Re: [mythtv-users] Need IR advice

2005-08-28 Thread Nathan Hesson
Are you using a plasma tv.  They do send off a considerable amount of light that is borderline on the ir ranges.  Maybe your remote is sending out the same command and you tv is adding garbage.  Try moving your sensor. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv

Re: [mythtv-users] lirc, mythgame and xmame

2005-08-28 Thread Cameron Dale
Here's the relevant portion of my .lircrc file: begin     prog = xmame     button = Back     repeat = 0     config = 1 end begin     prog = xmame     button = 1     repeat = 0     config = 2 end begin     prog = xmame     button = 2     repeat = 0     config

[mythtv-users] lirc, mythgame and xmame

2005-08-28 Thread Jason Lewis
Hi, I have been trying to setup xmame and lirc so I can exit a game without having to use the keyboard. ie. just using the remote but I can't work out how to get lirc to tell mame to exit. Any ideas how i can get this to work? Thanks, Jason -- Jason Lewis Director of Operations Organic Tra

Re: [mythtv-users] capture card

2005-08-28 Thread Marshall Crocker
I got my pvr-150 shipped for $75. Normally $85 at buy.com but they had a special going for $10 off on anything over $75. Had to settle for 7-10 day shipping to get the free shipping. Luckily it shipped from only a few hours from here so it got here in two days :) Marshall Michael T. Dean w

Re: [mythtv-users] capture card

2005-08-28 Thread Marshall Crocker
I have a pvr-150, p3 850, and 320 MB of memory. I have no problem recording and playing back with mythtv. Only a skip every now and then during playback when other processes fight for the cpu. I can't say for sure if you'd have any problems. I would think you would be ok. If not, you've got

[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv-commits] Re: Ticket #157: Patch to show current recordings status on LCD

2005-08-28 Thread Greg Grotsky
Guys, I think this patch broke my LCD fucntionality. I have a 2x16, and now when I let the machine idle (expecting it to display the time) it will shuffle through seemly-random LCD displays that once were on the unit. Right now, It shows old time (about 10 minutes off), then a screen from myt

Re: [mythtv-users] Logical Volume (LVM) - question

2005-08-28 Thread Ali Asad Lotia
thats heavily dependent on what kernel you have. i don't know if the kernel has jfs support by default. perhaps you need to pass it a boot time argument to enable jfs support. also did you try just fsck on the volume using the fsck.jfs? perhaps there is some corruption that needs to be corrected be

[mythtv-users] TV-out working but not with myth

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Gardner
Platform SUSE 9.3 The tv-out is working splendidly, however I cannot watch tv. Myth will record a show just fine (can see it in the recoded progams and mythweb) However when I try to watch the recording All I get is a blank screen. no audio. If I try to watch live tv all I get is a black screen

Re: [mythtv-users] Playing dvd images (iso) using xine

2005-08-28 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:37:24 +0200 Jesper Sörensen wrote: > I think you need to use > "dvd:/full/path/to/THOMAS_CROWN_AFFAIR_16X9.iso". (Doesn't matter if > it's in the current directory). This has annoyed me in the past. why doesn't xine like relative paths? > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [mythtv-users] capture card

2005-08-28 Thread James Howison
On Aug 28, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote: Jarod Watkins wrote: I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv compatible capture card with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so a s- video connector is required. Thanks ahead. I would recommend using a Hauppauge (even if

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythMusic

2005-08-28 Thread Nick
On 8/28/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find the best way to handle music sorting is to do it yourself -- > > i.e. ignoring ID3 tags and setting the sorting method to directory. > > > > This does mean that you have to set up your directory structure the > > way you want it and pu

[mythtv-users] stumped "audio waiting for buffer to fill"

2005-08-28 Thread Joe Garcia
I captured the output of "mythfrontend -v all" because I only get a black screen and an unresponsive computer if I try to view any video in mythtv.  I can record just fine.  I can view the mythtv recorded files with mplayer with sound.  I can do a mplayer /dev/video0 and that works fine video an al

Re: [mythtv-users] Methods for perfecting NVidia TV Output (was 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200)

