[mythtv-users] DVB-C StarHub compatible Conditional Access Module (CAM)

2006-01-30 Thread Bob
Hi, I’ve just moved to Singapore (hence my 5 week absence from the list) and I’m probably going to get cable, is there a DVB-C card that supports a CAM for StarHub digital cable? If there isn’t, should I get analogue cable and a PVR 150 or a digital cable box, a PVR 150 and try to get an IR blaste

Re: [mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv

2006-01-22 Thread Bob
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Wood Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:31 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv On Jan 21, 2006, at 1:51 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Bob wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone who rep

Re: [mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv

2006-01-20 Thread Bob
htv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Nick wrote: > On 18/01/06, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have searched the archives and googled this topic to no avail. >> >> >> >> When I select "Watch

Re: [mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv

2006-01-18 Thread Bob
). --BobG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Daniels Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:58 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv - Original Message - From: Bob To

[mythtv-users] New Install - Hang on entering live tv

2006-01-18 Thread Bob
I have searched the archives and googled this topic to no avail.   When I select “Watch Live TV” from the main menu… * the screen goes blank * sometimes I hear a brief time of audio then it stops * X consumes 98% of cpu * the keyboard / mouse is unresponsive * both backend and front

Re: [mythtv-users] 2006-01-06 12:00:29.570 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.

2006-01-06 Thread Bob Cottingham
ed docs at mythtv.org regarding realtime priority as many distros do not support this method any more. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

2005-12-21 Thread Bob Coffman Jr.
> >I think the PVR 500 is a fine choice, I have a similar setup (DirecTV/2 > >tuners/2 PVR 250s). >One receiver? Two receivers. I have one connected to a serial cable (the old 9 pin UART deal) and one attached to a USB port using a cable I refer to as "Frankencable." Controlled by means of a c

RE: [mythtv-users] new myth hardware

2005-12-20 Thread Bob Coffman Jr.
>- I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a dual tuner card that is well supported by MythTV and has a hardware encoder/decoder. I am considering the PVR 500. Do you have comments/suggestions? I think the PVR 500 is a fine choice, I have a similar setup (DirecTV/2 tuners/2 PVR 2

Re: [mythtv-users] Program Finder- Idea for improvement

2005-12-19 Thread Bob Wiegand
te doesn't have a page down. I also find the Program Finder very slow to use. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cardswith opensourcedrivers question

2005-12-15 Thread Bob
Raphael Pooser wrote: Bob wrote: Chad wrote: 8< snip want S3 graphics card with open source drivers but can't find them except on VIA motherboards but would rather not buy a new MB. As for 'not wanting to get a new motherboard' I wouldn't worry too much (depending o

Re: [mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cards with opensourcedrivers question

2005-12-08 Thread Bob
Chad wrote: 8< snip want S3 graphics card with open source drivers but can't find them except on VIA motherboards but would rather not buy a new MB. As for 'not wanting to get a new motherboard' I wouldn't worry too much (depending on why you are concerned ;) ). I have found a couple of outl

Re: [mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cards with open sourcedrivers question

2005-12-08 Thread Bob
Todd Ignasiak wrote: I looked into these a while back, and I was unable to find any standalone video cards available for purchase. With the video processing capabilities they have, the S3 products would make ideal HTPC video cards. As you mentioned, the Unichrome is available integrated into

Re: [mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cards with open sourcedrivers question

2005-12-07 Thread Bob
Bob wrote: Most people round here like Nvidia GPUs as the drivers (though closed) work and they support XvMC (as long as you're not 64 bit yet), I gather some of the older (R250) Radion chips work as well and have open source drivers, as does one of the old Matrox cards, but for peopl

[mythtv-users] alternative GPU - graphics cards with open source drivers question

2005-12-06 Thread Bob
Most people round here like Nvidia GPUs as the drivers (though closed) work and they support XvMC (as long as you're not 64 bit yet), I gather some of the older (R250) Radion chips work as well and have open source drivers, as does one of the old Matrox cards, but for people who which to vote w

Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-02 Thread Bob
Richard Bronosky wrote: Bob wrote: Jeff Simpson wrote: 8< Snip need new quiet heat sync I've got two of these http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm on two Athlon XP 3200s and they're awesome, my frontend goes up to 54C under heavy

