Re: [mythtv-users] media_settings.xml

2006-01-30 Thread Phill Edwards
> Would someone please shoot me a copy of the defalut media_settings.xml? SETTINGS_MUSIC Music Settings Configurar Música Configuration de la musique Configurar Música Musik Musik indstillinger Muziek Instellingen Configurar Música Musikins

Re: [mythtv-users] mplayer + dvdnav?

2006-01-30 Thread Phill Edwards
> Hi, all. Got another question. Again, I'm using ubuntu breezy badger, so > maybe I'm just missing some up to date stuff. I looked at some documentation > for mplayer that told me I could use the -dvdnav flag to utilize libdvdnav > in accessing dvd menus and such; however, a.) the version of mplay

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.18.2

2006-01-30 Thread Phill Edwards
> 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 preparation for a future 0.18.2 > release, but that's all

Re: [mythtv-users] [ATrpms-users] Mythtv 0.18.2

2006-01-29 Thread Phill Edwards
> A week or so ago an upgrade installed all the myth modules as 0.18.2 > etc. Now if you try to upgrade we're back to 0.18.1. What's up with > that? Hopefully a moot point in the next day or so. There never was a 0.18.2 but some of the distros apparently bundled up some code and released it as

Re: [mythtv-users] StreamTV

2006-01-29 Thread Phill Edwards
> Hello, I installed MythStream, installing all of the required > dependencies via rpm. Would you mind sharing where you got the RPMs from? I didn't think there were any. PS - I presume you mean MythStreamTV, not MythStream? They're 2 very different things. Regards, Phill ___

Re: [mythtv-users] No /dev/dvb with AVErMedia DVB-T 771's with Ubuntu 5.10

2006-01-27 Thread Phill Edwards
> Just a quick question, which flavor of linux are you running atm? > FC3 and binaries from ATRPMs. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] No /dev/dvb with AVErMedia DVB-T 771's with Ubuntu 5.10

2006-01-27 Thread Phill Edwards
> > However, there are no /dev/dvb devices created so mythtv-setup does > not know the cards are present. > Does anybody have any ideas about what I am doing wrong. And please > don't say anything about rebuilding the kernel else I might wee my > pants :( Well I'm not one of the knowledgable ones

Re: [mythtv-users] streaming to windows (directly through myth)

2006-01-26 Thread Phill Edwards
> Sounds like you want to stream to windows "on the road." The problem > with doing this is that most of us like to keep recordings in a > bitrate that does not play very well over say... a cable modem. > There's not very much bandwidth there and as of now myth does not do > on the fly transcodin

Re: [mythtv-users] transfer/copy database

2006-01-26 Thread Phill Edwards
> I'm 'splitting' my mythfrontend/mythbackend machine into separate PCs. > What's the easiest way to 'move/copy' the database from the 'former' > backend machine to the new backend machine? I would export the database from the former and import into the new one. I think mysqldump is the command yo

Re: [mythtv-users] Updates for 0.19...

2006-01-26 Thread Phill Edwards
> Updates for mythRecipe, mythStreamTV and mythburn-ui to compile and work > with 0.19 can be found at my hp: Cool! Couple of questions: 1) Does MythStreamTV still need specially compiled versions of vlc to work? I've been trying to get it to work with FC3 RPM binaries from ATRPMs but I can't get

Re: [mythtv-users] streaming to windows (directly through myth)

2006-01-26 Thread Phill Edwards
> I have no problems opening the .nuv files when I mount the TV recording with > Samba. (I.E., I installed samba on my mythbackend box, then mount the TV > directory on my Windows computer, and open the files using VLC.) The > filenames are pretty cryptic, but if you see what you want to watch in >

Re: [mythtv-users] Connect mythtv-users list to Usenet?

