Re: [mythtv-users] Digital sound and volume controll

2005-09-07 Thread Peter Osterberg
This sounds beautiful, thank you! At 02:25 2005-09-08, you wrote: Peter Osterberg wrote: After a lot of fiddeling the past two weeks I finally got digital sound out to work. There is just one thing that I'm wondering now; can I change the volume of the outputted digital sound? In my current c

Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend & error

2005-09-07 Thread David Maher
I suspect your backend is already running as a service.This would make port 6543 inaccessible, since it is in use already. Try #/sbin/service mythbackend stop #mythbackend & On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 20:02 -0700, DSanchez wrote: > Hello, >I just set up mythtv on fc4, i ran mythbackend and was abl

Re: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase ignores timezone info in XMLTV file

2005-09-07 Thread Bob
Bob wrote: Searching here and in the KnoppMyth forms have yielded a wealth on info on timezone stuff but no solution to my problem, the closest I got was "Changing channel listing time zone for one channel" http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/60050? I use www.tvxb.com for my li

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Cecil Watson
James Ogle wrote: KnoppMyth comes with motion in the default install, it watches for movement on the camera and when it detects it, saves a recording you can view with mythVideo. I haven't tried it myself but I've been thinking I should KnoppMyth came with motion in version prior to R5. Curr

[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase ignores timezone info in XMLTV file

2005-09-07 Thread Bob
Searching here and in the KnoppMyth forms have yielded a wealth on info on timezone stuff but no solution to my problem, the closest I got was "Changing channel listing time zone for one channel" http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/60050? I use www.tvxb.com for my listings (Philip

[mythtv-users] Non-recording master backend

2005-09-07 Thread Robin Gilks
Greetings all I'd like to shift the capture card from my heavy/noisy server backend to the frontend which is an EPIA running diskless with nfs mounts back to the server (this avoids long cable runs). This means I'll have to run the backend code on the EPIA for the capture but I want to keep the m

Re: [mythtv-users] setup for channels that are not 24/7

2005-09-07 Thread Bob
Garry Cook wrote: I've got an odd issue here. I record the West Wing on Bravo, channel 61 in my market. However, it's the Hallmark channel from some early morning hour until 5:30PM. Usually TWW is shown at 5 & 6PM, but sometimes it is shown for hours at a time (marathon). So, I want to be abl

[mythtv-users] mythbackend & error

2005-09-07 Thread DSanchez
Hello,    I just set up mythtv on fc4, i ran mythbackend and was able to configure the system. But after 2 daqys i tried to run "mythbackend &" and i get the following error. QserverSocket: Failed to bind or listen to the socket. Failed to bind to port: 6543" Any ideas? ___

[mythtv-users] MythMusic directory sort...

2005-09-07 Thread Timothy McFadden
Hi. I have my directories set up as /music/genre/artist/album. My problem is that a couple of the genres have many artists. I'd like to keep "tree sorting" as "directory" but have "splitartist" for directories containing more than, say, 20 artists. Is that even possible w/o compiling my own? -

Re: [Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend

2005-09-07 Thread Chris Henderson
On 9/8/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 08/09/05, Chris Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi all,>>  I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying> to get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over > some money for a new computer for

Re: [Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend

2005-09-07 Thread Nick
On 08/09/05, Chris Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying > to get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over > some money for a new computer for me and mine (P3 1gig) became the BE a

Re: [Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend

2005-09-07 Thread Evan Moses
I've had that problem sporadically. I haven't been able to figure out what causes it, but it seems to fix itself after a while. Let me know if you come up with anything. On 9/7/05, Chris Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after

[Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend

2005-09-07 Thread Chris Henderson
Hi all, I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying to get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over some money for a new computer for me and mine (P3 1gig) became the BE along with a dvico  fusion dvbt card. Once it was all going with a

RE: [mythtv-users] Automatic transcoding

2005-09-07 Thread Moasat
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Brekken Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:42 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Automatic transcoding Any chance a recording made on the master is trying to be

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Windows Manager

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Gifford
Ross Campbell wrote: My preference are: blackbox/fluxbox - good lightweight kde/gnome alternative that is rather friendly and still provides a lot of features icewm - if you like Windows, you'll like icewm fvwm2 - sort of an old faithful. Not very easy to configure. Works for me (tm) twm or mwm

