Re: [mythtv-users] transcoding to VLC

2005-10-28 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
8, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] transcoding to VLC > Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > >I was wondering if there's any sort of mechanism in which mythtv could > >transcode video to VLC so it can be broadcast? Since VLC has a broadcast > >mechanism, is it poss

[mythtv-users] transcoding to VLC

2005-10-28 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
I was wondering if there's any sort of mechanism in which mythtv could transcode video to VLC so it can be broadcast? Since VLC has a broadcast mechanism, is it possible to somehow integrate it with mythtv ? Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Shuttle M1000 like case?

2005-10-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
case? On 10/20/05, Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: These look very cool... but I can't find pricing anywhere?   It looks like these may be expensive units.   Ricardo Newegg sells both of those cases for $218.99.    Some of their

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Shuttle M1000 like case?

2005-10-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
These look very cool... but I can't find pricing anywhere?   It looks like these may be expensive units.   Ricardo - Original Message - From: Stefan Wrobel To: Discussion about mythtv ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: [mythtv-

Re: [mythtv-users] remote control recommendations

2005-10-17 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
So does anyone know if the One-4-All URC8820 will work with Jarod's guide, and the lircd.conf he provides? My Hauppauge card doesn't have an IR receiver, I do have one connected to my serial port but I need to configure lircd.conf properly... I was hoping to get a remote for which there's already

Re: [mythtv-users] remote control recommendations

2005-10-17 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thanks.   Does anyone know if the One-4-All URC8820 will also work with Jaord's guide? With the provided lircd.conf?   The 8820 can be found on eBay for about $10.   Ricardo I don't know about that one, but the One-4-All remotes use the same codes as the 15-2116.  I followed Jarod's guid

Re: [mythtv-users] remote control recommendations

2005-10-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thanks. My best solution, until recently, was a Steramzap remote with USB IR receiver from http://www.streamzap.com. It is supported in the recent LIRC release and worked great for me...until I moved my frontend to Fedora Core 4. Now I occasionally get a system freeze when using the remote.

[mythtv-users] remote control recommendations

2005-10-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I have a PVR150 MCE which doesn't come with a remote. I'm trying to setup mythtv, but I need to buy a remote which will work well with lircd. Does the PVR150 MCE come with an IR receiver? If so, does it only work with the hauppauge remote? Or can I buy another remote with which I can setu

[mythtv-users] many mysql errors

2005-10-15 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I've been getting a lot of mysql errors, I'm guessing the database must be corrupted... How can I recreate the mysql database? From the errors I see, the "program" table, at a minimum, is corrupted. In mythbackend I see errors: DB Error (UpdateMatches): Query was: DELETE FROM program W

[mythtv-users] scheduled recording only works while watching tv?

2005-10-15 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I scheduled a manual recording and remained in the myth menu. I didn't go to Watch TV. Then after the scheduled time, I went to check, and the recording wasn't there. Does recording only work while watching TV? Why can't I simply schedule, and go away without going into watch tv? Rica

Re: [mythtv-users] [SOLUTION] USB ir-receiver compatible with lirc

2005-10-13 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Interesting... And which remote do you use along with this receiver? Ricardo > > Just in case anyone has problems with the ir-receiver that come with the pvr > cards, I bought a usb receiver "IgorUSB AVR" and is working fine (really > plug&play) with lirc.I'm using 0.7.1 with suse. > >

Re: [mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA?

2005-10-11 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
t: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA? On 10/11/05, Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,If I have a LCD TV/Monitor, that has both S-Video input and VGA input, whichis better to use

[mythtv-users] which is better, using S-Video or VGA?

