[mythtv-users] Hooray! I've got a...blank screen?

OK, so there's the problem with KnoppMyth. It installed just fine, but it doesn't work and I have no idea how to fix it. I'm in the process of downloading FC4, on the principle that doing it "the hard way" will allow me to learn a little bit more about what's going on, so that I can fix any problem

Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Icons

> I'm thinking of putting some icons together for Australian TV channels as > the tv_grab_au script doesn't seem to load this stuff. > > I will of course post the results to the list but I'd like to know what the > optimal size would be (I'm going to grab them from their respective websites > and

Re: [mythtv-users] Epia/FC4/Unichrome/Myth woes....

Thanks for that. The release-0-18-fixes svn branch was worked for me a couple of hours ago. I didn't realise that mpegstreamdata.h was involved in the problem. Cheers David maher On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 20:24 -0700, Jarod Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 10 September 2005 19:59, Jarod Wilson wrote: > >

[mythtv-users] mythbackend fails silenty

Hello. I'm running a slave backend, and I cannot get mythbackend on the slave to run. When I run /etc/init.d/mythbackend start, I get a message that it's running, but in reality it fails silently. There are no errors in the log file. ps -e doesn' show it. It doesn't die in a clean fashion. /etc

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I run one of my backends with only 1394 storage for MythTV. It works fine as long as 1394 itself works. There are many 1394 OHCI adapters and some hard drives that either don't work or don't work well under Linux. Make sure, if possible, to get an OHCI adapter using a TI

Re: [mythtv-users] Hooray! I've got a...blank screen?

> On 11/09/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Have you setup TV-out for the NVidia driver, and made sure the > recording contains video and not blackscreen? No need to apologize for the obvious, as I have no idea what you're talking about. When you say, "setup TV-out for th

Re: [mythtv-users] Epia/FC4/Unichrome/Myth woes....

On Saturday 10 September 2005 19:59, Jarod Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 10 September 2005 18:02, David Maher wrote: > > Hi Jules, > > How did you get past the builsd error below? > > I have a patch that fixes that, will commit it to the release-0-18-fixes > branch shortly... Basically, just need a f

Re: [mythtv-users] Epia/FC4/Unichrome/Myth woes....

On Saturday 10 September 2005 18:02, David Maher wrote: > Hi Jules, > How did you get past the builsd error below? I have a patch that fixes that, will commit it to the release-0-18-fixes branch shortly... Basically, just need a few variable declarations at the top of two files or so. -- Jarod

Re: [mythtv-users] Some confusion on "record weekly" schedules...

Ahhh, totally forgot about trying a custom schedule.  Thanks Bruce, that should work great! On 9/10/05, Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alex Brekken wrote:...> and Monday's episode shows a "E" next to it, which is correct.  (after> Friday's episode has been recorded then I assume the Monday

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

As for Fry's, I bought a 200gb Maxtor from them on thursday in order to recover my Mythbox this weekend, paid for it to be overnighted and Airborne has fumbled it and even though they said it would come today and they were sorry it got screwed up, it's now after 5pm and won't get to me before mond

Re: [mythtv-users] Could we install/run Mythtv without X-windows

On Saturday 10 September 2005 3:58 am, James Ogle wrote: > Devan Lippman wrote: > > On 9/9/05, *Brandon Beattie* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:51:05PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > > Personally, I think plasmas are a bad choi

Re: [mythtv-users] MYSQL - editor

On 9/10/05, Ross Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/10/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there an opensource MYSQL database editor that someone could recommend? > > phpMyAdmin > > http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php > > -Ross For those who don't have a webserver runni

[mythtv-users] PVR-150/500 and bttv?

Apologies for the semi-OT post, but I'm wondering if anybody else here is successfully running a PVR-150 (or 500) and a bttv-based card in the same system -- preferably using ATrpms -- and if so, whether you could post your modprobe.conf. For background, I'm running FC4, and my new PVR-500 wor

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

On 11/09/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/09/05, Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The 8 pin female plug is probably so that you can plug a 4-pin S-Video > > cable (with male connectors each end) into it, and the other is a > > female plug for a composite video cabl

Re: [mythtv-users] Hooray! I've got a...blank screen?

