Re: [mythtv-users] How to minimize CPU usage

2006-01-30 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/30/06, Dan Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jerry Video comes to about 30 Mbytes per second - which would be about 240 Mbits per second, as you're almost a multiple of 3 bigger I'm guessing you assumed 24bits per colour channel? Where it is actually 8bits per colour channel (PAL is 3

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.18.2

2006-01-30 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/30/06, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, please don't spread rumors based on bogus reports. ATrpms at least did *not* bundle/release/fork etc. anything called 0.18.2. There were some svn fixes in the official release-0.18-fixes branch that renamed some shared libs in

[mythtv-users] How to minimize CPU usage

2006-01-28 Thread Jerry Rubinow
might be causing the high CPU? I've read about people with 2.4Ghz P4s not having a problem with HD, so it seems like there should be something I can do. Would compiling my own kernel help? With what options? Anything else I can try first? -Jerry

Re: [mythtv-users] How to minimize CPU usage

2006-01-28 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/28/06, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry Rubinow wrote: I'm running myth with separate front/back end computers. The frontend is a 2.8GHz P4 with 512MB ram, trying to display 720p HD, but I'm maxing out the CPU - myth ~65+%, X around 30+%. The video is at times choppy

Re: [mythtv-users] How to minimize CPU usage

2006-01-28 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/28/06, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/28/06, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry Rubinow wrote: I'm running myth with separate front/back end computers. The frontend is a 2.8GHz P4 with 512MB ram, trying to display 720p HD, but I'm

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

2006-01-27 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/27/06, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/27/2006 01:25 AM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: Today I switched from an nvidia card to onboard sis, and in the Xorg.0.log it's still trying to load nvidia's glx extension and failing to initialize because I'm now loading the sis driver

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

2006-01-27 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/27/06, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/27/2006 02:57 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/27/06, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/27/2006 01:25 AM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: Today I switched from an nvidia card to onboard sis, and in the Xorg.0.log it's still

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

2006-01-27 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/27/06, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/27/2006 03:16 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/27/06, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/27/2006 02:57 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/27/06, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/27/2006 01:25 AM, Jerry

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

2006-01-27 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Jerry Rubinow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 08:16 PM To: 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Can't get glx to load Because a Pundit motherboard only

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

2006-01-27 Thread Jerry Rubinow
. Thanks for the suggestions. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

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

2006-01-26 Thread Jerry Rubinow
to. How can I get glx to load properly? -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Problems with video from Haug. pvr-500

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
gcc-4.0 [snip] The log data looks ok. Exactly what Capture Card and Input Connections do you have in mythtv-setup? -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Where's the playback bottleneck?

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
. Is it a bandwidth problem in the video card or the bus? Some BIOS setting incorrect? Does anyone have any suggestions for how to narrow it down and tell for sure where the problem might be? Is anyone using an original (sis-based) Pundit for HD playback successfully? Thanks. -Jerry

Re: [mythtv-users] Where's the playback bottleneck?

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/24/06, Robert Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/24/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I playback an HD resolution file, I get stuttering, pick a codec, any codec. If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xv -vc ffmpeg12), also stuttering. If I play it back with mplayer

Re: [mythtv-users] Where's the playback bottleneck?

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/24/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 24 January 2006 20:31, Robert Johnston wrote: On 1/24/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I playback an HD resolution file, I get stuttering, pick a codec, any codec. If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xv -vc

Re: [mythtv-users] Where's the playback bottleneck?

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/24/06, John P Poet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/24/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I playback an HD resolution file, I get stuttering, pick a codec, any codec. If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xv -vc ffmpeg12), also stuttering. If I play it back with mplayer

Re: [mythtv-users] Where's the playback bottleneck?

