Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

2005-12-28 Thread John P. Mitchell
Robert Anderson wrote: On 12/27/05, *John P. Mitchell* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MythTV Users, I have a .15 MythTV backend and two .15 XBox MythTV frontends. The systems is used heavily by four individuals on an almost hourly basis and the system

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

2005-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
This torrent has been updated recently. The instructions on the page and the README file included in the torrent explain the installation and post-installation steps. But bassically yes, it is almost that easy. Certainly easier than the alternatlve.. that's the point after all. OK, thanks for

[mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

2005-12-28 Thread Wim Fokkens
Hello At http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/wiki I see the following. If you're looking for anonymous subversion access, use the following commands to grab the latest code: svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtvsvn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythpluginssvn co

[mythtv-users] Diseqc Switching still not working?

2005-12-28 Thread Wim Fokkens
Hello I am running knoppmyth R5A26. I have a 4 way diseqc switch. LNB1 is astra 19.2 LNB2 is astra 28.2 and LNB3 is hotbird 13.0. If I run mythsetup I am not able to scan channels at LNB 2 3. I tried with a Technotrend Budget and a KNC1 satellite card. If I bypass the diseqc switch

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

2005-12-28 Thread Johan Nordström
You'd be glad to find a README-file in the root of your dir after you retrieved the source. The top of the file says BUILD/CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS.. But I think you'll be alot happier with a pre-compiled version of Myth, try ubuntu linux which has packages of myth in its repository

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

2005-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
But I think you'll be alot happier with a pre-compiled version of Myth, try ubuntu linux which has packages of myth in its repository (apt-get install mythtv) Or install Fedora Core and follow Jarod Wilson's excellent guide which has helped out many newbees in getting MythTV up and running.

[mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello all, Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out Recorded Programs on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the Recorded programs about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends on how long I watched the

Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

2005-12-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
John P. Mitchell wrote: obscure information. wrote: will it be possible for me to add a second PVR-150 connected to an identical CFT2254 and have them change channels independently via lirc? You should be fine but you will need two SEPARATE instances of lircd running. Also, my

Re: [mythtv-users] Problems running Myth - segfault starting liveTV

2005-12-28 Thread Blastzone
I ended up blowing away that system and switching to the FC4 build, as FC4 just came out as I was having that problem).I did not have any issues with FC4, AND there were options that were not available to me when I used Gentoo. I would assume that the build of MythTV installed by gentoo is not the

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth frontend forces disk spin-up

2005-12-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Richard Reiner wrote: I've got a frontend-only box which spins down its disk once it has booted. I've done all the things necessary to make this work, e.g. disabling swap and syslogd, putting ntpd's drift file on a tmpfs partition, etc. This works fine -- there are never any spontaneous disk

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

2005-12-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Wim Fokkens wrote: At http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/wiki I see the following. If you're looking for anonymous subversion access, use the following commands to grab the latest code: svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythplugins svn co

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Piers Kittel wrote: Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out Recorded Programs on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the Recorded programs about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends on how long I watched

[mythtv-users] lighttpd and mythweb?

2005-12-28 Thread Sasha Z
I'm trying to get into rails programming, so I wanted to switch my web server over to lighttpd. I've got rails running, and php seems to work (phpmyadmin functions properly). In order to get htaccess files read, I installed htscanner. I don't know if it's working properly or not... but I don't

Re: [mythtv-users] iptables and MythTV

2005-12-28 Thread Kirk Grell
At one point, I thought this machine might not be behind a separate firewall. But now it looks like it is going to be after all. Thanks, Kirk --- John Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/27/05, Doug Bunger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You turn off the firewall during instalation, because

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Chris Picton
Michael T. Dean wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out Recorded Programs on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries in the Recorded programs about 1 or 2 minutes each - depends

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Chris Picton
Greg Estabrooks wrote: schedule, etc. It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all the mini recordings. You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a configurable period of time( a day? ) Can you auto expire them after a second? My machine is running short