2006-01-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> At least the process would only be one way... usenet is a proper mess > with countless trolls and spambots... the only way around that would > be to moderate every posting. Not the way forwards, if you want my > opinion. And many people will find that their port is blocked at work so they cant

Re: [mythtv-users] should I just switch to SVN

2006-01-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> Q. Is there a way to use a program like "Norton Ghost" to backup you current > working system so if you are stupid like me and FUBAR your system you can > bring it back before the WAF drops to the point hat she starts to make you > sit there and program the video (what is one of those?) so she do

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB-T Still clueless

2006-01-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> Cool, other than shrinking the file size why would you use this, if I > get sync issues when I convert to something else. no other reason. > Or ask the question the otherway round. Can I use this to create DVD > compliant MPEGs, or Apple ipod or PSP or Nokia 770 compliant mpegs? No because tra

Re: [mythtv-users] should I just switch to SVN

2006-01-24 Thread Phill Edwards
> Here's hoping Axel will be on the ball and a yum upgrade will be all that's > needed on FC4 ;-) > > (Ever gratefull) Steve Ooooh, h and FC3 too - don't forget us luddites! Well, at least I got off FC2 so it could be worse... (Also eternally grateful and just as excited) Phill __

Re: [mythtv-users] Recorded programs

2006-01-24 Thread Phill Edwards
> Im having a small problem with recorded livetv program, basically they're > not showing up in the "View recordings" bit, the files are on the > filesystem and the show up in the "Previously" recorded bit. > Im running 0.18.1 on a lfs system. Its probably not a hardware issue but > my system is:-

Re: [mythtv-users] should I just switch to SVN

2006-01-24 Thread Phill Edwards
> I have a bare metal build ready and just waiting for the day, pant pant :-P Hang in there tiger :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB-T Still clueless

2006-01-24 Thread Phill Edwards
> > Pick whichever one you want. I have picked Default as that way > > recordings get transcoded by default. I haven't set up transcoding > > against the High Quality profile so if there's something I want to > > archive and keep I record in High Quality so it stays in its native > > MPEG2 format.

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB-T Still clueless

2006-01-24 Thread Phill Edwards
> Phill, thanks for the info, but I'm still in the dark. Thanks to everyone > for hanging in here with me, I am going to give it one more try... > I know I can use Default, High Quality, etc, etc, but what are these in - > which group? Is it hardware dvb encoders, transcoders or do I need to create

Re: [mythtv-users] should I just switch to SVN

2006-01-23 Thread Phill Edwards
> Is there a list of changes/enhancements that is available on the web? Want > to see if it would be worth going to the new version at this time or wait > when my Myth box is not used as much. Could have a look at http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ However, I think Isaac mentioned that 0.19 is out some

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB-T Still clueless

2006-01-23 Thread Phill Edwards
> 1. Which recording profiles do I edit to change settings and make it do > this? Pick whichever one you want. I have picked Default as that way recordings get transcoded by default. I haven't set up transcoding against the High Quality profile so if there's something I want to archive and keep I r

Re: [mythtv-users] AC3 and/or S/PDIF (again)

2006-01-22 Thread Phill Edwards
> Actually there is supposed to be a plugin for this in alsa called > "softvol". Check out the bottom of this page: > > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html > > I messed with it for a while but I've been unable to figure out how to > make it work Nor have I. I've trie

Re: [mythtv-users] lm_sensors and MythTV

2006-01-22 Thread Phill Edwards
> Looks very interesting, but it would still seem to depend on getting > lm_sensors and ivtv to cooperate. The folks getting this working may > not have been using ivtv, or may have been using mobos with ISA > sensor access. OTOH it probably can be made to work with ivtv and > i2c, I just need more

Re: [mythtv-users] lm_sensors and MythTV

2006-01-22 Thread Phill Edwards
> I thought it would be a good idea to monitor my CPU temp, as MythTV > can push it a little hard. > > So I tried to get lm_sensors working on my K8M8MS mobo. Or you could try this - http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/147745 ___ mythtv-us

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Remote Control

2006-01-22 Thread Phill Edwards
> Its RC6 based so I had to build up a new receiver for lirc as the one > on my nova-t card did not work with it. I also experienced an > interesting problem. To start with I could not get it to work at all > with lirc. The config file checking into cvs did not work for it and > I could not get irr

Re: [mythtv-users] AC3 and/or S/PDIF (again)

