Re: [mythtv-users] No TV or Video with SVideo

2006-01-30 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I finally got my video card to use the SVideo Out on my nVidia Ti4200. >However, although the GUI shows up as expected, when I play live TV or >any type of video (like AVI), nothing shows up. The screen is just >blue. It's not hung as I can hit escape to get back to the menu. I >tried searchin

Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia, opengl, kernel and more

2006-01-29 Thread James C. Dastrup
> Can someone please share their combination of nvidia driver, kernel, > opengl settings, etc. if you have it working? > > Thanks a bunch for everyone submitting their configs, now I 'almost' have my FX5200 running just fine. Two more problems: 1) The On Screen Display graphics are in black-&-wh

Re: [mythtv-users] re-record deleted shows

2006-01-28 Thread James C. Dastrup
> I've got a couple of shows I'd like to rerecord. Some cases I'd >like to re-record all episodes, and in other cases I'd like to >re-record a specific episode. What's the easiest way to start over >with a blank history for a show? What's the easiest way to re-record >a particular episode? I

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Dish Network and DVB

2006-01-28 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I don't want to create a huge off topic thread. However, I would like >to know if it's possible in the US to use DVB-S cards to access dish >network streams (legally). I've been searching for a while now and >can't find a definitive answer. I currently have a Dish Network >subscription and a re

Re: [mythtv-users] Can't get glx to load

2006-01-27 Thread James C. Dastrup
> >>> The main reason I want to reduce CPU usage at this point is that I'm > >>> playing back 720p HD using libmpeg2 and the CPU is bouncing between > >>> around 80% and 93%+, with the result that I'm getting stutter. I'm > >>> looking for anything that I can do to reduce the CPU load. I'm > >>>

Re: [mythtv-users] Sports events, LiveTV or Watch Recording?

2006-01-27 Thread James C. Dastrup
>But, the global pre-/post-roll have a max of 10 minutes (600 seconds)*. >Won't work for the OP's desired 30 minutes. > The GUI on my unmodified Gentoo + Myth 0.18.1-r2 allows it to go to 1800 seconds (30 minutes). But, yeah, that would require a lot of storage in the long run. I like my 2 minute

Re: [mythtv-users] Sports events, LiveTV or Watch Recording?

2006-01-27 Thread James C. Dastrup
> I'd love to be able to say, record 30 minutes late >*unless* it conflicts with another recording on the same channel, but I >haven't found any way to do that yet There are two areas where you can set this. In Utilities/Setup, Setup, TV Settings, General, Time to record past end of sho

Re: [mythtv-users] hd-3000 recording issues while andwatchingrecordings from pvr-500

2006-01-27 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On 1/27/06, James C. Dastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>James C. Dastrup wrote: > >Suere enough, the evil USB's AND you NIC are on the same IRQ. Also, if >possible, disable or don't load your parralel port when

Re: [mythtv-users] hd-3000 recording issues while and watchingrecordings from pvr-500

2006-01-27 Thread James C. Dastrup
>James C. Dastrup wrote: >>> I have a weird problem when i'm watching recordings on my combined >>> frontend/backend. If I'm watching tv on or even a recording from my >>> pvr-500 or 350 while its trying to record a program on the HD-3000 via >>>

Re: [mythtv-users] hd-3000 recording issues while and watchingrecordings from pvr-500

2006-01-27 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I have a weird problem when i'm watching recordings on my combined >frontend/backend. If I'm watching tv on or even a recording from my >pvr-500 or 350 while its trying to record a program on the HD-3000 via >QAM.. I get a lot of artifacts in the recording. > >If i were to azap -r channel and watc

Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia 6x00 vs mythtv and mpeg offload

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> 5200's just work? Really? Please, let me in on your secret. I've built >> several myth >> systems, always with ATI, and now *that's* a video card that just works. No >> worries about opengl, XvMC, OSD, driver versions, compile options, etc. >> >lol... > >No worries about OpenGL 2.0--because A

Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia 6x00 vs mythtv and mpeg offload

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On 1/26/06, Big Wave Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I believe most people feel it is the Nvidia 5200. To some degree this >> is a "hot" topic, where people have their die-hard opinions. It seems >> as if the general opinion though is that MythTV favors Nvidia. > >I have had quite a bit of pa