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/24/06, Kevin Kuphal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/24/06, Robert Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/24/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I playback an HD resolution file, I get stuttering, pick a codec, any codec. If I play it back

Re: [mythtv-users] Mountable IR receiver

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry McBride
of cable through multiple walls and floors). Wow! Nice... yeah a bit pricey, but boy they look good. Thanks for the link... Ill be spending my salt there for sure. Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot update ivtv

2006-01-23 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/23/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/20/06, David R Robison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to update ivtv by yum install ivtv I get the following error: Error: Missing Dependency: /lib/modules/v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin is needed by package ivtv-kmdl-2.6.14

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot update ivtv

2006-01-23 Thread Jerry Rubinow
, which updated me to 2.16.14-1.1656 and then I tried to update the ivtv stuff with the same results as David. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot update ivtv

2006-01-23 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:05:01AM -0500, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/20/06, David R Robison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Error: Missing Dependency: /lib/modules/v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin is needed by package ivtv-kmdl-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4

Re: [mythtv-users] Video Stutter Problems

2006-01-18 Thread Jerry Rubinow
with processor specific optimizations before I got reasonable CPU usage. YMMV. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

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

2006-01-16 Thread Jerry McBride
On Monday 16 January 2006 01:28, Steve wrote: I had this exact same problem with my backend and I simply changed my init script around a bit to look like this, try it out for yourself: I'll give it try tonight, after work. Thank you, for your time. Jerry

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

2006-01-16 Thread Jerry McBride
On Monday 16 January 2006 01:28, Steve wrote: I had this exact same problem with my backend and I simply changed my init script around a bit to look like this, try it out for yourself: I took your script, emaild it to my son at home, he twiddled with it a tad bit and... IT WORKS! Kinda

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

2006-01-15 Thread Jerry McBride
changed. Anyone have a clue where to start looking Thank you, in advance, Jerry McBride ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

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

2006-01-15 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sunday 15 January 2006 16:56, Ross Campbell wrote: On 1/15/06, Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to start the mythbackend server via it's startup script. During restart or from a command line, executing the startup script on my gentoo server, /etc/init.d/mythbackend

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

2006-01-15 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sunday 15 January 2006 17:46, James C. Dastrup wrote: 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

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

2006-01-15 Thread Jerry McBride
save one thing... Even after the computer is fully booted, try to execute the mythbackend script from a command line fails... But executing mythbackend as a program succeeds. It's not a real show stopper by far, just one of those things I can't fix... Cheers. Jerry

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

2006-01-15 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sunday 15 January 2006 21:00, Nick wrote: On 16/01/06, Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Nick, On Sunday 15 January 2006 19:55, Nick wrote: When I've seem MythTV failing to start properly using init scripts I've found that sometimes there is a /.mythtv folder

Re: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Problem with XvMC being slow

2006-01-15 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/7/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/6/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 January 2006 00:05, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/5/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/5/06, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 05 January

Re: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Problem with XvMC being slow

2006-01-07 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/6/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 January 2006 00:05, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 1/5/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/5/06, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 1:21, Jerry Rubinow wrote: When using XvMC to play back

Re: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Problem with XvMC being slow

2006-01-05 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/5/06, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 1:21, Jerry Rubinow wrote: When using XvMC to play back video, CPU usage is low (30% for HD, 10% for SD), but the video plays back slower than realtime. I'm using an Nvidia 5200 card, with driver version 7667

Re: [mythtv-users] Fwd: Problem with XvMC being slow

2006-01-05 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 1/5/06, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/5/06, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 1:21, Jerry Rubinow wrote: When using XvMC to play back video, CPU usage is low (30% for HD, 10% for SD), but the video plays back slower than realtime. I'm

Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC with SVN revision 7738 and nvidia driver 6629

2005-11-09 Thread Jerry Rubinow
to be the coax cable to the cable box. I replaced it with a new one and the flakiness vanished. The flakiness was only on a couple of channels, the rest were totally fine. Don't know if that's your problem, but swapping out a cable is an easy things to check. -Jerry

Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC with SVN revision 7738 and nvidia driver 6629

2005-11-09 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 09/11/05, Curtis Stanford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: On 09/11/05, Curtis Stanford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you using firewire? I'm finding that my DCT-6200 box spits out some pretty bad mpeg streams. I get a lot of errors like you

[mythtv-users] Same STB, two tuners?

2005-10-08 Thread Jerry Rubinow
that Myth will know that there is a conflict? -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV format question

2005-09-12 Thread Jerry Rubinow
outputting 1280 x 720 to the TV, which is 720p, and see if thatfills the whole screen. That works on my Panasonic. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Advice needed for HD system

2005-08-16 Thread Jerry Rubinow
watch them in HD, and forget about recording. Can anyone think of anything better? For the digital channels, is there any better option than getting a PVR-250 to receive the s-video output of the cable box? Thanks, -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list

[mythtv-users] Re: apt-get on FC3 still broken?