On 11/09/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Knoppmyth on an AMD 2400, GeForce ti4600, 1G Ram, 120GB HD, Hauppauge PVR > 150. I have S-Video coming from a digital cable box into the Hauppauge and > S-video going from the GeForce to the TV. The S-Video input is selected on > the TV. >

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Sound problems... SB and Onboard sound

On 10/09/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It turns out the Volume was muted which appears to be the default for FC3??? > > AJM, > > > > > On 9/10/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I want to use the onboard sound on my motherboard and have since removed > my SoundBlaster c

Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic volume too quiet

On 10/09/05, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > My MythMusic is always a LOT quieter than the rest of > MythTV (DVD player, Live TV, etc). > > It's not so bad going INTO MythMusic, as all you have > to do is turn up the volume. But it's TERRIBLE coming > out of it, because if

Re: [mythtv-users] MYSQL - editor

Thanks for the quick response, I'll load it up.   AJM,  On 9/10/05, Ross Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/10/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Is there an opensource MYSQL database editor that someone could recommend? phpMyAdminhttp://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php-Ross _

Re: [mythtv-users] Weird stuff

On 10/09/05, Khanh Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty Ravell > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:06 AM > To: 'Discussion about mythtv' > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Weird st

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

> On 10/09/05, Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The 8 pin female plug is probably so that you can plug a 4-pin S-Video > cable (with male connectors each end) into it, and the other is a > female plug for a composite video cable (normally has yellow plugs to > differentiate from audio connector

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

On 10/09/05, Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cecil--I'm not really panicking, as I hoped the would communicate. > > On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 19:08:51 -0700, John P Poet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Does this bode ill? Should I panic? > > > > Your video card should have come with an adaptor ca

Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Problem with M179

On Saturday 10 September 2005 01:19 pm, Bob Weber wrote: > On Tuesday 23 August 2005 07:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The > > one assigned to /dev/video0 increments the channels by one (so channel 5 > > ends up being channel 6), but this does not occur for /dev/video1. > > My problem was that

Re: [mythtv-users] MYSQL - editor

On 9/10/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an opensource MYSQL database editor that someone could recommend? phpMyAdmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php -Ross ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv

Re: [mythtv-users] MYSQL - editor

phpMyAdmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php is probably one of the most commonly used. It's as the name implies built in php, so you need to run it through your webserver.On 9/11/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Is there an opensource MYSQL database editor that someone could recomme

[mythtv-users] MYSQL - editor

Is there an opensource MYSQL database editor that someone could recommend? I want to modify some of the descriptions on my recordings and am not great with SQL and I thought a GUI would be a great help.   Thanks, ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Hooray! I've got a...blank screen?

Knoppmyth on an AMD 2400, GeForce ti4600, 1G Ram, 120GB HD, Hauppauge PVR 150. I have S-Video coming from a digital cable box into the Hauppauge and S-video going from the GeForce to the TV. The S-Video input is selected on the TV. I select Watch TV, and everything goes blank. Stuff appears to be

Re: [mythtv-users] Epia/FC4/Unichrome/Myth woes....

Hi Jules, How did you get past the builsd error below? Cheers DavidM On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 11:57 +0100, Jules Gosnell wrote: > > > > P.S. > > > > maybe i should rebuild Myth - I'll kick a build off... > > > (I have to use nodeps because the at package expects a libXvMCW-devel > package which seem

Re: [mythtv-users] One channel has bad audio synchronisation.

Michael T. Dean wrote: Bob wrote: It's not MythTV as the audio is about one second behind the video on this one channel on the TV as well, that's the way the cable co gives it to us. Other than adding that glamorous "badly dubbed foreign film" feel to Desperate Housewives (which is an improv

[mythtv-users] Audio periodically stutters when playing mythtv transcoded show

Hello, I have problems watching programs that myth records, flags commercials and then transcodes the program to mpeg4. Basically when viewing these programs, the audio would periodically get all crackly and stutter after a random amount of time using the skip forward and then back, fixe

[mythtv-users] Capturing with Philips SAA7130 based card

I have a cheap card based on the Philips SAA7130. When capturing video in Myth (Live or otherwise) I get a few pixels of black along the left hand side, and some black and grey garbage along the bottom. The rest of the image is fine (and includes all of the NTSC signal, AFAI can tell). Doe

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

Hi, I run one of my backends with only 1394 storage for MythTV. It works fine as long as 1394 itself works. There are many 1394 OHCI adapters and some hard drives that either don't work or don't work well under Linux. Make sure, if possible, to get an OHCI adapter using a TI controller and a dri

Re: [mythtv-users] Can't find blue theme - mythtv-setup fails after 2nd screen

On 9/10/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lane Schwartz wrote: > > >I just compiled and installed mythtv-0.18.1, mythplugins-0.18.1, and > >myththemes-0.18 from source on FC2. > > > >I am now trying to run mythtv-setup, which is failing after the second > >screen. The error is below