Re: [mythtv-users] Logging Playback

2005-09-07 Thread Nick
On 08/09/05, Greg Hormann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way to log which prerecorded program (or which Chanel for live > tv) is being played back by a frontend? Here is what I've found so far. > I'm not 100% sure, but maybe using extra verbose logging might shed some more info. Also

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv Windows Manager

2005-09-07 Thread Ross Campbell
On 9/7/05, Jim Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen a lot of people talking about that this ratpoison window > manager, but I haven't been able to find a RPM for a new install, can > anyone point me in the right direction. start at http://freshmeat.net ... building ratpoison from source

[mythtv-users] Logging Playback

2005-09-07 Thread Greg Hormann
Is there a way to log which prerecorded program (or which Chanel for live tv) is being played back by a frontend? Here is what I've found so far. tv mythtv # grep "Changing from" frontend.log 2005-09-06 23:05:32.741 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-09-06 23:06:04.140 Changing from

[mythtv-users] Extra audio channel PBS-HD?

2005-09-07 Thread Fred Oliver
While watching some PBS shows (Nova, Innovation) in HD, live or recorded, I hear a second narrator describing the images being displayed. (I assume that this is for the visually impaired.) How can I turn this second channel off? Tuner: pchdtv hd3000 Audio: alsa:spdif _

Re: [mythtv-users] Digital sound and volume controll

2005-09-07 Thread Nick
On 07/09/05, Peter Osterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After a lot of fiddeling the past two weeks I finally got digital sound out > to work. There is just one thing that I'm wondering now; can I change the > volume of the outputted digital sound? In my current config none of the > volume contro

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV is already using all available inputs

2005-09-07 Thread Todd Greene
This has also happened to me. I believe there's a lock file (I can't remember the name of the file) in the directory where the recordings are kept. Just delete the lockfile, everything should work. -- Todd David Buttrick wrote: For the last 2 days, when I try to start the mythfrontend, an

[mythtv-users] Mythtv Windows Manager

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Gifford
I've seen a lot of people talking about that this ratpoison window manager, but I haven't been able to find a RPM for a new install, can anyone point me in the right direction. Also I heard there was an issue with it and using the TVOUT from the PVR-350, is this still the case? If so what is

Re: [mythtv-users] Digital sound and volume controll

2005-09-07 Thread Michael T. Dean
Peter Osterberg wrote: After a lot of fiddeling the past two weeks I finally got digital sound out to work. There is just one thing that I'm wondering now; can I change the volume of the outputted digital sound? In my current config none of the volume controls work, is it possible to get this

Re: [mythtv-users] Compiling Mythtv with DVB

2005-09-07 Thread Kevin Saenz
Which kernel version are you using? The kernel's DVB code is reasonably up-to-date, so if you're using a fairly recent 2.6 kernel, you probablydon't need to compile in linux-dvb separately. I was using 2.6.12-r9 I think, and linuxtv and dvico would not patch the kernel I would experience errors. So

Re: [mythtv-users] setup for channels that are not 24/7

2005-09-07 Thread Mike Angstadt
I believe he's saying that Hallmark is channel 61 until 5:30.  After 5:30 Bravo is on channel 61.  I had a similar situation until recently with my Comcast having Comedy Central only after 6pm (and before that it was CourtTV! gah) So he's saying he doesn't want to waste recording time with MythTV

Re: [mythtv-users] setup for channels that are not 24/7

2005-09-07 Thread Bruce Markey
I could give you an exact answer. I'm sure you know what you're seeing but on several attempts, I can't parse your message. Garry Cook wrote: I've got an odd issue here. I record the West Wing on Bravo, channel 61 in my market. However, it's the Hallmark channel from some early morning hour unt

[mythtv-users] Real-time commflag with dual tuners; pause transcoding?

