RE: [mythtv-users] HD-3000, FC4, PVR-250/500

2006-01-08 Thread David Ellis
Yeah I’ve done this.   My audio device is ALSA: IEC958, and my iec958 mode is PCM. Works fine if I enable the “AC3 Pass Thru TV Setting”, only messed up thing is no mixer (use receivers volume controls).   For this I use my standard onboard audio chipset “Via 8237”. I do this with two H

RE: [mythtv-users] Software RAID problems - the unspoken mythtv problem?

2006-01-07 Thread David Ellis
I have 1.5tb in 300gb drives in a Raid 5 configuration. This is my MythTV video directory. My record for simultaneous recordings was 5 (1xfoot ball game, 1xSG1,1xSimpsons,1xSouth Park, and 1xMovie). All recordings were fine, spread among 2xPVR 250's, 2xHD3000's, and 1xMercury TV Tuner. I suspect y

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Lost Sound on PVR-350

2006-01-07 Thread David Ellis
This may be totally out of wack - but it might help. Steps: 1) Delete your /lib/modules/ directory - reinstall kernel modules "make modules_install". 2) Reinstall ivtv "make install" during the install it will tell you if you module conflicts - and tell you how to resolve them. You may need to in

RE: [mythtv-users] Popup menus occasionally unresponsive with LIRC

2006-01-05 Thread David Ellis
This is a focus issue with your window managerbasically if mythfrontend doesn't have focus when you access a menu you can't navigate it properly. If you play around with the focus settings in your Window Manager(in KDE its in KDE Control Center), you can usually make the problem disappear. Th

[mythtv-users] Slight OT: Keeping your systems clean

2005-12-31 Thread David Ellis
I’ve been running MythTV for a little over 2 years, during that time, I’ve performed extensive upgrades/maintenance tweaking everything to work exactly the way I want. I’m going to avoid geeking out and listing specs, but suffice it to say it’s a VERY powerful setup, spread across two front

RE: [mythtv-users] pvr-350 Live Tv Audio to remote frontend Question

2005-12-29 Thread David Ellis
"alsa:default" will work if you type it into the output device field. It is not available in the drop down. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Duda Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:17 PM To: Jeff Simpson Cc: Discussion about myt

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

2005-12-29 Thread David Ellis
Be sure to use the DVB drivers, and to set the HD3000 to DVB Adapter (not HD3000) in mythsetup. Scan for channels should be available after that. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:36 AM To: myth

RE: [mythtv-users] Mythfrontend Memory Leak?

2005-12-29 Thread David Ellis
I had a similar issue with certain shows – I corrected the problem by tuning my antenna a little tighter and upgrading the booster.   FYI – I’m assuming your referring to HDTV playback given your earlier post about 720P playback.   David   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

RE: [mythtv-users] ATSC Channel.conf

2005-12-20 Thread David Ellis
Hi Norm, Like yourself I have both a Rogers Digital TV Box, Rogers Analog (channels 1-80 or so), and recently Rogers Digital over QAM 256. With a HD3000 you can receive about 40 or so Digital TV stations that are transmitted unencrypted. I do this to receive channels 102 through about 130 or so,

RE: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?

2005-12-20 Thread David Ellis
And an LCD panel driven by LCDd. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph A. Caputo Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day? On Tuesday 20 December

RE: [mythtv-users] Nvidia 8174 driver released

2005-12-07 Thread David Ellis
Funny - tried it and had TERRIBLE playback (Jittery playback). Not using XVMC, just XV on a AMD64 with 5700.interested to see if anyone else tried it? For now - I've moved back to the 7676 build (which works flawlessly on my setup). David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: [mythtv-users] Bottom half of video blips

2005-12-04 Thread David Ellis
Hm, I'm running ivtv 0.4 with MythTV 18.1R2 (Gentoo ebuild) and 2xPVR 250's on one of my backends. Absolutely ZERO playback issues. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:38 PM T