2006-01-19 Thread Phill Edwards
> I never did get igital out working as it was intended, have posted both > here and on the alsa mailing list, but nobody had anything to say about > spdif out only working using the analog settings (as per digital sound > howto), and yes, I double checked my devices (nforce 4). Here's my .asoundr

Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem

2006-01-19 Thread Phill Edwards
> 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM install > to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a possibility? Is > there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if I used the Binary > dow

Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for good specifications for mythTV

2006-01-17 Thread Phill Edwards
> What are some good specs for a mythTV box..I have seen specs for high > end machines doing multiple > recordingsI am not looking into doing such things... Take a look at http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-pvrhwdb.php Also, if you're recording DVB TV then that requires very little CPU grunt to r

Re: [mythtv-users] Themes

2006-01-17 Thread Phill Edwards
> I'm looking for some different MythTV themes Does anyone know where I can > find them on the web? Search the archives for Myxer. It lets you customise your own theme through a web interface. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http:/

Re: [mythtv-users] Logrotate settings for mythbackend.log?

2006-01-17 Thread Phill Edwards
>/var/log/myth/mythbackend.log { >size 32M >postrotate >kill -HUP `cat /var/run/mythbackend.pid` 2>/dev/null >endscript >} Out of interest, won't this config kill mythbackend and therefore terminate any recordi

Re: [mythtv-users] streaming to windows (directly through myth)

2006-01-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> DSMYTH. Google it or look at sourceforge specifically. It sets up the > Myth:// and Mythlive:// and all that stuff. I think his query was essentially that he's tried dsmyth and the myth:// protocols aren't working for him. ___ mythtv-users mailing lis

Re: [mythtv-users] Compiling Mythtv on an Xbox error?

2006-01-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> I assume basicaly all machines just need to be on the same subnet running > distcc? I see it mentions "On each of the servers" does this need to be in a > Sever/Client setting? > > Currently no DNS is being performed on my boxes only using a router for > simple networking. If you'd like to get s

Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Icon and EPG data position in live tv

2006-01-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> List, got my Mythbox working perfectly, but I cannot change the position of > the channel icons and the EPG data. While watching live tv, the channel > icons are cut of 1/3 on the left side. > > Can anyone tell me where to change this setting? I had to enter the size for > the tv-picture to have

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian DVB-T resolution

2006-01-15 Thread Phill Edwards
> this is pretty horrible, but from the scan output ( channels.conf) and an > mplayer that supports dvb, I just ran: > cat channels.conf | perl -e '$opts=" -vo asdfasdf -ao asdfasdf| tee -a > streaminfo"; while ($f = ) { if ($f =~ m/radio/i || $f =~ m/jazz/i) > {next;} $f =~ m/(.+?):/; print "mplay

Re: [mythtv-users] cut commercials only, no transcoding

2006-01-15 Thread Phill Edwards
> I do this all from a single script without actually looking/editing > the commercial points. I trust mythcommflag is doing very good job and > I do detect almost all the commercials. Only one time, it deleted > everything of the "Lost" episode after the first commercial. You wouldn't want to do

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Remote Control

2006-01-13 Thread Phill Edwards
> Hello there. I am currently using a full sized IR keyboard as my > remote, but I would like to find something a little smaller that my > wife can use to navigate. Packard Bell PC remote. Loads of them on eBay - dirt cheap and excellent with lots of buttons. _

Re: [mythtv-users] SVN mythtranscode

2006-01-12 Thread Phill Edwards
> to add to Adam's remarks... you CAN'T do a lossless transcode from a lossy > format to a lossy format. it's impossible. you can do what may seem an > imperceivable loss in quality, but inherent to lossy formats, any transcoding > done will loose quality. If you do any decrease in resolution, filt

Re: [mythtv-users] SVN mythtranscode

2006-01-12 Thread Phill Edwards
> -m doesn't mean lossless, it just means "Perform MPEG2 to MPEG2 > transcode". You can change the transcode settings for this profile to > lossless in mythfrontend. So that implies that there is also a lossy MPEG2 to MPEG2 transcode option, right? ___ m

