Re: [mythtv-users] limits.conf for realtime priority

2006-01-12 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> I guess this is a typo in the docs, and the comment in the file is > correct. Can someone confirm this? As of PAM 0.79, the name was changed to rtprio. I've updated the example in the HOWTO. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http:/

Re: [mythtv-users] Software RAID problems - theunspokenmythtvproblem?

2006-01-12 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> I wonder how much of the problems you two notice with > commercial detection has more to do with SQL not keeping up with all the > access its being asked of by Myth, or something along those lines? A sure-fire way for me to get glitches in recordings (TFW errors in the log) is for mythfilldatab

Re: [mythtv-users] ongoing DataDirect problems?

2006-01-10 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> Good luck trying to get any info out of the zap2it folks. I've tried > every means I can think of to contact them, with absolutely NO reply. > I've been patient and polite. I've e-mailed, posted, PM'd, etc. Not a > word out of them. They do lead you to believe that they're listening by >

Re: [mythtv-users] Starting up mythfrontend automatically?

2006-01-03 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Also is it possible to contribute to the mythtv docs, and if so, how? Obviously the section in the mythtv docs in the URL I pasted above needs expanding slightly! I'd be happy to contribute to docs. Re-read Section 1. ___ mythtv-users mailing list m

[mythtv-users] Updating list of HDTV tuners for the HOWTO

2006-01-03 Thread Robert Kulagowski
The current HOWTO mentions two HDTV tuners specifically - the Air2PC and the PCHDTV series. According to the list at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_cards the following ATSC tuners are now supported: (Known to work) * The PCHDTV card * The air2pc (1st gen) * The air2p

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Book

2006-01-03 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Matt wrote: just a thought, maybe it could be an o'reilly book... They're not interested. I wrote a few chapters and it didn't go anywhere. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] ssh attack

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Kulagowski
>>This of course won't happen behind a properly configured firewall, correct? >> >>Darren Hart wrote: >> >> >>>I'm sure nobody here is dumb enough to do this, but since I was, >>>thought I'd pass the word. >>> >>>There is an ssh attack going around with a brute force login using >>>2187 different u

Re: [mythtv-users] Backend without xorg?

2005-12-11 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> Is there a text/console/ncurses way of setting up a backend? No. Check the archives. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

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

2005-12-10 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> What I meant to say, is does it record .nuv files created by the > Software encoder? I've not got a PVR card in my system. Record? No - there are no inputs. Play .nuv files that are created with the software encoder (meaning that they're RTJPEG or MPEG-4)? No. It only does MPEG-1 and 2, so y

Re: [mythtv-users]Help on implementing myth on multiple/various TV's

2005-12-02 Thread Robert Kulagowski
While not running Myth, there are many articles I've seen online of people (SnapStream, MediaPortal) building 7-10 tuner systems on PVR-500 or other combinations so the hardware certain is out there to handle this. If you're really serious about massive amounts of PCI cards, then google for PI

Re: [mythtv-users] FC4 compiling from SVN needed apps??

2005-11-30 Thread Robert Kulagowski
A JM wrote: When trying to update XFree86 I get "Nothing to do"? Bet yet it's not installed? Finished Parsing package install arguments Nothing to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# rpm -qa *XFree* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# rpm -qa *XFree86* XFree86 has been replaced by xorg in all major distribu

Re: [mythtv-users] RAID suggestions

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Also, if I were to start again today, I'd go with SATA, just because of the IDE cabling issue. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] RAID suggestions

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I'm sort of looking at a 3ware 7506-4LP but I hear the performance isn't all that and its more for redudancy. I have one of these cards installed, and it works fine in a 4x250GB configuration. Things to be aware of: each drive is a master; there are 4 IDE cables coming off of the card, whic

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 500

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Kulagowski
First off how do i tell which pvr 250 in my machine is recorder #4 according to myth? (think that one is going bad) Also, the order of the cards in your /var/log/messages is the order of the video device, so Card #3 is /dev/video3, etc... ___ mythtv-