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

2005-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Wim Fokkens wrote: Hi Phill Ok I did not give enough information. I am running knoppmyth R5A26 at this moment and want to upgrade to the latest svn. How do I do this. Just a suggestion, if you can't figure out how to do this, then you shouldn't be doing it. Wait for the next

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Brad DerManouelian
Search the forums. Are we really talking about this again? On Dec 28, 2005, at 7:11 AM, Chris Picton wrote: Greg Estabrooks wrote: schedule, etc. It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all the mini recordings. You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Chris Picton wrote: Greg Estabrooks wrote: schedule, etc. It would be an absolute ballache to have to delete all the mini recordings. You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a configurable period of time( a day? ) Can you auto expire them after a second? My

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Piers Kittel
Aha. Fair enough. Thanks very much for your comment! Clears up a lot of things. Makes a lot of sense. Was away for the last 4 months so this being included confused me somewhat :) Cheers - Piers Michael T. Dean wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just did a bit of channel hopping last night

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Greg Estabrooks
You don't have to. Myth will auto expire them after I think a configurable period of time( a day? ) Can you auto expire them after a second? I don't think so. Can't remember the minimum off hand, either a minute or more likely a day. My machine is running short on space. I am always

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

2005-12-28 Thread Robert Anderson
On 12/28/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This torrent has been updated recently. The instructions on the page and the README file included in the torrent explain the installation and post-installation steps. But bassically yes, it is almost that easy. Certainly easier than the

[mythtv-users] DVB-T card recommendation

2005-12-28 Thread Adam Skinner
Ello all , Im thinking of adding a DVB-T card to my analog UK sky mythtv setup. Im also thinking of using the provider topuptv.com to give me extra channels. Im guessing I need to find a DVB-T card that has space for a viweing card / cam or whatever it is they use. Has anyone used such a piece

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

2005-12-28 Thread Robert Anderson
On 12/28/05, Robert Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/28/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This torrent has been updated recently. The instructions on the page and the README file included in the torrent explain the installation and post-installation steps. But bassically

[mythtv-users] This is close to an existing cut point - missing option

2005-12-28 Thread Jeff Simpson
I was recording a news broadcast for a friend and needed to crop out just the article she was looking for. I figured I should be able to use the cutpoint editing to do that without any problems.However - The myth editing program has an intelligent feature where it determines if the point you

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Hardware (video and audio card) questions, differences and features?

2005-12-28 Thread Chad
On 12/28/05, Johan Venter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chad wrote: Hello! I'm looking for an easy-to-use website that will explain the differences of the nvidia cards to me. MythTV says I need a Geforce 4 or better to do XvMC, but I've got an MX440 and it barely (nearly unusably) does

[mythtv-users] Re: mythgame not starting xmame properly ... so close ...

2005-12-28 Thread Gregg
I had to modify the xmamerc file and it worked fine after that. Mary,Try running the xmame cmdline by itself and you should see the problem. The cmdline is in your error message.rgds,andrewOn 12/27/05, Mary Strimel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, I compiled and installed the latest mythgame plugin

[mythtv-users] TV listings in Latinamerica

2005-12-28 Thread Julian Cerruti
Does anybody in the list is using mythTV in a latinamerican country, or knows somebody who does? If so, which source of TV listings are you/they using? I'd appreciate any information. Cheers, Julian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org

[mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Richard Bronosky
I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question. So I'm warming the thread. I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question. I did verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth LCD TV border

Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Andrew Close
On 12/28/05, Richard Bronosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question. So I'm warming the thread. I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question. I did verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a

Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead

2005-12-28 Thread David Rudder
As always, the answer is it depends. Generally, try ctrl-alt-F7 or alt-F7. If that doesn't work, try F8 instead, or F9. You can also try issuing the command chvt 7, chvt 8 or chvt 9. Richard Bronosky wrote: I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question. So I'm

[mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

2005-12-28 Thread Ray
I've been using Myth for years, first with a Matrox Marvel G200 and later with a generic bt878 card and now I'm planning to upgrade to a newer capture card. I'd like to be able to add a second capture device later and I only have 1 slot free (actually 2 but I'm planning on a better sound card for

Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

2005-12-28 Thread obscure information.
I'm not sure I follow ... do you mean what channel the cable box is transmitting on?On 12/28/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:John P. Mitchell wrote: obscure information. wrote: will it be possible for me to add a second PVR-150 connected to an identical CFT2254 and have them change

Re: [mythtv-users] How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Richard Bronosky
I tried that, but I didn't get any result. In addition I also tried Ctrl+Alt+(F[2-6]) and did not get new terminals with a login prompt as I had expected. Ideas? Can anyone confirm conflicting or congruent results? Andrew Close wrote: On 12/28/05, Richard Bronosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

2005-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Ray wrote: I've been using Myth for years, first with a Matrox Marvel G200 and later with a generic bt878 card and now I'm planning to upgrade to a newer capture card. I'd like to be able to add a second capture device later and I only have 1 slot free (actually 2 but I'm planning on a better

[mythtv-users] need help generating/finding lircd.conf for motorola dsr205/315

2005-12-28 Thread Kevin Venkiteswaran
I need help generating (or finding an existing) lircd.conf for a Motorola DSR205 or DSR315 with a codeset other than 000. Now for some background: I have multiple Motorola satellite receivers (provided by Starchoice in Ontario, Canada) that are hooked up to multiple Hauppauge PVR-150's. I'm

Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

2005-12-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
obscure information. wrote: On 12/28/05, *Michael T. Dean* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John P. Mitchell wrote: obscure information. wrote: will it be possible for me to add a second PVR-150 connected to an identical CFT2254 and have them

[mythtv-users] Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

2005-12-28 Thread CTD
Hello there, Curious if anyone had reprogrammed a JP1 capable remote, such as the One For All URC-6131n, to provide for more keys than is on the original Microsoft Remote. Using remote code 0522, I can easily get all the original xbox buttons duplicated, but I hoped for more functionality.

[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

2005-12-28 Thread Boleslaw Ciesielski
CTD wrote: I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the following error: #xbox:~# irrecord test #irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc #Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([EMAIL PROTECTED]) #irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd

Re: [mythtv-users] Eh - unrequested recording of live TV?!

2005-12-28 Thread Steve Adeff
On Wednesday 28 December 2005 09:44, Chris Picton wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Piers Kittel wrote: Just did a bit of channel hopping last night and just now checked out Recorded Programs on MythWeb and found that the backend recorded every channel hop I made, something like 30 enteries

Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

2005-12-28 Thread Abre Chase
I can't speak for the PVR-500. But, I just traded out my Plextor for a PVR-150. The MPEG4 format was more trouble than it was worth for me. I could not get it to play on the xbmcmythtv front end - even with the patched mplayer. I also had some performance problems on my machine because its

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

2005-12-28 Thread CTD
I thought that might be the case, so I killed the lircd pid. After that I attempted to run irrecord test again, but the same error msg was returned. Thanks Mike Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote: CTD wrote: I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the following error:

[mythtv-users] Quick question about TV logos

2005-12-28 Thread Michael Fox
Hi, I modified my channel settings so that I had a logo for each channel. These gets displayed during the looking at EPG and also when changing channels (they display), including when I hit the info button. The problem I am faced with currently is the only frontend to honour this is the frontend

Re: [mythtv-users] lighttpd and mythweb?