Re: [mythtv-users] SVN mythtranscode

2006-01-12 Thread Phill Edwards
> Haven't seen anyone reply to this yet so I will. Notice he said 'lossless'. > The MPEG2->MPEG2 transcoding in SVN is for cutting only, it does not > re-encode the frames (except around the cutpoints I believe). So, the > space savings from using it are because you get to cut out those 20 minute

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian DVB-T resolution

2006-01-12 Thread Phill Edwards
> Apologies, the utility you want is dvbscan (or just scan), also part of > the dvb-utils package. Errrm - we're going round in circles here. One of the other posters suggested it was the output of scan but when I ran that the got a different output which didn't contain things like resolution, asp

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian DVB-T resolution

2006-01-11 Thread Phill Edwards
> The output you're trying to get comes from the tzap command when you are > creating a channels.conf. Are you sure? When I run tzap like this: # tzap "ABC HDTV" I get output like this: using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 22650 Hz video pid 0x090a, au

Re: [mythtv-users] SVN mythtranscode

2006-01-11 Thread Phill Edwards
> Does Mythtranscode from SVN still support mpeg2 -> mpeg4 (xvid) > compression or is it mpeg2 -> mpeg2 lossless only now. I ask as using the > -m switch (which should turn ON lossless) creates a file the same size as > without it. I'd expect a larger file with it. Not an answer but another questi

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

2006-01-11 Thread Phill Edwards
> 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. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailma

Re: [mythtv-users] Problems with Mounting DVDs

2006-01-11 Thread Phill Edwards
> Of course I could just be making that up. It's been a while... I > noticed that I don't have a .kde/Autostart/Autorun.desktop file so > that very well could have something to do with it. Thinking about it > deeper, noauto might have something to do with LVM? I used to have an > issue booting with

Re: [mythtv-users] Does mythtv support 1080p?

2006-01-10 Thread Phill Edwards
> I'm new to linux support of pvr's. I've done a little research though and > from what I can tell MythTv is the most functional and stable; plus, it > allows for multiple inputs and outputs. But I haven't been able to find out > whether or not 1080p output is supported? And maybe it depends on

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian DVB-T resolution

2006-01-10 Thread Phill Edwards
On 11/01/06, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/01/06, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/01/06, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As you can see below (in Canberra) most SD is 720x576 but WIN is 704x, > >

Re: [mythtv-users] Ordering of mysql and mythbackend shutdowns

2006-01-10 Thread Phill Edwards
> Common sense says that all applications accessing the DB should be shut > down cleanly before shutting down the database. I'm worried now because my distro doesn't seem to have shutdown scripts for mysql and mythbackend so I guess they're just getting trashed rather than cleanly shutdown when th

Re: [mythtv-users] How to KEEP mythtv running when user exits

2006-01-10 Thread Phill Edwards
> Putting a line like: m7:2345:respawn:/bin/su - mythtv -c /usr/bin/startx > in my /etc/inittab doesn't work. When I test it, by exiting from > mythtv, this method fails with a message about the user not being > allowed to start the x server. Which puzzles me because user mythtv IS > allowed to r

[mythtv-users] Customising osd.xml

2006-01-10 Thread Phill Edwards
I know you can put theme files like ui.xml and mainmenu.xml into $HOME/.mythtv so any changes you make won't get overwritten by them updates. But how do you do that for OSD theme files like osd.xml? I put it in $HOME/.mythtv and it didn't get picked up by the frontend. Does anyone know where it nee

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian DVB-T resolution

2006-01-09 Thread Phill Edwards
> As you can see below (in Canberra) most SD is 720x576 but WIN is 704x, SBS > EPG is 480x, one Prime is 544x... it seems to vary. Thanks. How did you get that log? I'd like to do that too. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@myth

[mythtv-users] Australian DVB-T resolution

2006-01-09 Thread Phill Edwards
My DVB-T recordings in Sydney all seem to be 704 x 576. I thought SD was supposed to be 720 x 576. What am I misunderstanding here? Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-use

Re: [mythtv-users] Ratpoisonrc example

2006-01-08 Thread Phill Edwards
> Does someone have an example ratpoisonrc file they could post that sets > default focus options etc correctly for mythtv/mplayer/xine frontend? This is mine - it lives in my home dir. Not sure what you mean by focus options but this works for me. Sorry for long post and all the commented out stu

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Archiving to DVD?