2005-08-28 Thread David Peeters
Any info for people in the US without SCART connections? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythMusic

2005-08-28 Thread Timothy McFadden
On 8/21/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) Is there an easy way to set up playlists by genres? I'd like it to > just play all the music it can find in a certain genre that I would > pick to match my mood. > > Regards, > Phill I had the same problem recently. I moved all of my musi

Re: [mythtv-users] Logical Volume (LVM) - question

2005-08-28 Thread A JM
FYI.   I just did another re-install using ''Linux JFS' at boot time and still have the same results. Disk druid recognized the LVM but it did not get mounted upon rebooting the system and has the same error as previously posted.   AJM,  On 8/28/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, is JFS not

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: LIRC on Gentoo with new Nova-T

2005-08-28 Thread Nick
On 8/28/05, Jens Baumeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Presently re-compiling xine with lirc-support. My lircrc is in > ~/mythtv/lircrc. Will xine find its settings in there automatically > (after I added them, of course) or is there anything special I need to > do for that to work? No, you n

Re: [mythtv-users] Need IR advice

2005-08-28 Thread Joe Votour
If you can get RC-5 working, then you can use the receiver that came with your PVR-150. No extra expense there. In order to get the extra buttons to work, you might need a different remote though. (But, remotes can be cheap - the URC-6131 that I use is only $20.) It sounds like it's a problem w

Re: [mythtv-users] Logical Volume (LVM) - question

2005-08-28 Thread A JM
So, is JFS not supported by the kernel by default? I do recall on the original install using 'Linux JFS' when booting the installation.   Can I install JFS after the fact or do I need to rebuild the kernel?   Thanks,     On 8/28/05, Neale Swinnerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also the device names

Re: [mythtv-users] Need IR advice

2005-08-28 Thread Michael Tiller
My concern with this approach is that I will still see the code "fluxuations" with that device. I did a little more testing and all my remotes have this problem...even the RC-5 ones.  It just turns out the RC-5 is much more robust. Another interesting (strange?!?) thing I noticed is that the "err

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: LIRC on Gentoo with new Nova-T

2005-08-28 Thread Jens Baumeister
On 8/28/05, Robin Elvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's anything like my Nova-T (90002) then the IR driver adds another > "keyboard". > Try > > cat /proc/bus/input/devices > Thanks, that was enough to get me going again - I can use the remote with my myth install now. :-) Only drawback: I

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Remote Control question - not all buttons work

2005-08-28 Thread chris
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 03:51:16PM +1000, Phill Edwards wrote: > Is it therefore the case that the remote manufacturer has enabled > different buttons for different devices? So for example, some of the > buttons work when it's in TV mode and a different set work when it's > in DVD mode? That's how

Re: [mythtv-users] /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.18.1/database/mc.sql: No such file or directory

2005-08-28 Thread Zak
 I meant, import the gpg files into rpm ("rpm --import "). Zak wrote: see my post from earlier today regarding yum and GPG keys.  most likely, myth didn't actually install (this was one of the errors i got as well).  try importing the rpm's, and then rerun yum install mythtv-s

Re: [mythtv-users] Need IR advice

2005-08-28 Thread Joe Votour
This probably isn't what you want to hear, but going RC-5 and getting a programmable remote (like the OneForAll series) is one of the easiest ways to go. They have advanced key mapping capabilities which will allow you to use almost every button on the remote control, and the RC-5 receiver in the

Re: [mythtv-users] /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.18.1/database/mc.sql: No such file or directory

2005-08-28 Thread Zak
see my post from earlier today regarding yum and GPG keys.  most likely, myth didn't actually install (this was one of the errors i got as well).  try importing the rpm's, and then rerun yum install mythtv-suite. tim winters wrote: I have search the mailing list archive but did not find it.