Re: [mythtv-users] Feature request / discussion - Record Button Behavior

2005-12-02 Thread Bob Cottingham
lows you to immediately get the rest of the recording that you were interested in while watching LiveTV, while allowing it to be re-recorded in full when it is on again, all without adding any additional questions during the process. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Silent Fan for Socket A (AthlonXP 3000)

2005-12-01 Thread Bob
Jeff Simpson wrote: I am upgrading the processor in my myth/desktop box from an AthlonXP 1600 to a 3000 (because it's the fastest processor my board can support and I was going to buy another 1600 for somebody else but opted to trade mine up and give them my old one instead). I need to get a

[mythtv-users] Remote encoder on status page gives incomplete information

2005-11-28 Thread Bob Cottingham
to correct this? Thanks, Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Graphics card recommendation

2005-11-23 Thread Bob
Mike Robinson wrote: Bryan Halter wrote: well I'd probably go with the fx 6xxx series for PCI-E. I'm very pleased with my AGP and PCI fx5200s and wouldn't dream of switching to ATI Would you recommend getting a PCI FX5200 and a motherboard with PCIe in case I want to upgrade in the future?

Re: [mythtv-users] Stop / Start Athcool just Befor / After a Recording

2005-11-23 Thread Bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:33:22 -0500From: Erik Karlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you could just hijack the channel change "script" functionality andcreate a user job when the recording completes. The problem ofback-to-back recordings is still possible. maybe some clever fil

Re: [mythtv-users] Stop / Start Athcool just Befor / After a Recording

2005-11-23 Thread Bob
Erik Karlin wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 09:06:40AM +0800, Bob wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:08:29PM +0800, Bob wrote: Is there a way to run a script just before a recording starts and another after it ends, ideally this would be specific to a capture source

Re: [mythtv-users] Capturing 5.1 audio

2005-11-23 Thread Bob
Steve Adeff wrote: On Tuesday 22 November 2005 03:25, Bob wrote: What is your source? If it's analogue then chances are it doesn't have 5.1 sound anyway so there's not much point recording it, if it's digital then you're better off trying to cap the digital stream dire

Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A26

2005-11-22 Thread Bob
Cecil Watson wrote: My humble apologies for including a SVN version in R5A22. It was a mistake. This has been rectified alnog with a few other small fixes. http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6944 http://www.mysettopbox.tv/CHANGELOG.txt Regards, Cecil Top darts, I'll upgrade at th

Re: [mythtv-users] Stop / Start Athcool just Befor / After a Recording

2005-11-22 Thread Bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:08:29PM +0800, Bob wrote: Is there a way to run a script just before a recording starts and another after it ends, ideally this would be specific to a capture source as my next card (PVR 500) may not have this issue? I don't know h

Re: [mythtv-users] Capturing 5.1 audio

2005-11-22 Thread Bob
Steve Adeff wrote: On Tuesday 15 November 2005 03:09, Bob wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: snip how much CPU would it take to capture and encode video from a non-PVR capture card so that it can be muxed with the audio from a soundcard? I ask because I happen to have an older WinTV card laying

[mythtv-users] Using nvclock to Slow / Cool my GPU when idle and speed up for playback

2005-11-22 Thread Bob
I underclock my Geforce 2 from 200 to 50MHz, this is fine for MPEG 4 playback and cools the passive heat-sync on the card from ouch thats too hot to touch for prolonged periods (about 60C) to mildly warm to the touch (about 40C). As far as I know, with my GPU, XvMC doesn't help with MPEG4 anywa

[mythtv-users] Stop / Start Athcool just Befor / After a Recording

2005-11-22 Thread Bob
First off, apologies to anyone who follows the KnoppMyth Forum as I raised some of these points over there last week, in this forum I'll split separate questions into separate posts. http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6923 I'd like to run Athcool but it results in fuzzy, distorted and