2005-10-11 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, If I have a LCD TV/Monitor, that has both S-Video input and VGA input, which is better to use, for quality of playback? Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] VIA chipset Grub bootloader

2005-10-10 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Regarding copying mysql tables, you should have no problem... shut down mysql on the new computer, copy over the appropriate database directory (for the myth database), and restart mysql. This normally works quite well. > I haven't finished the setup yet, I still have to figure out if I can copy o

Re: [mythtv-users] preventing screen from blacking out

2005-10-08 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
; with your remote kind of installer. Got the install scripts working right but the menuing system is all foobar right now. On 10/8/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > How do I configure my desktop so that it won't black out ("sleep"

[mythtv-users] why are scheduled recordings deleted?

2005-10-08 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I think that every time I restart frontend, my previously scheduled recordings are deleted? I had setup a recording via the EPG, and when I restarted mythfrontend, that recording didn't show up in the "upcoming recordings" section. I don't understand why that is so? Ricardo ___

Re: [mythtv-users] preventing screen from blacking out

2005-10-08 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, How do I configure my desktop so that it won't black out ("sleep") after a while and also so that it doesn't lock out the user, requiring password? Comment out the line Option "dpms" in xorg.conf It's already commented out in xorg.conf... :-/ But that screen blackout still occu

[mythtv-users] preventing screen from blacking out

2005-10-07 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, How do I configure my desktop so that it won't black out ("sleep") after a while and also so that it doesn't lock out the user, requiring password? If I want mythfrontend to be up and running all the time, with the menu showing, I don't want the screen to go black and also the desktop to

Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

2005-10-07 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
- Original Message - From: "Mark Kundinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution > --- Ricardo Klee

Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

2005-10-06 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys,   This is not a fanless solution, but what do you guys think of this? How does this hardware stack up for mythtv?   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856140003   It's only $125 with a rebate, just add the cpu, memory, disk. It already has a video card with TV-out...

[mythtv-users] vertical overscan

2005-10-06 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I configured a 5% vertical overscan in the Playback config, but I'm still not getting 100% vertical extension of the video. Is there something else I must do to get it working? Is it perhaps something in my X config that needs to be set? I'm running a PVR-150 for capture and GeForce4 MX

Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

2005-10-06 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
the back end, right?  Starting a show, I hear the hard drive buzzing away in my laptop...    Todd On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend? What mo

Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

2005-10-06 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend? What model / version of the mac is this? Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Jon Vanderwoude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for

Re: [mythtv-users] amixer settings changing suddenly

2005-10-06 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thank you! > Uncheck the option: > > Use internal volume controls > MythTV can control the PCM and master mixer volume. If you prefer to > use an external mixer "program, then disable this option. > > Although that means that you always have to use an external program to > change volume. > >

[mythtv-users] livetv buffer in backend?

2005-10-05 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm assuming it is the backend which controls the liveTV buffer. If that is correct, does the backend keep the buffer even if there are no frontends connected watching tv? In other words, if I startup the frontend and watch tv, will the buffer be already active and I can rewind if necessary?

[mythtv-users] amixer settings changing suddenly

2005-10-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm having a problem where mythtv is "mysteriously" changing my amixer settings, somehow... I'm not sure why and how it's happening, but I have to constantly be running amixer commands in order to get the volume set right. So I'll set amixer the way I want it, but as soon as I pause liveT

[mythtv-users] XvMC compiled in yum packages?

2005-10-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I installed mythtv on a Fedora 4 system using yum and installing mythtv-suite. Does anyone know if XvMC is compiled into these? How do I tell? I do have the option to select XvMC in the myth configuration, but I don't know how to tell whether it's doing anything... Thanks Ricardo __

Re: [mythtv-users] ability to do "quick" manual recording ?

2005-10-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Tom Lichti wrote: >Go into the EPG and press record on the program you are watching (should >only be two button presses). It might actually work if you just press >record while watching Live TV, but I've never tried it as I don't watch >Live TV. > >Tom I understand that... but my point is exactly

[mythtv-users] ability to do "quick" manual recording ?