2005-09-07 Thread Mike Benoit
I have a PVR-500 in my MythTV box and I would like to have real time commercial flagging of both tuners at the same time, but not transcoding. I have set the job queue to run two jobs simultaneously, however if a transcode job is running when a recording starts, it won't flag commercials in real

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 18:38, Joe Barnhart wrote: > --- "Scot L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been looking at setting up a system using Zoneminder. > > http://www.zoneminder.com > > > > Just have not spent the time yet to select which cameras to use. > > > > It may be just a

[mythtv-users] Newby questions

2005-09-07 Thread Colin McGregor
I am in the process of attempting to get MythTV up and running on my PC. # mythbackend -d mythbackend: Symbol `_ZTVSt15basic_stringbufIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEE' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking # mythtv 2005-09-07 18:34:49.740 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop wid

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread James Ogle
KnoppMyth comes with motion in the default install, it watches for movement on the camera and when it detects it, saves a recording you can view with mythVideo. I haven't tried it myself but I've been thinking I should Andrew Close wrote: hey all, we have a wonderful software suite in Myth

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Joe Barnhart
--- "Scot L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been looking at setting up a system using Zoneminder. > http://www.zoneminder.com > > Just have not spent the time yet to select which cameras to use. > > It may be just a matter of configuring mythweb to work with > zoneminder. I a

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

2005-09-07 Thread Michael Jones
Skipping works perfectly.. I'm talking about the true fast forward (double/triple etc forward and reverse) > From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv > Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:46:11 +0100 > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency -

[mythtv-users] MythTV & Jack

2005-09-07 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Anyone here using Jack as your audio interface for MythTV? If so, would you mind sharing how you did it? Thanks, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

2005-09-07 Thread David
Odd. On my system a copy and a symlink have the same behaviour. I obviously saw the same archive entry and I didn't believe it (!) so I tried both a symlink and copy and made sure to restart Myth etc etc. Maybe permissions? What distro? I'm on Debian testing. David PS, by fwd/rew, do you mean th

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

2005-09-07 Thread matt lutz
  David,   Actually - if I just copy the file there, I get the weird ffwd/rew problem that was mentioned at the start of this thread.  If I convert it to a symbolic link, it fixes the issue (at least for me).  It doesn't even matter that the checksums of the files were exactly the same...   Matt  

[mythtv-users] setup for channels that are not 24/7

2005-09-07 Thread Garry Cook
I've got an odd issue here. I record the West Wing on Bravo, channel 61 in my market. However, it's the Hallmark channel from some early morning hour until 5:30PM. Usually TWW is shown at 5 & 6PM, but sometimes it is shown for hours at a time (marathon). So, I want to be able to record at any time

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

2005-09-07 Thread David
The localtime file is indeed essential to the correct functioning of Myth. However I'm pretty sure it doesn't need to be a link/symlink - this is a myth (with a small m) :) (try it - I did) David matt lutz wrote: > Michael, > > I experienced the exact same ffwd/rwd problem for a while... I c

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic - no goom...

2005-09-07 Thread David
Jon Hoyt wrote: >On 8/8/05, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Since upgrading to 18.1 I don't have goom in mythmusic. Any suggestions >>I'm using the standard debian packages. >> >>David >>___ >>mythtv-users mailing list >>mythtv-users@mythtv.org

Re: [mythtv-users] Red Eye Serial problems with USB to Serial converter

2005-09-07 Thread Kieron Wilkinson
Nathan Hesson wrote: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=25219 I do Crestron programming and use serial ports everyday. I found that in windows M$ doesn't handle the voltage on the port right and it screws alot of stuff up. I suspect linux doesn't have this problem though. Thank

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythmusic - no goom...

2005-09-07 Thread Jon Hoyt
On 8/8/05, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since upgrading to 18.1 I don't have goom in mythmusic. Any suggestions > I'm using the standard debian packages. > > David > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

2005-09-07 Thread matt lutz
Michael,   I experienced the exact same ffwd/rwd problem for a while... I came upon a fix in the archives that was pretty peculiar, but it does work.  Check to see if your /etc/localtime file is a link or an actual file.  If it's a file, then delete it, link it with the proper file in /usr/share/zo

Re: [mythtv-users] Reverse Commercial Skip

2005-09-07 Thread Joseph A. Caputo
On Wednesday 07 September 2005 16:04, Ryan Steffes wrote: > Any chance anyone can recommend a simple way to reverse the commercial > cutlist so I can transcode out an avi of JUST commercials? I have a > friend > that's in a new VISA commercial feature a lady pushing a big cart full > of > pa