Re: [mythtv-users] Capturing 5.1 audio

2005-11-15 Thread Bob
Steve Adeff wrote: On Saturday 12 November 2005 23:41, Michael T. Dean wrote: On 11/12/05 19:55, Nathan Allen Stratton wrote: On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, Michael T. Dean wrote: Nope. ATSC (US high-definition TV) is broadcast already encoded using the MPEG-2 system. The audio is encoded in an AC-3

[mythtv-users] Audio query (fwd)

2005-11-13 Thread Bob Purdon
Hi guys, I've just installed the latest KnoppMyth installation on a machine here. All work well, except for the audio :-( Audio generally works on the machine - I can play MP3's, and AVI files play just fine. The problem is audio from the TV capture card. I have free to air plugged into

Re: [mythtv-users] Laptop Harddrive speed, capacity

2005-11-10 Thread Bob
Steve Adeff wrote: On Thursday 10 November 2005 10:08, Brandon Sherman wrote: Hullo, In my continuing plot to create a MythTV box out of an old laptop, I am now eyeing the hard drive. It is a standard 2.5" drive of unknown speed (I'd guess 5400, no more) and 40GB of space. I'm looking at one

Re: [mythtv-users] TV out card for frontend

2005-11-10 Thread Bob
Bob wrote: Devan Lippman wrote: Shopping for a new tv-out for my frontend and came across this at a very reasonable price: JATON Geforce4 MX440 Video-198PCI-64TV Video Card I was thinking about it though and this probably will not do any hardware decoding for video? It does however have a

Re: [mythtv-users] TV out card for frontend

2005-11-10 Thread Bob
Devan Lippman wrote: Shopping for a new tv-out for my frontend and came across this at a very reasonable price: JATON Geforce4 MX440 Video-198PCI-64TV Video Card I was thinking about it though and this probably will not do any hardware decoding for video? It does however have a PCI interface wi

[mythtv-users] ac-tex damaged and MVs not available found during commerical flagging

2005-11-09 Thread Bob Cottingham
play fine, however. I'm recording with two PVR-250s using ivtv-0.4.0 with the recommended firmware on Ubuntu Breezy and I'm not transcoding the files.  Can anyone tell me what these comments mean and how to go about fixing them?  Thanks,Bob C _

Re: [mythtv-users] Strange PVR-350 TV-out issue

2005-11-09 Thread Bob Wiegand
deep blue, red, and green. Seems a couple restarts usually makes it go away for a while. I really have no idea what to look for. Any pointers on what to diagnose? -David I haven't heard of any other 350 users with issues like this. My guess would b

Re: [mythtv-users] Use of Macintosh G4 as MythTV box

2005-10-20 Thread Bob
Greg Vickers wrote: Bob wrote: If you use hardware encoding capture cards (DVB-T does this, and analogue capture cards like the PVR-250) you don't need a lot of CPU for the capture of the video. I believe the DVB cards actually don't do any encoding but neither do they do an

Re: [mythtv-users] Use of Macintosh G4 as MythTV box

2005-10-18 Thread Bob
Nick Tan wrote: 8< snip Oz DVB Foxtel stuff So, given the dual CPU available to me right now, should I proceed with the purchase of a capture card, or am I waving the proverbial in the wind? snip If you use hardware encoding capture cards (DVB-T does this, and analogue capture cards like

Re: [mythtv-users] Capturing legacy VHS tapes

2005-10-18 Thread Bob
Manuel Lemos wrote: on 10/19/2005 01:14 AM Bob said the following: At last I managed to make Plextor ConvertX M402U to work under SuSE Linux 9.3 and MythTV to see the input video. Conga rats 8< snip 8< I bought this capture device, not to record scheduled shows, but rather to c

Re: [mythtv-users] Capturing legacy VHS tapes

2005-10-18 Thread Bob
Manuel Lemos wrote: Hello, At last I managed to make Plextor ConvertX M402U to work under SuSE Linux 9.3 and MythTV to see the input video. Conga rats I bought this capture device, not to record scheduled shows, but rather to convert legacy VHS tape recordings to DVD. I thought the Conver

Re: [mythtv-users] Remote frontend hangs when left idle in selectrecording

2005-10-18 Thread Bob
jgmtfia Mr wrote: I am running a remote frontend in a window. When I let a remote frontend sit idle for a long time on the "Select a recording to watch" screen, the frontend hangs. I come back to a back window and no keypresses can bring it back. What can I do to assist in finding out what

