Re: [mythtv-users] Shuttle Barebones Case SN95G5 V3 or SN25P

2005-12-25 Thread Robert Denier
Some drives produce more heat than others, and it may be possible to have them spin down sometimes. CPU and graphics cards can contribute as well. On my shuttle cube, which is a little old now, I noted that cutting away the grid in the back that covers the big fan seemed to reduce the noise lev

Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio with myth

2005-11-28 Thread Robert Denier
On Monday 28 November 2005 04:56 pm, Steve Hodge wrote: > On 11/29/05, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 28 November 2005 02:08 pm, Nick wrote: > > > On 25/11/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [snip] > >

[mythtv-users] Auto login as user and start Myth.

2005-11-28 Thread Robert Denier
m get to the point that you can use the remote automatically after you turn it on. I'm using Gentoo Linux. This shouldn't be that hard, but I just don't see an obvious starting point other than maybe figuring out the init process from inittab or maybe something like xdm that does

Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Audio with myth

2005-11-28 Thread Robert Denier
On Monday 28 November 2005 02:08 pm, Nick wrote: > On 25/11/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > That's because the S/PDIF is outputting a digital stream which the > receiver decodes and is responsible for amplifying. I don't think it's > possible to dynamically adjust a digital a

[mythtv-users] FYI: IDE Flash modules..

2005-11-28 Thread Robert Denier
I thought it worth noting/reminding people of these since these can save some aggravation with embedded system designs. The following link shows a 32MB ide flash module. http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS32MDOM40V 32MB $18.80 (Note: I've not purchased from this site,

[mythtv-users] LIRC experience and ideas

2005-11-26 Thread Robert Denier
Typically to use LIRC you need a receiver and a compatible remote. I bought packard bell receivers which come with the little packard bell remotes, that I wouldn't really recommend for long term use. Here is the best plan I could come up with, so far anyway... 1) Buy a nice learning universal

Re: [mythtv-users] nonlinear 16:9 stretch?

2005-11-21 Thread Robert Denier
On Monday 21 November 2005 05:00 pm, William wrote: > > divide it into 10 equally, or nearly equally wide vertical stripes. > > > > 1) For the stripe on the far left you could repeat each pixel 3 times. > > 2) For the next two stripe repeat each 2 times. > > 3) Then stripes four through seven are j

Re: [mythtv-users] nonlinear 16:9 stretch?

2005-11-21 Thread Robert Denier
On Monday 21 November 2005 03:20 pm, David wrote: > Robert Denier wrote: > >On Monday 21 November 2005 02:14 pm, Cory Papenfuss wrote: [snip] I spent a few minutes and tried to figure out a quick way to do this non linear stretch. I could maybe come up with something nicer later as

Re: [mythtv-users] nonlinear 16:9 stretch?

2005-11-21 Thread Robert Denier
On Monday 21 November 2005 02:14 pm, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > Currently I use the built in stretch mode on my TV to stretch 4:3 to > > 16:9. It does a nonlinear stretch so the edges of the picture are > > stretched more than the middle. Windows MCE has this feature too. > > > > Before I burn an ev

[mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Power Control

2005-11-20 Thread Robert Denier
Can anyone think of a simple device to buy that connects to a computer that allows you to turn off and on a 115V device? An obvious Myth application would be to control a pc monitor with a fixed on off switch, or perhaps a fixed audio amplifier. Of course, I'm actually tentatively planning to

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Need help diagnosing backend hardware failure

2005-11-18 Thread Robert Denier
Disconnect all your drives, external peripherals and cards except for video and see what happens. If it stays on then perhaps your problem is in the half you disconnected and so forth.. Of course I've disconnected things and had something mysteriously start working only to plug them back in an

Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware recommended?

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Denier
I'd go with an nforce chipset probably. I bought an nforce 2 board for this purpose and it seems fine, and it is fairly low cost. Fancier and newer ones are probably fine, but I'd avoid anything that was released in the past ~3 months if possible, unless you have solid information on its relia

Re: [mythtv-users] MyBlaster/Dish Network

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Denier
True, I originally had change_channel.sh and change_channel2.sh in my mythtv configuration, and it was easier to not go in and change things. It was a bit of lazyness on my part I suppose. On Wednesday 16 November 2005 05:58 pm, William wrote: > > [---/usr/local/bin/change_channel.sh---] > > #!