Re: [mythtv-users] Reverse Commercial Skip

2005-09-07 Thread Ryan Steffes
On 9/7/05, Brad Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/7/05, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any chance anyone can recommend a simple way to reverse the commercial cutlist so I can transcode out an avi of JUST commercials?  Suggestions? http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/ke

Re: [mythtv-users] Reverse Commercial Skip

2005-09-07 Thread Brad Benson
On 9/7/05, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any chance anyone can recommend a simple way to reverse the commercial cutlist so I can transcode out an avi of JUST commercials?  Suggestions? http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/keys.txt Look at line 149. _

[mythtv-users] Reverse Commercial Skip

2005-09-07 Thread Ryan Steffes
Any chance anyone can recommend a simple way to reverse the commercial cutlist so I can transcode out an avi of JUST commercials?  I have a friend that's in a new VISA commercial feature a lady pushing a big cart full of packages.  I have no idea when it airs, so my current plan is to just set it t

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching nuv in windows.

2005-09-07 Thread Blammo
On 8/11/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need DSMyth which install DirectShow filters. I think this document > has a good description of getting this working with Mythweb Fails miserably with HD recordings and HD streams. :( Works great for PVR-x50 recorded stuff. almost OT: any

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 14:33, Andrew Close wrote: > hey all, > > we have a wonderful software suite in MythTv. it lets you > watch/record tv, watch videos, listen to music, even talk on the > phone! how about a security plug-in? MythSurveillance? > i know there are a couple ppl on the list that

Re: [mythtv-users] A Noob Question about Remote Control

2005-09-07 Thread Nick
On 07/09/05, Jarod Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking of building a myth system with a backend machine and a > separate frontend machine. The backend machine will have either a > Hauppauge 150 or 250 model connected to a satellite receiver. Now if > I have an ir blaster connecting

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Nathan Hesson
I think that is a great idea, I would rather see integration with ip-based cameras (panasonic makes a bunch) or the ability to throw in webstreams etc...  Shouldn't be too difficult.  Also the ability to cycle backups on your harddrive for x days.  maybe have options to only record during motion or

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system

2005-09-07 Thread Craig Tinson
Neil Bird wrote: Around about 06/09/05 17:52, Craig Tinson typed ... Hope you can help - the program you attached doesn't compile under FC4.. with the following: digibox.c:46: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function âexitâ For a start, they're just warnings, so i

[mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Andrew Close
hey all, we have a wonderful software suite in MythTv. it lets you watch/record tv, watch videos, listen to music, even talk on the phone! how about a security plug-in? MythSurveillance? i know there are a couple ppl on the list that already have cameras hooked to their MythBoxen and can view

Re: [mythtv-users] Argh! WARNING to all UK Sky users of Myth (NTL usrs too)

2005-09-07 Thread Nick
On 07/09/05, Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Sky are apparently about to completely change their channel nos. around, > inc. adding some 4-digit ones. > >Prepare for much SQL pain :-( On a similar note, NTL are also likely to be changing their channel numbers if and when their ti

Re: [mythtv-users] Video capture problems with Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 250

2005-09-07 Thread Nick
On 07/09/05, John T. Nissley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No matter what I do I can not get any video from the COAX input of the WinTV > 250 card. Everything else works great. Any idea what to try. It appears > that others have it working. > Before you take this to the ivtv list which may

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system

2005-09-07 Thread Craig Tinson
Neil Bird wrote: Around about 06/09/05 17:52, Craig Tinson typed ... Hope you can help - the program you attached doesn't compile under FC4.. with the following: digibox.c:46: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function âexitâ For a start, they're just warnings, so i

[mythtv-users] A Noob Question about Remote Control

2005-09-07 Thread Jarod Watkins
I am thinking of building a myth system with a backend machine and a separate frontend machine. The backend machine will have either a Hauppauge 150 or 250 model connected to a satellite receiver. Now if I have an ir blaster connecting the backend machine to the satellite receiver, and th

Re: [mythtv-users] Extending aVolumeGroup

2005-09-07 Thread A JM
Just a quick note I was able to add the new device to the VG "vgdisplay" helped by allowing me to see the layout of the VG and get the size information.   This was the order when adding a new device for me:  pvcreate /dev/hdd1 < new device is prepped? for VG   vgextend VolGroup01 /dev/hdd1 <==

[mythtv-users] Re: Rolling today and tomorrow "No Data" for EPG?