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythMusic

2005-08-28 Thread Alex Brekken
>>) When I go into it it immediately starts playing tracks beginning >> with "A". How do I stop it playing automatically? I'd love to know the answer to this too ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman

[mythtv-users] Need IR advice

2005-08-28 Thread Michael Tiller
After getting my Myth box set up, I have been on a quest to improve the WAF for my system.  There have been many tweaks, but my "holy grail" has been to get all the functions (both media center + TV + ...) on to a single universal remote.  I thought my objective was within my grasp, but I've been t

Re: [mythtv-users] Network, FC4, and APT issues

2005-08-28 Thread Brad Fuller
Peter Judge wrote: 2. I just upgraded from FC3 to FC4 (via disc) on my backend/frontend. Now when I try to run APT, I get an error that 'The program version 4.3 doesn't match environment version'. I updated the sources.list file to reflect FC4, but this didn't fix the problem. I also get an err

Re: [mythtv-users] remote frontend connection problems

2005-08-28 Thread Bruce Markey
Brian Wallen wrote: I've just installed a brand new backend server. When I run mythfrontend on the backend server, it connects and everything is great. However, when I try to connect a remote frontend to the backend, it doesn't work. I've searched all over and still havent found the answer t

Re: [mythtv-users] Network, FC4, and APT issues

2005-08-28 Thread Peter Judge
On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 12:09 -0400, J. Scott wrote: > I have a couple of issues I'm dealing with on my myth box right now. I > hope someone might be able to lend a hand. > > 1. Every time I restart the computer, access to the internet fails. I > can still transfer files to other computers on my lo

Re: [mythtv-users] capture card

2005-08-28 Thread Howard Cokl
--- Jarod Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv > compatible capture card > with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so > a s-video > connector is required. Thanks ahead. > > ___ Check ebay. I jus

[mythtv-users] remote frontend connection problems

2005-08-28 Thread Brian Wallen
I've just installed a brand new backend server. When I run mythfrontend on the backend server, it connects and everything is great. However, when I try to connect a remote frontend to the backend, it doesn't work. I've searched all over and still havent found the answer to this. My mysql da

[mythtv-users] /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.18.1/database/mc.sql: No such file or directory

2005-08-28 Thread tim winters
I have search the mailing list archive but did not find it. I am following Jarody Willon's guide for Fedora Core 4, when it comes to setting up MySQL I can get to this point mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.18.1/database/mc.sql and I No such file or directory

Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic slow start up

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Peter Osterberg wrote: I've about 15.000 - 20.000 titles in my music database, i guess thats the reason, which results in a 10-20 second startup time whenever I want to start MythMusic. I find this extremely annoying, my xbox which run Xbmc doesn't do like this; 0.01 second startup time t

Re: [mythtv-users] capture card

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Jarod Watkins wrote: I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv compatible capture card with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so a s-video connector is required. Thanks ahead. I would recommend using a Hauppauge (even if you can get a Yuan or something else cheaper). Currentl

Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb question

2005-08-28 Thread Robert Tsai
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:04:01AM -0700, Vincent Yau wrote: > I just installed mythweb and it works great. I have a few recordings > made. When I pulled down the page with "recorded programs" and > clicked on each of the program, I got an error in my apache log: > > Value too large for defined d

Re: [mythtv-users] mythweb question

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Vincent Yau wrote: I just installed mythweb and it works great. I have a few recordings made. When I pulled down the page with "recorded programs" and clicked on each of the program, I got an error in my apache log: Value too large for defined data type: access to /mythconfig/video_dir/1450_2

[mythtv-users] OT where can I find a kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3 rpm?

2005-08-28 Thread Alan Anderson
Hi, I applologize for the off topic question. But if anyone would have this old file it would be someone on this list. My mythtv box started to hang yesterday after months of problem free running. This morning I caught a kernel oops. But like a dummy when I upgraded to FC3 a few months back

Re: [mythtv-users] playlist error

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Amyg wrote: playlist.o: Not sure how I got 0 as a track number, but it ain't good What does it mean? It's the other part of the error you posted about 1 minute prior to this post... http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/146989#146989 Mike

Re: [mythtv-users] What is wrong?