Re: [mythtv-users] MyBlaster/Dish Network

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Denier
s and make the scripts executable. Myth calls the change_channel scripts. [Don't forget the alternate keys are for receiver remote code 2. This is settable on the receiver, or at least the ones I have.] -Robert Denier [---/usr/local/bin/change_channel.sh---] #!/bin/bash perl /usr/local/b

[mythtv-users] MyBlaster/Dish Network

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Denier
Overall the MyBlaster serial seems rock solid with two dish network receivers, where the IR blaster did flaky channel changes no matter how long I messed with it, especially when myth was doing the channel changing. [When myth is changing the channel, there are other things going on that seem t

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Sharing Question

2005-11-14 Thread Robert Denier
On Monday 14 November 2005 01:51 pm, Gary Franczyk wrote: > Hi, is there a way I can share a MythTV system with my friends? > > > I mean, I would like to see the TV shows that my friends have recorded on > MY MythTv box And perhaps select them to download to my box when I > want to watch them.

[mythtv-users] zap2it listings update

2005-11-14 Thread Robert Denier
I glanced at it before and thought I found the right command, but it would seem to not have worked. (It has been well over a week.) At any rate, how do you zap the channel database and get it so that only the channels you have selected at zap2it are shown and not old channels that no longer ha

[mythtv-users] MyBlaster Initial Impression

2005-11-13 Thread Robert Denier
I have the MyBlaster serial working and it seems solid on dish network receivers so far. I'll write a bit more later, but for now I'm just testing out my new email address. (My university is deleting my old address since I graduated.) I ended up modifying the MyBlaster.pl script slightly, but

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

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Denier
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 13:53 -0600, James C. Dastrup wrote: > < The only thing I can think of that might capture HD signals from say a component video connection would be a very high end data aquisition card, or perhaps three data aquisition cards, one for each signal. If for instance you used

[mythtv-users] Long term stability?

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

Re: [mythtv-users] gentoo advice please

2005-11-07 Thread Robert Denier
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 11:26 +0100, Tom wrote: > Hi Ben, > > maybe a stupid question: Do you compile the video4linux stuff for that card? > For my card (and gentoo), it was not added, so I have to configure the kernel > for that and recompile it. > > on gentoo just do > > # genkernel --menucon

Re: [mythtv-users] fanless Epia, Mediamvp or network dvd player for frontend?

2005-11-06 Thread Robert Denier
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 23:04 +, Andrew Wilson wrote: [snip] > Epia - My current frontend/backend is an epia. I'd just be replacing > it with a fanless frontend-only box. Works very well but has a few > annoying bugs which might go away with another box - judging by how > infrequently these probl

Re: [mythtv-users] Frozen Video

2005-11-05 Thread Robert Denier
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 16:09 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I have a Gentoo box running kernel version 2.6.13-r5, and MythTV 0.18.2 > built from Gentoo's portage system. I'm using a video card with the > nvida nv18 chipset (6600?). I also have a custom xorg modeline for my > widescreen HDTV.

[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: XM or Sirius Recording

2005-11-05 Thread Robert Denier
Has anyone seen an elegant solution to work with Satellite Radio? In the ideal case, myth basically does everything needed, except obviously you don't need to record video and you have to get the programming from some where. For one channel, which is likely what I'd get it for, mostly, I figure y

[mythtv-users] Gave up IR Blaster ordered MyBlaster

2005-11-05 Thread Robert Denier
I finally gave up on an IR Blaster. I tinkered with the gap various times and never found a value that was rock solid with Dish Network receivers. If I had a remote receiver that would see the 56k pulses It might help, in that I could get the value of gap that way, which may or may be enough help

Re: [mythtv-users] Is gentoo the way to go?