2005-10-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I was wondering if there's a way to setup manual recordings without going into the scheduler setup. For example, some VCRs will allow you to do one-touch recording, and then if you press record again, it will allow you to incrementally setup the recording for 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, and so on... so

Re: [mythtv-users] mpeg decoder video card?

2005-10-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
>Ricardo Kleemann wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I was wondering if the output quality is better if I use a video card with >>mpeg2 decoding, instead of one without. >> >>I use a PVR-150 for encoding, and a GeForce4 MX440 with S-Video out for >>output, but I

[mythtv-users] mpeg decoder video card?

2005-10-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I was wondering if the output quality is better if I use a video card with mpeg2 decoding, instead of one without. I use a PVR-150 for encoding, and a GeForce4 MX440 with S-Video out for output, but I imagine that the decoding is done in software? Overall the video quality is good. It's a li

[mythtv-users] unable to recognize channel

2005-10-03 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I have mythtv 0.18.1 installed and working fine on a Fedora 4 system, with PVR-150MCE and a GeForce4 MX440 setup. I don't really need to change channels in the sense that I expect the tuner to tune away, because I simply have a S-Video input into the PVR-150, so the video will always

[mythtv-users] Re: Please help, S-Video out on PVR-150 -- SORRY it's an MX440

2005-09-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, SORRY for the total blunder... of course my tv-out is not on the PVR-150, it's a GeForce4 MX440. I can't seem to get X running on the tv-out of the MX440. Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Kleemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discuss

[mythtv-users] Please help, S-Video out on PVR-150

2005-09-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi All, I have a PVR-150MCE card, and I've setup mythtv, which is working ok. However I've only used it connected to a regular monitor. Now I've connected the S-Video out on the card to the TV, and when I bring up the X server, the screen goes black. I'm running under Fedora 4. Everything wo

Re: [mythtv-users] recording live TV

2005-07-21 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thank you, Robert. > On 19/07/05, Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to use "R" to begin recording the currently playing video, but > > when I press R, it simply displays R "" on top, it doesn't

[mythtv-users] Fw: recording live TV

2005-07-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Can someone help me out with this? Thanks! Ricardo Hi, I'm trying to use "R" to begin recording the currently playing video, but when I press R, it simply displays R "" on top, it doesn't really start recording. Nothing shows up in the "Previously Recorded" section. Maybe mythtv does

[mythtv-users] remote recommendation?

2005-07-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Rather than using lircd, I wanted to use a wireless keyboard, and have a remote which then mimics the keystrokes. Does anyone have recommendations for a setup like this? Thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://m

[mythtv-users] recording live TV

2005-07-19 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm trying to use "R" to begin recording the currently playing video, but when I press R, it simply displays R "" on top, it doesn't really start recording. Nothing shows up in the "Previously Recorded" section. Maybe mythtv doesn't have the program information, so it doesn't assign a name

[mythtv-users] Re: please help... still getting b&w with PVR-150

2005-07-14 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
woah woah woah you can't use the pvr 250-350 firmware with the 150... http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=Drivers+and+Firmware that will tell you about the firmware and the stuff you need for the 150. The black and white issue i have seen with the 3x series ivtv driver. I suggest you

[mythtv-users] please help... still getting b&w with PVR-150

2005-07-14 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I've slowly made progress on the configuration of my PVR-150. I have it capturing on the S-Video input, and I can play it fine with Watch Live TV. However, I get no color. Here's my dmesg output for the card. Any help is greatly appreciated! I'm using the firmware HcwMakoA.ROM that c

[mythtv-users] RE: PVR-150 partial success! but still need help.

2005-07-12 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
allow you to capture anything but 720x480 on the PVR-150. I've captured successfully at 352x240, but YMMV. -Khanh > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Kleemann > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:35 PM > To: Dis

[mythtv-users] PVR-150 partial success! but still need help.