2005-09-07 Thread Janet Flowers
Ah so it appeared that one of my lineups got deleted at zap2it. Not sure how that happened,  but this weird behavior kind of makes sense now. :) I re-added the line up to zap2it. (The channel page on mythweb under settings was most hopeful in figuring the original line up and channels.) I deleted

Re: [mythtv-users] Automatic transcoding

2005-09-07 Thread Alex Brekken
Any chance a recording made on the master is trying to be transcoded by the slave? (or vice-versa)  I've got a master/slave backend setup, and I've noticed that often my transcoding jobs fail because  the slave tries to process a recording that was made on the master.  Looking at the backend logs o

Re: [mythtv-users] Funny things happen when I move my pc

2005-09-07 Thread gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)
Phil Strong wrote: Ok so I edited my mysql.txt and changed my DBhostname and Localhostname to = localhost. Yet I had the same issue after the holiday weekend it came up with the settings back to default. Am I missing something? not sure how much it matters, but for clarity's sake, i would se

Re: [mythtv-users] Problems starting ivtv (interrupt conflict?)

2005-09-07 Thread Vassilis
After a number of problems (interrupt issues) I was able to load the ivtv module without any major issues. However when I try to do a test capture all I get is a zero byte file, not even static. I have the card set to capture from the tuner. I am not sure to which channel I am tunned, but in any c

Re: [mythtv-users] Extending aVolumeGroup

2005-09-07 Thread A JM
I think I understand that I need to extend the LV next then adjust the size of the LV.   Since this is a JFS filesystem is the command to extend it correct? "# mount -o remount,resize /video" /video being the mount point for the VG.   Thanks,   On 9/7/05, Jason Werpy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On

Re: [mythtv-users] Extending aVolumeGroup

2005-09-07 Thread Jason Werpy
On 9/7/05, AJ Hettema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > you have to make a PV first, then extend the VG with that PV, and after that > extend the LV. So the first 2 steps are in place, but before you can resize > the filesystem you first have to resize the PV. > > grtz > > AJ > >

Re: [mythtv-users] Automatic transcoding

2005-09-07 Thread Ryan Steffes
On 9/5/05, Moasat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My auto transcoding has been failing more often than not for the past fewmonths.  As I've been swapping my master and slave backends (andreinstalling Linux on the slave-now-master), I assumed it was some setting or another that I overlooked.  I've gone b

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV is already using all available inputs

2005-09-07 Thread Tim Hamer
David Buttrick wrote: For the last 2 days, when I try to start the mythfrontend, and watch live tv, I get the message: MythTV is already using all available inputs for recording. I look in the recording schedule, and there is nothing scheduled. Plus, I cannot schedule anything from the program g

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV is already using all available inputs

2005-09-07 Thread Ryan Steffes
On 9/7/05, David Buttrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the last 2 days, when I try to start the mythfrontend, and watchlive tv, I get the message:MythTV is already using all available inputs for recording.I look in the recording schedule, and there is nothing scheduled. Plus, I cannot schedule an

Re: [mythtv-users] Argh! WARNING to all UK Sky users of Myth ...

2005-09-07 Thread Paul Barker
On Wed, September 7, 2005 12:11, Neil Bird said: > >Sky are apparently about to completely change their channel nos. > around, > inc. adding some 4-digit ones. > >Prepare for much SQL pain :-( > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1563013,00.html > Typical - just when I'd fi

Re: [mythtv-users] Video Pixelation

2005-09-07 Thread Niels Dybdahl
>> Even after you fix the corrupted table, the problem will persist>> until you rebuild the seektable entries using mythcommflag. >> I thought I had done that, but after I sent my last email, I realized> I hadn't done that *after* I restored my backup.  I ran a test and> fixed the problem, so I did

Re: [mythtv-users] Funny things happen when I move my pc

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Strong
Ok so I edited my mysql.txt and changed my DBhostname and Localhostname to = localhost.  Yet I had the same issue after the holiday weekend it came up with the settings back to default.  Am I missing something?On 8/31/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/1/05, Phil Strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [mythtv-users] Red Eye Serial problems with USB to Serial converter

2005-09-07 Thread Nathan Hesson
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=25219 I do Crestron programming and use serial ports everyday.  I found that in windows M$ doesn't handle the voltage on the port right and it screws alot of stuff up.  I suspect linux doesn't have this problem though.

