[mythtv-users] Bombing on Watch TV

2005-09-25 Thread Marty Ravell
For some reason my frontend now hangs if I try to go to Watch TV (Live TV) when the tuner is recording something. Previously it would display a screen saying that the tuner was busy etc and give me a Cancel button. I just get a Black screen now when this happens. Any idea of what the mechanism i

[mythtv-users] UID/Password?

2005-09-25 Thread Anil Gupte
mythfilldatabase on a new install gives me an "Authorization Failed".  Do I need a user name and password to get schedules into my box?  What might those be?  Or is there a different method to get schedules to download?   Thanx, Anil ___ mythtv-user

Re: [mythtv-users] Navigation/Configuration issues

2005-09-25 Thread Anil Gupte
Which VNC server will run reliably on Knoppix (KnoppMyth distro)?  Also, I don't even have FTP on my box.  How do I get and FTP client running on that box?   Anil Gupte  - Original Message - From: Timothy McFadden To: Discussion about mythtv Sent: Sunday, September 25

[mythtv-users] trouble with mythbackend service on non-master

2005-09-25 Thread Ben Norling
I've set up a myth network with a master backend and a non-master backend. On the non-master backend, I can start the mythbackend manually and it works fine, but if I try to start it as a service, it give the following error 2005-09-22 22:29:59.029 Failed to init MythContext, exiting. 2005-09-25

Re: [mythtv-users] changing hostname from "localhost"

2005-09-25 Thread Ken Schutte
Kevin Kuphal wrote: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.15 Thanks. I was looking in the wrong place of the docs... I guess may have already screwed things up by trying to resart the server and run things without manually changing the database because I'm now geting "Dupli

Re: [mythtv-users] changing hostname from "localhost"

2005-09-25 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Ken Schutte wrote: I'm using a single machine for myth frontend and backend (FC 3), and I always had it's hostname set to the default of localhost.localdomain. I just tried changing it to something else, and now, I can't seem to connect to the myth backend. I'm getting errors like: Connect

[mythtv-users] changing hostname from "localhost"

2005-09-25 Thread Ken Schutte
I'm using a single machine for myth frontend and backend (FC 3), and I always had it's hostname set to the default of localhost.localdomain. I just tried changing it to something else, and now, I can't seem to connect to the myth backend. I'm getting errors like: Connecting to backend server

[mythtv-users] Re: slave/master interaction

2005-09-25 Thread Alan Anderson
Hi, On the Slave Back End make sure all of the mysql.txt has the IP address of the Master Back End. There should be a mysql.txt in the users .mythtv directory and probably one in /.mythtv. So on the Slave back end stop the mythbackend Then locate all mysql.txt files. find / -iname mysql.txt

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

2005-09-25 Thread Bob
Bob wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Bob wrote: Snip A/V sync issues 8< 8< Other than that, you could always demux/remux the stream with a specified offset. If it's a constant offset, this shouldn't be too difficult; otherwise... Oh, BTW, there's also an "Adjust Audi

Re: [mythtv-users] slave/master interaction

2005-09-25 Thread Greg Woods
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 22:18 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > Make sure you restart mythbackend on each system after you make changes > using mythtv-setup. I found that if you don't restart mythbackend on > both system that new tuners are not seen until that is done I'm not sure, but I *think* that

Re: [mythtv-users] Trouble recording B&W movies (old WinTV card)

2005-09-25 Thread Wendy Seltzer
On 9/24/05, Carl Fongheiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/24/05, Wendy Seltzer < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm capturing analog NTSC with an old WinTV card  (Bt 878).  It seems to work fine for everything except old black & white movies.  Recent attempts to record "Notorious" and "Arsenic and O

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Wendy Seltzer
On 9/25/05, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm using 0.18.1 rather than svn and it does allow for turningcommflagging, at least, off when the recording is scheduled.However, I (and I believe Larry) was talking about configuring*defaults* for them, so that if I set up 20 recordings I don'

[mythtv-users] Re: Problems with mythburn

2005-09-25 Thread Jim Geist
After poking around some more I've answered my own question. ProjectX 0.90 doesn't work; going back to 0.81 does work.On 9/25/05, Jim Geist < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi all - I've just set up my first mythtv (using the kit from magicitx.com) and so far most everything is working great. I'm having