RE: [mythtv-users] External TV Tuner Card recommendations for Laptops

2005-12-03 Thread David Ellis
The WinTV PVR USB2 is now working under linux (well for me). Its from Haupaugge, the makers of the WinTV PVR series (150/250/350/500). David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Kuphal Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 4:55 PM To: Discus

RE: [mythtv-users] I'm thinking of switching to windows :(

2005-11-30 Thread David Ellis
Linux – now what does this have to do with MythTV?   David   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trent Albright Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:24 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] I'm thinking of switching to windows :(

RE: [mythtv-users] dual (bilingual) sound

2005-11-29 Thread David Ellis
You can do this outside of MythTV. Use amixer to switch the balance of your input (I'm assuming your tuner card uses line-in to get audio), and tie it to a lirc command (from the remote control). David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Petr

RE: [mythtv-users] QAM and ATSC HDTV on the Same Card

2005-11-27 Thread David Ellis
verlap with the HD channels. Lets see what I can find on Ebay. David -Original Message- From: Steve Adeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:04 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Cc: David Ellis Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] QAM and ATSC HDTV on the Same Card On Sun

[mythtv-users] QAM and ATSC HDTV on the Same Card

2005-11-27 Thread David Ellis
I have a HDTV Antenna (oriented correctly – works for 7+ channels), and a Digital QAM Provider (100% working, channels decoded).   What I’m looking to-do is potentially combine both signals so the same HD3000 card can tune both ATSC and QAM_256 digital cable. Are their any sort of injecto

RE: [mythtv-users] problem with mythfilldatabase

2005-11-24 Thread David Ellis
This is normal, MythTV is retrieving you listings for a window (usually about a week or two). Let it finish (it will take about 10 minutes), and when your done you should have a complete set of program guide data. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [mythtv-users] Live-TV: Segmentation fault

2005-11-24 Thread David Ellis
Do you have a /mythtv/recordings directory with sufficient disk space and read/write priveleges (for the user running mythbackend)? David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mika Orajärvi Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:57 PM To: mythtv-us

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: FC4 and HD-3000 DVB vs.QAM Issue in latest kernel

2005-11-24 Thread David Ellis
trying to understand what would have changed in the kernel from a month ago that now it is being referred to differently...   Hey, you don't learn unless you ask..:)   Jason     -- Message: 19 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:14:17 -0500 From: &

RE: [mythtv-users] FC4 and HD-3000 DVB vs.QAM Issue in latest kernel

2005-11-24 Thread David Ellis
My was actually more of a "I've been there and asked the same question", no offense intended, I asked the same question of myself when I did a kernel upgrade, and it's ironic to see others go thru the same thing. I was happy to share the results of my quest, and meant no offense. Welcome to one o

RE: [mythtv-users] FC4 and HD-3000 DVB vs.QAM Issue in latest kernel

2005-11-23 Thread David Ellis
  For each capture card there is a tuner chip that actually tunes to the correct channel, and an encoder that actually encodes the content received into MPEG or V4l raw stream (this is a beginners interpretation but more or less correct)   In this case you have a Oren Encoder (or more

RE: [mythtv-users] Fusion 5 Tuning problems

2005-11-23 Thread David Ellis
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Manning Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:22 PM To: 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Fusion 5 Tuning problems On Tuesday 22 November 2005 09:16, David Ellis wrote: > First off go into "Advanced Option

RE: [mythtv-users] Problems with DVD rip

2005-11-23 Thread David Ellis
Madagascar has DRM protection (Google Search Madagascar Rip Can't). The same google search will point you at the solution. Ripping and other illegal activities are beyond the scope of this mailing list. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [mythtv-users] Multiple Screen Support?

