so good with the same signa

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Jå§òÑ M@¢þhè®$Øñ
Just another Data point for you: I run FC2, with a pvr-350 and myth 0.16 I average about one crash every two days. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Preston Crow
On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 11:44, Rob G wrote: > Ok I am gonna start building my MythTV system. I have a blank system > to work with what Linux Flavour should I put on for the best results. I like chocolate. For best results, eat the chocolate while reading the list archives. This has gone past bei

Re: [mythtv-users] Sound Card Type?

2005-01-21 Thread Hans Öfverbeck
Jon Bauerle wrote / skrev: I have an IBM ThinkCentre that I inherited. Seems to be working ok with myth, except for sound. I'm following the Wilsonet Fedora guide to get started. However, this being an inherited box, I don't have any of the documentation on the system. How do I find what sou

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended Flavour

2005-01-21 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Rob G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok I am gonna start building my MythTV system. I > have a blank system > to work with what Linux Flavour should I put on for > the best results. > I have no problems with any flavour just would like > to know what is > the best for MythTV > > Debian (unst

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- Frank smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI > Just wondering, > What is the most stable system at this time? > I mean is it: > FC1 with a pvr 250? > Or > Something like Suse 9.1 If ease of installation is what you're looking for, KnoppMyth is worth a look. It bundles Debian Linux with all o

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation

2005-01-21 Thread Greg Foster
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:22:48 -, George Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) I plan on buying a second hand XBOX and putting Linux on it to run > > MythTV as a Front End to the rest of my system > > > Q.1 Wondered if I could get a Webcam working with the XBOX (nice to > > have!) > > The XB

Re: [mythtv-users] Bad TV picture quality on an HDTV

2005-01-21 Thread Matt Grommes
I turned Sharpess all the way down and added the denoise3d filter and it looks much better. I haven't tried upping the bit rate yet, hopefully that helps more. How does the picture on my Tivo look so good with the same signal and no tweaking for so little money? Thanks for everybody's suggesti

Re: [mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

2005-01-21 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Frank smith wrote: HI Just wondering, What is the most stable system at this time? I mean is it: FC1 with a pvr 250? Or Something like Suse 9.1 I don't mean cutting edge more like, pretty much guaranteed to just run and allow recording and playback of TV plus Music. Granted, I do not use a PVR-2

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