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 500

2005-11-16 Thread Robert Kulagowski
MacNean Tyrrell wrote: First off how do i tell which pvr 250 in my machine is recorder #4 according to myth? (think that one is going bad) And when i get my pvr 500 how do i make it #1 and #2, and how do i tell myth to use #1 and #2 and #3 for recording and if i leave #4 in there, use that as

Re: [mythtv-users] Media-MVP Divx? Mpeg-4

2005-11-07 Thread Robert Kulagowski
So, for those of you who obviously have one, can it playback mpeg4 (divx) encoded programs? I use a cheapie bt87x card for my low-def captures, and am hoping/wondering if this will be able to play them? No, it can't. The Windows software transcodes DivX to MPEG-1 (at least that's what the box

Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-0.4.0 autodetection

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Yes, you need: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv (assuming your first two capture cards are ivtv) and nothing else for the PVR-x50's. Or does ivtv insert this for you? And what about the Avermedia M179, is this autodetected as well? You have

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

2005-10-12 Thread Robert Kulagowski
MythTV wrote: I do believe I'm sold. I've been looking for a good HD front-end (even though my HD-3000 isn't operational yet) and this looks perfect! There's also the Avel LinkPlayer2. It's a consumer product, non-Myth HD frontend. It plays DivX, Real, MPEG-1/2, Windows Media, etc. I have

Re: [mythtv-users] Tuner numbers - 1 & 3 (no 2)?

2005-10-03 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> As I recall, you had something like card number 14 at one time. Yes, and I'm proud to now have my cards numbered 1 to 5 and then 11. :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Tuner numbers - 1 & 3 (no 2)?

2005-10-03 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Check that. It is possible (probable) that there is a capturecard entry for 2 that needs to be removed before the update would work: $ killall mythbackend $ mysqldump -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg -c > mythtv_backup.sql $ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg mysql> delete from capturecard where

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB -> No PS Mode anymore :(

2005-10-03 Thread Robert Kulagowski
ISTR the Hauppauge MVP Myth viewer needs PS rather than TS, so until the conversion is enabled as a playback option, it won't be possible to watch DVB recordings unsing the MVP. Or am I mistaken? I believe that they've implemented a TS->PS parser, but check the archives of the mvpmc mailing li

Re: [mythtv-users] mythppv?

2005-09-28 Thread Robert Kulagowski
This worked until sometime in August, and it was for Dish, not DTV. The one contact e-mail on mythppv.com bounces now, and the other is a black hole. :( All we have is the 'client' side of the script that downloads the master listing file they have, and they never published the 'server' side. Oh w

Re: [mythtv-users] mceusb remote & IR blaster

2005-09-27 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Things I've yet to try are: Did you ask on the lirc list? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] mythppv?

2005-09-27 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Here's what's in the HOWTO: Adding DirecTV information to the database A script used to exist for adding DirecTV pay-per-view information into the database. As of 2005-04-01 this script no longer appears to work, and this section will be removed from the HOWTO with the release of 0.19. So,

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

2005-09-27 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Has anyone had any luck replacing the Pundit PSU fan? I've seen some posts where an external PSU has been used but I'd rather keep things inside the case. I tried finding a replacement powersupply and wasn't successful, so I opened up the existing powersupply and replaced the fan.

[mythtv-users] OT: Windows XP media player that has libsoundtouch equiv. capability?

2005-09-27 Thread Robert Kulagowski
So, libsoundtouch / audio tempo change is one of my favorite features of MythTV. I'd like to make maximum use of the 45 minutes I have on my morning commute. A google search didn't come up with any results - is anyone aware of a Windows XP based media player that will allow me to speed up aud

Re: [mythtv-users] Are there any docs that describe the split between mythfrontend and mythbackend?

2005-09-15 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> That is great news. So each backend system does its own auto deletion > calculations based on space available in the local /video file system? Don't know; have enough space that I don't need to auto-delete. > So which is the preferred setup? NFS or local storage on slave > backends? Person

Re: [mythtv-users] Are there any docs that describe the split between mythfrontend and mythbackend?