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 10:02:12PM -0400, Robert Tsai wrote: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 08:42:49PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Yes, agreed! More often than not, I start playback with the > > sequence enter (to tell it to play the program), > > a-right-right-right-right (to set playback at 1.20

[mythtv-users] bttv-dvb card + ivtv problem (Was: DVB setup question)

2005-09-25 Thread Johan Reinalda
All, See the original posting below. I since have come to realize that I left an important piece of information: I also have a PVR-150 card running the ivtv 0.3 drivers in the system! I upgraded the kernel today to troubleshoot, and accidentally forgot to reinstall the ivtv drivers. To my surpris

Re: [mythtv-users] TV tuner card help for freeivew {Scanned}

2005-09-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> i have a vision plus DVB-T card with the conexant fusion 878a chipset. > > the card is seen on boot by fredora as the output from /sbin/lspci -v > > 00:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video > Capture (rev 11) > Subsystem: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd VisionPlus D

[mythtv-users] using Xine with Mythdvd

2005-09-25 Thread Kevin Saenz
I have decided not to use mplayer as my dvd player in mythdvd as it doesn't all me to access the dvd menu. So I have installed xine. The problem i have come across, is playing introduction the display is pixelated. How can I resolve the display issue? The xine I am using is a precompiled for Mand

Re: [mythtv-users] slave/master interaction

2005-09-25 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 21:42, Greg Woods wrote: > How exactly do slave and master backends interact? Is it true that > mythfrontend running on a slave backend still connects directly to the > master backend? > > If that is so, does that mean that when the slave is using its own > tuner, the traffi

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Robert Tsai
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 08:42:49PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 07:44:22PM -0400, Larry K wrote: > > On a related subject, I would like to see a global default for > > timestretch. Something that applies to all recordings played back. > > This way, I wouldn't have to bothe

[mythtv-users] Re: Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Boleslaw Ciesielski
Dave Sherohman wrote: Also on the topic of defaults, is there any way to do a per-channel default setting for post-processing (specifically commercial autodetect)? Commercial detection is a wonderful thing, but I have a couple stations which don't run mid-program commercials, so running commerci

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 07:44:22PM -0400, Larry K wrote: > On a related subject, I would like to see a global default for timestretch. > Something that applies to all recordings played back. This way, I wouldn't > have to bother setting the timestretch for every recording I watch. Yes, agreed! Mo

[mythtv-users] slave/master interaction

2005-09-25 Thread Greg Woods
How exactly do slave and master backends interact? Is it true that mythfrontend running on a slave backend still connects directly to the master backend? If that is so, does that mean that when the slave is using its own tuner, the traffic has to go from the slave backend to the master backend, t

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding to Media Library manually?

2005-09-25 Thread David Blevins
On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: David Blevins wrote: On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: David Blevins wrote: On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Robert Johnston wrote: On 23/09/05, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I'm having a heck of a time

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Larry K
On a related subject, I would like to see a global default for timestretch.  Something that applies to all recordings played back.  This way, I wouldn't have to bother setting the timestretch for every recording I watch.  On 9/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>  On Sunday 25 Sept

[mythtv-users] Transcoding one recording into multiple segments

2005-09-25 Thread William Pettersson
I'm not sure if this is possible, but what I want to do is record some of the various music channels/shows, and then go through and set cut-points for some of the music clips shown, so I can rip them out of the recording. I've got a setup going where I can 'remove commercials' from the recording,

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding to Media Library manually?

2005-09-25 Thread Kevin Kuphal
David Blevins wrote: On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: David Blevins wrote: On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Robert Johnston wrote: On 23/09/05, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I'm having a heck of a time ripping with MythDVD. No worries as I really don't car

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding to Media Library manually?

2005-09-25 Thread David Blevins
On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: David Blevins wrote: On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Robert Johnston wrote: On 23/09/05, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I'm having a heck of a time ripping with MythDVD. No worries as I really don't care to if I can avoid it.

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding to Media Library manually?