2005-07-28 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 26/07/05, Jerry Rubinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm at the point where I've done an apt-get update, but before the apt and rpm-destroying apt-get dist-upgrade. If I do this: apt-get install rpm librpm4.4 apt atrpms-package-config fedora-release beecrypt I get the error that, er

Re: [mythtv-users] hdtv from a cable box

2005-07-27 Thread Jerry Rubinow
suggestions for using some perl script or mencoder to normalize the stream as a workaround for this, but haven't tried it yet. Note that the lack of DiscoveryHD, ESPN-HD, etc, is for the Philly area. I've seen reports that in some areas, these come in fine. -Jerry

[mythtv-users] Anyone successfully displaying 720p or above on a Pundit?

2005-07-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
attached the output from the mythfrontend log. I figured I'd ask if anyone with a Pundit is doing this successfully before I start recompiling with other options/debug info. -Jerry 2005-07-24 13:39:11.433 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1 2005-07-24 13:39

Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone successfully displaying 720p or above on a Pundit?

2005-07-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 24/07/05, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: I have a Pundit (the one with Sis 650, not the -R) connected to a DCT 6200 cable box (Comcast in Philly) via firewire. I installed Myth following Jarod's guide using FC3, latest atrpms

Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone successfully displaying 720p or above on a Pundit?

2005-07-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 24/07/05, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: I have a Pundit (the one with Sis 650, not the -R) connected to a DCT 6200 cable box (Comcast in Philly) via firewire. I installed Myth following Jarod's guide using FC3, latest atrpms

Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone successfully displaying 720p or above on a Pundit?

2005-07-24 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 24/07/05, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 24, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote: I'm also using the latest SIS driver from winischhofer.net. Hmm, when I play the pchdtv.com sample in mplayer, I get video of some people on a train (and it's doubled horizontally so

Re: [mythtv-users] apt-get on FC3 still broken?

2005-07-22 Thread Jerry Rubinow
list since it's not directly myth-related. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] apt-get on FC3 still broken?

2005-07-21 Thread Jerry Rubinow
running transaction when it got up to xorg-x11-tools. At least apt-get is still there, but now I'm stuck. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] What's a good mini front-end-only box?

2005-07-13 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On 13/07/05, Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The AOpen EP915-M looks really slick, just haven't figured out how to get one http://usa.aopen.com/company/ehall/2005%20computex/pdf/Consumer%20PC_L.zip -- Thanks, Devan Lippman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forget the EP915-M, I want that I-01

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Problem playing back some recordings on remote frontend

2005-06-22 Thread Jerry
perfectly fine in the 0.17 release. I'm considering downgrading until someone finds a solution or workaround. Cheers, Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

RE: [mythtv-users] (no subject)

2005-05-04 Thread Jerry Danzinger
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[mythtv-users] (no subject)

2005-05-01 Thread Jerry Danzinger
I am looking to set my computer up with mythtv so I can watch/record shows on my computer. The problem is I am using Direct Tv's satellite service and i have found no information on what tuner card to use, and how to set it up. I was wondering if anyone else sucessfully did this, and if they

Re: [mythtv-users] Mac Mini Frontend - HDTV Capable?

2005-04-26 Thread Jerry Rubinow
Here's a guy who sayshis 1.4 GHz Mini handles 720p and 1080i: http://www.osxhax.com/archives/63.html___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips

2005-01-25 Thread Jerry Rubinow
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:36:28 -0800 (PST), John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see that Jarod recommends the Radio Shack 15-2116: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php Anybody else have a favorite universal remote? CNET has a roundup here (updated 7/04):

Re: [mythtv-users] question for users of the Radio Shack 15-2116 remote

2005-01-22 Thread Jerry Rubinow
/manuals/rs-l-ht.shtml?15-2104#clear-981 If that doesn't work, look at the info for the other remotes. hifi-remote has much more info about RS remotes than you can get from Radio Shack. -Jerry ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http