2005-09-15 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> What I am not sure about is if I need to setup nfs to mount the /video > from the master on the slave system. And if I don't does the slave > backend have a way to save the recorded files to the /video file system > on the master? You don't have to use NFS - the slave can store the captured fil

Re: [mythtv-users] Difference in CPU usage mplayer vs MythTV mplayer

2005-09-09 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> As far as I can tell, Mythfrontend uses mplayer to play back. It doesn't, unless you're using mythvideo and choose to use mplayer. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] tvlistings

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Kulagowski
it records in the wrong place because the meta information is wrong. i looked around zap2it listings. for zip code 30316 (atl), there are 4 listings but none of them are showing the right informations. When you go to http://www.zap2it.com and look at your listings on their "consumer" web page,

Re: [mythtv-users] Max number of recording cards in one backend?

2005-08-16 Thread Robert Kulagowski
From ivtv_driver.h: #define IVTV_MAX_CARDS 8 Hans Verkuil just increased this to 12 in his train. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Max number of recording cards in one backend?

2005-08-15 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Using a D865G (6 PCI slots) and PVR-500's you could do 12 on the PCI bus. Since I already have the D865G, if anyone wants to send me 6 PVR-500's I'll let you know how it works in MythTV / ivtv. :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.o

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Comcast Chicago changing channel lineup, SCI-FI moving to digital only

2005-08-15 Thread Robert Kulagowski
those [EMAIL PROTECTED]@RD$!!! they DID move my beloved Sci-Fi channel. I went to the local payment center to pickup a "digital self install package" which consisted of a DCT2524. Hooked it up to my regular TV to get the initial configuration completed then connected it via composite (it do

[mythtv-users] OT: Comcast Chicago changing channel lineup, SCI-FI moving to digital only

2005-08-09 Thread Robert Kulagowski
In my August 1 bill, Comcast Chicago says that starting Aug 9, SCI-FI will only be available on their digital packages. So, heads up if you've got analog cable and watch SCI-FI channel. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mytht

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, closed captioning, commercial detection

2005-08-08 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I am running 18.1-3 (Debian) and it has a check-box on the 5th or 6th page of the mythtv-setup "General settings" dialog that says "Start auto commercial flagging jobs when recording starts". My flagging is always done about 5 minutes after the recording has finished. Well, there you go then. _

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, closed captioning, commercial detection

2005-08-08 Thread Robert Kulagowski
What release of which piece enables this? That would be great Since it's not touted in the release notes of .18 or .18.1, I'd say svn only at this time. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350, closed captioning, commercial detection

2005-08-08 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> A commercial flagging process is run after a show completes recording. Commerical flagging now starts shortly after a program starts recording and stays behind real-time. Once the program finishes recording the commerical flagger will go to "full speed", so the last 5 minutes don't necessar

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Cleaning up the recorded programs db

2005-08-04 Thread Robert Kulagowski
contrib/myth.rebuilddatabase.pl ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] hauppauge pvr-150 IrBlaster

2005-08-02 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Do anyone know how can I get hauppauge PVR-150 IrBlaster to work in Linux ??? Ask on the lirc or ivtv lists if it's supported yet. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] HDD Temp

2005-07-27 Thread Robert Kulagowski
If you've got the space, these are pretty sweet. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=370698 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-21 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Maybe it's a Hw thing. I'm going to try the firmware that came with the m179and see what happens as soon as I can figure out how to translate P2Driver.sys into the ivtv-fw-x.bin files. Why don't you run a MD5 on the M179 firmware and compare it to the Hauppauge ones? They might be the same.

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Indoor OTA HDTV Antenna Recommendations

2005-07-20 Thread Robert Kulagowski
For what it's worth, HDTV signals are only broadcast on UHF so if you only want to receive HDTV, you may as well just get a UHF antenna. That's not correct. CBS in Chicago is broadcasting HDTV on VHF. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@myth

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth won't scheduling multi-part episodes

2005-07-15 Thread Robert Kulagowski
If you're in MythWeb and pull up the scheduled recording for Dr. Who, you can change the duplicate check method from "Subtitle and Description" to "None", which should then record all of the episodes even though they have the same name. I'm sure the frontend has something similar, but I can't

Re: [mythtv-users] Deleting multiple shows?

