Re: [mythtv-users] Hosed VGforMyth?

2006-01-20 Thread Paul Barker
Adam Propeck wrote: > Alright. I had to do a restore from backup (True Image) tonight and > all of a sudden my LVM is not found. I get a message that says > /dev/VGforMyth/video is not valid or not found or something like that. > I'm going nuts. What can I do (FC4) to get this back? I'd LOVE to

Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on adding second capture card

2006-01-18 Thread Paul Barker
David wrote: > >There was some good advice on Nova-Ts in the archives - fairly easy to >search for. Also easy to find on google. > >Do you have good DVB reception? >This is a good link for UK digital TV - what cable to use from the >aerial etc... >http://www.megalithia.com/elect/index.html > >I cu

Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on adding second capture card

2006-01-17 Thread Paul Barker
Nick wrote: >On 17/01/06, Paul Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >The cx88-dvb modules are in the FC4 kernel, so the card should work >out of the box (assuming it's a newer 90002 Nova-T). I'd recommend >using atrpms to get around the ivtv drivers cla

Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on adding second capture card

2006-01-17 Thread Paul Barker
Chris Hembrow wrote: >I have a similar setup. a celery 2.4, with a 120gb drive just for the >recordings, using a pvr250 to capture from sky. I added a second card, >a win tv nova-t dvb card, and unless I'm ripping a dvd at the same >time, it happily records 2 programs and watches one at the same t

Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on adding second capture card

2006-01-17 Thread Paul Barker
On Tue, January 17, 2006 12:36, Paul Barker said: > Hi All > > Well my myth setup has been working great for over a year now so I thought > it's about time I broke it! I'd like to add a second capture card to the > system. Currently here's what I have: > > At

[mythtv-users] Advice on adding second capture card

2006-01-17 Thread Paul Barker
Hi All Well my myth setup has been working great for over a year now so I thought it's about time I broke it! I'd like to add a second capture card to the system. Currently here's what I have: Athlon XP 2000 512Mb Ram 1 X 160Gb Seagate Baracuda 7200RPM 2Mb cache dedicated capture / buffer device.

Re: [mythtv-users] Fedora-based diskless frontends -- anybody have one working?

2006-01-12 Thread Paul Barker
Sean Cier wrote: >I'm wondering if anybody's successfully set up a Fedora-based diskless >frontend booting over the network. I'm trying to get an ATRPMS-based >(pretty much Jarod's-guide-style) FC4 machine booting up over the net and >mounting the root read/write over NFS -- not because I don'

Re: [mythtv-users] Autoloading subtitles with xine?

2005-12-18 Thread Paul Barker
Simon Lundell wrote: Thanks! I do have subtitles with different extensions (such as .srt etc). I modified your script to search for these too, and pass the first subtitle file found to xine. Works like a charm! //Simon #!/bin/bash FILE=$1 SUB=`echo $FILE | awk -F. '{print $1}'` SUBT=`find

Re: [mythtv-users] Autoloading subtitles with xine?

2005-12-18 Thread Paul Barker
Simon Lundell wrote: Hi! Mplayer is able to load subtitle files automatically, it loads subtitles with the same filename (without extension) as the movie file. Is it possible to make Xine do the same? //Simon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-

Re: [mythtv-users] Can't build lirc modules under FC4 - "wrong format"

2005-10-27 Thread Paul Barker
Neil Bird wrote: I've been using ATrpms' lirc RPMs for my Myth box, but I'd like to get an 'Igor' USB IR receiver; ATrpms don't include this kernel module so I want to prove I can do it myself before going ahead. I'm prototyping the process on my desktop FC4 box before interfereing wi

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching recordings. Pause then drop back to selection screen

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Barker
Paul Barker wrote: Hi Sorry for the long delay and thanks to those who made suggestions. My setup is a b/e running FC3 with 1 PVR 250 as capture device. 2 X remote frontends, 1 X FC3, 1 X Minimyth diskless EPIA. 100Mb wired network via Linksys switches. A brief recap of the problem - when

Re: [mythtv-users] Watching recordings. Pause then drop back to selection screen

2005-10-13 Thread Paul Barker
On Wed, September 28, 2005 23:47, Nick said: > I assume you're using a 100Mbit/s network - what is the source of the > recordings (DVB/hardware capture etc)? If they are MPEG-2 can you play > them in a different media player over the network or does this > behaviour only happen in MythTV? How fast