2005-07-11 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I finally got my PVR-150MCE to capture video... :-) I'm using the S-Video input. But the problem is that I only get black & white output... and the video that shows is cutoff on all sides. I'm running my desktop at 800x600, and I have the recording profiles set to capture 480x480. Why

[mythtv-users] please help with PVR-150MCE...

2005-07-11 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm still having troubles getting the PVR-150 to work. I tried updating the firmware. I did it by downloading the latest driver from the hauppauge site and running the ivtvfwextract.pl script. I was going to try and do the same using the CD that came with the card, except that the script

Re: [mythtv-users] help with PVR 150

2005-07-09 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
head against the wall for days until I tried the firmware on the CD. The one you extract from the latest dirvers on their website never worked for me. -Khanh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Kleemann Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2

[mythtv-users] help with PVR 150

2005-07-09 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I've just installed mythtv on a FC4 system. I have a PVR150 card, and I installed the latest ivtv-0.3.6w modules, kernel 2.6.11-1.1369 I see the modules loaded after I run modprobe ivtv, however it doesn't seem that the PVR150 is doing anything. I'd expect to be able to run mplayer /dev

[mythtv-users] anyone install on FC4 ?

2005-06-17 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I just installed Fedora Core 4... and I can't get mythtv installed. I'm trying to install xmltv and mythtv-suite via yum, but no luck... too many dependencies not met. I also tried installing ivtv via yum, but no luck. It looks like atrpms isn't yet fully populated with FC4 rpms, because

[mythtv-users] help with knoppmyth

2005-06-11 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Sorry this maybe a little off-topic, but I installed knoppmyth and I'm trying to install other apps on top of it. Knoppmyth is based on debian, which I'm not too familiar with. Has anyone been able to install Gnome on knoppmyth? What about firefox? I tried apt-get install gnome but it co

[mythtv-users] PVR 150MCE support

2005-06-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys, What is the current state of support for the PVR 150MCE ? Anyone having success with the S-Video or composite inputs? Thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-user

RE: [mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
I don't think the other inputs are working via drivers yer.i havent been to ivtv.tv changelogs for a few days but it was mentioned somewhere maybe on list a few days back.. Do you mean because this is a PVR-150, or that the other inputs aren't supported in general? I don't understand, doe

[mythtv-users] help setting up mythtv

2005-05-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I've just installed KnoppMyth, with a PVR-150 card. The way I'm testing it, is with a dvd player connected to the S-Video port of the PVR-150. However I can't get mythtv to use that port. When I go into Watch TV, it always goes into the Tuner 0 port. When I press 'C' on the keyboard, it

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: KnoppMyth R5A18

2005-05-26 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, How come R5A18 was announced 1 month ago, but the mysettopbox.tv website still refers to R5A15 ? Thanks Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Cecil Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re:

[mythtv-users] splitting directv signal?

2005-04-30 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Is it possible to split the coax satellite input to 2 different receiver boxes? I want to hookup 2 directv boxes to 2 separate tuners cards on the mythtv box, but I only have 1 satellite cable. How can the signal be split? Does it needs a special splitter? Thanks Ricardo

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot get sound working... please help

2005-04-02 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thank you You may be misunderstanding how the sound capture works. With BT8x8 cards (which I'm assuming you have) the sound is captured by connecting the audio-out of the tuner card to the line-in of the sound cards and ensuring that the device is able to capture/record that sound in the mixer sett

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot get sound working... please help

2005-04-01 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
I'm sorry if I was confusing. I wanted to provide as much info about my system as possible. The problem is that sound does NOT work when playing live TV. In other words, the capture of sound from the tv capture card is not working. It only works if I connect a cable from the audio out of the tv

[mythtv-users] Cannot get sound working... please help

2005-04-01 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I searched around on the list, there are a ton of related posts but I can't seem to find something that helps me fix my problem. I'm using KnoppMyth. I cannot get audio from the WinTV card output by mythfrontend. If I connect a cable from the tv card to the sound card, then I get strai

[mythtv-users] how can I tell which nvidia drivers are available?

