Re: [mythtv-users] Scheduled wakeup acpi-alarm vs nvram-wakeup

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Trown
Petr Stehlik wrote: mike choy píše v Pá 30. 12. 2005 v 14:15 +: I wonder if its time to revisit ACPI for doing scheduled wakeups. This looks much more elegant to me, Mike, that's certainly a great idea as nvram-wakeup is not supported on my ASUS K8 motherboard at all! However, after

Re: [mythtv-users] hardware recommendations?

2005-12-19 Thread Chris Trown
Kichigai Mentat wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 18, 2005, at 16.00, Jeremiah Jester wrote: My goal in setting up a MythTv box is too capture true HD from my comcast digital recorder box and play back through my tv. My question is what video and sound cards would

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB#0 Error - Could not find dvb tuning parameters

2005-12-19 Thread Chris Trown
Steve Deal wrote: HD-3000 card running on SuSE 10 both frontend and backend on the same box. dmesg reports: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 ivtv_tveeprom: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.5 loaded intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured

Re: [mythtv-users] More HD stuttering

2005-12-02 Thread Chris Trown
Jean Connelly wrote: Regarding: The system is a 3.06 GHz P4 running Fedora Core 3. The video Card is a NVidia 5200FX. For capture, all I have is a HD3000. I've checked that DMA is working on all the drives. I built mythtv from stable source, 0.18.1. I used the

Re: [mythtv-users] Dish Network and MythTV

2005-11-30 Thread Chris Trown
Robert La Ferla wrote: Jeff Simpson wrote: It's not what you're looking to hear, but every other satellite and cable provider has better methods for interfacing with myth and/or tivo. I had no problems at all interfacing with serial to DirecTV and Comcast boxes. But DirecTV doesn't

Re: [mythtv-users] HD3000 FC# install guide

2005-11-28 Thread Chris Trown
Mitko Haralanov wrote: Hi, I have been looking for some instructions on installing the HD3000 on FC3 with Myth and I found a thread on the archive with the same subject as this one. In that thread, there is a link to a guide that seems pretty useful

Re: [mythtv-users] O.T. myth-tv + gentoo + wireless LAN info

2005-11-28 Thread Chris Trown
Rodney D. Myers wrote: I've purchased at myth-tv box from magicitx.com, and not in the position to run a LAN cable from the living room to the computer room [aka spare bedroom]. From what I gather from the reading, it runs gentoo. What pci and/or USB wifi network card(s) will work in, as a drop

Re: [mythtv-users] O.T. myth-tv + gentoo + wireless LAN info

2005-11-28 Thread Chris Trown
Phil Thompson wrote: On Monday 28 November 2005 10:52 pm, Chris Trown wrote: Rodney D. Myers wrote: I've purchased at myth-tv box from magicitx.com, and not in the position to run a LAN cable from the living room to the computer room [aka spare bedroom]. From what I gather from the reading

[mythtv-users] More HD stuttering

2005-11-23 Thread Chris Trown
And combing, for that matter. I posted yesterday asking some questions. I looked into the suggestions, but I don't think they apply. I didn't supply enough info. So, here we go. As much detail as I know. Hopefully, somebody can point me in the right direction. I'm a bit at

[mythtv-users] Real time threads and FC3

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Trown
I've been battling image problems with my install and thought that the problem was lack of priority for the mythfrontend in the kernel. Turns out that's not the problem, but I still would like to know. Has anyone managed to get realtime priority threads working with Fedora Core3?

Re: [mythtv-users] Real time threads and FC3

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Trown
, however... This is on a system running the latest updates and kernel for FC3, btw. Chris... On 11/22/05, *Chris Trown* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been battling image problems with my install and thought that the problem was lack of priority

Re: [mythtv-users] Opengl

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Trown
Drew Tomlinson wrote: On 11/22/2005 4:17 PM Michael T. Dean wrote: Raphael Pooser wrote: Rasmus B. Nielsen wrote: what is the problem when I try to use opengl in music-player or in the gallery my box freezes, and uses 100% of CPU. But I have installed opengl and it works (I have 250 FPS

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Need help diagnosing backend hardware failure

2005-11-18 Thread Chris Trown
Darren Richards wrote: Sorry for the OT post, but my wife will be missing Gilmore Girls today, so apparently this is an emergency. My backend machine decided to shut itself off sometime during the night last night. Strangely, the power light was still on, but the computer was off. I reset the

[mythtv-users] HD3000 and Myth. Please help me understand

2005-11-17 Thread Chris Trown
Ok, so I've been plugging away and things look mostly good. Still a few issues to deal with but easily done, so long as I can get the kids to stop bugging me. ;) The plethora of options has got me trying to figure out what to do. So, I have an HD3000 and a Rosewill 5200FX

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting PC Frontend idea...

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Trown
John P Poet wrote: On 11/15/05, Rudy Zijlstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Fuller wrote: Robert Johnston wrote: Has anyone tried one of these systems as a frontend? http://www.littlepc.com/products_fanless_p4.htm That machine's around the same size as a standard internal CD-Rom drive.

Re: [mythtv-users] Trouble getting Fedora?

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Trown
Blake wrote: Hey, guys, I decided to give up on KnoppMyth (for reasons discussed earlier) and try FC4 with Jaro(e?)d's guide, but I'm having a helluvatime getting an FC4 that passes the media test. I've donwloaded the discs via BitTorrent, then FTPed them from Fedora, and I'm getting

Re: [mythtv-users] Ditch FC4 for Linux?