Re: [mythtv-users] Sony PS and mythweb

2005-10-04 Thread Paul Barker
On Tue, October 4, 2005 12:31, David Watkins said: > I see from the archive that people are transcoding mythtv files to > watch on their Sony PSP, but is anyone watching them using the built > in Wi-Fi? Can this be done through mythweb? > > This might be what I need to get away with sneaking a PSP

Re: [mythtv-users] how to interpret loadaverage on mythtv backendstatus page

2005-10-04 Thread Paul Barker
On Tue, October 4, 2005 8:35, anders smith said: > how do I interpret loadaverage on mythtv backendstatus page or when > running > top? > I usually get numbers around 4, but is that good or bad (when grabbing and > inserting it runs up to 6)? > thanks > anders >

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv - database; MySQL good - Myth Lost -

2005-10-03 Thread Paul Barker
Jeremy Thompson wrote: K, Went through and checked everything. Nieither mythbackend or mysql were running. Started both. Started mythtv and it passed through the database portion. Now, got a new problem (of course). I am still working on it, but have built the database before, so it's

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv - database; MySQL good - Myth Lost -

2005-10-03 Thread Paul Barker
Jeremy Thompson wrote: Ok, Changed it, restarted mysql (worked!), however I now get this error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# mythtv 2005-10-03 18:16:30.848 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1 2005-10-03 18:16:30.857 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0 2005-10

[mythtv-users] Watching recordings. Pause then drop back to selection screen

2005-09-27 Thread Paul Barker
Hi I have a strange issue which is apparent on both of my frontends. Whilst watching a recorded program the image will freeze and eventually drop back to the selection screen. Here is a log snippet from one frontend : 2005-09-27 11:55:07.032 write->18 50 QUERY_FILETRANSFER 20[]:[]REQUE

Re: [mythtv-users] mythburn errors: Xlib: connection to ":33.0" refused by server (?!?)

2005-09-26 Thread Paul Barker
Jim Geist wrote: The scripts should start Xvfb automatically; make sure it's in the path. I read somewhere that some people have had to start it once manually to force it to create its sockets. I didn't have to do that, but you might. -- Jim On 9/26/05, *John P. Hoke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <

Re: [mythtv-users] RE: MySQL start up problem

2005-09-25 Thread Paul Barker
Jeremy Thompson wrote: Ok, So I looked at those files. Here is the log file, I took out what I think the options are. Should be everything else. The only thing I notice is the 'unrec option'. See below. [quote] 050920 20:18:56 mysqld started /usr/libexec/mysqld: unrecognized option `--

Re: [mythtv-users] MySQL start up problem

2005-09-19 Thread Paul Barker
Jeremy Thompson wrote: Hello all, Been breaking Linux for awhile now. Followed Jarod's FC guide to the letter. Worked fine a few days ago. I loaded the LIRC for my ATI All in Wonder and it 'works'. However, now the database won't start at all. Here's some info I could think to provide

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie HW question

2005-09-15 Thread Paul Barker
Jim Geist wrote: I'm looking at putting together a MythTV box, and I came across this kit from magicitx http://www.magicitx.com/store/kit-mythtv-1.html It's a reasonable price, but it's based on a Via chipset, and I read in one of the other hardware guides that people have had random lockup

Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware problem with Silverstone Case

2005-09-15 Thread Paul Barker
Robert Johnston wrote: What kind of problems? I only ask as I have an LC10 * There's a big metal rivet at the back of the case, blocking off any potential VGA connectors plugged into any potential AGP cards Not on my machine there isn't. At least, it doesn't protrude enough to

Re: [mythtv-users] Argh! WARNING to all UK Sky users of Myth ...

2005-09-07 Thread Paul Barker
On Wed, September 7, 2005 12:11, Neil Bird said: > >Sky are apparently about to completely change their channel nos. > around, > inc. adding some 4-digit ones. > >Prepare for much SQL pain :-( > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1563013,00.html > Typical - just when I'd fi

Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC: MythTV native support & other

2005-08-25 Thread Paul Barker
Dr. C Mythology wrote: Hello, I just got lirc to work yesterday, but I have to problems. First, it seems like my IR receiver is reacting to something else than my remote. When running irrecord or irw I can clearly see that it prints out button names or dots when I'm not touching the remote. D