2005-07-14 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Gary Huntress wrote: I have not stumbled on a way to easily delete multiple shows. Is this possible? I have several dozen shows to delete and it's a bit of a pain to "D" and then confirm each one. (I hope this is not tremendously obvious or found by RTFM...because I did look) Mark the sho

Re: [mythtv-users] Getting database info to a new backend

2005-07-14 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Yeah, more recent versions of mysqldump (www.mysql.org) seem to want to put backticks around the table names. look at your backup file and see if they are "INSERT INTO `record` ". I've added a note to the HOWTO to address this. ___ mythtv-users maili

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 28

2005-07-08 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Hi George, thanks for the reply. Upon further testing, my "two recordings at once" theory didn't hold up. Even after a restart, going from a dead-calm system to record on one tuner, the exact same thing happens - always 18-20 seconds into the recording, a burst of 'fast-forward' and then all

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
FWIW, I'm running 0.2.0-rc3b with 2 M-179's with good results. I'll have to give that a try. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179

2005-07-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I have the same problem with my M179's; your question is better suited for the ivtv mailing list. The last known-good version of ivtv (for me) for the M179 is pre-100b, which was a long, long time ago. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mytht

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R / PVR-150/250 - it doesn't fit...

2005-06-28 Thread Robert Kulagowski
May I ask - did you find a good tuner to fit this chassis? I'm the one that voided his warranty, so I guess that's a qualified "yes". ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R / PVR-150/250 - it doesn't fit...

2005-06-28 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I wonder if they supply a normal mounting bracket somehow? They didn't in the one that I purchased (and returned). To fabricate one you'd need to able to cut the holes in the right places for the connectors. May be more than you're willing to do.

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R / PVR-150/250 - it doesn't fit...

2005-06-28 Thread Robert Kulagowski
The Pundit-R already has the riser card so the PVRs are parallel to the motherboard. The 150 low profile looks like a very reasonable solution. Not, I think, as well tested as the other PVR cards but worth a shot. The 150-LP has a low profile PCI bracket, so you're not going to be able to secu

Re: [mythtv-users] any mythtv users have experence with 169time.com

2005-06-24 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Check the archives. This has been discussed before. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-24 Thread Robert Kulagowski
As root: $ su # rm /var/lock/subsys/mythbackend Does that help? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

2005-06-22 Thread Robert Kulagowski
also the iodata forum has some info about the linux server (wizd) and about mpeg2-ts. The only major problem that stopped me from buying LP2 was inability to FF/REW on the TS streams. But their June 3rd firmware release fixed that. Is the LP2 a full uPNP client? There's a uPNP framework (and so

Re: [mythtv-users] off topic question/request for help on a mediamvp

2005-06-22 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I am pulling out my hair trying to figure this out, and the wife isn't very happy that something I promised her would be working a month ago still just boots up and says "contacting Mediamvp booterver". I've updated the mvpmc HOWTO in the last few days. See if the new version helps. As far as

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: building an HD Frontend for $250 or less

2005-06-07 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I also ordered one yesterday. There was a 10% off coupon which was expiring yesterday, so decide to use. It paid for the CA tax :-) I went to the san jose office and talked to the sales manager, Jack. Saw the demo first hand, was really impressed. Ordered right there and he told me about the 10% o

Re: [mythtv-users] Front End Decode of MPEG2 Streams

2005-06-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
If the back end is simply using an NFS share to share the video data, and the front end must decode I will save some bucks and go with the PVR 250 on the back end. Correct. Decode is done on the frontend, so a 350 would be wasted if it's on the backend. __

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hardware Recommendations?