2005-11-23 Thread David Ellis
As you found out, using this box as any sort of MythBackend/MythFrontend is totally out of the question. That said, you CAN use it to control your mythfrontend. Install any sort of OS with a Web Browser (pick one with driver support for your screen). Then look at something called MythWifi. David

RE: [mythtv-users] IR RX/TX that works

2005-11-22 Thread David Ellis
Behalf Of Paul Andreassen Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:07 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] IR RX/TX that works On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:45 am, David Ellis wrote: > I use the USB-UIRT2, have for two years. Solid and works. > > David http://www.usbuirt.com/

RE: [mythtv-users] Current Steps To Add HD-3000 To A Box With PVR-250

2005-11-22 Thread David Ellis
Yup -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:07 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current Steps To Add HD-3000 To A Box With PVR-250 On 11/22/2005 7:25 AM David Ellis

RE: [mythtv-users] IR RX/TX that works

2005-11-22 Thread David Ellis
I use the USB-UIRT2, have for two years. Solid and works. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andreassen Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:45 AM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: [mythtv-users] IR RX/TX that works The PVR150'

RE: [mythtv-users] Current Steps To Add HD-3000 To A Box With PVR-250

2005-11-22 Thread David Ellis
Upgrade to the latest IVTV (Version 5, development branch). It uses the kernel modules for tuner and audio (which is good). You can keep the 2.6.13 kernel or upgrade (good new drivers). Use the cx88-dvb driver for your HD3000. Confirmed working here. David -Original Message- From: [EMAI

RE: [mythtv-users] Fusion 5 Tuning problems

2005-11-22 Thread David Ellis
  First off go into “Advanced Options” on your capture card in MythTV Setup, make sure your using TS Mode (not PS).   Then, follow these steps:   1)   Grab the frequency from you channels.conf (it will look like 52500). 2)   Add a new row to your dtv_multiplex table with t

RE: [mythtv-users] Manually Entering QAM Channels?

2005-11-21 Thread David Ellis
anks again guys, David -Original Message- From: Steve Adeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:02 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Cc: David Ellis Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Manually Entering QAM Channels? On Sunday 20 November 2005 18:17, David Ellis wrote: >

RE: [mythtv-users] Manually Entering QAM Channels?

2005-11-20 Thread David Ellis
PC HD3000..using the DVB Drivers. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Estabrooks Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 6:19 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Manually Entering QAM Channels? > channels.conf fo

[mythtv-users] Manually Entering QAM Channels?

2005-11-20 Thread David Ellis
After 2 days of debugging/testing I managed to hack together a working channels.conf for my QAM 256 Provider (Rogers in this case). They broadcast about 15% of their channels in the clear, and I have them all.   I’m able to manually tune using azap and cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0, so I’m c

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 sound loop into soundcard

2005-10-28 Thread David Ellis
I"m pretty sure the problem is your mixer. Use alsamixer or kmixer to set your capture device to the line-in. David - Original Message - From: "Jim Reith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 sound

Re: [mythtv-users] MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-26 Thread David Ellis
: "David Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only?? I'm having a similiar issue with a USB connected blaster..so I'm pretty sure its not

Re: [mythtv-users] MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-26 Thread David Ellis
I'm having a similiar issue with a USB connected blaster..so I'm pretty sure its not related to the serial line speed or configuration. What I've noticed is it only pops up if the same blaster is used to receive the command as send the command. Symptoms: 1) recording is 100% reliable (tha

Re: [mythtv-users] New Digimatrix questions

2005-10-17 Thread David Ellis
I have a digimatrix running briliiantly (for about a year now). This site has it all (including how to get TV Tuner, Remote, LCD, Volume Dial etc). http://asusfan.linux-site.net/index.html David - Original Message - From: "Peter Darley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about myth

RE: [mythtv-users] VGA problem

2005-10-09 Thread David Ellis
ns to "PC". Does this help? Can you elaborate on your suggestion "try removing..."? Thanks David Ellis wrote: A few quickie questions:   You mention that it works in Windows. What resolutions does windows run at when it runs? Have you tried powerstrip in Windows? Powerstr

RE: [mythtv-users] VGA problem

2005-10-09 Thread David Ellis
A few quickie questions:   1)   You mention that it works in Windows. What resolutions does windows run at when it runs? 2)   Have you tried powerstrip in Windows? Powerstrip will give you the modeline that your video card is running at – you can actually cut and paste in directl

RE: [mythtv-users] IP Control of MyThTV ?