Re: [mythtv-users] Changing channel delay theory

2005-10-15 Thread Bob Wiegand
m when you tried to pause, fast forward or rewind. There would be a delay waiting for the decoder and the time would skip backwards a few seconds. Putting the delay at startup avoids a discontinuity during playback and it was also probably easier to implement. -- Re

RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Xbox, again

2005-10-13 Thread Bob Ham
You tried to compile from source, and got some errors.  Did you try and resolve the errors?  The steps for compiling from source are as follows:   1.   Unpack source 2.   Read compilation instructions 3.   Follow compilation instructions 4.   Fix errors   Bob

Re: [mythtv-users] dumb low power backend... questions on proposedsetup

2005-10-11 Thread Bob
David wrote: Bob wrote: Have you considered a low power, always on master backend with no tuner - DVB cards in it, just a load of hard drives, Aren't the hard drives the biggest power consumers? Not THE biggest, usually 2nd or 3rd (depending on your other components) and that's

Re: [mythtv-users] minimum memory on backend?

2005-10-10 Thread Bob
E Norm One wrote: Normally i run 512Mb i one of my SBE (pvr 250 & pvr 350), but as an experiment i've put in 256Mb and after a week my 'top' status looks like this: Tasks: 59 total, 2 running, 57 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 4.3% us, 4.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 88.8% id, 0.0% wa,

Re: [mythtv-users] dumb low power backend... questions on proposed setup

2005-10-10 Thread Bob
Andrew Wilson wrote: I'm considering rearranging my setup as follows, and I need some advice. 8< 8< Snip questions I don't know the answer to. - If this is not possible, How quick / how reliable is Wake-On-LAN? it's reliable, the speed is the same as the unattended boot time of your PC -

Re: [mythtv-users] Help - autoexpire not working

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Cottingham
asn't able to delete enough shows in time.  I sent an email yesterday to the list but didn't receive any replies. Nice to know it's affecting someone else as well.   Bob C  ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Errors in encoding detected during commercial flagging

2005-10-05 Thread Bob Cottingham
x27; error. I would appreciate any help in resolving these issues. Thanks, Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Auto Expire not finding files with latest svn

2005-10-05 Thread Bob Cottingham
file that was showing up in the error previously, I deleted the file hoping it was an issue with that show, however it simply had the problem with the next one. Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bob ___ mythtv-users ma

Re: [mythtv-users] Tuner numbers - 1 & 3 (no 2)?

2005-10-01 Thread Bob Wiegand
ry "webmin". It givs you a GUI to edit the database tables. It's a pretty usefull program for lots of other stuff as well. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Program Guide time is 4 hours OFF

2005-09-30 Thread Bob Wiegand
Folashade Adeyosoye wrote: Even thou I have set this up in the mythtv-setup General --> Next --> Next ==> Time offset for XMLTV Listing == Auto It still seems to be 4 hours off, what can I do to get this lined up. Is the Linux clock set correctly? Check the time zone setting.

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&#

[mythtv-users] Motorola HD DVR, Firewire, OS X

2005-09-24 Thread Bob Lee
I noticed MythTV now has support for the Motorola HD DVR. Can I run a complete setup that records video using the DVR on a Mac Mini yet? The Motorola UI really sucks. Thanks, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org

[mythtv-users] Re: DVB-S channel scan problem with 18.1, Astra 19.2, skystar2 - SOLVED

2005-09-20 Thread Bob Honzik
n the other hand, it's for free :) Thanks everybody helping me in this thread!!! Cheers Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: DVB-S channel scan problem with 18.1, Astra 19.2, skystar2

2005-09-20 Thread Bob Honzik
as well? The channel table contains only service IDs. Don't you know where are the video, audio and videotext PIDs saved? But I will see it from your db dump... Thank you! Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.or

[mythtv-users] Re: DVB-S channel scan problem with 18.1, Astra 19.2, skystar2

2005-09-20 Thread Bob Honzik
on. I will further investigate it. Start thebackend with a higher verbose level I will. Thanks a lot for hints. Bob   ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] New AIr2PC (HD5000) card install problems