2005-06-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I've looked at the HW MPEG2 encoders but MPEG2 seems to take up too much room. I tried using the SW MPEG2 encoding in MythTV and within one day my 160GB disk was filled. Even though I turned on automatic transcoding to MPEG4, the recordings just seemed to get ahead of the transcoding. Once t

Re: [mythtv-users] 'Vertical bands' with NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440

2005-06-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Do you always see the bands, or only when watching a recording? If it's when you're watching a recording, have you checked to make sure that it's not the _recording_ that has the bands in it? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http:

Re: [mythtv-users] watching live tv

2005-06-02 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Can anyone help with this error messagfe I get when trying to watch live tv. Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/mnt/store//ringbuf1.nuv Is your buffer area set as /mnt/store/ or /mnt/store ? Multiple slashes aren't significant, so the issue isn't with the path. _

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

2005-06-01 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I believe if you check the FAQ that Asus has on their website you'll see: Q: Does Pundit-R have PXE boot ROM? A: The onboard LAN of Pundit-R does not support PXE boot ROM since ATi chipset on Pundit-R cannot support PXE. Don't know if that matters to you. You can get one of the 3com 905tx car

Re: [mythtv-users] [VERY OT] Pundit-R Celeron and memory choices for Myth frontend

2005-06-01 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I'm purchasing 3 Pundit-R's for frontend only machines. I noticed that there is a 90nm 533MHz FSB Celeron D processor that seems to run without a fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819112197 There's a difference between not _shipping_ with a fan, and not needing a fan

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R - ATI or SiS

2005-06-01 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I believe if you check the FAQ that Asus has on their website you'll see: Q: Does Pundit-R have PXE boot ROM? A: The onboard LAN of Pundit-R does not support PXE boot ROM since ATi chipset on Pundit-R cannot support PXE. Don't know if that matters to you. _

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 status?

2005-05-26 Thread Robert Kulagowski
What if you have two pvr-150's? will the second video be real then? or will there be /dev/video0-3? You'll have /dev/video0 with Tuner 0 and 1, /dev/video1 with Tuner 0 and 1, etc. Ask over on the ivtv list why there are multiple tuner, composite and s-video devices created for each device.

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 status?

2005-05-26 Thread Robert Kulagowski
That said it could all be smoke and mirrors. Maybe there is only a single tuner and maybe software is remembering which channel to show me. I don't know. The important issue would be setting it up to use both and then seeing if the MPEG encoder will encode both at the same time. Even with two tun

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-150 status?

2005-05-26 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Not sure. the most obvious good feature about the 150 is contrary to the Hauppage site which says the '150 is the priced reduced version of the 250' it appears that the 150 with the 0.3.3k driver is actually dual tuner. However I haven't tried recording from the second tuner yet. And you won't b

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: NUV player for windows (MPEG4 transcoded)

2005-05-20 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Can anyone suggest a good player for transcoded (MPEG4) NUV files in windows? I've tried a few and they don't seem to play the files, but mplayer can handle them just fine (then again, mplayer handles everything just fine). Thanks! Why not use mplayer for Windows? There's a binary. ___

Re: [mythtv-users] Remove multiple clips

2005-05-16 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Hi all, Is there a way to delete multiples (or all) recorded clips. Currently, I have to delete one clip at a time in the "Manage Recording" menu. Press M (MENU) in that screen and you will get options to create a playlist. If you're in the watch recordings screen, you can press forward-slash

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R build problems.

2005-05-14 Thread Robert Kulagowski
The real problem is the WinTV PVR 150. It doesn't fit. Check the archives for my "how to void your warranty" message and pictures for what I did to put a PVR-250 into my Pundit. Or get the low-profile version of the PVR-150. I know that buy.com sells them. It comes with a low-profile bracket t

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slave backend setup

2005-05-13 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Did you read section 9.3 of the HOWTO? All access to the backends is transparent to the frontend once everything has been configured correctly. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Scary times ahead

2005-05-13 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Well, almost not needed. The first time you try to put mythfilldatabase into crontab, you'll be smacked in the head with vi. I still don't know how to do more than quit vi, but I do know how to change my default editor now! crontab honors the EDITOR shell variable. You could: $ export EDITOR=/bin

Re: [mythtv-users] Slave backend setup

2005-05-13 Thread Robert Kulagowski
No response before. Keeping it simple. What applications are minimum to set up a slave backend? i.e. mythbackend is obvious, but anything else. Also mysql. Is the server piece required or just the client? Only the mysql client is required. ___ mythtv-user

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR350 or PVR150

2005-05-12 Thread Robert Kulagowski
- 150 has no remote control, can I use other or buy other one from hauppage and use with this board? The retail version of the 150 has a remote, the MCE version does not. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mail

Re: [mythtv-users] how much space does an HD recording take?