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Amyg wrote: MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero size. A widget probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the whole screen (inefficient!). metadata.o: You don't seem to have any tracks. That's ok with me if it's ok with you. What is wrong

[mythtv-users] capture card

2005-08-28 Thread Jarod Watkins
I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv compatible capture card with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so a s-video connector is required. Thanks ahead. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mai

[mythtv-users] Network, FC4, and APT issues

2005-08-28 Thread J. Scott
I have a couple of issues I'm dealing with on my myth box right now. I hope someone might be able to lend a hand.   1. Every time I restart the computer, access to the internet fails. I can still transfer files to other computers on my local network, but internet access is blocked. When I sta

[mythtv-users] mythweb question

2005-08-28 Thread Vincent Yau
Hi I just installed mythweb and it works great. I have a few recordings made. When I pulled down the page with "recorded programs" and clicked on each of the program, I got an error in my apache log: Value too large for defined data type: access to /mythconfig/video_dir/1450_20050826175500_200

Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended GUI dimensions/setup to deal with overscan @ 1920x1080i

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Dan Christian wrote: By the way, the overscan settings for my NVIDIA 6600GT card had no effect at HDTV resolutions. NVIDIA's overscan settings only affect TV out (thus the name "TVOverScan") on cards with the NVIDIA or Conexant TV encoders. Since HDTV resolutions cannot be output via the S

Re: [mythtv-users] guide updates (zap2it)

2005-08-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Ali Asad Lotia wrote: If you use a cron job, then you can have it run mythfilldatabase --refresh-today --refresh-second multiple times a day to get any last minute changes made to zap2it. I'm new to this group, so I don't know if the zap2it data service frowns upon people downloading scheduling

Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC: MythTV native support & other

2005-08-28 Thread Nathan Hesson
It still might be a different remote or device, I know my tv remote is on the same frequency as my hauppage grey.  Really sucks because volume is tied to rew and ffwd.  also do you have a vcr or tivo or something? those commands almost look programmatic. Nathan Hesson __

Re: [mythtv-users] Can I add short-cut keys?

2005-08-28 Thread Charles H. Chapman
> My remote has a button called "DVD". I'd love for that to take me directly > either to the optical disks sub-menu or ideally to activate the DVD option on > that menu, no matter where I am in the menu structure originally. > > is that possible? I doubt if the DVD button on your remote sends

Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Donavan Stanley
On 8/28/05, Martin Bene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It might be useful for you folks to know that the current SVN > > version of Myth supports transoding from MPEG2 to DVD > > compatible MPEG2 and honors the cutlist... > > Yes, I know that there's somethin in the queue. Still: > > - transcode

[mythtv-users] Dvico MCE style remote + LIRC?

2005-08-28 Thread Andrew Speer
I was able to get this remote working by doing the following: 1 .. Patching the lirc 0.7.2 code using the diff provided below (very simple). 2 .. Building lirc to use the "Linux Input Layer" driver 3 .. Starting the lirc daemon with the option "-d /dev/hiddev0" to tell it to use the right dev f

Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Martin Bene
> It might be useful for you folks to know that the current SVN > version of Myth supports transoding from MPEG2 to DVD > compatible MPEG2 and honors the cutlist... Yes, I know that there's somethin in the queue. Still: - transcode is an important word here - the mythburn scripts don't decode/

[mythtv-users] ivtv driver compile problem

2005-08-28 Thread S. Martinez
I finally got mythtv to work using Fedora Core 4, kernel 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4-i686, and used yum to install the rest. I wanted to upgrade to a "stock" 2.6.12.5 kernel which compiled just fine. However, the module for ivtv was installed under the old kernel, and is not found by modprobe (understand

[mythtv-users] How to replace a .nuv file with edited one

2005-08-28 Thread Robin at Home
With the use of nuvexport I cut out the part of the recordings I don't need. It cuts out the parts which I have marked within Mythtv and is stored in the cutlist. This export file then gets stored on another place. Now I would like to replace my original recording with this exported file to

[mythtv-users] yum and GPG keys

2005-08-28 Thread Zak
I got the error below when I try to install mythtv-suite on FC4 using Jarod's guide (# yum install mythtv-suite). I know nothing about yum (all my previous installations used apt-get). As it turns out (http://www.fedorafaq.org/#gpgsig), I guess yum automatically verifies the files using the P

Re: AW: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Donavan Stanley
On 28 Aug 2005 06:43:47 -0700, Jim Reith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >OK, back to the scripts and add some more checks to make sure all the > >stuff required for successfull DVD creation is available. > > Since we all seem to be having similar problems with getting all the > pieces right, maybe a

[mythtv-users] Re: Can I add short-cut keys?