Re: [mythtv-users] problems building projectx

2005-08-25 Thread Paul Barker
Paul Barker wrote: I have successfully built ProjectX on Fedora using the SUN JSDK 1.5.x. If you hunt around on the web there is a prebuilt JAR file. If I bookmarked the link I'll try and post it later tonight. OK, back home now. Here's the link: http://www.oozoon.de/main_en.htm

Re: [mythtv-users] problems building projectx

2005-08-25 Thread Paul Barker
> # ./build.sh > bash: ./build.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory > > /bin/bash is the correct path, I've also tried changing the first line to > !#bin/sh , which I know works in other scripts, I get a similar error > using > this. Look closely at the shebang line and you'

Re: [mythtv-users] RE: (UK) Front end hardware recommendations

2005-08-25 Thread Paul Barker
On Thu, August 25, 2005 14:58, Justin Hornsby said: >> James Fidell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [mythtv-users] (UK) Front end hardware recommendations >> >>Anyone care to recommend hardware for a front-end-only box that can be >>reasonably easily sourced in the UK? Requirements are really only

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

2005-08-20 Thread Paul Barker
myth joe wrote: If anyone does't know about them, they might take a look at logicsupply.com . They have ide flash memory modules that plug directly into an IDE connector starting at $51 dollars for a 256MB version. Of course if you don't know how to build a Linux system so it never mounts a pa

Re: [mythtv-users] CVS build Tuesday - no mythtv-setup

2005-06-21 Thread Paul Barker
Mercury Morris wrote: When I tried to use mythtv-setup, it failed to start with the following error: mythtv-setup: error while loading shared libraries: libmythtv-0.18.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory But there is such a file, located in the directory: /usr/loca

Re: [mythtv-users] Uninstall MySQL

2005-06-21 Thread Paul Barker
Phill Edwards wrote: I wish to Uninstall MySQL from Fedora Core 3. This is because I beleive that it isn't installed properly. How do I go about doing this? Thanks, Ian. I don't use Fedora, but "rpm -qa" gives you all installed packages. Filter for mysql: rpm -qa | grep mysql and remove

Re: [mythtv-users] MYMsql ERRORS

2005-06-20 Thread Paul Barker
ian swanson wrote: When i /etc/init.d/mysqld start, it says: chown: 'mysql :mysql' : invalid user chown: 'mysql :mysql' : invalid user Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon. Starting MySQL:[FAILED] When I /sbin/chkconfig mysqld on.. it appears to work. When I try to run an

Re: [mythtv-users] RAID on Fedora Core 3?

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Barker
grind to a halt.   Regards   Paul   Paul Barker

Re: [mythtv-users] MySQL Password

2005-01-15 Thread Paul Barker
you get a message about access denied for user [EMAIL PROTECTED] using password=no then you do have one set.   Cheers   Paul  

Re: [mythtv-users] MythCVS and Unichrome on EPIA M10

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Barker
h/w MPEG decoding on live TV.   Many thanks to all who took the time to read or reply to my requests for help.   Cheers   Paul    

Re: [mythtv-users] MythCVS and Unichrome on EPIA M10K

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Barker
anks   Paul   P

RE: [mythtv-users] MythCVS and Unichrome on EPIA M10K

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Barker
Hi > Please post the log of your failing build. Erm, yes that would have been a good idea wouldn't it :( I'm running a build with the output tee'd to a logfile now. It's going to be large so I guess I'll post the failing section first. This looks more an more like a library path issue BTW. I di

Re: [mythtv-users] MythCVS and Unichrome on EPIA M10K

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Barker
vMC (I've also tried moving ld.so.cache and re-running ldconfig - same result after)   Hmm, any ideas ?    

Re: [mythtv-users] RAID on Fedora Core 3?

2004-12-24 Thread Paul Barker
Title: Message Hi >I'll give it a try since the alternative (two 4 channel s/w RAID boards) yet is more money ;) Cool, let me know how you get on. I'd be interested if it works !   Cheers   Paul   ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.

Re: [mythtv-users] RAID on Fedora Core 3?

2004-12-24 Thread Paul Barker
it.   Cheers   Paul    

[mythtv-users] Sound Issues with VIA 82xx

2004-12-05 Thread Paul Barker
Title: Message A while back I posted saying that I was having issues with sound using a front end with embedded VIA 82xx audio and an optical digi out. Basically whenever I went into TV / Music etc I got no sound until I muted the IEC switch in the mixer. Each time I exited and went back int