Re: [mythtv-users] HD3000/FC4 not working

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I spent most of last night looking through the list archive and googling >but still can't make headway with my setup. If I missed something please >feel free to tell me to RTFM, as long as you point me to the FM. > >I'm setting up 0.18.2 on FC4 using an Nvidia 5200-based card and an >HD3000 with

Re: [mythtv-users] getting more pissed off about IVTV

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Well, the moderator finally reviewed my 4 emails to the ivtv-users and >ivtv-devel lists. And I got a unanimous "up yours" from him. This is very >sad. > >I guess my last hope is the email I sent Hans. Which is the first in the list >below. > >What more can I do? > It seems several people

Re: [mythtv-users] Harmony 880 Remote?

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I'm picking up a Harmony 880 remote ($100 after rebates from Dell - >sweet!), and see that it does have a 'MythTV' config option.. just >curious, does anyone know which LIRC config file you're supposed to use >for that profile? > Where are you seeing this deal? I'd love to pick up another one. T

Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia, opengl, kernel and more

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> Hi >> >> Yeah, driver will not compile with 2.6.15, however the patch to make >> them compile is this one: >> >>> I heard there's a problem with 2.6.15 and the nvidia drivers. >>> There's a >>> patch somewhere. >> >Are you talking about nVidia's 1.0.8178 driver? It compiled cleanly >for me with

Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc (lirc_serial) with 2.6.15.1

2006-01-26 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Someone got lirc_serial module with 2.6.15 kernel working? > I have the lirc_serial module working with lirc-0.8.0pre3 on gentoo with a 2.6.15 kernel. I did not use gentoo's lirc, but downloaded from lirc.org. No issues whatsoever. >I tried lirc-0.7.2 some symbol error at module loading. This

[mythtv-users] nvidia, opengl, kernel and more

2006-01-25 Thread James C. Dastrup
I've been using ATI cards with lots of success for a while now. Just for fun, I decided to try nvidia, so I have a new FX5200, based on everything I've read that should be a good card. Brand new gentoo installation, myth 0.18.1, P4 3.0, HD tuner cards. Anyway, I'm running into lots of playback pro

Re: [mythtv-users] Quick Question (MythDVD)

2006-01-25 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I am not getting to next screen...just acts as if I am clicking it...nothing >happens. > >-r > I gave a few other suggestions, such as starting mtd manually, and looking in the mtd.log file. What is the result of these? On 1/25/06, James C. Dastrup <[EMAIL

Re: [mythtv-users] Quick Question (MythDVD)

2006-01-25 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Ronald Kohsman wrote: >> I keep clicking on the rip dvd and nothing happens. I'm not sure where >> the log file is or where to look for the error. >> >> I looked in the /var/log/mythtv >> >> nothing >> Are you getting the initial prompt to Start the MythTranscoding daemon (mtd)? If this appears,

Re: [mythtv-users] Mountable IR receiver

2006-01-24 Thread James C. Dastrup
> >James C. Dastrup wrote: > >> Is anyone aware of an IR receiver that is designed to be mounted > >> in an external drive bay? Either a full-size 5.25" bay or a floppy > >> bay would be fine. I may have to make my own, but I'd rather pay &g

Re: [mythtv-users] Mountable IR receiver

2006-01-24 Thread James C. Dastrup
>James C. Dastrup wrote: >> Is anyone aware of an IR receiver that is designed to be mounted >> in an external drive bay? Either a full-size 5.25" bay or a floppy >> bay would be fine. I may have to make my own, but I'd rather pay >> for a more professional l

[mythtv-users] Mountable IR receiver

2006-01-24 Thread James C. Dastrup
Is anyone aware of an IR receiver that is designed to be mounted in an external drive bay? Either a full-size 5.25" bay or a floppy bay would be fine. I may have to make my own, but I'd rather pay for a more professional looking solution. ___ mythtv-u

Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

2006-01-23 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards haven't >> gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd. It seems to be an ideal card > >Got a link to these cards? Maybe I've just bein

Re: [mythtv-users] Cost of MythTV Machines

2006-01-23 Thread James C. Dastrup
Subscription-based and pre-built HD DVR's are coming around. For example, Dish recently announced their dual-tuner, dual-TV HD DVR. This is probably the closest system to MythTV that I've seen, even has news, weather, caller ID, and games. See it here, pictures, specs, even pricing: http://www.dbst

Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

2006-01-23 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On Monday 23 January 2006 12:17, James C. Dastrup wrote: >> > The truth is graphics drivers aren't there yet, for any card, for the >> > kind of tasks we might want to do with mythtv, when it comes to HD. >> > Raphael >> >> What tasks might I want t

Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

2006-01-23 Thread James C. Dastrup
> The truth is graphics drivers aren't there yet, for any card, for the > kind of tasks we might want to do with mythtv, when it comes to HD. > Raphael What tasks might I want to do, besides watch TV, that mythtv, the driver and card aren't able to handle? Because watching TV is just fine. I hav

Re: [mythtv-users] XP2100 outperforms my P4-3.2Ghz

2006-01-18 Thread James C. Dastrup
>>AMD XP2100 proc >>Nvidia FX5200 >>Fedora Core 3 >>2.6.10 kernel >>Hauppauge PVR250 >> >>P4 3.2Ghz proc >>ATI X300 >>Fedora Core 4 >>2.6.14-SMP kernel >>Hauppauge PVR250 >> >Where you using the Nvidia drivers for the XP2100? I would bet the driver >off-loaded >some of the playback to the vide

Re: [mythtv-users] pauses during hd playback

2006-01-17 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I have been running mythtv for almost two years now and until >recently everything has been fine. It seems that in the last few >months, when I playback HD content on the frontend it will seem to >skip a few seconds and show mpeg noise on the screen. When the >backend starts recording, it gets

Re: [mythtv-users] Video Database Protection needed

2006-01-16 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I was wondering if a little clarification could be added here about how >to clear out the database entries once the videos have been deleted or >moved. Mine still thinks I have them. You mentioned something about a >"prompt". > When you go in Utilities/Setup - Video Manager, the frontend will do

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up an FAQ for LiveTV changes

2006-01-16 Thread James C. Dastrup
> > > > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page > >. the new MythTV Wiki is up, and those who wish to support MythTV by >writing helpful FAQ's etc should take advantage of it. Is there a link to this wiki from the main page at www.mythtv.org? I couldn't find one. In my opini

Re: [mythtv-users] Nearly 100% install of MYTHYV...

2006-01-15 Thread James C. Dastrup
On my slave backend, which does not run mysql, the script also failed. Not sure if this is the same situation you are in, but it is very easy to create your own init script, since you've already discovered that mythbackend runs fine from a command line. The Gentoo install docs a pretty clear on ho

Re: [mythtv-users] Wireless Keyboards & Learning Remotes, Just don't get it!

2006-01-14 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Hello All, >Please don't flame me as I have been scouring the net and this list in >particular for several days trying to figure out exactly how to use my >learning remote with my wireless keyboard. > >I understand the idea, but I don't understand exactly how to carry out >the process. >I know

Re: [mythtv-users] X.org modeline for Samsung HLR5067W?

2006-01-13 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 10:44:14PM -0700, James C. Dastrup wrote: >> much. Finally I learned that I didn't need a modeline and Xorg >> would determine the settings on its own using the PC Input. Now, >> the picture is perfect, with only a slight overscan, maybe 5-15 &

Re: [mythtv-users] Software RAID problems - theunspokenmythtvproblem?

2006-01-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>for what its worth, I am using 2 firewire "encoders" with a local 7 >drive raid5. I am using latest ATrpms on FC3. kernel 2.6.12 smp. > > I have had no problems with simultaneous HD recordings (even starting >at the same time), and the performance seems to be better than my old >2 drive LVM conf

Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have yourcasepowerbutton do?

2006-01-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>>> I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured >>> to power-on with any key-press. I programmed my remote to send >>> the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other >>> commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end. My keyboard >>> is always put away and I only need i

Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have yourcasepowerbutton do?

2006-01-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured >> to power-on with any key-press. I programmed my remote to send >> the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other >> commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end. My keyboard >> is always put away and I only need it if

Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have your casepowerbutton do?

2006-01-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured >> to power-on with any key-press. I programmed my remote to send >> the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other >> commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end. My keyboard >> is always put away and I only need it if

Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have your casepowerbutton do?