2005-11-03 Thread Robert Denier
Gentoo is good to learn about linux on it. I personally use it exclusively, although I've spent a lot of time waiting for stuff to compile at times. Of course it is possible to split compilation among several pc's or compile your own binary versions for later use, but I typically find it easiest

Re: Settling the HD debate WAS: Re: [mythtv-users] A warning about Samsung HDDs

2005-11-01 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 10:57 -0500, Steve Adeff wrote: > On Monday 31 October 2005 15:20, Robert Denier wrote: > > I didn't see this mentioned so I thought I'd add it. Hard drives come > > with different amounts of cache ram. I believe 16MB is about the > > lar

Re: Settling the HD debate WAS: Re: [mythtv-users] A warning about Samsung HDDs

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Denier
I didn't see this mentioned so I thought I'd add it. Hard drives come with different amounts of cache ram. I believe 16MB is about the largest out now. The point being that a larger cache may result in a bit less work for the moving components which in turn may result in longer life. I'm not su

Re: [mythtv-users] Help Diskless frontend

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Denier
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 09:14 -0500, Phill Wiggin wrote: > Out of curiosity, why does your setup "suck[s] for mythfrontend"? I was > planning on setting up a similar system (to get rid of the HD in my My diskless system works.. Its gentoo based. I don't have it auto loading X or even have lirc

Re: [mythtv-users] Better looking playback?

2005-10-30 Thread Robert Denier
I've no idea as to that particular tv. In general you want in order of best to worst. 1) DVI connections at the full resolution of your TV's DLP element running non interlaced, but that may not work due to DVI limitations. 2) If the previous doesn't then you might try a plain VGA connection at t

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB-S Users: Anyone have C-band?

2005-10-30 Thread Robert Denier
Bear in mind that my C-band info is not current. We never purchased a 4DTV system because it just wasn't cost effective compared to the little dishes especially with multiple receivers. I think 4DTV receivers might have a second channel number for digital channels, although I do not know the deta

Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware Woes

2005-10-28 Thread Robert Denier
The only obvious thing that comes to mind is to check that any hard drives that are involved in streaming are actually using dma. I.E. hdparm /dev/hda Beyond that, in no particular order... 1) Are you running a good video card driver? (Perhaps a binary driver from your hardware vendor?) 2) Is y

Re: [mythtv-users] MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-26 Thread Robert Denier
I had a lot of trouble changing channels reliably since I moved to dish network 301 receivers from a 5xx series. Someone suggested that the gap value in the file may have to be changed and that it was cpu/serial port dependent. I kept changing it and figured it was a lost cause at one point, an

Re: [mythtv-users] Upgrade to MySql 5.0

2005-10-26 Thread Robert Denier
I wonder if that tiny database (sqlite?) that comes with php5 (?) is adequate for mythtv. The main thing is it treats everything as strings. I don't think it has support for accessing remotely so it may not be useful.. I found it useful when I needed a database and didn't have the space for mysql.

Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware Selection for backend

2005-10-24 Thread Robert Denier
Is some of the transcoding done on the backend? I haven't checked where it is being done yet.. At any rate if the backend does transcoding then springing for a decent cpu, especially if a substantially better one is say $20 or so is probably worthwhile. Basically I'd look at prices if your buyin

[mythtv-users] Feature Idea: Put PIP window to far right on 16:9 when 4:3 sources

2005-10-24 Thread Robert Denier
It looks like on a 16:9 display you could put the 4:3 image on the left and the PIP window on the right, perhaps even with the default sizes. Obviously there would be black space below the pip window, but that way both video sources would display without overlap. Obviously you could also flip it a

Re: [mythtv-users] lirc output reliability

2005-10-21 Thread Robert Denier
s. At around $45 a piece, that is a little expensive though. It also seems like people are having some success controlling a couple receivers with one, but I haven't studied the details yet.. > > On 10/20/05, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought I saw a

Re: [mythtv-users] IR blaster fails sometimes?