2005-08-28 Thread Steve Nuffer
Use the web interface to configure the jump point keys.  I did the same with the PVR350 remote.  I had a problem with the optical disk play though.  It didn't work so well when there was no DVD in it. Good luckSteve Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

Re: AW: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Jim Reith
OK, back to the scripts and add some more checks to make sure all the stuff required for successfull DVD creation is available. Since we all seem to be having similar problems with getting all the pieces right, maybe an installation verification/validation script would be useful? Something that

Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Darren Black
n1... I must have borked my mjpegtools installation at some point. I reinstalled w/ yum and it seems the isos are creating fine :D Haven't burned and tested yet, will let you know if something isn't right. Cheers, /drdaz On 8/28/05, Martin Bene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, in this cas

[mythtv-users] playlist error

2005-08-28 Thread Amyg
Hello, playlist.o: Not sure how I got 0 as a track number, but it ain't good What does it mean? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] What is wrong?

2005-08-28 Thread Amyg
Hello, MythThemedDialog.o: something is requesting a screen update of zero size. A widget probably has not done a calculateScreeArea(). Will redraw the whole screen (inefficient!). metadata.o: You don't seem to have any tracks. That's ok with me if it's ok with you. What is wrong ?

Re: [mythtv-users] iNeed!!!

2005-08-28 Thread Zak
all you had to say was yes ;) i realize a lot people here only want SD (or even HD) for a tube/rear projection setup. those people want a pundit-r or similar form factor. great! keep in mind , though, that for someone with a front projector, where you can't just flip on the tube to queue up

AW: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Martin Bene
> Actually, in this case I've only selected one file... The file to be > demuxed exists in /video/recordings (myth's recordings directory), and > for some reason, it's looking for it in the destination directory > /incoming/mythburn... Looking at the file names in the log I'm pretty > sure it's onl

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythMusic

2005-08-28 Thread Phill Edwards
> I find the best way to handle music sorting is to do it yourself -- > i.e. ignoring ID3 tags and setting the sorting method to directory. > > This does mean that you have to set up your directory structure the > way you want it and put the files in manually, but in the end it's > much easier to

Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Darren Black
On 8/28/05, Martin Bene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having some trouble creating the DVD image to be > > burned... The error is quite odd. I found somebody > > complaining of the same in one of the mysettopbox threads, > > but no solution to the problem. Here's the log output: > > > mplex -

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on Debian...

2005-08-28 Thread Brian May
> "John" == John Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> I find that if I add the above location plus: John> deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main John> to my sources.list on a Sarge system then it all works fine. John> What exact problems are you having?

Re: [mythtv-users] Latest Svn release giving me greif

2005-08-28 Thread John Pullan
On 28/08/05, Chad Delatte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when I go to run mythbackend I get the following > error: > mythbackend: error while loading shared libraries: > libmythavutil-0.18.so.0: cannot open shared object > file: No such file or directory > Everything compiled correctly, and I had ver

AW: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

2005-08-28 Thread Martin Bene
> I'm having some trouble creating the DVD image to be > burned... The error is quite odd. I found somebody > complaining of the same in one of the mysettopbox threads, > but no solution to the problem. Here's the log output: > mplex -o /incoming/mythburn/1001_2005050220_20050502213500.nuv

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on Debian...

2005-08-28 Thread John Winters
On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 14:48 -0700, Mike wrote: > What are you guys using for a sarge system? Just building the packages > from source? I looked at doing it with sid but compairing the current > package tree with the debian repo from the documentation. I can only > think that something isn't upda

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: LIRC on Gentoo with new Nova-T

2005-08-28 Thread Robin Elvin
On Saturday 27 August 2005 10:28, Jens Baumeister wrote: > Hi, > > I know it's not a LIRC-list, but Im postign this here in case someone > recognizes this problem and konows of a quick solution: > > I'm on Gentoo, running the vanilla-sources 2.6.10-kernel with the > bytesex.org-patches to get my