2006-01-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> >> I'd like to know how you turn your myth box on using the IR remote >> though. I'm using the IR receiver that came with my Hauppauge Nova-t >> and IFAIK I can't use this for powering up [I'd be happy to be proved >> wrong]. > >I'd also be very interested in knowing how this is done. Currently

Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have your casepowerbutton do?

2006-01-11 Thread James C. Dastrup
>>Also, mythfrontend runs from a script which starts it in a loop. So if it >>ever crashes >>(which it rarely ever does), or if someone accidentally exits out of it (more >>likely), it >>starts right back up. > >Could you possibly post that script your're using to make the frontend restart >whe

Re: [mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have your case powerbutton do?

2006-01-11 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> But I was wondering, what do other folks use their power button for if not to >> turn off/suspend their machine? > >Mine does a controlled shutdown of the whole machine. > You must not have small children. My power and reset button just make a clicking sound - cause I disconnected the wire

[mythtv-users] AV sync and PVR-150

2006-01-11 Thread James C. Dastrup
I know this topic has been discussed before, so if someone can direct me to a previous thread that addressed my exact issue, let me know. I couldn't find one. I have a PVR-150 and every recording it makes has an audio delay of exactly 111 ms. How do I know the exact amount? Because when I open th

Re: [mythtv-users] Suspend options with mythtv

2006-01-11 Thread James C. Dastrup
>HI everybody, > >I've been thinking about the things that still bother me about my mythtv >setup, and the worst one is definately boot time on the frontend. It takes >my P3-733 a couple of minutes to boot fully in to mythtv. > >I was hoping that some sort of hibernation/suspend to disk setup wou

Re: [mythtv-users] NFS or SAMBA for Video Stream

2006-01-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> Samba is great dealing with windows machines > >Only because on Windows, you don't have any choice. Windows Services for Unix (SFU) is a choice. I couldn't tell you how well it works. > >> Just my $.02. > >-Ross > <>___ mythtv-users mailing lis

Re: [mythtv-users] NFS or SAMBA for Video Stream

2006-01-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I am running mythtv with a separate video server. I currently have it connect >with a smb share. The only problem is a quick pause in movies every 5 minutes >or so. Not really a bother, but is a tweek to smb available or would nfs do >better? > Movies ripped by mythtv don't require much

Re: [mythtv-users] fusionhdtv 5 lite -- how do i make it work?

2006-01-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>i just added a fusionhdtv 5 lite to my box...linux knows it's there, it can >pick up >channels with a scan, and mythfilldatabase has been run. yet when i tune to >it, i >get nothing...blackness and then mythfrontend drops back to the main menu. > >what am i doing wrong? Sounds exactly what I

Re: [mythtv-users] Software RAID problems - the unspokenmythtvproblem?

2006-01-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
> ...a proper server > setup should have more than enough bandwidth for even the largest > software RAID 5 setups. Note I wrote "proper server setup." By this > I mean a high-quality motherboard with 64-bit PCI-X or PCI Express > slots and multiple buses serving the expansion slots. My RAID 5 >

Re: [mythtv-users] question about RAID

2006-01-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> Don't do this. >> >> You shouldn't mix raidtab and mdadm >> raidtab is obsolete with newer md. Uninstall it. >> >> using mdadm the above would be: >> mdadm --create /dev/md0 --chunk=32 --level=raid0 --raid-devices=2 >> /dev/hda1 /dev/hdc1 >> >> I suggest reading man mdadm (and why are you settin

Re: [mythtv-users] Software RAID problems - the unspoken mythtvproblem?

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Just another datapoint - I've been using a software raid setup for 12 >months now with no issues with mythtv. My raid arrays are in a >seperate machine from my dedicated backend and two frontends, they are >all networked over gigibit ethernet using NFS. I've recorded 4 >streams from PVR250s befo

Re: [mythtv-users] question about RAID

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> mdadm RAID 0 with 3 drives, JFS (my favorite) or XFS file system. >> >> Some may disagree, but in such a simple setup, I don't see any reason to >> add lvm on top of this RAID array, but others may prefer it. >> >> Also note, I don't believe you can boot off of a md RAID 0 drive, so you'll >> ne

Re: [mythtv-users] question about RAID

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> >So what will mdadm do? What is my best option for using 2 drives to get >> > the most speed out of them as a combined drive? >> >> mdadm does a true RAID 0 >> > >Ok, let me ask the question again... > >I have 2, possibly 3, 320gig SATA drives. I want to build a RAID array that >will maximize th

Re: [mythtv-users] Import existing video file?