2005-12-28 Thread Chris Petersen
In order to get htaccess files read, I installed htscanner. I don't know if it's working properly or not... but I don't get the db env variable error anymore. In fact, I don't get anything but a white screen when the page has loaded. you need something equivalent to apache's mod_env and

Re: [mythtv-users] Quick question about TV logos

2005-12-28 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Michael Fox wrote: Hi, I modified my channel settings so that I had a logo for each channel. These gets displayed during the looking at EPG and also when changing channels (they display), including when I hit the info button. The problem I am faced with currently is the only frontend to

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

2005-12-28 Thread R. Geoffrey Newbury
The documentation on the lirc site is not as crystal clear as it could be or should be. 1) Your module has to match the IR receiving hardware. In my case I use the lirc_imon module. The remote is handled later on. The module name is not the remote name. 2) You need to compile using the

Re: [mythtv-users] Quick question about TV logos

2005-12-28 Thread Michael Fox
On 12/29/05, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The path to the logos is stored in the database in the table for the channels (IIRC). This path needs to be present on all frontends. I have accomplished this by placing the icons in a subfolder of my media share that I mount on each of my

Re: [mythtv-users] This is close to an existing cut point - missing option

2005-12-28 Thread Wendy Seltzer
On 12/28/05, Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I wanted to do was place a cutpoint here anyway since the video I was cropping to was only 5-10 seconds long for parts. Does that option make sense to add? I'd like to see that option too. If no one else picks it up, I'll take a look at the

[mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

2005-12-28 Thread Ryan Steffes
Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it? I'm getting 500 internal service error. I tried to log into labs.zap2it.com to see if I accidentally let my subscription lapse, and I'm getting page not found after entering my log in info. Someone had mentioned in November they had to rebuild myth

Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

2005-12-28 Thread MagicITX
I'm seeing the same thing. I would say the site is screwed up. Other pages give Oracle errors.On 12/28/05, Ryan Steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it? I'm getting 500 internal service error. I tried to log into labs.zap2it.com to see if I accidentally let my

Re: [mythtv-users] Pvr-500 or Plextor ConvertX, reliability.

2005-12-28 Thread Cymen Vig
On 12/28/05, Abre Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't speak for the PVR-500. But, I just traded out my Plextor for a PVR-150. The MPEG4 format was more trouble than it was worth for me. I could not get it to play on the xbmcmythtv front end - even with the patched mplayer. I also had

Re: [mythtv-users] Program Guide is blank

2005-12-28 Thread Joshua Frank
Try mythtv -c mythfilldatabase --quiet If that doesn't work you need to run mythtv-setup and check your channel settings to make sure that zap2it is setup right. Check the docs on mythtv.com and search for zap2it you'll get a lot more detail there.On 12/27/05, David R Robison [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[mythtv-users] HDTV With Motion Not Smooth

2005-12-28 Thread Michael Haan
Here's the deal - I can't seem to get HD playbook to look quite right when there is significant motion. I'm running FC4 via Jarod's guide from about a month ago. Nvidia 6600GT with an AMD64 3800+ and 1T raid 5 sata drives. When I playback HDTV w/o xvmc, cpu is about 50-60 %, about 20% with. I've

Re: [mythtv-users] Dual PVR-150's controlling 2 identical cable boxes

2005-12-28 Thread Joshua Frank
This will work fine. You will need to make two copies of your Channel change script. I have changechannel and changechannel2 and in the script specify which port they control eg. /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1. The myth tv setup program already allows for specifying a separate program to control channel

[mythtv-users] Help needed on oldrecordings table...

2005-12-28 Thread Kim B. Nielsen
Hi... By accident I overlooked an drop table clause when I wanted to reload some database info. Unfortunally, at the same time, I was trying to load data in from a previous version, so now I have a table with a missing row, according to mythbackend log. Any chance that I can get one to log

[mythtv-users] Help needed on oldrecordings table...

2005-12-28 Thread Kim B. Nielsen
Hi... By accident I overlooked an drop table clause when I wanted to reload some database info. Unfortunally, at the same time, I was trying to load data in from a previous version, so now I have a table with a missing row, according to mythbackend log. Any chance that I can get one to log

[mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Roland Roberts
First of all, I'm a newbie with mythtv. I've got it running for the purposes of watching TV, but I haven't tried to record anything yet. I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from datadirect. But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly into the cable *without* the set-top

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV With Motion Not Smooth

2005-12-28 Thread Michael Haan
On 12/28/05, Cymen Vig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/28/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the deal - I can't seem to get HD playbook to look quite right when there is significant motion.I'm running FC4 via Jarod's guide from about a month ago.Nvidia 6600GT with an AMD64 3800+ and

[mythtv-users] Re: Help needed on oldrecordings table...