2005-05-09 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I'm trying to get a good idea of how much disk space I need. I want around 100 hrs. I tried to search but didn't come up with much exact figures. Something in the range of 6-10GB/hr? is this right? You're not asking the right question, but I'll answer it anyways. 2GB/hr with a hardware MPEG-2

Re: [mythtv-users] how much space does an HD recording take?

2005-05-09 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I'm trying to get a good idea of how much disk space I need. I want around 100 hrs. I tried to search but didn't come up with much exact figures. Something in the range of 6-10GB/hr? is this right? Sorry, cancel that last message. I misread your question. At 19.2 mbps / 1080i, you're at 8.6GB/

Re: [mythtv-users] how much space does an HD recording take?

2005-05-09 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I'm trying to get a good idea of how much disk space I need. I want around 100 hrs. I tried to search but didn't come up with much exact figures. Something in the range of 6-10GB/hr? is this right? You're not asking the right question, but I'll answer it anyways. 2GB/hr with a hardware MPEG-2 c

Re: [mythtv-users] Burning NUV files to DVD

2005-05-05 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Stuff like this needs to get migrated in to some sort of real FAQ, even if the FAQ contains nothing but links to the *useful* postings in the archive. Then people can be told to look in the FAQ instead of the archives, and they'll get better results when they look there. Sounds like you just volunt

Re: [mythtv-users] MythWeb shows NO DATA

2005-05-02 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Your Zap2IT subscription hasn't expired, has it? Check the "Status" screen for your expiration date. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] importing old videos

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I have a few stranded nuv files from when I rebuilt the database (after messing up a change of hostname...). I can find them now as videos but I can't play them - whay should I do? ~/mythtv/contrib/myth.rebuilddatabase.pl ___ mythtv-users mailing list

Re: [mythtv-users] Optimizing MythTV for AMD64

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Does anyone know when this URL will be up? It has to do with setting up MythTV with the PVR-250. http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html Fixed this last night. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/ma

Re: [mythtv-users] Enter/Space not selecting buttons?

2005-04-24 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Search for qt-3.3.4 in the archives and see if that's your problem. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Typo in error message

2005-04-24 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Committed. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Cheap tuner card recommend? vs. PVR250

2005-04-21 Thread Robert Kulagowski
>>What is a good, inexpensive tuner card ( analog cable ) that, more or >>less, "just works"? >> >>I want to get a couple more tuner cards. I have a model 980 Hauppauge >>PVR250 now and it works very well. >>What less expensive cards have people had good luck with? Quality, >>setup etc... It'

Re: [mythtv-users] CVS reorg..

2005-04-21 Thread Robert Kulagowski
D. L. wrote: A lot of docs/webpages still have the old 'checkout mythdvd' commands. Which gives the user: cvs server: cannot find module `mythvideo' - ignored cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules This has been updated in the HOWTO now. ___ mytht

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

2005-04-21 Thread Robert Kulagowski
In my experience, PVR cards work when very hot, but not forever. I see the tuner become unstable and noisy, then I start getting zero length recordings until I reload ivtv, and eventually it won't encode at all. I have four cards, some are first generation designs because they have heatsinks on

[mythtv-users] Booting from CF, everything else over NFS

2005-04-20 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> Well, I'm booting from CF and mounting /usr and the MythVideo library > over nfs, but streaming actual TV playback. I've got an 8MB CF and a CF to IDE adapter. I've got a machine currently running FC3, and it's noisy. I can't pxeboot the machine, and I'd like to get the hard drive out of ther