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I don't think the video manager is what I want. First of all, it's >apparently only designed for using an external player, not for playing >within the MythTV frontend. Secondly, the video manager seems >completely messed up when you are running multiple frontends, since >they are recorded in the

Re: [mythtv-users] question about RAID

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
>?On Monday 09 January 2006 14:53, James C. Dastrup wrote: >> >All RAID0 does is join (or grow) partitions together. It is very useful >> > if you have, for example, three 100GB disks about like them joined into a >> > 300GB partition. >> >> No

[mythtv-users] 64bit IDE RAID options?

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
Is anyone aware of a PCI-X 64bit / 133MHz capable IDE RAID HBA? Or, how about a PCI 64bit / 33 Mhz MHz capable IDE RAID HBA? All the ones I'm seeing are 32-bit / 33mhz. In case you're wondering why, I have a server-class machine (hence the unique PCI slots) but would like to make use of my

Re: [mythtv-users] question about RAID

2006-01-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
>All RAID0 does is join (or grow) partitions together. It is very useful if >you have, for example, three 100GB disks about like them joined into a 300GB >partition. > Not exactly. A true RAID 0 (or a striped set) alternates writing each block from one disk to the other. This increases performanc

RE: [mythtv-users] X.org modeline for Samsung HLR5067W?

2006-01-08 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Have your tried changing the TV's aspect option from 16:9 to WidePC? >That should get rid of the black borders, at least it does on my > HLR6167. >That option is only available when using the PCInput, not DVI. When >using DVI on these TV's, your options are muc

RE: [mythtv-users] X.org modeline for Samsung HLR5067W?

2006-01-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I have the HLR5067W. I'm currently using a nvidia FX5200, VGA out. Its >also not perfect, I do have some black borders. In a dark theater room >though, they are not noticable. I've always planned on using the DVI >instead, I already have the cable, but swapping in a Windows drive just to >run

RE: [mythtv-users] X.org modeline for Samsung HLR5067W?

2006-01-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I've done a bit of searching, but can't seem to find a definitive >answer to the question, "what is the correct xorg modeline to use >for the Samsung HLR5067W HDTV?" > >This is about the best I've found thus far: > >Modeline "1280x720" 79.159 1280 1424 1552 1760 720 723 730 750 > >But it's still o

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: ATI HDTV working...

2006-01-05 Thread James C. Dastrup
It's working now! I re-extracted the firmware using the provided tool and that fixed the error messages. But it still wouldn't cat to a file. I'm not sure why, but after I had both azap AND dvbtraffic running, then I could create the mpg file, which plays back just fine in mplayer. If dvb

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: ATI HDTV working...

2006-01-05 Thread James C. Dastrup
>James C. Dastrup wrote: >> ...almost. >> >> I'm trying to make use of my ATI HDTV Wonder card, which has been collecting >> dust >> since I dropped WinMCE. So, I installed the new 2.6.15 kernel, and >> everything is going >> well so far, ex

[mythtv-users] ATI HDTV working...

2006-01-05 Thread James C. Dastrup
...almost. I'm trying to make use of my ATI HDTV Wonder card, which has been collecting dust since I dropped WinMCE. So, I installed the new 2.6.15 kernel, and everything is going well so far, except: Using azap, I get a happy FE_HAS_LOCK. But, when I: cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > test.mpg

RE: [mythtv-users] ATI HDTV Wonder with MythTV?

2006-01-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
>>I just read that the newly released 2.6.15 kernel has support in it for the >>ATI HDTV Wonder. >>Has anyone gotten it to work with MythTV yet? >> > >Very interesting! I've had an ATI HDTV Wonder sitting around ever since I gave >up on WinMCE. >It would be nice to get this working with linux. I

RE: [mythtv-users] Large LCD Televisions?

2006-01-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 04:36:46PM -0700, James C. Dastrup wrote: >> No, PC input is the same quality as DVI. At least on my TV >> (Samsung 61" DLP and ATI 9600), PC and DVI/HDMI quality is equal. >Hmmm ... well I might be doing something wrong ... but my first >impres

RE: [mythtv-users] ATI HDTV Wonder with MythTV?