2005-10-08 Thread David Ellis
Take a look at MythWIFI. It has a TCP/IP interface to MythTV (Frontend) and includes a PDA Interface. http://studwww.ugent.be/~aveys/mythwifi/ David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Aust Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 9:18 AM To: m

Re: [mythtv-users] Harmony Remote and screen blanking

2005-09-29 Thread David Ellis
I use different mappings. I actually use a custom version of my old Asus Digimatrix remote.The nice thing with the Harmony Remote is that its fairly easy to customize the mappings. For example, the volume controls for my "PVR" on the remote are mapped to the Volume controls for my surround sound sy

Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo - multiple storage locations

2005-09-26 Thread David ellis
Use symbolic links. ln -sf Symbolic Links create "virtual" directories that point to other destinations. Use the same approach for Samba, DVD, CD, or multiple drives. David On 26-Sep-05, at 9:24 AM, Nick Parkinson wrote: Hi, A few queries about MythVideo... i.e how i could go access m

RE: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend only

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

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

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

[mythtv-users] CD Library Plugin

2005-09-24 Thread David Ellis
I posted a few days ago about creating a CD Library Plug-in, specifically for my DC-300. I’ve successfully reverse engineered the USB protocol and have a working command line utility for changing library disks. So this got me thinking about my proposed plug-in.   I’m creating a CD-Library

RE: [mythtv-users] Problems with mythtv-setup - freezing at Job-Queuescreen

2005-09-24 Thread David Ellis
Are you running Gentoo? I had this problem with gentoo a LONG time ago, solved it with a "emerge kde" your probably missing a library or two. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Rogers Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:03 PM

RE: [mythtv-users] Cant access dvb card when mythbackend is running.

2005-09-24 Thread David Ellis
Change the advanced settings in MythSetup and enable "Open on Demand" (check my spelling I haven't set it in a while). As long as you aren't watching the tuner (or recording from the tuner) you can use any app you want. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

[mythtv-users] DC-300 CD Library integration with MythTV

2005-09-23 Thread David Ellis
I was looking at creating a plugin for my DC-300 (also called the Dacal CD Library II). This is a carousel style device that holds 150 CD’s/DVD’s. The device has a USB Plug that connects to the computer to allow the computer to “eject” a specific CD/DVD.   I was wondering a few things: 1

RE: [mythtv-users] Bluetooth remote, direct access?

2005-09-12 Thread David Ellis
Is the MythTV in plutohome more or less standard? Or heavily customized? How about the asterisk? Standard or modified? I'm running everything Pluto provides except that funky Orbiter webpad stuff.Just from the component packagesAsterisk/MythTV/Misterhouse. Anyone out there using P

RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV + DVD Changer

2005-09-12 Thread David Ellis
I could see this working in a few ways. First your going to have to find a changer for which a linux utility set exists. Many of these players have documentation on the serial protocol they use..which should make controlling them fairly simple (something Like "echo command >/dev/stty0"). Once y

RE: [mythtv-users] TV-OUT and live tv

2005-09-09 Thread David Ellis
Double check that the directory(or mount point) used for the livetv ringbuffer is present and has permissions accessible by the front-end. Run mythfrontend from a X-Terminal Prompt with the -v option to see where it's bombing. If it appears to crash give it 10 seconds or so to recover. David

RE: [mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?