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Audio Skip and Slow-mo Video Problem (35% CPU)

2005-04-18 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Plus, I lost all my recording info since I dumped the database... though I did back it up using mysqldump before hand. Is there any way I can restore *JUST* the recording info so I can see my recordings with my new version of Myth? Yes. $ grep "INSERT INTO record " mythtv_backup.sql > restore.sql

Re: [mythtv-users] LVM RAID 5 partition schemes

2005-04-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
> but it's not that useful if the raid 5 volume/partition can't grow. > how do you grow your raid 5? Online Capacity Expansion. It's available on various hardware RAID cards, like the 3Ware and the LSI MegaRaid. Add drives, or size them bigger one at a time, then expand the filesystem. Should

Re: [mythtv-users] LVM RAID 5 partition schemes

2005-04-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I do mean software raid (md). Reading the archives I've come to understand that hardware (real or fake) raid 5 is a waste of time for most mythtv applications. My personal opinion is that RAID5 _is_ useful, if you consider the tradeoff of money vs. time. How long would it take you to re-encode 2

Re: [mythtv-users] LVM RAID 5 partition schemes

2005-04-06 Thread Robert Kulagowski
You really, really want to split into a backend / frontend configuration once you start throwing drives into a case due to heat and noise. If you do end up using a larger case, I'm pretty happy with this: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=370698 It's a Coolermaster 4-in-

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 installation

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Now, how can I tell what card and/or tuner is linked to which device? The cards are usually loaded closest to the AGP slot down, but that isn't universal. The third and fourth "cards" initialized are your PVR-500 (shows up as a pair of 150s), the first and second are you PVR-250s, couldn't tell

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on FC3

2005-04-01 Thread Robert Kulagowski
the nfslockfile is a file put in there by nfs. leave it alone. Yes, leave it alone, but no, the lockfile isn't put there by nfs. It's used by the backends to determine whether or not they're using a shared directory structure. You might be using samba, for example. When I implemented it I as

Re: [mythtv-users] Is the 3rd party MythTV / DirectTV PPV script no longer valid?

2005-04-01 Thread Robert Kulagowski
That script stopped working the same day that DirecTV switched over to their new access cards. My feelings are that the source was a hacked receiver and that stopped working when the old (easily hackable) access cards stopped working. Of course I could be wrong but the timing is suspicious. OK, I'l

Re: [mythtv-users] Master Backend Override Confusion

2005-03-31 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Robert can correct me if I've forgotten something here. As good an explanation as I could have come up with. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] Is the 3rd party MythTV / DirectTV PPV script no longer valid?

2005-03-30 Thread Robert Kulagowski
If the consensus from people that use it is that it no longer provides data I will remove the reference from the HOWTO. Is the script no longer valid because JPAG no longer provides the data source, or is the script just not up to date with a new data format, or something else? ___

Re: [mythtv-users] weird menu behavior after RH9 -> fc3 cd upgrade

2005-03-25 Thread Robert Kulagowski
This has been discussed many times in the past week. Check the archives; you need to downgrade qt. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] how to change permissions on /dev/video0 permanantly

2005-03-25 Thread Robert Kulagowski
Does this help? http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-4.html#devperms ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Remote Scheduling Frontend

2005-03-24 Thread Robert Kulagowski
When you are out and about just do: ssh -L8080::80 user@ Log in. Now just open a full featured browser (i.e. firefox) and put the following in the address bar: http://localhost:8080/mythweb Hey presto! No faffing around with lynx! putty, the free ssh terminal program for windows also does this qui

Re: [mythtv-users] MythWeather doesn't grab some frames in animated map

2005-03-22 Thread Robert Kulagowski
I've committed a fix that updates the URL and changes the number of frames in the animation. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend CPU usage when running low on diskspace

2005-03-22 Thread Robert Kulagowski
There's just one thing that's bothering me: Every time I run low on HD space on my video partition ( < 4 GB left ), mythbackend will start eating up a lot of CPU resources. (As in: 0% idle, jerky video playback, dropped frames while recording) This stops as soon as I free up some more space. Are yo

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