2006-01-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I just read that the newly released 2.6.15 kernel has support in it for the >ATI HDTV Wonder. >Has anyone gotten it to work with MythTV yet? > Very interesting! I've had an ATI HDTV Wonder sitting around ever since I gave up on WinMCE. It would be nice to get this working with linux. I'll try

RE: [mythtv-users] Large LCD Televisions?

2006-01-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Large LCD Televisions? On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 04:05:51PM -0700, James C. Dastrup wrote: > Use the PC-Input instead of HDMI. With the PC input, X will automatically > configure itself, > since it will be able to read the monitor inf

RE: [mythtv-users] Large LCD Televisions?

2006-01-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
Use the PC-Input instead of HDMI. With the PC input, X will automatically configure itself, since it will be able to read the monitor information. You don't even need a modeline. The Samsung TV's are pretty good, I have one myself. If you have too much overscan or underscan, you can compensat

[mythtv-users] myth and mplayer picture controls

2006-01-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
When I change the picture controls (brightness, contrast, etc) within mplayer (using the number keys: 1,2,3,etc) from MythVideo, I've noticed that those settings are also applied to watching live TV or recordings. Is this supposed to occur? And to make it more frustrating, there doesn't seem to b

RE: [mythtv-users] LAN bandwidth consumption

2005-12-31 Thread James C. Dastrup
I have MRTG running on my network and I can easily see how much bandwidth is used on all my computers, backends, frontends, etc. In regards to just network bandwdith (ignoring any other limitations - CPU, HDD speed, other network traffic, etc), over a 100Mbit network: 1080i HD content uses a g

RE: [mythtv-users] how to feed 1280x720p to a large TV?

2005-12-31 Thread James C. Dastrup
My Samsung DLP does this as well by default, but there is a menu option on the TV to change the aspect from 'PC' to 'WideTV 16:9'. Then, the image fills the screen with a little bit of overscan, which is easy to compensate for. So, what aspect options does your TV have? _

RE: [mythtv-users] OT: Anyone up for a little modeline assistance?

2005-12-19 Thread James C. Dastrup
>On my one my front ends I have a Samsung HP-R5072 50" Plasma TV. It is a great >TV and so far I love it! > >I hooked up the front end I built for it which has a 6600GT PCI-E card in it >using a DVI > HDMI cable for it. > >I am having a little bit of an issue getting the proper modeline for it. I

RE: [mythtv-users] Audio problems - Do I need new hardware?

2005-12-17 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> Using 0.18.1, I have two audio problems, both of which I've researched >> quite a bit, but thought I would check one last time if any solutions are >> available. I'm using an ASUS P4P800-VM with on-board AC'97 audio using >> optical audio out to a receiver. Digital audio works fine for HDTV and

RE: [mythtv-users] RE: Configuring SPDIF digital out.

2005-12-17 Thread James C. Dastrup
I might suggest that all alsa utilities, alsactl, and everything else is NOT required to use digital out with MythTV. I'm using MythTV 0.18.1 on Gentoo and I only have the necessary alsa drivers compiled in the kernel. I've never used alsamixer or alsactl, or installed/emerged alsa-utils, alsami

RE: [mythtv-users] Audio problems - Do I need new hardware?

2005-12-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> Using 0.18.1, I have two audio problems, both of which I've researched >> quite a bit, but thought I would check one last time if any solutions are >> available. I'm using an ASUS P4P800-VM with on-board AC'97 audio using >> optical audio out to a receiver. Digital audio works fine for HDTV and

[mythtv-users] Audio problems - Do I need new hardware?

2005-12-11 Thread James C. Dastrup
Using 0.18.1, I have two audio problems, both of which I've researched quite a bit, but thought I would check one last time if any solutions are available. I'm using an ASUS P4P800-VM with on-board AC'97 audio using optical audio out to a receiver. Digital audio works fine for HDTV and DVD. The

RE: [mythtv-users] Key mappings in MythVideo

2005-12-09 Thread James C. Dastrup
> >> Doesn't setting it to internal mean it will use mplayer? I think so, > > No, Internal means it will use the internal mythtv player. The >same player thatis used for LiveTV/Watching recordings. > > So the keys should be identical. I use the Internal player and have never >had a key not work ju