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Trown
Blake wrote: OK, I've spent the night trying to get FC4 running on my would-be MythTV box, but there's some problem with the ethernet card (Via Rhine II, on the motherboard). If anyone has encountered this problem and can steer me right on how to fix it, I'll stick with FC4, but otherwise,

Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv3000 svideo input w/Dish HD?

2005-11-11 Thread Chris Trown
Chris Trown wrote: Robert Denier wrote: On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 13:53 -0600, James C. Dastrup wrote: I'm reading up on all this hdtv stuff so I can drool about it. I've read that only terrestrial hdtv is available for linux, but I'm not about to invest money in an antennae. I've got Dish

Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend cannnot autostart

2005-11-10 Thread Chris Trown
赵亚伟 wrote: Hi,everyone I have installed my mythtv well ,and it runs well. But mythbackend cannot autostart. Everytime I have to command, /sbin/service mythbackend start I want it to start by itself when computer starting When my computer is starting ,I get this error:

Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv3000 svideo input w/Dish HD?

2005-11-10 Thread Chris Trown
Robert Denier wrote: On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 13:53 -0600, James C. Dastrup wrote: I'm reading up on all this hdtv stuff so I can drool about it. I've read that only terrestrial hdtv is available for linux, but I'm not about to invest money in an antennae. I've got Dish currently, and I don't

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-09 Thread Chris Trown
Preston Crow wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg stream from the DVB

Re: [mythtv-users] OTA HD Antennas??

2005-11-08 Thread Chris Trown
James C. Dastrup wrote: So my requirements are, something I can install in the attic and requires no user intevention. If you have an attic, just buy the biggest UHF antenna you can fit. The same old TV antennas that you've seen on roofs for the past 50 years are the same ones that work

Re: [mythtv-users] Backup LVM group (kinda OT)

2005-11-08 Thread Chris Trown
James Oltman wrote: I am getting my hands on a slightly used DDS4 external SCSI tape drive. I am also getting about 7 tapes. I have a SCSI card already. I would like to back up my video files on my Myth BE. I am currently having one or more of these three issues. I am using an ATI Radeon

Re: [mythtv-users] Dumb Ethernet Question on Debian

2005-11-07 Thread Chris Trown
Rudy Zijlstra wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how to make this STICK so it is inplace after reboot :( Thanks On Nov 4, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you set the duplex and speed of your NIC in Debian (or Linux). My server is in

Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware Woes

2005-10-31 Thread Chris Trown
Gregg wrote: Yes I meant SMP :). I understood that the SMP Kernel would recognize a p4 HT processor as two processors. Is that incorrect? And if it does is there an advantage to switching to an SMP Kernel? *If* your Mobo and BIOS supports Hyperthreading, then yes, you should use an

Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?

2005-10-25 Thread Chris Trown
Gabe Rubin wrote: I got a nice ONKYO 6.1 all in one system last year from Fry's. Normally around $500, but on clearance for $250. Maybe my ears are crap, but it sounds real good to me. I am always seeing these systems on slick deals, so go there, or froogle for a comparable set-up.

Re: [mythtv-users] which dial-up modem?

2005-10-20 Thread Chris Trown
Aaron Aguilar wrote: Anyone have a suggestion on a dial up modem for me to buy? I think I am gonna go external and it looks like the cheapest I can get is around $30. Later External is better in that it gives you flexibility. It's easy to move to another computer, if necessary.

Re: [mythtv-users] which dial-up modem?

2005-10-20 Thread Chris Trown
Asher Schaffer wrote: On 10/20/05, Chris Trown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There used to be a time(LONG time ago when I was taking care of dialup modem banks) that I pushed modems with Lucent chipsets. These days, however, it just does'nt matter. So long as it's not a winmodem Only

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Can anyone reccomend me a wireless nic for FC4?

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Trown
Duncan Brown wrote: Hey guys Sorry to go a bit off topic, but I'm looking to set my myth box up wirelessly. I'm asking here as I figured there would be quite a few of you on here using FC3/4. I recently tried a Netgear WG311T but couldn't for the life of me get any form of encryption

[mythtv-users] NVidia, Sony and fun with Powerstrip

2005-10-18 Thread Chris Trown
Greetings all! I'm trying to get a suitable setup for my Core 3 system. I tried most of the modelines I found out there trying to get something working, to no end. Hopefully someone can explain what is going on and point me in the right direction. First the setup. The system

Re: [mythtv-users] apt-get upgrade = borked mythtv

2005-10-17 Thread Chris Trown
Kevin Kuphal wrote: Tom Hines wrote: Hello. I did an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade today and now my system is borked. I can't play any video files -- no recordings or other. I get one second of audio and a blank screen. I see no error messages in /var/log/messages or

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: nVidia and XvMC?

2005-10-12 Thread Chris Trown
Mark Linford wrote: On 10/11/05, Tj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Linford wrote: So, for anyone with an nVidia card using XvMC, did you have to do anything special to get it running? Any advice to point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks! What XvMC libs are you using

Re: [mythtv-users] Source for drives

2005-10-04 Thread Chris Trown
Andrew Close wrote: On 9/27/05, Mike Daugird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are there any good sources for hard drives? I am recording at 2 gib/hr mpeg2 from my pvr 350 and I have been very happy with the way it has been working so far. My problem now is that I have run out of room on a 250 gig