2005-12-28 Thread Boleslaw Ciesielski
Kim B. Nielsen wrote: Any chance that I can get one to log into their sql server and make an 'describe oldrecorded'? Or better yet, point me to the sql expression that creates the table, because i can't seem to find it... The version of myth is 0.18.1 CREATE TABLE `oldrecorded` (

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Help needed on oldrecordings table...

2005-12-28 Thread Kim B. Nielsen
Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote: Kim B. Nielsen wrote: Any chance that I can get one to log into their sql server and make an 'describe oldrecorded'? Or better yet, point me to the sql expression that creates the table, because i can't seem to find it... The version of myth is 0.18.1 CREATE

Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

2005-12-28 Thread Ryan Steffes
On 12/28/05, MagicITX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm seeing the same thing. I would say the site is screwed up. Other pages give Oracle errors.On 12/28/05, Ryan Steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it? I'm getting 500 internal service error. I tried to log into

[mythtv-users] Re:How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Alexander Petkov
Here's how to use the keyboard for control of the mouse pointer: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-19.html ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Serious concerns about LiveTV Ringbuffer changes - a Q for develo pers

2005-12-28 Thread Buechler, Mark R
I have a question concerning the recent changes in LiveTV around the Ringbuffer. I'm very concerned that without significant hardware changes on my part I'll not be able to ever upgrade to the newer MythTV versions. This is based on what I've seen of the changes so far. Let me explain.

Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box

2005-12-28 Thread Jason Weinstein
What about getting a HDTV hardware-based encoder that can take component in?You could then go from the cable box via component to the encoder in the computer and have DVI or component going from the computer to your TV. Use LIRC and a IR-blaster to control your cable box. I, personally am

Re: [mythtv-users] Recording HD content from a Comcast/Dish/DTV box

2005-12-28 Thread Chris Ribe
On 12/28/05, Jason Weinstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about getting a HDTV hardware-based encoder that can take component in? There just aren't any commercially available. You could then go from the cable box via component to the encoder in the computer and have DVI or component going from

Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it problems

2005-12-28 Thread MagicITX
On 12/29/05, Ryan Steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/28/05, MagicITX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm seeing the same thing. I would say the site is screwed up. Other pages give Oracle errors.On 12/28/05, Ryan Steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Is anyone else having problems with Zap2it? I'm

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Chris Ribe
When you set up you Zap2It lineup, there is a screen that gives you the option to select/deselect individual channels in your lineup. It sounds like you need 2 separate lineups defined, one for digital cable and one for analog cable. Define the two lineups at Zap2It, then run mythtvsetup and

Re: [mythtv-users] Re:How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
Alexander Petkov wrote: Here's how to use the keyboard for control of the mouse pointer: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-19.html Ratpoison is a window manager that is designed to not need the mouse ( hence ratpoison ) Here is a repost of a message I sent some time ago.

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Roland Roberts
Chris == Chris Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chris On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from datadirect. But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly into the cable *without* the set-top box. This

Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

2005-12-28 Thread Dave Hofstra
I did this! I dont have the xbox hooked up anymore, but here are some of the files I had left from the project I think I compared efc codes from keymaster with the lircd.conf, and could pretty easily figure out the correct hex code-- lircd.conf code for each additional key I wanted...