RE: [mythtv-users] MythRoku HD1000 Rev A or Rev B

2005-12-08 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I'm thinking about buying a HD1000 for a high def myth frontend, how do you >like >it? Does the UI look ok, is the 30 second skip responsive? > >I'm a little worrid about the wife approval factor :) > >Daniel I think it works well enough for recorded shows. It's very responsive, once you learn

RE: [mythtv-users] MythRoku HD1000 Rev A or Rev B

2005-12-08 Thread James C. Dastrup
>> >Do you need the Rev B HD1000 with the extra RAM or is the Rev A enough for >> >MythRoku? >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Todd >> >> I use the HD1000 RevA and it works great. Of course, I always create a swap >> file as well. A swapfile on a CF card or NFS works fine. >> > >Don't CF cards typically have a

RE: [mythtv-users] MythRoku HD1000 Rev A or Rev B

2005-12-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Do you need the Rev B HD1000 with the extra RAM or is the Rev A enough for >MythRoku? > >Thanks, >Todd I use the HD1000 RevA and it works great. Of course, I always create a swap file as well. A swapfile on a CF card or NFS works fine. <>___ mythtv-u

RE: [mythtv-users] Are there any xbox mythtv distrosstillbeingsupported?

2005-12-02 Thread James C. Dastrup
> Does anything exist where I don't have to modify my xbox? I want to > be able to play Halo 2 online for a while longer (until the 360 forces > me to no longer play anything ever again). I've read that if you > modify the filesystem on the xbox (or add your own files) that xbox > live won't let

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

2005-11-30 Thread James C. Dastrup
Just an off-topic tip: My biannual Windows reinstall takes 5 minutes. Image a working system up to your network, then image it down when you need to rebuild. And if you use sysprep, then even any hardware changes don't affect the image process. Or, put a sysprep'ed image on a DVD and just image

RE: [mythtv-users] Audio "drum-beat" problem

2005-11-24 Thread James C. Dastrup
>This occasionally happens with PVR350 playback (TV Output), when pressing and >releasing skip repeatedly, so that it wants to play >and needs to skip at the same time. Over half a year this happened about 10 >times >and I skip a lot. Due to the sound-hell I press a >key (skip/play/other) quickl

[mythtv-users] Audio "drum-beat" problem

2005-11-24 Thread James C. Dastrup
I'm using 0.18.1 on two frontends - SUSE 9.3 and Gentoo. Both systems occasionally have an identical problem when I stop playback. Sometimes I will get a very loud drumbeat-like sound out of the speakers. In order to stop the sound, I usually start playback again and then stop, and the sound g

RE: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Power Control

2005-11-21 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Can anyone think of a simple device to buy that connects to a computer that >allows you to turn off and on a 115V device? Switched Power Distribution Unit (PDU). They look like any old surge suppresor except they have a network jack, too. APC sells lots of them, so does IBM, Dell, most majo

RE: [mythtv-users] IR Keyboards

2005-11-21 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Hey, I was just wondering if any of you are using are keyboards with built-in >trackball or 8-way mice. If you are, what brand/model is it and how Linux >friendly was it--plug-and-play or did it take some tinkering? Thanks! I use http://www.fentek-ind.com/wireless.htm#kbmwtb It's PS/2 so

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge PVR-250 and PCHDTV-3000 with2.6.14.2kernel

2005-11-16 Thread James C. Dastrup
>>So are you saying that the PCHDTV-3000 will not work with the 150 or 500 >>cards? I currently have that as my hardware setup and was looking to >>setup the PCHDTV-3000 within the next few weeks. Now I'm not sure if it >>is worth the effort. I don't want to break what I have, my wife wont >>forgi

RE: [mythtv-users] Attractive cases and cheap DVD burners

2005-11-15 Thread James C. Dastrup
On 11/15/05, tgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It turns out that all the major noise is coming from my graphics > card, an nvidia gforce 6600 which has a fan. Could someone suggest > an alternative that is good but without a fan. Or is there some > clever mod that can be done which makes it okay

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge PVR-250 and PCHDTV-3000 with2.6.14.2 kernel

2005-11-15 Thread James C. Dastrup
>So are you saying that the PCHDTV-3000 will not work with the 150 or 500 >cards? I currently have that as my hardware setup and was looking to >setup the PCHDTV-3000 within the next few weeks. Now I'm not sure if it >is worth the effort. I don't want to break what I have, my wife wont >forgive me