2005-10-21 Thread Robert Denier
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 22:00 -0300, Mark J. Small wrote: > > > Hi everybody , sorry if this is a double post... > > I've got a recurring issue that is starting to really annoy me. On many > weeknights I record two consecutive programs on the same channel. The first > recording stops at at 00:35

Re: [mythtv-users] lirc output reliability

2005-10-20 Thread Robert Denier
7;ve no idea if such a thing would work with multiple dish 301 receivers or not, but perhaps someone can at least think of the name of it. -Robert On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 11:33 -0400, Dan Wilga wrote: > At 10:08 AM -0500 10/19/05, Robert Denier wrote: > >For some reason my lirc output ha

[mythtv-users] lirc output reliability

2005-10-19 Thread Robert Denier
For some reason my lirc output has been very unreliable lately. I keep getting wrong channels, particularly sense I went to dish 301 receivers from the newer model version. I wonder if it is a timing issue or the IR light isn't strong enough. At any rate, I thought I remembered a serial device th

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Can anyone reccomend me a wireless nic for FC4?

2005-10-19 Thread Robert Denier
WG311T works with the atheros (madwifi) driver, or at least the version I have does... On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 08:19 -0500, Mercury Morris wrote: > On 10/19/05, Duncan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys > > Sorry to go a bit off topic, but I'm looking to set my myth

Re: [mythtv-users] The Race to Change the Channel

2005-10-18 Thread Robert Denier
Is it worth the trouble? I doubt it... -Robert Denier On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 21:33 -0700, Joe Votour wrote: > I agree, with one caveat. > > I still use the LiveTV feature, although not as much > as I used to (because even though I'm on the west > coast, most of my channels ar

[mythtv-users] (Slightly OT) Multi room Multimedia playback

2005-10-17 Thread Robert Denier
I'm curious if anyone has ever heard of a good solution to say play back an audio stream in many rooms at the same time, while keeping it in sync enough so they didn't clash. I'm guessing something like a server program running on all machines waiting for audio and some kind of command like Audio

Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple frontend on one machine

2005-10-16 Thread Robert Denier
The question reduces to running multiple X servers on one machine, each going to a different video output. You would also need multiple sound cards. I think alsa can handle that differentiation. You may be able to run each session in a chroot area separate from the main one to keep things organi

Re: [mythtv-users] running backend as debian runlevel "service"?

2005-10-14 Thread Robert Denier
I'm not sure if this helps, but this is Gentoo's Script. I also included the /etc/conf.d/mythbackend file. This is the first I noticed that there was an option to run Myth as another user than root. Since this is a dedicated box, there shouldn't be a great need to do so, but it might be somethin

Re: [mythtv-users] Pull my hair out over DVI->HDMI for my HDTV

2005-10-13 Thread Robert Denier
the highest dvi resolution obtainable was. I suppose the results are not terribly interesting other than from an academic standpoint since most people wouldn't want to give up a significant amount of screen area regardless. -Robert Denier On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 22:27 -0600, Greg Grotsky wrote:

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: unplugging the fan of the grafic card

2005-10-13 Thread Robert Denier
In general, the fan is there for a reason. If you unplug it, it might fry. Whatever you do, never run it without a heat sink. I suppose you could monitor the temperatures with an infrared thermometer and try to see if normal myth usage will get it that hot. You might also be able to find a pas

[mythtv-users] FYI - Winbook 32 inch lcd - 1366x768 1:1, dvi

2005-10-12 Thread Robert Denier
I got my 32 inch lcd to replace the vizio. I think part of the reason my vizio wasn't working on digital was I was using the 8.4.13-r2 of the ati binary drivers for this radeon 9000. I moved to 8.16.20-r1 ebuild and it works. I'm getting the full 1366x768 resolution of the display in a 1:1 map

Re: [mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

2005-10-11 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 13:56 -0400, R. Stavros Bezas wrote: > Robert, > In regards to the "1:1 pixel mapping" idea you suggested: Do you have > any more information regarding this so I can look further into it, I > am curious to find out more about it. 1:1 mapping only applies to discrete devi

Re: [mythtv-users] Not your everyday newbie questions

2005-10-11 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 12:51 -0400, R. Stavros Bezas wrote: > For the last few weeks I have been browsing every single website I > can possibly imagine that deals with creating your own HD PVR HTPC. > Without owning a HD set or service presently I find myself a touch > limited when it comes to

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

2005-10-11 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 16:42 +0100, Andrew Wilson wrote: > This is what I was going to do (replace my TV with my good quality LCD > computer monitor) until I tried it out. The picture quality is > simply FAR better on a TV than on a monitor. While a monitor may expose flaws in the tv signal to