2005-09-20 Thread Bob Hudson
I am trying to get this new Airstar HD5000 card installed unsuccessfully. Can anyone help me with this? I realize this is a new card, only received it yesterday. What do I need to do ? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Hondo System FC4 2.6.12.1447smp kernel DMESG Output b2c2-flexcop:

[mythtv-users] Re: DVB-S channel scan problem with 18.1, Astra 19.2, skystar2

2005-09-19 Thread Bob Honzik
:Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). 2005-09-19 23:51:30.834 Changing from None to None 2005-09-19 23:51:31.018 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read(). Anyway I am glad to hear that the scanning was working with skystar card (btw. do you have skystar2 or skystar1 cards?). I was

[mythtv-users] DVB-S channel scan problem with 18.1, Astra 19.2, skystar2

2005-09-17 Thread Bob Honzik
e are some switches that affect the file format... 3) Could somebody provide me with the current mythconverg database dump of the Astra 19.2E? 4) Is there any older version of mythtv able to scan channels with the skystar2 DVB-S card? Thanks! Bob ___ mythtv-

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

2005-09-13 Thread Bob
Michael T. Dean wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Bob wrote: Snip A/V sync issues The best way is to call your cable company and tell them to fix the problem. How much are you paying for that garbage from your government-sponsored local monopoly, anyway? Other than that, you could always

Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend fails silenty

2005-09-13 Thread Bob Weber
On Sunday 11 September 2005 12:07 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Do a `which mythbackend` and then make sure the DAEMON variable in > /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend is pointing to the right location. If DAEMON > is incorrect then the script fails silently. Running myth manually > would still work b

[mythtv-users] mythbackend fails silenty

2005-09-10 Thread Bob Weber
might be dying, or at least how I can see why? Thanks. - Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Problem with M179

2005-09-10 Thread Bob Weber
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/video

Re: [mythtv-users] Noob Problem with M179

2005-09-10 Thread Bob Weber
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] One channel has bad audio synchronisation.

2005-09-08 Thread Bob
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 wondering) it's d

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-09-08 Thread Bob Weber
This is an old thread, but I finally got the AverMedia card working and wanted to post what I did to hopefully save someone else the problem. The issue was that while ivtv correctly detected my video card as an m179, it wasn't able to detect the tuner. dmesg would show tuner 0-0060: tuner type

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

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

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

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

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

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

Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: Interesting linux tidbit

2005-09-06 Thread Bob
Dewey Smolka wrote: By the way, speaking of GPL, what constitutes "changes to pre-existing GPL software"? If a company uses a GPL software like Myth, then replaces various modules for a different applications (say security), is that considered "changes" or "new code"? The way I understan

Re: [mythtv-users] True IP-STB front end with MythWeb and MythstreamTV- Any one done this?

2005-09-05 Thread Bob
Dean Oliffe wrote: Hi, I have been playing with MythTv and think the product is great. Only issue that I can see is the frontend being locked to a PC (home theatre version etc). Has anyone looked at IP-STB's like the Amino A103, A110, A124 or IP-STB's from other manufacturers like DTVRO&T

Re: [mythtv-users] working without program listing

2005-09-05 Thread Bob
Ashish Naik wrote: Hi, I am in India and dont think XMLTV based listing is available. I am planning toi build PVR for recording and playing later to start with. Is it a must to have XMLTV based listing? Ashish www.tvxb.com has some listings for Indian channels, it's worth downloadin

Re: [mythtv-users] Advanced Recording Schedules

2005-09-01 Thread Bob
Bruce Markey wrote: Bob wrote: How can I restrict the "Find and record one showing of this title each day." Schedule option to only apply to one channel? Snip 8< Details on how to use Custom Record are at http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.8 . Thank y

[mythtv-users] Advanced Recording Schedules

2005-08-31 Thread Bob
How can I restrict the "Find and record one showing of this title each day." Schedule option to only apply to one channel? Example: I want to record the BBC world program "Asia Today" once a day, it's repeated about 3 or 4 times in the day and due the poor quality of the TV Listings I get (in t

[mythtv-users] MythstreamTV/VLC Memory Leak?

