Re: [mythtv-users] iMon and a working version of lircrc

2005-08-11 Thread David Collett
hmmm. I tried this driver a very long time ago and it was quite buggy. What is the driver like now? Do you find it reliable? I am currently using an external usb ir receiver from a dvb card. I have another job for that now, and would love to finally use the imon receiver in my case! Dave On 8/11/

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au which script?

2005-08-04 Thread David Collett
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:45 pm, Matthew Phillips wrote: > > On 04/08/2005, at 1:23 PM, David Whyte wrote: > > > I agree with Matt. It would be better to have a single consolidated > > > script which services all states etc. If the state is not serviced in > > > the script, someone add it to the sc

Re: [mythtv-users] USB IrDa Dongles vs. LIRC

2005-08-04 Thread David Collett
I suspect the issue has little to do with usb vs lirc and more to do with IrDA vs Consumer IR. There is difference between IrDA and the IR used to control AV equipment. FWIW: I use a USB IR Reciever (the one that came with my DVICO DVB card). It DOES work with LIRC (though I had to patch lirc to a

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au which script?

2005-08-04 Thread David Collett
Hi all, While I havent actually used it, the Michael Smith one does indeed look better. It is not suprising that only a 1 line fix was required for this recent change as this script appears to use a proper HTML parser modue rather than plain regexes which are more suceptable to minor changes (addit

Re: [mythtv-users] Experiences with XvMC

2005-08-02 Thread David Collett
BEWARE: > decoding. From the unichrome sourceforge project site says: "It > provides support for VIA CLE266 and KM400/KN400. K8M800 and > PM800/CN400 support is still limited." I'm not sure if that > statement is up to date. I have seen messages from people using the > CN400. That stateme

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone elsehadproblems today?

2005-08-02 Thread David Collett
> My solution ended up being minus the "$link =~ s/&.+//g; #&" and the > last two "$pid =~ s/(\d*).*/$1/;" lines. Am I missing something? Nah, dont think so. The point was that the pid ends with either an '&' or a ' '. However you split it up it doesnt really matter as long as you end up with the

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone elsehadproblems today?

2005-08-02 Thread David Collett
Hi, To all of those who have never actually tried the MSN grabber. It really is great. Very complete, consistent and reliable. The data comes from HWW who also supply to most other online tv guides (yahoo, seven, yourtv, etc). It is therefore essentially the definitive source of oz guide data. It d

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au script from this list. Anyone elsehadproblems today?

2005-08-02 Thread David Collett
I have attached by tv_grab_au with fixes for this new problem. It seems to be just a few urls have changed very slightly. Since my version might be different everyone elses anyway (there were quite a few iterations floating around) here is a diff which shows the necessary changes: 201c201 < my $de

Re: [mythtv-users] What is adding channels to my DVB setup ?

2005-06-05 Thread David Collett
On 6/5/05, Michael Carmody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have configured my MythTV box with a DVICO Fuson HDTV DVB card that is > working a treat with an VIA MII 1 board. But for some reason after about > a week of running, all the other channels in a multiplex start appearing in > my epg. In

Re: [mythtv-users] 1080i DVI with nVidia-7174

2005-05-07 Thread David Collett
May I ask what your xorg.conf (or XF86Config) looks like to get HDTV resolutions? I have seen the "TVStandard" "HD1080i" mentioned in the nvidia readme, but it seems to relate to TVout encoder, not VGA/DVI output. Do you just generate modelines using "videogen" or something, or are there named buil

[mythtv-users] Australian HD content script

2005-05-07 Thread David Collett
n mythtv for Australia. # HD channels carry a subset of the programming from the SD channel # of the same broadcaster. # David Collett, 8 May 2005 # database vars db = 'mythconverg' dbuser = 'mythtv' dbpass = 'mythtv' # Associate SD -> HD chanid's # use the chan

Re: [mythtv-users] Bootsplash theme for MythTV?