2005-09-25 Thread Kevin Kuphal
David Blevins wrote: On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Robert Johnston wrote: On 23/09/05, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I'm having a heck of a time ripping with MythDVD. No worries as I really don't care to if I can avoid it. I have a ton of dvds already ripped and burnt and simp

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding to Media Library manually?

2005-09-25 Thread David Blevins
On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Robert Johnston wrote: On 23/09/05, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I'm having a heck of a time ripping with MythDVD. No worries as I really don't care to if I can avoid it. I have a ton of dvds already ripped and burnt and simply want to copy a few o

Re: [mythtv-users] TV-Out

2005-09-25 Thread DSanchez
Ok,     So my video card is an ATI 7000 with s-video out. I have it connected to my TV and the audio works perfect but the video signal is scrammbled. I went into the properties of the display settings and i set the card as dual headed casue i still have my monitor connected to the system. For t

Re: [mythtv-users] RE: MySQL start up problem

2005-09-25 Thread Paul Barker
Jeremy Thompson wrote: Ok, So I looked at those files. Here is the log file, I took out what I think the options are. Should be everything else. The only thing I notice is the 'unrec option'. See below. [quote] 050920 20:18:56 mysqld started /usr/libexec/mysqld: unrecognized option `--

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread frosts1
> On Sunday 25 September 2005 03:02 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does anyone out there use Timestretch much? I have been using it a bit > > lately and I quite like it. I just wish there was an easy way to toggle it > > on and off. > > > > From what I have found, the only way to turn it on is t

Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

2005-09-25 Thread Stephen Boddy
On Friday 23 September 2005 22:24, Tony Godshall wrote: > According to Jim Reith, > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible, > > >but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in > > >Linux? I just added a second HD to my mythbox a

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: PVR-350 TV-out problems

2005-09-25 Thread Nick
On 24/09/05, P.O. Siggerud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is now the ivtv-fb module.. it cant be loaded at all.. > > "modprobe ivtv-fb" (as root of course) gives me: > > FATAL: Error inserting ivtv_fb (/lib/modules/2.6.12.4/extra/ivtv-fb.ko): > Operation not permitted > > And this line a

Re: [mythtv-users] Question on viewing digital signals on non-digital TV

2005-09-25 Thread Blake
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:15:51 -0700, Steve Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Erik" == Erik Pettersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thanks for the info, both of you! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/

Re: [mythtv-users] Seeking Remote Control Advice for PVR-500

2005-09-25 Thread Larry K
Unless I've missed something here, it's starting to look like the path of least resistance is an IR remote like the One-For-All URC-6131.  Can anyone point me to some instructions on how to adapt my existing Hauppauge IR sensor so that it connects to my myth box via the serial port?  Once I pull

[mythtv-users] Watching Live TV seg faults with ati-drivers

2005-09-25 Thread Robert Denier
Using a normal gentoo install for an amd xp processor I get segmentation faults when I try to watch live tv on a radeon 9000 with the ati-binary drivers in portage. The normal ati driver built into xorg-x11 seems fine. I've looked and haven't really found anything too helpful yet about why. Of c

[mythtv-users] Re: after database rebuild, cannot change channels

2005-09-25 Thread Greg Woods
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 14:12 -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > The problem is now I cannot change channels in mythfrontend. I *can* > change channels with ptune.ui.pl script, and the OSD shows no data, so > I'm pretty sure this is still some sort of database problem. Hate having to answer myself, but I d

Re: [mythtv-users] Pixelation while Fast Forwarding through Recordings

2005-09-25 Thread James Oltman
On 9/25/05, Mark Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See ticket 372.  This should be fixed in the current SVN code.Mark It just seems odd that this pixelation would occur after several hard boots.  Why should this happen so long after I first built this BE system (7 months)?  After reading this ticket

[mythtv-users] Missing 1/3 of screen in Mythvideo

2005-09-25 Thread Frank Coogan
Hi all! I've just completed an upgrade on an Asus Pundit from 80GB HD running Fedora 1/Mythtv .12 to a 200GB HD running Fedora 3/Mythtv .18. All went well following Jarods HOW TO. I have a couple of glitches I need some help with. First of all I'm not a Linux expert by any means. All I know came