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

I agree -- don't go USB2. I'm not a big protocol or benchmark expert, but from my experience, USB2 is about twice a slow as Firewire 400. I have a 320 GB Iogear Ion (combo USB2/FW400, 7200 RPM) hooked up to my Pundit-R. Transferring a 4.4 GB file over USB2 takes about 8 min. over USB2, compared

RE: [mythtv-users] CD Ripping FC4 Now working

The backend that I was talking about is running the mythfrontend as well - The frontend no longer crashes on this pc. I'll be playing with myth today, so I'll let you know what happens on my other Pcs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tim win

[mythtv-users] how do i use tv_grab_za

I see that mythtv-setup doesn't allow for the South Africa xmltv grabber to be selected.   Can anyone explain how I can setup MythTv to use tv_grab_za.   Thanks in advance ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bi

Re: [mythtv-users] QAM256, no pids after scan?

Brian Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Drew, > > Would a product like this work? > http://www.twinhan.com/product_cable_2.asp > > It appears you could insert the Time Warner smart card into this card > and it would descramble the appropriate channels (assuming Time Warner > uses this type of smart

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:24:27 -0700, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just out of curiosity, how did you order from Fry's? Their website is just an ad for their ISP! http://www.outpost.com Oh, right. Duh. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mytht

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

Blake wrote: As for Fry's, I bought a 200gb Maxtor from them on thursday in order to recover my Mythbox this weekend, paid for it to be overnighted and Airborne has fumbled it and even though they said it would come today and they were sorry it got screwed up, it's now after 5pm and won't get to

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

As for Fry's, I bought a 200gb Maxtor from them on thursday in order to recover my Mythbox this weekend, paid for it to be overnighted and Airborne has fumbled it and even though they said it would come today and they were sorry it got screwed up, it's now after 5pm and won't get to me before mond

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

I haven't used firewire with MythTV or Linux. I've been primarily using them with my Macs but I bought them in order to have the flexibility of moving from one system/OS to another. In the past I did this with SCSI but the Macs have moved on from there. I did however buy a firewire Maxtor 250G

[mythtv-users] driver problem Pinnacle PCTV USB

Hi, I know this should go to the usbvision mailing list but I got no reponse there. I maneged to get xawtv and MythTV going OK but I only get a small purple / green picture. It's an older device but supposed to be supported by usbvision. Anyone got any suggestions ? Cheers, Bruce. __

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

I haven't used firewire with MythTV or Linux. I did however buy a firewire Maxtor 250GB firewire drive from Fry's about a year ago. It was FAT formatted and I didn't bother to change it. (Which was, perhaps, a mistake). It was reasonably fast, but hugely flaky, and within about six months,

Re: [mythtv-users] Can't find blue theme - mythtv-setup fails after 2nd screen

Lane Schwartz wrote: I just compiled and installed mythtv-0.18.1, mythplugins-0.18.1, and myththemes-0.18 from source on FC2. I am now trying to run mythtv-setup, which is failing after the second screen. The error is below: 2005-09-10 14:59:53.585 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop wid

RE: [mythtv-users] CD Ripping FC4 Now working

has any one found the fix for the fontend crashing? --- David Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CD on my FC4 backend ripping has suddenly started > working. I had given up trying to fix it, but it > must be like a lot of things in life - ignore the > problem and it goes away. > I have been fiddl

Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Problem with M179

On Tuesday 23 August 2005 07:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The > one assigned to /dev/video0 increments the channels by one (so channel 5 > ends up being channel 6), but this does not occur for /dev/video1. > My problem was that the tuner simply didn't work. I would get a staticy version of ch

[mythtv-users] Can't find blue theme - mythtv-setup fails after 2nd screen

I just compiled and installed mythtv-0.18.1, mythplugins-0.18.1, and myththemes-0.18 from source on FC2. I am now trying to run mythtv-setup, which is failing after the second screen. The error is below: 2005-09-10 14:59:53.585 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=1024, height=768, num

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

I've though about doing this a few times myself. I run my frontend and backend in the same small box and it would be an easy way to add drive space w/out putting another hot spinning disk in the case. Without any experience of running this type of setup I would suggest going firewire. Less over

Re: [mythtv-users] Playback too Fast

Kerry Baker wrote: This seems to be a common problem but I haven't managed to find a solution that works for me. Playback is too fast and talking sounds like chipmunks. It occurs when watching live tv causing an added problem of stuttering as it appears to outrun the recording buffer and I get

[mythtv-users] directv d10-300 ... impossible?