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Coffman Jr.
I've tried various combinations of ffmpeg and VLC, but I have the same problem. That leads me to believe its some dependency of one or the other. Whenever I'm streaming, the VLC process takes more and more RAM until the box grinds to a halt. Anyone have idea where to begin troubleshooting this

RE: [mythtv-users] Re:Installing Ratpoison (was: Which Window Manager?)

2005-08-25 Thread Bob Coffman Jr.
Phill, I'd like to see those if you don't mind. Thanks - Bob Coffman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phill Edwards Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:42 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Installing

Re: [mythtv-users] Configuring MythTV on Gentoo

2005-08-16 Thread Bob Weber
On Friday 12 August 2005 02:44 am, Jon Whitear wrote: > Andy Pflueger wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I've recently expressed an interest in attempting to install/configure > >MythTV on my Gentoo box here (which hosts > >http://www.pflueger-services.com/). Anyway, I'm having some problems > >with the mc.sql s

Re: [mythtv-users] Confusion with DVB channels

2005-08-16 Thread Bob Weber
On Tuesday 16 August 2005 12:31 pm, Dag Nygren wrote: > Hi again, > > Now when I have got most of my MythTV working > it is time to set up the channels as I want them. > > The question is: Is there a good guide on the database > structure concerning DVB channels? My installation has > been updated

Re: [mythtv-users] Gee, I THOUGHT I was a linux fan.

2005-08-15 Thread Bob Weber
Getting a clean mythtv install working is not trivial, usually. The biggest problem is usually the video cards. Be prepared to spend some time searching the archives, and wallk through the myth documentation. Also ... On Monday 15 August 2005 07:42 am, Richard Bronosky wrote: > Apparently, I've

RE: [mythtv-users] No audio on some channels

2005-08-13 Thread Bob K Mertz
I did try using the + key but it didn't seem to make any difference > I am having an issue with my new MythTV system. On certain channels I > do not get any audio from them. I assume this may be some type of > encoding but I am unsure of what to look for. Thanks for any advice. > + (push it)

[mythtv-users] No audio on some channels

2005-08-12 Thread Bob K Mertz
Hello, I am having an issue with my new MythTV system.  On certain channels I do not get any audio from them.  I assume this may be some type of encoding but I am unsure of what to look for.  Thanks for any advice.   -- Bob K Mertz

[mythtv-users] MythTV and SBLive (Echo Problems)

2005-08-08 Thread Bob K Mertz
any help anyone has.   -- Bob K Mertz   ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-20 Thread Bob Weber
On Tuesday 19 July 2005 02:28 pm, Walt Howd wrote: > Bob, > > The fix you really want is to try your default tuner.ko, replacing the > tuner.ko from ivtv. Just swap them out real quick, run depmod and give > it a try. > I had big hopes for this Walt, but alas, no change. My PVR2

Re: [mythtv-users] Database Migration

2005-07-19 Thread Bob Weber
On Tuesday 19 July 2005 07:30 am, Christian Hack wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Curtis > > > > So I'm running RedHat 9 w/ Myth 0.16. I'm building up a new > > Fedora Core 4 > > box with Myth 0.18. I'd like to rebuil

Re: [mythtv-users] Where can I find technical, devloper documentation for mythtv

2005-07-18 Thread Bob Weber
On Friday 15 July 2005 05:55 am, Donavan Stanley wrote: > On 7/14/05, Bob Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 14 July 2005 03:10 pm, Donavan Stanley wrote: > > > I had high hopes for the wiki when it started. But it pretty much > > > turn

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Weber
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 07:01 am, Ben Holt wrote: > I'm using ivtv-0.2.0-rc3i with firmware pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip > (MD5SUM d85cb08382395390dc95ac6ebc2205f9). Yes, that's a newer > version of the firmware than what is recommended, but it seems to work > well. > I'll have to get this version

Re: [mythtv-users] Getting database info to a new backend

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Weber
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 07:09 am, Bruce Markey wrote: > Bob Weber wrote: > > Hello. I'm building a new backend, and am trying to move my database to > > the new system so I don't end up rerecording my old shows. So I'm trying > > to follow the docs at mytht