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge PVR-250 and PCHDTV-3000 with 2.6.14.2kernel

2005-11-13 Thread James C. Dastrup
On 13-Nov-05, at 2:28 AM, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On Saturday 12 November 2005 20:06, Dustin Nicholas Jenkins wrote: >> By default, the cx88* drivers load up fine on my Sarge AMD64 install >> and take input from my PCHDTV-3000 card. I also have an Hauppauge >> PVR-250 that requires the ivtv driver

RE: [mythtv-users] Attractive cases

2005-11-12 Thread James C. Dastrup
>I'm coming round to thinking that the nicest case out there is the >Accent HT-400 ( http://www.arisetec.com/products/HT-400.htm ) since it >is full-size, well-designed, comes with built in IR hardware and an >attractive panel to mount an VFD behind. It's not cheap, though. A close >second seems

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

2005-11-11 Thread James C. Dastrup
> > Replying to my own email. Heh... > > What about these cards: > >http://www.foresightimaging.com/PRODUCTS/hdp/accustream170.htm > Cool, but at $2500 each, and only in quantities of 100... >http://www.unigraf.fi/files/products/ufg-01.pdf > Doesn't looks like this one supports all

RE: [mythtv-users] native resolution vs 1080i for HDTV and SD on1280x768 lcd?

2005-11-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>If I do add a HDTV tuner (planning to use OTA or QAM, not cable tv provided >external box) to the setup, >I'll need to use the FX5200. I've searched and googled for a few days now and >perhaps since my questions are so basic, >I've not found the answers. My questions are- Should I output via

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

2005-11-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
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RE: [mythtv-users] Proliant server as a backend...

2005-11-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>If I am going to archive stuff, I can offload to a 1TB fibre attached RAID5 >set I have kicking about ... It'll be mainly Wrestling (I know...) and >probably things like the Simpsons/Brainiac that we'd want to keep - or other >such high-brow entertainment! :-) I'm having trouble picturing a pro

RE: [mythtv-users] Proliant server as a backend...

2005-11-10 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Hi all, > >Would the following be acceptable as a media/tuner backend server multiple >(4 or more) frontends... > >Proliant 8500r >Quad PIII Xeon 700/2MB CPU's >2GB Ram; >2 x 1000SX Fiber NIC; >1 x Dual 10/100 backup NIC >4 x 73GB U160 SCSI drives, RAID (0/1/5); >2 x PVR250 PAL Tuners; > >All

RE: [mythtv-users] Long term stability?

2005-11-08 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Does anyone have a backend that runs for a week or more under reasonably >heavy use? By run, I mean with no manual intervention or cron jobs >resetting things/etc. I still have to occasionally do >a /etc/init.d/mythbackend restart although I'm not quite sure why... > >If people do, perhaps a few

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

2005-11-08 Thread James C. Dastrup
>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 with digital broadcasts

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

2005-11-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question, but I was wondering where >you are located physically and how you can tell that there are digital OTA >broadcasts in your area? I live in the Phoenix metro area (Chandler) and >can't seem to find any information on whether or not any of the local

RE: [mythtv-users] Tivo/Yahoo deal - How convenient!

2005-11-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
rs] Tivo/Yahoo deal - How convenient! On Monday 07 November 2005 11:53, James C. Dastrup wrote: > Although the Yahoo portal for your Tivo is new, this feature, with the > minimum 1-hour in advance, > has been around for a while at tivo.com. Slowly, the canned and > subscription D

RE: [mythtv-users] Tivo/Yahoo deal - How convenient!

2005-11-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
Although the Yahoo portal for your Tivo is new, this feature, with the minimum 1-hour in advance, has been around for a while at tivo.com. Slowly, the canned and subscription DVR's are listening to what people really want. But I don't understand why they won't just put a simple web interfac

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Re: Usability Issues: WAS Re:Simultaneousrecordings fail spectacularly [SOLVED!]

2005-11-04 Thread James C. Dastrup
>As another example, using the menu to get to the EPG. That option >shouldn't even be there. Every modern day remote has an EPG/guide >button. Again, I am still a relative MythTV newbie so perhaps it's >just my config. > This works for me. In TV Playback, there is an Action called GUIDE. I assi

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