2005-09-02 Thread David Ellis
Its generally a bad idea to use multiple ir devices on a single machine. It is possible to chain lirc (have two instances of lirc - one for receive one for transmit) but I wasn't able to get it to stabilizeit was also a MAJOR pain to setup. My suggestion would be to get a IR device that r

RE: [mythtv-users] Crackling and popping in non-PVR analog card -- I think I can say it's MythTV's fault

2005-09-02 Thread David Ellis
Lower your volume level on the card setup in mythsetup.I think the problem is with an input volume level that is too high. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sérgio Gomes Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:00 PM To: mythtv-users

RE: [mythtv-users] what cpu is required for hdtv playback

2005-08-25 Thread David Ellis
To be honest, if all your using is MythTV - just install 32 bit - its fast enough. On my Athlon 3200 I run a BUNCH of stuff - most of which benefits from the 64bit enhancements. For example, my boot up takes less than 5 seconds from Grub to Desktop - significantly less than my old Athlon XP 2500 s

RE: [mythtv-users] Digital Foxtel Integration (Australia)

2005-08-24 Thread David Ellis
I'm using a USB-UIRT2 for IR Blasting to a Scientific Atlantic 3200. it's a pretty good device (considerably less than 99$ EUR), and works well. It has support for 56K and 36 remotes (which I believe is all of them), and there is a lirc patch that works for me. You need to write a little shell scr

RE: Blue faces and xvattr -a XV_HUE - (was Re: [mythtv-users] Novideoplayback - LiveTV or recordings)

2005-08-24 Thread David Ellis
eoplayback - LiveTV or recordings) Thanks David. Had a look using the GUI and "Use XV Picture Controls" is already selected. Are you talking about a different setting in a config file somewhere? --- David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to change the setting "use xv p

RE: Blue faces and xvattr -a XV_HUE - (was Re: [mythtv-users] No videoplayback - LiveTV or recordings)

2005-08-24 Thread David Ellis
You need to change the setting "use xv picture settings" in TV Settings to true. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Codrington Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:47 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Blue faces and xvattr -a

RE: [mythtv-users] New NVidia drivers, 7676.. not much changed.

2005-08-24 Thread David Ellis
Yeah - this little bug has been reported to Nvidia several times.I really wish they'd get around to fixing it. Bah, David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Ignasiak Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:07 PM To: mythtv-users@myth

RE: [mythtv-users] System Setup: Dual Opterons, Firewire, Xvmc, Homebrew Lirc, 64-bit packages, Hdtv (DVI to HDMI), Panasonic PT-AE700U Projector, Optical Digital Audio Surround Output

2005-08-24 Thread David Ellis
code a show every 4 hours or so MAX, + encoding DVDs   Thanks for the feedback so far guys!   Matthew Mousseau AMSVans, Inc. Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ellis Sent: Wednesday, Au

RE: [mythtv-users] System Setup: Dual Opterons, Firewire, Xvmc, Homebrew Lirc, 64-bit packages, Hdtv (DVI to HDMI), Panasonic PT-AE700U Projector, Optical Digital Audio Surround Output

2005-08-24 Thread David Ellis
A general note on 64 bit MythTV.   1)   64 Bit MythTV works with some caveats. a.   Xvmc drivers for Nvidia hardware (from Nvidia) are really bad with current (7667) releases……..hopefully this will improve later, but for now 64bit XVMC is spotty at best (it works every 5th or 6th

RE: [mythtv-users] New to the list--Myth problem

2005-08-23 Thread David Ellis
MythTV 0.18.1 will die if the signal loses lock while the backend is accessing it. I believe this is one of the bugs currently being worked on in the newest SVN release. In the meantime I've found one workaround that while not 100% greatly reduces the frequency of crashing. In mythsetup, goto the

RE: [mythtv-users] one problem after another

2005-08-23 Thread David Ellis
Okay, I'm kinda tired of this sort of troll bait. I've been running with MythTV for close to 2 years now, I don't experience your issues (and my setup is considerably more complicated then what you describe - believe me). The fact of the matter is to set something like this you need to do some le

[mythtv-users] Quickie Question

2005-08-22 Thread David Ellis
I have a wonderful working MythTV Setup, Lirc is great, TV Capture is Great, even HDTV is great.   What I want to do is send commands to MythTV from a command line, preferably identical commands to those by Lirc………..quick google search didn’t reveal a solution, so I thought I’d ask here.