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Roland Roberts
me == Roland Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: me My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside their me set-top box. Since I split the signal *before* the set-top box, I only ^ By this, I mean I am feeding it into

[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

2005-12-28 Thread Dave Hofstra
sorry, 1 more file, this is the spreadsheet I used to figure it out.. I really wish I would learn to write more comments, but maybe it'll make sense to you now that you are into it. On 12/28/05, Dave Hofstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did this! I dont have the xbox hooked up anymore, but

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Chris Ribe
I was thinking that you would use your cable box for one of the inputs and feed the cable directly into the other. Anyhow, you seem to be downloading the wrong channel lineup. The solution is to download the correct channel lineup. On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: me ==

[mythtv-users] Re: Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Boleslaw Ciesielski
Roland Roberts wrote: My local cable provider apparently remaps the channels inside their set-top box. Since I split the signal *before* the set-top box, I only see the unencrypted channels. If you do this, make sure that you use the analog cable lineup from zap2it, not the digital cable

[mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Yeechang Lee
Buechler, Mark R [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the world [...] Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to vew HD content from my DVB card while streaming it to the raid5 array it can't really handle it too well - whereas

Re: [mythtv-users] Glitches in firewire capture from DCT-6200

2005-12-28 Thread Alex Brekken
I'm using the analog output (composite jack) on my soundcard to go straight into my stereo receiver. My master backend/frontend machine is an AMD Sempron 2300. Here's the output from mplayer:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# mplayer -vo xv 1005_20051218123000_2005121813 .nuvMPlayer 1.0pre7-3.4.3 (C)

[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26 Backend problems

2005-12-28 Thread Kichigai Mentat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello. I'm running a KnoppMyth back-end that's got version R5A26. However, I've discovered that it's got more than a couple unfortunate flaws that hinder (IE completely prevent) working with a front-end. I've been searching the internets and

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Greg Oliver
What mount option are you passing to the nfs share.. SMB versus nfs and smb being faster is impossible IMO. On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 18:31 -0800, Yeechang Lee wrote: Buechler, Mark R [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the world [...]

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot Change to Some Channels

2005-12-28 Thread Tyler Bartel
I did some further searching and found that everything in the channels table seems alright but I am still unable to select any channel higher than 123, if I select one from the program grid (they do all show up in the grid) the the channel reverts to the one it was on previously or if I

[mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Mike Frisch
On 28-Dec-05, at 10:16 PM, Greg Oliver wrote: What mount option are you passing to the nfs share.. SMB versus nfs and smb being faster is impossible IMO. Agreed. At least the following NFS mount options should be used if not already: mount -o rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nfsvers=3,tcp

Re: [mythtv-users] This is close to an existing cut point - missing option

2005-12-28 Thread Wendy Seltzer
Try this patch (against svn 8386). The OSD popup seems only to allow four items (at least without digging deeper into the theme files), but since you can use ESC to cancel, it doesn't seem much of a loss to do away with the Cancel button from the close to an existing cutpoint popup. (Since

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Roland Roberts
Chris == Chris Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chris I was thinking that you would use your cable box for one of Chris the inputs and feed the cable directly into the other. I could do that, but I don't have a ir blaster (yet anyway). Chris Anyhow, you seem to be downloading the

Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26 Backend problems

2005-12-28 Thread Cecil Watson
Kichigai Mentat wrote: Hello. I'm running a KnoppMyth back-end that's got version R5A26. However, I've discovered that it's got more than a couple unfortunate flaws that hinder (IE completely prevent) working with a front-end. http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7066 I'd suggest

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Jonathan Tidmore
On 12/28/05, Mike Frisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The tcp option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the time tobenchmark between TCP and UDP.For gigabit ethernet, the nfs people recommend TCP.From the man page for nfs (5): WARNINGS Using NFS over UDP on high-speed links such as Gigabit can

Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question. So I'm warming the thread. I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question. I did verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth LCD TV

[mythtv-users] mythcommflag not finding anything

2005-12-28 Thread Sasha Z
Big long output from mythcommflag... notice it's not finding anything. It also sits there consuming about 100% CPU during the time immediately after it rejects the edge width and goes to 7. I admit to using SVN, but I think the problem is far more likely on my end, as I've been overhauling

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Greg Oliver
Jumbo frames are your friend On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 21:29 -0800, Jonathan Tidmore wrote: On 12/28/05, Mike Frisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The tcp option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the time to benchmark between TCP and UDP. For gigabit

Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26 Backend problems

2005-12-28 Thread Kichigai Mentat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 28, 2005, at 23.08, Cecil Watson wrote: Kichigai Mentat wrote: Hello. I'm running a KnoppMyth back-end that's got version R5A26. However, I've discovered that it's got more than a couple unfortunate flaws that hinder (IE completely prevent)

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Ryan Steffes
On 12/29/05, Greg Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jumbo frames are your friendOn Wed, 2005-12-28 at 21:29 -0800, Jonathan Tidmore wrote: On 12/28/05, Mike Frisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The tcp option may not be necessary but I haven't taken the time to benchmark between TCP and UDP. For gigabit

[mythtv-users] Frontend Mystery Crash (glibc detected ...)

2005-12-28 Thread zoiks2004-ivtv
I have the following in mythfrontend's log file, which are the last lines before the frontend just up and crashes (leaving the window manager still functioning sans mythfrontend): 2005-12-28 21:03:06.177 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-12-28 21:03:06.178 Realtime priority would

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Jonathan Tidmore
On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris == Chris Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Chris On 12/28/05, Roland Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using mythfilldatabase to populate the database from datadirect.But right now, I've got my PVR-500 plugged directly into the cable

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Yeechang Lee
Greg Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: What mount option are you passing to the nfs share.. I've been using the nfsvers=3, tcp, and 32K read/write buffers options someone else mentioned in my home network NFS setup since long before taking up MythTV. Believe me, I'd still much rather use NFS--I'm a

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Brandon Stoll
On 12/28/05, Yeechang Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buechler, Mark R [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: My recordings directory is a raid5 set which isn't the fastest in the world [...] Another thing I'm considering is HD. If I attempt to vew HD content from my DVB card while streaming it to the

Re: [mythtv-users] Struggling with Xwindows DVI to HDTV 1080i

2005-12-28 Thread Len Reed
Steve Adeff wrote: On Tuesday 27 December 2005 18:38, Len Reed wrote: I've got an nvidia 6200 with DVI out connected to my Mitsubishi HDTV (DVIS to HDMI cable). The TV does 720p and 1080i on HDMI: it's worked from both the cable box and from a DVD player that does upscaling. I can get the TV

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Yeechang Lee
Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] says: Something odd going on there, I have an almost identical setup for my master backend, and NFS works great at handling multiple HDTV streams (both my HD capture devices are in slave backends that write to the master via NFS), along with the occasional SD

[mythtv-users] hd-3000 and pvr-500 together

2005-12-28 Thread Mike
Is it possible to run this together on 0.18.1 -pvr-500 basic NTSC analog cable -hd-3000 OTA HDTV I've gone through and compiled up a new kernel, can cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 and get HDTV from an antenna. But I can't get my already working NTSC setup running with the HD channels. I already

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Brad DerManouelian
On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote: To make a long story short, my 2.8TB JFS-on-LVM2-on-software RAID 5 array has certain mysterious performance bottlenecks that result in 7.5-10MB/s local write speeds, despite eight spindles and two 3Ware 7506 controller cards in JBOD mode and on

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba 3 better than NFS 3 for recording over Ethernet

2005-12-28 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Wednesday 28 December 2005 22:37, Brad DerManouelian wrote: On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote: To make a long story short, my 2.8TB JFS-on-LVM2-on-software RAID 5 array has certain mysterious performance bottlenecks that result in 7.5-10MB/s local write speeds, despite

Re: [mythtv-users] Remapping channels

2005-12-28 Thread Roland Roberts
J == Jonathan Tidmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: J Yeah, cable into a set-top box decrypts the digital cable so your J TV can view it. If you don't use the set-top box, then only J analog channels are available. Every major cable company has J different channel layouts for

[mythtv-users] Standalone VFD/LCD recommendations?

2005-12-28 Thread Yeechang Lee
I'm looking for recommendations on an add-on VFD or LCD display for my MythTV box. Most of the relevant threads I've looked at deal with cases with built-in displays, unfortunately. My criteria: * Fits into a 5.25 drive bay. * Readable 8' away in the dark. * As many lines and columns as is

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