2006-01-07 Thread Phill Edwards
> Maybe investigate why it's slow and fails. It's working perfectly for me. > ProjectX solves the av/sync problems and if your data > 4.7GB it > automatically requantisizes to what fits on the DVD I didn't know about the > 4.7GB functionality. My version doesn't do that but I'd really like it to!

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian Free TV guide/grabber script.

2006-01-07 Thread Phill Edwards
> There is an excellent solution that uses the OzTiVo guide data, which is > perhaps the most rock-solid data around, Australia wide. Prior to using > the OzTiVo stuff, I'd changed tv_grab_au scripts a half dozen times as > each became inactive. > > You need to create a user on the following commun

Re: [mythtv-users] Easiest way to burn shows to DVD?

2006-01-07 Thread Phill Edwards
>Anyway, can anyone who has a simple working setup please advise? > This is what I do: 1) Copy the file over to your PC. 2) Cut out the ads using ProjectX. 3) Re-encode the video file to cut down its size if necessary. Windows tools for this are eg TMPGEnc, SUPER, MediaCoder. 4) Load the vid

Re: [mythtv-users] (please respond) How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
> I'm shocked that I have not heard any answers to this this question. So > I'm warming the thread. > > I'm also going to ask what I believe is a simpler question. I did > verify that my keyboard is not broken by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a > terminal screen (with a cool looking KnoppMyth "LCD

Re: [mythtv-users] Newbee Making use of svn

2005-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
> But I think you'll be alot happier with a pre-compiled version of Myth, > try ubuntu linux which has packages of myth in its repository ("apt-get > install mythtv") Or install Fedora Core and follow Jarod Wilson's excellent guide which has helped out many newbees in getting MythTV up and running

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

2005-12-28 Thread Phill Edwards
> This torrent has been updated recently. The instructions on the page and the > README file included in the torrent explain the installation and > post-installation steps. But bassically yes, it is almost that easy. > Certainly easier than the alternatlve.. that's the point after all. OK, thanks

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Upgrading and Protocols..

2005-12-27 Thread Phill Edwards
> My xbox torrent should make the upgrading of your frontends easy. > > http://www.piratebay.org/details.php?id=3423245 I think I downloaded this a couple of weeks ago but I'm not sure how you actually install it. Do you just put it in a XBox dir like E:\Apps\Linux and then execute the default.xbe

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: fc3 to fc4

2005-12-26 Thread Phill Edwards
> It should work fine with a simple upgrade. Of course you will need to > explicitly install the ivtv-kmdl matching your new kernel like you > do on each kernel upgrade, e.g. > > smart update > smart upgrade > smart install ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r` Are you recommending that people use smart from FC4 o

Re: [mythtv-users] Windows and Fedora Core

2005-12-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> Hi, is there a specific order I should install Fedora Core and Windows if I > want/need them both on the same machine? Is there a preferred way of doing > this, with some form of a boot manager? These may help: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Install-Strat

[mythtv-users] Re: [TVguide] OT: HWW agrees to sell the business to ninemsn

2005-12-25 Thread Phill Edwards
> For those of you that don't know, HWW is the main company contracted to > provide TV guide data on a commercial basis. This is the same company who > was pressured by the stations to ask us to stop us using their data for > TiVo's (which we have). And those same stations put up a helluva strugg

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on FC4 using kworld V-Stream DVB-T help please

2005-12-24 Thread Phill Edwards
> I have just set installed the system on AMD system using the very good > set of instructions from http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fc3myth.php to > guide. The FC4 is running with kernel level 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4. > > Extract from dmesg shows the card being detected > > Linux video capture interface: v1.