RE: [mythtv-users] Unable to initialize video - was working before

2005-08-22 Thread David Ellis
Your problem is with XVMC, XVMC is buggy on Athlon64 if you are using the 64 bit version of the driver. The bug has been reported to NVidia numerous times, and we hope for a fix with the next release. If you must use XVMC (no choice from a quality perspective), you will have to install the 32 bit

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

2005-08-20 Thread David Ellis
- segfault starting liveTV No joy. Still the same problem. running mythfrontend with the -v all flag returns a log file ending with "nVidiaVideoSync: Could not open device /dev/nvidia0; no such file or directory" On 8/20/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Put -nvidia i

RE: [mythtv-users] Proper Xorg configuration

2005-08-20 Thread David Ellis
Your looking for xvattr. Usage can be found with man xvattr. I personally don't need it (as I use Nvidia - which just works), but there are folks in a number of newsgroups that report success. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dag Nygr

RE: [mythtv-users] Proper Xorg configuration

2005-08-20 Thread David Ellis
Turn on the "Use XV Picture Controls" in the TV Playback settings section Settings. Once done tweak your XV Settings (outside of MythTV) so the RGB levels are correct. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dag Nygren Sent: Saturday, August

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

2005-08-20 Thread David Ellis
Put -nvidia in your USE Flags in "/etc/make.conf" and emerge mythtv again. This will remove the NVidia support and presumably allow you to start. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blastzone Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:38 AM To:

RE: [mythtv-users] Barebone myth tv nodes?

2005-08-20 Thread David Ellis
I really like the Digimatrix - the barebones can be had on ebay for about 300$ USD. The basic Digimatrix includes the following: - Sis based Video (support for XV) with Composite, RCA, SVHS, VGA, and DVI out. - Remote Control, and IR Receiver - LCD Display (Basic - shows Time and Status - no custo

RE: [mythtv-users] Happauge PVR-500 Linux Support Feedback

2005-08-19 Thread David Ellis
There is nothing stopping you from using the PVR-500 with 2x Digital Cable Boxes...EXCEPT the following. Digital Cable looks REALLY nice with SVideo cabling - the PVR-500 has only ONE Svideo input...So if your really sweating it - get 2x150's. My advice would be to get 1x150 and 1x500..

RE: [mythtv-users] Harmony Remote: Piece of S@@@!

2005-08-19 Thread David Ellis
Give the support line a call, they can fix the timings and dups for you. I haven't had any issues, as most of equipment is pretty popular/common, but the newsgroups are littered with people that rave about the support staff. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[mythtv-users] Directed Speech

2005-08-18 Thread David Ellis
Okay some background, I’m an Asterisk Geek – I run both MythTV and Asterisk on the same (very beefy) server.   I recently configured Sphinx2 to provide voice recognition to Asterisk. A caller gets a prompt, says the name of the person they want to talk too, and voila it dials. Simple eleg

RE: [mythtv-users] VERY strange problem -- PVR-150 not detected

2005-08-16 Thread David Ellis
How about we try some simple diagnostics 1) In your BIOS do you have Plug-and-Play OS Turned on? Change the Plug-and-Play OS option (if on - turn off, if off turn on) to see if the Motherboard recognizes the card. 2) Look for a bios entry for "Reset PCI" - or something similarly worded, to

RE: [mythtv-users] Posting from Gmail test

2005-08-14 Thread David Ellis
Have you checked your spam list in gmail? Gmail moves suspected SPAM to its spam folder. It probably thinks email with your email address in it is spam. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jgmtfia Mr Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 5:45 PM

RE: [mythtv-users] Problem with backend server ip to setup remotefrontend

2005-08-14 Thread David Ellis
You'll need to write a cron job (or something similar) to detect if your gateway is down and update the settings table. This is definitely not standard - but you can do it if you must. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicolas Mainil