2005-03-29 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I've seen people using different drivers for nvidia, some are using 6629, I've seen mention of 7167, and so on. I just bought a GeForce4 MX440 and I'm wondering how do I find out what the available drivers are, and which is most recommended for this particular model? It's the NV18 hardware.

[mythtv-users] XvMC compiled in by default?

2005-03-28 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Just wondering, the default mythtv installed via apt-get (on FC3), does it already have XvMC compiled in? Thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] [OT] please help with monitor settings

2005-03-25 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Sorry this is not mythtv specific, I'm just having a hard time configuring the monitor so I can run mythtv under 1024x768. I have an older 15" generic monitor. The monitor can certainly do 1024x768, it works fine in that mode with windows. In linux, the probed configuration states that it can

Re: [mythtv-users] Cheap GeForce4 MX 440

2005-03-23 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Anyone know what's the difference between an MX400 and MX4000 ? advantages/disadvantages? Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Tom Lichti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stimpy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users]

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Pluto is using MythTV for the PVR functionality

2005-03-23 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Ahhh thank you! Would you say the avermedia m150 is an improvement over the hauppauge pvr-150 ? I guess they run about the same price. Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Dennis Hand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Pluto

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR - 150MCE Newegg

2005-03-23 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thanks Dave. But is the PVR150 actually well supported under mythtv? I thought I had read somewhere that the 150 support wasn't very good. Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Big Wave Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:47 AM Subjec

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Pluto is using MythTV for the PVR functionality

2005-03-23 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Great. So I guess, the next question is, since this card doesn't have h/w encoding, what would be the advantage of this (or what is the advantage of "blackbird") over some other card (like the ones using bttv) ? Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Dennis Hand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: S

Re: [mythtv-users] Pluto is using MythTV for the PVR functionality

2005-03-23 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
What cards have the CX88 chipset? - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30 AM Subject: [mythtv-users] Pluto is using MythTV for the PVR functionality > Our product is a whole house automation solution providing in

[mythtv-users] which encoding is "lighter"?

2005-03-22 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, What is the "best" encoding method, that uses the least cpu, for cards that don't have hardware encoding? Thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] video card with tv-out recommendations

2005-03-22 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
ussion has been had over and > over and over and over again. > > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:11:29 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > What would you recommend as a video card, with tv-out, that is well > > supported

[mythtv-users] video card with tv-out recommendations

2005-03-22 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys, What would you recommend as a video card, with tv-out, that is well supported by mythtv? Are the Matrox G4xx and G5xx cards well supported? Thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [mythtv-users] anyone use S3 Savage 2000 card?

2005-03-22 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
ythtv-users] anyone use S3 Savage 2000 card? > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:09:18 -0800, Ricardo Kleemann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Anyone have experience with this card? It has tv-out. Just wondering if it's > > a good card for mythtv >

[mythtv-users] anyone use S3 Savage 2000 card?

2005-03-22 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, Anyone have experience with this card? It has tv-out. Just wondering if it's a good card for mythtv Thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] multiple capture cards and sound?

2005-03-21 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys, How is sound handled when there are multiple capture cards? Typically the cards have to have a loopback cable connected to the sound card, which then would render audio limited to 1 card only. How is sound taken care of then? Is it absolutely necessary to connect the loopback cable, or c

Re: [mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes

2005-03-21 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Newegg doesn't even sell these anymore. At least I couldn't find a $17 wireless k/b. What other low price (under $25) wireless k/b are there which work well with learning remotes? And Vito has a good point, typically how many keys will the remote allow you to "teach" it? - Original Message -

[mythtv-users] more on IR keyboard and learning remotes

2005-03-21 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys, Are there any "combo" IR keyboard + remote that works with linux/mythtv? I searched around and there are some combo kits, but they all seem to be for webTV. I'm guessing that kind of stuff wouldn't work in linux... As far as IR keyboards go, there are so many... microsoft has some as we

Re: [mythtv-users] how to select from multiple input sources?