[mythtv-users] Database corruption during commercial cutting

2005-09-25 Thread Niels Dybdahl
Most of my recordings are automatically immediately transcoded to MPEG4. Then I mark the commercials and let mythtranscode remove them. But since I upgraded from FC1 and MythTV 0.16 to FC3 and MythTV 0.18.1 (atrpms) the recordedmarkup table seems to get corrupted when the commercials are removed. T

[mythtv-users] after database rebuild, cannot change channels

2005-09-25 Thread Greg Woods
>From the "database gone south" thread, we advance boldly into the future :-) I ended up having to completely redo the database. I never could figure out what was wrong with it. I dumped the current contents, then got into mysql and did the "drop database mythconverg; source /usr/share/doc/mythtv-

Re: [mythtv-users] Navigation/Configuration issues

2005-09-25 Thread Timothy McFadden
You might want to check out a VNC program and connect that way.  You'll be able to run mythfrontend from a remote desktop and won't have screen size issues.  At least you'll have the keyboard. Howerver, you'll want to fix the screen size anyway.  I think there are two things to play with: Setup ->

[mythtv-users] Navigation/Configuration issues

2005-09-25 Thread Anil Gupte
I am having a problem trying to navigate through the setup.  For example, in mythtv-setup, I am able to move to the desired fields using arrows and tabs, but not able to use any pull-down menus.  Is there a way to do any or all of the following:   1. Use a mouse in the MythTV user and setup m

[mythtv-users] Pixelation while Fast Forwarding through Recordings

2005-09-25 Thread James Oltman
My backend has been having problems locking up lately.  Which means I have had to hard reboot it.  Now on the frontend, whenever I try and fast forward through commercials, I get major pixelation.  The time on the OSD also seems to be moving slower than it normally does on a 20x FF.  These are the

Re: [mythtv-users] Jarod's 27" TV and xorg.conf question

2005-09-25 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Friday 23 September 2005 16:57, Nick wrote: > On 22/09/05, Craig Tinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > okies.. quick question > > > > on Jarod's site he mentions he has a standard 27" analog TV plugged into > > his mx440 nv card > > > > First of all he doesn't specify if it's a widescreen - whic

Re: [mythtv-users] Seeking Remote Control Advice for PVR-500

2005-09-25 Thread Niels Dybdahl
Can anyone explain how an RF remote control integrates with mythtv?  Since mythtv uses lirc, it seems like one would need to use an IR remote.  I use a ATI Remote Wonder. It was recognized by FC3 but it was not straightforward to make it work as a lirc device. Here is a list of what I did: 1. # a

[mythtv-users] Plextor ConvertX tuner

2005-09-25 Thread mikko
Hi everyone! I just bought a PlextorX and I'm trying to set up a nice mythtv box. I'm not sure if the tuner search channels function isn't working because I sure as hell cannot get it to work. I have tried the debian unstable package available and some 0.18.x version for ubuntu breezer. I Have als

Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend only

2005-09-25 Thread Kai Hörner
>>i do not want the frontend to connect the backend, i dont want to have a >>backend running.. >>is there some way to set up mythfrontend to not connect to a backend? >>(as a stand-alone-frontend?) okay i recently patched my mythtv to not display the bugging information screen that it was unable

Re: [mythtv-users] Spontaneous Reboot w/ PVR-500/150

2005-09-25 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Am Samstag, den 24.09.2005, 20:13 -0400 schrieb Brian M. Sperlongano: > Out of curiousity, and I know this has been discussed before on the > list... > > Is anyone else still experiencing spontaneous reboots with their > PVR-500/150, even with the latest motherboard bios upgrade? I'm still >

[mythtv-users] Opinion on Polariod FLM-3701

2005-09-25 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
I'm thinking about buying this hdtv. From the specs, it looks like it would be good enough for a "casual viewing" perspective. I'm not looking for something stellar, but for under 2k, it seems like a decent deal. Does anyone have any thoughts on this TV? It will be fed by either an FX5200

[mythtv-users] TV tuner card help for freeivew {Scanned}

2005-09-25 Thread robert harpham
Hello i am running fredora core 4 with mythtv sute V0.18.1 i have a vision plus DVB-T card with the conexant fusion 878a chipset. the card is seen on boot by fredora as the output from /sbin/lspci -v 00:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)