RE: [mythtv-users] Wildly incorrect recording lengths(25fpsivtv-recorded files)

2005-08-14 Thread David Ellis
thtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Wildly incorrect recording lengths(25fpsivtv-recorded files) On 8/14/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is most likely a corrupt recordedmarkup table (or index). > > Try this: > 1) mysql -u mythtv -p > 2) use database mythc

RE: [mythtv-users] Segmentation fault starting "mythtv"

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
Setup - TV Settings - Playback - Next - Next - Next - Next Xvmc is the 2nd option on the screen. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Pflueger Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:42 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv

RE: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
In my experience the IR Strength is plenty good on these, I've successfully turned components on/off with a two wall bounce... David PS. Your right - its still cheaper than a Pronto. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Isaac Richards Sent:

RE: [mythtv-users] Wildly incorrect recording lengths (25fpsivtv-recorded files)

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
This is most likely a corrupt recordedmarkup table (or index). Try this: 1) mysql -u mythtv -p 2) use database mythconverg; 3) repair table recordedmarkup; 4) quit Restart and see if NEW recordings are correct (this will not correct existing recordings). David -Original Message- From: [

RE: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
oren H. Burlingame Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:23 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On 8/13/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote - and let me say this is AWESOME &

RE: [mythtv-users] Segmentation fault starting "mythtv"

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Pflueger Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:13 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Segmentation fault starting "mythtv" On 8/13/05, David Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rebuild mythtv (the core) without the

[mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote – and let me say this is AWESOME for MythTV.   Basically it’s a learning remote that you program via your Windows or OSX Desktop. Has a nice little color LCD that lets you define “Activities” (like watch TV, watch movie, etc). My MythTV box has n

RE: [mythtv-users] Segmentation fault starting "mythtv"

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
Rebuild mythtv (the core) without the nvidia option set..this is done as part of the configure stage when you build MythTV. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Pflueger Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 3:50 PM To: Discussion

RE: [mythtv-users] Absolutely OT, but I want to hear what you guysthink

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
Ok then let me be clear.. The Apple Developer Release is a select release to developers. Part of the release includes hardware (which is paid for when you join the program), software which is designed to only run on that hardware, and a EULA that states you will not disclose information ab

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Configuring MythTV on Gentoo

2005-08-12 Thread David Ellis
U - mythfilldatabase? David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Pflueger Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:46 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Configuring MythTV on Gentoo Here's what I'm doing... I run "

RE: [mythtv-users] Cases for a PVR box... recommendations.

2005-08-12 Thread David Ellis
Yeah - that's the case. Basically the grey front of the drive isn't exposed...when the DVD/CD tray opens the tray pushes open a folding down door. That door is smooth (fluid bearings or hydraulics?). You still have access to the drive, but color matching isn't a hassle. I've used the Antec P

RE: [mythtv-users] IR hardware recognition / rtc

2005-08-12 Thread David Ellis
Or you could be lazy and buy a USB-UIRT http://www.usb-uirt.com. Works great - there is a patch for lirc..transmits and receives. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Wilga Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PRO

RE: [mythtv-users] Cases for a PVR box... recommendations.

2005-08-12 Thread David Ellis
Nah - I actually have two of the LC14 (one "M" and one "vanilla"). The LC14M has two standard 5 1/4" drive bays that are stealthed behind a fluid bearing cover. It has three 3.5" drive bays located behind the LCD and 1 located underneath the CD Drives. These are GREAT cases. The LCD is clear and

RE: [mythtv-users] after switch to svn version X server freezes whenplaying Live TV

2005-08-11 Thread David Ellis
Try two things: 1) Change OSD to blue or default 2) Disable real-time priority threads If this solves your issue, try re-enabling your Real Time Priority Threads. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Au

RE: [mythtv-users] Using DVI Output

2005-08-10 Thread David Ellis
I second this - I'm running an old 5200 thru DVI to a 50" Rear Projection Hitachi. Picture quality is awesome - DVD Playback/TV/HDTV (via HD3000's) all is amazing. One word of advice - plan to use powerstrip and Windows (on another drive) to get the timing for X right...once you do - you'll N

RE: [mythtv-users] Which remote?