2005-03-21 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
lly, the C key is to change inputs on a single card. To change cards, use the Y key. -Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom E. Craddock Jr. Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:34 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] how

[mythtv-users] how to select from multiple input sources?

2005-03-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I haven't tried this yet because I currently only have 1 capture card, but seeing as mythfrontend immediately goes to video when "Watch TV" is selected, how would I choose which source I want, if I had multiple cards? Does the interface change to allow choosing the video source, if multiple

[mythtv-users] first time try... please help with errors...

2005-03-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm still trying to test this out. I have a simple setup, with a bttv wintv-go card. I've configured everything, and mythbackend is running. When I run mythfrontend and go to Watch TV, I start getting these errors spit out repeatedly: X Eroor: BadAlloc (insufficeint resources for operation)

[mythtv-users] infrared port help

2005-03-20 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I have an old m/b which I'm using (supermicro P6DBE). It has an IR port on it (connector pins on the m/b). It's a serial IR port. How do I use this? I don't have the cable for it, I guess I don't understand how it works. It's got the connector pins, but I don't have an IR receiver "modu

Re: [mythtv-users] anyone use AverTV AverMedia card

2005-03-19 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
The AverMedia card, with stereo sound. I believe it is the AverTV Stereo card - Original Message - From: "Chris Pinkham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] anyone use AverTV AverMedia card I'm just trying to get a feel for these

[mythtv-users] anyone use AverTV AverMedia card

2005-03-19 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys, I'm just trying to get a feel for these cards. I asked about the Matrox, and apparently it is not a good experience. How about the AverMedia card, is that a good card? What is your experience with this card? thanks Ricardo ___ mythtv-users m

[mythtv-users] anyone using matrox g200-TV card?

2005-03-18 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm trying to find the specs for this card. Is it both a graphics card + capture card? IOW, I can use this card and take care of both the VGA (or TV-out) as well as video input? The info I got seems to imply that it has TV-out, is that correct? Is the TV-out composite, or is it S-vhs? Th

[mythtv-users] cards with dual input?

2005-03-18 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I searched around but couldn't find much information. Are there cards with dual video input sources ? (not necessarily dual tuners, I'm not interested in tuning, only in having multiple input sources) On the same note, on cards that have both a composite video-in and a S-video in, can tho

[mythtv-users] capture size & viewing on TV

2005-03-17 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi folks, If the capture card only captures 320x240, and I have mythtv hooked up to a TV, what will it look like? Ricardo ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] What card for "cable/sat" capture?

2005-03-17 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Does the PVR250 have multiple input ports, or only single? > PVR 250 with s-video input (gives me superb capture) . I suspect that > it's as good as you can get for SD TV. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/

[mythtv-users] Kworld VS-L883D capture card

2005-03-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I was looking for an inexpensive card that also had S-Video input. I found a Kworld card VS-L883D, which has S-Video input. It's only about $30. I searched the list and found only 1 thread on this card from about 1 year ago. The thread states that linux support for the x88 chipset is stil

[mythtv-users] capturing VCR input

2005-03-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi David, > > >If I hooked up a VCR to save some tapes to disk (or even burn DVDs), how > >would I control that from mythtv? > > > > > There isn't an easy one-button way of doing this. Sometimes it is just > easier to press play on the VCR and type 'cat /dev/video > video.mpg'. > What I did once

Re: [mythtv-users] directv and dish network

2005-03-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
: "David George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] directv and dish network > On 03/16/2005 05:36 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I just found out a

[mythtv-users] directv and dish network

2005-03-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi all, I just found out about mythtv and it really looks exciting. I have a number of newbie questions... Is it possible to use mythtv in conjunction with either directv or dish network (or even both...?) Can I plug in the receiver's output into the capture card and have mythtv record the signa