Re: [mythtv-users] MPEG2 Encoded Program Playback Performance w/VIA Unichrome xvmc

2005-09-07 Thread Stephen Dolan
> Apologies for going a bit OT, but has anyone out there got this colour > OSD patch working? I've tried to patch Myth 0.18.1, but the patch on > the site fails - I guess its for an earlier version of Myth. Anyone > know if a newer patch is available ? > To answer my own post... the patch is for s

[mythtv-users] A/V Sync issues in recorded programs from PVR-500/PVR-350

2005-09-07 Thread Brad Benson
For the past several weeks I've been getting A/V sync issues in some (but not all) recordings from my myth box.  It was working great for over a year with just a single 350 doing recording.  I added a 500 to the system and that was also functioning well for several months.  Over that time I was usi

[mythtv-users] Debian apt-get upgrade help

2005-09-07 Thread Jon Hoyt
Please help, I am admittedly not too savvy of a linux user, but I thought I could manage to run apt-get to upgrade my system. I have an xbox on which I run both front and backends (I only use it for music and videos). I did apt-get mythtv and apt-get mythplugins as well as mythweb, mythgalle

Re: [mythtv-users] Directv channel change script directv.pl

2005-09-07 Thread Jeff \"Muddy\" Waters
On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 10:05 -0400, David Morris wrote: > Check your serial cable to the sat box? If you just patched up a cheap > phone line as a serial cable or have a loosely cimped or soldered > connector, that could be your problem especially if the cable is run > near other cables and nois

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching nuv in windows.

2005-09-07 Thread Torbjörn Jansson
2005/8/30, Darren Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Heh... Thing is, even when I do that, the seek bar/time remaining values > dont change. If I let the thing record for two minutes then attempt to > watch, I'll get two minutes of video. After that I'll need to re-open the > file to see more and repea

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching nuv in windows.

2005-09-07 Thread Torbjörn Jansson
see comments below. 2005/8/29, Joshua King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here's some (I just went the DSMyth route): > > Pros (for DSMyth): > * Easy to set up and small on Windows and no setup on the backend (with > MythWeb installed) > * Streams the recording as is so low performance hit to the backend

RE: [mythtv-users] Red Eye Serial problems with USB to Serial converter

2005-09-07 Thread Kieron Wilkinson
Sorry, that should have been a "PL-2303" device. Kieron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kieron Wilkinson Sent: 07 September 2005 09:19 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] Red Eye Serial problems with USB to Serial convert

Re: [mythtv-users] MPEG2 Encoded Program Playback Performance w/VIA Unichrome xvmc

2005-09-07 Thread Stephen Dolan
> Another indicator that MythTV is using VIA xvmc hardware MPEG2 decoding > is that when that option is enabled in the MythTV setup, the OSD > displays in greyscale (as described and patched for > at http://www.ivor.it/mythtv/). > Apologies for going a bit OT, but has anyone out there got thi

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread ffrr
Peter Osterberg wrote: Pretty darn easy... =o) resolution / 100 * 25,4 = value to put on DisplaySize line.. For mine 800x600 it is DisplaySize 203 152 xdpyinfo reports exactly 100 dpi using this formula. While this is fine and dandy the text for file and player is still off place in MythMov

Re: [mythtv-users] Extending aVolumeGroup

2005-09-07 Thread AJ Hettema
hi,   you have to make a PV first, then extend the VG with that PV, and after that extend the LV. So the first 2 steps are in place, but before you can resize the filesystem you first have to resize the PV.   grtz   AJ  On 9/7/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So have I messed up by extending th

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread Peter Osterberg
Pretty darn easy... =o) resolution / 100 * 25,4 = value to put on DisplaySize line.. For mine 800x600 it is DisplaySize 203 152 xdpyinfo reports exactly 100 dpi using this formula. While this is fine and dandy the text for file and player is still off place in MythMovie using the G.A.N.T. the

Re: [mythtv-users] Extending aVolumeGroup

2005-09-07 Thread A JM
So have I messed up by extending the VG instead of extending the LV or do I need to do both?   If I read the "How to" correctly I need to add the PV to the VG first?     pvcreate /dev/hdd1   then extend the VG      vgextend VolGroup01 /dev/hdd1  then extend the LV?     moun

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: add skybox to my MythTV system

2005-09-07 Thread Neil Bird
Around about 06/09/05 17:52, Craig Tinson typed ... Hope you can help - the program you attached doesn't compile under FC4.. with the following: digibox.c:46: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function âexitâ For a start, they're just warnings, so it should have actuall

[mythtv-users] Argh! WARNING to all UK Sky users of Myth ...