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot get signal from PVR-250 component input to display on the screen

2005-10-09 Thread Robert Denier
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 22:34 -0500, Paul Olson wrote: > Hello- > New to Mythtv, have had a lot of success with the main features, but > am stuck at a few points. Would appreciate any assistance. > > I have connected a VCR to the component video input (also made the I suspect you mean com

[mythtv-users] FYI 1:1 pixel mapping lcd hdtv's

2005-10-09 Thread Robert Denier
It looks like gettign a 1:1 pixel mapping on lcd tv's is difficult at least in the lower end. I may return the vizio l32 I bought and get a winbook 32 inch from winbook.com. Their warranty is only a year though, and the contrast ratio looks worse, but apparently gets significantly better reviews

[mythtv-users] FYI -- Vizio L32 LCD 16:9 Widescreen

2005-10-08 Thread Robert Denier
It seems that is it not possible to get 1366x768 (the panels resolution) or anything remotely close via the hdmi interface. (I have a dvi-> hdmi cable). I'm using Xorg and the ati binary drivers. The ordinary vga interface works fine and the picture is good there, so I'll probably live with it.

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

2005-10-06 Thread Robert Denier
For the truly desperate to be noise free, well water cooling can do it. That is assuming you can do something with the water lines. In the best case scenario perhaps you can slip them down in the basement and do the other half of your loop there, assuming you have a basement and all that. Persona

Re: [mythtv-users] WinTV PVR 150 vs WinTV PVR 350

2005-10-03 Thread Robert Denier
You probably want the 150 MCE since, as you said, you are only using it as a backend. Amazon has it slightly cheaper than newegg, but then newegg is almost certain to get it to your door faster. I suppose if your sure you want 2 of the devices you might get a 500, which has two on a card. I see

Re: [mythtv-users] TV-Out

2005-09-30 Thread Robert Denier
You probably want to get an nvidia card. I have some ati 7k cards and they do work, well when you recompile xorg-x11 with the ati tv out patches from gatos, but overscan isn't supported at all. On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 15:52 -0700, DSanchez wrote: > Ok, > So my video card is an ATI 7000 with s

Re: [mythtv-users] Slighty OT: Pundit PSU about to die.

2005-09-27 Thread Robert Denier
I'm not sure where you got the fan, but directron.com has the best selection of fans I know about. Power supplies do contain dangerous voltages, so if your not sure about what your doing, I'd recommend finding a replacement. -Robert On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 11:06 -0500, Robert Kulagowski wrote: > >

Re: [mythtv-users] Source for drives

2005-09-27 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 11:30 -0700, Fedor Pikus wrote: > On 9/27/05, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sentiments exactly. It's a bullshit scam and I've had 3 > rejected. > > Some manufacturers are worse than others. Seagate has been pretty > good, I bought at least 5 of

[mythtv-users] Watching Live TV seg faults with ati-drivers

2005-09-25 Thread Robert Denier
Using a normal gentoo install for an amd xp processor I get segmentation faults when I try to watch live tv on a radeon 9000 with the ati-binary drivers in portage. The normal ati driver built into xorg-x11 seems fine. I've looked and haven't really found anything too helpful yet about why. Of c

Re: [mythtv-users] Spontaneous Reboot w/ PVR-500/150

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Denier
It sounds like you have bad hardware or incompatible hardware to me. It could be software, but from the way you describe it, I'd tend to suspect hardware. In particular i.d do something like this.. 1) Check your voltages of your power supply via some monitoring software. 2) Run memtest86 and loo

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 500 and nforce2 chipset

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Denier
As you can see, my pvr150 seems fine. I'm not really using the bt878 based card, although I need to get another 150 and it will be as if I was running a 500, more or less. I forgot some of the details I went through to get it working, but I may be able to figure them out if you have a specific

[mythtv-users] Full screen/Windowed Switching

2005-09-22 Thread Robert Denier
On mplayer you can just hit f to go full screen and then f again to go back to a windowed version. Does anyone know if myth can do something similar? I just got an LCD TV and I can see it being useful to put the tv in a window sometimes since it is, more or less, a computer monitor after all, and