I'm trying to get a mythtv box set up for my Mom. She has a DirecTv with a D10-300 receiver. I finally found the low-speed data port in the back of the D10-300, hidden by a black sticker ... but has anyone actually gotten the D10-300 change channels using this port? I've seen mention on som

Re: [mythtv-users] One channel has bad audio synchronisation.

Bob wrote: It's not MythTV as the audio is about one second behind the video on this one channel on the TV as well, that's the way the cable co gives it to us. Other than adding that glamorous "badly dubbed foreign film" feel to Desperate Housewives (which is an improvement incase you're wond

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

Robert Denier wrote: I've found that the little 2.5 inch usb 2.0 external drives I've messed with can be a bit of aggravation. In the end it did work well, but I wouldn't recommend it for someone non familiar with it. While I haven't used myth a great deal, I sort of planned to leave one drive

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

Hello all, I'm setting up my first Mythtv system on Gentoo and had a question about storage. What kind of problems will I run into if I base all my storage for recorded programs, stored movies, MP3s, etc. on external USB or firewire drives? For now I am putting my frontend and backend on the same

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

I've found that the little 2.5 inch usb 2.0 external drives I've messed with can be a bit of aggravation. In the end it did work well, but I wouldn't recommend it for someone non familiar with it. While I haven't used myth a great deal, I sort of planned to leave one drive in my backend and leave

[mythtv-users] Re: Sound problems... SB and Onboard sound

It turns out the Volume was muted which appears to be the default for FC3???   AJM,   On 9/10/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to use the onboard sound on my motherboard and have since removed my SoundBlaster card from my box. Now I have no sound, even after removing the lines in my modp

[mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

Hello all, I'm setting up my first Mythtv system on Gentoo and had a question about storage. What kind of problems will I run into if I base all my storage for recorded programs, stored movies, MP3s, etc. on external USB or firewire drives? For now I am putting my frontend and backend on the

[mythtv-users] Increase autorepeat rate - how ?

Hi * Simple question: how can I increase autorepeat rate when I use remote ? Currently, i.e when I'm going through long list of entries, I have to do all the time push-release, push-release,... button on remote for i.e. walking on list. Autorepeat rate is approx 1 cmd. per 3-4sec I need 2-4

Re: [mythtv-users] Odd pauses when starting recorded shows...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that my Myth box seems to be fairly stable, I'm slowly starting to migrate recording shows off the Tivo and onto the Myth box. As I'm actually using Myth a lot more, I've noticed a few problems... 1) When I select a recorded show to play from the menu, on about 20%

[mythtv-users] Just moved to Time Warner cable...

Hey all, I had my myth box up and running quite well and now I have moved and switched cable providers... I have a PVR-350 running with MythTV 0.16 on Slackware 9.1 and Time Warner digital cable as the source. For the time being I am not putting the digital cable STB in the equation, I just have

[mythtv-users] MythMusic volume too quiet

Hello, My MythMusic is always a LOT quieter than the rest of MythTV (DVD player, Live TV, etc). It's not so bad going INTO MythMusic, as all you have to do is turn up the volume. But it's TERRIBLE coming out of it, because if you forget to turn the volume down first, it nearly blows your eardrums

Re: [mythtv-users] For playback only?

Hi! On 9/10/05, Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible--and is it wise--to setup a mythTV box in pieces? > > For example, I'm waiting on my capture card. Can I set up my box to just > playback recorded video until I'm ready to install the card? By "playback recorded video", you mean p

Re: [mythtv-users] Could we install/run Mythtv without X-windows

There is also a new type of front projection just about to come out that uses LEDs instead of a bulb. Super small, cooler running so no fan, starting out at a little over a grand. Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv

[mythtv-users] Sound problems... SB and Onboard sound

I want to use the onboard sound on my motherboard and have since removed my SoundBlaster card from my box. Now I have no sound, even after removing the lines in my modprob.conf that referred to my SB card. How do I get this thing fixed?   I'm running FC3, it detects the card but I get the followin

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

Blake wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:15:55 -0700, Rudy Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They typically do not include an S-Video or any analog-in connector, as these cards contain no HW for analog to any form of digital translation (be that raw capture or MPEG encoding). The signal they re

RE: [mythtv-users] Weird stuff

  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty RavellSent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:06 AMTo: 'Discussion about mythtv'Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Weird stuff     The strange thing is that when I do the following commend:   $ rpm –q