2005-09-07 Thread Neil Bird
Sky are apparently about to completely change their channel nos. around, inc. adding some 4-digit ones. Prepare for much SQL pain :-( http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1563013,00.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rm -f .signature [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .sign

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread Andrew Wilson
I fixed this by playing with 'DisplaySize' in xorg.conf. Horribly non-obvious, but it worked for me. Andrew ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread ffrr
Martin Ebourne wrote: On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:32:55 +0100, Lee wrote: This isn't the right way to fix it. What you need to do is make sure that the X server is running at 100dpi, which is what all of the themes are for. This has been covered many times, so just check back in the archives (ht

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread Pascal Favre
From the HOWTO: 10.2 Appearance This set of screens is mostly concerned with how MythTV will look on your system. From here, you can choose different themes and set the resolution of your system I do not think this is a big help to newcomers. I also went the road of changing fontsizes, instead

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtvplugins woes

2005-09-07 Thread Adam Egger
On 7/31/05, Jay R Czajkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to mythtv and I'm trying to get everything set up. I'm running > debian 3.1 on an AMD64. I applied the patch to keep mythtv from showing > a black screen when playing live tv. I'm now trying to compile the > mythplugins and it's givi

RE: [mythtv-users] Mythburn problem

2005-09-07 Thread Krunoslav Pisacic
I will try rebuilding from source later today. Interestingly running as sudo does not work either. Executing from apache transcode command write error to log: (demux.c) Broken pipe. (i can post exact error later today, i am not by my box now) when issuing "tccat | tcdemux | .

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread ffrr
Lonnie Borntreger wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 17:52 +1000, ffrr wrote: Well, thanks, but that file only has one tag and it changed the menu text, but did nothing for the tv guide. BTW, mine was already set to 16, so I put it down to 12. I searched the rest of the xml in the blue theme

[mythtv-users] Red Eye Serial problems with USD to Serial converter

2005-09-07 Thread Kieron Wilkinson
Hi, I've been using a Red Eye Serial (www.redremote.co.uk) for a while now with the Linux program on the download page to work with my Telewest cable box, and it works very well! However, I have just bought a new system without any serial ports and so bought a Manhattan USB to Serial converter (a

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread Lonnie Borntreger
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 17:52 +1000, ffrr wrote: > Well, thanks, but that file only has one tag and it changed > the menu text, but did nothing for the tv guide. BTW, mine was already > set to 16, so I put it down to 12. > > I searched the rest of the xml in the blue theme directory for any > f

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread Martin Ebourne
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:32:55 +0100, Lee wrote: > To change the fontsize in the main Myth menus - The example below is for > MythCenter, but you'll ge the idea... > > pico /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/theme.xml > > find the tag, and decrease/increase as necessary, I found 22 > was best. >

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread ffrr
Well, thanks, but that file only has one tag and it changed the menu text, but did nothing for the tv guide. BTW, mine was already set to 16, so I put it down to 12. I searched the rest of the xml in the blue theme directory for any fontsize tags, and found none. Any ideas where the tv gui

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you adjust font sizes?

2005-09-07 Thread Lee
To change the fontsize in the main Myth menus - The example below is for MythCenter, but you'll ge the idea... pico /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/theme.xml find the tag, and decrease/increase as necessary, I found 22 was best. You will have to change to another theme and then back to se

Re: [mythtv-users] Compiling Mythtv with DVB

2005-09-07 Thread Jon Whitear
Kevin Saenz wrote: I have given up building a gentoo mythtv box, the version of kernel and linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1 didn't work happily together. Which kernel version are you using? The kernel's DVB code is reasonably up-to-date, so if you're using a fairly recent 2.6 kernel, you probably don't ne