Re: [mythtv-users] 2005 MCE REMOTE

2005-12-23 Thread Phill Edwards
> Now, I have everything installed and working great… except the remote in > MythTV. When I run /usr/bin/irw I get the output I can see the remote is > working. An lsmod shows the the remote drivers are loaded. I have a > .lircrc file in the user's home dir and in the /users/homedir/.mythtv dir.

Re: [mythtv-users] system information to rss feed

2005-12-23 Thread Phill Edwards
> i need a script that do this work: > > grep system information and create an rss file that i can read from > mythnews ;) as you don't actually say what system info you need this is just a stab in the dark. But you could try http://your.mythtv.server:6544/xml which gives you an XML feed which you

Re: [mythtv-users] Gray-OSD change font?

2005-12-23 Thread Phill Edwards
> Done, I've added a scroller as well as shrunk down the editmode bar > as I agree it's just too big. I've also moved the time display in a few pixels > to hopefully not have it get chopped off for those of you seeing that. > Thanks for that. I've downloaded it and un-tared it and restarted mythf

Re: [mythtv-users] Having fun with OSD

2005-12-22 Thread Phill Edwards
On 23/12/05, Brad DerManouelian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have the URL to the feed causing the error? It's more likely > that the RSS feed doesn't conform to the standard than your library > being wonky. The URLs returned by the query are as below. I'll go through them one at a time and

Re: [mythtv-users] Having fun with OSD

2005-12-22 Thread Phill Edwards
> Yeah, sorry about that. I wasn't handling some HTML entities that the shell > doesn't like. Apply the mod that Graeme Hilton suggested earlier in the > thread and you should be all set. Look at my quoted text above for where the > lines go. I've made those changes but it still gives me the same

Re: [mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work

2005-12-21 Thread Phill Edwards
> Do you have any idea about the questions I wrote: > > I don't have the /dev/dvb/... or the adapter/frontend aren't > registered...is it because the /dev/dvb/...isn't created?? When/Where > are /dev/dvb/... created? Sorry, I don't. Here's the ls -l output of mine: $ ls -l /dev/dvb* crw--- 1

Re: [mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work

2005-12-21 Thread Phill Edwards
> Ok, can you post your modeprobe.conf OK - but as I said there isn't anything in it related to this card: ### Packard Bell serial port ir remote alias char-major-61 lirc_serial install lirc_serial #Network card# alias eth0 e100 #Sound# alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-

Re: [mythtv-users] Help getting KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T to work

2005-12-21 Thread Phill Edwards
> > I need some help to get my TV card (KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T) working. > > > > # uname -r > > 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 I'm running FC3 with kernel 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 from ATrpms and I have 2 of these installed and they work out of the box. You shouldn't need to compile anything. Extract from my dmesg

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

2005-12-21 Thread Phill Edwards
> I didn't notice current time in OSD while watching recordings. I'll have > to double check. I think Gray-OSD has it on the first "i" press. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Having fun with OSD

2005-12-21 Thread Phill Edwards
> You inspired me. I just wrote this quick script to display my > MythNews headlines. Anyone know if it's possible to trigger an > external script while watching TV? I set it to run every hour, but > I'd much prefer it to run when I hit a button on my remote and feel > like being depressed. > > Use

Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

2005-12-19 Thread Phill Edwards
> And in response to Phill, it is easier in the channel editor, but tedious and > slow. I just find knoda quicker for doing these kind of manual interventions. You're right. After I sent that I realised that I forgot to mention that I only have 7 channels! _

Re: [mythtv-users] Great source for channel icons (was --> "http://www.lyngsat-logo.com")

2005-12-19 Thread Phill Edwards
> I just looked through my DB and couldn't see any existing channel mappings. > There was a table for what looked like icons, but there was no data in there > for me to compare with. Much easier to do it in the channel editor in mythtvsetup, I think. ___

Re: [mythtv-users] Gray-OSD change font?

2005-12-19 Thread Phill Edwards
> Also, if you could add scrolling text to it by default, it would save > me the trouble of adding it in the event of upgrades. :) > > > >0,434,640,40 > > >0,440,640,40 >settings >yes >-3,0 > > Out of interest, does that mean

Re: [mythtv-users] Gray-OSD change font?