RE: [mythtv-users] Weird stuff

Sorry, PVR 350 or course.   MWR   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty Ravell Sent: Saturday, 10 September 2005 9:52 PM To: 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: [mythtv-users] Weird stuff   This issue may be a little off topic and is probably ow

[mythtv-users] Weird stuff

This issue may be a little off topic and is probably owing to my inexperience with Linux but I thought someone here might be able to help.   I’m mucking around with lirc on my working system in order to get a transmitter running to change channels on my Foxtel STB.   The strange thing i

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

Blake wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:24:10 -0700, Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, so I found the cable, it's got eight-pins on the one side and ends in a eight-pin female and another female end--looks like a--mm, standard 1/4". This is a GeForce TI4600. Oh, hell, probably the eVGA boa

[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] [BUG?] Threading / Sockets problem with master and slavebackends

Yesterday I saw a very odd behaviour of mythtv (0.18.1-fixes). I pressed delete while whatching a recording. But it provided me with a recording from another recording group, not currently viewed in the recorded-list. I could use my remote to switch through the three options from the delete-

Re: [mythtv-users] Getting hardware encoding to work with blackbird (cx88 based) cards

Tomas Roos wrote: Hello. I have a Leadtek WinFast PVR 2000 card (not the XP version) which I use in my mythtv setup. The software decoding works fine and the quality is descent with the 0.0.4 cx88xx driver (V4L2) I have heard that you can enable the mpeg2 encoder in the card by uploading firmwa

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:24:10 -0700, Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, so I found the cable, it's got eight-pins on the one side and ends in a eight-pin female and another female end--looks like a--mm, standard 1/4". This is a GeForce TI4600. Oh, hell, probably the eVGA board. Anyway, go

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

Yeah, so I found the cable, it's got eight-pins on the one side and ends in a eight-pin female and another female end--looks like a--mm, standard 1/4". This is a GeForce TI4600. Oh, hell, probably the eVGA board. Anyway, gonna install KnoppMyth and see what happens It's used on some

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:15:55 -0700, Rudy Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They typically do not include an S-Video or any analog-in connector, as these cards contain no HW for analog to any form of digital translation (be that raw capture or MPEG encoding). The signal they receive is alread

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

Blake wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:39:48 -0700, ffrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't seem to find this abbreviation: DVB. Digital Video Board? Yes I think so, there's 3 types DVB-T DVB-S DVB-C for terrestrial (free to air), satellite, and cable resp. terrestrial =/ free to air (FTA

[mythtv-users] Getting hardware encoding to work with blackbird (cx88 based) cards

Hello. I have a Leadtek WinFast PVR 2000 card (not the XP version) which I use in my mythtv setup. The software decoding works fine and the quality is descent with the 0.0.4 cx88xx driver (V4L2) I have heard that you can enable the mpeg2 encoder in the card by uploading firmware somehow. I have n

Re: [mythtv-users] Could we install/run Mythtv without X-windows

On Friday 09 September 2005 23:14, Devan Lippman wrote: > On 9/9/05, Brandon Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:51:05PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > > Personally, I think plasmas are a bad choice and LCD has too slow of a > > pixel response time. No issues here w

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:39:48 -0700, ffrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't seem to find this abbreviation: DVB. Digital Video Board? Yes I think so, there's 3 types DVB-T DVB-S DVB-C for terrestrial (free to air), satellite, and cable resp. OK, according to Wikipedia, it's "Digital Video

Re: [mythtv-users] Could we install/run Mythtv without X-windows

Devan Lippman wrote: On 9/9/05, *Brandon Beattie* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:51:05PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: Personally, I think plasmas are a bad choice and LCD has too slow of a pixel response time. DLP is by far my ch

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

Blake wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:13:57 -0700, ffrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, the whole "you need X resources for each stream" doesn't really apply to HDTV, then. HDTV or PVR-x50 or any other hardware encoding card. or any DVB card, even when doing SD (not just HD). Makes life ea

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:13:57 -0700, ffrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, the whole "you need X resources for each stream" doesn't really apply to HDTV, then. HDTV or PVR-x50 or any other hardware encoding card. or any DVB card, even when doing SD (not just HD). Makes life easy for the cpu

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

Brian J. Murrell wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 15:35 -0700, Blake wrote: I didnt know HD came in as MPG! Yep. AFAIK anyway. Yep, digital TV Transport Stream is transmitted that way,. So, the whole "you need X resources for each stream" doesn't really apply to HDTV, then.