Re: [mythtv-users] garbled audio

2005-09-20 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 20:54 -0600, Stephen Atkins wrote: > Hello again everyone. > > So I thought I would try out the latest development sources 0.3.9 but no > luck. I then removed the PVR150MCE and still no luck. What it sounds > like is that the audio is actually out of sequence in that some

Re: [mythtv-users] Tutorial on Encoding (mostly re: file sizes)

2005-09-20 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 15:58 -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: > When resizing, is it possible to accidentally stretch the image? > > I saw someone say 480x480 wouldn't be a noticeable difference from > 720x480... is the because of the way a TV uses scan lines? On a > monitor it seems like it would be v

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot playback recorded video.

2005-09-19 Thread Robert Denier
a particular setup.) That is probably in some instructions somewhere for that matter... On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 23:34 -0500, Robert Denier wrote: > Does anyone have a clue why I can't playback a recording? > > I'm doing Media-Library -> Watch Recordings -> Selecting

[mythtv-users] Cannot playback recorded video.

2005-09-18 Thread Robert Denier
Does anyone have a clue why I can't playback a recording? I'm doing Media-Library -> Watch Recordings -> Selecting One -> I -> Play and nothing happens. I think it is related to how I can't watch an in progress recording, but I'm not sure. I'm guessing/hoping its something obvious, at least to

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV on Xbox frontend

2005-09-16 Thread Robert Denier
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:51 -0400, A JM wrote: > Great information! Thanks. > > So, it's a processor intensive operation and requires some type of > video out allowing for the connection between FE and TV in a HD > format? Can this be done on a diskless system? Anything, well other than the backe

Re: [mythtv-users] Please help!

2005-09-13 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 23:48 -0400, Tony Paterra wrote: > Michael, Well I'm obviously not michael, but perhaps I can help. > What would be the effect of changing my setup to connect my digital > cable STB to the PVR-350 using S-video instead of having the separate > tuner connection? The key word

[mythtv-users] Vizio 32" HDMI,VGA(connector) LCD Sams Club $999

2005-09-13 Thread Robert Denier
http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?coe=0&oidPath=0% 3a-23542%3a-23589%3a-24298%3a-36941% 3a934545&mt=a&n=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_1593830576.1126657227_CS_&BV_EngineID=ccdcaddfjikdffecfkfcfkjdgoodflf.0 I've no idea if my link works, but this thing has 1366x768 native resolution, and 800:1 c

RE: [mythtv-users] Controlling multiple cable boxes

2005-09-13 Thread Robert Denier
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 10:58 -0400, Jim Reith wrote: > At 10:11 AM 9/13/2005, you wrote: [snip] > >On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:14:36AM -0400, Brian Long wrote: > > > >Along these lines, does anyone know how to control a cable box via > >direct USB connections? I know my cable box has a USB port, and

Re: [mythtv-users] Opinion on philips 32" hdtv..

2005-09-12 Thread Robert Denier
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 12:41 -0400, Erik Pettersen wrote: [snip] > Re: the phillips: regular walmart has the black widescreen version of > this, best buy the silver widescreen version. I realize you aren't > supposed to go by how the sets look in the store (although I have no I'm not sure walmart

Re: [mythtv-users] Opinion on philips 32" hdtv..

2005-09-12 Thread Robert Denier
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 02:07 -0600, Chad wrote: > On 9/11/05, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > My thought is that if you are going with HDTV, you probably are > looking towards the future, or better picture; either way, 16x9 is > probably more along the lines

Re: [mythtv-users] Opinion on philips 32" hdtv..

2005-09-11 Thread Robert Denier
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 22:46 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Robert Denier wrote: > > > I'm just curious what people think of this one or if anyone uses > > one.. > > > > > http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?coe=0&oidPath=0%3a-23542%3a

[mythtv-users] Opinion on philips 32" hdtv..