[mythtv-users] Update on Xv/Interlace/ATI tvout

2005-09-25 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Awhile back, there was a query as to what a good solution to generating high-quality tvout. Along with my homebrew 480i (VGA->{composite,svid}) converter, some folks have wanted true interlaced output from their VGA card for high-def. I have verified that my FC3-based production machine wit

[mythtv-users] DVB Encrypted channels problem

2005-09-25 Thread Marco Coli
Hi all, do you know if it's planned to resolve this big issue? Now, for me is impossible to use Mythv with my Hauppauge DVB-S Card, because now and then some channels usually in clear are encrypted. If you go on one of these channels with the frontend, you are lost. The only possibility you have

[mythtv-users] DVB Encrypted channels problem

2005-09-25 Thread Marco Coli
Hi all, do you know if it's planned to resolve this big issue? Now, for me is impossible to use Mythv with my Hauppauge DVB-S Card, because now and then some channels usually in clear are encrypted. If you go on one of these channels with the frontend, you are lost. The only possibility you

Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend only

2005-09-25 Thread Kai Hörner
David Ellis wrote: >How about you run the backend on the frontend, with no tuners defined? > > as already said, this is what i do right now but it makes my box react very slow .. (unnecessarily) kai >Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:12 PM >Subject: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend only > >Hello

RE: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend only

2005-09-25 Thread David Ellis
How about you run the backend on the frontend, with no tuners defined? D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kai Hörner Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:12 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend only Hello eve

[mythtv-users] mythfrontend only

2005-09-25 Thread Kai Hörner
Hello everyone, i saw on the archive that questions similiar to mine already came up different times but i found no solution there :-/ i have a setup without a tuner card and dont want to insert one. the box is for playback and retro-gaming only .. on this machine w/ 450mhz, mythtv is kind of "l

Re: [mythtv-users] Seeking Remote Control Advice for PVR-500

2005-09-25 Thread Joe Votour
The actual physical transport medium for the signal (IR versus RF) is completely irrelevant. What matters is that lirc is able to communicate with the receiver to determine which buttons you pressed. (My understanding is that lirc started as a project for working with IR receivers, but has grown

[mythtv-users] Problems with mythburn

2005-09-25 Thread Jim Geist
Hi all - I've just set up my first mythtv (using the kit from magicitx.com) and so far most everything is working great. I'm having a problem with mythburn, tho. It always gets stuck at "Loading AC3 Frames..." This looked like a ProjectX message, so I used import to grab Xvfb's screen. The proble

Re: [mythtv-users] libdvdread can't find my DVD

2005-09-25 Thread Craig Tinson
Claude Gélinas agr. wrote: When I try to listen a dvd via mythfrontend I get the following error message on the console: Voici xine (X11 gui) - un lecteur vidéo libre v0.99.3. (c) 2000-2004 L'Equipe de xine. libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access libdvdread: Attempting to use

Re: [mythtv-users] Tunner Suggestions

2005-09-25 Thread Shawn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi- > > We are trying to build a MythTV box. We're experienced enough with > Linux in general, but we have zero experience with Myth, PVR, > Linux Video, etc. Our first hurdle is buying the tuner. In any > case we only want

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2005-09-25 Thread mugs
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Re: [mythtv-users] Seeking Remote Control Advice for PVR-500

2005-09-25 Thread Greg Woods
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 08:21 -0400, Larry K wrote: > I have never seen anything but the MCE version of the 150/500. Please > tell me more. I've not seen anything but the MCE version of the 500, but the PVR-150 is sold at CompUSA in the "regular" (non-MCE) version. As far as I can tell, the only r

Re: [mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread Isaac Richards
On Sunday 25 September 2005 03:02 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone out there use Timestretch much? I have been using it a bit > lately and I quite like it. I just wish there was an easy way to toggle it > on and off. > > >From what I have found, the only way to turn it on is to press 'A'

[mythtv-users] Using a Sigma Designs NetStream 2000 for output

2005-09-25 Thread Tony McDowell
i just picked up a couple Netstream2000 cards for next to nothing. I've verified that they both work with my Windows box, and I know that they *used* to have Linux support. However, with newer kernels and all, I was wondering if anyone has any experience in using them as an output device for

RE: [mythtv-users] Error while starting to record. WAFhashitrockbottom.