2005-12-19 Thread Phill Edwards
> > thanks for the info Greg. I'lll wait for tonights release (with much > > anticipation, I find it a good match for the Grayhem theme). > > Here it is, main changes are the new "small" program info which is > only something that people running SVN would notice and I've adding in > some editmode

Re: [mythtv-users] Recordings not being listed

2005-12-18 Thread Phill Edwards
> About 5-6 days ago (after updating SVN), ONLY 4 recordings are being > displayed on the Watch Recordings area. I have about a hundred or so > recordings. They show up fine under MythWEB but i can't watch them on the > frontend. I poked around the database, but couldn't find anything `odd'. I > ha

Re: [mythtv-users] Having fun with OSD

2005-12-18 Thread Phill Edwards
On 19/12/05, Brad DerManouelian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You inspired me. I just wrote this quick script to display my > MythNews headlines. Anyone know if it's possible to trigger an > external script while watching TV? I set it to run every hour, but > I'd much prefer it to run when I hit a b

Re: [mythtv-users] DvbScan -- HELP!!!!

2005-12-18 Thread Phill Edwards
> Ok, I'm a moron. I've downloaded this and I *think* installed it, but I'm > not sure where to find it. First, how do I install this package from > command-line? Where will I find this util once installed? As root: # rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm To see all the files and where they live: # rpm -qi

[mythtv-users] Reduce size of DVB-T recordings

2005-12-18 Thread Phill Edwards
I want to burn some of my DVB-T recordings to DVD (like the other poster today) but my question is different. This weekend I recorded a film which is > 9.5GB. I want to take that file (which, being DVB, is MPEG2) and reduce it to a MPEG2 file of around 4GB so I can make a 4.7GB DVD out of it after

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

2005-12-18 Thread Phill Edwards
> Does setting the mixer to digital allow volume control from mythtv of > the digital out? I'd like to be able to do that. Also I'd like to be > able have both analog and digital have the same output, is that > possible? Don't think so - by which I mean I haven't been able to get it work! ___

Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio with myth

2005-12-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> >From the ALSA list a while back when I asked about controling the volume of > >an SPDIF output. > > Not had a chance to try it: > > > Some boards like cs46xx have SPDIF PCM volume controls, but usually > no h/w control is available. > As a user-space solution, try softvol plugin. Put something

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

2005-12-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> I tried alsamixer again and it worked. > In alsamixer I un-muted IEC958, turned ICE958 Playback all the way down, set > ICE958 Playback source to [AC-Link], un-muted External Amplifier, turned > and up to 90%. ESC to exit. > > --- I don't know if all of this was necessary, but it worked for me.

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

2005-12-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> Thanks! I may well find the last bit very useful! I have the libasound2 > libs installed and have been banging my head tyrying to det spdiff out > working (and it was working fine on the same box in a previous > incarnation). > > Will try doing what you suggested with the libasound libraries. In

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

2005-12-16 Thread Phill Edwards
> I tried alsamixer again and it worked. > In alsamixer I un-muted IEC958, turned ICE958 Playback all the way down, set > ICE958 Playback source to [AC-Link], un-muted External Amplifier, turned > and up to 90%. ESC to exit. I have the same intel8x0 on-board sound as you. I wanted to try what yo

Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone have Packard Bell IR Receiver and RemoteWorking?!

2005-12-15 Thread Phill Edwards
> Phil - That would be great... > TIA, > Mike Wafkowski OK - I'll try to send it tonight/tomorrow. Might get delayed as I think attachments get screened before they get posted up. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http

Re: [mythtv-users] Anyone have Packard Bell IR Receiver and Remote Working?!

2005-12-14 Thread Phill Edwards
> Howdy all - Is there a soul out there who has gotten the ubiquitous cheap > Packard Bell IR receiver and remote to work with any recent version of > Knoppmyth? > > I've tried R5A16-22 and 26 and have not got the device to acknowledge it > exists. I've read every guide and howto I could find, inst

Re: [mythtv-users] watching a bttv recorded show on a non mythtv mplayer?