2005-03-04 Thread David Collett
t; >>>I created a bootsplash based on the GANT theme, as well as a background for > >>>X.. Really makes it look like an STB. > >>> > >>> http://www.rowerules.com/mythtv/GANT.zip > >>> > >>>-Scott > >>> > >

Re: [mythtv-users] reliable australian EPG

2005-02-06 Thread David Collett
Regarding shows running over time... There was some discussion that the 'now and next' dvb information may be integrated with the sheduler at a later stage such that it can shorten or extend recordings automatically. I have never seen n&n (I dont have a regular STB) but aparently it changes as soo

Re: [mythtv-users] reliable australian EPG

2005-02-06 Thread David Collett
As David said the one posted here works great, I've attached what I *think* is the most recent revision to save you searching. Configuration is done IN THE SCRIPT, rather than by running '--configure' manually or through mythtv-setup. Enjoy, tv_grab_au Description: Binary data __

Re: [mythtv-users] Bootsplash theme for MythTV?

2005-02-03 Thread David Collett
Post.. Lilo init.. Bootsplash (w/progress bar).. GANT background.. > MythTV's loading theme cache.. Myth UI. > > -Scott > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Collett > > Sent: Wednesd

Re: [mythtv-users] Bootsplash theme for MythTV?

2005-02-02 Thread David Collett
T theme, as well as a background for > X.. Really makes it look like an STB. > > http://www.rowerules.com/mythtv/GANT.zip > > -Scott > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aaron > > S

Re: [mythtv-users] Bootsplash theme for MythTV?

2005-02-02 Thread David Collett
How about changing the X root background (temporarily) to this remote image, then 'hiding' mythtv by minimising or backgrounding etc (can you do that). Dave On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:46:15 +1100, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > G'day all, > > Is anyone using bootsplash? > > Does anyone

[mythtv-users] Bootsplash theme for MythTV?

2005-01-29 Thread David Collett
G'day all, Is anyone using bootsplash? Does anyone know of a mythtv bootsplash theme? What about background images (ie. to use as X root image while mfe is loading)? or any other mythtv artwork which might be useful in creating a bootsplash theme. I'm in the 'polishing' stage of my mythbox buildin

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Channel data in Sydney

2005-01-25 Thread David Collett
on. Now everything should work and you can run mythfrontend. OK, so I am only about 99% sure the above procedure is what I did, but it sounds about right... Hope this helps, Dave On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:22:33 +1100, David Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I rebuild my mythtv b

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Channel data in Sydney

2005-01-25 Thread David Collett
Jan 2005 19:47:24 +1100, David Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, you proably want to use the tv_grab_au which has been posted to > this list, as the other one uses d1.com.au is not reliable (or is d1 > working again). > > Using this new script, here is how I setup my

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB Channel data in Sydney

2005-01-25 Thread David Collett
I rebuild my mythtv box recently and this time around I found the wonderful script channels.conf-import.pl in the contrib directory of the mythtv cvs (not sure if it is in the releases). It (as you can probably guess) takes your channels.conf file (the one you use for mplayer, probably generated by

Re: [mythtv-users] My DVB recordings are huge (70min = 35GB)

2005-01-07 Thread David Collett
So did you figure out why transcode is screwing up so badly? I am having the same problem, If I try to transcode anything the files grow out of control, there is a serious problem with the transcoder. Does anyone have a profile that actually works with DVB recordings? Dave On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:

Re: [mythtv-users] A/V diverged by -3 frames

2005-01-04 Thread David Collett
I've just updated my cvs (today) and have this problem on SBS, WIN(9) and PRIME(7). ABC and 10 seem to be ok. I also see the issue with previously recorded programs from those affected channels, but not the unaffected ones. I am seeing simillar log entries to you. Please let me know if you have fo

Re: [mythtv-users] X startup on Warty

2004-12-18 Thread David Collett
do you have any packages from hoary? In particular libgtk (perhaps as a dependancy of firefox or something you may be tracking in hoary)? I had this problem, looks like gdm doesnt like the gtk 2.6.0 in hoary. BTW. "gtali" also fails to work with hoary gtk. I downgraded. Dave On Sat, 18 Dec 2004