2005-08-06 Thread David Ellis
I'm using my IPAQ HP2215 - it's a nice little PocketPC and includes Remote Software. The IR Transmitter is about 30 feet. The major hassle with an IPAQ as your remote is as follows: 1) Battery Life is terrible. Think 8 hours with periodic IR use. 2) As a Remote it "Just-Feels-Wrong" - the WAF Quot

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC output not working

2005-08-04 Thread David Ellis
This has been reported as bug with Nvidia Cards on the AMD64 platform. You have two options. 1) Run Linux in 32 bit mode - the xvmc drivers work in 32bit mode. 2) Pester Nvidia for a new AMD64 driver. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [mythtv-users] How to get the best video from mythtv

2005-08-04 Thread David Ellis
Change your recording profile. Setup - TV Setup - Recording Profiles There are 4 profiles: Default Low Live High You are able to choose the recording profile used to make the recording when you schedule it. Tweak the Size 720x480 is nice, and Quality - Your recorded picture quality will improve.

[mythtv-users] Looking for MythFM or equivilant

2005-07-31 Thread David ellis
I've been a Myth user for about a year - I've got a wonderful setup that I'm extremely happy with. It includes (for those interested) 6 different tuners (some HDTV, some ivtv, some saa7134) SPDIF Audio, 2 terrabytes of diskspace, 2xfrontends, 2xbackends - the list goes on. I'm looking to ad

Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA Sound

2005-07-31 Thread David ellis
I'm not familiar with the Chaintech AV710 - but I'm assuming it has alsa drivers?There are two ways to get alsa sound out your digital SPDIG plug in MythTV.1) If you have OSS compatibility turned on change your myth output device to /dev/adsp - this will use the OSS mixer to output PCM sound via th

Re: [mythtv-users] Auto-login (root account)

2005-07-30 Thread David ellis
The GUI provided by Fedora is probably blocking this. Edit /usr/kde/3.4/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and change the following values: AllowRootLogin = true AutoLoginUser = root AutoLoginPassword = Please note that this is generally not recommended as its a MAJOR security hole - but it is possib

Re: [mythtv-users] pcHDTV 3000: Questions from a MythTV newbie

2005-07-30 Thread David ellis
I also concur - the card is great. I've got two of them on a backend here and after several weeks of driver changes, antenna movement, etc. I got them working nicely with 10 channels beamed from 40K away (buffalo to Toronto). Some general notes: - the card seems to work best with a audio sa

Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC problem in Mythdvd/Mythvideo (lircd sends twice)

2005-07-30 Thread David ellis
I'm running something similar without issue. Do you have a link from .lircrc to .mythtv/lircrc ? (Not sure if essential - but thats how mine is setup). David On 30-Jul-05, at 7:45 PM, Mark Schuren wrote: hi list, i have a problem with myth0.18.1 + lirc + xine: i play a video/dvd thro

Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC output not working

2005-07-30 Thread David ellis
Its funny, I've spent most of the day trying to get this to work properly, succeeded (briefly) - only to find intermittent failures. Hardware: AMD64 3200, with 1GB of RAM NVidia 5200 HD3000 using DVB drivers Software: MythTV 18.1 Nvidia .7667 Gentoo Linux with gentoo-sources 2.6.12-r4 I can g

Re: [mythtv-users] nVidia FX 5200 (Chaintech)

2005-07-30 Thread David ellis
This will need to be done using DVI - you'll want to do a quick google search on timings and DVI for HDTV.Its worth it - when completed your picture will be NICE.DavidOn 29-Jul-05, at 6:30 PM, Brandon Rogers wrote: Thanks for all your feedback.  I guess I should have been more specific.  The Chain

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