2005-12-12 Thread Phill Edwards
> I would like to watch a recorded show (by my mythbox recorded with a > bttv (askey tview 99 card)) on my ubuntu linux box. (I can watch them on > my mythbox using mythfrontend with a tv attached to it) > > I am also having a pvr 250 and I can watch videos recorded by it without > any hazle (since

Re: [mythtv-users] XBox Media Center Question

2005-12-12 Thread Phill Edwards
> Well, I was just referring to the native XBMC media player. There is a > Myth plugin script for XBMC that supposedly allows Live TV, and I > presume time stretch, but I can't get it to work with latest SVN, so > it's a non-starter for me (which is also the reason I can't run any of > the Myth/Deb

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: sorry to bother you about your xbox mythtv image

2005-12-09 Thread Phill Edwards
> I was finally able to download the file and it does work. I need to figure > out how you are setting up the smb mount but at least its able to play > recorded tv. I've also downloaded this but don't understand how to install it on the XBox. Do I just FTP it over into a directory called E:\Apps\L

Re: [mythtv-users] Internal DVD player

2005-12-09 Thread Phill Edwards
> > xine -pfhq --no-splash dvd:// > > > > Those are great instructions if he wasn't already using xine. I think he may have meant that he was using xine as a stand-alone app outside of MythTV. This way he can play the DVDs from MythTV using the same UI, remote etc. At least, I think that's what h

Re: [mythtv-users] Key mappings in MythVideo

2005-12-09 Thread Phill Edwards
> Doesn't setting it to internal mean it will use mplayer? I think so, > in which case you need to setup a /home/mythtv/.lircrc file for > mplayer (note that mplayer doesn't read the lircrc file in > /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc). I've attached a sample one, just to get > you started, it is by no me

[mythtv-users] Key mappings in MythVideo

2005-12-09 Thread Phill Edwards
I have the player set to Internal in MythVideo settings. I thought that meant it behaves i nthe same way as the player you use when playing back TV recordings. However, the keys that I use to move fwd/back 30secs/5mins don't work when playing back videos such as XVid and DivX files. When I say don'

Re: [mythtv-users] XBox Media Center Question

2005-12-08 Thread Phill Edwards
> I think I have a bigger issue with my XBMC install. I can't seem to > play any video mpeg with mplayer. It locks up. It's possible that the > build of XBMC that I got isn't the best. Anyone have suggestions on a > place to get the binary downloads? Email me if you don't want to post > to the

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Trancoding 'live'

2005-12-03 Thread Phill Edwards
> Due to hardware issues (haven't bought my big HD set yet), and wanting > the additional channels (-2, -3 etc) and aspect ratio of HD, I'm looking > to take the output from my HD tuners and stream-convert to NTSC (that > is, *not* wait until the program ends). The goal of stream-converting > is o

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au (1.44... 1.45?)

2005-12-02 Thread Phill Edwards
> > I've updated the script to version 1.44; this one takes the channel > > names in the config file, eg "Prime Southern", and *matches* against > > the column header from the web page to determine the appropriate > > column for that channel. So, "Prime Southern", being a substring of > > "PRIME SO

Re: [mythtv-users] RE: about transcoding and auto-transcoding

2005-12-02 Thread Phill Edwards
> I believe the "Hardware Encoder" profile in Myth is pointless in this > regard, because the Hauppauge cards I'm using just dump the video straight > out in it's native format, and myth is just dumping this to disk with no > decoding required; hence pretty much no processor usage while recording.

Re: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_au No detailed listings for 3/12/2005

2005-12-02 Thread Phill Edwards
> Funny thing, I've got no detail in the listings using tv_grab_au for the > aforementioned date, 2/12 is ok as is 4/12. > Anyone else seen this? No. I'm using the Michael Immir Smith grabber. How about you? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@myt

Re: [mythtv-users] Are there any xbox mythtv distros stillbeingsupported?

2005-12-01 Thread Phill Edwards
> 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

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