2005-09-25 Thread David Ellis
Hehe - oh I'm going to get it :) How about the "Wife" contributes to the source :) D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Moasat Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:52 AM To: 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Error while sta

RE: [mythtv-users] Error while starting to record. WAF hashitrockbottom.

2005-09-25 Thread Moasat
> "The wife" likes new features? You sure it's "the wife" that > likes them? Why does "the wife" even know there are new features? > Seriously... if "the wife" doesn't want to miss programs then > "the wife" > should only be using stable releases. > > Personally, I don't think it's "the wife" tha

Re: [mythtv-users] Question on viewing digital signals on non-digital TV

2005-09-25 Thread Steve Bower
> "Erik" == Erik Pettersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... Erik> So, yeah.. hypothetically if you just get an OTA HDTV/ATSC set top box Erik> AND it has svideo output you could hook it up to a normal TV... Erik> although I don't entirely see why you'd want to :) Actually, that's how I starte

Re: [mythtv-users] Seeking Remote Control Advice for PVR-500

2005-09-25 Thread Larry K
Can anyone explain how an RF remote control integrates with mythtv?  Since mythtv uses lirc, it seems like one would need to use an IR remote.  What am I missing? On 9/24/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> "Larry K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/24/05 3:02 PM Please bear with me as

Re: [mythtv-users] Seeking Remote Control Advice for PVR-500

2005-09-25 Thread Larry K
Paul, I have never seen anything but the MCE version of the 150/500.  Please tell me more.On 9/24/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>> "Larry K" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/24/05 3:02 PM Please bear with me as I show my total ignorance regarding> universal remote controls. :)Hey, we

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Transcoding, renaming & cutting commercials

2005-09-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> My mythtv setup is now up and running and working correctly, i.e. the > EPG is automatically populated, and I can successfully schedule > recordings :) > > My recording directory is setup as a SAMBA mountpoint and I use the Xbox > Media Centre to watch the recordings. However, in order to do this

Re: [mythtv-users] Picture quality question

2005-09-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> I don't use DVB.. but I presume it works like all other capture cards > > The signal is being captures, compressed, saved and then displayed.. and > the result of the compression is what you are seeing. > > Try increasing the quality in the "recording profiles" part of setup and > see how that wo

[mythtv-users] Tunner Suggestions

2005-09-25 Thread mythtv
Hi- We are trying to build a MythTV box. We're experienced enough with Linux in general, but we have zero experience with Myth, PVR, Linux Video, etc. Our first hurdle is buying the tuner. In any case we only want to deal with stuff that has a good compatiblity track record, so any recommen

[mythtv-users] Re: PVR 500 and nforce2 chipset

2005-09-25 Thread Axel Thimm
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 02:11:16AM -0400, Tarick Karkache wrote: > Larry, > > I am running a Hauppauge PVR-500 on a MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR NForce2, no > problems. > I followed the setup from Jarod Wilson's FC4 howto. Very straight forward. > Only snag to watch for is the kernels when upgrading the di

[mythtv-users] DVB Transcoding, renaming & cutting commercials

2005-09-25 Thread Neil
Hi all, My mythtv setup is now up and running and working correctly, i.e. the EPG is automatically populated, and I can successfully schedule recordings :) My recording directory is setup as a SAMBA mountpoint and I use the Xbox Media Centre to watch the recordings. However, in order to do this,

[mythtv-users] Myth TV on Fed Core 4 - How do I integrate dbox2?

2005-09-25 Thread Paul Sutherby
I have a MythTV install on a Fedora Core 4 install (myth installed with YUM). I would like to apply the dbox2 patch to enable me to select the dbox2 as a capture card and control a dbox for livetv and recording / channel control etc. I have the patch mythtv-dbox2-200506021086.patch.bz2 but am not

[mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

2005-09-25 Thread frosts1
Does anyone out there use Timestretch much? I have been using it a bit lately and I quite like it. I just wish there was an easy way to toggle it on and off. >From what I have found, the only way to turn it on is to press 'A' and then press the right arrow until it reaches the speed at which you wa