2005-09-11 Thread Robert Denier
I'm just curious what people think of this one or if anyone uses one.. http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?coe=0&oidPath=0% 3a-23542%3a-23589%3a-24298%3a-25206% 3a917068&mt=a&n=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_0269901913.1126490742_CS_&BV_EngineID=cccdaddfiiijjkicfkfcfkjdgoodflg.0 Model: 32PT9100D

Re: [mythtv-users] Using firewire or usb external drives

2005-09-10 Thread Robert Denier
I've found that the little 2.5 inch usb 2.0 external drives I've messed with can be a bit of aggravation. In the end it did work well, but I wouldn't recommend it for someone non familiar with it. While I haven't used myth a great deal, I sort of planned to leave one drive in my backend and leave

[mythtv-users] Kernel 2.6.13 - lirc

2005-09-09 Thread Robert Denier
I had a problem getting the ir blaster code to work under 2.6.13 and went back to 2.6.12.5. I tried 0.3.8 ivtc and that works as well, so maybe the issue I was having was due to preemption or the gentoo-sources patchset. Apparently some things that affect lirc changed in 2.6.13, and the script I

Re: [mythtv-users] Can't open video device: /dev/v4l/video1

2005-09-09 Thread Robert Denier
into a 150/250/350/500? I haven't looked, but it just seems a slight waste to do that additional D/A -> A/D conversion. On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 04:35 -0500, Robert Denier wrote: > Basic Setup > Backend > nforce2 chipset, 2.2ghz amd sempron > 1 pvr 150mce > 1 some other chea

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 (Model 1045) - $64.99 @ CompUSA + FAQ

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Denier
arching google. Google can be very useful in such endeavors.. On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 19:10 -0700, Blake wrote: > On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:05:52 -0700, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In fairness I'd think the 350 is about the only way to get s-video truly >

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 (Model 1045) - $64.99 @ CompUSA + FAQ

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Denier
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 21:35 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Jay Jarvinen wrote: > > >With the PVR-350 at about $160 these days, to me .. that's like buying > >a ~$100 TV-out card, vs $40-50 for a cheapo TV-out vid card. > > > > > Not to mention you get more from the cheapo TV-out vid card: Open

[mythtv-users] Can't open video device: /dev/v4l/video1

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Denier
Basic Setup Backend nforce2 chipset, 2.2ghz amd sempron 1 pvr 150mce 1 some other cheap capture card used for testing myth some months ago. Connected is a dish network receiver to the s-video jack on the pvr150 mplayer /dev/v4l/video1 works fine, albiet really slow in a vnc window (the slow is due

Re: [mythtv-users] Back of the envelope calcs for minimum network speed

2005-09-05 Thread Robert Denier
I suspect that if it isn't too hard to do a gigabit switch and adapters combined with cat 5e/6 will give you a more responsive system, especially when you jump around in the video, but the numbers below make it look like the wireless would work... On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 22:32 -0700, Fedor Pikus wro

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Recommendation for a WLAN PCI card (UK-based)

2005-09-05 Thread Robert Denier
FYI The NETGEAR WG311T seems to do fine with the madwifi driver, or at least the one I just got from best buy seems okay. I've only tested the 802.11 b functions. (In my application I can't use the thick allnet card.) Of course newegg shows two box pictures. I have the one where the metal box i

Re: [mythtv-users] newbie help - ATI capture card?

2005-09-04 Thread Robert Denier
If you have spent two weeks on it, I'd tend to recommend, if possible giving up and ordering a Hauppage PVR150 from newegg or your computer store of choice. I'm trying to use cheap ATI video cards with s-video out for front ends, which is doable afaik, but using a ATI for the backend is probably j

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Probably dumb question about digital sound out

2005-09-04 Thread Robert Denier
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 21:04 -0400, Ryan Steffes wrote: > Digital audio is digital audio, correct? Sort of. That is a lame answer, but sometimes going digital with the audio makes things a bit more messy. To support all the fancy features on your sound card your almost certainly going to need to

Re: [mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?

2005-09-02 Thread Robert Denier
On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 13:03 -0700, Blake wrote: > I've been following this discussion trying to figure out what I actually > need. So, let me see if I've got this: (Someone correct me if I have any of this wrong.) Myth TV is divided into frontends and backends. Backends encode the video and c

Re: [mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?