Re: [mythtv-users] Where can I find technical, devloper documentation for mythtv

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Weber
On Thursday 14 July 2005 03:10 pm, Donavan Stanley wrote: > > For example, I'd like to figure out what are the databases that mythtv > > uses, and what's in them? Mysql is used to store a lot of info, but when > > trying to dump the info to move to a new system, I got nothing (I did get > > some he

Re: [mythtv-users] Getting database info to a new backend

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Weber
On Thursday 14 July 2005 01:56 pm, Robert Kulagowski wrote: > > Yeah, more recent versions of mysqldump (www.mysql.org) seem > > to want to put backticks around the table names. look at your > > backup file and see if they are "INSERT INTO `record` ". > > I've added a note to the HOWTO to address t

[mythtv-users] Medium DVD Rip quality not always available

2005-07-14 Thread Bob Cottingham
When ripping DVDs, I always have the option to rip at Perfect, Excellent or Good settings, however the Medium setting isn't always presented in the list. Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Thanks, Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list m

Re: [mythtv-users] A7N8X-VM Issue

2005-07-13 Thread Bob Weber
So, you don't have any window manager working, right? Here's my xorg.conf for an amd64 running gentoo and xfce4. I'm going to use it as a backend for mythtv, and haven't tried anything graphical with mythtv yet. - Bob On Monday 11 July 2005 09:46 pm, Eric wrote: > Hi! >

[mythtv-users] Where can I find technical, devloper documentation for mythtv

2005-07-13 Thread Bob Weber
ontend, or do they go onto the backend too? I'm sure I'll figure this out when I get there, but it'd be great if there were some details I could peruse to understand this better. I wish I could write this myself, but for now, it'd be great if people could poin

Re: [mythtv-users] New Install Recommendations

2005-07-13 Thread Bob Weber
I second gentoo, but with a caveat. Installing apps like mythtv and ivtv on gentoo is easy. The ebuild system is nice, once you figure out how to use it. But: 1. installing from source (which I always do) is slow. Easy, usually, and the binary should be optimized, but slow. 2. Maintenance is als

[mythtv-users] Getting database info to a new backend

2005-07-12 Thread Bob Weber
;> restore.sql The problem is, while I get a rather large mythtv_backup.sql file, the greps don't find anything. Has the layout of the database changed, or what am I missing? Tnx. - Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Fwd: Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-12 Thread Bob Weber
about the same price. That said, I will try to get this sucky card working since I'm stuck with it. So here's my latest thought (I can only muster up one at a time). Does the m179 use the same firmware as the hauppaugge? To anyone who has a working m179, what firmware are you using?

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-10 Thread Bob Weber
On Sunday 10 July 2005 04:49 am, Dennis Hand wrote: > >I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. > > I > > >tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same > >behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. > > > >I tested the m17

[mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-09 Thread Bob Weber
I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. I tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 card in my AMD

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-07 Thread Bob Weber
for the PVR250? I don't know how that would work. Maybe I'll need to move one of the cards to a frontend machine. But, first things first. Get the m179 working. Thanks again. - Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-06 Thread Bob Weber
Hello everyone. This must just be some silly operator error, because I see that people are happily using the m179. For some reason, when I use mplayer to watch video via the m179, I have a lot of static, but I can see that channel 60 (at least it's the comedy channel) is selected. Changing chann

Re: [mythtv-users] MythDora

2005-06-30 Thread Bob Cottingham
yr old daughter, I WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTED! Slightly disappointed to find out it was "just" a FC3 based distro of Myth. Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

RE: [mythtv-users] [slightly OT] Radio Shack 15-2116 remote control

2005-06-23 Thread Bob Coffman Jr.
Try reprogramming it. I had this happen in one mode, but it was working in another, so I reprogrammed it until it worked correctly. - Bob Coffman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Werpy Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:43 AM To

Re: [mythtv-users] Ubuntu lirc for the PVRs

2005-06-17 Thread Bob Cottingham
only problem with compiling lirc from source is the extremely long wait I had to endure to create all of the linux modules, which took roughly an hour I believe on my Athlon 2500+ and about two hours on my Duron 650Mhz. Bob C ___ mythtv-users mailing lis

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