2005-09-02 Thread Robert Denier
8 32.95 4 8 41.33 5 7 44.33 6 7 51.64 7 7 58.64 8 7 65.95 9 7 63.00 10 6 70.20 On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 11:18 -0400, Steve Bower wrote: > On 9/2/05, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > www.mp3remote.com seemed to be one of the better deals for a nice all in > > one pack

[mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?

2005-09-01 Thread Robert Denier
www.mp3remote.com seemed to be one of the better deals for a nice all in one package, but their site didn't work when I tried to order. I suppose ebay is the next bet, but I was just wondering if anyone had found a prebuild lirc receiver that was an especially good deal. (It would help if the ship

Re: [mythtv-users] Hollywood Realmagic Plus

2005-09-01 Thread Robert Denier
On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 05:22 +0100, Nick wrote: > On 9/2/05, Big Wave Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I happen to have one of those laying around, and wish I could use it. I > > have a feeling they are too old for people to care about. I used it to > > watch DVD's on my P2-350 back in the day.

Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: VIA SP13000 will not power-down

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Denier
I've got a shuttle cube exhibiting similar behavior that hasn't been worth my time to figure out yet, although I did upgrade the kernel which didn't fix it. Some things you might try.. 1) A new knoppix cd. If that works then its not your hardware. 2) Search through any newsgroups provided by man

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

2005-08-20 Thread Robert Denier
Can you let us know what the motherboard is? I'm a bit curious... On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 21:42 +0100, David wrote: > Robert Denier wrote: > > >Has anyone seen or figured out the lowest cost way to get a bare mythtv > >node up? I was thinking of setting up myth around th

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

2005-08-20 Thread Robert Denier
I'm familiar with the EPIA motherboards, well the MII one anyway. It runs around $167, yet one obviously doesn't really need a pc card slot. Personally if I'm going to get to those expenses one almost might as well go Pundit or Shuttle cube variation I guess. Actually I should look at the variati

[mythtv-users] Barebone myth tv nodes?

2005-08-19 Thread Robert Denier
Has anyone seen or figured out the lowest cost way to get a bare mythtv node up? I was thinking of setting up myth around the house and what I'm looking for is something like 1.5GHZ + cpu Integrated sound Integrated video with tv out on motherboard Integrated network All of the previous need to

[mythtv-users] Slightly OT -- Video converter recommendation.

2005-04-22 Thread Robert Denier
mind is to rewind the live recording of the exterior camera. Still its a thought. A somewhat compelling one at that, especially if they eventually did integrate a mobile satellite tv system like was discussed. -- Robert Denier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005) University o

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!

2005-04-20 Thread Robert Denier
the symptoms. > > Thanks, > Micah > _______ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Robert Denier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005) Univer

[mythtv-users] Random bad? idea DXR2

2005-04-16 Thread Robert Denier
It is worth noting that afaik a dxr3/hollywood+ mpeg2 decoder card does do interlaced tv output correctly. I just setup mplayer with a 2.4 kernel and got that all working. (Links for the relevant info are on the mplayer page.) The thing is, since I can't think of any way to use that as a "normal

Re: [mythtv-users] RF remote

2005-04-14 Thread Robert Denier
#x27;m having trouble finding > ones that have linux driver support. > -- Robert Denier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005) University of Missouri-Rolla http://www.finiteinfinity.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-us

Re: [mythtv-users] Samba or NFS?

2005-04-10 Thread Robert Denier
t; Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCWNo9Tvi0LnvdKq0RAiAIAJ9HWT5ITaMyuc3qN9SHs1H6pR7kpACgmsZi > U9FtDlrJpKRANpEtRRAITxU= > =IUon > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > __

Re: [mythtv-users] Configure backend w/o GUI

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Denier
at. On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 20:18 -0600, Devan Lippman wrote: > is there a way to configure a backend server without using the QT > interface?? Having a lot of trouble getting qt to run correctly and > I'll prolly never have to use it again once I get the backend > configured... &

[mythtv-users] C-Band Satellite with Myth?

2005-04-04 Thread Robert Denier
the older videocipher II encrypted channels. By setup I mean you'd want the guide to work and myth to somehow handle entering the channel data so the dish moves and all that. -- Robert Denier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005) University of Missouri-Rolla http://www.fin

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